Friday, December 27, 2019

Brainstorm 198: Top 10s of 2019 Part 3

This week we continue the Top 10s of 2019 with a guest post by Sarah Foit, the Elementary Teaching Librarian at ICS Bangkok. These are her favorite reads of 2019. The books may have been published at any time, but she read them in 2019. Click on the title to see Sarah’s full reviews.

Dec 7: Top 10s of 2019 Part 1: Middle Grade Books, Young Adult & Adult Nonfiction, Bios of People of Asian Heritage
Dec 13: Top 10s of 2019 Part 2: Picture Books, Lower Grade Books, and Top Asian Characters/Setting/Creators
Jan 3 : Top 10s of Young Adult Fiction, Adult Fiction, Christian Fiction & Nonfiction

Top 10 Graphic Novels


The Space Race of 1869 (Castle in the Stars, #1) by Alex Alice, trans. by Anne & Owen Smith

Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades (Nico Bravo, #1) by Mike Cavallaro

Sea Sirens (A Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventure, #1) by Amy Chu, ill. by Janet K. Lee

The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, ill. by Simini Blocker

Tom’s Midnight Garden: the Graphic Novel by Philippa Pearce, adapted & ill. by Édith


Sanity & Tallulah (Sanity & Tallulah, #1) by Molly Brooks

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun, trans. by Edward Gauvin

White Bird by R.J. Palacio

New Shoes by Sara Varon

Top 10 Middle Grade Fiction Books


The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

Tru & Nelle (Tru & Nelle, #1) by G. Neri

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente


The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers, #1) by Karina Yan Glaser

Prisoner of Ice and Snow (Prisoner of Ice and Snow, #1) by Ruth Lauren

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdoch, ill. by Ian Schoenherr

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Top 10 Middle Grade & Young Adult Nonfiction Books


The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix

Bats: Learning to Fly (Science Comics) by Falynn Koch

Best Friends (Real Friends, #2) by Shannon Hale, ill. by LeUyen Pham

The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras & Rosemary Mosco, ill. by Joy Ang

Drawn from Nature by Helen Ahpornsiri


The Who Was? History of the World by Paula K. Manzanero, ill. by Robert Squier, Nancy Harrison, and others

Astronaut, Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact by Jennifer Swanson

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisninger, Steven Scott, ill. by Harmony Becker

Food Fight!: a Mouthwatering History of Who Ate What and Why through the Ages by Tanya Steel

Let’s Make Ramen!: a Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano & Sarah Becan

Top 10 Lower Grade Fiction Books


Bad Hair Day (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist, #8) by Jim Benton

Puppy’s Big Day (Bad Kitty, #8) by Nick Bruel

Mighty Meg and the Magical Ring (Mighty Meg, #1) by Sammy Griffin, ill. by Micah Player

Head in the Clouds (Dory Fantasmagory, #4) by Abby Hanlon

Tiny Tough (Dory Fantasmagory, #5) by Abby Hanlon


Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, adapted & ill. by Jerry Pinkney

A Bite in the Night (Rabbit & Bear, #4) by Julian Gough, ill. by Jim Field

Boris on the Move (Boris, #1) by Andrew Joyner

Big Problemas (Juana & Lucas, #2) by Juana Medina

Arthur and the Golden Rope (Brownstone’s Mythical Collection, #1) by Joe Todd-Stanton

Top 10 Lower Grade Nonfiction Books


So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk to Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, ill. by Daniel Minter

Magic Ramen: the Story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang, ill. by Kana Urbanowicz

The Important Thing about Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett, ill. by Sarah Jacoby

Just Like Beverly: a Biography of Beverly Cleary by Vicki Conrad, ill. by David Hohn

Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: a Navajo Code Talker’s Story by Joseph Bruchac, ill. by Liz Amini-Holmes


The Tiger Prince by Jiang Hong Chen, trans. by Alyson Waters

Rodent Rascals by Roxie Munro

A Leap for Legadema: the True Story of a Little Leopard in a Big World by Beverly & Dereck Joubert

What’s on Your Plate: Exploring the World of Food by Whitney Stewart, ill. by Christiane Engel

World’s Strangest Places by Stuart Derrick & Charlotte Goddard

Top 10 Fiction Picture Books


When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam, ill. by Qin Leng

Just Because by Mac Barnett, ill. by Isabelle Arsenault

The Grotlyn by Benji Davies

Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy by Drew Daywalt, ill. by Scott Campbell

Ready or Not, Woolbur Goes to School (Woolbur, #2) by Leslie Helakoski, ill. by Lee Harper



The Rough Patch by Brian Lies

Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones, ill. by Leo Espinosa

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, ill. by Dana Wulfekotte

The Neighbors by Einat Tsarfati, trans. by Annette Appel

Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler

Top 10 Nonfiction Picture Books


Who Is My Neighbor? by Amy-Jill Levine & Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, ill. by Denise Turu

Paul Writes (a Letter) by Chris Raschka

On the News: Our First Talk about Tragedy (The World Around Us) by Jillian Roberts, ill. by Jan Heinrichs

What’s Your Favorite Color? (What’s Your Favorite) by Eric Carle and Friends

Water Land: Land and Water Forms around the World by Christy Hale


Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever by Barbara Lowell, ill. by Dan Andreasen

The True Tale of a Giantess: the Story of Anna Swan by Anne Renaud & Marie Lafrance

Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs by Melissa Stewart, ill. by Stephanie Laberis

Pika: Life in the Rocks by Tannis Bill, photos by Jim Jacobson

The Secret Life of the Little Brown Bat (Secret Life) by Laurence Pringle, ill. by Kate Garchinsky












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