Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: KidsInformational Books for Older Readers2022

Given by Chicago Public Library

Other Names: Chicago Public Library Kids Best of the Best Books
21 Works 1,862 Books 117 Reviews 4.3
Each year, a team of CPL librarians evaluates the year’s new books and selects the best books for Chicago's kids. Check out our lists to find your next favorite book.
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Stages:
All, No Stage (1,929)
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Years:
All, 2023 (20), 2022 (21), 2021 (20), 2020 (31), 2019 (27), 2018 (20), 2017 (25), 2016 (25), 2015 (25), 2014 (22), 2012 (16), 2011 (31), 2010 (12)

No Stage 21

WorkYear
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code by Rebecca E. F. Barone2022
Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life by Cheryl Blackford2022
A Mind Like Mine: 21 famous people and their mental health by Rachael Davis2022
I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau by Julie Dunlap2022
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton2022
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood2022
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South (Medical Fiascoes) by Gail Jarrow2022
The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell2022
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy2022
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss2022
Button Pusher by Tyler Page2022
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge2022
Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney2022
Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach2022
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration by Barb Rosenstock2022
Rewilding: Bringing Wildlife Back Where It Belongs by David A. Steen2022
Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone2022
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner2022
Maya’s Song by Renée Watson2022
Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams2022
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi2022

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