Elementary & Middle Grade Nonfiction Nominees - Cybils 2021

1.
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem 4.35 avg rating — 887 ratings
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Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory 4.21 avg rating — 466 ratings
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Boardwalk Babies
Boardwalk Babies 4.37 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 4.07 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
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The Impossible Climb (Young Readers Adaptation): Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and a Climber's Life
The Impossible Climb (Young Readers Adaptation): Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and a Climber's Life 4.18 avg rating — 3,187 ratings
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Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers 4.44 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth About Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth About Paul Revere's Midnight Ride 4.03 avg rating — 132 ratings
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BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends): A Girl's Guide to Happy Friendships
BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends): A Girl's Guide to Happy Friendships 4.78 avg rating — 67 ratings
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We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre 4.48 avg rating — 4,172 ratings
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements: The Powers, Uses, and Histories of Every Atom in the Universe
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements: The Powers, Uses, and Histories of Every Atom in the Universe 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
12.
Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings
13.
Black Hole Chasers: The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough
Black Hole Chasers: The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings
14.
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer 4.12 avg rating — 738 ratings
15.
Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing
Mightier Than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing 4.72 avg rating — 71 ratings
16.
While I Was Away
While I Was Away 4.22 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
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Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic
Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings
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All About Horses: A Kid's Guide to Breeds, Care, Riding, and More! (Kids Coloring Activity Books)
All About Horses: A Kid's Guide to Breeds, Care, Riding, and More! (Kids Coloring Activity Books) 4.51 avg rating — 94 ratings
19.
The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor
The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor 4.30 avg rating — 102 ratings
20.
Dear Librarian
Dear Librarian 4.50 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
21.
A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything
A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything 4.26 avg rating — 229 ratings
22.
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 4.57 avg rating — 953 ratings
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Hair Twins
Hair Twins 4.29 avg rating — 546 ratings
24.
Survivor Tree
Survivor Tree 4.56 avg rating — 866 ratings
25.
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest 4.34 avg rating — 460 ratings
26.
Farmers Unite! Planting a Protest for Fair Prices
Farmers Unite! Planting a Protest for Fair Prices 4.42 avg rating — 73 ratings
27.
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight 4.06 avg rating — 122 ratings
28.
Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals
Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals 3.97 avg rating — 79 ratings
29.
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown 4.35 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
30.
The Beak Book
The Beak Book 4.36 avg rating — 317 ratings
31.
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas 4.29 avg rating — 185 ratings
32.
A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice
A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice 4.27 avg rating — 401 ratings
33.
Dear Mr. Dickens
Dear Mr. Dickens 4.42 avg rating — 511 ratings
34.
Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature
Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature 4.37 avg rating — 169 ratings
35.
The Stars Beckoned: Edward White's Amazing Walk in Space
The Stars Beckoned: Edward White's Amazing Walk in Space 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings
36.
The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree That Inspired the World
The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree That Inspired the World 4.20 avg rating — 153 ratings
37.
This Is Your Time
This Is Your Time 4.51 avg rating — 2,985 ratings
38.
Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries
Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries 4.21 avg rating — 239 ratings
39.
Fairy Tale Science: Explore 25 Classic Tales Through Hands-On Experiments
Fairy Tale Science: Explore 25 Classic Tales Through Hands-On Experiments 4.50 avg rating — 36 ratings
40.
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other 3.89 avg rating — 867 ratings
41.
Violet & Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins
Violet & Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins 3.64 avg rating — 382 ratings
42.
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat
Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat 3.89 avg rating — 397 ratings
43.
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories 4.24 avg rating — 283 ratings
44.
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars 4.12 avg rating — 496 ratings
45.
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! 3.92 avg rating — 240 ratings
46.
The Secret Code Inside You: All About Your DNA
The Secret Code Inside You: All About Your DNA 4.30 avg rating — 148 ratings
47.
What's in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature's Treasures
What's in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature's Treasures 4.44 avg rating — 463 ratings
48.
Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme
Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme 4.44 avg rating — 143 ratings
49.
Who is Singing?
Who is Singing? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge 4.05 avg rating — 177 ratings
51.
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued 4.47 avg rating — 1,301 ratings
52.
So You Want to Be an Owl
So You Want to Be an Owl 4.20 avg rating — 170 ratings
53.
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe 4.25 avg rating — 319 ratings
54.
The Wild World Handbook: Habitats
The Wild World Handbook: Habitats 4.53 avg rating — 72 ratings
55.
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know 4.29 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
56.
Welcome To Your Period
Welcome To Your Period 4.30 avg rating — 202 ratings
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The Light of Days Young Readers' Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
The Light of Days Young Readers' Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 4.07 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
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The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker
The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
59.
We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
60.
Before We Stood Tall: From Small Seed to Mighty Tree
Before We Stood Tall: From Small Seed to Mighty Tree 4.14 avg rating — 191 ratings
61.
The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging (Orca Issues Book 5)
The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging (Orca Issues Book 5) 3.48 avg rating — 190 ratings
62.
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott 4.53 avg rating — 729 ratings
63.
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves 4.44 avg rating — 176 ratings
64.
A Little Bit of Dinosaur
A Little Bit of Dinosaur 3.51 avg rating — 79 ratings