In a new video at About.com, Dr. Marc Aronson introduces some great middle grade nonfiction book about subjects kids will want to read.

Transcript from the video:

I'm Dr. Marc Aronson. I'm a teacher in the Rutgers School of Library and information Science. I'm here with my son Sasha for About.com to introduce some great middle grade nonfiction and some subjects kids will want to read about. What is history? History is everything that human beings have done to make us who we are as investigated by our current interests and ideas. You're digging through, you know, this blank surface to catch a surprise, and to learn something, which now links you with something before and gives you a vector, a path, towards who you can become.