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Best Nonfiction of 2017 Roundup

Even though the American Library Association’s Youth Media
Awards are still a couple of weeks away, the end of January seems like a good
time to look back some highly-regarded titles published last year.

There’s no doubt about it. 2017 was a phenomenal
year for nonfiction, and it seems like more people were paying attention than
ever before.

Here’s a roundup of the lists I’m aware
of. Please let me know if there are others I should add.

Mock
Sibert Lists

Alyson Beecher at Kidlit Frenzy

http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/kid-lit-frenzy/2017/11/25/nonfiction-picture-book-challenge-mock-sibert-predictions

Michele Knott at Mrs. Knott’s Book Nook 

http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2017/11/nonfiction-picture-book-wednesday.html

Melanie Roy

https://www.smore.com/s87qm

Mindi Rench at Making It Work in Third Grade
http://www.mrsrench.com/2018/01/sibert-smackdown-2018.html

The staff at Anderson’s Bookstore

http://www.andersonsbookshop.com/andersons-mock-sibert-2018

My list

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2017/12/sibert-smackdown-20172018.html

Individual
Lists

Alyson Beecher at Kidlit Frenzy

http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/kid-lit-frenzy/2017/12/26/nonfiction-picture-book-challenge-a-year-in-review

Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production:
Nonfiction Picture Books

http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/12/27/31-days-31-lists-day-twenty-seven-2017-favorite-nonfiction-picture-books/

Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production: Science
& Nature Books

http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/12/24/31-days-31-lists-day-twenty-four-2017-science-nature-books/

Carrie Gelson at There’s a Book for That

https://thereisabookforthat.com/2017/12/27/nonfiction-favourites-from-2017/

Michele Knott at Mrs. Knott’s Book Nook

http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2017/12/nonfiction-picture-book-wednesday-2017.html

My favorite STEM titles

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-10-ish-fave-stem-books-of-2017.html

 

Group Lists
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize Finalists
https://www.aaas.org/news/announcing-2018-aaassubaru-sbf-prizes-finalists

Cybils: Elementary/Middle GradeNonfiction
Finalists

http://www.cybils.com/2017-elementary-middle-grade-non-fiction

Cybils: Junior/Senior High Nonfiction Finalists

http://www.cybils.com/2017-junior-senior-high-non-fiction-finalists

Nerdy Book Club: Nonfiction Picture Book

https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/the-2017-nerdies-nonfiction-picture-books-announced-by-karen-terlecky/

Nerdy Book Club: Long-form Nonfiction

https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/the-2017-nerdies-long-form-nonfiction-announced-by-carol-jago-and-donalyn-miller/

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award

http://www2.ncte.org/awards/orbis-pictus-award-nonfiction-for-children/

NSTA-CBC Best STEM Book

http://static.nsta.org/pdfs/2018BestSTEMBooks.pdf


NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students

http://static.nsta.org/pdfs/2018OSTB.pdf

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young
Adults Award

http://www.slj.com/2017/12/teens-ya/yalsa-announces-2018-excellence-nonfiction-award-finalists

Library
Lists

Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Older
Readers

https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200049033_chipublib_kids/1081307367_best_informational_books_for_older_readers_of_2017

Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger
Readers

https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200049033_chipublib_kids/1081293137_best_informational_books_for_younger_readers_of_2017

Chicago Public Library Best Teen Nonfiction

https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200121216_chipublib_teens/1058610647_best_teen_nonfiction_of_2017

Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids
https://www.epl.org/epl-picks-101-great-books-for-kids-published-in-2017/


New
York Public Library Best Books for Kids
https://www.nypl.org/books-music-dvds/recommendations/best-books/childrens


 

Review
Journals
Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade
Nonfiction of 2017
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/best-middle-grade-nonfiction-of-2017/


SLJ Best Nonfiction of
2017
http://slj.com/bestof2017/nonfiction.php



And now, it’s time to look
ahead to 2018. So far, it seems like we’re going to have another great year of
nonfiction. Time to start reading! 

 

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