Best Of The Best Of Lists 2010: Kids Books (PHOTOS)

Among the many best books lists that come out at this time of the year, perhaps the most contentious are the children's picks. Nonetheless, there is some agreement. The following are titles picked by 6 or more of nine major sources, from The Boston Globe to the Washington Post, plus one bonus selection, for a total of twelve.

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'One Crazy Summer' by Rita Williams-Garcia

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'One Crazy Summer' by Rita Williams-Garcia (HarperCollins/Amistad, Fiction, 10 & up) 6 Picks -- BG, Kirkus, LVD, PW, SLJ, Wa Po It was the summer of the Black Panthers, when three sisters are shipped west to spend time with the mother who abandoned them when the youngest was still an infant. Delphine, only eleven, is charged with being responsible for the younger two as their mother continues to neglect their care. Should she call her dad? Will her mother ever BE a mother? -- EarlyWord, Lisa Von Drasek,

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'One Crazy Summer' by Rita Williams-Garcia
(HarperCollins/Amistad, Fiction, 10 & up)

6 Picks -- BG, Kirkus, LVD, PW, SLJ, Wa Po

It was the summer of the Black Panthers, when three sisters are shipped west to spend time with the mother who abandoned them when the youngest was still an infant. Delphine, only eleven, is charged with being responsible for the younger two as their mother continues to neglect their care. Should she call her dad? Will her mother ever BE a mother?

-- EarlyWord, Lisa Von Drasek,

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Sources:

• Boston Globe, Top 10 Children's Books = BG
• Kirkus = Kirkus
• Kirkus Childrens
• Kirkus Teens
• L.A. Times
• LVD = Lisa Von Drasek, EarlyWord
• NYT Ill. = NYT Book Review, Best Illustrated Books
• NYT Not. = NYT Book Review, Notable Childrens Books
• PW = Publishers Weekly
• SLJ = School Library Journal
• SLJ Fiction
• SLJ Nonfiction
• SLJ Picture Books
• Wa Po = Washington Post (15)

 

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[MrDane]

04:35 PM on 12/26/2010

Let's do a count:
5 books starring/about girls
5 books starring/about animals
2 books starring/about boys/men
The misandry of our culture is so pervasive you don't even notice.

[Amber Troska]

02:23 PM on 12/27/2010

Maybe the books about boys/men just really sucked this year. Girls are expected to read and enjoy books with male protagonists, and have been doing so for a long time, so why can't boys do the same? And it doesn't count if the animals are male? Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Christopher Robin and the almost entirely male animal cast of A.A. Milne, Charlie (from the famous chocolate factory), Edith Nesbit's three brothers (and one sister) the Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson... I would think Harry Potter being about a boy and being one of the ultimate best-selling children's series of all time would be ok. But wait, that was written by a woman, so it still doesn't work... Are boys supposed to be offended that it's Alice in Wonderland and not Alex?

[olddognewtrick]

03:00 PM on 12/25/2010

The one on the far left grew up to be Madonna...there were signs...

[DavidMG]

11:28 AM on 12/24/2010

It's two years old, but the need is timeless: " The ABC's of FRuits & Vegetables and Beyond" will help any kid relate to these important foods in new ways. The New York Times recommended it twice.