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Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2019

Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best informational books published in 2019 for kids in 4th through 8th grades.

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  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019. — E784.S25 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : First Second, 2019. — PZ7.7.H35Be 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookBerkeley, California : Heyday, [2019] — E444.M38W47 2019
  • Dissenter on the Bench

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life & Work

    Ortiz, Victoria, 1942-,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York : Clarion Books, [2019] — KF8745.G56O78 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company, [2019] — HV741.O35 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookWinnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, [2019] — QL737.C27H87 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019. — BF723.S75T45 2019
  • Hector

    a Boy, a Protest, and the Photograph That Changed Apartheid

    Wright, Adrienne, 1960-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookSalem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2019. — DT1959.W75 2019
  • Infinite Hope

    a Black Artist's Journey From World War II to Peace

    Bryan, Ashley,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — NC975.5.B79A2 2019
  • It's Trevor Noah

    Born a Crime : Stories From a South African Childhood : Adapted for Young Readers

    Noah, Trevor, 1984-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : Delacorte Press, [2019] — PN2287.N557A3 2019
  • Let 'er Buck!

    George Fletcher, the People's Champion

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2019] — GV1833.6.F54N45 2019
  • Liberty Arrives!

    How America's Greatest Statue Found Her Home

    Byrd, Robert,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2019] — F128.64.L6B97 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : First Second, 2019. — TX763.K63 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : First Second, 2019. — TT507.M94 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : First Second, 2019. — NC1764.C67 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : First Second, 2019. — TL152.S397 2019
  • Monstrous

    the Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters

    Beccia, Carlyn,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2019] — GR825.B418 2019
  • The Poison Eaters

    Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs

    Jarrow, Gail,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, [2019] — TX518.W5J37 2019
  • A Ray of Light

    a Book of Science and Wonder

    Wick, Walter, 1953-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in 4th through 8th grades in 2019.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2019. — QC360.W53 2019