It is amazing how quickly a year goes by. It seems like just yesterday 2019 began, and here we are selecting this year's favorites, and in a few weeks the ALA Media Awards will be announced from Philadelphia, PA at ALA Midwinter. Cathy and I always wonder if any of the titles we reviewed will win an award. We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?
Without further ado...
The Nonfiction Detectives' Best Of 2019!
by Laura Gehl; Illustrated by Louise Pigott and Alex Oxton
Written by Lori Mortensen; Illustrated by Kristy Caldwell
Janice N. Harrington; Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
By Margarita Engle; Illustrated by Rafael López
Written by Laurie Wallmark; Illustrated by Katy Wu
by Lela Nargi; illustrated by Harriet Popham
Lost Forest
by Phyllis Root; illustrated by Betsy Brown
A Place to Land
by Barry Wittenstein; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise; illustrated by Paola Escobar
Lost Forest
by Phyllis Root; illustrated by Betsy Brown
by Sy Montgomery; with photos by Roger and Logan Wood
Written and illustrated by Jennifer Thermes
by Benjamin Grant and Sandra Markle
A Place to Land
by Barry Wittenstein; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
by Anika Aldamuy Denise; illustrated by Paola Escobar
by Gail Jarrow
Written by Barb Rosenstock; art by Christopher Silas Neal
by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Frank Morrison
Barry Wittenstein; iIllustrated by Keith Mallett
by Leslie Bulion; illustrated by Robert Meganck
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
by Deborah Heiligman
by Deborah Heiligman