Best Children's Books of 2012 | Kirkus Reviews

Best Children's Books of 2012

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate

EXTRA YARN by Mac Barnett

GEORGIA IN HAWAII by Amy Novesky

THE VENGEKEEP PROPHECIES by Brian Farrey

BEAR HAS A STORY TO TELL by Philip C. Stead

EAST DRAGON, WEST DRAGON by Robyn Eversole

WE MARCH by Shane W. Evans

A STICK IS AN EXCELLENT THING by Marilyn Singer

AND THEN IT'S SPRING by Julie Fogliano

QUESTION BOY MEETS LITTLE MISS KNOW-IT-ALL by Peter Catalanotto

TRAINS GO by Steve Light

STEP GENTLY OUT by Helen Frost

Z IS FOR MOOSE by Kelly Bingham

GREEN by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

WHAT LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF by Robert Neubecker

THE BEETLE BOOK by Steve Jenkins

HEROES OF THE SURF by Elisa Carbone

FISH HAD A WISH by Michael Garland

OCEAN SUNLIGHT by Molly Bang

HIDE & SEEK by Il Sung Na

CHLOE by Peter McCarty

WATER SINGS BLUE by Kate Coombs

HOMER by Elisha Cooper

JIMMY THE GREATEST! by Jairo Buitrago

A HOME FOR BIRD by Philip C. Stead

BEACH FEET by Kiyomi Konagaya

DAY BY DAY by Susan Gal

MOM, IT'S MY FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN! by Hyewon Yum

OH, NO! by Candace Fleming

MOUSTERPIECE by Jane Breskin Zalben

CAT TALE by Michael Hall

THE QUIET PLACE by Sarah Stewart

ISLAND by Jason Chin

MONSIEUR MARCEAU by Leda Schubert

CASTLE by David Macaulay

PENNY AND HER DOLL by Kevin Henkes

YOU ARE STARDUST by Elin Kelsey

THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE by Aesop

NEVER TRUST A TIGER by Lari Don

APPLESAUCE by Klaas Verplancke

ZOMBIE MAKERS by Rebecca L. Johnson

WHAT'S THE TIME, MR. WOLF? by Debi Gliori

THIS IS NOT MY HAT by Jon Klassen

MAN FROM THE LAND OF FANDANGO by Margaret Mahy

BOOT & SHOE by Marla Frazee

SQUEAK, RUMBLE, WHOMP! WHOMP! WHOMP! by Wynton Marsalis

DRUMMER BOY OF JOHN JOHN by Mark Greenwood

ELECTRIC BEN by Robert Byrd

DREAMING UP by Christy Hale

COLD SNAP by Eileen Spinelli

CHARLEY'S FIRST NIGHT by Amy Hest

SPIRIT SEEKER by Gary Golio

FIFTY CENTS AND A DREAM by Jabari Asim

A BLACK HOLE IS NOT A HOLE by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

THE WILD BOOK by Margarita Engle

THE MIGHTY MISS MALONE by Christopher Paul Curtis

A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Roddy Doyle

CHUCK CLOSE: FACE BOOK by Chuck Close

SADIE AND RATZ by Sonya Hartnett

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS by Russell Freedman

NOW by Morris Gleitzman

ON THE DAY I DIED by Candace Fleming

LEGENDS OF ZITA THE SPACEGIRL by Ben Hatke

IN A GLASS GRIMMLY by Adam Gidwitz

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH, JR., AKA HOUDINI by Peter Johnson

THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DESPERADOS by Caroline Lawrence

THE AMAZING HARRY KELLAR by Gail Jarrow

WE'VE GOT A JOB by Cynthia Y. Levinson

LITTLE WHITE DUCK by Andrés Vera Martínez

SON by Lois Lowry

ONE TIMES SQUARE by Joe McKendry

LULU AND THE DUCK IN THE PARK by Hilary McKay

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOK OF ANIMAL POETRY by J. Patrick Lewis

BELLY FLOP! by Stephen McCranie

THE REVOLUTION OF EVELYN SERRANO by Sonia Manzano

WONDER by R.J. Palacio

COLD CEREAL by Adam Rex

HADES by George O'Connor

SUMMER OF THE GYPSY MOTHS by Sara Pennypacker

THE SPINDLERS by Lauren Oliver

MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE by Annabel Pitcher

SHADOW ON THE MOUNTAIN by Margi Preus

THE DOGS OF WINTER by Bobbie Pyron

HAND IN HAND by Andrea Davis Pinkney

TWELVE KINDS OF ICE by Ellen Bryan Obed

THREE TIMES LUCKY by Sheila Turnage

THE MIGHTY MARS ROVERS by Elizabeth Rusch

LIAR & SPY by Rebecca Stead

CARDBOARD by Doug TenNapel

SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS by Laura Amy Schlitz

INTO THE WOODS by J. Torres

THE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE by Martin W. Sandler

THE SEVEN TALES OF TRINKET by Shelley Moore Thomas

DISCOVERING BLACK AMERICA by Linda Tarrant-Reid

"WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?" by Lemony Snicket

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