School Library Journal Best Books of 2012 Announced

December 03, 2012

School Library Journal has released its list of "Best Books of 2012." The list recognizes sixty-five children's books; thirty-one fiction novels, twenty nonfiction titles and fourteen picture books.

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PICTURE BOOKS

BANKS, Kate. The Bear in the Book . illus. by Greg Hallensleben.
BARNETT, Mac. Extra Yarn. illus by Jon Klassen.
BINGHAM, Kelly. Z Is for Moose. illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky.
BUITRAGO, Jairo. Jimmy the Greatest! illus. by Rafael Yockteng.
COLE, Henry. Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad. illus. by author.
FLEMING, Candace. Oh, No! illus. by Eric Rohmann.
FYLEMAN , Rose. Mice . illus. by Lois Ehlert.
HARTNETT, Sonya. Sadie and Ratz . illus. by Ann James.
HENKES, Kevin. Penny and Her Doll. illus. by author.
HILLS, Tad. Rocket Writes a Story. illus. by author.
KLASSEN, Jon. This Is Not My Hat. illus by author.
LOGUE , Mary. Sleep Like a Tiger . illus. by Pamela Zagarenski.
WILLEMS, Mo. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems. illus. by author.
WOODSON, Jacqueline. Each Kindness. illus. by E. B. Lewis.

FICTION

ANDERSON, Jodi Lynn. Tiger Lily.
APPLEGATE, Katherine.The One and Only Ivan. illus. by Patricia Castelao.
BRAY, Libba. The Diviners.
COATS, J. Anderson. The Wicked and the Just.
DANFORTH, Emily M.The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
ELLIS, Deborah. My Name Is Parvana. (Breadwinner Series).
FARISH, Terry. The Good Braider.
GIDWITZ, Adam. In a Glass Grimmly.
GREEN, John. The Fault in Our Stars.
HARTMAN, Rachel. Seraphina.
HORVATH, Polly. One Year in Coal Harbor.
KINDL, Patrice. Keeping the Castle.
KING, A. S. Ask the Passengers.
LAFEVERS, R. L. Grave Mercy.
LEVITHAN, David. Every Day.
LOWRY, Lois. Son.
MCCALL, Guadalupe Garcia. Summer of the Mariposas.
MCCORMICK, Patricia. Never Fall Down.
MARTÍNEZ, Andrés Vera & Na Liu. Little White Duck. illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez.
MATSON, Morgan. Second Chance Summer.
NELSON, Vaunda Micheaux. No Crystal Stair: A Novel in Documents, Based on the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller. illus. by R. Gregory Christie.
O’CONNOR, Barbara. On the Road to Mr. Mineo ’s.
OLIVER, Lauren. The Spindlers. illus. by Iacopo Bruno.
PALACIO, R. J. Wonder.
ROSSI, Veronica. Under the Never Sky.
SÁENZ, Benjamin Alire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
SCHLITZ, Laura Amy. Splendors and Glooms.
SNICKET, Lemony. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
STEAD, Rebecca. Liar & Spy.
STIEFVATER, Maggie. The Raven Boys.
WEIN, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity.

NONFICTION

ASIM, Jabari . Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington . illus. by Bryan Collier.
BISHOP, Nic. Nic Bishop Snakes. photos by author.
CHIN, Jason. Island: A Story of the Galápagos. illus. by author.
CLOSE, Chuck. Chuck Close: Face Book. illus. by author.
DECRISTOFANO, Carolyn Cinami. A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole. illus. by Michael Carroll.
DEEM, James M. Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America.
FERN, Tracey. Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World. illus. by Boris Kulikov.
FREEDMAN, Russell. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship.
HOOSE, Phillip. Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95.
JENKINS, Steve. The Beetle Book. illus. by author.
KALMAN, Maira. Looking at Lincoln. illus. by author.
KING, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have a Dream. illus. by Kadir Nelson.
LEVINSON, Cynthia. We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March.
NELSON, S. D., retel. Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story. illus. by reteller.
NIVOLA, Claire A. Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. illus. by author.
RUSCH, Elizabeth. The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity. (Scientists in the Field Series).
SANDLER, Martin W. The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure.
SHEINKIN, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon.
TOUGAS, Shelley. Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration. (Captured History Series).
WALKER, Sally M. & Douglas W. Owsley. Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World.