Collection Development Top Picks: Juvenile Nonfiction

You can see a more or less complete record of everything I purchased or added to the collection on this spreadsheet and a selection on our Pinterest page. I purchased 223 juvenile nonfiction titles, 123 of them backlist titles. This is a highlight of the juvenile nonfiction I've purchased this year by Dewey category (graphic nonfiction was included in juvenile graphic novels).

001-300

• Underwater world: Aquatic myths, mysteries and the unexplained 9780744059847
• Wild Thing: Is there anybody out there? 9781419758201
• World Wild Web: What if animals used social media? 9781426373718
• Religion around the world: A curious kid's guide to the world's great faiths 9781506470139
• Legendary Creatures: Mythical Beasts and Spirits from Around the World 9780316331876

300-590

• Money: A Fun, Visual Guide to How Money Works and How to Manage It 9780744034974
• Total garbage: A messy dive into trash, waste, and our world 9781250760388
• Sheet Pan Science: 25 Fun, Simple Science Experiments for the Kitchen Table: Super-easy Setup and Cleanup 9780760375679
• Secret signs of nature 9781419759277
• How to feed backyard birds: A step-by-step guide for kids 9780228104018
• Wonders of the night sky: Astronomy starts with just looking up 9781582708775
• How to Survive in the Age of Dinosaurs: A Handy Guide to Dodging Deadly Predators, Riding Out Mega-monsoons, and Escaping Other Perils of the Prehistoric 9781426372827
• Making more: How life begins 9781324015840
• Unseen jungle: The microbes that secretly control our world 9781536226461

590-600

• World's most ridiculous animals 9780711276451
• It's tough to be tiny: The secret life of small creatures 9781838748531
• Is it ok to pee in the ocean? 9781681195131
• On the hunt with... series by Sandra Markle
• The Adventures of Dr. Sloth: Rebecca Cliffe and Her Quest to Protect Sloths 9781541589391
• Operation Pangolin: Saving the World's Only Scaled Mammal 9781728442952

600-629

• Human Body Learning Lab: Take an Inside Tour of How Your Anatomy Works 9781635864793
• Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits 9781771647458
• Concrete from the ground up 9781536212501
• How It's Made: The Creation of Everyday Items 9781419753756
• Engineering for curious kids 9781398820180
• How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures 9781547609291
• Space Activity Lab: Exciting Space Projects for Budding Astronomers 9780744082234

630-800

• Atlas of cats 9788000063546
• Bake, Make & Learn to Cook: Fun & Healthy Recipes for Young Cooks 9781536219364
• Baking Bread With Kids: Trusty Recipes for Magical Homemade Bread 9781984860460
• How to Draw 100 Animals: From Basic Shapes to Amazing Drawings in Super-easy Steps 9781800920354
• Draw 100 Dragons: From Basic Shapes to Amazing Drawings in Super-easy Steps 9781800920903
• 5000 Years of Awesome Objects: A History of Art for Children 9780744061024
• Illustrated sports encyclopedia 9780744081459
• 100 Athletes who shaped sports history 9781728290072
  How to Be an Explorer: Outdoor Skills and Know-how for Young Adventurers 9781787081178
  

800-990

• Christopher Columbus and the Taino People 9780593564264
• Unstoppable: Women With Disabilities 9781772602098
• Famous Finds and Finders: Searching for the Past 9788000069999
• Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code 9781250814203
• Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story of About the Sinking of the Laconia 9780316401371
• Race Against Death: The Greatest Pow Rescue of World War II 9781338746167
• My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement 9780374390235