National Non-Fiction November
National Non-Fiction November is the Federation of Children’s Book Groups’ annual celebration of all things factual. Born out of National Non-Fiction Day, the brain child of Adam Lancaster during his years as Chair, the whole month now celebrates all those readers that have a passion for information and facts and attempts to bring non fiction celebration in line with those of fiction.
Why not celebrate National Non-Fiction November by arranging an author visit or exploring one of the many types of non-fiction books for children and young people, any time during the month of November? You could team up with a library, local museum or organisation and build a session around books on a particular topic, such as local history or famous people.
National Non-Fiction November 2022
Communication
The theme for this year is Communication. Humans have the unique ability to communicate through spoken and written language. Our amazing ingenuity and creativity have also resulted in the development of a wide range of other ways to communicate using science and technology, different art forms and transportation networks. Our booklist will highlight the myriad of ways in which we communicate ranging from hieroglyphics to emojis, sign language to language learning and secret codes to mass media. It will also include books about some fascinating examples of communication in the natural world.
In addition to a programme of guest blogs on the FCBG website during the month, we will be inviting a group of children’s book reviewers to post reviews of new non-fiction titles on their own websites. Follow us on Twitter @FCBGNews for links to the reviews, giveaways and to join the conversation about non-fiction, using the hashtag #NNFN2022.
We are running a fantastic competition for 5-12s with the support of Welbeck Children’s Books. For full details and the competition rules, see here
We want to express our huge thanks to the publishers who generously support NNFN.
