Los Angeles Public Library Best of the YearChildren's Books2017

Given by Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)

Other Names: Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year, Los Angeles Public Library Best Fiction, LAPL Best of the Year, LA Public Library Best of the Year
52 Works 21,128 Books 1,015 Reviews 4.2
Categories:
All, Children's Books (341), Fiction (408), Fiction & Literature (45), Graphic Novels (68), Non-Fiction (476), Teen (311)
Years:
All, 2023 (37), 2022 (17), 2021 (27), 2020 (22), 2019 (34), 2018 (40), 2017 (52), 2016 (18), 2015 (48), 2014 (20), 2013 (26)
Announced:
December 2023: 2023 Recent
WorkYear
Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures (National Geographic Kids) by Kwame Alexander
2017
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
2017
Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson
2017
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett
2017
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2017
Martin Brown's Lesser Spotted Animals by Martin Brown
2017
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
2017
Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter
2017
Boat of Dreams by Rogério Coelho
2017
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt
2017
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
2017
The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy
2017
Us, In Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre
2017
The Girl with the Ghost Machine by Lauren DeStefano
2017
Pixie Piper and the Matter of the Batter by Annabelle Fisher
2017
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
2017
When's My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano
2017
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
2017
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzales
2017
Little i by Michael Hall
2017
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
2017
All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopmann
2017
All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
2017
The Bad Seed by Jory John
2017
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
2017
Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List by Kate Klise
2017
7 Ate 9: The Untold Story by Tara Lazar
2017
Where Will I Live? by Rosemary McCarney
2017
Flowers for Sarajevo by John McCutcheon
2017
Come With Me by Holly M. McGhee
2017
Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition by Leland Melvin
2017
Train I Ride by Paul Mosier
2017
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
2017
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive! by Ammi-Joan Paquette
2017
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney
2017
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla
2017
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
2017
Niko Draws a Feeling by Robert Raczka
2017
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
2017
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
2017
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat
2017
Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon
2017
Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
2017
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
2017
A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
2017
Fantastic Flowers by Susan Stockdale
2017
The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
2017
Horizon by Scott Westerfeld
2017
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter
2017
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
2017
Still stuck by Shinsuke Yoshitake
2017
Mighty Moby by Ed Young
2017

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