K-12 Classroom Materials
These selected New Press titles are of particular interest for the K-12 Classroom.

The Abandonment of the Jews

America and the Holocaust, 1941–1945
A handsome new paperback edition of the bestselling classic on America’s response to the Nazi assault on European Jews

African Art Portfolio

An Illustrated Introduction: Masterpieces from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries

America by the Numbers

A Field Guide to the U.S. Population
An eye-opening, at-a glance guide to the myths and realities of American demography

American Dreams

Lost and Found

Here is the raw material for one thousand novels. . . incomparable.  —MARGARET ATWOOD

And They All Sang

Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
NOW IN PAPERBACK the Pulitzer Prize winner’s “latest indispensable oral history” (New York Times) of the twentieth century’s most celebrated musicians

Anita and Me
The prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in northern England. 

The Art of Ancient Egypt

Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum

Art of the American Indian Frontier

A Portfolio

Asian Americans

Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam, and Cambodia

Asian Art Portfolio

Masterpieces from the Asia Society

The Assassination of Julius Caesar

A People’s History of Ancient Rome
Intrigue, murder, and class struggle at the heart of the Roman Empire

Beyond the Bake Sale

The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A practical, hands-on primer on helping schools and families work better together to improve children's education

The Biodiversity Crisis

Losing What Counts
The fastest mass extinction of species in Earth’s history, intriguingly explored in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History’s permanent exhibit

Black Heritage Sites

The North, Volume 1

Black Teachers on Teaching

Brown v. Board

The Landmark Oral Argument Before the Supreme Court
The transcripts, never before available to the general reading public, of “the most important American governmental act of any kind since the Emancipation Proclamation” (Louis Pollack, Yale University)

China Pop

How Soap Operas, Tabloids, and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture

Chinatown, N.Y.

Labor and Politics, 1930–1950

Cigarettes

Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke
Wall Street Journal reporter Tara Parker-Pope presents the clearest picture yet of the most conspicuous consumer product on the planet, telling the fast-paced business story behind this 350 billion dollar industry.

City Kids, City Teachers

Reports from the Front Row
PAPERBACK a classic collection exploding the stereotypes of city schools, reissued as a companion to City Kids, City Schools

The Coffee Book

Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop
REVISED AND UPDATED A compact guide to the beverage that keeps us running

Coming of Age in America

A Multicultural Anthology
PAPERBACK The acne and ecstasy of adolescence, a multicultural collection of short stories and fiction excerpts that Library Journal calls “wonderfully diverse from the standard fare,” in a beautiful new edition

Cosmic Horizons

Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
Leading experts explain the discoveries of modern astrophysics in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History’s newly renovated Rose Center for Earth and Space

Creole Folktales
In this unusual collection of stories and fables, Goncourt prize-winner Patrick Chamoiseau re-creates in truly magical language the stories he heard as a child in Martinique.

Crossing into America

The New Literature of Immigration
A literary portrait of immigrant America including contributions from celebrated authors, young writers, and undocumented workers

Crossing the Tracks

How “Untracking” Can Save America’s Schools
A highly praised study of ways in which schools have successfully experimented with heterogeneous grouping in the classroom.

The Discipline of Hope

Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching
The first paperback edition of the master educator's insights from four decades in the classroom. 

Dismantling Desegregation

The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education
"A wise...authoritative book" (Jonathan Kozol) on America's return to segregation.

Dr. Seuss Goes to War

The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
NOW IN PAPERBACK The bestselling treasure trove of World War II political cartoons by Dr. Seuss

Earth

Inside and Out
Leading experts explain our planet in an illustrated companion to the acclaimed American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Planet Earth

East to America

Korean American Life Stories
The highly praised first oral history of the Korean American community; a Kiriyama Book Prize finalist.

Economic Apartheid in America

A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity

REVISED PAPERBACK Following the 2004 presidential election, a graphic portrait of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else in America

Ellis Island and the Peopling of America

The Official Guide
A primary source reader and resource guide to Ellis Island and issues of immigration.

Embracing Defeat

Japan in the Wake of World War II
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II.

Epidemic!

The World of Infectious Disease

Families and Freedom

A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era
A sequel to the award-winning Free At Last that includes moving letters from freed slaves to their families

Field Guide to the Global Economy
An eye-opening, twenty-first-century guide to the myths and realities of the international economy

Field Guide to the U.S. Economy

A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America
The twenty-first-century handbook to the myths and realities of the U.S. economy

Final Test

The Battle for Adequacy in America’s Schools
NOW IN PAPERBACK An in-depth look at "the brave new world of school finance" (Education Week) and the latest struggle for equality in public education

Fires in the Bathroom

Advice for Teachers from High School Students
NOW IN PAPERBACK The acclaimed book of practical advice from students to their teachers

The First American Revolution

Before Lexington and Concord
A bold new interpretation of America’s founding moment

Forbidden Workers

Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor
A "gripping exposé" (Publishers Weekly) of the conditions faced by Chinese illegal aliens in the United States.

