Recently, several of our staff members got together and shared the children’s books we love and have loved. We thought we’d be depriving you if we didn’t share! Here are some of our picks, both recent reads and old favorites:
Picture Books:
Out of the Blue by Alison Jay
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Earth Book by Todd Parr
Bug in a Vacuum by Mélanie Watt
Fiction:
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
George by Alex Gino
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Magyk by Angie Sage
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Graphic Novels:
Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Non-Fiction:
The Right Word by Jennifer Fisher Bryant
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
Witches: The Absolutely True Story of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer
Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone
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Find last year’s picks here.
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