Publisher’s Weekly has released their list of the best books for 2015. These include books for preschoolers through young adults. Here are their picks:
PICTURE BOOKS
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
The Dog That Nino Didn’t Have by Edward van de Vendel, illustrated by Anton Van Hertbruggen
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems by Julie Paschkis
Home by Carson Ellis
The King and the Sea by Heinz Janisch, illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson
The Night World by Mordicai Gerstein
The Only Child by Guojing
The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith
Thank You and Good Night by Patrick McDonnell
This Bridge Will Not Be Gray by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Tucker Nichols
Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Waiting by Kevin Henkes
MIDDLE GRADE
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Friends for Life by Andrew Norriss
George by Alex Gino
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
YOUNG ADULT
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
MARTians by Blythe Woolston
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson
Trouble Is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly
X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon