Articles for Educators
“Two Kinds of Readers, Two Kinds of Nonfiction.” School Library Journal. January 23, 2025. (Click to retrieve.)
“Tips and Tools for Nonfiction Book Talks.” Reading Rockets. November 2024. (Click to retrieve.)
“Are Your Students Reading Enough Nonfiction?” NEA Today, August 2024. (Click to retrieve.)
“What Do Students Want to Read? It Might Not Be What You Think,” NEA Today, April 3, 2024. (Click to retrieve.)
“Elevating Nonfiction in the ELA Classroom and Beyond,” NCTE Council Chronicle, December 2023. (Click to retrieve.)
“Kids Love Nonfiction! Breaking Down the Barrier Between Budding Scientists and the Books They Crave,” Science and Children, National Science Teaching Association, September 2023 (Click to retrieve.)
“10 Ways to Nurture and Nourish Nonfiction Readers.” School Library Journal. July 26, 2023. (Click to retrieve.)
“Position Statement on the Role of Nonfiction Literature, K‑12.” National Council of Teachers of English, January 19, 2023. (Click to retrieve.)
“Understanding Text Structures in Nonfiction.” School Library Journal. December 22, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)
“Tips for Teaching Text Structures with Expository Literature.” School Library Journal. December 22, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)
“Deconstructing Kids’ Nonfiction: List Text Structure and the Five-Paragraph Essay.” School Library Journal. December 22, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)
“It’s Time for the Sibert Smackdown.” School Library Connection, November/December 2022.
“Children’s Nonfiction Has an Image Problem: What are the implications for STEM and is there a solution?” Publisher’s Weekly. July 14, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)
“Exploring a Quandry: Kids Love Nonfiction, But Adults Assume They Don’t,” PLOS SciComm. April 27, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)
“Reinvigorating Library Collections with Active Nonfiction,” School Library Journal. February 16, 2022. (Click to retrieve.)