Litsy

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

#MonthlyNonfiction is back for 2026!

Read at least one nonfiction book each month. 12 nonfiction books in the year. Optional bonus prompts available for extra books and tracking by Dewey category.

Everyone welcome!

Very low key… dip in and out as your schedule allows. Read through all the Dewey categories if you‘d like… or just read whatever nonfiction books spark your interest.

Tagging those already on the 2026 list. 😀

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, ferskner, Rissreadswithcats, TheAromaofBooks, willaful

julieclair Interested in joining us again this year? @TheBookgeekFrau @Gissy @kspenmoll @Lauredhel @rockpools @TEArificbooks @Sarahreadstoomuch @peanutnine @mhillis @MonicaLoves2Read 6d

Lauredhel Yes I'm in! 6d

peanutnine Yes definitely! Thanks for hosting again! 6d

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rockpools Yes please! I fell off everything this year, but would love another go this year. Thank you! 6d

ChaoticMissAdventures I would love to join!! I always try to reach 25% nonfiction and never make it, and added challenge is helpful. 6d

KT1432 Ohhh I like this!! I‘d like to join! 6d

MonicaLoves2Read I'm in for another year! 6d

jenniferw88 I'd like to join 6d

AnishaInkspill hi, I'd like to join, I liek reading nonfiction and like how this sounds easygoing, I may not be able to do all but definitely quite a few. 6d

IriDas I would like to join. 6d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I've been updating Goodreads a bit, adding some books that I have acquired, deleting those added to my TBR because I entered a giveaway 11 years ago, eliminate duplicates, and all that jazz. I've noted some of the non- fiction books that I own and found their DDN. I have something for a majority of the categories. Now, can I stick with it? 😁 6d

Texreader This is awesome! Please include me. Not sure I can do it every month but I‘ll try. I love nonfiction 6d

TimEW Add me to the list please. I‘m a slow reader, but I like the idea of picking out a read from each category. 5d

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 5d

do-re-mi @julieclair, just double checking, do the non-fiction books need to be read in order, starting with Generalities? I'm not really good about sticking to strict monthly themes anymore. I guess it's the reading rebel in me. 🙂 🙂 🙂 5d

julieclair @Lauredhel @peanutnine @rockpools Yay! Glad you‘re back for another year! 😀 3d

julieclair @ChaoticMissAdventures Glad you‘re joining us! 25% nonfiction is a good goal. 3d

julieclair @KT1432 Yay! Glad you‘re joining us! 3d

julieclair @MonicaLoves2Read Yay! Glad you‘re back! 3d

julieclair @jenniferw88 and @IriDas Welcome! So glad you‘re with us! 3d

julieclair @AnishaInkspill Glad you‘re joining! It is definitely an easygoing challenge. Participate when you can. 😀 3d

julieclair @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I admire you for cleaning up your Goodreads. I need to do the same with my Litsy and StoryGraph lists. I love that you already have books for most of the categories! I bet your newly organized list will help you stick with it! 😃 3d

julieclair @Texreader Hooray! Glad you‘re joining! This is a very low-key challenge. Dip in and out as your schedule allows. 3d

julieclair @TimEW Welcome! So glad you‘re with us! Read at your own pace. This is a very easygoing challenge. 😀 3d

julieclair @do-re-mi Some people like to read the books in order, but you can read the books in any order you like. You don‘t even have to read one from every category. Just pick a nonfiction book you‘d like to read each month, and that‘s it! 😃 3d

AnishaInkspill @julieclair thank you, that's really good to know, next year I'm going to read the easier Stephen Hawking book. Not sure how this will go but just doing it.

A Briefer History of Time

do-re-mi Thank you. 🙂 3d

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peanutnine

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

November #MonthlyNonfiction2025 reads @julieclair
#NonfictionNovember was a busy one ☺️

julieclair Wow, great month! Rediscovering Turtle Island looks interesting to me. Sea Turtles have been coming to Hilton Head Island, SC, where I live, for hundreds of years. The idea of seeing a “turtle island” through the eyes of First Nation people sounds fascinating. 3w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Updated schedule for #SheSaid!

