Chapter 11 Nonfiction

Nonfiction includes a wide selection of books. The books are written in different styles, format and genres. Just to put it in to perspective, Nonfiction is over half your library!

Nonfiction for young adults from delight to wisdom is an excellent resource to use in order to help students better understand nonfiction.

The following criteria is used to evaluate Non-Fiction for young adults:
  • What are the qualifications of the author? Use authors websites to look at their background and use can also view the book with information about the author.
  • Are the facts accurate? How much work does the author put into their research. The accuracy of the information provided is very important when it comes to nonfiction text.
  • What is the purpose and scope of the book?  There needs to be an identified purpose and scope of the book.
  • How does the organization of the book assist readers in locating information? The organization of the book should help student be able to locate information.
  • What role do visuals play? Does the role of visuals play an important role on assisting the reader understand the text?

Nonfiction authors that are great for Young Adults include:
  •  Kathleen Krull- Books include a guide to Americas Bill of Rights and Woman who broke the Rules Biography Series. Her books are a great resource for history teachers.
  • James Cross Giblin- He has been an editor of other authors and knows a ton about writing from the outside and inside. His books include “The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler” and “The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy”. Writes about wild topics and narrative nonfiction.
  • Steve Jenkins books are loved by kids because they are pleasing to the eye. Books include “Eye to Eye” and “What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?” Great author for science classes.
  • Don Brown- nonfiction picture books
  • Loree Griffin Burns- Books include “Beetle Busters” and “Handle with Care”.
  • Seymour Simon- He is a go to author because he has written about so many different topics from Our solar system to Sharks.
  • Sy Montgomery- Books include “The soul of an Octopus”.

Reflection:
It is very important that we rely on authors and use the criteria to evaluate Nonfiction books. Due to Nonfiction having a large selection of books it is nearly impossible to do research on every single book. You can use review but also remember that the people writing these reviews are not experts like you and me. Even though we are not experts there are ways to evaluate books and not have to do all the research on our own. Students can compare nonfiction books on similar topics and chart out whether the books have similar or different facts. This is great nonfiction search method and is also a great way to research.


As a librarian we must be able to recommend nonfiction books when users are researching on topics for assignments, projects or research. This chapter is going to help me because to evaluate the books I am recommending and making sure these books are going to be accurate. 

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