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1 - I Talk Like a River
Jordan Scott - Neal Porter Books
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What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can't say them... |
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2 - A Sitting in St. James
Rita Williams-Garcia - Quill Tree Books
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A tour-de-force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation - and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there - is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American... |
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4 - Saturday
Oge Mora - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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In this warm and tender story by the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Thank You, Omu!, join a mother and daughter on an up-and-down journey that reminds them of what's best about Saturdays: precious time together. Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It was Saturday!... |
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5 - King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender - Scholastic Press
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In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed... |
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6 - Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
Ashley Bryan - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
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From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him.In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next... |
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7 - The Patchwork Bike
Maxine Beneba Clarke - Candlewick
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It has a bent bucket seat, bashed tin-can handlebars, and wood-cut wheels - and riding the patchwork bike that you and your crazy brothers made is the best fun in the whole village.When you live in a village at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your... |
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8 - The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon - Wendy Lamb Books
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This lively and diverse middle-grade story from the award-winning author of How It Went Down has the warmth of a modern-day The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963.Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their... |
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10 - They Say Blue
Jillian Tamaki - Abrams Books for Young Readers
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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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11 - The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo - HarperTeen
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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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12 - Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Isabel Quintero - Getty Publications
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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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13 - Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman - Henry Holt and Co.
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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... |
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15 - The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas - Balzer & Bray
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police... |
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16 - Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Steve Sheinkin - Roaring Brook Press
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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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17 - The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge - Amulet Books
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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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18 - Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill - Candlewick
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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... |
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19 - 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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20 - Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Katherine Rundell - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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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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21 - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Candace Fleming - Schwartz & Wade
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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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22 - Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Peter Brown - Little
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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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23 - Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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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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24 - The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Steve Sheinkin - Square Fish
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An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.A National Book Award FinalistA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearOn July 17, 1944, a massive... |
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25 - Building Our House
Jonathan Bean - Farrar Straus Giroux
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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... |
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26 - Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell - St. Martin's Griffin
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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... |
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27 - Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Robert Byrd - Dial Books; First Edition edition
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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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28 - Chuck Close: Face Book
Chuck Close - Abrams Books for Young Readers
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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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30 - Extra Yarn
Mac Barnett - Balzer + Bray; First Edition edition
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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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