When someone grows nostalgic about childhood books, they generally talk about fiction, but my fiction reading nearly all came from the library and had to go back, so I don’t remember it as clearly as the nonfiction in the bookcase that I’d flip through and look at the pictures and read some here and there.
I suddenly realize what memories of the children's section of the library I do have are 100% about fiction. They must have had at least a little nonfiction for kids, but…no memories.
I think the magic tree house books came with nonfiction pairs. "Jack's notebooks" or something like that. I was crazy for them.
But for me fiction and nonfiction were both mostly at the library, so I wouldn't say the nonfiction books were around more.
I suddenly realize what memories of the children's section of the library I do have are 100% about fiction. They must have had at least a little nonfiction for kids, but…no memories.