Lots of great books were checked out to our community in 2021. The top checkouts tended to be titles from the Illinois Readers Choice Awards (Caudills, Bluestems, and Monarchs). We also saw some serious circulation from the always popular Mo Willems and Jeff Kinney. Here are the most frequently checked-out books from the Youth Services department in 2021:

Picture Book:

 

SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki

 

 

Beginning Reader:

 

Happy Pig Day! By Mo Willems

 

Juvenile Chapter Book: it was a tie!

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney 

 

Inkling by Kenneth Oppel

 

Teen Fiction:

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

 

Graphic Novel:

 

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

 

Nonfiction:

 

 Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman

  

Audiobook:

 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

 

e-Book:

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney

 

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Youth Services Librarian Allison