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Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2018

We recommend these as the very best nonfiction books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2018.

Chicago Public Library

28 items

  • Between the Lines

    How Ernie Barnes Went From the Football Field to the Art Gallery

    Wallace, Sandra Neil,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — GV939.B376W35 2018
  • Bloom

    a Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

    Maclear, Kyo, 1970-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — TT505.S3M33 2018
  • Born to Swing

    Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz

    Rockliff, Mara,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookHonesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018] — ML3930.A747R63 2018
  • The Brilliant Deep

    Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs : the Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation

    Messner, Kate,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018] — QH75.M44 2018
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — QA29.J64B43 2018
  • Curiosity

    the Story of a Mars Rover

    Motum, Markus,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018. — TL475.M68 2018
  • The Eye That Never Sleeps

    How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln

    Moss, Marissa,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2018] — HV7911.P4675M67 2018
  • Fairy Spell

    How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real

    Nobleman, Marc Tyler,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — BF1552.N63 2018
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018] — QL51.2.G7V35 2018
  • A Lady Has the Floor

    Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights

    Hannigan, Kate,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookHonesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018] — HQ1413.S67H36 2018
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — FICTION
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookSan Franscisco : Chronicle Books, [2018] — PN1998.3.G89R73 2018
  • Lovely Beasts

    the Surprising Truth

    Gardner, Kate,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — QL49.G37 2018
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — FICTION
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — FICTION
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookHonesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018] — HD5325.S25721968 M463 2018
  • Midnight Teacher

    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

    Halfmann, Janet,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2018] — LA2317.G628H35 2018
  • Nothing Stopped Sophie

    the Story of Unshakable Mathematician So Phie Germain

    Bardoe, Cheryl, 1971-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018] — QA29.G468B37 2018
  • Otis and Will Discover the Deep

    the Record-setting Dive of the Bathysphere

    Rosenstock, Barb,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — GC65.R65 2018
  • Pass Go and Collect $200

    the Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented

    Stone, Tanya Lee,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the best books published in 2018.
    BookNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — GV1469.M65S76 2018