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Best of Lists

December 19, 2021 by Mary Ann Cappiello

A List of Lists! 52 Best Children’s Book Lists for 2021

Whether you’re at the library or the bookstore, or shopping online from the comfort of your own home, pull up The Classroom Bookshelf to peruse these "Best of" lists, as well as our entries from throughout the year, to find some of the most amazing 2021 book titles for children.

December 21, 2020 by Mary Ann Cappiello

Books as Bright Spots in 2020

We don't know what next year holds. We don't know where books will take us. But as we do each year, we’ve curated “best of” lists from a range of publications and organizations that review children’s and middle grade books. We hope you find these lists useful. You may be in search of winter holiday hibernation reads. You may be trying to find just the right book for a child or tween in your life, or new books for your classroom collections or school library.

December 16, 2019 by Mary Ann Cappiello

Saying Goodbye to 2019 with the Best in Children’s Books

We hope you find this curated "best of" list useful for your winter holiday reading and gift-giving, your classroom planning, and/or your library purchases.

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Looking for books for the children, teachers, or librarians in your life? Use these year-end "best of" lists to guide your selections!

The Best of 2017

December 18, 2017 by Mary Ann Cappiello

It has been a hard year. In the United States and around the world, there is important work to be done to advance social justice. We realize now more than ever how much words matter. Words can inflict harm. But words can also transform lives. Words can shape the future and can give us a […]

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer, Orbis Pictus Recommended Title

January 16, 2017 by Mary Ann Cappiello

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer Written by Diane Stanley, Illustrated by Jessie Hartland Published by Simon and Schuster ISBN: 978-1-4814-5249-6 Book Review “She was perfect for the job. She understood how the engine worked. She was a good writer. And she had the vision to see, better even than Babbage himself, […]

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Best Books 2015, Happy New Year 2016

December 21, 2015 by Mary Ann Cappiello

Photo by Mary Ann Cappiello We wish all of you a peaceful and joyous holiday season. On January 4th, we’ll be back with a regular posting. In the meantime, we wanted to share a collection of “Best of 2015” lists. Please feel free to add to our collection of links by submitting a favorite “best […]

Happy Holidays and “Best Of” Book Lists for 2014

December 22, 2014 by Mary Ann Cappiello

We wish all of you a peaceful and joyous holiday season. On January 5th, we’ll be back with a regular posting. In the meantime, we wanted to share a collection of “Best of 2014” lists. Please feel free to add to our collection of links by submitting a favorite “best of” listing of your own […]

Happy Holidays and “Best of 2013”

December 15, 2013 by Erika Thulin Dawes

We’re wishing you all a peaceful and joyous holiday season. We’ll be back with a regular posting on January 6, but in the meantime we wanted to share a collection of “Best of 2013” lists. Please feel free to add to our collection of links by submitting a favorite “best of” listing of your own […]

Happy Holidays from the Classroom Bookshelf

December 19, 2011 by Erika Thulin Dawes

We’re wishing you all a peaceful and joyous holiday season. We’ll be back with a regular posting on January 3, but in the meantime we wanted to share a collection of ‘best of 2011’ lists. Please feel free to add to our collection of links by submitting a favorite ‘best of’ listing of your own […]

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