The Horn Book has announced their 2013 list of the best books for young people.  The selections range from picture books through books for teens.  It’s a beautiful list and I’m looking forward to discovering the ones I haven’t read yet.

Kirkus has released their list of the Best Teen Books of 2013.  Fifty books that include a lot of my favorites of the year and also some nice new books for my to-read list.  What are your favorites from the list?

GoodReads has announced the winners and runners-up in their 2013 GoodReads Choice Awards.  With almost 2 million votes cast for books in 20 categories, here are the ones that are children and teen related.  You can click on the link in the category name to see all of the nominees and how the votes were cast.

Graphic Novels & Comics

 

WINNER: Beautiful Creatures: The Manga by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

RUNNER UP: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang

 

Middle Grade & Children’s

 

WINNER: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

RUNNER UP: Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

 

Picture Books

 

WINNER: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

RUNNER UP: The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen

 

Young Adult Fantasy

 

WINNER: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

RUNNER UP: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

 

Young Adult Fiction

 

WINNER: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

RUNNER UP: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

The 2013 Costa Book Awards Shortlists have been announced.  The Costa Awards are one of the UK’s most prestigious literary awards.  They are given annually in five categories with the winners in the five categories going on to vie for a single top win as best book of the year.  Here I’ll just focus on the children’s book shortlist:

 

Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell

 

The Hanged Man Rises by Sarah Naughton

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Kirkus has announced their list of the Best Children’s Books of 2013.  Lots of favorites here!  Others that I have to get around to yet!  I love the feeling of seeing books I love on these lists mixed with the potential for new favorites in the ones I haven’t read yet. 

The National Book Awards were announced last night.  The winner for Young People’s Literature is one of my favorites of the year:

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata.  Hurrah!

The American Booksellers Association is offering a preview of their next Kids’ Indie Next List.  Their website offers not only the top ten, but also an additional 42 titles listed by age range.  The lists are created by nominations from independent booksellers across the US.  Here is the Winter 2013-2014 Top Ten:

 

All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

Bits and Pieces by Judy Schachner

The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett

 

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Love Is Real by Janet Lawler, illustrated by Anna Brown

  

Paul Meets Bernadette by Rosy Lamb

Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer, illustrated by Vivienne To

Reality Boy by A. S. King

 

The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos

Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder

Publisher’s Weekly has selected their picks for the top 50 books for children and teens this year.  Here are the books that made that list:

PICTURE BOOKS

 

Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, illustrated by Matthew Myers

Bluebird by Bob Staake

  

Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer

The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen

If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

 

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner

 

Rosie’s Magic Horse by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Quentin Blake

This Is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by James Ransome

 

The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney

The Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins, illustrated by James Proimos

 

FICTION

  

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang

  

The Case of Team Spirit by John Allison

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

  

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

  

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by KG Campbell

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

From Norvelt to Nowhere by Jack Gantos

  

Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper

The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky

Hostage Three by Nick Lake

  

How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks, illustrated by Sarah Watts

Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle

The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal

  

The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgwick

  

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia

Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff

Reality Boy by AS King

  

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Sex and Violence by Carrie Mesrobian

The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata, illustrated by Julia Kuo

 

The Truth of Me by Patricia MacLachlan

The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax

 

Whistle in the Dark by Susan Hill Long

Winger by Andrew Smith

 

NONFICTION

 

Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone

Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin

 

Locomotive by Brian Floca

My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak

  

Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson

Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cathy Trumbore

Poems to Learn by Heart edited by Caroline Kennedy

  

The President Has Been Shot! by James L. Swanson

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Stardines Swim High across the Sky and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Carin Berger