The best non-fiction books for kids 2024 are: Best overall – Songs of the Birds by Isabel Otter, published by Caterpillar Books: £10.68, Amazon.co.uk Best budget buy – Kay’s Incredible ...

I got a science workbook; bummer. Fortunately, nonfiction books have come a long way throughout the years, offering nonfiction for kids in dazzling, mind-blowing ways.

Some libraries only released their five or 10 top-borrowed books overall; others sorted the year's most popular loans into fiction, non-fiction, books for children and other categories.