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December 2010

BookPage Top Children's Books of 2010

The editors of BookPage put their heads together and came up with our choices for the Best Children's Books of 2010—10 picks in each age range (picture books, middle grade and teen). Our picks include humor, historical fiction, fantasy and much more:

 PICTURE BOOKS
A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Written by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
Bridget's Beret
Written and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Chester's Masterpiece
Written and illustrated by Melanie Watt
Chicken Big
Written and illustrated by Keith Graves
City Dog, Country Frog

Written by Mo Willems, illustrated by Jon J Muth
Flora's Very Windy Day
Written by Jeanne Birdsall, illustrated by Matt Phelan
How Rocket Learned to Read
Written and illustrated by Tad Hills
So Many Days
Written by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
The Boss Baby
Written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
The Quiet Book
Written by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska

MIDDLE GRADE
A Long Walk to Water

By Linda Sue Park
Bamboo People
By Mitali Perkins
Bink & Gollie
By Kate DiCamillo & Alison McGhee
Countdown
By Deborah Wiles
Finding Family
By Tonya Bolden
Keeper
By Kathi Appelt
Mockingbird
By Kathryn Erskine
One Crazy Summer
By Rita Williams-Garcia
The Year Money Grew on Trees
By Aaron Hawkins
Touch Blue
By Cynthia Lord  

TEEN  
As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth

By Lynne Rae Perkins
Bruiser
By Neal Shusterman
Finnikin of the Rock
By Melina Marchetta
Hothouse
By Chris Lynch
Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins
Revolution
By Jennifer Donnelly
Ship Breaker
By Paolo Bacigalupi
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
By Francisco X. Stork
The Other Side of Dark
By Sarah Smith
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
By David Levithan & John Green 

 

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