Editor's Choice Collection for 2017
These are the books that I reviewed in 2017 that I found particularly entertaining and engaging, and some of them taught me things that I did not know. Many of these titles were published recently, while others have been in print for some time. They are all either stand-alone titles, or the first title in a series, and all of them would make wonderful gifts for a birthday or for the holiday season. Enjoy!
Langston Hughes
Illustrator: Daniel Miyares
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2017
ISBN: 978-0399550171
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Davide Cali
Illustrator: Marco Soma
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2017
ISBN: 978-0802854865
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Kobi Yamada
Illustrator: Mae Besom
Picture Book
For ages 5 and up
Compendium Inc, 2018
ISBN: 978-1943200733
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Jacques Goldstyn
Wordless Picture Book
For ages 5 and up
Owlkids, 2017
ISBN: 978-1771472517
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Barbara Wersba
Illustrator: Donna Diamond
Fiction
For ages 8 and up
Boyds Mills Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-1590789483
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Thomas Hegbrook
Novelty Nonfiction Book
For ages 7 and up
360 Degrees, 2017
ISBN: 978-1944530075
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Chris Barton
Illustrator: Victo Ngai
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Millbrook Press, 2017
ISBN: 978-1512410143
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Julia Golding
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Skyscape, 2013
ISBN: 978-0761460671
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Kim Antieau
Fiction
For ages 13 and up
CreateSpace, 2012
ISBN: 978-1478238379
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Suzanne Slade
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Peachtree Publishers, 2017
ISBN: 978-1561459131
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Pavla Hanackova
Illustrator: Linh Dao
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Salariya, 2017
ISBN: 978-1912006489
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Sarah Albee
Nonfiction
For ages 10 and up
National Geographic Children's Books, 2015
ISBN: 978-1426319198
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Historical Fiction
For ages 10 to 12
Scholastic Press, 2017
ISBN: 978-0545931915
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