Dogwood Nonfiction Reading List, 2026, Grades 6-8

Created by Missouri Association of School Librarians

136 Resources including
12 Videos
7 Book Readings
11 Lesson Plans
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World Without Summer, A: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out

A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out

by Nicholas Day and Yas Imamura

20+ Resources9 Awards

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Whale Eyes: A Memoir about Seeing and Being Seen

by Alan James Robinson and Brian Rea

15+ Resources8 Awards

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Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports

by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby

15+ Resources5 Awards

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Sole Survivor: A True Story of Impossible Odds

by Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely

15+ Resources1 Awards

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How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America

by Clint Smith and Sonja Cherry-Paul

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Climate Is Just the Start

by Mikaela Loach

10+ Resources4 Awards

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The Lost Women of Science

by Melina Gerosa Bellows, Katie Hafner, and Karyn Lee

10+ Resources4 Awards

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Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor's Story

by Setsuko Thurlow, Kathy Lowinger, and Michelle Theodore

10+ Resources4 Awards

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We Shall Not Be Denied: A Timeline of Voting Rights and Suppression in America

by Cayla Bellanger Degroat and Cicely Lewis

10+ Resources

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Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth

by Steve Mushin

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Putin vs. Zelensky: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Why It's Happening and How It All Got Started

by Ben Thompson

10+ Resources3 Awards

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Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You're Missing

by Joyce Grant and Jan Dolby

10+ Resources

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Greatest Stuff on Earth, The: The Amazing Science of Sunlight, Smartphones, Microphones, Mushrooms & Everything In-Between

The Greatest Stuff on Earth: The Amazing Science of Sunlight, Smartphones, Microphones, Mushrooms & Everything In-Between

by Steve Tomecek and John Devolle

5+ Resources

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How the Ghost Army Hoodwinked Hitler: The Story of American Artistry and Deception in World War II

by Rebecca Siegel

5+ Resources1 Awards

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Many Things Under a Rock Young Readers Edition: The Mysteries of Octopuses

by David Scheel and Laurel Yoyo Scheel

5+ Resources1 Awards

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You Were Made for This World: Celebrated Indigenous Voices Speak to Young People

by Stephanie Sinclair and Sara Sinclair

5+ Resources1 Awards

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UFOs

by Adam Allsuch Boardman

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Immense World, An: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong

5+ Resources

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Creatively Human: Why We Imagine, Make and Innovate

by Lois Peterson and Madeline Yee

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Creative Writing with Miss Mary Mac

by Mary McInerney and Rivkah Lafille

5+ Resources

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