Best Books 2014

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1	List	Title	Author	Illustrator	Recommended Age	Category	AAPLD Call Number	6 lists: 3	5 lists: 5	4 lists: 8	3 lists: 23	2 lists:	1 list:	PW: 50; SLJ: 70; Kirkus: 160; Horn Book: 29; Booklist: 56; Bulletin 37:

2	Bulletin	Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics	Duffy, Chris, ed.	Berry, Hannah, et al	Gr. 9 and up	Poetry	Don't Own
3	PW	Absolutely Almost	Graff, Lisa		Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION GRA
4	SLJ	Accidental Highwayman, The	Tripp, Ben		Gr. 6 and up	Young Adult	J FICTION TRI
5	SLJ	Afterworlds	Westerfeld, Scott		Gr. 8 and up	Young Adult	YA WESTERFELD
6	Kirkus	All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom	Johnson, Angela	Lewis, E.B.	Age 5-9	Picture Books	JE JOH
7	SLJ	All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom	Johnson, Angela		Gr. 3 and up	Non-Fiction	JE JOH
8	SLJ	Althea & Oliver	Moracho, Cristina		Gr. 9 and up	Young Adult	YA MORACHO
9	Booklist	Althea & Oliver	Moracho, Cristina		Gr. 10-12	Fiction	YA MORACHO
10	Kirkus	Althea and Oliver	Moracho, Cristina		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA MORACHO
11	Kirkus	And We Stay	Hubbard, Jenny		Age 14-18	Teen	YA HUBBARD
12	Kirkus	Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain	Freedman, Russell		Age 9-14	Middle Grade	J 979.46 FRE
13	Booklist	Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain	Freedman, Russell		Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 979.46 FRE
14	Kirkus	Animalium	Broom, Jenny	Scott, Katie	Age 7-12	Middle Grade	J 590 BRO
15	Kirkus	Anna Carries Water	Senior, Olive	James, Laura	Age 4-6	Picture Books	JE SEN
16	Kirkus	Any Questions?	Gay, Marie-Louise		Age 4-8	Picture Books	JE GAY
17	SLJ	Any Questions?	Gay, Marie-Louise		K-Gr. 2	Picture Books	JE GAY
18	Booklist	Art of Secrets, The	Klise, James		Gr. 7-10	Fiction	J KLI
19	PW	Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything	Bryan, Ashley		Age 4 and up	Picture Books	On Order
20	Kirkus	Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything	Bryan, Ashley	Bryan, Ashley and Ken Hannon	Age 4 and up	Picture Books	On Order
21	Kirkus	At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui	Liu-Perkins, Christine	Brannen, Sarah S.	Age 10-14	Middle Grade	J 931 LIU
22	Booklist	At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawanqdui	Liu-Perkins, Christine	Brannen, Sarah S.	Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 931 LIU
23	Kirkus	At the Same Moment, Around the World	Perrin, Clotilde		Age 5-9	Picture Books	JE PER
24	Kirkus	Audrey (Cow)	Bar-el, Dan	Mai-Wyss, Tatjana	Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION BAR
25	SLJ	Avalon	Arnett, Mindee		Gr. 9 and up	Young Adult	YA ARNETT
26	PW	Aviary Wonders Inc.: Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual	Samworth, Kate		Age 9-12	Picture Books	J ILLUSTRATED SAM
27	Kirkus	Aviary Wonders Inc.: Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual	Samworth, Kate		Age 10 and up	Picture Books	J ILLUSTRATED SAM
28	SLJ	Baby Tree, The	Blackall, Sophie		K-Gr. 2	Picture Books	JE BLA
29	Horn Book	Baby Tree, The	Blackall, Sophie		Preschool	Picture Books	JE BLA
30	Booklist	Bad Bye, Good Bye	Underwood, Deborah	Bean, Jonathan	PreS-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE UND
