Editor's Choice collection for 2019
These are the books that I reviewed in 2019 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!
Judith Kerr
Fiction
For ages 7 to 9
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015
ISBN: 978-0008157302
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Henry Cole
Fiction
For ages 8 to 10
HarperCollins, 2010
ISBN: 978-0061704123
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Laura Lee Benson
Illustrator: John Corrozza
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Charlesbridge, 1994
ISBN: 978-0881068382
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Jen Bryant
Illustrator: Boris Kulikov
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2016
ISBN: 978-0449813379
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Bernard Beckett
Fiction
For ages 14 and up
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
ISBN: 978-0547335926
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Selected by Michael Rosen
Illustrator: Paul Howard
Poetry
For ages 8 and up
Candlewick, 2009
ISBN: 978-0763642105
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Langston Hughes
Photographer: Charles R. Smith Jr.
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 5 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2009
ISBN: 1416935401
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