ALSC 2020 Notable Children's Books

1.
Across the Bay
Across the Bay 3.58 avg rating β€” 698 ratings
2.
Art This Way
Art This Way 4.15 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
3.
At the Mountain's Base
At the Mountain's Base 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,049 ratings
4.
B is for Baby
B is for Baby
by: Atinuke
4.23 avg rating β€” 760 ratings
5.
The Balcony
The Balcony 4.16 avg rating β€” 412 ratings
6.
Bear Came Along
Bear Came Along 4.24 avg rating β€” 3,453 ratings
7.
The Bell Rang
The Bell Rang 4.41 avg rating β€” 1,038 ratings
8.
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border (The "Between" Books)
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border (The "Between" Books) 4.35 avg rating β€” 997 ratings
9.
A Big Bed for Little Snow
A Big Bed for Little Snow
by: Grace Lin
3.87 avg rating β€” 878 ratings
10.
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs 4.09 avg rating β€” 340 ratings
11.
Brown
Brown 3.80 avg rating β€” 492 ratings
12.
The Book Hog
The Book Hog 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,042 ratings
13.
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
by: Sue Macy
4.27 avg rating β€” 556 ratings
14.
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Carter Reads the Newspaper 4.35 avg rating β€” 581 ratings
15.
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!
by: Cece Bell
3.63 avg rating β€” 994 ratings
16.
Dancing Hands: How Teresa CarreΓ±o Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Dancing Hands: How Teresa CarreΓ±o Played the Piano for President Lincoln 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,935 ratings
17.
Dinosaur Feathers
Dinosaur Feathers 3.52 avg rating β€” 183 ratings
18.
Do Fish Sleep?
Do Fish Sleep? 4.01 avg rating β€” 231 ratings
19.
Double Bass Blues
Double Bass Blues 3.69 avg rating β€” 814 ratings
20.
Field Trip to the Moon
Field Trip to the Moon 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,026 ratings
21.
Firefighters' Handbook
Firefighters' Handbook 4.16 avg rating β€” 176 ratings
22.
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet!
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! 3.81 avg rating β€” 765 ratings
23.
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story 4.40 avg rating β€” 6,690 ratings
24.
Going Down Home with Daddy
Going Down Home with Daddy 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,692 ratings
25.
Grandpa's Top Threes
Grandpa's Top Threes 4.48 avg rating β€” 228 ratings
26.
Hey, Water!
Hey, Water! 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,393 ratings
27.
How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,276 ratings
28.
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,228 ratings
29.
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet 4.17 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
30.
The Last Peach
The Last Peach 3.58 avg rating β€” 505 ratings
31.
Let's Scare Bear
Let's Scare Bear 3.67 avg rating β€” 233 ratings
32.
Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons
Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons 4.31 avg rating β€” 361 ratings
33.
Luca's Bridge/El Puente de Luca
Luca's Bridge/El Puente de Luca 3.63 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
34.
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh 4.37 avg rating β€” 879 ratings
35.
A Map into the World
A Map into the World 4.21 avg rating β€” 1,371 ratings
36.
Moth: An Evolution Story
Moth: An Evolution Story 4.31 avg rating β€” 591 ratings
37.
My Footprints
My Footprints
by: Bao Phi
3.91 avg rating β€” 967 ratings
38.
My Grandma and Me
My Grandma and Me 4.11 avg rating β€” 334 ratings
39.
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
My Papi Has a Motorcycle 4.34 avg rating β€” 3,216 ratings
40.
A New Home
A New Home 4.13 avg rating β€” 386 ratings
41.
Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time
Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time 4.01 avg rating β€” 563 ratings
42.
One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
by: Kate Read
4.11 avg rating β€” 1,014 ratings
43.
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist 4.32 avg rating β€” 969 ratings
44.
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura BelprΓ©
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura BelprΓ© 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,963 ratings
45.
Pokko and the Drum
Pokko and the Drum 4.41 avg rating β€” 2,195 ratings
46.
The Proudest Blue
The Proudest Blue 4.53 avg rating β€” 7,259 ratings
47.
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World, 6)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World, 6) 4.34 avg rating β€” 864 ratings
48.
