Category - Juvenile Nonfiction

Go back to the thrilling time of warring knights who were prepared to give their life in order to protect their lord and his castle.Castles may c...

"In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke set off a disastrous four-year-long conflict involving dozens of countries with battles takin...

The story of Girl Power! Learn about the remarkable women who changed US history.From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Stein...

Notes From Your Bookseller Loaded with facts and information, What Were the Twin Towers? is a detailed history of the architectural marvels that ...

"Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand...

When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vas...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who did...

Notes From Your BooksellerThe What Was? series is a staple on the kid’s book scene, and they go ultra-dark here, taking on the horrors of the Don...

Learn about the deadly and unexpected blizzard that slammed the Midwestern United States in 1888 and doomed many young lives in this addition to ...

Notes From Your BooksellerThe What Was? series is a staple on the kid’s book scene, and they go ultra-dark here, taking on the horrors of the Don...

Learn about the deadly and unexpected blizzard that slammed the Midwestern United States in 1888 and doomed many young lives in this addition to ...

Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world. The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter ...

This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be "the war to end all wars" but tragically wasn't. In 1914, the assas...

Gooaal! Soccer fans, get your game on with this book about one of the biggest tournaments in women's sports. The first international women's soccer...

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther Ki...

"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civi...

"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, Ameri...

The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuviu...

From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was des...

Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long jo...

At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built—just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppeli...

On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coasta...

Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, beg...

On August 15, 1969, a music festival called "Woodstock" transformed one small dairy farm in upstate New York into a gathering place for over 400,...