42 Nonfiction Picture Books on Extreme Weather, Black History, Groundbreaking Figures, and More

STEM titles cover lunar phases, turtles, and carbon atoms. Picture book biographies celebrate artists, such as Matisse and Yo-Yo Ma, and current changemakers, such as Ketanji Brown Jackson and Lionel Messi.

 

ACHARYA, Sandhya. Living Bridges: The Hidden World of India’s Woven Trees. illus. by Avani Dwivedi. S. & S./Beach Lane.

ALMELLEHAN, Muzoon. Muzoon: From Refugee to Leader. illus. by Asma Enayeh. Random.

BALKAN, Gabrielle. What Medicine Can Do. illus. by Alberto Lot. Penguin Workshop/Rise X.

BARRETTA, Gene. The Apprenticeship of Andrew Wyeth: Painting a Family Legacy. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano.

BODIN COHEN, Deborah & Kerry Olitzky. Claudia Said Sí! The Story of Mexico’s First Woman President. illus. by Carlos Vélez Aguilera. Apples & Honey.

BOTH, Elly. A Kids Book About ADHD. DK.

CONNORS, Jerrold. JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall. Dial.

COOKE, Sam. A Change Is Gonna Come. illus. by Nikkolas Smith. little bee.

CHIN, Jason. Hurricane. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

CLENDENAN, Megan. Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. illus. by Brittany Cicchese. Charlesbridge.

DESIERTO, Derek. Matisse: Magician of Color. Feiwel & Friends.

FAGAN, Kirbi. The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story. illus. by Kirbi Fagan. Lerner/Millbrook.

FRIES-GAITHER, Jessica. So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly. Lerner/Millbrook.

GUOJING. The House That Floated. Random House Studio.

HALL, Hazel & McKenzie Young-Roy. A Kids Book About OCD. DK.

HERNÁNDEZ, Beatriz Gutiérrez. Pearls in the Sand: Protecting Sea Turtles in Oaxaca. Macmillan/Godwin.

HOWE, James. The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World. illus. by Jack Wong. Abrams.

JENKINS, Steve & Robin Page. Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book. Little, Brown.

LAROCHE, Giles. Extreme Places: The Most Remote Homes on Earth. HarperCollins/Clarion.

MCGUIRE, Erin. The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis. S. & S./Beach Lane.

MANGAL, Mélina & Sun Yung Shin. Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs. illus. by Leslie Barlow. Lerner/Carolrhoda.



 

MARKLE, Sandra. Dinosaur Secrets Revealed! How High-Tech Tools Spark Discoveries. Lerner/Millbrook.

MARTIN, Marc. All About Antarctica: A Fact Book About the Southernmost Continent. Chronicle.

MONTGOMERY, Sy. The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle. illus. by Matt Patterson. HarperCollins/Clarion.

MOORE, Jessica Care. Your Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson and You. illus. by Dare Coulter. HarperCollins/Amistad.

NICKEL, Sandra. Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps. illus. by Julie Paschkis. Peachtree.

PERRY, Caroline L. Messi’s Magic: How Lionel Messi Became the G.O.A.T. illus. by Luciano Lozano. Scholastic.

POLIQUIN, Rachel. This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color. illus. by Julie Morstad. Candlewick.

POWERS, Andie. Wild Moon: How the Lunar Phases Light Up Our World. illus. by Lucy Rose. Gibbs Smith.

PRASADAM-HALLS, Smriti. All That You Are. illus. by Chaaya Prabhat. little bee.

PREUS, Margi. Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies. illus. by Jaime Zollars. Abrams.

PRIEBST, Thekla. The Voyage That Changed the World: The Epic Story of the First Crew to Sail Around the Globe. Quarto/Wide Eyed Eds.

RICHMAN, Brittany. The Woman Behind the Magic: How Lillian B. Disney Shaped the Disney Legacy. illus. by Joanie Stone. S. & S./Beach Lane.

SEKANINOVA, Stepanka. Poops and Farts: The Bottom Line. illus. by Miroslava Gomolcakova & Daniel Handak. Albatros.

SILVENSKY, Katie. I, Rock: A Geology Tale. illus. by Steph Stilwell. S. & S./Beach Lane.

SINGH, Rina. Bird Brothers, A Delhi Story. illus. by Barkha Lohia. Orca.

SLICE, Jessica & Caroline Cupp. This Is How We Talk: A Celebration of Disability and Connection. illus. by Kayla Harren. Dial.

SMITH, Nikkolas. The History of We. Penguin/Kokila.

STEWART, Melissa. From BAM! to BURP!: A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOU. illus. by Marta Alvarez Miguens. Charlesbridge.

THAI, Chi. The Endless Sea. illus. by Linh Dao. Candlewick.

VERMOND, Kira. The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators That Keep Our Planet Humming. illus. by June Steube. Owlkids.

ZEIGER, Danna. Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. illus. by Josée Bisaillon. Lerner/Millbrook.

 

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