Here is a list of nonfiction books that, in my opinion, were the best this year! There were so many good ones that came out recently, and it was tough not to highlight every single one of those books on here. Nevertheless, here are the ones that stood out the most to me.

-Miss Cristina

A Kids Book about COVID-19 by Malia Jones

Voices of Justice: Poems about People Working for a Better World by George Ella Lyon
Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond is Amazing

Fly, Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World by Nancy Roe Pimm
Earth Shattering Events: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters by Robin Jacobs

The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
Flying Paintings: The Zhou Brothers: A Story of Revolution & Art by Amy Alznauer

Who Gives A Poop?: Surprising Science From One End to the Other by Heather L. Montgomery
Literally: Amazing English Words & Where They Come From by Patrick Skipworth

Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire by Michael O. Tunnell
Finish the Fight!: The Brave & Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers & the Staff of The New York Times
(also available in eBook & Audiobook)

Ocean!: Waves For All by Stacy McAnulty
Lotte’s Magical Paper Puppets: The Woman Behind the First Animated Feature Film by Brooke Hartman

Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars by Gary Golio
Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello/Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown

Resist: 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny & Injustice by Veronica Brown
Little People, Big Dreams: Corazon Aquino by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan
(also available in eBook)
This is Our World: From Alaska to the Amazon-Meet 20 Children Just Like You by Tracey Turner

Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story by Shana Keller
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

Dragonfly by Aimée M. Bissonette