The Best Children's Books of The Year: Holiday Gift Edition2023

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

37 Works 1,559 Books 103 Reviews 4.2

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
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Ages 14 and Up2023
Picture-Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean
Ages 14 and Up2023
In the Tunnel by Julie Lee
Ages 14 and Up2023
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott
Ages 14 and Up2023
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham
Ages 14 and Up2023
You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys
Ages 14 and Up2023
An Echo in the City by K. X. Song
Ages 14 and Up2023
One Last Shot: The Story of Wartime Photographer Gerda Taro by Kip Wilson
Ages 14 and Up2023
In the Night Garden by Carin Berger
Ages 5 and Under2023
Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling
Ages 5 and Under2023
Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
Ages 5 and Under2023
Mine! by Candace Fleming
Ages 5 and Under2023
All the Beating Hearts by Julie Fogliano
Ages 5 and Under2023
Harriet Spies by Elana K. Arnold
Ages 6 to 92023
One Chicken Nugget by Tadgh Bentley
Ages 6 to 92023
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
Ages 6 to 92023
The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship by Shannon Earle
Ages 6 to 92023
The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah Henderson
Ages 6 to 92023
In the Dark by Kate Hoefler
Ages 6 to 92023
See the Ghost: Three Stories About Things You Cannot See by David LaRochelle
Ages 6 to 92023
A Snow Day for Plum! by Matt Phelan
Ages 6 to 92023
Cargo by Adèle Tariel
Ages 6 to 92023
Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark
Ages 6 to 92023
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford
Ages 6 to 92023
The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade
Ages 9 to 122023
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos
Ages 9 to 122023
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Ages 9 to 122023
Dear Yesteryear by Kimberly Annece Henderson
Ages 9 to 122023
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon by Leonard S. Marcus
Ages 9 to 122023
The Red Ear Blows Its Nose: Poems for Children and Others by Robert Schechter
Ages 9 to 122023
Big Tree by Brian Selznick
Ages 9 to 122023
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson
Ages 9 to 122023
Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena
Board Books2023
Reading Time!: A Tummy Time First Words Book for Babies by Mama Makes Books
Board Books2023
The Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston
Board Books2023
Peek-A-Boo Haiku: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Danna Smith
Board Books2023
Kind Crocodile by Leo Timmers
Board Books2023

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