Best Books 2011

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1	List	Title	Author	Illustrator	Recommended Age	Category	Section	5 lists: 3	4 lists: 11	3 lists: 19	2 lists: 30	1 list: 153

2	Booklist	999 Tadpoles	Kimura, Ken	Murakami, Yasunari	PreS-Gr. 3	Fiction	JE KIM
3	SLJ	Addie on the Inside	Howe, James		Gr. 6-8	Fiction	J HOW
4	Kirkus	All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel	Yaccarino, Dan		Age 5-9	Picture Book	JE YAC
5	SLJ	Along a Long Road	Viva, Frank		PreS-K	Picture Book	JE VIV
6	Horn Book	Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart	Fleming, Candace		Intermediate; Middle School	Non-Fiction	J 921 EAR
7	Kirkus	Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart	Fleming, Candace	Hische, Jessica	Age 8-12	Non-Fiction	J 921 EAR
8	SLJ	Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart	Fleming, Candace		Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 921 EAR
9	Horn Book	America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell	Brown, Don		Primary; Intermediate	Non-Fiction	J 973.93101 BRO
10	SLJ	America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell	Brown, Don		Gr. 3-6	Non-Fiction	J 973.93101 BRO
11	Kirkus	Anna Dressed in Blood	Blake, Kendare		Age 12 and up	Fiction	YA BLAKE
12	Booklist	Anya's Ghost	Brosgol, Vera		Gr. 7-12	Fiction	YA GRAPHIC BROSGOL
13	Horn Book	Anya's Ghost	Brosgol, Vera		Middle School; High School	Fiction	YA GRAPHIC BROSGOL
14	Kirkus	Anya's Ghost	Brosgol, Vera		Age 12 and up	Graphic Novel	YA GRAPHIC BROSGOL
15	SLJ	Anya's Ghost	Brosgol, Vera		Gr. 7 and up	Fiction	YA GRAPHIC BROSGOL
16	Bulletin	Anya's Ghost	Brosgol, Vera		Gr. 8-10	Fiction	YA GRAPHIC BROSGOL
17	PW	Apothecary, The	Meloy, Maile	Schoenherr, Ian	Age 10 and up	Fiction	J MEL
18	Bulletin	Apple Pie ABC	Murray, Alison		Age 3-7	Picture Book	JE ALPHABET MUR
19	Booklist	Around the World	Phelan, Matt		Gr. 4-7	Fiction	J GRAPHIC PHE
20	Kirkus	Around the World	Phelan, Matt		Age 10-13	Graphic Novel	J GRAPHIC PHE
21	SLJ	Around the World	Phelen, Matt		Gr. 3-8	Non-Fiction	J GRAPHIC PHE
22	Bulletin	Around the World	Phelen, Matt		Gr. 5-9	Non-Fiction	J GRAPHIC PHE
23	Kirkus	Ashfall	Mullin, Mike		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA MULLIN
24	Horn Book	Ball for Daisy, A	Raschka, Chris		Preschool; Primary	Picture Book	JE RAS
25	SLJ	Ball for Daisy, A	Raschka, Chris		PreS-Gr. 2	Picture Book	JE RAS
26	Booklist	Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade	Sweet, Melissa		K-Gr. 2	Non-Fiction	JE 791.53 SWE
27	Horn Book	Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade	Sweet, Melissa		Primary; Intermediate	Non-Fiction	JE 791.53 SWE
28	PW	Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade	Sweet, Melissa		Age 4-8	Non-Fiction	JE 791.53 SWE
29	Booklist	Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map	Macy, Sue	Collins, Matt	Gr. 3-5	Non-Fiction	J 796.323 CLE
30	Kirkus	Beauty Queens	Bray, Libba		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA BRAY
31	PW	Beauty Queens	Bray, Libba			Fiction	YA BRAY
