My picture book Window Music was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 1998.
Winning awards is wonderful, but only a few titles make it to the top. Best books lists, on the other hand, are lists with multiple titles and that provides more opportunities for you to see what “rises to the top,” so you can too!
ALA (American Library Association)
The Amelia Bloomer Book List
Rainbow Project Book List
ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children)
ALSC Children’s Notable Lists
Booklist magazine
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Children’s Book Council (CBC)
Children’s Choices
Reading Beyond
Young Adults’ Choices
Children’s Book Council (CBC) and the American Society for Engineering Education, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, the National Science Teachers Association, the Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees
Best STEM
Children’s Book Council (CBC) and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
Children’s Book Council (CBC) and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
Horn Book magazine
Horn Book Fanfare
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
IBBY Honour List
International Literacy Association
Notable Books for a Global Society
New York Times
New York Times Best Illustrated Books: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (renamed in 2017, see below)
New York Times/ New York Public Library
New York Times/ New York Public Library Best Illustrated Books: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 canceled, 2021
Publishers Weekly magazine
Publishers Weekly Best Books: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
School Library Journal magazine
School Library Journal Best Books: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Best Fiction for Young Adults
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten
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