2010 Staff Picks For Children
CADL Staff picks their favorite children's picks.
Picture Books
Flora’s Very Windy Day
by Jeanne Birdsall
Boss Baby by Marla
Frazee (staff
review)
Instructions by Neil
Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess (staff
review)
The Extraordinary Mark
Twain (according to Suzy) by Barbara Kerley (staff
review)
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same by Grace Lin
Spork written by Kyo
Maclear and illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Lola Loves Stories by
Anna McQuinn
A Book of Sleep by
Il Sung Na
Mama Miti: Wangari
Maathi and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo
Napoli—Gorgeous!
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter
to my Daughters by Barack Obama
Mirror, Mirror by
Marilyn Singer (staff
review)
It’s a Book by Lane
Smith
13 Words by Lemony
Snicket
The Quiet Book by
Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Renata Liwska
Mama Says: A Book of
Love for Mother’s and Sons by Rob D. Walker
Art & Max by
David Wiesner
Knuffle Bunny Free: An
unexpected diversion by Mo Willems
Chapter Books
The Strange Case of
Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (staff
review)
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
The Popularity
Papers by Amy Ignatow
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
The Dreamer by Pam
Munoz Ryan
Meanwhile by Jason
Shiga (staff
review)
Smile by Raina
Telgemier (staff
review)
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood (staff
review)—Excellent audio version.
Doodlebug: A Novel in
Doodles by Karen Romano Young
