Favorites of 2014

As the years go by, I get less and less comfortable choosing “best of” books at year’s end.  There’s no way that I can read all of the deserving books, and what I may find moving or amusing may not resonate with others.  However, with that being said, and in no particular order,

here are my personal favorites of 2014:

Juvenile Fiction

• The Song of the Quarkbeast (The Chronicles of Kazam) - Jasper Fforde

Young Adult Fiction

• Egg and Spoon - Gregory Maguire
• The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides - Ben Tripp

Adult Fiction

• Dear Committee Members: A novel - Julie Schumacher

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Fighting Fire!: Ten of the Deadliest Fires in American History and How We Fought Them - Michael L. Cooper
• The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life - Lois Ehlert
• My Country, 'Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights - Claire Rudolf Murphy
• Viva Frida - Yuyi Morales
• The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia - Candace Fleming

Picture Books

• Gaston - Kelly DiPucchio
• A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream - Kristy Dempsey
• Tugboat - Michael Garland
• Viva Frida - Yuyi Morales
• Goatilocks and the Three Bears - Erica S. Perl
• Tuck-in Time - Carole Gerber
• The Troublemaker - Lauren Castillo

Audio Books

• The Bambino and Me - Zachary Hyman
• The Song of the Quarkbeast (The Chronicles of Kazam) -Jasper Fforde
• Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar - Keith Richards
• The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia - Candace Fleming

Graphic Novels

• The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth Ian Lendler

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