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Best of 2022 for older kids

These are the 2022 books that we loved — for Grades 4 to 8 and everyone who likes great storytelling or eye-opening information books.

Burnaby Public Library

34 items

  • Before Music

    Where Instruments Come From

    Pimentel, Annette Bay
    Book, 2022New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. — j784.19 Pim
  • Buzzkill

    a Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs

    Maloney, Brenna
    Book, 2022New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. — j639.9757 Mal
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — j Barn
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2022. — j Gall
  • Book, 2022New York : First Second Books, 2022. — j Orte
  • Hanmoji Handbook

    Your Guide to the Chinese Language Through Emoji

    Li, Jason
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2022. — TEEN 495.182421 LiJ
  • How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?

    Wild Facts About Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them

    Barker, Brooke
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022] — j590 Bar
  • How to Build a Human

    in Seven Evolutionary Steps

    Turner, Pamela S.
    Book, 2022Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022] — j599.938 Tur
  • How to Make a Mountain

    in Just 9 Simple Steps and Only 100 Million Years!

    Huntington, Amy
    Book, 2022San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2022] — j551.43 Hun
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — j KuoJ
  • Killer Underwear Invasion!

    How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

    Gravel, Elise
    Book, 2022San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2022] — j070.43 Gra
  • Book, 2022New York : Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, [2022] — j Case
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2022. — j Faja
  • Muhammad Najem, War Reporter

    How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

    Najem, Muhammad
    Book, 2022New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — j920 Naj
  • Book, 2022New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — j Appl