Barrington Area Library (IL) - 2020 Top Books for Kids

: December 21, 2020

The Youth Services staff have picked their favorite books published in 2020 for ages 0-13. We hope you and your family find some new favorites here, too!

BOOKS

2020 Top Books for Kids

Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

What Will Fit? by Grace Lin

Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar

A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett

Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata

There Must Be More Than That! by Shinsuke Yoshitake

Little Bird by Cynthia Voigt

Literally Amazing Words and Where They Come From by Patrick Skipworth

Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror by Natasha Farrant

Dewdrop by Katie O'Neill

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

In The Half Room by Carson Ellis

The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

Margaret's Unicorn by Briony May Smith

Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley

Three Keys by Kelly Yang

The Cat Man of Aleppo by Irene Latham

The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

Powwow A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

Santiago's Road Home by Alexandra Diaz

Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee

All Because You Matter by Tami Charles

Happy Paws by Vicky Fang

Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song

Twins by Varian Johnson

Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by Meg Medina

Orphan Eleven by Gennifer Choldenko

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

Outside In by Deborah Underwood

Darwin's Rival by Christiane Dorion

Alice's Farm A Rabbit's Tale by Maryrose Wood

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher

Cat Dog Dog - The Story of a Blended Family by Nelly Buchet

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Lightfall - The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert

The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest

Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T. Smith

Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

My Best Friend by Rob Hodgson

The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray

Here Comes Lolo by Niki Daly

Drew and Jot Dueling Doodles by Art Baltazar

Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge by Kate Messner

The Forest of Stars by Heather Kassner

A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese

Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott

If We Were Gone by John Coy

The Cool Cat Club by Nicola Colton

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

The Perfect Pet by Christine A. Platt

Astronauts - Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani

Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen

Party Problems by C. L. Reid

Aster and the Accidental Magic by Thom Pico

Dragon Meets Boy by Michael H. Slack

The Sunken Tower by Tait Howard

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Go With the Flow by Lily Williams

Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson

Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

A Song Only I Can Hear by Barry Jonsberg

Middle School's a Drag - You Better Werk! by Greg Howard

Grasping Mysteries - Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins

Con Quest! by Sam Maggs

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

Gurple and Preen by Linda Sue Park

American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson

The Water Bears by Kimberly Baker

Rick by Alex Gino