Longlist highlights great non-fiction

This year's SLA Information Book Award longlist covers a wide range of subjects from germs and explorers to cooking and wildlife. The longlist covers books for young children through to teenagers and highlights some of the best new information books.

The SLA Information Book Award aims to highlight the high standard of information books available and to support school libraries in their selection. The shortlist will be announced in April and the 2017 award ceremony will take place in November. The longlist in full: UNDER 7s A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies illustrated by Petr Horacek (Walker Books) Where do Babies Come From? by Kate Daynes, illustrated by Christine Pym (Usborne) You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey, illustrated by Soyeon (Kim Wayland) Our Very Own Dog by Amanda McCardie, illustrated by Salavatore Rubbino (Walker Books) Atchoo! How we catch a cold by Leon Read, Illustrated by Sean Sims (Franklin Watts) The Seashore (The curiosity box) by Peter Riley, Illustrated by Krina Patel (Franklin Watts) Refugees and Migrants (Children in our world) by Ceri Roberts, Iillus by Hanane Kai (Wayland) Charles Darwin's Round the World Adventure by Jennifer Thermes (Abrams Books for Young Readers) My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by Various (Dorling Kindersley) The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer (Thames & Hudson) 7 12 The Great Fire of London by Emma Adams, illustrated by James Weston (Wren & Rook) The Kew Gardens Children's Cookbook by Joe Archer and Catherine Craig (Wayland) Lesser Spotted Animals by Martin Brown (David Fickling Books) RSPB Wildlife in Your Garden by Mike Dilger, Illustrated by Sarah Horne (Bloomsbury Children's) Hello World by Jonathan Litton Illustrated by L'atelier Cartographik (360 Degrees - Little Tiger) The Brontes by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom (Franklin Watts) London on Fire by John C Miles (Franklin Watts) Ada's Ideas; the story of Ada Lovelace the world's first computer programmer by Fiona Robinson (Abrams Books for Young Readers) Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst (Bloomsbury) The Book of Bees by Piotr Socha, text: Wojciech Grajkowski, translated by Agnes Monod Gayraud (Thames and Hudson) Staying Safe Online by Louie Stowell Illustrated by Nancy Leschnikoff (Usborne) Knowledge Encyclopedia Animals (Dorling Kindersley) OVER 12 Timelines of World History by Jane Chisholm et al (Usborne) Mind Your Head by Juno Dawson with advice from Dr Olivia Hewitt Illustrated by Gemma Correll (Hot Key Books) The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill (Flying Eye Books) Why is Art Full of Naked People? by Susie Hodge Illustrated by Claire Goble (Thames and Hudson) Survivors by David Long Illustrated by Kerry Hyndman (Faber Children's) What is Poetry? by Michael Rosen Illustrated by Jill Calder (Walker Books) Who Are Refugees and Migrants? by Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young (Wayland) The Dementia Diaries by Matthew Snyman and Social Innovation Lab, Kent (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) Survivors of the Holocaust by Kath Shackleton (Franklin Watts) Voices from the Second World War by Various (First News) (Walker Books) The awards are sponsored by Hachette Children's Group and Peters Books and Furniture.