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Tag: nonfiction chapter books

February 15, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: My Bicentennial Summer by G. Neri, ill. Corban Wilkin

Neri takes the facts of what happened when his family embarked on the road trip to beat all road trips, and ties that summer during the bicentennial into the state of the country today. Deeply fun, utterly smart, and visually arresting.

December 29, 2025 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers

Forget the picture books. Older nonfiction, that nebulous but ultimately satisfying genre, is where the action is. This list today just proves it.

December 28, 2022 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers

One thing you will definitely find here today are my favorite reads for older kids in 2022, if those kids happen to be into nonfiction and informational books. These are lean, mean, fact-spouting machines and they are perfect for fact-loving kids.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers

December 27, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Here's a brief smattering of some of the books that I think are deserving of your time and attention. If you know a kid that loves their informational texts, something on this list is bound to whet their whistle.

Review of the Day: While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown

November 19, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Waka T. Brown fills her latest book with all the pathos, yearning, frustrations, and humor you might find in a middle grade novel. The important difference? It’s all true. It’s all real. It’s all enthralling.

Review of the Day: Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan

January 14, 2021 by Betsy Bird

From what I can tell, this title is going to make a lot of kids into fans of exciting works of history. That is, if they can wrench this book away from their grown-ups. Because if there’s one thing I know, an enticing unsolved mystery is good but a fantastically rendered unsolved mystery is irresistible.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Nonfiction for Older Readers

December 28, 2020 by Betsy Bird

A sliver of the magnificent nonfiction for older readers on offer to kids in 2020.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Nonfiction Chapter Books

December 28, 2018 by Betsy Bird

I should clarify before we begin that calling these "Chapter Books" is a bit misleading. Think of them, instead, as works of Nonfiction for slightly older children in the 9-12 year-old range. Or, in the case of books like The Faithful Spy, 10 and up. A beautiful bevy of facts.

31 Days, 31 Lists: Day Twenty-Eight – 2017 Nonfiction Chapter Books

December 28, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Okay, folks. The rules are the same as yesterday. Books that have already appeared on previous lists won’t get a write-up. Newer inclusions that didn’t slot neatly onto another list will. And in some cases you’ll be wondering why a book that has a limited number of pages is on the “Chapter Books” list. If […]

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