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13 Painted Words Artists included in Bank Street Books Best of the Year 2024 Edition!

06 May 2024

The Children’s Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education has released their list of The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2024 Edtion, highlighting the best books of 2023.

Included on the list are:

How Do You Spell Unfair? (Candlewick) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Baking with mi Abuelita (Random House) by Julissa Mora

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar (Doubleday) by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

You So Black (Denene Millner Boos/Simon & Schuster) by Theresa the S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D., illustrated by London Ladd

Jump In! (Bloomsbury) by Shadra Strickland

Nesting Dolls (Crown)  by Vanessa Brantley Newton

Beautiful Noise (Anne Schwartz Books) by Lisa Rogers, illustrated by Il Sung Na

Black Girls, A Celebration of You! (HarperCollins)by Dominique Furukawa, illustrated by Erika Lynn Jones

Not a Monster (Charlesbridge) by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, illustrated by Laura Gonzalez

Alphabuddies: G is First! (HarperCollins) by Beth Bacon and Karen Kane, illustrated by Eric Barclay

Unstoppable (Little Bees Books) by Michael G. Long, illustrated by Bea Jackson

Breaking to the Beat! (Lee & Low) by Linda J. Acevedo, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Abuela’s Super Capa (HarperCollins) by Ana Siqueira, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri