Best Books: The Final Edition
I consulted the following lists: BOOKLIST, BULLETIN, HORN BOOK, KIRKUS REVIEWS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. Please let me know if I have missed something.
Six lists–
SOME WRITER!
Five lists–
THE BEST MAN
THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON
THE INQUISITOR’S TALE
THE LIE TREE
MARCH, BOOK THREE
SCHOOL’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Four lists–
AS BRAVE AS YOU
BEFORE MORNING
BURN BABY BURN
DU IZ TAK?
FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE
GHOST
JAZZ DAY
THE JOURNEY
THE PASSION OF DOLSSA
THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR
RADIANT CHILD
SAMURAI RISING
THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR
THUNDER BOY, JR.
THE WILD ROBOT
Three lists–
THE AIRPORT BOOK
EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR
FRANK AND LUCKY GET SCHOOLED
FREEDOM OVER ME
GHOSTS
I HEAR A PICKLE
JUANA & LUCAS
MS. BIXBY’S LAST DAY
MY SISTER ROSA
PAX
RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE
SCYTHE
STILL LIFE WITH TORNADO
VIETNAM
WE FOUND A HAT
WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES
WHEN THE SEA TURNED TO SILVER
WOLF HOLLOW
Two lists–
ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN
BEAST
BEST FRINTS IN THE UNIVERSE
BEST IN SNOW
BUBONIC PANIC
GARVEY’S CHOICE
THE GREAT AMERICAN WHATEVER
IDEAS ARE ALL AROUND
IF I WAS YOUR GIRL
IT AIN’T SO AWFUL, FALAFEL
LEAVE ME ALONE
LUCY
MAKOONS
MY LADY JANE
NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN
A POEM FOR PETER
THE READER
SALT TO THE SEA
THE SERPENT KING
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
STEAMBOAT SCHOOL
STEEPLEJACK
THEY ALL SAW A CAT
THIS IS NOT A PICTURE BOOK
THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE GREAT AUK
UNBECOMING
UPROOTED
A WELL-MANNERED YOUNG WOLF
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About Jonathan Hunt
Jonathan Hunt is the Coordinator of Library Media Services at the San Diego County Office of Education. He served on the 2006 Newbery committee, and has also judged the Caldecott Medal, the Printz Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. You can reach him at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com
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I just finished Gertie’s Leap to Greatness and The Wild Robot..thanks to a sick day!! I would never ever have thought I would like Robot because I am all about character. I now think it is at the top of my list for the year. Who would ever think a book about a robot would have such love and tenderness. I think I had tears in my eyes the whole time I was reading it.
I love Gertie too, what a cool kid.
FULL OF BEANS wins the Scott O’Dell!
http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/blogs/read-roger/the-2017-scott-odell-award-for-historical-fiction/
THE INQUISITOR’S TALE and ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN win Sydney Taylor Book Awards!
http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/blogs/out-of-the-box/2017-sydney-taylor-book-awards-announced/
Awesome news!!! Very happy for Jenni Holm. Hope it’s a precursor of things to come…