It's National Non-Fiction Day!

The Federation of Children's Book Group is launching the NATIONAL NON-FICTION DAY on the first Thursday of November every year beginning today, 4th November 2010!

Admittedly, I love exploring fiction titles - however, there is a wealth of non-fiction books out there that are not only informative, but are also essential and beneficial to the running of our daily lives. Not to mention entertaining, funny and worthwhile! From memoirs to cooking books, the non-fiction range is broad enough for everyone to find something they would ultimately enjoy.

Here at Girls Without a Bookshelf, we are celebrating by posting reviews of two excellent, non-fiction titles that fit the bill just right:

THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST (Tim Harford)

THE GETTYSBURG APPROACH TO WRITING AND SPEAKING LIKE A PROFESSIONAL (Philip A. Yaffe)

Watch out for the upcoming reviews - I hope you join us in celebrating the non-fiction titles today!

For more information about National Non-Fiction Day, visit http://nnfd.org/. Don't forget to watch out for posts about today in and around the blogosphere - I'm sure my fellow bloggers have some great posts planned!

Thank you to Mélanie from Library Mice for bringing this to my attention, to Scholastic sponsoring this wonderful event and to the brilliant authors and publishers who provided me with copies of their non-fiction titles.

Hope you enjoy National Non-Fiction Day everyone!