Listed alphabetically. Click to visit each children’s book recommendation.

1 ZANY ZOO: Lori Degman, Colin Jack

ART & MAX: David Wiesner

THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE THE UNIMAGINARY FRIEND: Dan Santat

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: Barbara Robinson

THE BEST PET OF ALL: David LaRochelle, Hanko Wakiyama

BINK & GOLLIE: Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee, Tony Fucile

CLEMENTINE: Sara Pennypacker, Marla Frazee

DANGEROUS!: Tim Warnes

EIGHT DAYS: A STORY OF HAITI: Edwidge Danticat, Alix Delinois

THE EMPORER’S EGG: Martin Jenkins, Jane Chapman

EVERY SOUL A STAR: Wendy Mass

THE EVOLUTION OF CALPUNIA TATE: Jacqueline Kelly

GASTON: Kelly DiPucchio, Christian Robinson

GRANDPA GREEN: Lane Smith

HEN HAD HER HAM: Meish Goldish, Andy San Diego

HUSH LITTLE BABY: Sylvia Long

I AM MALALA: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb

IF YOU EVER WANT TO BRING AN ALLIGATOR TO SCHOOL, DON’T!: Elise Parsley

INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN: Thanhha Lai

I LOVE YOU, STINKY FACE: Lisa McCourt, Cyd Moore

THE INVISIBLE BOY: Tracy Ludwig & Patrice Barton

IT’S AN ORANGE AARDVARK: Michael Hall

KIRA-KIRA: Cynthia Kadohata

LITTLE PUPPY AND THE BIG GREEN MONSTER: Mike Wohnoutka

A LONG WALK TO WATER: Linda Sue Park

MAPLE: Lori Nichols

MICK HARTE WAS HERE: Barbara Park

MISS MAPLE’S SEEDS: Eliza Wheeler

MY DAD IS BIG AND STRONG, BUT . . .: Coralie Saudo, Kris Di Giacomo

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN: Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao

ONLY MY DAD AND ME: Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Tiphanie Keeke

PERSEPOLIS, THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD: Marjane Sartropi

SOLD: Patricia McCormick

THE STORY OF FROG BELLY RAT BONE: Timothy Basil Ering

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: Harper Lee