Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids2022

Given by Evanston Public Library

Other Names: 101 Great Books for Kids
101 Works 7,333 Books 525 Reviews 4.1
Every year, the 101 committee is made up of any Evanston Public Library staff member interested in participating, whether or not their job is specifically aimed at working with kids or not. After show more all, we were all kids ourselves once.



We urge you to stop by our library whenever we’re open to request any of the titles you would like to see. They represent some of the best books of the year and should not be missed.



All 101 books on the list are appropriate for readers two to twelve. show less
Categories:
All, Comics and Graphic Novels (74), Early Chapter Books (6), Easy Books (5), Easy and Early Chapter Books (50), Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales (46), Fiction (140), Middle Grade Fiction (23), Nonfiction (76), Nonfiction Picture Books (68), Nonfiction for Older Readers (31), Picture Books (152), Poetry (31), Poetry and Short Stories (5)
Years:
All, 2023 (101), 2022 (101), 2021 (101), 2020 (101), 2019 (101), 2018 (101), 2017 (101)
WorkCategoryYear
Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Gabby Gets It Together by Nathan Fairbairn
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Freestyle by Gale Galligan
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
The Flamingo by Guojing
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Santiago!: Santiago Ramón y Cajal!Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth by Patricia Forde
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Meet the Super Duper Seven (I Like to Read Comics) by Tim Hamilton
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Billy and Rose: Forever Friends by Amy Hest
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Esme's Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Free Kid to Good Home by Hiroshi いとう　ひろし　Ito
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Gigi and Ojiji (I Can Read Level 3) by Melissa Iwai
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
The Astronomically Grand Plan (1) (Astrid the Astronaut) by Rie Neal
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
Tapwe and the Magic Hat by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Easy and Early Chapter Books2022
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
Carrimebac, the Town That Walked by David Barclay Moore
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale by Charly Palmer
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
The Legend of the Spirit Serpent by Adaiah Sanford
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
Endlessly Ever After: Pick YOUR Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder
Fairytales, Folktales, and Religious Tales2022
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
Fiction2022
The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark
Fiction2022
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Fiction2022
If You Read This by Kereen Getten
Fiction2022
Wildoak by C. C. Harrington
Fiction2022
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
Fiction2022
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King
Fiction2022
Aviva vs the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
Fiction2022
We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses
Fiction2022
We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad
Fiction2022
The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz
Fiction2022
Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
Fiction2022
Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
Fiction2022
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck by Matt Phelan
Fiction2022
Tumble by Celia C. Pérez
Fiction2022
It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
Fiction2022
Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp
Fiction2022
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan Long Shang
Fiction2022
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Fiction2022
Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer
Fiction2022
Yonder by Ali Standish
Fiction2022
The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor
Fiction2022
A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Fiction2022
The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo
Fiction2022
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association by Fred Bowen
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Trapped in Terror Bay: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Franklin Expedition by Sigmund Brouwer
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Honeybee Rescue: A Backyard Drama by Loree Burns
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South (Medical Fiascoes) by Gail Jarrow
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found by Dina Nayeri
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner
Nonfiction for Older Readers2022
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic by Kelly Crull
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Jack Knight's Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service by Jill Esbaum
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Pink, Blue, and You!: Questions for Kids about Gender Stereotypes by Elise Gravel
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
If You’re a Kid Like Gavin by Gavin Grimm
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill by Matt Lilley
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Marcel's Masterpiece: How a Toilet Shaped the History of Art by Jeff Mack
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Before Music: Where Instruments Come From by Annette Bay Pimentel
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie by Fiona Robinson
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Mega-Predators of the Past by Melissa Stewart
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Concrete: From the Ground Up (Material Marvels) by Larissa Theule
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather's American Journey by Katie Yamasaki
Nonfiction Picture Books2022
A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
Picture Books2022
Where Is Bina Bear? by Mike Curato
Picture Books2022
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Picture Books2022
I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano
Picture Books2022
Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler
Picture Books2022
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Picture Books2022
My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant
Picture Books2022
My Parents Won't Stop Talking! by Emma Hunsinger
Picture Books2022
Kick Push by Frank Morrison
Picture Books2022
The Circles in the Sky by Karl James Mountford
Picture Books2022
The Queen in the Cave by Julia Sarda
Picture Books2022
A Blue Kind of Day by Rachel Tomlinson
Picture Books2022
Gibberish by Young Vo
Picture Books2022
The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson
Picture Books2022
City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino
Picture Books2022
Pina by Elif Yemenici
Picture Books2022
I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Picture Books2022
Emile and the Field by Kevin Young
Picture Books2022
See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow-Miller
Picture Books2022
Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens
Poetry2022
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play among Figures of Speech by Ted Kooser
Poetry2022
Take Off Your Brave: The World through the Eyes of a Preschool Poet by Nadim
Poetry2022
The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
Poetry2022
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi
Poetry2022

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