TeachingBooks | Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List, 2026

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown

by Candace Fleming

30+ Resources11 Awards

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Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town That Looked Away

by Candy J. Cooper

20+ Resources6 Awards

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Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic

by Candace Fleming and Deena So'oteh

20+ Resources6 Awards

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At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom

by Erin Entrada Kelly

20+ Resources10 Awards

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His Fairytale Life: A Book about Hans Christian Andersen

by Jane Yolen and Brooke Boynton-Hughes

20+ Resources2 Awards

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Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

by Lori Alexander and Jenn Ely

15+ Resources6 Awards

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Five Sides of Marjorie Rice, The: How to Discover a Shape

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape

by Amy Alznauer and Anna Bron

15+ Resources7 Awards

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The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest

by Lynn Street and Anne Hunter

15+ Resources5 Awards

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Bard and the Book, The: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion

by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla

15+ Resources4 Awards

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Meet the Mini-Mammals: A Night at the Natural History Museum

by Melissa Stewart and Brian Lies

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Over and Under the Coral Reef

by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Vanishing of Lake Peigneur, The: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story

by Allan Wolf and Jose Pimienta

15+ Resources5 Awards

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Volcanoes

by Nell Cross Beckerman and Kalen Chock

15+ Resources4 Awards

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Hurricane

by Jason Chin

15+ Resources7 Awards

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Friendship Train, The: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War II

The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War II

by Debbie Levy and Boris Kulikov

15+ Resources4 Awards

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House on the Canal, The: The Story of the House That Hid Anne Frank

The House on the Canal: The Story of the House That Hid Anne Frank

by Thomas Harding and Britta Teckentrup

15+ Resources5 Awards

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White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups

by Gail Jarrow

15+ Resources5 Awards

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Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows

by Lisa Rogers and Susan Reagan

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Sociopath: A Memoir

by Patric Gagne

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Raising Hare: A Memoir

by Chloe Dalton

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Dancing Through Space: Dr. Mae Jemison Soars to New Heights

by Lydia Lukidis and Sawyer Cloud

15+ Resources

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Safe Crossing

by Kari Percival

15+ Resources5 Awards

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Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps

by Sandra Nickel and Julie Paschkis

15+ Resources2 Awards

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One in a Million

by Claire Lordon

10+ Resources

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Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes

by Marissa Moss

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Dragonflies of Glass: The Story of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls

by Susan Goldman Rubin and Susanna Chapman

10+ Resources3 Awards

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Mariam's Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope

by Leila Boukarim and Sona Avedikian

10+ Resources5 Awards

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Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit v. Vegetable Showdown

by Lindsay H. Metcalf and Edwin Fotheringham

10+ Resources3 Awards

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World Entire, The: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue

The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue

by Elizabeth Brown and Melissa Castrillón

10+ Resources5 Awards

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Beast in the Clouds, The: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda

The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda

by Nathalia Holt

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Fighter in the Woods: The True Story of a Jewish Girl Who Joined the Partisans in World War II

by Joshua M. Greene

10+ Resources2 Awards

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Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

by Lori Alexander and Rebecca Santo

10+ Resources4 Awards

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Whales in the City

by Nancy F. Castaldo and Chuck Groenink

10+ Resources4 Awards

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Wish I Was a Baller

by Amar Shah and Rashad Doucet

10+ Resources

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Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet

by Leonard S. Marcus

10+ Resources3 Awards

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Mighty: The Story of an Oak Tree Ecosystem

by Henry Cole

10+ Resources3 Awards

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Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines

by Kris Coronado and Islenia Mil

10+ Resources

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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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Bats Beneath the Bridge

by Janet Nolan and Emily Cox

10+ Resources

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This Is My Brain!: A Book on Neurodiversity

by Elise Gravel

10+ Resources4 Awards

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Crane and the Keeper, The: How an Endangered Crane Chose a Human as Her Mate

The Crane and the Keeper: How an Endangered Crane Chose a Human as Her Mate

by Meeg Pincus and Gillian Eilidh O'Mara

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Tell Me about Juneteenth

by Kortney Nash and Deandra Hodge

10+ Resources

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Fantastic Flora: The World's Biggest, Baddest, and Smelliest Plants

by Ann McCallum Staats and Zoë Ingram

10+ Resources

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Real-Life Disasters

by Anna Crowley Redding and Robbie Cathro

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Charles M. Schulz: The Creator of Snoopy and Peanuts

by Yuzuru Kuki

5+ Resources

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Ellis Island: Immigration and the American Dream

by Felipe Galindo Feggo and Tait Howard

5+ Resources1 Awards

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True Story of Vanilla, The: How Edmond Albius Made History

The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History

by Ann Richards and Arden Taylor

5+ Resources1 Awards

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Scat: The Incredible Science of Wildlife Poop

by Anita Sanchez

5+ Resources1 Awards

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We Are American, Too

by Kristen Mei Chase and Jieting Chen

5+ Resources2 Awards

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The Secret World of Spiderwebs

by Namasri Niumim and Jan Beccaloni

5+ Resources2 Awards

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Gold Rush: The Untold Story of the First Nations Woman Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush

by Flora Delargy

5+ Resources

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Waist-Deep in Dung: A Stomach-Churning Look at the Grossest Jobs Throughout History

by Christine Virnig and Korwin Briggs

5+ Resources1 Awards

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World of Mushrooms

by Pauline Payen and Zelda Pressigout

5+ Resources

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I'm Longer Than You!: An Epic Contest of Measurement

by Carolyn Fisher

5+ Resources

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Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List, 2026

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