I will be adding books to the nonfiction section every week or two as we read them because I don’t want to post here books we have not tried ourselves. Check back for any updates.

The Matchbox Diary

Jemmy Button

The Bobbin Girl
We just read it with our six and eight-year old and I think a younger child would not enjoy this book.

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909

The Other Side

Pink and Say

Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Boxes for Katje

Locomotive

Wall My son (1st grade) was not interested in the documentaries and photographs we found on the Internet but my daughter (3rd grade) was very curious about them.

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Not quite history but also very informative:

National Parks of the USA