New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids2015

Given by New York Public Library (NYPL)

Other Names: Children’s Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (-2014), New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, NYPL Best Books for Kids
100 Works 49,999 Books 3,731 Reviews 4.2
Every year, librarians and staff at The New York Public Library select noteworthy new books for readers of all ages and recommend them as our “Best Books” of the year. These lists build on the show more Library’s century-old tradition of recommending the best-loved titles published for children each year, and in recent years have expanded to encompass titles for teens and adults, as well as books in Spanish for younger readers. They have always sought to reflect the diversity of New York City's readership. Special thanks to our Best Books committees, the members of which have read thousands of books to bring readers these recommendations. show less
Stages:
All, Top Ten (70), No Stage (1,149)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (100), 2022 (100), 2021 (100), 2020 (100), 2019 (107), 2018 (100), 2017 (100), 2016 (100), 2015 (100), 2014 (100), 2013 (100), 2012 (100), 2008 (1), 2006 (1), 1993 (1)

No Stage 100

WorkCategoryYear
Maya's Blanket/La Manta de Maya by Monica BrownFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
On the Shoulder of a Giant: An Inuit Folktale by Neil ChristopherFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
The Iliad by Gillian CrossFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness by Hal JohnsonFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry PinkneyFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories by Phuoc Thi Minh TranFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook by Paul YeeFolktales and Fairy Tales2015
The Only Child by GuojingGraphic Books2015
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor by Nathan HaleGraphic Books2015
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonGraphic Books2015
The Lunch Witch by Deb LuckeGraphic Books2015
Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoolaGraphic Books2015
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja SpiegelmanGraphic Books2015
Space Dumplins by Craig ThompsonGraphic Books2015
Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd WinickGraphic Books2015
Secret Coders by Gene Luen YangGraphic Books2015
The Case for Loving by Selina AlkoNonfiction2015
Trombone Shorty by Troy AndrewsNonfiction2015
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris BartonNonfiction2015
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James BrownNonfiction2015
Trapped!: A Whale's Rescue by Robert BurleighNonfiction2015
Counting Lions: Portraits from the Wild by Katie CottonNonfiction2015
The Blue Whale by Jenni DesmondNonfiction2015
I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are by Bridget HeosNonfiction2015
28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World by Charles R. Smith Jr.Nonfiction2015
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William KamkwambaNonfiction2015
Hippos are Huge! by Jonathan LondonNonfiction2015
The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins by Sandra MarkleNonfiction2015
Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree by Kate MessnerNonfiction2015
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda PaulNonfiction2015
This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs by Gary PaulsenNonfiction2015
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis PinkneyNonfiction2015
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg PizzoliNonfiction2015
Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass (Big Words) by Doreen RappaportNonfiction2015
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara RockliffNonfiction2015
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita SilveyNonfiction2015
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan TonatiuhNonfiction2015
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordNonfiction2015
The Princess and the Pony by Kate BeatonPicture Books2015
Out of the Woods: A True Story of an Unforgettable Event by Rebecca BondPicture Books2015
8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha CooperPicture Books2015
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge DanticatPicture Books2015
The Wolf-Birds by Willow DawsonPicture Books2015
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaPicture Books2015
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame DyckmanPicture Books2015
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita EnglePicture Books2015
The Night World by Mordicai GersteinPicture Books2015
Waiting by Kevin HenkesPicture Books2015
Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne LangPicture Books2015
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno LawsonPicture Books2015
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay MattickPicture Books2015
The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko MiyakoshiPicture Books2015
Float by Daniel MiyaresPicture Books2015
My Pen by Christopher MyersPicture Books2015
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir NelsonPicture Books2015
Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Miranda PaulPicture Books2015
Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. SteadPicture Books2015
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean TaylorPicture Books2015
In a Village by the Sea by Muon Thi VanPicture Books2015
The Whisper by Pamela ZagarenskiPicture Books2015
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle DanielPoetry2015
Orangutanka: A Story in Poems by Margarita EnglePoetry2015
Sail Away by Langston HughesPoetry2015
The King and the Sea: 21 Extremely Short Stories by Heinz JanischPoetry2015
Flutter and Hum / Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animales by Julie PaschkisPoetry2015
A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young by Michael RosenPoetry2015
The Popcorn Astronauts: And Other Biteable Rhymes by Deborah RuddellPoetry2015
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston WeatherfordPoetry2015
Beastly Verse by JooHee YoonPoetry2015
Crenshaw by Katherine ApplegateStories for Older Readers2015
The Jumbies by Tracey BaptisteStories for Older Readers2015
Circus Mirandus by Cassie BeasleyStories for Older Readers2015
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali BenjaminStories for Older Readers2015
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyStories for Older Readers2015
A Nearer Moon by Melanie CrowderStories for Older Readers2015
Fort by Cynthia DeFeliceStories for Older Readers2015
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. DraperStories for Older Readers2015
Lilliput by Sam GaytonStories for Older Readers2015
Melissa by Alex GinoStories for Older Readers2015
Finding the Worm (Twerp Sequel) by Mark GoldblattStories for Older Readers2015
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn HiltonStories for Older Readers2015
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly JonesStories for Older Readers2015
Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougallStories for Older Readers2015
The Nest by Kenneth OppelStories for Older Readers2015
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley PearsallStories for Older Readers2015
The Lightning Queen by Laura ResauStories for Older Readers2015
The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by Geoff RodkeyStories for Older Readers2015
Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco by Judith Robbins RoseStories for Older Readers2015
Echo by Pam Muñoz RyanStories for Older Readers2015
The Marvels by Brian SelznickStories for Older Readers2015
Dream on, Amber by Emma ShevahStories for Older Readers2015
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca SteadStories for Older Readers2015
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-GarciaStories for Older Readers2015
Lola Levine Is Not Mean! by Monica BrownStories for Younger Readers2015
Buckle and Squash: The Perilous Princess Plot by Sarah CourtauldStories for Younger Readers2015
Detective Gordon: The First Case by Ulf NilssonStories for Younger Readers2015
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen PotterStories for Younger Readers2015
Cakes in Space by Philip ReeveStories for Younger Readers2015
The Tale of Rescue by Michael J. RosenStories for Younger Readers2015
Harriet the Invincible (Hamster Princess) by Ursula VernonStories for Younger Readers2015

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