Jeff Mack’s book is the perfect book for a New Year’s Eve bed time story so your children can see how much you party when they are asleep.
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Best Books for Kids and Teens 2018
I hope to blog more about books for children and young adults in 2019. Below are favorites I read this year. I’m sure I’m missing some fabulous titles; but there’s only one me and so many amazing books published each year.
Picture Books
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Imagine! By Raul Colon
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
You’re Snug With Me by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Poonam Mistry
Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell and illustrated by Corinna Luyken
The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros and illustrated by Dana Wulfkekotte
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and illustrated by Van T Rudd
This Book is Red: Books That Drive Kids Crazy! by Beck and Matt Stanton
A House That Once Was? by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Lane Smith
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes by Hena Khan and illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini
Night Job by Karen Hesse and illustrated by G. Brian Karas
My Pictures After the Storm by Eric Veille
A Different Pond by Bao Phi and illustrated by Thi Bui
Potato Pants by Laurie Keller
Beginning Readers
Please, No More Nuts by Jonathan Fenske
Mr. Monkey Visits a School by Jeff Mack
Biographies for Kids
Pies From Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito and illustrated by Laura Freedom
Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor by Patricia Valdez and illustrated by Felicita Sala
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary Schmidt and illustrated by Daniel Minter
Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant and illustrated by Floyd Cooper
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went From the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace and illustrated Bryan Collier
Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon by Annette Bay Pimental and illustrated by Micha Archer
What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of the Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Christ Barton and illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Nonfiction for Kids
We Are Grateful by Traci Sorrell and illustrated by Frane Lessac
Otis and Will Discover The Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Katherine Roy
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Steven Salerno
What’s On Your Plate? Exploring the World of Food by Whitney Stewart and illustrated by Christiane Engel
Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail
What Do They Do With All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz and Allison Black
Terrific Tongues by Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Jia Liu
The Elephant by Jenni Desmond
Middle Grade Fiction
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Young Adult Fiction
Brave Enough by Kati Gardner
Breakout by Kate Messner
Young Adult Graphic Novels
Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
Princess and Dress Maker by Jen Wang
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson and illustrated by Emily Carroll
Outlier
Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin
Perfect for Storytime
There’s a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Mad, Mad Bear! by Kimberly Gee
How do You Take a Bath? by Kate McMullan and illustrated by Sydney Hanson
There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher and illustrated by Greg Abbott
Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
Play This Book by Jessica Young and illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
Don’t Blink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by David Roberts
The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan and illustrated by Tom Knight
Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Old Hat by Emily Gravett
The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier and illustrated by Sonia Sanchez
I Don’t Want to Go to Sleep by Dev Petty and illustrated Mike Boldt