Barrington Area Library - 2021 Top Books for Kids

: December 06, 2021

The Youth Services staff have picked their favorite books published in 2021 for readers from ages 0-13. We hope you and your family find some new favorites here, too!

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2021 Top Books for Kids

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies

Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year by Nina Hamza

All You Knead Is Love by Tanya Guerrero

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor

A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure

Barnaby by Andrea Curtis

Beak and Ally, Unlikely Friends by Norman Feuti

Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab

Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig

Fallout - Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin

Fish and Sun by Sergio Ruzzier

Five Magic Rooms by Laura Knetzger

Geraldine Pu and Her Lunchbox, Too! by Maggie P. Chang

Happy Cats by Catherine Amari

Harry Versus the 100 First Days of School by Emily Jenkins

How To Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson

I Love You, Baby Burrito by Angela Dominguez

Jenny Mei Is Sad by Tracy Subisak

Jo Jo Makoons, The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley

Jump at the Sun - The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams

Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt

Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes

Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found by Rucker Moses

Kisses, Kisses, Head to Toe by Karen Katz

Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand

Little Witch Hazel, A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl

Long Lost by Jacqueline West

Moose, Goose, and Mouse by Mordicai Gerstein

Mr. Walker Steps Out by Lisa Graff

New in Town by Kevin Cornell

Nightingale by Deva Fagan

Once Upon a Dragon's Fire by Beatrice Blue

Peter Lee’s Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn

Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

Secondhand Dogs by Carolyn Crimi

Ship in a Bottle by Andrew Prahin

Squirrel’s Sweater by Laura Renauld

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Starla Jean - Which Came First, The Chicken or the Friendship? by Elana K. Arnold

Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba

Terrific! By Sophie Gilmore

The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker

The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld

The Museum of Everything by Lynne Rae Perkins

The Nightmare Thief by Nicole Lesperance

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud

The Plentiful Darkness by Heather Kassner

The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley

The Robber Girl by Franny Billingsley

The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen

Our Skin - A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison

The Secret Fawn by Kallie George & Elly MacKay

The Shattered Castle by Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Smashed Man of Dread End by J.W. Ocker

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty

Too Small Tola by Atinuke

Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee

Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout

When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

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