31	Kirkus	Beauty and the Beast	Lee, H. Chuku	Cummings, Pat	Age 4-8	Picture Books	JE 398.2 LEE
32	Kirkus	Because They Marched	Freedman, Russell		Age 12-16	Middle Grade	J 323.1 FRE
33	Booklist	Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America	Freedman, Russell		Gr. 6-9	Non-Fiction	J 323.1 FRE
34	Booklist	Beetle Busters	Burns, Loree Griffin		Gr. 5-8	Non-Fiction	Don't Own
35	PW	Belzhar	Wolitzer, Meg		Age 14 and up	Young Adult	YA WOLITZER
36	SLJ	Belzhar	Wolitzer, Meg		Gr. 9 and up	Young Adult	YA WOLITZER
37	PW	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out	Kuklin, Susan		Age 14 and up	Young Adult	YA 306.768 KUK
38	Kirkus	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out	Kuklin, Susan		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA 306.768 KUK
39	Booklist	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out	Kuklin, Susan		Gr. 7-12	Non-Fiction	YA 306.768 KUK
40	Bulletin	Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out	Kuklin, Susan		Gr. 9-12	Non-Fiction	YA 306.768 KUK
41	SLJ	Big Bug	Cole, Henry		PreS-Gr. 2	Picture Books	JE COL
42	Kirkus	Bird Cat Dog	Nordling, Lee	Bosch, Meritxell	Age 4-8	Middle Grade	JE GRAPHIC NOR
43	Kirkus	Blizzard	Rocco, John		Age 4-8	Picture Books	JE ROC
44	Booklist	Blizzard	Rocco, John		K-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE ROC
45	Kirkus	Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, The	Woods, Brenda		Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION WOO
46	SLJ	Blue Lily, Lily Blue	Stiefvater, Maggie		Gr. 9 and up	Young Adult	YA STIEFVATER
47	Kirkus	Blue Lily, Lily Blue	Stiefvater, Maggie		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA STIEFVATER
48	Booklist	Blue on Blue	White, Dianne	Krommes, Beth	PreS-Gr. 1	Fiction	JE WHI
49	Booklist	Bluebird	Yankey, Lindsey		PreS-Gr. 2	Fiction	JE YAN
50	Kirkus	Boundless, The	Oppel, Kenneth		Age 9-14	Middle Grade	J FICTION OPP
51	SLJ	Boundless, The	Oppel, Kenneth		Gr. 5-8	Middle Grade	J FICTION OPP
52	Booklist	Boundless, The	Oppel, Kenneth		Gr. 4-7	Fiction	J FICTION OPP
53	Horn Book	Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors	Newgarden, Mark and Megan Montague Cash		Preschool	Picture Books	JE NEW
54	PW	Boy and a Jaguar, A	Rabinowitz, Alan	Chien, Catia	Age 4-8	Picture Books	JE 921 RAB
55	Kirkus	Breathe	Magoon, Scott		Age 6 mos-3 years	Picture Books	JE MAG
56	Kirkus	Brother Hugo and the Bear	Beebe, Katy	Schindler, S.D.	Age 5-9	Picture Books	JE BEE
57	SLJ	Brother Hugo and the Bear	Beebe, Katy	Schindler, S.D.	K-Gr. 3	Picture Books	JE BEE
58	PW	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Age 10 and up	Middle Grade	J 921 WOO
59	Kirkus	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J 921 WOO
60	SLJ	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 921 WOO
61	Horn Book	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Intermediate; Middle School	Non-Fiction	J 921 WOO
62	Booklist	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Gr. 5-8	Non-Fiction	J 921 WOO
63	Bulletin	Brown Girl Dreaming	Woodson, Jacqueline		Gr. 7-12	Non-Fiction	J 921 WOO
64	Kirkus	Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth	Bang, Molly and Penny Chisholm	Bang, Molly	Age 7-12	Picture Books	JE 333.82 BAN
