Fun Nonfiction Series

There is no reason that nonfiction has to be boring. I've looked into most of the titles in these series and purchased the vast majority. I've also READ them, and they really are fun. We forget how much students don't know about the history of every day objects. Since these are not trade books, they tend to be a bit pricey, but if I look at the number of circulations each book has, they are well worth it!


Checkerboard Biography Library: Toy Trailblazers

Slater, Lee 

Barbie Developer Ruth Handler  

Board Game Builder Milton Bradley

Crayola Creators Edward Binney and C. Harold Smith 

LEGO manufacturers : the Kristiansen family

Play-Doh Pioneer Joseph McVicker

Slinky Innovators The James Family

Pilot: Brands We Know. Bellweather Media

Green, Sara.

Apple

Coca-Cola

Crayola

Hersheys

McDonald's

Nike

Target

Checkboard Library: Food Dudes

Mattern, Joanne 

Ben & Jerry : ice cream manufacturers 

Clarence Birdseye : frozen food innovator

 The Kellogg family : breakfast cereal pioneers 

The Mars family : M&M Mars candy makers

Milton Hershey : Hershey's chocolate creator

Ray Kroc : McDonald's restaurants builder 

Robert Cade : Gatorade inventor 

William Wrigley Jr. : Wrigley's Chewing Gum founder 

Enslow: Inventors at Work!

Various authors

The chocolate chip cookie queen : Ruth Wakefield and her yummy inventionby 

The coolest inventor : Willis Haviland Carrier and his air conditioner

Microwave man : Percy Spencer and his sizzling invention 

Scuba man : Jacques Cousteau and his amazing underwater invention 

The woman who invented windshield wipers : Mary Anderson and her wonderful invention 

Scholastic: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...

At least 18 titles!

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