School Library Journal Best Books 2017
Collection by Pam Buysman
School Library Journal is a respected publication that reviews and evaluates books as well as digital content. Each year SLJ selects the best of the best books of those they have reviewed. Many of these titles are available from our lending library. In addition, the website link will take you to teaching resources curated by TeachingBooks.net, an Iowa AEA Online resource.
Picture Books
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child - Presents an illustrated poem that empowers, celebrates, and inspires African American children to dream big and achieve their potential despite the challenges of life.
In Your Hands
In Your Hands - A mother speaks to her child about what she wishes for the child, invoking God for strength, perseverance, and wisdom for him.
Round
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education
The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way)
Egg
When's My Birthday?
When's My Birthday? A cast of multicultural children express the joy and anticipation children feel in the months, weeks, days, or hours leading up to their birthdays, anticipating when it will be, where it will be, and what they will get.
¡El gallo que no se callaba! / The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Wolf in the Snow
Big Cat, Little Cat
Walk with Me
Walk with Me - After the loss of her father, a child creates an imaginary lion friend who accompanies her during her daily activities.
Middle Grade and Chapter Books
The Song From Somewhere Else
The Song From Somewhere Else book. Read 219 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Frank doesn't know how to feel when Nick Underbridge ...
Rise of the Jumbies
Beyond the Bright Sea
Patina
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Hello, Universe
It All Comes Down to This
Ashes to Asheville
The Summer of Owen Todd
The Summer of Owen Todd book. Read 195 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Owen and his best friend, Sean, are both eleven years old....
YA
American Street
Piecing Me Together
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Long Way Down
You Bring the Distant Near
When Dimple Met Rishi
A Skinful of Shadows
A Skinful of Shadows book. Read 1,019 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This is the story of a bear-hearted girl . . .Sometimes, ...
Turtles All the Way Down
Jane, Unlimited
Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Landscape with Invisible Hand
Nonfiction
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
Impact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
How to Be an Elephant: Growing Up in the African Wild
Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming book. Read 412 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Meet Chris Harris, the 21st-century Shel Silverstein! ...
Real Friends
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics
Her Right Foot
A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech
Before She Was Harriet
Before She Was Harriet (MackinVia) - Presents an illustrated, reverse chronological history of the life of Harriet Tubman
Grand Canyon
Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
Other Pins
The Song From Somewhere Else
The Song From Somewhere Else book. Read 219 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Frank doesn't know how to feel when Nick Underbridge ...
The First Rule of Punk
Rise of the Jumbies
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child - Presents an illustrated poem that empowers, celebrates, and inspires African American children to dream big and achieve their potential despite the challenges of life.
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
Impact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
How to Be an Elephant: Growing Up in the African Wild
Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming book. Read 412 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Meet Chris Harris, the 21st-century Shel Silverstein! ...