best children’s books of 2019 - florida library...
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BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2019
Presented by:
Amy Schardein
Jill Burket Ragase
• Identify New Trends in Publishing for Children
• Become familiar with new and recommended titles in the following categories:
• Board Books
• Picture Books
• Beginning Readers
• Nonfiction
• Gain new ideas for using recommended materials in programs for children
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
BEST OF: BOARDS BOOKS
Recommended 2019 titles
include:
• B is for Baby by Atinuke
• Look, There’s a Helicopter by
Nosy Crow
• Love Makes a Family by Sophie
Beer
• Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
BEST OF: BOARD BOOKS
Recommended 2019 Board Books include:
• Farm the Farm by Sarah Lynn Reul
• Dragons are Real by Holly Hatam
• Peek-a-Who, too? By Elsa Mroziewicz
• Paper Peek: Colors by Chihiro Takeuchi
BEST OF: BOARD BOOKS
2019 Recommended Titles include:
• My Best Friend is a Unicorn by Rachael McLean
• Littles and How They Grow by Kelly DiPucchio
• I Thought I Saw A Bear by Templar Books
• Colors with Little Fish by Lucy Cousins
BEST OF: BOARD BOOKS
2019 Recommended Titles include:
• Jump by Tatsuhide Matsuoka
• I Love all of Me by Lorie Ann Grover
• Mary Had a Little Lamb by Jarvis
• I Am by Alice Melvin
2019 INDESTRUCTIBLES!
TREND:
• Who Wet My Pants by Bob Shea
• How to Give Your Cat A Bath in Five Easy Steps by Nicola Winstanley
• Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman
TREND ALERT: SEASONAL BOOKS CONTINUE TO AMAZE
2019 Recommended Titles Include:
• I Wish It Would Snow by Sarah Dillard
• Mr. Pumpkin’s Tea Party by Erin Barker
• Rainbow: A First Book by Pride by Michael Genhart
• Dasher by Matt Tavares
SKELETONS, NOT THE CREEPY KIND
• Skulls! By Blair Thornbaugh
• Give Me Back my Bones by Kim Norman
TREND ALERT: OUTSTANDING CONCEPT BOOKS
We began to notice a dramatic improvement in the quality of concept books in 2018, and it continues to bring us great titles in 2019 including:
• Pitter Pattern by Joyce Hesselberth
• A Million Dots by Sven Volker
• One Dark Bird by Liz Scanlon
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOKS
• The Best Kind of Bear by Greg Gormley
• Truman by Jean Reidy
• A Little Chicken by Tammi Sauer
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOKS
Transportation is a tried and true topic in picture books and 2019 was no exception. Recommended Titles include:
• Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown
• Vroom! By Barbara McClintock
• My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
MARGARET WISE BROWN
• Two Little Trains
• Walk With Me
BRITTA TECKENTRUP
• Fish Everywhere
• Grande y pequeño/Big and Small
• Rápido y lento/ Fast and Slow
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOKS
• Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
• Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
• Except When They Don’t by Laura Gehl
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOKS
• Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer
• Saturday by Oge Mora
• Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe
• The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOKS
• A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
• Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman
• Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home by Guojing
• Another by Christian Robinson
BEST OF: BEGINNING READERS • Recommended Titles Include:
• Who is the Mystery Reader? By Mo Willems
• An Elephant and Pigige Biggie: Volume 2 by Mo Willems
BEST OF: BEGINNING READERS
• Hi, Jack by Mac Barnett
• Jack Blasts off
• 4 more on the way for 2020
BEST OF: NONFICTION
• Totem: Spirit Animals of Ancient Civilizations by Mia Cassany
• The Who Was? History of the World by Paula Manzanero
• Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World’s Greatest Adventures by Nellie Huang
• Just Ask! Be Brave, Be Different, Be You by Sonya Sotomayor
BEST OF: PICTURE BOOK BIOS
Trend: There is no end in sight to the tsunami of outstanding picture book biographies. Recommended 2019 titles include:
• Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines by Sarah Aronson
• The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett
• A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
BEST OF: (ANIMAL) NONFICTION
Trend Alert: Outstanding Animal Books for Recreational Reading. Recommended Titles Include:
• The Sea Book by Charlotte Milner
• The Frog Book by Steve Jenkins
• Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva
BEST OF: NONFICTION
• Colors by Shelley Rotner
• From Summer Green to Autumn Gold by Mia Posada
BEST OF: NONFICTION SEEDLINGS
• Transportation Series
• Snowplows by Quinn Arnold
• New in Paperback
• Rabbits by Lori Dittmer
• Squirrels by Quinn Arnold
BEST OF: NATURE NONFICTION PLUS ONE MORE ITEM…
• Recommended Nature Titles Include:
• Nesting by Henry Cole
• Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys by Mike Unwin
• The Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare
• Did you Burp? By April Pulley Sayre
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