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Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2019

Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best informational books published in 2019 for kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

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  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2019] — N6537.R6282A35 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, [2019] — QK49.S32 2019
  • The Book Rescuer

    How a Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

    Macy, Sue,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — Z989.L36M33 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookAtlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2019] — E175.5.W65H67 2019
  • Dancing Hands

    How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

    Engle, Margarita,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — ML3930.C2635E55 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — QL668.E2J47 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, [2019] — GB662.3.P688 2019
  • It Began With a Page

    How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

    Maclear, Kyo, 1970-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — NC975.5.F85M33 2019
  • Just Right

    Searching for the Goldilocks Planet

    Manley, Curtis,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2019. — QB602.M333 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    PaperbackNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2019. — HQ784.V64H54 2018
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] — QD22.M665R87 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019. — FICTION
  • A Place to Land

    Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

    Wittenstein, Barry,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2019] — E185.97.K5W588 2019
  • Planting Stories

    the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

    Denise, Anika,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — Z720.B426P57 2019
  • The Roots of Rap

    16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-hop

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2019] — ML3531.W43 2018
  • Soldier for Equality

    José De La Luz Saénz and the Great War

    Tonatiuh, Duncan,
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019. — D570.390th.T66 2019
  • Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019] — PS3503.R7244Z675 2019
  • Thanku

    Poems of Gratitude

    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookMinneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2019] — PS595.G76T43 2019
  • Titan and the Wild Boars

    the True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team

    Hood, Susan, 1954-
    Chicago Public Library recommends this title as one of the very best informational books published for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade in 2019.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — GV200.645.H66 2019