Author: We need to nurture young readers' interest in nonfiction, too

For years, author Melissa Stewart felt like an outsider.

She considers herself a scientist first, then a writer, and has combined the two to become a successful author of children's nonfiction books.

But in the publishing world, she felt like very few other people shared her preference for nonfiction and her minimal interest in fiction.

But about ten years ago, Stewart realized that she certainly wasn't alone — and began to wonder how much adults' assumption that most if not all children prefer fiction was affecting their academic development.

Stewart shares her concerns about the bias toward fiction in children's publishing in Publishers Weekly.

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