#nf10for10 Making a Difference

I look forward to posting this each year! It’s Nonfiction 10 for 10 day! The brain child of Mandy Robek, Cathy Mere, and Julie Balen to explore nonfiction titles to share in the classroom, library, or at home. I participated last year with a fun list of prehistoric titles from cave paintings to dinosaurs.

This year, I decided to create a list of titles about people who have made a difference in the world – from kids to adults who have helped to change our world for the better! A few of my titles may lean a little more towards fiction as they are inspired by true events. We could all use a little reminder that everyone can make a difference, no matter how young you are!

1. The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
2. Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson
3. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
4. Maybe Something Beautiful:
5. How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
6. by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell
7. One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway
8. The Water Princess by Susan Verde
9. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel
10. Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson
11. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia by Miranda Paul
12. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

And I know the whole point is to only list ten titles, but I just reviewed this title in the fall and I had to add it to the list! Never Too Young!: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference by Aileen Weintraub. Check out my review and take a look because you can easily read aloud about a different kid every day in just a few minutes to be inspired!