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Just the Facts/Poetry

Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
  • Boy:Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl (age 8-12)
  • Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston (age 11+)
  • The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (age 11+)
  • The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (age 14+)
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (age 15+, mature content)

Science
  • I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia (Medicine, age 6-10)
  • The Wonders Inside the Earth by Jan Stradling (Geology, age 8-12)
  • The Scientists Behind Earth's Processes by Andrew Solway (Geology, age 9+)

Grammar

United States History
  • Climbing Lincoln's Steps: the African American Journey by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Colin Bootman (age 5-10)
  • How Did Slaves Find a Route to Freedom? by Laura Hamilton Waxton (age 8+)
  • Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston (age 11+)

World History and Exploration
  • The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (age 14+)

Cooking


Languages


Current Affairs




Poetry
  • A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (age 7-12)
  • Falling Up by Shel Silverstein (age 7-12)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (age 7-12)
  • Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl; illustrated by Quentin Blake (age 7-12)
  • If You're Not Here Please Raise Your Hand by Kalli Dakos; illustrated by G. Brian Karas (age 8-12)
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