Horn Book Fanfare 2012 Announced
December 11, 2012
The Horn Book has revealed its picks for the best children's and YA books of 2012. The publication examined three genres of kidlit: picture books, fiction and nonfiction. Altogether, twenty-seven titles made the cut.
Horn Book Fanfare 2012
PICTURE BOOKS:
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett & illustrated by Jon Klassen
Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham & illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Jimmy the Greatest! by Jairo Buitrago & illustrated by Rafael Yockteng & Spanish translation by Elisa Amado
Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic; written & illustrated by Mônica Carnesi
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano & illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building written & illustrated by Christy Hale
This Is Not My Hat; written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick). Review 9/12
Green written & illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A Home for Bird written & illustrated by Philip C. Stead
FICTION:
Chickadee [Birchbark House] written & illustrated by Louise Erdrich
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Penny and Her Doll written & illustrated by Kevin Henkes
A Certain October by Angela Johnson
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu & Andrés Vera Martínez & illustrated by Andrés Vera Martínez
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
NONFICTION:
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin written & illustrated by Robert Byrd
Island: A Story of the Galápagos written & illustrated by Jason Chin
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
The Fairy Ring: Or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World by Mary Losure
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin