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Two intrepid librarians review the best nonfiction books for children

Monday, December 23, 2019

Our Best of 2019


It is amazing how quickly a year goes by. It seems like just yesterday 2019 began, and here we are selecting this year's favorites, and in a few weeks the ALA Media Awards will be announced from Philadelphia, PA at ALA Midwinter. Cathy and I always wonder if any of the titles we reviewed will win an award. We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?

Without further ado...

The Nonfiction Detectives' Best Of 2019!


by Laura Gehl; Illustrated by Louise Pigott and Alex Oxton


Written by Lori Mortensen; Illustrated by Kristy Caldwell


Janice N. Harrington; Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III


By Margarita Engle; Illustrated by Rafael López


Written by Laurie Wallmark; Illustrated by Katy Wu


by Lela Nargi; illustrated by Harriet Popham


Lost Forest
by Phyllis Root; illustrated by Betsy Brown




by Sy Montgomery; with photos by Roger and Logan Wood


Written and illustrated by Jennifer Thermes


by Carlyn Beccia


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Moth: An Evolution Story
by Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egneus


by Benjamin Grant and Sandra Markle


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A Place to Land
by Barry Wittenstein; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney


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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise; illustrated by Paola Escobar


by Gail Jarrow


Written by Barb Rosenstock; art by Christopher Silas Neal


by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Frank Morrison


Barry Wittenstein; iIllustrated by Keith Mallett


by Leslie Bulion; illustrated by Robert Meganck


3 comments:

  1. Thank you Nonfiction Dectectives! I'm delighted to see Away with Words, the Daring Story of Isabella Bird on this list. :-)

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  2. Many of my favorites are here too :). I wasn't aware of The Lost Forest--will look for that title! Thank you!! I'm going to miss you guys!

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