Great Non-fiction Books for Kids

by Lexile® Level

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman (550L)

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley (550L)

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick (590L)

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant (590L)

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman (550L)

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley (550L)

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick (590L)

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant (590L)

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant (610L)

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock (630L)

Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan McCarthy (720L)

The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock (740L)

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant (610L)

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock (630L)

Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan McCarthy (720L)

The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock (740L)

Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History by Don Brown (890L)

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (890L)

Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis (900L)

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton (920L)

Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James M. McPherson (970L)

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson (980L)

Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History by Don Brown (890L)

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (890L)

Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis (900L)

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton (920L)

Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James M. McPherson (970L)

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson (980L)

A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston (1040L)

Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns (1050L)

Basher Science: Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction by Simon Basher (1050L)

Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough (1060L)

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh (1060L)

A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston (1110L)

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy (1330L)

A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston (1040L)

Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns (1050L)

Basher Science: Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction by Simon Basher (1050L)

Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough (1060L)

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh (1060L)

A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston (1110L)

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy (1330L)