Last March, just before the pandemic hit, I wrote a
blog post called “Has Nonfiction Reached a Tipping Point?” Although the title is posed as a question, my article made it clear that I could see tangible signs that
the children’s literature community’s attitude toward nonfiction was beginning
to change.

Now, on Monday, the evidence was clear. This is the golden age of children’s nonfiction. 

So I’ll end this
post the same way I ended the one last in March.

As exciting as it
is to see nonfiction FINALLY getting the attention it deserves—the attention it’s
had all along in the adult publishing world—there’s something else that’s even
more thrilling . . .

As far as we’ve
come over the last 30 years—from just one kind of nonfiction to five distinct
categories, the wonderful world of
nonfiction still has more to offer. Much more. There’s plenty of room for
growth and innovation, so let’s get to work!