32	Booklist	Between Shades of Gray	Sepetys, Ruta		Gr. 7-12	Fiction	J SEP
33	Kirkus	Between Shades of Gray	Sepetys, Ruta		Age 12 and up	Fiction	J SEP
34	PW	Between Shades of Gray	Sepetys, Ruta		Age 12 and up	Fiction	J SEP
35	SLJ	Between Shades of Gray	Sepetys, Ruta		Gr. 8 and up	Fiction	J SEP
36	Booklist	Big Crunch, The	Hautman, Pete		Gr. 8-11	Fiction	J HAU
37	Kirkus	Black & White	Brimner, Larry Dane		Age 12 and up	Non-Fiction	J 323.1 BRI
38	Kirkus	Blackout	Rocco, John		Age 5-8	Picture Book	JE ROC
39	PW	Blackout	Rocco, John		Age 4-8	Picture Book	JE ROC
40	SLJ	Blackout	Rocco, John		PreS-Gr. 2	Picture Book	JE ROC
41	Horn Book	Blink & Caution	Wynne-Jones, Tim		Middle School; High School	Fiction	YA WYNNE-JONES
42	Kirkus	Blink & Caution	Wynne-Jones, Tim		YA	Fiction	YA WYNNE-JONES
43	PW	Blink & Caution	Wynne-Jones, Tim		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA WYNNE-JONES
44	SLJ	Blink & Caution	Wynne-Jones, Tim		Gr. 9 and up	Fiction	YA WYNNE-JONES
45	Kirkus	Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917	Walker, Sally M.		Age 10-14	Non-Fiction	J 971.6 WAL
46	Kirkus	Blue Chicken	Freedman, Deborah		Age 3-7	Picture Book	JE FRE
47	Horn Book	Bluefish	Schmatz, Pat		Middle School	Fiction	J SCH
48	Horn Book	Bone Dog	Rohmann, Eric		Preschool; Primary	Picture Book	JE ROH
49	SLJ	Bone Dog	Rohmann, Eric		PreS-Gr. 2	Picture Book	JE ROH
50	Booklist	Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine and the Lawless Years of Prohibition	Blumenthal, Karen		Gr. 8-12	Non-Fiction	J 363.41 BLU
51	Kirkus	Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine and the Lawless Years of Prohibition	Blumenthal, Karen		Age 12 and up	Non-Fiction	J 363.41 BLU
52	SLJ	Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine and the Lawless Years of Prohibition	Blumenthal, Karen		Gr. 7-10	Non-Fiction	J 363.41 BLU
53	PW	Breadcrumbs	Ursu, Anne	McGuire, Erin	Age 8-12	Fiction	J URS
54	SLJ	Breadcrumbs	Ursu, Anne		Gr. 5-8	Fiction	J URS
55	Bulletin	Breadcrumbs	Ursu, Anne		Gr. 4-7	Fiction	J URS
56	Horn Book	Breaking Stalin's Nose	Yelchin, Eugene		Intermediate	Fiction	J YEL
57	Kirkus	Brooklyn Burning	Brezenoff, Steve		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA BREZENOFF
58	Booklist	Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures	Paterson, Katherine	Dalton, Pamela	Gr. 2-5	Fiction	JE PAT
59	SLJ	BumbleArdy	Sendak, Maurice		PreS-Gr. 2	Picture Book	JE SEN
60	Kirkus	Bunheads	Flack, Sophie		Age 13 and up	Fiction	YA FLACK
61	Kirkus	Camo Girl	Magoon, Kekla		Age 8-14	Fiction	J MAG
62	Horn Book	Can We Save the Tiger?	Jenkins, Martin	White, Vicky	Primary; Intermediate	Non-Fiction	J 591.68 JEN
63	Kirkus	Can We Save the Tiger?	Jenkins, Martin	White, Vicky	Age 5-9	Non-Fiction	J 591.68 JEN
64	SLJ	Can We Save the Tiger?	Jenkins, Martin	White, Vicky	PreS-Gr. 2	Non-Fiction	J 591.68 JEN
65	SLJ	Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London	Warren, Andrea		Gr. 5-8	Non-Fiction	ON ORDER - YS
66	Kirkus	Cheshire Cheese Cat, The: A Dickens of a Tale	Deedy, Carmen Agra and Randall Wright	Moser, Barry	Age 10-12	Fiction	J DEE