Saturday
Saturday
by: Oge Mora
4.50 avg rating β€” 2,810 ratings
49.
Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations
Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations 4.40 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
50.
Small in the City
Small in the City 4.21 avg rating β€” 1,859 ratings
51.
A Stone Sat Still
A Stone Sat Still 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,560 ratings
52.
Stop! Bot!
Stop! Bot! 3.37 avg rating β€” 680 ratings
53.
Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home
Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home
by: Guojing
4.65 avg rating β€” 1,253 ratings
54.
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me 3.82 avg rating β€” 223 ratings
55.
Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove
Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove 4.09 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
56.
Β‘Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
Β‘Vamos! Let's Go to the Market 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,144 ratings
57.
What Is Given from the Heart
What Is Given from the Heart 4.46 avg rating β€” 1,177 ratings
58.
When Spring Comes to the DMZ
When Spring Comes to the DMZ 4.26 avg rating β€” 511 ratings
59.
Why?
Why? 3.87 avg rating β€” 666 ratings
60.
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World 4.07 avg rating β€” 540 ratings
61.
The Beast Player (The Beast Player, #1-2)
The Beast Player (The Beast Player, #1-2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,325 ratings
62.
Because of the Rabbit
Because of the Rabbit 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,921 ratings
63.
The Bridge Home
The Bridge Home 4.26 avg rating β€” 11,486 ratings
64.
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree 4.04 avg rating β€” 5,169 ratings
65.
For Black Girls Like Me
For Black Girls Like Me 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,654 ratings
66.
The Forgotten Girl
The Forgotten Girl 3.91 avg rating β€” 3,247 ratings
67.
Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid
Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid 4.29 avg rating β€” 217 ratings
68.
Indian No More
Indian No More 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,563 ratings
69.
It Rained Warm Bread
It Rained Warm Bread 4.38 avg rating β€” 476 ratings
70.
Lalani of the Distant Sea
Lalani of the Distant Sea 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,742 ratings
71.
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion 4.07 avg rating β€” 366 ratings
72.
Lety Out Loud: A Wish Novel
Lety Out Loud: A Wish Novel 4.06 avg rating β€” 761 ratings
73.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky
by: Remy Lai
4.24 avg rating β€” 2,573 ratings
74.
Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, #1)
Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 5,603 ratings
75.
Some Places More Than Others
Some Places More Than Others 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,300 ratings
76.
Stargazing
Stargazing
by: Jen Wang
4.16 avg rating β€” 17,872 ratings
77.
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice and the Fourteenth Amendment
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice and the Fourteenth Amendment 3.79 avg rating β€” 130 ratings
78.
All the Greys on Greene Street
All the Greys on Greene Street 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,306 ratings
79.
Beverly, Right Here
Beverly, Right Here 4.14 avg rating β€” 6,982 ratings
80.
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America 4.27 avg rating β€” 602 ratings
81.
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany 3.90 avg rating β€” 583 ratings
82.
Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again 4.34 avg rating β€” 8,805 ratings
83.
I Can Make This Promise
I Can Make This Promise 4.16 avg rating β€” 4,113 ratings
84.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People 4.36 avg rating β€” 1,740 ratings
85.
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace 4.43 avg rating β€” 477 ratings
86.
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks 3.93 avg rating β€” 19,032 ratings
87.
Maybe He Just Likes You
Maybe He Just Likes You 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,024 ratings
88.
New Kid (New Kid #1)
New Kid (New Kid #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,075 ratings
89.
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir 4.39 avg rating β€” 3,956 ratings
90.
The Other Half of Happy
The Other Half of Happy 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,008 ratings
91.
Other Words for Home
Other Words for Home 4.41 avg rating β€” 33,596 ratings
92.
A Place to Belong
A Place to Belong 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,552 ratings
93.
The Poison Eaters
The Poison Eaters 4.11 avg rating β€” 404 ratings
94.
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 7,090 ratings
95.
A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending
A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,115 ratings
96.
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,792 ratings
97.
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,129 ratings
98.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating β€” 50,175 ratings
99.
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,217 ratings
100.
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,502 ratings