The esteemed children’s literature journal Horn Book has released their Fanfare list that features their picks for the best books of the year. Here are the titles:
PICTURE BOOKS
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Dear Substitute by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Chris Raschka
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
The Field by Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara
Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi
Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd
Pie Is for Sharing by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, illustrated by Jason Chin
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
FICTION
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Love to Everyone by Hilary McKay
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Price and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
NONFICTION
Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Water Land: Land and Water Forms around the World by Christy Hale