Exploring nonfiction literacies: innovative practices in classrooms

Introduction. Critical thinkers and innovative practices / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Ruth McKoy Lowery

Exploring the universe of facts : outstanding nonfiction and biographies / Deborah Thompson

Picture book biographies as mentor texts / Leslie Colabucci and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Mirrors and windows for all : nonfiction picture books as tools for understanding disabilities / Patricia A. Crawford and Kaybeth Calabria

Challenging gifted and talented readers with nonfiction texts / Margot Dickey and Laura Anne Hudock

Nonfiction instruction for English language learners / Xiaodi Zhou and Danling Fu

Differentiating and promoting critical thinking with nonfiction multimodal text sets / Danielle Hartsfield and Nicole Maxwell

Creating an appealing and usable classroom library of high quality diverse nonfiction texts /

Cuthbert Roland-Storm

Conclusion. A few thoughts on using nonfiction texts in the 21st century classroom / Paul H. Ricks.