65	Booklist	Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth	Bang, Molly and Penny Chisholm	Bang, Molly	K-Gr. 3	Non-Fiction	JE 333.82 BAN
66	Horn Book	Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changes the Earth	Bang, Molly and Penny Chisholm	Bang, Molly	Primary	Non-Fiction	JE 333.82 BAN
67	Kirkus	Call Me Tree/Llamame Arbol	Gonzalez, Maya Christina		Age 3-8	Picture Books	Don't Own
68	Kirkus	Carnival at Bray, The	Foley, Jessie Ann		Age 14 and up	Teen	YA FOLEY
69	SLJ	Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms	Rundell, Katherine		Gr. 4-7	Middle Grade	J FICTION RUN
70	Booklist	Children of the King, The	Hartnett, Sonya		Gr. 4-7	Fiction	J FICTION HAR
71	Kirkus	Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale	Rodgers, Greg	Widener, Leslie Stall	Age 5-8	Picture Books	JE ROD
72	Kirkus	Circle, Square, Moose	Bingham, Kelly	Zelinsky, Paul O.	Age 4-6	Picture Books	JE BIN
73	Bulletin	Coming Home	Ruth, Greg		Age 4-7	Picture Books	JE RUT
74	SLJ	Cosmobiography of Sun Ra, The: The Sound of Joy is Enlightening	Raschka, Chris		Gr. 3-6	Non-Fiction	JE 781.65 SUN
75	Kirkus	Creature of Moonlight, A	Hahn, Rebecca		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA HAHN
76	PW	Crossover, The	Alexander, Kwame		Age 9-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION ALE
77	Kirkus	Crossover, The	Alexander, Kwame		Age 9-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION ALE
78	SLJ	Crossover, The	Alexander, Kwame		Gr. 6 and up	Middle Grade	J FICTION ALE
79	Kirkus	Dappled Annie and the Tigrish	McCallum, Mary	Hayward, Annie	Age 7-11	Middle Grade	J FICTION MCC
80	Kirkus	Dash	Larson, Kirby		Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J FICTION LAR
81	Kirkus	Day My Father Became a Bush, The	van Leeuwen, Joke		Age 9 and up	Middle Grade	J FICTION VAN
82	Kirkus	Death Sworn	Cypess, Leah		Age 12 and up	Teen	YA CYPESS
83	Kirkus	Devil's Intern, The	Hosie, Donna		Age 12-18	Teen	On Order
84	Kirkus	Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly	Wesselhoeft, Conrad		Age 14-18	Teen	Don't Own
85	Kirkus	Dirty Wings	MCarry, Sarah		Age 14-18	Teen	On Order
86	PW	Dory Fantasmagory	Hanlon, Abby		Age 6-8	Middle Grade	J FICTION HAN
87	Kirkus	Dory Fantasmagory	Hanlon, Abby		Age 6-9	Middle Grade	J FICTION HAN
88	PW	Draw!	Colon, Raul		Age 4-8	Picture Books	JE COL
89	SLJ	Draw!	Colon, Raul		PreS-Gr. 3	Picture Books	JE COL
90	Horn Book	Draw!	Colon, Raul		Primary	Picture Books	JE COL
91	SLJ	Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices	Charleyboy, Lisa and Mary Beth Leatherdale eds.		Gr. 7 and up	Non-Fiction	YA 704.0397 DRE
92	Kirkus	Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices	Charleyboy, Lisa and Mary Beth Leatherdale eds.		Age 12-18	Teen	YA 704.0397 DRE
93	Kirkus	Earth Star	Edwards, Janet		Age 11-16	Teen	J FICTION EDW
94	Kirkus	Edward Hopper Paints His World	Burleigh, Robert	Minor, Wendell	Age 5-9	Picture Books	JE 759.13 HOP
95	SLJ	Egg & Spoon	Maguire, Gregory		Gr. 7 and up	Young Adult	J FICTION MAG
96	Kirkus	Egg & Spoon	Maguire, Gregory		Age 12 and up	Teen	J FICTION MAG
97	Horn Book	Egg & Spoon	Maguire, Gregory		Middle School	Fiction	J FICTION MAG
98	PW	El Deafo	Bell, CeCe		Age 8-12	Middle Grade	J GRAPHIC BEL
99	Kirkus	El Deafo	Bell, CeCe		Age 8 and up	Middle Grade	J GRAPHIC BEL
100	SLJ	El Deafo	Bell, CeCe		Gr. 2-6	Middle Grade	J GRAPHIC BEL