Education
In 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books, Melissa Stewart and Marlene Correia present a new way to sort nonfiction into five major categories and show how doing so can help teachers and librarians build stronger readers and writers. In today’s episode, Terry Thompson talks with Melissa and Marlene about changes in expository nonfiction over the years, the recognition of the Info-Kid, and how teachers and librarians can use the categorization system in their book to better support students L I N K S 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books Melissa's Twitter Marlene's Twitter Melissa's Site Info-Kids, now out of print but used copies available