The Best Children's Books of The Year: Holiday Gift Edition2020

Given by Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature

35 Works 5,043 Books 326 Reviews 4.3

Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!

Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (37), 2022 (39), 2021 (31), 2020 (35)
WorkCategoryYear
No Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin
Ages 12 to 142020
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
Ages 12 to 142020
Indigo and Ida by Heather Murphy Capps
Ages 12 to 142020
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi
Ages 12 to 142020
Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee
Ages 12 to 142020
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh
Ages 12 to 142020
A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
Ages 12 to 142020
The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto by Ron Miller
Ages 12 to 142020
Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel by Jason Reynolds
Ages 12 to 142020
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
Ages 12 to 142020
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
Ages 12 to 142020
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Ages 12 to 142020
They Went Left by Monica Hesse
Ages 14 and Up2020
Above All Else by Dana Alison Levy
Ages 14 and Up2020
The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Ages 14 and Up2020
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Ages 14 and Up2020
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi
Ages 14 and Up2020
It Is a Tree by Susan Batori
Ages 5 and Under2020
Smart George by Jules Feiffer
Ages 5 and Under2020
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes
Ages 5 and Under2020
Cave Dada: (Daddy and Baby Book, Dada Book, Gifts for New Dad) by Brandon Reese
Ages 5 and Under2020
Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake
Ages 5 and Under2020
If You Take Away the Otter by Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Ages 6 to 92020
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
Ages 6 to 92020
Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers by Matthew Cordell
Ages 6 to 92020
Fly High, John Glenn: The Story of an American Hero by Kathleen Krull
Ages 6 to 92020
This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis
Ages 6 to 92020
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina
Ages 6 to 92020
Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices by S. K. Ali
Ages 9 to 122020
Amphibian Acrobats by Leslie Bulion
Ages 9 to 122020
One Time by Sharon Creech
Ages 9 to 122020
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Ages 9 to 122020
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney
Ages 9 to 122020
BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Ages 9 to 122020
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Ages 9 to 122020

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