Wow! 2017 is officially in the books, and not only did you read many of our great releases from the past year, you liked them enough to include in your own “Best of” lists before turning the page to 2018! From the Goodreads Choice Award’s to Kirkus Best Books of 2017 we are incredibly grateful to all the DBG fans and readers out there. Check out the list below and see what titles might make an excellent addition to your classroom or library in the new year!
THE ADVENTURERS GUILD by Nick Eliopulos and Zack Loran Clark
- Kirkus Best Books of 2017: Middle Grade, selection
BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER by Shelley Johannes
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2017, Ages 6-8
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: LOST IN A BOOK by Jennifer Donnelly
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Middle Grade of 2017, nomination
- Indigo: Best Teen Books of 2017
BE QUIET!
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Picture Book of 2017, nomination
THE BONE SPARROW by Zana Fraillon
- Carnegie Medal, honor
- CCBC Choices “Best of” 2017 list, selection
- Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group: Notable Books for a Global Society 2017, winner
BUG ZOO by Disney Book Group
- ILA-CBC’s 2017 Children’s Choices List, selection
CLICK’D by Tamara Ireland Stone
- 2017 NCIBA Middle Grade Book of the Year, nominee & long list
THE DREADFUL TALE OF PROSPER REDDING by Alexandra Bracken
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
DREAM by Matthew Cordell
- FIT PREGNANCY Best Books of 2017
ELIZABETH STARTED ALL THE TROUBLE by Doreen Rappaport and Matt Faulkner
- 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, selection
THE END OF FUN by Sean McGinty
- 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice
FEMINIST BABY by Loryn Brantz
- 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, selection
- FIT PREGNANCY Best Books of 2017
FROM PERCY JACKSON: CAMP HALF-BLOOD CONFIDENTIAL by Rick Riordan
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
THE GOOD FOR NOTHING BUTTON by Cherise Mericle Harper
- PDX MONTHLY, Oregon’s Best Childrens Books of 2017
A LIST OF CAGES by Robin Roe
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Young Adult Fiction of 2017, nomination
- Indigo: Best Teen Books of 2017
- CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Year’s Best Books for Young Readers 2017
- Teen Choice Book Award 2017, nominee
LOCKWOOD & CO., BOOK FIVE: THE EMPTY GRAVE by Jonathan Stroud
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Middle Grade of 2017, nomination
MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD, BOOK 3: THE SHIP OF THE DEAD by Rick Riordan
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2017, Ages 9-12
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Middle Grade of 2017, nomination
- Audible Best of 2017
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN by Jason Reynolds
- NPR Best Book of 2017
NANETTE’S BAGUETTE by Mo Willems
- 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice
THE PEARL THIEF by Elizabeth Wein
- Kirkus Best Books of 2017: Middle Grade, selection
- NPR Best Book of 2017
QUINNY & HOPPER by Adriana Brad Schanen
- 2016-2017 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award, selection
RISE OF THE ISLE OF THE LOST by Melissa de la Cruz
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Middle Grade of 2017, nominee
RULES OF THE HOUSE by Mac Barnett
- 2017 Comstock-Gág Read Aloud, honor
- ILA-CBC’s 2017 Children’s Choices List, selection
SERAFINA AND THE SPLINTERED HEART by Robert Beatty
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2017, Ages 9-12
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
SPINDLE by E.K. Johnston
- CCBC Choices “Best of” 2017 list, selection
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI: COBALT SQUADRON by Elizabeth Wein
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
STEAMBOAT SCHOOL by Deborah Hopkinson
- 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice
- 2017 Oregon Book Awards finalist
- 2017 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award: Books for Younger Children, winner
THE THANK YOU BOOK: An Elephant & Piggie Book by Mo Willems
- CBC’s 2017 Children’s Book Choice Award K-2nd Grade, finalist
- ILA-CBC’s 2017 Children’s Choices List, selection
A THOUSAND NIGHTS by E.K. Johnston
- OLA/Forest of Reading 2017 “White Pine Award”, winner
THE TRIALS OF APOLLO, BOOK TWO: THE DARK PROPHECY by Rick Riordan
- Books-A-Million: The Best Kids Books of 2017, selection
- Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Middle Grade of 2017, nomination
WELCOME: A MO WILLEMS GUIDE TO NEW ARRIVALS by Mo Willems
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2017, Baby to Age 2
WILDMAN by J.C. Geiger
- Amazon’s Best Books of 2017, Young Adult
- Notable YA Covers of 2917, The Casual Optimist: Books, Design and Culture