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Top 10 DVDs 2015
Among 2015’s dominant themes were some of the perennials: environment studies, zoology, language arts development, and programs that offered probing snapshots of contemporary concerns such as bullying....
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Top 10 Apps 2015
With new developers and authors joining the field and established companies continuing to push boundaries, app innovation is lighting up digital devices. In this year’s best-of-the-year column we...
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Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2015
It’s been a crazy year for Adult Books 4 Teens. We’ve changed formats—transitioning from a blog to a column, with reviews appearing in the print magazine. Founding editor Angela Carstensen stepped down...
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Top 10 Latin@ Books 2015
This year’s top selections for children and teens by and about Latin@s touch on universal themes of family, memory, and cultural identity. The list showcases well-known children’s book creators doing...
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Top 10 Graphic Novels 2015
Last year, the “Good Comics for Kids” bloggers had no trouble coming up with our list of the top 10 graphic novels of the year. This year, putting together a top 15 list was easy, but winnowing it down...
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The Rest of the Best | Adult Books 4 Teens
Astute readers of this column may have noticed that several of the books we selected as our favorites of 2015 hadn’t been reviewed here yet. This post is here to remedy that. These titles have very...
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | September 2015
Picture Books BARNETT, Mac. Leo: A Ghost Story. illus. by Christian Robinson. Chronicle. 2015. p.112. DANTICAT, Edwidge. Mama’s Nightingale. illus. by Leslie Staub. Dial. Sept. 2015. p. 118. JENKINS,...
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | December 2015
Picture Books Chang, Victoria. Is Mommy? illus. by Marla Frazee. S. & S./Beach Lane. 2015. p. 84. Elschner, Géraldine. Like a Wolf. illus. by Antoine Guilloppé. Minedition. 2015. p. 88. Florian,...
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | January 2016
Picture Books Bagley, Jessixa. Before I Leave. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. Feb. 2016. p. 66. Barton, Byron. My House. illus. by author. Harper Collins/Greenwillow. Apr. 2016. p....
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | November 2015
Picture Books Arnold, Marsha Diane. Lost. Found. illus. by Matthew Cordell. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. 2015. p. 77. Ashman, Linda. Henry Wants More. illus. by Brooke Boynton Hughes. Random. Jan....
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | February 2016
Picture Books ALEXIE, Sherman. Thunderboy Jr. illus. by Yuyi Morales. Little, Brown. May 2016. p. 58. Ehlert, Lois. Rain Fish. illus. by author. S. & S./ Beach Lane. Apr. 2016. p. 64. Fan, Terry...
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | March 2016
Picture Books BARROW, David. Have You Seen Elephant? illus. by author. Gecko. Mar. 2016. p. 100. BROWN, Lisa. The Airport Book. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter Bks. May 2016. p. 102. COLE,...
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December Holidays Roundup Barton, Chris. The Nutcracker Comes to America. illus. by Cathy Gendron. Millbrook. 2015. p. 61. Simon, Richard & Tanya Simon. Oskar and the Eight Blessings. illus. by...
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | April 2016
Picture Books Gottesfeld, Jeff. The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window. illus. by Peter McCarty. Knopf. 2016. p. 132. Henkes, Kevin. When Spring Comes. illus. by Laura Dronzek....
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SLJ’s Starred Reviews | May 2016
Picture Books Agee, Jon. Lion Lessons. illus. by author. Dial. Jul. 2016. p. 73. Bansch, Helga. Rosie the Raven. illus. by author. Annick. Mar. 2016. p. 74. Medina, Juana. 1 Big Salad. illus. by...
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Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2016
Many thanks to our reviewers who helped develop the list: Hope Baugh, Marlyn Beebe, Amy Cheney, Georgia Christgau, Diane Colson, Gretchen Crowley, Rebecca Denham, Sarah Flowers, Cary Frostick, Suzanne...
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Top 10 Graphic Novels | 2016
We saw a lot of good old-fashioned storytelling in 2016’s graphic novels: Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock’s Compass South, an adventure about plucky children at sea; John Patrick Green’s Hippopotamister,...
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TOP 10 Audiobooks | 2016
These 10 titles represent the best of the best of 2016’s audiobook releases, with selections for all age groups and interests. They tell fascinating stories—both fiction and nonfiction—that are...
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Top 10 Music | 2016
An exciting year for children’s music is celebrated with this eclectic mix of outstanding albums featuring traditional and not-so-traditional children’s music genres. While the diverse styles range...
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Top 10 Latinx | 2016
The 2016 picks for children and adolescents by and about Latinxs represent a range of genres, formats, age levels, and countries/regions of origin. Whether seamlessly weaving Spanish into an English...
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