Previous Editor’s Choice Titles
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Here readers will find a list of titles that the editor has chosen to highlight. Each month a new title is added to this list |
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January and February 2020
Allen Say
November and December 2019
Bernard Beckett
September and October 2019
Heather Smith
July and August 2019
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrated by Inga Moore
May and June 2019
Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
Illustrated by Sharhrzad Maydani
March and April 2019
Laura Amy Schlitz
January and February 2019
Jon McGoran
November and December 2018
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Margaret Peterson Haddix
September and October 2018
Anna Wright
July and August 2018
Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture
Joshua David Stein
Illustrated by Julia Rothman
May and June 2018
Katharine Applegate
March and April 2018
J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso
January and February 2018
Julia Golding
November and December 2017
Patricia MacLachlan
September and October 2017
Bob Staake
July and August 2017
Maria Parr
Illustrated by Kate Forrester
May and June 2017
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Claudia McGehee
March and April 2017
Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrated by Amy Bates
January and February 2017
Shannon Hale
November and December 2016
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
September and October 2016
Livia Blackburne
July and August 2016
Peter Goes
May and June 2016
Terry and Eric Fan
March and April 2016
M. G. Leonard
January and February 2016
Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff
November and December 2015
JoArno Lawson
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
September and October 2015
Jon J. Muth
July and August 2015
Patricia MacLachlan
May and June 2015
Roland Smith
March and April 2015
Sarah S. Brannen
January and February 2015
Pat Zietlow MIller
Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
November and December 2014
Mary Amato
September and October 2014
Alexandra Duncan
July and August 2014
Rebecca Dudley
May and June 2014
Nicholas Oldland
March and April 2014
Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse
Torben Kuhlmann
January and February 2014
Stefan Bachman
November and December 2013
Matthew Cody
September and October 2013
Aaron Becker
July and August 2013
Tony DiTerlizzi
May and June 2013
Rodrigo Folgueira
Illustrated by Poly Bernatene
March and April 2013
Titanic: Voices from the disaster
Deborah Hopkinson
January and February 2013
Karen Hesse
November and December 2012
Rachel Hartman
September and October 2012
Marianne Malone
July and August 2012
Tony DiTerlizzi
May and June 2012
Jenn Reese
March and April 2012
Sarah Weeks
January and February 2012
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
November and December 2011
Loretta Ellsworth
September and October 2011
Amy Ignatow
May and June 2011
Ann Aguirre
March and April 2011
Frances O’Roark Dowell
January and February 2011
Timothee de Fomelle
Illustrated by Francois Place
November and December 2010
Wendelin Van Draanen
September and October 2010
F. E. Higgins
July and August 2010
Sarah Dessen
May and June 2010
Matthew Skelton
March and April 2010
Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies
Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Hamilton
Illustrated by James McMullan
January and February 2010
Saci Lloyd
November and December 2009
Sebastian Meschenmoser
September and October 2009
Marie Rutkoski
June 2009
Stephen Michael King
May 2009
Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk
Marie-Louise Gay
April 2009
Barbara Lehman
February 2009
Sarah Prineas
Illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo
March 2009
The year the swallows came early
Kathryn Fitzmaurice
January 2009
How to get rich in the California Gold Rush
Todd Olson
Illustrated by Scott Allred
December 2008
Sucks to be me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)
Kimberly Pauley
November 2008
Elise Broach
October 2008
Bonny Becker
Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
September 2008
Sophie Benini Pietromarchi
August 2008
Simon Winchester
July 2008
Kimberly K. Jones
June 2008
Susan Beth Pfeffer
May 2008
Caroline Bingham, Ben Morgan, and Matthew Robertson
April 2008
Matthew Van Fleet
March 2008
Alice Walker
Illustrated by Stephano Vitale
February 2008
Jonathan Bean
January 2008
Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
December 2007
Shaun Tan
November 2007
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
Karen Cushman
October 2007
Ida B…and her plans to Maximize fun, avoid disaster and (Possibly) save the world
Katherine Hannigan
September 2007
Mathilde Stein
Illustrated by Mies van Hout
August 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
July 2007
Michael Morpurgo
June 2007
Sally Swain
May 2007
Gretchen Moran Laskas
April 2007
Ruth White
March 2007
Bernard Waber
February 2007
Markus Zusak
January 2007
Eoin Colfer
December 20006
Richard Platt
Illustrated by Duncan Cameron
November 2006
Peter H. Reynolds
October 2006
Susan Beth Pfeffer
September 2006
Cynthia Rylant
August 2006
Matthew Skelton
July 2006
Nina Payne
Illustrated by Adam Payne
June 2006
Septimus Heap: Book One - Magyk
Angie Sage
May 2006
Charmian Hussey
April 2006
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
January and February 2006
Dickens: His work and his world
Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
December 2005
Dugald A. Steer
Illustrations by Anne Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislav Tomic, and Helen Ward
Novermber 2005
Steve Augarde
October 2005
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Michael Morpurgo
September 2005
Patricia Reilly Giff
August 2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
July 2005
Amy Hest
Illustrated by John J. Muth
May and June 2005
Douglas Wood
Illustrated by Dan Andreasen
April 2005
Jeff Brumbeau
Illustrated by Gail de Marecken
March 2005
Marian Hale
February 2005
Jon J. Muth
January 2005
Brigitte Weninger
Illustrated by Eve Tharlet
December 2004
Jeanne DuPrau
November 2004
Bodil Bredsdorff
October 2004
Avi
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
September 2004
Sarah Stewart
Illustrated by David Small
August 2004
Kenneth Oppel
July 2004
Mary Hooper
June 2004
Anais Vaugelade
May 2004
Aileen Kilgore Henderson
April 2004
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by David Johnson
March 2004
Steve Augarde
February 2004
By Catherine Jinks
March 2006
Gloria Whelan
July and August 2009
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly
