Ages 8-12: Best Book of Facts

These books brought us weird, exciting, and entertaining facts! As part of the 2021 Kids’ Book Choice Awards, kids choose theirr top 5 Best Book of Facts among these notable titles. No Adults Allowed!

Kids Vote for Best Book of Facts

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100 Crazy Questions: Creatures, by Ben Grossblatt; illus. Ben Grossblatt
50 Adventures in the 50 States, by Kate Siber; illus. Lydia Hill
50 Maps of the World, by Ben Handicott; illus. Kalya Ryan
Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries, by Sarah Albee
Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word, by Paul Fleischman; illus. Melissa Sweet
Amphibian Acrobats, by Leslie Bulion; illus. Robert Meganck
Anatomicum: Welcome to the Museum, by Jennifer Z. Paxton; illus. Katy Wiedemann
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, by Jim Ottaviani; illus. Maris Wicks
Barefoot Books Amazing Places, by Miralda Colombo; illus. Beatrice Cerocchi
Barefoot Books Incredible Animals, by Dunia Rahwan; illus. Paola Formica
The Bat Book, by Charlotte Milner; illus. Charlotte Milner
Big One, by Elizabeth Rusch
The Big Questions Book of Sex and Consent, by Donna Freitas
Bill Nye’s Great Big Book of Science, by Bill Nye and Gregory Mone
The Book of Brilliant Bugs, by Jess French; illus. Claire McElfatrick
The Book of Time, by Kathrin Koller; illus. Irmela Schautz
Brain Candy 2, by Kelly Hargrave
Brains On! Presents…It’s Alive: From Neurons and Narwhals to the Fungus Among Us, by Molly Bloom, Mark Sanchez, and Sanden Totten
Brave. Black. First., by Cheryl Hudson; illus. Erin K. Robinson
Britannica All New Kids’ Encyclopedia: What We Know & What We Don’t, Edited by Christopher Lloyd; illus. Mark Ruffle and Jack Tite
Cats React to Science Facts, by Izzi Howell
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM, by Tonya Bolden
Climate Change, The Choice is Ours: The Facts, Our Future, and Why There’s Hope!, by David Miles; illus. Albert Pinilla
Condor Comeback, by Sy Montgomery; photos by Tianne Strombeck
Conspiracy: Nixon, Watergate, and Democracy’s Defenders, by P. O’Connell Pearson
The Coolest Stuff on Earth, by National Geographic Kids
Daring Dogs: 30 True Tales of Heroic Hounds, by Kimberlie Hamilton
Darwin’s Rival: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution, by Christiane Dorion; illus. Harry Tennant
Dung for Dinner, by Christine Virnig; illus. Korwin Briggs
Earth-Shattering Events: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters, by Robin Jacobs; illus. Sophie Williams
Eels, by Rachel Poliquin and Nicholas John Frith
Epic Athletes: Simone Biles, by Dan Wetzel; illus. Marcelo Baez
Every Second: 100 Lightning Strikes, 8,000 Scoops of Ice Cream, 200,000 Text Messages, 1 Million Gallons of Cow Burps … and Other, by Bruno Gilbert; illus. Bruno Gilbert
Everything Awesome About Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures!, by Mike Lowery; illus. Mike Lowery
Exploring the White House: Inside America’s Most Famous Home, by Kate Andersen Brower
Finish the Fight!, by Veronica Chambers and The Staff of The New York Times
The First Conspiracy: Young Reader’s Edition, by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Flower Power: The Magic of Nature’s Healers, by Christine Paxmann; illus. Olaf Hajek
Galileo! Galileo!, by Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan; illus. Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan
Give Us the Vote!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot, by Susan Goldman Rubin
Gridiron: Stories from 100 Years of the National Football League, by Fred Bowen; illus. James E. Ransome
Guardians of Liberty: Freedom of the Press and the Nature of News, by Linda Barrett Osborne
Hop To It: Poems to Get You Moving, by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong; illus. Franzi Paetzold
I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast, by Michael Holland; illus. Phillip Giordano
Inventors, by Robert Winston; illus. Jessamy Hawke
A Journey Through Greek Myths, by Marchella Ward; illus. Sander Berg
Kate the Chemist: The Big Book of Experiments, by Kate Biberdorf
Kids Fight Plastic: How to Be a #2minutesuperhero, by Martin Dorey; illus. Tim Wesson
The Language of the Universe: A Visual Exploration of Mathematics, by Colin Stuart; illus. Ximo Abadia
Leave a Message in the Sand: Poems about Giraffes, Bongos, and Other Creatures with Hooves, by Bibi Dumon Tak; illus. Annemarie van Haeringen
Mighty Justice (Young Readers’ Edition), by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe; adapted by Jabari Asim
The Mysteries of the Universe, by Will Gater
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2021, by National Geographic Kids
Nerdlet: Animals, by T.J. Resler
Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World – A Graphic Collection from Kazoo, by Kazoo Magazine; Edited by Erin Bried
North Pole / South Pole, by Michael Bright; illus. Nic Jones
Obsessive About Octopuses, by Owen Davey; illus. Owen Davey
Pet That Dog: A Handbook for Making Four-Legged Friends, by Gideon Kidd and Rachel Braunigan
Pets and Their Famous Humans, by Ana Gallo; illus. Katherine Quinn
Planet SOS: 22 Modern Monsters Threatening Our Environment (and What You Can Do to Defeat Them!), by Marie Rohde; illus. Marie Rohde
Plymouth Rocks!, by Jane Yolen; illus. Sam Streed
Professor Astro Cat’s Deep Sea Voyage, by Dr. Dominic Walliman; illus. Ben Newman
Race Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly, by Martin W. Sandler
Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition, by Kate Moore
Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, by Sarah Prager; illus. Sarah Papworth
Rise Up, by Amanda Li; illus. Amy Blackwell
A Search for the Northern Lights, by Elizabeth Rusch and Izzi Rusch; illus. Cedar Lee
The Secret Life of Trees, by Moira Butterfield; illus. Vivian Minekar
Seen: Edmonia Lewis OGN SC, by Jasmine Wells; illus. Bex Glendining
Sounds All Around, by James Chapman; illus. James Chapman
Sporting Chance, by Lori Alexander and Allan Drummond
Super Good Baking for Kids, by Duff Goldman
Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience, by Renee Jain and Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Tell Me: What Children Really Want to Know About Bodies, Sex, and Emotion, by Katharina Van Der Gathen; illus. Anke Kuhl
The True West: Real Stories About Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo Stars, Pioneering Vaqueros, and the Unsung Explorers, Builders, and Heroes Who Shaped the American West, by Mifflin Lowe; illus. Wiliam Luong
Underground: Subway Systems Around the World, by Uijung Kim; illus. Uijung Kim
Weather, by John Farndon, Sean Callery, and Miranda Smith
Weird But True! Dinosaurs, by National Geographic Kids
Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science From One End to the Other, by Heather L. Montgomery; illus. Iris Gottlieb
Who Will It Be?: How Evolution Connects Us All, by Paola Vitale; illus. Rossana Bossù
WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History, by Ben Lerwill; illus. Sarah Walsh
Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition), by Abby Wambach
Women in Biology, by Mary Wissinger; illus. Danielle Pioli
You Can Change the World, by Lucy Bell
You’re Invited to a Moth Ball, by Loree Griffin Burns; illus. Ellen Harasimowicz

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