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100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime. 2015 National Book Awards. 2015 National Book Awards fiction Longlist: Jesse Ball, A Cure for Suicide (Pantheon Books) Karen E.

2015 National Book Awards

Bender, Refund: Stories (Counterpoint Press) Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family (Scout Press/Simon & Schuster) Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House) Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories (Random House) T. Geronimo Johnson, Welcome to Braggsville (William Morrow/HarperCollins) Edith Pearlman, Honeydew (Little, Brown/Hachette Book Group) Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life (Doubleday/Penguin Random House) Nell Zink, Mislaid (Ecco/HarperCollins) fiction JUDGES Daniel Alarcón, Jeffery Renard Allen, Sarah Bagby, Laura Lippman, David L.

Nonfiction Nonfiction JUDGES Diane Ackerman, Patricia Hill Collins, John D'Agata, Paul Holdengräber, Adrienne Mayor Poetry Poetry JUDGES. 100 Great Children’s Books. Great stories never grow old!

100 Great Children’s Books

Chosen by children’s librarians at The New York Public Library, these 100 inspiring tales have thrilled generations of children and their parents — and are still flying off our shelves. Use this list and your library card to discover new worlds of wonder and adventure! 100 Great Children’s Books has been published on the occasion of The New York Public Library’s acclaimed exhibition The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter, on view at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. 2015 Notable Children's Books.

Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books.

2015 Notable Children's Books

According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children's books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways. According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list. Younger Readers Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer. This engaging biography introduces nineteenth-century scientist Ada Lovelace, who developed the first algorithm used by the world’s early computers.

Counting. Best Books for Kids. School Library Journal Book Lists. International Literacy Association. 100 Greatest Book For Kids.