These non-fiction titles are perfectly suited to reluctant readers and the Common Core State Standards Initiative:

Follow You Money: Who Gets It, Who Spends It, Where Does It Go?
(http://www.annickpress.com/Follow-Your-Money)

Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science
(http://www.annickpress.com/Before-the-World-Was-Ready)

It’s A Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History
(http://www.annickpress.com/Its-a-Feudal-Feudal-World)

Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Us Solve the World’s Mysteries
(http://www.annickpress.com/Bones-Never-Lie)

Made You Look: How advertising works and why you should know
(http://www.annickpress.com/Made-You-Look-Revised-Edition)

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