Founding Myths

Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
NOW IN PAPERBACK: The highly praised book in which cherished stories from American history are exposed as myths

Free at Last

A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War

A handsome new edition of an essential work by the groundbreaking historian of African American life in the nineteenth century

Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution

An Inquiry into the Civil War and Reconstruction
From the award-winning authors of Who Built America?, a groundbreaking highschool level presentation of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Going Public

Schooling for a Diverse Democracy
An historically informed overview of the multicultural education debate from a leading advocate.

“The Good War”

An Oral History of World War II
This first trade paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book features a new Preface by the author.

Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian

A Literary Anthology
An award-winning collection of over fifty gay and lesbian coming-of-age stories. 

Growing Up Poor

A Literary Anthology
A searingly candid look at growing up "without", edited by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of the Children of Crisis series.

Hard Times

An Oral History of the Great Depression

Her First American

A Novel
A classic novel of the immigrant experience

History Lessons

How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History
NOW IN PAPERBACK The widely contrasting approaches to U.S. history that can be found in the textbooks of other nations

Hope Dies Last

Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times
The latest oral history from the unrivaled master of the genre

“I Won’t Learn from You”

And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment
A paperback edition of the now-classic essay on "not learning" or refusing to learn, in addition to four other landmark essays

If I Could Write This in Fire

An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean

Islam Explained
NOW IN PAPERBACK A uniquely accessible introduction to Islam, by the celebrated author of Racism Explained to My Daughter

Japan at War

An Oral History
PAPERBACK A timely fifteenth anniversary reissue of a “deeply moving book” (Studs Terkel) that portrays the Japanese experience during World War II in all its complexity

Justice Talking: Censoring the Web

Leading Advocates Debate Today’s Most Controversial Issues
Prominent attorneys debate web censorship and school vouchers in the first  two volumes of a compelling new book-and-CD series inspired by the popular National Public Radio program Justice Talking

The Land Where the Blues Began
Winner of a 1993 National Book Critics Circle award, a rollicking memoir of the legendary folklorist's journey into blues country

Letters of Transit

Reflections of Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss
Haunting reflections on exile and memory from five award-winning authors.

Lies Across America

What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
A completely revised hardcover edition of James W. Loewen’s classic retelling of American history, based on six new textbooks and containing an all-new chapter on the recent past

Like a Hurricane

The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
A gripping account of a defining period of Native Amerian radical protest.

Made in America

Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools
PAPERBACK with a new introduction by author Laurie Olsen, this timely reissue probes the challenges facing teachers and immigrant students in our public schools

Math and Science Across Cultures

Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium
Innovative, hands-on math and science activities of many cultures, from one of the world’s foremost science museums

May It Please the Court

Arguments on Abortion: Live Recordings and Transcripts of Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Reproductive Rights

May It Please the Court

Courts, Kids, and the Constitution: Live Recordings and Transcripts of Sixteen Supreme Court Oral Arguments on the Constitutional Rights of Students and Teachers

May It Please the Court

The Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955
PAPERBACK/CDS A new edition of the bestselling book-and-audio set of supreme court oral arguments—now available on MP3 audio CDs*

May It Please the Court

The First Amendment: Live Recordings and Transcripts of the Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court in Sixteen Key First Amendment Cases
A stirring sequel to the bestselling original book-and-tape set, featuring recordings and transcripts of sixteen First Amendment cases involving issues from flag burning to the Pentagon Papers

Mexican Lives
A moving and insightful look into the daily struggles of a cross-section of Mexicans.

The Mexican Shock

Its Meaning for the United States
"The leading Mexican voice in the U.S. media" (In These Times) on politics and economics in Mexico and their effects on the U.S.

The Monkey Suit

And Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice
Now in paperback, "rich and engaging" (Emerge) short stories on African Americans and the law in the tradition of Derrick Bell and Richard Wright.

The Studs Terkel Reader

My American Century
A new addition to the collection of elegant reissues of the Studs Terkel Oeuvre

The Native American Look Book

Art and Activities for Kids from The Brooklyn Museum

The Nazis

A Warning from History
PAPERBACK A new edition of the lavishly illustrated companion to the BBC documentary, with rare archival material and photographs documenting the reality of daily life in Nazi Germany

The New Americans

Seven Families Journey to Another Country
NOW IN PAPERBACK “Fresh, nuanced and insightful. . . . [A] thoughtful, readable contribution to the immigration debates."  —HOUSTON CHRONICLE

The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers
A comprehensive guide to multicultural children's literature, featuring more than 1,000 critical book reviews, and essays.

Oil

A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth
NOW IN PAPERBACK “[A] well-researched, informative book, one of the best on the subject.” —THE WASHINGTON POST

Other People’s Children

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom

Partial Recall

Photographs of Native North Americans
Essays on the complex relations between Native Americans and European Americans as seen through photography.

A People’s History of the American Revolution

How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence
The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read.
—Howard Zinn

A People’s History of the Civil War

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom
NOW IN PAPERBACK The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it

A People’s History of the United States

Abridged Teaching Edition
Newly revised, with chapters on the Clinton presidency, the 2000 elections, and the "War on Terrorism."

