The Children’s Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education has released their list of The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2024 Edtion, highlighting the best books of 2023.
Included on the list are:
How Do You Spell Unfair? (Candlewick) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Baking with mi Abuelita (Random House) by Julissa Mora
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar (Doubleday) by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
You So Black (Denene Millner Boos/Simon & Schuster) by Theresa the S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D., illustrated by London Ladd
Jump In! (Bloomsbury) by Shadra Strickland
Nesting Dolls (Crown) by Vanessa Brantley Newton
Beautiful Noise (Anne Schwartz Books) by Lisa Rogers, illustrated by Il Sung Na
Black Girls, A Celebration of You! (HarperCollins)by Dominique Furukawa, illustrated by Erika Lynn Jones
Not a Monster (Charlesbridge) by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, illustrated by Laura Gonzalez
Alphabuddies: G is First! (HarperCollins) by Beth Bacon and Karen Kane, illustrated by Eric Barclay
Unstoppable (Little Bees Books) by Michael G. Long, illustrated by Bea Jackson
Breaking to the Beat! (Lee & Low) by Linda J. Acevedo, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Abuela’s Super Capa (HarperCollins) by Ana Siqueira, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri