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Want to find the best nonfiction children’s book reviews and recommendations for all ages including picture books and books for beginning, growing, and independent readers?

Here you’ll find nonfiction picture books, easy readers, poetry books, chapter books, and informational tomes as well. Get book suggestions for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school to be used at home with your own kids or in the classroom with students.

Kids need to read nonfiction books from early on because reading for meaning is an essential skill for their future success.

So vary your children’s and student’s reading diet between fiction and nonfiction to give them strategies, practice, and success with both.

Finally, it’s very important that you help kids find good nonfiction books; books that are engaging and interesting. That’s why I’m sharing the best nonfiction books for kids that they’ll love to read.

You might start with these lists by ages or just scroll down to read the most recent reviews of newly published titles.

Nonfiction Books By Age

Nonfiction Books for Preschoolers, Ages 2 to 5

Nonfiction Books for Ages 5 and 6 (Kindergarten and 1st Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Age 7 (2nd Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Age 8 (3rd Grade)

Short Nonfiction Books for Reluctant, Struggling, and Wiggly Readers

Nonfiction Books for Kids Age 9 (4th Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Kids Age 10 (5th Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Age 11 (6th Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Age 12 (7th Grade)

Nonfiction Books for Age 13+ (8th Grade & HS)

Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Best Nonfiction Book of 2020

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

Best Nonfiction Books of 2018

Best Nonfiction Books of 2017

Best Nonfiction Books of 2016

Best Nonfiction Books of 2015

24 New Nonfiction Books, January 2023

24 New Nonfiction Books, January 2023

40 Children’s Book Biographies for Black History Month (& Any Time)

40 Children’s Book Biographies for Black History Month (& Any Time)

Best Children’s Nonfiction Books of 2022

Best Children’s Nonfiction Books of 2022

25 New Nonfiction Books, October 2022

25 New Nonfiction Books, October 2022

5 Ways That Reading Makes Kids Healthy and Strong

5 Ways That Reading Makes Kids Healthy and Strong

22 Books for Kids to Read During Shark Week (or Anytime)

22 Books for Kids to Read During Shark Week (or Anytime)

Good Minecraft Books for Gamer Kids

Good Minecraft Books for Gamer Kids

20 Best Coloring Books for Kids Ages 3 to 18

20 Best Coloring Books for Kids Ages 3 to 18

Social-Emotional Learning Resources for Teachers

Social-Emotional Learning Resources for Teachers

New Children’s Nonfiction Books (June 2022)

New Children’s Nonfiction Books (June 2022)

15 Greek Mythology Books for Kids

15 Greek Mythology Books for Kids

Books for Kids About Growing Seeds and Plants

Books for Kids About Growing Seeds and Plants

Books About the Human Body

Books About the Human Body

Best Drawing Books and Supplies for Kids

Best Drawing Books and Supplies for Kids

Journaling With Children and Teens

Journaling With Children and Teens

Nonfiction Text Features

Nonfiction Text Features

8 Creative Book Storage Ideas for Kids

8 Creative Book Storage Ideas for Kids

Download an Experiment from Faith and Science with Dr. Fizzlebop

Download an Experiment from Faith and Science with Dr. Fizzlebop

Kill Your Darlings (Pirate Queens Book Tour)

Kill Your Darlings (Pirate Queens Book Tour)

New Nonfiction (and Activity Books) for Kids (March 2022)

New Nonfiction (and Activity Books) for Kids (March 2022)

10 New Biographies for Kids (March 2022)

10 New Biographies for Kids (March 2022)

Water Cycle Books for Kids

Water Cycle Books for Kids

Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign

Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign

Little People, Big Dreams Biographies

Little People, Big Dreams Biographies

2022 Newbery and Caldecott Awards

2022 Newbery and Caldecott Awards

Write About a Special Handmade Object

Write About a Special Handmade Object

Absurd Words: Vocabulary Words for Kids

Absurd Words: Vocabulary Words for Kids

A Kids Book About: Good Books About Big Topics

A Kids Book About: Good Books About Big Topics

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

2022 Mock Caldecott Titles (+ Printable List)

2022 Mock Caldecott Titles (+ Printable List)

9 Parenting Books That Make Great Gifts

9 Parenting Books That Make Great Gifts

New Nonfiction December 2021

New Nonfiction December 2021

Best Picture Books of 2021

Best Picture Books of 2021

Easy Riddles for Kids

Easy Riddles for Kids

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: a PD Book for Teachers & Librarians

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: a PD Book for Teachers & Librarians

New Nonfiction Books, October 2021

New Nonfiction Books, October 2021

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