Non-fiction book

Ruth Jansen Beanstack Reading Recommendations

Read a non-fiction book to learn something new! No matter what subject you like, there’s probably a non-fiction book about it. Here are a few suggestions:

Children’s Books –

  • Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory by Monique Polak – J 153.12 POL
  • Amazing Immortals: A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World by Dinah Williams – J 291.211 WIL
  • I See Color: An Affirmation and Celebration of Our Diverse World by Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew – J 305.8 BOL
  • Winter tales: stories and folktales from around the world by Dawn Casey – J 398.23 CAS
  • Water: Discovering the Precious Resource All Around Us by Olga Fadeeva – I 553.7 FAD
  • Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate by Annette LeBox – J 577.3 LEB
  • The Wild River and the Great Dam: The Construction of Hoover Dam and the Vanishing Colorado River by Simon Boughton – J 627.82 BOU
  • How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-Up by Ruth Spiro – J 629.892 SPI
  • From Plant to Plate: Turn Home-Grown Ingredients into Healthy Meals! by Darryl Gadzekpo and Ella Phillips – J 641.3 GAD
  • What Is Color?: The Global, Brain-Exploding Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art by Steven Weinberg – J 709 WEI
  • Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru ­Misaka by Cheryl Kim – J 796.323 MIS
  • Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina – J 796.426 MED
  • The Bard and the Book: how the first folio saved the plays of William Shakespeare from oblivion by Ann Bausum – J 822.33 BAU
  • Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel – J 920 BAK
  • Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner – J 920 BUR
  • Gold Rush: the untold story of the First Nations women who started the Klondike gold rush by Flora Delargy  – J 971.9 DEL
  • It Happened in Salem by Jonah Winter – J 974.4 WIN
  • The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock – J 977 ROS

Teen Books –

  • An Illustrated History of UFOS by Adam Allsuch Boardman – YA 001.942 BOA
  • What Now: a Teen Guide to Life After High School by Barbara Sheen – YA 158.1 SHE
  • The (Other) F Word: a Celebration of the Fat and Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi – YA 306.461 OTH
  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day – YA 364.162 DAY/J 364.162 DAY
  • Omnivore’s Dilemma The Secrets Behind What You Eat (Young Readers Edition) by Michael Pollan- YA 394.1 POL
  • Discovering Life’s Story, volume 1: Biology’s Beginnings by Joy Hakim – YA 570.9 HAK
  • Poisoned Water by Candy J. Cooper with Marc Aronson – YA 615.925
  • Greater Goal: the Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer and Beyond by Elizabeth Rusch – YA 796.334 RUS
  • Poems for Tortured Souls  edited by Liz Ison – YA 811 POE
  • A Quantum Life: My unlikely journey from the street to the stars by Hakeem M. Oluseyi – YA 920 OLU
  • America Redux: Visual Stories from our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg Riger – YA 973 ABE
  • 83 Days in Mariupol: a war diary by Don Brown – YA GRAPHIC 83
  • Victory. Stand! Raising my fist for justice by Tommie Smith – YA GRAPHIC VIC