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Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2017

We recommend these as the very best nonfiction books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2017.

Chicago Public Library

29 items

  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2017] — E444.T82C56 2018
  • Bravo!

    Poems About Amazing Hispanics

    Engle, Margarita,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017. — E184.S75E715 2017
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookAtlanta : Peachtree, [2017] — HV40.32.A33S595 2017
  • Dazzle Ships

    World War I and the Art of Confusion

    Barton, Chris,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookMinnneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, [2017] — V215.B34 2017
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookSeattle, WA : The Innovation Press, [2017] — RE36.B2855M67 2017
  • Dream March

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    PaperbackNew York : Random House, [2017] — E185.97.K5N423 2017
  • Grace Hopper

    Queen of Computer Code

    Wallmark, Laurie,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Sterling Children's Books, [2017] — V63.H66W35 2017
  • The Hawk of the Castle

    a Story of Medieval Falconry

    Smith, Danna,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — FICTION
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    PaperbackWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017] — QL668.E227W43 2017
  • How to Be An Elephant

    Growing Up in the African Wild

    Roy, Katherine,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : David Macaulay Studio/Roaring Brook Press, 2017. — QL737.P98R685 2017
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018. — TJ163.23.B885 2018
  • Kate Warne

    Pinkerton Detective

    Moss, Marissa,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    Book[Berkeley, California] : Creston Books, LLC, [2017] — HV8083.W37M67 2017
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017] — ML3930.H677W43 2017
  • Lost and Found Cat

    the True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

    Kuntz, Doug,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017. — SF442.63.I72K86 2017
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — LC2330.Y6825 2017
  • Martina & Chrissie

    the Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports

    Bildner, Phil,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — GV994.A1B45 2017
  • Maya Lin

    Artist-architect of Light and Lines : Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Harvey, Jeanne Walker,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017. — NA737.L48H38 2017
  • Moto and Me

    My Year as a Wildcat's Foster Mom

    Eszterhas, Suzi,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookToronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2017] — QL737.C23E7943 2017
  • Muddy

    the Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

    Mahin, Michael
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    PaperbackNew York ; London : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017] — ML3930.M92M34 2016
  • Not So Different

    What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

    Burcaw, Shane,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2017.
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017. — RC935.A8B8725 2017