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1 - They Say Blue
Jillian Tamaki · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, Tamaki follows a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water cupped in her hands isn't blue like they say. But maybe a blue whale is blue.... |
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2 - The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Longlist title!Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.... |
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3 - Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Isabel Quintero · Getty Publications
Pages: 95
Format: Hardcover
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Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico City in 1942, the oldest of 13 children. When tragedy struck Iturbide as a young mother, she turned to photography for solace and understanding. From then on Iturbide embarked on a photographic journey that has taken her throughout her native Mexico,... |
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4 - Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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Printz Honor Book * YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner * Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * SCBWI Golden Kite Winner * Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award WinnerFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep and enduring... |
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5 - Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
Ashley Bryan · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 56
Format: Print book
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Newbery Honor Book Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life... |
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6 - The Hate U Give
A C THOMAS · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Longlist title with eight starred reviews! #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" - Jason Reynolds"Stunning." - John Green"This story is necessary. This story is important." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Heartbreakingly... |
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7 - Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Steve Sheinkin · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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This captivating nonfiction investigation of the Pentagon Papers has captured widespread critical acclaim, including features in The Washington Post and on NPR, selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist, and selection as winner of the 2016 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award.From... |
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8 - The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge · Amulet Books
Pages: 377
Format: Print book
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Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel (6 starred reviews ) from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Costa Children's Book Award, and Horn Book-Boston Globe Award. Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy... |
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9 - Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill · Candlewick
Pages: 66
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when you invite as many jazz musicians as you can to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched... |
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10 - The Farmer and the Clown
Marla Frazee
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Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee.A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off the |
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11 - Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Katherine Rundell · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure.”Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living... |
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12 - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Candace Fleming · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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"[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters,... |
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13 - Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Peter Brown · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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Are you bored with being so proper? Do you want to have more fun? Mr. Tiger knows exactly how you feel. So he decides to go wild. But does he go too far? From Caldecott Honor artist Peter Brown comes a story that shows there's a time and place for everything... even going wild. |
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14 - Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 388
Format: Print book
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A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor BookWinner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction"Grasshopper Jungle is a rollicking tale that is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. It's propulsive plot would be delightful enough on its own, but Smith's ability to blend teenage drama... |
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15 - The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Steve Sheinkin · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty... |
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16 - Building Our House
Jonathan Bean · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWinner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join... |
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17 - Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Best Seller!"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book."-John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says.So did Jerry... |
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18 - Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Robert Byrd · Dial Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Electric Ben is now a 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Book Award Winner, a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book, a Horn Fanfare Book, and a Robert F. Sibert Honor book!“a true standout…bright, witty, informative and cleverly organized as the man himself.”... |
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19 - Chuck Close: Face Book
Chuck Close · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 55
Format: Print book
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This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Close's story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer format is based on real kids' inquiries about Close's life and work, and his answers to them. Close, who is wheelchair-bound... |
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21 - Extra Yarn
Mac Barnett · Balzer + Bray; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Extra Yarn, a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller, is the story of how a young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community.With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range... |
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