A People’s History of the Vietnam War
NOW IN PAPERBACK The war in Indochina as seen by those who fought on both sides

A Piece of My Heart/Pedacito de mi corazón

The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza
Paintings by a leading Chicana artist.

Portraits of Native Americans

Photographs from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Turn-of-the-century images of Native Americans, in a postcard format.

Prophets of Protest

Reconsidering the History of American Abolitionism
The first collection of original contributions on American abolitionism to appear in a generation

Racism Explained to My Daughter
NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning book of advice about racism from bestselling author to his daughter, introduced by BILL COSBY

The Radical Reader

A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition
Key documents illustrate the richness of the American radical tradition

Recipe of Memory

Five Generations of Mexican Cuisine
Nominated for two Julia Child Cookbook Awards and a James Beard Award, a nonfiction Like Water for Chocolate that explores one Mexican-American family's legacy of folklore, migration, and, of course, food.

Remembering Jim Crow

African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South
NOW IN PAPERBACK The sequel to Remembering Slavery, a groundbreaking collection of interviews about the segregation-era South

Remembering Slavery

African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation

Rethinking Schools

An Agenda for Change
The country's leadingn education reformers propose ways to change our schools, "cutting through the jargon and addressing the real issues" (Jonathan Kozol).

Robes of Splendor

Native North American Painted Buffalo Hides
The first U.S. publication of stunning Native American artworks from the French royal collections.

Say It Plain

A Century of Great African American Speeches
NOW IN PAPERBACK An affordable text-only edition of a century of public speeches by the nation's greatest African American orators

Shades of L.A.

Pictures from Ethnic Family Albums
A diverse photographic portrait of Los Angeles as seen through the city's family albums.

Shadows of a Childhood

A Novel
PAPERBACK For everyone who read Suite Française and wants to know more, a beautiful reissue of Irène Némirovsky’s daughter’s searing story of her parents’ disappearance

Shared Visions

Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century
Art from more than seventy Native American artists whose work draws on European, American, and Native American traditions.

Shattering the Glass

The Remarkable History of Women’s Basketball
The first major history of the most popular women’s team sport in the United States

She Would Not Be Moved

How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning educator's brilliant and timely meditation on the misleading ways in which we teach the story of Rosa Parks

Shooting Back from the Reservation

A Photographic View of Life by Native American Youth

Should We Burn Babar?

Essays on Children’s Literature and the Power of Stories
PAPERBACK A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume

The Skin That We Speak

Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
The author of Other People’s Children joins with other experts to examine the relationship between language and power in the classroom

The Sneaker Book

Anatomy of an Industry and an Icon
An entertaining and informative examination of the economic and cultural factors behind the exploding popularity of sneakers in America.

Social Stratification in the United States

The American Profile Poster
PAPERBACK/POSTER A much anticipated update of the classic book and poster set depicting who owns what, who makes how much, who works where, and who lives with whom

Street Wars

Gangs and the Future of Violence
NOW IN PAPERBACK The renowned activist's impassioned look at gangs and youth violence in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York

Stupidity and Tears

Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times
A call to arms against the increasingly hostile climate of public education, hailed by Bill Ayers as “A wise and measured handbook for the struggle ahead”

Teachers Have It Easy

The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers
NOW IN PAPERBACK The bestselling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers—and improving our classrooms along the way

Teaching for Social Justice

A Democracy and Education Reader
A popular handbook on teaching for social justice for parents and educators.

“A Totally Alien Life-Form”

Teenagers
Teens nationawide speak their minds with extraordinary frankness to the "legitimate heir to Studs Terkel" (Chicago Tribune).

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus

What Your History Books Got Wrong
The American book award winner’s long out-of-print, myth-busting poster book, sure to be of interest to the million-plus buyers of Lies My Teacher Told Me

The View from the Oak

The Private Worlds of Other Creatures
Back in print, the classic children's science book, winner of the National Book Award for children's literature.

War of the Century

When Hitler Fought Stalin
The powerful follow-up to The Nazis incorporates previously unpublished material to provide new insight into Hitler's invasion of Russia.

We the Media

A Citizens’ Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy
A handy, well-orgnized, factfilled look at the media in America.

The White House Tapes

Eavesdropping on the President
A book and CD set, the first collection that permits Americans to listen directly to their presidents as they speak not in the studied phrases of speeches but in the real heat of the moment.  Book based on transcripts of the conversations.

Women in the 19th Century

Categories and Contradictions
A stunning full-color portfolio of classic paintings of nineteenth-century women.

Words of Fire

An Anthology of African American Feminist Thought

Working

People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
In celebration of his 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle, one of three of Studs Terkel’s classics in handsome new paperback editions

Zero Tolerance

Resisting the Drive for Punishment in Our Schools

A clear-eyed collection that takes aim at the replacement of teaching with punishment in America’s schools                              

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