Here are my top 13 books of 2013! What a wonderful year for fun, quirky characters and fantastic book journeys!
Journey by Aaron Becker
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrations by Oliver Jeffers
Crankenstein by Samantha Berger and illustrations by Dan Santat
Warning: Do Not Open This Book! by Adam Lehrhaupt and illustrations by Matthew Forsythe
Tea Party Rules by Ame Dyckman and illustrations by K.G. Campbell
Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Background information about Counting By 7s
Every Day After By Laura Golden
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo and illustrations by K.G. Campbell
Did any of these books make your top books of 2013? Which books were your favorites this year? What are you looking forward to reading in 2014? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section. Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
A whole bunch of these books made my favorites of 2013 list! Wasn’t it a great year for children’s lit? I still have several of these left to read in 2014 too–so more great reading ahead!
Agreed! Three of the books on my list I just read over break! Many more 2013 books to read in 2014. Thanks Elisabeth! Happy Reading!
Love this list! Counting by 7s was a top pick on my list as well! I can’t wait to read Tea Party Rules! And 3 of these titles are on my must read list for 2014! My children would certainly add Rump to their top reads list – we just finished it and wow! Nice also to see Unicorn on here! He is pretty great! 🙂 Happy Reading in 2014!
Thanks Carrie! 🙂 I’m looking forward to talking great books with you in 2014! Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
I have Flora & Ulysses and Counting By 7s on my list too! It’s so hard to choose isn’t it?!?
Yes! So many great books to pick from! It was hard to narrow it down!
Great list of books. I still have to read RUMP but I have read all the others.
Thank you! Rump is so funny! I think you will love it!
Great list! RUMP is very high on my list to read in 2014! Happy New Year!
You will love Rump! 🙂 It is so funny and fun!
I am so excited for RUMP! I would have read it sooner but the copy I bought has gone missing in my house! Digging commences today!
I hope you find it! 🙂
We share a lot of favorites. I’ve added Counting by 7s to my must read in 2014 list 🙂
I think you will love the quirky characters in Counting by 7s!
Both Crankenstein and The Day the Crayons Quit were on my list this year. They were loved by kids and adults alike. And every chapter book on your list has been added to my must read for 2014.
I think you will love Flora and Ulysses! I would start with that one!
I LOOOOVE this list – it includes many of my favs such as Journey, Counting By 7s, Flora and Ulysses, Every Day After, Rump, and Doll Bones! I haven’t read The Year of Billy Miller yet, but have heard SO much about it! I also need to put Better Nate Than Never.
I think you will love The Year of Billy Miller and Better Nate Than Ever. 🙂
This is a great list! I read many MG titles last year, but Flora & Ulysses was my favorite, with The Year of Billy Miller a close second.
Thank you! I just read Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and loved that one too!