Highlights of 2017: Stars, Awards, and Best Books

2017 has been a great year so far! We had some amazing books come out this past spring and fall, and it looks like others agree! Here are some of our titles that have received high praise and been included on best books lists as 2017 heads to a close.

Fault Lines in the Constitution 
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect us Today


êPublishers Weekly
êSchool Library Journal
êKirkus Reviews
êBooklist

School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books of 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Books of 2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Nonfiction Books of 2017 
Booklist Editors' Choice Best of Youth Titles of 2017
Book Links: Lasting Connections 2017
Junior Library Guild Best Books of 2017
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book 
Parents’ Choice Gold Award
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book of 2017
Denver Public Library's Best & Brightest Children's Books of 2017
Harford County Public Library Best Books of 2017
Nerdy Book Club's 2017 Nerdies Long Form Nonfiction list
Owasso Reporter's Top 10 Children's Novels of 2017



Flowers for Sarajevo

êSchool Library Journal
êKirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year 
Parents’ Choice Gold Award
ABC Best Books for YoungReaders
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 
Raleigh News & Observer Best Children’s Books of 2017 
Chicago Tribune Best Children's Books of 2017
Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Children's Books
Cybils Award 2017 Fiction Picture Book Finalist
A Fuse #8 Production's 2017 Top Picture Books list


Miguel's Brave Knight
Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

êSchool Library Journal
êKirkus Reviews
êBooklist
êShelf Awareness

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books of 2017
Book Links: Lasting Connections 2017
Society of Illustrators' Original Art Exhibit
Denver Public Library's Best & Brightest Children's Books of 2017
A Fuse #8 Production's 2017 Unique Biographies list
A Fuse #8 Production's 2017 Favorite Nonfiction Picture Books list
Cybils Award Poetry Finalist

In the Snow


êKirkus Reviews

Denver Public Library's Best & Brightest Children's Books of 2017







Rapunzel

Parents’ Choice Recommended Title
Chicago Public Library Best Picture Book of 2017 
New York Public Library Favorite Illustrated Children's Books of 2017
A Mighty Girl's 2017 Books of the Year: Ages 3–5
A Mighty Girl's 2017 Books of the Year: Ages 6–8









The King & Kayla series


Chicago Public Library Best Fiction Books of 2017
Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids 2017
Nerdy Book Club's 2017 Nerdies Award
Cybils Award 2017 Early Chapter Book Easy Reader Finalist







Dangerous Jane

Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book of 2017
A Mighty Girl's 2017 Books of the Year: Ages 6–8
A Mighty Girl's 2017 Books of the Year: Ages 9–12








Mrs. McBee Leaves Room 3

Portland Monthly Oregon's Best Children's Books of 2017










Fantastic Flowers

Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Children's Books
Society of Illustrators' Original Art Exhibit











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