1. What Do You Think About…? Books
These are truly one-of-a-kind nonfiction books designed to go beyond identifying text features — they ask students to analyze, question, and evaluate how text features are used to persuade.
Unlike traditional children’s nonfiction, these books don’t treat text features as neutral add-ons. Instead, students are challenged to think critically about how authors use text features to share selective information, support arguments, and influence readers’ thinking.
You’ll find a table of contents, index, glossary, photos, captions, maps, charts, labels, fact boxes, bold lettering, and more in these books.
Full disclosure: I wrote these books, so yes, I’m a little biased. But these books were created for a reason — I couldn’t find any nonfiction books for upper elementary that intentionally used text features to present arguments and reveal bias. These books exist to fill that gap.
