Kindergartners who are 5- and 6-year-old beginning readers need to read nonfiction books as well as fiction books. They'll practice different comprehension skills & learn how to read for information.

The balance should gradually skew toward informational texts, and by 12th grade, 70 percent of what students read should be nonfiction. ... Use nonfiction books to support ‘visual literacy.’ ...

When it comes to untethering the imagination and letting it soar into the unknown, comic books and graphic novels are hard to ... There are some practical upsides to graphic nonfiction for readers as ...