We had 1 book with 5 votes (Wild Swans) and 4 with 4 votes. I added them all to our schedule for 2026 along with our 2 fiction reads. I did bump Wild Swans back to March, so we could read it and the follow-up book by the author after (and hopefully 🤞 when the hold lines at the library are not so long for a new release 😬). Then there were about 12 books tied after that…so new vote this summer.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 3w

AllDebooks Thank you Melissa xx 3w

DebinHawaii Thank you! 🤗 3w

CatLass007 Thank you for your hard work. 3w

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audreywarnick

The Elephant Scientist | Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

I‘d bring this book into the classroom when my students are working on animal research. It would be especially helpful for anyone who picks elephants as their topic.

audreywarnick

The Elephant Scientist | Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

so-so

The Elephant Scientist is written in a way that‘s really straightforward and simple to follow. The ideas are explained clearly, making the science easy to understand. It‘s well-matched to its readers because it uses accessible language and real-life photographs to hold attention. The authors keep it engaging by blending scientific details with their own experiences, which helps readers stay curious and learn more about elephants and how

audreywarnick

The Elephant Scientist | Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

“As an elephant scientist, she relies on patience and perseverance to identify and measure the social behaviors of the majestic mammal“

julieclair

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Time for our last #MonthlyNonfiction2025 selection of the year! What will everyone be reading? My choice is Rick Steves‘ European Christmas.

We will be continuing for 2026. Please comment below if you‘d like to be added to, or removed from, the tag list.

Everyone is welcome! The challenge is simple: read one nonfiction book each month.

Tagging all who participated this year. It has been fun exploring nonfiction together!

Sarahreadstoomuch, rockpools, kspenmoll, mhillis, Gissy, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, ferskner, Lauredhel, TEArificbooks, MonicaLoves2Read, Rissreadswithcats, TheBookgeekFrau, TheAromaofBooks, peanutnine, willaful

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I did horribly this year! But please keep me on the tag list. I'm hoping to do a better job next year. I cannot promise to go through the categories in order, though. 🤣 4w

ReadingInTheRealWorld Please add me to the list. 🙂 4w

TheAromaofBooks I actually have read a nonfiction book from my personal collection for every section this year!!! I'm super pleased with my progress, so keep me on your list!! This month, I'm finishing (or trying to!) Agatha Christie's autobiography that I started at the beginning of November. It's so good but THICK 😂 4w

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willaful @TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed that, I recall. Her second memoir is on my #10BeforeTheEnd but I stupidly loaned it to my mom! 4w

willaful I've been reading mostly memoirs, should make an effort to diversify next year. 4w

MonicaLoves2Read I'm going to read Ain't Nobody‘s Fool: The Life & Times of Dolly Parton by Martha Ackmann 4w

peanutnine I tried to read at least one book in each category and I've got one left for Language that I'll be reading for December!

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Oooo what is the title of that one? I may have to read it next! Her writing style is so friendly and companionable. It's like having a visit with a favorite auntie. 😂 4w

willaful @TheAromaofBooks It's about her second marriage to an archeologist and called Come Tell Me How You Live. Seems absolutely charming! (edited) 4w

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I will definitely check it out!! It's interesting because it looks like she actually wrote that before her longer autobiography, so I bet they would complement each other and fill in some gaps!! 3w

ferskner I'm in for next year! I've had a very strange reading year so I didn't participate like I thought I would, but I'm excited for next year. 2w

julieclair @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I don‘t go through the categories in order, either! Glad you‘re back for another year. Participate when you can. This is a very casual challenge. 😘 1w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks You have done so well with this challenge! Glad you‘re back for another year! 1w

julieclair @MonicaLoves2Read I bet that will be interesting and inspiring. I‘m such a Dolly fan! 1w

julieclair @peanutnine Good for you! I tried, too, but missed two categories. 1w

julieclair @ferskner So glad you‘re back for another year! 💙 1w

julieclair @willaful I‘m just the opposite! I didn‘t read any memoirs and want to read several next year. 1w

MonicaLoves2Read I'm reading The Typewriter and the Guillotine 1w

julieclair @MonicaLoves2Read That book sounds fascinating! Looking forward to your review. 7d

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Hello #SheSaid!

Voting is up now for 2026! And with this many choice, maybe part of 2027 too 😂

https://forms.gle/en54WgSVAzp1nkoZ6

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/en54WgSVAzp1nkoZ6 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1mo

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Bookwormjillk How many do you want us to vote for? 1mo

Suet624 Hi, I think you can remove me from this list. Next year I‘m really committed to reading my books on my shelf so I can start moving them out. I want to thank you for your work in organizing this group though. The books have been really interesting and informative. (edited) 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk vote for any you are interested in reading with the group. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 we need to start some challenge group for that. Reading books off our own shelves. I need to do that badly too 1mo

Singout Thank you, Melissa! Organizing this list is a workout! 1mo

MallenNC Great list! Some I‘m not familiar with and others I‘d already read so I just picked some that seemed intriguing. 1mo

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jadeynr

The Elephant Scientist | Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

“As an elephant scientist, she relies on patience and perseverance to identify and measure the social behaviors of the majestic mammal“

jadeynr

The Elephant Scientist | Caitlin O'Connell, Donna M. Jackson

I would use this book when I was having students in my class do an animal research project, this will be perfect for the students that chooses elephants.

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