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Evidence and nuance in nonfiction text

Common Core encourages students to ask "what's the evidence?" Reading across texts to uncover a full range of facts and opinions helps strengthen critical thinking skills.

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Marc Aronson

Children’s Author

Author, editor, publisher, and speaker Marc Aronson believes passionately in the power of great nonfiction — in building background knowledge, nourishing children’s interest in the real world, and helping young people become critical readers and thinkers. He has written history and biography books for middle school children and young adults, including books about the secrets of Stonehenge, the sugar trade (Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science), and the life of John Henry (Ain’t Nothing but a Man). His biography of Sir Walter Raleigh (Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado won the ALA’s first Robert L. Sibert Information Book Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

For an extended interview with Aronson and a list of his YA books, visit our sister site, AdLit.org.

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