We're excited to recommend our favorite twenty books of 2017. These are the books that we have read and re-read, thought about, talked about, and shared. We hope you'll love them, too.
Picture Books:
- The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng
- Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
- The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
- When’s My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Christian Robinson
- Egg by Kevin Henkes
- A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Chris Appelhans
- The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC’s (the Hard Way) by Patrick McDonnell
- After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
- Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith
Fiction:
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, translated by Helen Wang
- Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Brian Floca
- Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Nonfiction:
- Dazzle: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton, illustrated by Victo Ngai
- Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
- Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinken
- The Secret Project by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Poetry:
- I’m Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris, illustrated by Lane Smith
And if you're looking for more end-of-the-year lists and award winners, the links below are a great place to start.