67	SLJ	Cheshire Cheese Cat, The: A Dickens of a Tale	Deedy, Carmen Agra and Randall Wright	Moser, Barry	Gr. 5-8	Fiction	J DEE
68	Booklist	Chime	Billingsley, Franny		Gr. 8-12	Fiction	YA BILLINGSLEY
69	Horn Book	Chime	Billingsley, Franny		Middle School; High School	Fiction	YA BILLINGSLEY
70	Kirkus	Chime	Billingsley, Franny		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA BILLINGSLEY
71	PW	Chime	Billingsley, Franny		Age 12 and up	Fiction	YA BILLINGSLEY
72	SLJ	Chime	Billingsley, Franny		Gr. 7 and up	Fiction	YA BILLINGSLEY
73	PW	Chronicles of Harris Burdick, The: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales	Van Allsburg, Chris, et al		Age 10-14	Fiction	J VAN
74	Kirkus	City of Orphans	Avi	Ruth, Greg	Age 10-14	Fiction	J AVI
75	Kirkus	Cookiebot! A Harry and Horsie Adventure	Van Camp, Katie	Agnew, Lincoln	Age 3-6	Picture Book	JE VAN
76	Kirkus	Coral Reefs	Chin, Jason		Age 5-9	Non-Fiction	J 577.789 CHI
77	Kirkus	Daughter of Smoke and Bone	Taylor, Laini		Age 13-16	Fiction	YA TAYLOR
78	PW	Daughter of Smoke and Bone	Taylor, Laini		Age 15 and up	Fiction	YA TAYLOR
79	SLJ	Daughter of Smoke and Bone	Taylor, Laini		Gr. 9 and up	Fiction	YA TAYLOR
80	Bulletin	Daughter of Smoke and Bone	Taylor, Laini		Gr. 9-12	Fiction	YA TAYLOR
81	Horn Book	Dead End in Norvelt	Gantos, Jack		Intermediate; Middle School	Fiction	J GAN
82	Kirkus	Dead End in Norvelt	Gantos, Jack		Age 11-13	Fiction	J GAN
83	PW	Dead End in Norvelt	Gantos, Jack		Age 10-14	Fiction	J GAN
84	Kirkus	Delirium	Oliver, Lauren		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA OLIVER
85	Kirkus	Diego Rivera: His World and Ours	Tonatiuh, Duncan		Age 5-9	Non-Fiction	JE 759.06 RIV
86	PW	Divergent	Roth, Veronica		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA ROTH
87	SLJ	Divergent	Roth, Veronica		Gr. 9 and up	Fiction	YA ROTH
88	Kirkus	Dragon Castle	Bruchac, Joseph		Age 10-14	Fiction	J BRU
89	Booklist	Drawing From Memory	Say, Allen		Gr. 4-7	Non-Fiction	J 741.64 SAY
90	Horn Book	Drawing from Memory	Say, Allen		Intermediate; Middle School; High School	Non-Fiction	J 741.64 SAY
91	Kirkus	Drawing From Memory	Say, Allen		Age 10 and up	Non-Fiction	J 741.64 SAY
92	SLJ	Drawing from Memory	Say, Allen		Gr. 4 and up	Non-Fiction	J 741.64 SAY
93	Kirkus	Dreamland Social Club	Altebrando, Tara		Age 14 and up	Fiction	YA ALTEBRANDO
94	PW	E-mergency	Lichtenheld, Tom and Ezra Fields-Meyer		Age 4-8	Picture Book	JE LIC
95	Kirkus	Eddie's War	Saller, Carol Fisher		Age 11 and up	Fiction	Don't Own
96	SLJ	Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems	George, Kristine O'Connell	Carpenter, Nancy	Gr. 1-4	Non-Fiction	J 811 GEO
97	Bulletin	Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems	George, Kristine O'Connell	Carpenter, Nancy	Gr. 2-4	Non-Fiction	J 811 GEO
98	SLJ	Energy Island	Drummond, Alan		Gr. 2-6	Non-Fiction	J 621.45 DRU
99	SLJ	Every Thing On It	Silverstein, Shel		Gr. 4 and up	Non-Fiction	J 811 SIL
100	PW	Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five	Fisher, Valorie		Age 1-5	Picture Book	JE FIS