Notable Children's Book2017

Given by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Other Names: Notables, ALA Notable Children's Book
95 Works 47,257 Books 2,963 Reviews 4.2
Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: show more Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children's books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways. show less
Categories:
All, All Ages (39), Middle Readers (161), Older Readers (173), Younger Readers (232), Zelinsky Edition (1), [2017], All Ages, 2017 (1), illustration (1), No Category (2,154)
Years:
All, 2024 (103), 2023 (97), 2022 (124), 2021 (93), 2020 (115), 2019 (109), 2018 (96), 2017 (95), 2016 (116), 2015 (105), 2014 (93), 2013 (79), 2012 (102), 2011 (69), 2010 (73), 2009 (74), 2008 (76), 2007 (94), 2006 (100), 2005 (78), 2004 (61), 2003 (66), 2002 (88), 2001 (72), 2000 (70), 1999 (61), 1998 (41), 1997 (59), 1996 (74), 1995 (65), 1993; Older Readers, 1995 (1), 1994; Older Readers, 1995 (1), 1994 (69), 1993 (60), 1992 (1), 1991 (4), 1990 (3), 1987 (1), 1986 (2), 1984 (2), 1983 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1976 (2), 1973 (1), 1971 (1), 1940-1970 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (2), 1966 (1), 1965 (2), 1964 (3), 1963 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (2), 1959 (1), 1940-1959 (1), 1958 (2), 1955 (2), 1954 (1), 1952 (1), 1951 (1), 1950 (1), 1942 (1), 1941 (1)
Announced:
January 24: 2024 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer
All Ages2017
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta
All Ages2017
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
All Ages2017
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy
All Ages2017
Olinguito, de La A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z! by Lulu Delacre
All Ages2017
Du Iz Tak by Carson Ellis
All Ages2017
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
All Ages2017
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano
All Ages2017
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins
All Ages2017
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill
All Ages2017
As Time Went By by José Sanabria
All Ages2017
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
All Ages2017
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
All Ages2017
The Water Princess by Susan Verde
All Ages2017
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford
All Ages2017
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
All Ages2017
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood
All Ages2017
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
Middle Readers2017
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
Middle Readers2017
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Middle Readers2017
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman
Middle Readers2017
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Readers2017
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Middle Readers2017
I Am Not a Number by Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis
Middle Readers2017
The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito
Middle Readers2017
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle Readers2017
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson
Middle Readers2017
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Middle Readers2017
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
Middle Readers2017
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
Middle Readers2017
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
Middle Readers2017
When Mischief Came to Town by Katrina Nannestad
Middle Readers2017
A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785 by Matthew Olshan
Middle Readers2017
The Best Man by Richard Peck
Middle Readers2017
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Middle Readers2017
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled by Lynne Rae Perkins
Middle Readers2017
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Middle Readers2017
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka
Middle Readers2017
The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart
Middle Readers2017
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill
Middle Readers2017
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh
Middle Readers2017
The storyteller by Evan Turk
Middle Readers2017
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Older Readers2017
The Wolf's Boy by Susan Williams Beckhorn
Older Readers2017
To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown
Older Readers2017
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
Older Readers2017
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis
Older Readers2017
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Older Readers2017
What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein
Older Readers2017
Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West by Candace Fleming
Older Readers2017
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman
Older Readers2017
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
Older Readers2017
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
Older Readers2017
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Older Readers2017
March: Book Three by John Lewis
Older Readers2017
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin
Older Readers2017
Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet
Older Readers2017
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Older Readers2017
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Older Readers2017
Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved
Older Readers2017
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice by Susan Goldman Rubin
Older Readers2017
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson
Older Readers2017
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Older Readers2017
The Ballad of a Broken Nose by Arne Svingen
Older Readers2017
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner
Older Readers2017
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace
Older Readers2017
You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen by Carole Boston Weatherford
Older Readers2017
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Older Readers2017
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
Younger Readers2017
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Younger Readers2017
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol
Younger Readers2017
A Hungry Lion, or, A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Younger Readers2017
When Andy Met Sandy (An Andy & Sandy Book) by Tomie dePaola
Younger Readers2017
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo
Younger Readers2017
Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman
Younger Readers2017
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan
Younger Readers2017
Old Dog Baby Baby by Julie Fogliano
Younger Readers2017
Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari
Younger Readers2017
Over the Ocean by Tarō Gomi
Younger Readers2017
The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose!) by Victoria Jamieson
Younger Readers2017
Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins
Younger Readers2017
We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller
Younger Readers2017
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
Younger Readers2017
Go, Otto, Go! (The Adventures of Otto) by David Milgrim
Younger Readers2017
Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales
Younger Readers2017
Good Night Owl by Greg Pizzoli
Younger Readers2017
Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis
Younger Readers2017
School's First Day of School by Adam Rex
Younger Readers2017
Before Morning by Joyce Sidman
Younger Readers2017
Counting (DK Braille) by Fleur Star
Younger Readers2017
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!: An Alphabet Caper by Mike Twohy
Younger Readers2017
Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban
Younger Readers2017
A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts
Younger Readers2017
Puddle by Hyewon Yum
Younger Readers2017
March: Books 1-3 by John Lewis
2017

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