Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melissa (6 Lists)



A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. SteadFlora's Very Windy Day by Jeanne BirdsallBink & Gollie by Kate DiCamilloWhere is Catkin? by Janet Lord
2011 Caldecott Hopefuls
76 books — 143 voters
The Curious Garden by Peter BrownThe Lion and the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyHigher! Higher! by Leslie PatricelliRed Sings from Treetops by Joyce SidmanThe Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
2010 Caldecott Hopefuls
62 books — 165 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowNation by Terry PratchettThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartSavvy by Ingrid Law
ALD 2009 YA Booklist - Fiction
65 books — 49 voters
Indie Girl by Arne JohnsonGhosts of War by Ryan SmithsonGeneration Green by Linda SivertsenThe Year We Disappeared by Cylin BusbyGeneration Change by Zach Hunter
ALD 2009 YA Booklist - Non-Fiction
23 books — 15 voters

The Underneath by Kathi AppeltThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanSavvy by Ingrid LawShooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark DowellWe are the Ship by Kadir Nelson
2009 Newbery Contenders
75 books — 607 voters
We are the Ship by Kadir NelsonThe House in the Night by Susan Marie SwansonIn a Blue Room by Jim AverbeckA Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
2009 Caldecott Contenders
37 books — 99 voters