Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List2020

Given by Maine State Library

105 Works 25,213 Books 1,418 Reviews 4.1
Each year publishing houses send thousands of review copies of new children's and young adult books to the Maine Examination Collection to the Southern Maine Library District. The books are show more reviewed at monthly book review meetings by local librarians. A "Cream of the Crop" Collection of the best titles published in the previous year is prepared. The "Cream of the Crop" Collection contains about books from preschool to high school age levels. All of the titles on this list have been favorably reviewed by members of the Southern Maine Library District Book Review Group. show less
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Years:
All, 2023 (58), 2022 (86), 2021 (94), 2020 (105), 2019 (102), 2018 (99), 2017 (98), 2016 (98), 2015 (100), 2014 (114), 2013 (135), 2012 (1), 2010 (1)
WorkYear
Telling Time by David A. Adler
2020
Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell
2020
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
2020
Snow Leopard: Ghost of the Mountains by Justin Anderson
2020
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide
2020
Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry
2020
The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad
2020
The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith
2020
How Do You Care for a Very Sick Bear? by Vanessa Bayer
2020
You Are Light by Aaron Becker
2020
Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge
2020
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot! by Cece Bell
2020
Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars by Jennifer Berne
2020
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow
2020
Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey
2020
Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
2020
The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta
2020
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan
2020
The Tornado Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series) by Mary Kay Carson
2020
All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman
2020
Get Me Out of This Book: Rules and Tools for Being Brave by Deborah Cholette
2020
The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
2020
New Kid by Jerry Craft
2020
Hummingbird by Nicola Davies
2020
The Love Letter by Anika Aldamuy Denise
2020
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
2020
Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems by Margarita Engle
2020
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
2020
I Like My Bike by AG Ferrari
2020
The Creakers by Tom Fletcher
2020
Hello, I'm Here! by Helen Frost
2020
Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro
2020
Fern and Horn by Marie-Louise Gay
2020
Pandemic: How Climate, the Environment, and Superbugs Increase the Risk by Connie Goldsmith
2020
Women in the Military: From Drill Sergeants to Fighter Pilots by Connie Goldsmith
2020
Shine! by J. J. Grabenstein
2020
Glitch by Sarah Graley
2020
Stormy: A Story About Finding a Forever Home by Guojing
2020
Death Eaters: Meet Nature's Scavengers by Kelly Milner Halls
2020
Field Trip to the Moon by John Hare
2020
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
2020
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman
2020
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks
2020
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
2020
Secret Soldiers: A Novel by Keely Hutton
2020
The Bookwanderers by Anna James
2020
My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin
2020
Dog Driven by Terry Lynn Johnson
2020
The Magic of Letters by Tony Johnston
2020
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
2020
No More Excuses: Dismantling Rape Culture by Amber J. Keyser
2020
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
2020
The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito by Shing Yin Khor
2020
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
2020
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
2020
The Luckiest Snowball by Elliot Kreloff
2020
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin
2020
Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers
2020
Home Is a Window by Stephanie Ledyard
2020
Pippa by Design: A Story of Ballet and Costumes by Claudia Logan
2020
Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl
2020
Light It Up by Kekla Magoon
2020
A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert Marrin
2020
Old Souls by Brian McDonald
2020
Fear of Missing Out by Kate McGovern
2020
Let Me Sleep, Sheep! by Meg McKinlay
2020
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
2020
Click by Kayla Miller
2020
Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action by Michael Miller
2020
Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction by Michael Miller
2020
The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller
2020
The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds by Sy Montgomery
2020
Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival by Lindsay Moore
2020
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
2020
The Rabbit, the Dark, and the Cookie Tin by Nicola O'Byrne
2020
Max and the Midknights (Max & The Midknights) by Lincoln Peirce
2020
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins
2020
Wildfire: A Novel by Rodman Philbrick
2020
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
2020
Beastly Puzzles: A Brain-Boggling Animal Guessing Game by Rachel Poliquin
2020
Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
2020
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
2020
Inside Outside by Anne-Margot Ramstein
2020
I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
2020
Join the No-Plastic Challenge!: A First Book of Reducing Waste by Scot Ritchie
2020
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins
2020
Searching for Lottie by Susan Ross
2020
Birds of a Feather: Bowerbirds and Me by Susan L. Roth
2020
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
2020
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
2020
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
2020
Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas
2020
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America by Steve Sheinkin
2020
Small in the City by Sydney Smith
2020
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
2020
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
2020
Deep Breaths by Carol Thompson
2020
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn
2020
Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
2020
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A. F. Venable
2020
Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden
2020
Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller
2020
Stargazing by Jen Wang
2020
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
2020
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
2020

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