NPR's Books We Love 2022: Kids’ Books

1.
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky 4.42 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
2.
Berry Song
Berry Song 4.41 avg rating — 2,079 ratings
3.
Attack of the Black Rectangles
Attack of the Black Rectangles 4.19 avg rating — 6,517 ratings
4.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice 4.41 avg rating — 2,645 ratings
5.
Little Monarchs
Little Monarchs 4.20 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
6.
The More You Give
The More You Give 4.32 avg rating — 426 ratings
7.
My Parents Won't Stop Talking!
My Parents Won't Stop Talking! 3.93 avg rating — 460 ratings
8.
Miss Quinces
Miss Quinces 4.17 avg rating — 3,636 ratings
9.
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel 3.64 avg rating — 786 ratings
10.
The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense
The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense 4.09 avg rating — 349 ratings
11.
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 7,452 ratings
12.
Growing Pangs
Growing Pangs 4.04 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
13.
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria 4.51 avg rating — 777 ratings
14.
Skater Cielo
Skater Cielo 3.99 avg rating — 280 ratings
15.
The Catalogue of Hugs
The Catalogue of Hugs 3.94 avg rating — 167 ratings
16.
The Great Zapfino
The Great Zapfino 4.01 avg rating — 612 ratings
17.
This Story Is Not About a Kitten
This Story Is Not About a Kitten 4.21 avg rating — 789 ratings
18.
My Brother Is Away
My Brother Is Away 4.40 avg rating — 393 ratings
19.
The Flamingo
The Flamingo
by: Guojing
4.39 avg rating — 1,123 ratings
20.
Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground
Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground 4.20 avg rating — 501 ratings
21.
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel 3.93 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
22.
A Warbler's Journey
A Warbler's Journey 4.25 avg rating — 111 ratings
23.
I Can Explain
I Can Explain 3.87 avg rating — 335 ratings
24.
I Am Golden
I Am Golden
by: Eva Chen
4.27 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
25.
Farmhouse
Farmhouse 4.52 avg rating — 2,504 ratings
26.
The Year We Learned to Fly
The Year We Learned to Fly 4.39 avg rating — 2,109 ratings
27.
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit 4.31 avg rating — 269,125 ratings
28.
Noor and Bobby
Noor and Bobby 3.40 avg rating — 42 ratings
29.
I Love You Like Yellow
I Love You Like Yellow 4.18 avg rating — 565 ratings
30.
Sometimes, All I Need Is Me
Sometimes, All I Need Is Me 4.10 avg rating — 383 ratings
31.
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech 3.92 avg rating — 309 ratings
32.
Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home
Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home 3.87 avg rating — 486 ratings
33.
1-2-3 Scream!
1-2-3 Scream! 3.95 avg rating — 60 ratings
34.
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South 4.04 avg rating — 536 ratings
35.
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
by: Mari Lowe
4.06 avg rating — 691 ratings
36.
Different Kinds of Fruit
Different Kinds of Fruit 4.08 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
37.
It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit
It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit 3.41 avg rating — 988 ratings
38.
The Last Beekeeper
The Last Beekeeper 3.81 avg rating — 905 ratings
39.
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.08 avg rating — 1,866 ratings
40.
The Star That Always Stays
The Star That Always Stays 4.08 avg rating — 1,659 ratings
41.
Undercover Latina
Undercover Latina 4.13 avg rating — 669 ratings