The Best Children's Books of The Year: Holiday Gift EditionAges 6 to 9

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

31 Works 3,113 Books 140 Reviews 4.3

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

Categories:
All, Ages 12 to 14 (26), Ages 14 and Up (26), Ages 5 and Under (22), Ages 6 to 9 (31), Ages 9 to 12 (28), Board Books (9)
Years:
All, 2023 (11), 2022 (7), 2021 (7), 2020 (6)
WorkYear
Harriet Spies by Elana K. Arnold
2023
One Chicken Nugget by Tadgh Bentley
2023
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
2023
The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship by Shannon Earle
2023
The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah Henderson
2023
In the Dark by Kate Hoefler
2023
See the Ghost: Three Stories About Things You Cannot See by David LaRochelle
2023
A Snow Day for Plum! by Matt Phelan
2023
Cargo by Adèle Tariel
2023
Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark
2023
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford
2023
Poo-Dunit?: A Forest Floor Mystery by Katelyn Aronson
2022
How to Bake a Universe by Alec Carvlin
2022
My Beautiful Voice by Joseph Coelho
2022
Jack Knight's Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service by Jill Esbaum
2022
Nana, Nenek & Nina by Liza Ferneyhough
2022
Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden by Phyllis Root
2022
The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson
2022
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña
2021
A day for rememberin' : the first Memorial Day by Leah Henderson
2021
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
2021
The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics by Susan Hood
2021
Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, 1) by Erin Entrada Kelly
2021
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Story about Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov
2021
Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler
2021
If You Take Away the Otter by Susannah Buhrman-Deever
2020
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
2020
Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers by Matthew Cordell
2020
Fly High, John Glenn: The Story of an American Hero by Kathleen Krull
2020
This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis
2020
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina
2020

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