It's hard to believe, but it is that time of year again! 2017 is wrapping up and 2018 will be here before we know it. The last three Fridays of school before Christmas break I will be sharing the top books I've read in the past year. I’ve been doing lots of reading, and I know many others don’t have a chance to read several hundred books in a year. So from the crazy reader to the mildly crazy reader or the downright mellow reader, my Christmas gift to you are some of my favorite reads of the year, ones you may find worth hunting down in the reading time you do have. Sorting through hundreds of books read in the past twelve months is a long, laborious and grueling process. So many hard choices! But if it helps others find good reads, it is worth it. Books may have been published in any year unless I needed to narrow down my choice. In that case, I stated the limiters I used by the heading. My favorite choices are listed first and then kinda sorta it trickles down in descending order, but many of them I'd have trouble choosing between so it is more like some absolute favorites at the top and a 6-8 place tie for runners up. Enjoy!
This Week: Top 2017 Fiction Picture Books, Books to Read for Artwork (2017), Top Lower Grade Fiction, Top Lower Grade Graphic Novels, Top Poetry/Novels in Verse, Top Lower Grade Nonfiction
Dec 15: YA & Adult Top 10s
Dec 22: Middle Grade Top 10s, & Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading
Dec 29: Guest Post: Ms Sarah Foit’s Top 10s of 2017
Clarification of terms: Lower Grade (LG) refers to Kindergarten-2nd Grade interest level books typically but I'm including Preschool in this division too, Middle Grade (MG) refers to 3rd-8th grade interest level books, and Young Adult (YA) refers to teenage interest level books. Some books will appeal to multiple divisions. For those books I picked the age division I felt it most appealed to.
Fiction Picture books
(Limited to 2017 releases)
Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds, ill. by Matt Davies
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat
Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins
Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro, ill. by Tatjana Mai-Wyss
Little Elliot, Fall Friends by Mike Curato
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires
Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root, ill. by G. Brian Karas
Marigold Bakes a Cake by Mike Malbrough
Life by Cynthia Rylant, ill. by Brendan Wenzel
Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins
Books to Read for the Artwork
(Limited to 2017 releases or 2017 first English release)
John Ronald’s Dragons: the Story of J.R.R. Tolkien by Caroline McAlister, ill. by Eliza Wheeler
How to Be an Elephant by Katherine Roy
The Secret Life of the Red Fox by Laurence Pringle, ill. by Kate Garchinsky
The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi
The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater, ill. by the Fan Brothers
Now by Antoinette Portis
A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney
La La La: a Story of Hope by Kate DiCamillo, ill. by Jaime Kim
Big Machines: the Story of Virginia Lee Burton by Sherri Duskey Rinker, ill. by John Rocco
Lower Grade Fiction
(limited to only 1 book per series)
Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, ill. by Emily Hughes
Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet by Nick Bruel
The Infamous Ratsos Are Not Afraid by Kara LaReau, ill. by Matt Myers
The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale, ill. by LeUyen Pham
The Pest in the Nest by Julian Gough, ill. by Jim Field
The Princess and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schiltz, ill. by Brian Floca
Cowboy Pug by Laura James, ill. by Églantine Ceulemans
Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes
Squid & Octopus Friends for Always by Tao Nyeu
Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay, ill. by Priscilla Lamont
LG Graphic Novels
(limited to only 1 book per series)
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton
Brobots and the Kaiju Kerfuffle by J. Torres, ill. by Sean K. Dove
Egg by Kevin Henkes
Before After ill. by Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Arégui
Digging for Dinos by Jessica Young, ill. by James Burks
Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey
I’m Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm, ill. by Matthew Holm
Shelter by Céline Claire, ill. by Qin Leng
My Pet Human by Yasmine Surovec
Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn
Poetry/Novels in Verse
Saving Red by Sonya Sonnes
The 12 Days of Christmas ill. by Greg Pizzoli
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle, ill. by Rafael Lopéz
A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney, ill. by Steve Johnson & Lou Francher
Freedom over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
The Dragon Hunters by James Russell, ill. by Link Choi
Tony by Ed Galing, ill. by Erin E. Stead
Where My Wellies Take Me by Michael Morpurgo, ill. by Clare Morpurgo
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jerry Pinkney
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg, ill. by Matthew Cordell
Lower Grade Nonfiction
(limited to those released in 2017)
The Secret Life of the Red Fox by Laurence Pringle, ill. by Kate Garchinsky
ABC Color: Apricot, Burgundy & Chartreuse: 26 Brand New Colors Are out on the Loose by Ingela Peterson Arrhenius
Double Take!: a New Look at Opposites by Susan Hood, ill by Jay Fleck
Gobi: a Little Dog with a Big Heart by Dion Leonard, ill. by Lisa Manuzak
Can an Aardvark Bark? by Melissa Stewart, ill. by Steve Jenkins
Different? Same! by Heather Tekavec, ill. by Pippa Curnick
Magnets Push, Magnets Pull by David A. Adler, ill. by Anna Raff
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, ill. by Christopher Silas Neal
Living in…India by Chloe Perkins
Ducklings (Explore My World) by Marfe Ferguson Delano
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