Life
Story
The Boy Who
Loved Math
by Deborah Heiligman
Brave Girl by Michelle Markle
Brown Girl
Dreaming by
Jacqueline Woodson
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
Lives of the Presidents (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatium
Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatium
The Right Word by Jen Bryant
Survey
Book
Eyewitness BooksThe Horrible, Miserable Middle Ages by Kathy Allen
Lightning by Seymour Simon
National Geographic Readers
Spiders by Nic Bishop
Why’d They
Wear That? by
Sarah Albee
Specialized
Nonfiction
Chasing Cheetahs by Sy Montgomery
Handle with Care by Loree Griffin Burns
Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart
Meadowlands: A Wetlands
Survival Story by
Tom Yezerski
Sniffer Dogs by Nancy Castaldo
Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
Concept
Book
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
Just a Second by Steve Jenkins
Lifetime by Lola Schaefer
Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell
No Monkeys, No
Chocolate
by Melissa Stewart
A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart
Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy
A Star in My Orange by Dana Meachen Rau
Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre
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Writing Styles
Writing Styles
Expository
Facts PlusA Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Born to Be Giants: How Baby Dinosaurs
Grew to Rule the World by Lita Judge
Bugged: How Insects Changed History by Sarah Albee
Eye to Eye by Steve Jenkins
Feathers: Not Just for
Flying by Melissa
Stewart
Tiny
Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
Fast Facts
Animal
Grossapedia by
Melissa Stewart
Eyewitness Books
Guinness Book
of World Records
Time for Kids
Big Book of Why
Narrative
Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Buried Alive by Elaine Scott
The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
Redwoods by Jason Chin (due to the art)
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Common Text Structures
Common Text Structures
Description/Explanation
A Black Hole
Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
Creep and
Flutter by
Jim Arnosky
Dolphins! by Melissa Stewart
Dolphins! by Melissa Stewart
Frogs
by Nic Bishop
Lightship by Brian Floca
Tiny
Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
Sequence
Chronological narrative
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
The
Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah
Heiligman
Buried Alive by Elaine Scott
Buried Alive by Elaine Scott
The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
Noah Webster & His
Words by Jeri Chase
Ferris
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The
Story of Wangari Maathai by
Claire A. Nivola
Pop: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Megan McCarthy
The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester
Bass
Episodic narrative
Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Brave Girl by Michelle Markel
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
Braided narrative
Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah
Hopkinson
We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson
Journey narrative
If Stones Could Speak by Marc Aronson
Lost Treasure of the
Inca by Peter Lourie
Quest for the Tree
Kangaroo by Sy
Montgomery
Saving the Ghost of the
Mountain by Sy
Montgomery
Cycle narrative
A Drop of Water by Gordon Morrison
Frog in a Bog by John Himmelman
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
Redwoods by Jason Chin (due to the art)
Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
Chronological expository
Bugged: How Insects Changed History by Sarah Albee
Poop Happened!: A History of the World
from the Bottom Up by Sarah Albee
Why'd They Wear That?: Fashion as the
Mirror of History by Sarah Albee
Cumulative expository
Here Is the Tropical
Rain Forest by
Madeleine Dunphy
No Monkeys, No
Chocolate by Melissa
Stewart
Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox
How-to expository
Dessert Designers: Creations You Can
Make and Eat by Dana
Meachen Rau
How to Swallow a Pig by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes by Doug Stillinger
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes by Josie Fison and Felicity Dahl
Try This! 50 Fun Experiments for the
Mad Scientist in You
by Karen Romano Young
Compare & Contrast
Dueling spreads
Frog or
Toad? How Do You Know? by Melissa Stewart
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy
Neo Leo by Gene Barretta
Those Rebels, Tom &
John by Barbara
Kerley
List book
Born in the Wild by Lita Judge
Born to Be Giants: How Baby Dinosaurs
Grew to Rule the World by Lita Judge
Eye to Eye by Steve Jenkins
Feathers: Not Just for
Flying by Melissa
Stewart
Move by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
My First Day by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Just One Bite by Lola Schaefer
The Great Monkey Rescue by Sandra Markle
Good Question series (Sterling)
Creature Features by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Hello Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde
Scholastic Question & Answer series
Cause & Effect
Earth: Feeling
the Heat by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Frog in a Bog by John Himmelman
A Place for
Butterflies by Melissa Stewart
When Rain Falls by Melissa Stewart
Problem-Solution The Great Monkey Rescue by Sandra Markle
A Place for
Butterflies by Melissa Stewart
Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff
Stay: The True Story of
Ten Dogs by Michaela
Muntean
Q & A Books
Bone
by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons by Sarah Levine Good Question series (Sterling)
Creature Features by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Hatch! by Roxie Munro
Hello Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde
Scholastic Question & Answer series
What Do You Do with a
Tail Like This? by
Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
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Mixing & Matching
Mixing & Matching
If you’re writing a Life
Story . . .
- Probably sequence (chronological) structure
- Narrative writing style
If you’re writing a Survey
Book . . .
- Description/explanation, sequence, Q & A
- Expository writing style
If you’re writing Specialized
Nonfiction . . .
- Probably sequence, compare & contrast
- Narrative or expository writing style
If you’re writing a Concept Book . . .
- Sequence, compare & contrast, Q & A,
cause & effect, problem—solution, or invent your own
- Probably expository writing style