Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: KidsFiction for Younger Readers2023

Given by Chicago Public Library

Other Names: Chicago Public Library Kids Best of the Best Books
32 Works 1,762 Books 114 Reviews 4.1
Each year, a team of CPL librarians evaluates the year’s new books and selects the best books for Chicago's kids. Check out our lists to find your next favorite book.
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All, No Stage (1,929)
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All, 2023 (32), 2022 (34), 2021 (28), 2020 (39), 2019 (25), 2018 (35), 2017 (34), 2016 (26), 2015 (24), 2014 (21), 2013 (13), 2012 (18), 2011 (18), 2010 (20)

No Stage 32

WorkYear
Too Small Tola Gets Tough by Atinuke2023
Henry, Like Always: Book 1 by Jenn Bailey2023
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora by Kahran Bethencourt2023
Future Hero (Future Hero, 1) by Remi Blackwood2023
The Gold Bowl: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #2) by Valerie Bolling2023
The Gray Day: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #1) by Valerie Bolling2023
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell2023
The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo2023
Dear Mr. G by Christine Evans2023
The Mighty Bite by Nathan Hale2023
Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon2023
Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought (I Can Read Level 3) by Melissa Iwai2023
Gigi and Ojiji: What’s in a Name? (I Can Read Level 3) by Melissa Iwai2023
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen2023
See the Ghost: Three Stories About Things You Cannot See by David LaRochelle2023
Ty's Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling Lyons2023
How to Love a Pony (Beginner Books(R)) by Michelle Meadows2023
Maxie Wiz and Her Dragon (Step into Reading) by Michelle Meadows2023
Maxie Wiz and the Magic Charms (Step into Reading) by Michelle Meadows2023
No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change by Lindsay H. Metcalf2023
Batcat (Volume 1) by Meggie Ramm2023
The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex2023
Makeda Makes a Birthday Treat (I Can Read Level 2) by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich2023
The Song That Called Them Home by David A. Robertson2023
Super Magic Boy: I Am a Dinosaur: (A Graphic Novel) by Jarod Roselló2023
Awesome Orange Birthday: A Branches Book (The Party Diaries #1) by Mitali Banerjee Ruths2023
Starry Henna Night: A Branches Book (The Party Diaries #2) by Mitali Banerjee Ruths2023
Top Secret Anniversary: A Branches Book (The Party Diaries #3) by Mitali Banerjee Ruths2023
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat2023
Into the Shadow Mist (Legends of Lotus Island #2) by Christina Soontornvat2023
Fox Has a Problem (My First I Can Read) by Corey R. Tabor2023
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 by Kaz Windness2023

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