Awards search:School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

How to Read a Book

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
reading, books, collage
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate
Paperback, 2015
Tags
friendship, Newbery, elephants, gorillas, zoo
Collection
chapter books
Series
The One and Only Ivan (1)
Status
Available

Extra Yarn

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
creativity, knitting, kindness, generosity, sharing, Caldecott
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)

by Kelly Barnhill
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Newbery, fantasy, magic, friendship, dragons, girls
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (English and Spanish Edition)

by Warren Binford Compiler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
civil rights, Latinx, border, refugee story, immigrants, refugees
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The Baby Tree

by Sophie Blackall
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
babies, new baby, siblings, reproduction, sex education
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

My Two Border Towns

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Latinx, Mexico, Latinx central character
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
racism, social justice, self-esteem
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

New Kid

by Jerry Craft
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Black central character, friendship, graphic novel, Newbery, school, middle school
Collections
chapter books, graphic novels
Series
New Kid (1)
Status
Available

The day the crayons quit

by Drew Daywalt
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
crayons, writing, feelings
Collection
Picture books
Series
The Crayons (1)
Status
Available

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

by Kate DiCamillo
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Newbery, animals, squirrels, friendship, divorce, fantasy
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The Beatryce Prophecy

by Kate DiCamillo
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
fantasy, Middle Ages, girls, journey, friends, dship
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline
Paperback, 2017
Tags
dystopia, Indigenous, dreams
Collection
YA
Series
The Marrow Thieves (1)
Status
Available

Gossie

by Olivier Dunrea
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
birds, friends
Collection
Picture books
Series
Gossie & Friends, Green Light Readers (Level 1)
Status
Available

The Scarecrow

by Beth Ferry
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
friends, seasons, loneliness, diversity, scarecrow
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

Birdsong

by Julie Flett
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Indigenous, moving, mothers, grief, illness
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Joey Pigza Loses Control (Joey Pigza, 2)

by Jack Gantos
Paperback, 2014
Tags
ADHD, neurodivergence, Newbery
Collection
chapter books
Series
Joey Pigza (book 2)
Status
Available

Any questions?

by Marie-Louise Gay
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
questions, curiosity, writing
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Egg Board Book

by Kevin Henkes
Board book, 2019
Tags
spring, friends, loneliness, eggs, birds
Collection
Board books
Status
Available

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things)

by Anastasia Higginbotham
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
whiteness, civil rights, racism, anti-racism, collage
Collection
Picture books
Series
Ordinary Terrible Things
Status
Available

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

by Joanna Ho
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AAPI central character, self-esteem, confidence, siblings, grandparents, eyes
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
biography, slavery, reading, literacy, civil rights
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Newbery, AAPI central character, Filipino central character, deaf, deafness
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Library lion

by Michelle Knudsen
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
library
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

March : Book three

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Tags
graphic novel, John Lewis, civil rights
Collections
graphic novels, YA
Series
March (3)
Status
Available

March : Book One

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2013
Tags
graphic novel, John Lewis, civil rights
Collections
graphic novels, YA
Series
March (1)
Status
Available

We are water protectors

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
clean water, water protectors, activism, Indigenous
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

Julian is a mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
grandparents, gender nonconforming, BIPOC central character(s), LGBTQIA2S+
Collection
Picture books
Series
Julián (1)
Status
Checked out

The giver

by Lois Lowry
Paperback, 1993
Tags
dystopia, Newbery
Collection
YA
Series
The Giver (1)
Status
Available

Number the stars

by Lois Lowry
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Holocaust, Jewish, Newbery, religion, gion
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Going down home with Daddy

by Kelly Starling Lyons
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
family, Black history, BIPOC central character(s), tradition, celebrations, diversity, creativity
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Fry bread : a native American family story

by Noble Maillard
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
family, food, Indigenous, baking, tradition, recipes, trauma
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Out of a Jar

by Deborah Marcero
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
feelings, emotions, self-acceptance, rabbits
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

by Meg Medina
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Newbery, Cuba, middle school, school, Alzheimer's, Latinx central character, Latinx
Collection
chapter books
Series
Merci Suárez (1)
Status
Available

Saturday

by Oge Mora
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
family, disappointment, feelings, mothers, days of the week, love, BIPOC central character(s)
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Thank you, Omu!

by Oge Mora
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
community
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The proudest blue : a story of hijab and family

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Hijab, Muslim central character, Islam
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Series
The Proudest Blue (1)
Status
Available

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Black history, civil rights, social justice, slavery
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Xander's panda party

by Linda Sue Park
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
rhyming, zoo, bears
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker
Paperback, 2019
Tags
war, peace, adventure, foxes
Collection
chapter books
Series
Pax (1)
Status
Available

A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)

by Bao Phi
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
refugees, immigration, fishing, parents, fathers, AAPI central character, Caldecott
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Black central character, refugees, refugee story
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Vamos! Let's go to the market

by Ra the Third,
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
food, Spanish, market, Latinx, life, wrestling, bilingual
Collection
Picture books
Series
World of ¡Vamos!
Status
Available

School's First Day of School

by Adam Rex
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
feelings, perspective, POV, school, first day of school, starting school, nervous
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Steam train, dream train

by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
bedtime, trains, transportation, animals
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The lightning thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 1)

by Rick Riordan
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fantasy
Collection
chapter books
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1)
Status
Available

Another

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
cats, pets, BIPOC central character(s), perspective, POV
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

You matter

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
self-esteem, diversity
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Little Melba and her big trombone

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
music, civil rights
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

All the world

by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
family, nature, Caldecott
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available
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