Friday, December 8, 2017

Best Books of 2017: Young Adult

At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Teen Readers, in no particular order. 


9781250095251, $18.99

9780062498533, $17.99


Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley 
9780062571854, $17.99


Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
9780553524062, $17.99


They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 
9780062457790, $17.99


Book of Dust by Philip Pullman 
9780375815300, $22.99


9781101937648, $17.99


Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
9780525555360, $19.99


Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 
9781481438254, $17.99


An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
9781481497589, $17.99


The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
9780399547010, $15.99


Dimple and Rishi by Sandhya Menon
9781481478687, $17.99


Warcross by Marie Lu
9780399547966, $18.99


Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
9780385744775, $18.99


Renegades by  Marissa Meyer
9781250044662, $19.99


Far from the Tree by Robin Benway 
9780062330628, $17.99


All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry
9781616206666, $17.95


Dear Martin by Nic Stone
9781101939499, $17.99


I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez 
9781524700485, $17.99


The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, translated by Lilit Thwaites
9781627796187, $19.99


Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
9780805093391, $19.99


The Last Namsara by Kristen Cicarelli
9780062567987,  $17.99

You Can Buy These Books at your Local BookstoreBarnes & Noble, and Amazon

Best Books of 2017: Ages 8 - 12

 At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Ages 8 -12, in no particular order. 



9780399545191, $16.99


Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
9780544785106, $16.99


Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
9781101994856, $16.99


The Explorers: The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress
9781101940051, $16.99


9780525429999, $12.99


Almost Paradise by Corbel Shofner
9780374303785, $16.99


Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas
9780062498755, $16.99




9781481470261, $17.99


9780525428442, $17.99


9780062484536, $16.99


Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
9780316508889, $17.99



The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse by Nicholas Gannon (interview here)
9780062320971, $17.99


The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kids by Colin Meloy, illus. by Carson Ellis
9780062342454, $17.99


9781481419451, $16.99



9780553523225, $24.99


Greetings from Witness Protection by Jake Burt
9781250107114, $16.99


Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
9780062443410, $16.99


The Wonderling by Mira Bartok
9780763691219, $21.99


The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
9780525429203, $16.99


The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange
9781338157475, $16.99


The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
9780544876392, $16.99


The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
9781524701246, $16.99


Wishtree by Katherine Applegate 
9781250043221, $16.99


Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia 

9780062215918, $16.99

You Can Buy These Books at your Local BookstoreBarnes & Noble, and Amazon

Best Books of 2017: Ages 4 - 7

Best Books Ages 4 - 7
At the end of every year, it is always wonderful to look back and see what new books are now on the shelves. Here are the Best Books for Ages 4 - 7, in no particular order. 


9781481442848, $17.99


9781481469098, $17.99


After the Fall by Dan Santat
9781626726826, $17.99


A Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Nancy Carpenter
9780375868450, $17.99


Hattie and Hudson by Chris Van Dusen 
9780763665456, $16.99


9781481450676, $17.99


9781452154435, $16.99



Sam & Eva by Debbie Ohi
9781481416283, $17.99


This is Not a Normal Animal Book by Julie Segal-Walters, pictures by Brian Biggs
9781481439220, $17.99




Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illus. by Sydney Smith 
9781554988716, $19.95




The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater, illustrated by the Fan Brothers
9781481451604, $17.99


9780062438898, $17.99




The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
9780735227927, $18.99



The Gold Leaf by Kirsten Hall, illus. by Matthew Forsythe
9781592702145, $18.95




9780763648220, $16.99



How to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon, illus. by Hadley Hooper
9780763648220, $16.99




Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds, illus. by Peter Brown
9781442402980, $17.99


The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham 
9780763688264, $14.99


On a Magical Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna, translated by Jill Davis
9780062657602, $17.99


Why Am I Me? by Paige Britt, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Aliko 
9781338053142, $17.99


Baabwaa & Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship by David Elliott, illus. by Melissa Sweet
9780763660741, $16.99


The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen
9780763677541, $17.99


The Book of Bones by Gabrielle Balkin, illus. by Sam Brewster
9780714875125, $19.95


Alfie: (The Turtle that Disappeared) by Thyra Heder
9781419725296, $17.95


Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
9780399167898, $19.99


The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi 
9781771386630, $16.95


Wee Sister Strange by Holly Grant 
9780553508796, $17.99


The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Matthew Forsythe
9780316392785, $17.99


Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown, illus. by John Parra
9780735842694, $17.95

You Can Buy These Books at your Local BookstoreBarnes & Noble, and Amazon