Art from Duck, Duck, Moose by Joy Heyer (joyheyer.com)
Congratulations to the 31 Mid-Atlantic SCBWI members whose 51 different titles were included in 50 separate lists naming the Best Children’s and Teens Books of 2018—for a total of well over 100 individual end-of-the-year mentions!
Flying Lessons & Other Stories with Meg Medina and Kwame Alexander
Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World photographed by Karin Anderson
Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song by Kathryn Erskine
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets with Kwame Alexander
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Apple: Best Family Audio Books
Rebound written by Kwame Alexander and read by Ron Butler
Flying Lessons & Other Stories with Kwame Alexander and Meg Medina
Garcia & Colette Go Exploring by Hannah Barnaby
Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World photographed by Karin Anderson
One Shadow on the Wall by Leah Henderson
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets with Kwame Alexander
Solo cowritten by Kwame Alexander
This is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Booklist: Editors’ Choice Youth Audio Books
Rebound written by Kwame Alexander and read by Ron Butler
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X written and read by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Flying Lessons & Other Stories with Kwame Alexander and Meg Medina
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound written by Kwame Alexander
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Children’s Book Council (*finalist)
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets* with Kwame Alexander
This Is Just a Test* by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
Charlie & Frog by Karen Kane
Galapagos Girl/Galapagueña illustrated by Angela Dominguez
How Are You? ¿Comó estás? written and illustrated by Angela Dominguez
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Vampirina in the Snow by Anne Marie Pace
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Flying Lessons & Other Stories with Kwame Alexander and Meg Medina
Fort-Building Time by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World photographed by Karin Anderson
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets with Kwame Alexander
Sing, Don’t Cry written and illustrated by Angela Dominguez
This Is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Cybils Nominees (*finalist)
Bone’s Gift by Angie Smibert
Everywhere You Want to Be by Christina June
Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII by Patricia O. Pearson
Freddie Ramos Hears It All (Zapato Power) by Jacqueline Jules
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari
Leaf Litter Critters illustrated by Robert Meganck
Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Oliver’s Otter Phase by Lisa Connors
Operation Rescue Dog by Maria Gianferrari
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Terrific Tongues! by Maria Gianferrari
The Book Tree illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
The Eleventh Trade by Alyssa Hollingsworth
The Un-Friendship Bracelet (Craftily Ever After) by Erica S. Perl writing as Martha Maker
This Is Not a Normal Animal Book by Julie Segal-Walters
The Poet X* by Elizabeth Acevedo
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh
The Book Tree illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
Goodreads: Choice Award Poetry Finalist
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Stella Díaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Thread of Love illustrated by Zara Gonzalez Hoang
Black Enough with Leah Henderson
How She Died, How I Lived by Mary Crockett
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Disasters by M. K. England
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
International Literacy Association & the Children’s Book Council Children’s Choices
Kobee Manatee: Shipwreck Sea Friends illustrated by Lauren Gallegos
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets with Kwame Alexander
This Is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Kirkus (*finalist)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears* by Meg Medina
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
The Poet X* by Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Warren: Nevertheless, She Persisted by Susan (VanHecke) Wood
Finding Wild by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII by Patricia O. Pearson
Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Terrific Tongues! by Maria Gianferrari
Charlie & Frog by Karen Kane
Daddy, Me, and the Magic Hour by Laura Krauss Melmed
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiryeh
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari
Terrific Tongues! by Maria Gianferrari
Notable Social Studies Trade Books
Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song by Kathryn Erskine
The Skydiving Beavers: A True Tale by Susan (VanHecke) Wood
One More Page Books Staff Favorites
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Penn Graduate School of Education
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices with Kwame Alexander
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Remezcla’s Best Latino-Latin-American Books
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Saffron Ice Cream written and illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
School Library Journal: Top 10 Audiobooks
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan (VanHecke) Wood, read by Brian Amador
Out of Wonder: Poets Celebrating Poets with Kwame Alexander, read by Ron Butler & others
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo read by the author
Science Magazine: Best Books for Budding Scientists
Impact! Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World photographed by Karin Anderson
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tablet Magazine: Best Jewish Books
All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl
The Edelweiss Pirates by Jennifer Elvgren
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Time Magazine’s Top 10 YA Books
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
YALSA: Best of the Best Audio Books
Flying Lessons & Other Stories with “Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents” written and read by Kwame Alexander and “Sol Painting, Inc.” written and read by Meg Medina
For omissions, corrections, or updates, please contact Ellen at midatlantic-ra@scbwi.org or Dionna at midatlantichighlighter@gmail.com.