The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2017 Edition
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COMMITTEE at Bank Street College of Education strives to guide librarians, educators, parents, grandparents, and other interested adults to the best books for children published each year.
The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017 Edition includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2016. In choosing books for the annual list, reviewers consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.
Nonfiction titles are further evaluated for accuracy and clarity. Each book accepted for the list is read and reviewed by at least two committee members and then discussed by the committee as a whole.
* Denotes outstanding merit.
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Lucy and Linh
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Library edition with trade jacket added - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 6.2 Lexile: 900L
ISBN: 9780399550492 Genre: Fiction
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When the Moon Was Ours
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Hardcover - St. Martins Press
Dewey: F AR: 5.9 Lexile: 920L
ISBN: 9781250058669 Genre: Fiction
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My Name Is James Madison Hemings
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illustrated by: Terry Widener
Library - Random House
Dewey: F AR: 4.9 Lexile: 910L
ISBN: 9780385383431 Genre: Fiction
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A Torch Against the Night
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AR: 5 Lexile: HL670L
ISBN: 9781101998878 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 464
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Still Life with Tornado
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Hardcover - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 4.1 Lexile: 620L
ISBN: 9781101994887 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 304
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Unscripted Joss Byrd: A Novel
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Hardcover - Macmillan
Dewey: F AR: 4.2 Lexile: HL620L
ISBN: 9781626723696 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 224
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Riverkeep
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Hardcover - Penguin
AR: 5.9 Lexile: 920L
ISBN: 9781101998298 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Nov 2016 Page Count: 416
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Kids of Appetite
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Hardcover - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 5.2 Lexile: HL760L
ISBN: 9780451470782 Genre: Fiction
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As I Descended
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Hardcover - HarperCollins
Dewey: F AR: 4.5 Lexile: HL670L
ISBN: 9780062409232 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Nov 2016 Page Count: 384
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Sea Change
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Hardcover - TOON
Dewey: F AR: 4.7 Lexile: GN740L
ISBN: 9781935179924 Genre: Fiction
JLG Release: Jul 2016 Page Count: 120
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Lucy and Linh
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Library edition with trade jacket added - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 6.2 Lexile: 900L ISBN: 9780399550492
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Feb 2017 Page Count: 352
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When the Moon Was Ours
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Hardcover - St. Martins Press
Dewey: F AR: 5.9 Lexile: 920L ISBN: 9781250058669
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Feb 2017 Page Count: 288
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My Name Is James Madison Hemings
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illustrated by: Terry Widener
Library - Random House
Dewey: F AR: 4.9 Lexile: 910L ISBN: 9780385383431
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jan 2017 Page Count: 40
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A Torch Against the Night
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Hardcover - Penguin
AR: 5 Lexile: HL670L ISBN: 9781101998878
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 464
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Still Life with Tornado
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Hardcover - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 4.1 Lexile: 620L ISBN: 9781101994887
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 304
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Unscripted Joss Byrd: A Novel
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Hardcover - Macmillan
Dewey: F AR: 4.2 Lexile: HL620L ISBN: 9781626723696
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Dec 2016 Page Count: 224
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Riverkeep
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Hardcover - Penguin
AR: 5.9 Lexile: 920L ISBN: 9781101998298
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Nov 2016 Page Count: 416
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Kids of Appetite
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Hardcover - Penguin
Dewey: F AR: 5.2 Lexile: HL760L ISBN: 9780451470782
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Nov 2016 Page Count: 352
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As I Descended
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Hardcover - HarperCollins
Dewey: F AR: 4.5 Lexile: HL670L ISBN: 9780062409232
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Nov 2016 Page Count: 384
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Sea Change
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Hardcover - TOON
Dewey: F AR: 4.7 Lexile: GN740L ISBN: 9781935179924
Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jul 2016 Page Count: 120
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