Picture This Recommendation List2022

Given by Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA)

127 Works 11,969 Books 614 Reviews 4.3
Committee members dedicate themselves to reading widely to evaluate the newest books published each year, in order to recommend the most interesting and valuable books for educators and children show more to read.

Submitted and nominated titles are evaluated based on appeal for students and value for classroom use while also representing high-quality literature with a focus on diversity, authenticity, real-world awareness, thought-provoking response, engaging storytelling, artistry of writing craft, and exemplary illustrations.
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Categories:
All, Fiction (383), Nonfiction (194), Nonfiction: Biographies (22), No Category (395)
Years:
All, 2022 (127), 2021 (110), 2020 (112), 2019 (121), 2018 (129), 2017 (100), 2016 (98), 2015 (117), 2014 (80)
Announced:
February 10: 2023 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
Boys Dance! by John Robert Allman
Fiction2022
Wild is the Wind by Grahame Baker-Smith
Fiction2022
If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall
Fiction2022
I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne
Fiction2022
Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Fiction2022
Wild Symphony by Dan Brown
Fiction2022
The Cot in the Living Room by Hilda Eunice Burgos
Fiction2022
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
Fiction2022
My Day with the Panye by Tami Charles
Fiction2022
Standing on Her Shoulders by Monica Clark-Robinson
Fiction2022
Bear Island by Matthew Cordell
Fiction2022
Ruby's Reunion Day Dinner by Angela Dalton
Fiction2022
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña
Fiction2022
The Night Walk by Marie Dorléans
Fiction2022
It Fell from the Sky by Terry Fan
Fiction2022
Amira's Picture Day by Reem Faruqi
Fiction2022
The Day Saida Arrived by Susana Gómez Redondo
Fiction2022
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
Fiction2022
Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Griffin
Fiction2022
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
Fiction2022
Out the Door by Christy Hale
Fiction2022
Field Trip to the Ocean Deep by John Hare
Fiction2022
You'll Find Me by Amanda Rawson Hill
Fiction2022
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
Fiction2022
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! by Alissa Holder
Fiction2022
More Than Sunny by Shelley Johannes
Fiction2022
The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore
Fiction2022
Sunday Funday in Koreatown by Aram Kim
Fiction2022
The Boy and the Gorilla by Jackie Azua Kramer
Fiction2022
I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azua Kramer
Fiction2022
The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel
Fiction2022
Josie Dances by Denise Lajimodiere
Fiction2022
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi
Fiction2022
Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson
Fiction2022
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby
Fiction2022
Zonia's Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal
Fiction2022
A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor
Fiction2022
A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty
Fiction2022
A New Day by Brad Meltzer
Fiction2022
What Will You Be? by Yamile Saied Méndez
Fiction2022
The Song for Everyone by Lucy Morris
Fiction2022
A Girl's Bill of Rights by Amy B. Mucha
Fiction2022
Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar
Fiction2022
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal
Fiction2022
A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night by Allison Ofanansky
Fiction2022
A Sled for Gabo by Emma Otheguy
Fiction2022
America, My Love, America, My Heart by Daria Peoples-Riley
Fiction2022
Meesha Makes Friends (Big Bright Feelings) by Tom Percival
Fiction2022
The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica S. Perl
Fiction2022
My First Day by Nguyen Quang Phung
Fiction2022
Sam Is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Fiction2022
The Psychopathology of Serial Murder by Matt Ringler
Fiction2022
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
Fiction2022
The Color Collector by Nicholas Solis
Fiction2022
What I Am by Divya Srinivasan
Fiction2022
The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer
Fiction2022
When Lola Visits by Michelle Sterling
Fiction2022
Lulu and the Hunger Monster by Erik Talkin
Fiction2022
The Doll by Nhung N. Tran-Davies
Fiction2022
The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom by Colleen A. F. Venable
Fiction2022
What the Road Said by Cleo Wade
Fiction2022
Sincerely, Emerson: A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us by Emerson Weber
Fiction2022
Facing Fear by Karen Lynn Williams
Fiction2022
Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate
Fiction2022
Everything Naomi Loved by Katie Yamasaki
Fiction2022
The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
Fiction2022
I Am the Storm by Jane Yolen
Fiction2022
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang
Fiction2022
Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen
Nonfiction2022
I Am!: Affirmations for Resilience by Bela Barbosa
Nonfiction2022
An Equal Shot: How the Law Title IX Changed America by Helaine Becker
Nonfiction2022
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (English and Spanish Edition) by Warren Binford
Nonfiction2022
Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep by Maria Birmingham
Nonfiction2022
The Tinaja Tonight (Imagine This!) by Aimée M. Bissonette
Nonfiction2022
My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World by Rebecca Bond
Nonfiction2022
Blink! (Imagine This!) by Doe Boyle
Nonfiction2022
Heartbeat (Imagine This!) by Doe Boyle
Nonfiction2022
Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin
Nonfiction2022
Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen
Nonfiction2022
The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
Nonfiction2022
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids
Nonfiction2022
30,000 Stitches by Amanda Gilman Davis
Nonfiction2022
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book by Keila V. Dawson
Nonfiction2022
A Girl Named Rosita: The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer! by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Nonfiction2022
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield
Nonfiction2022
Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
Nonfiction2022
Shaped by Her Hands by Anne Harber Freeman
Nonfiction2022
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 by Chris Gall
Nonfiction2022
Adelita, a Sea Turtle's Journey by Jenny Goebel
Nonfiction2022
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld
Nonfiction2022
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes
Nonfiction2022
A day for rememberin' : the first Memorial Day by Leah Henderson
Nonfiction2022
Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero by Megan Hoyt
Nonfiction2022
THAO: A Picture Book by Thao Lam
Nonfiction2022
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung
Nonfiction2022
Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See (Animal by Animal) by Sara Levine
Nonfiction2022
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Madison
Nonfiction2022
Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race by Megan Madison
Nonfiction2022
Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree by Ann Magee
Nonfiction2022
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon
Nonfiction2022
We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe
Nonfiction2022
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty
Nonfiction2022
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?) by Michelle Meadows
Nonfiction2022
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor by Kate Messner
Nonfiction2022
Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner
Nonfiction2022
Beatrix Potter, Scientist (She Made History) by Lindsay H. Metcalf
Nonfiction2022
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History by Lindsay H. Metcalf
Nonfiction2022
Be strong by Pat Zietlow Miller
Nonfiction2022
The Beak Book by Robin Page
Nonfiction2022
Fly, Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars around the World by Nancy Roe Pimm
Nonfiction2022
Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
Nonfiction2022
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley
Nonfiction2022
Send a Girl!: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY by Jessica M. Rinker
Nonfiction2022
This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin
Nonfiction2022
Feel the Fog (Weather Walks) by April Pulley Sayre
Nonfiction2022
Dinosaurs: Fact and Fable by Seymour Simon
Nonfiction2022
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simran Jeet Singh
Nonfiction2022
June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus by Suzanne Slade
Nonfiction2022
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell
Nonfiction2022
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sís
Nonfiction2022
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate
Nonfiction2022
Watercress by Andrea Wang
Nonfiction2022
Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler
Nonfiction2022
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress by Alicia D. Williams
Nonfiction2022
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature by Rachel Williams
Nonfiction2022
Yang Warriors by Kao Kalia Yang
Nonfiction2022
In My Mosque by M. O. Yuksel
Nonfiction2022

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