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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

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17 Best Children’s Books for Graduation Gifts

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10 New Middle Grade Books, May 2023

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36 Best Basketball Books for Kids of All Ages

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38 Wonderful Children’s Animal Books

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15 Best Greek Mythology Books for Kids

New Nonfiction Books, April and May 2023

New Nonfiction Books, April and May 2023

20 Best Hidden Picture Books

20 Best Hidden Picture Books

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Pros and Cons of Epic Books for Kids

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25 Amazing Books for Kids About Endangered Animals

Nonfiction Reading: Tips for Kids (and You)

Nonfiction Reading: Tips for Kids (and You)

Good Books About the Water Cycle for Kids

Good Books About the Water Cycle for Kids

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20 Amazing Sticker Books for Kids

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50 Best Poetry Books for Children

18 Stunning New Animal & Nature Nonfiction Books, April 2023

18 Stunning New Animal & Nature Nonfiction Books, April 2023

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100 Best Dog Books for Kids

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9 Best Dictionaries for Kids + Free Scavenger Hunt

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12 Children’s Books of Haiku Poems for Kids

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100+ Best Read Aloud Books for Kids

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15 Best Magazines for Kids (That Get Them Reading)

35 Best Dinosaur Books for Kids

35 Best Dinosaur Books for Kids

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10 Funniest Books of Jokes for Kids

The Latest Picture Book Biographies, February 2023

The Latest Picture Book Biographies, February 2023

16 Excellent Minecraft Books for Kids

16 Excellent Minecraft Books for Kids

15 Best Drawing Books + Favorite Art Supplies for Kids

15 Best Drawing Books + Favorite Art Supplies for Kids

18 Best Spring Read Alouds (+ a Spring Scavenger Hunt)

18 Best Spring Read Alouds (+ a Spring Scavenger Hunt)

60 Inspiring Women’s History Month Biographies for Kids

60 Inspiring Women’s History Month Biographies for Kids

20 Best Coloring Books for Kids Ages 3 to 18

20 Best Coloring Books for Kids Ages 3 to 18

Teach Nonfiction Text Features (+ Free Scavenger Hunt)

Teach Nonfiction Text Features (+ Free Scavenger Hunt)

Easy Riddles for Kids

Easy Riddles for Kids

24 New Nonfiction Books, January 2023

24 New Nonfiction Books, January 2023

40 Children’s Book Black History Month Biographies

40 Children’s Book Black History Month Biographies

Best Children’s Nonfiction Books of 2022

Best Children’s Nonfiction Books of 2022

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Hi! I’m Melissa Taylor!

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