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Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2016

We recommend these as the very best nonfiction books published for kids in 3rd though 8th grade in 2016.

Chicago Public Library

25 items

  • Answering the Cry for Freedom

    Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

    Woelfle, Gretchen,
    Paperback, 2016Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2016] — E269.N3W64 2016
  • The Borden Murders

    Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century

    Miller, Sarah, 1979-
    Book, 2016New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2016] — KF223.B6M55 2016
  • Bubonic Panic

    When Plague Invaded America

    Jarrow, Gail,
    Book, 2016Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2016] — RC176.A2J37 2016
  • Dive!

    World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific

    Hopkinson, Deborah,
    Book, 2016New York : Scholastic Press, 2016. — D783.H655 2016
  • Fannie Never Flinched

    One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

    Farrell, Mary Cronk,
    Book, 2016New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. — HD6509.S45F37 2016
  • Fashion Rebels

    Style Icons Who Changed the World Through Fashion

    Beccia, Carlyn,
    Paperback, 2016New York : Aladdin ; Hillsboro, Oregon : Beyond Words, 2016. — GT1720.B435 2016
  • Freedom Over Me

    Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life

    Bryan, Ashley,
    Book, 2016New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016] — FICTION
  • How to Build a Museum

    Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Bolden, Tonya,
    Book, 2016New York : Viking/Smithsonian, 2016. — E185.53.B65 2016
  • In the Shadow of Liberty

    the Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

    Davis, Kenneth C.,
    Book, 2016New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. — E444.D36 2016
  • Let Your Voice Be Heard

    the Life and Times of Pete Seeger

    Silvey, Anita,
    Book, 2016New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Miffilin Harcourt, [2016] — ML3930.S42S55 2016
  • The Plot to Kill Hitler

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer : Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

    McCormick, Patricia, 1956-
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — BX4827.B57M43 2016
  • A Poem for Peter

    the Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day

    Pinkney, Andrea Davis,
    Paperback, 2016New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016. — PS3561.E25243Z83 2016
  • Poop Detectives

    Working Dogs in the Field

    Wadsworth, Ginger,
    Paperback, 2016Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016] — SF428.75.W33 2016
  • Sachiko

    a Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story

    Stelson, Caren, 1951-
    Book, 2016Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2016] — D767.25.N3S74 2016
  • Some Writer!

    the Story of E.B. White

    Sweet, Melissa, 1956-
    Paperback, 2016Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016] — PS3545.H5187Z926 2016
  • This Kid Can Fly

    It's About Ability (not Disability)

    Philip, Aaron,
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — RJ496.C4P45 2016
  • Book, 2016New York : Holiday House, [2016] — DS557.7.F739 2016