Nonfiction on Display: Melissa Stewart Dishes on the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction

One cannot help but wonder how the fervor surrounding contemporary nonfiction children’s literature compares to that of even a decade ago. For example, since an SLJ webinar she did last fall with more than 1000 attendees, people have been waiting for her next book. Those kinds of numbers don’t grow out of nothing. What is it about Melissa, author of more than 180 science books for children, and her work that taps so directly into where we are in 2021 and the current state of informational bo...