(Mostly) Nonfiction* books for & about (mostly) young people!

Visit the Fault Lines in the Constitution Blog!

How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School
How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art
The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect us Today.
The Graphic Novel
The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March
Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution & Change
50 Award-Winning Children's Books Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing
How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community
Do All the Good You Can

Coming Soon-ish!

  • Free to Learn: How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School (illustrated by Mirelle Ortega, Atheneum, April 2024)
  • Who Owns the Moon? And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space (with Jennifer Swanson, Peachtree Publishing Company, January 2025)
  • Fault Lines in the Constitution (with Sanford Levinson, 3rd edition, Peachtree Publishing Company, 2025)
  • A School for Problems: Myles Horton and the Highlander Folk School (illustrated by Keith Henry Brown, Peachtree Publishing Company, Fall 2026)

* See the article Jennifer Swanson, Melissa Stewart and I wrote for Publisher’s Weekly: “Hey, Grownups! Kids Really Do Like Nonfiction!“

* Also see “Why I Write Narrative Nonfiction” on Melissa Stewart’s Celebrate Nonfiction blog.