{"id":7643,"date":"2012-01-04T23:29:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=7643"},"modified":"2012-01-04T23:56:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T03:56:45","slug":"2011-sonderbooks-standouts-childrens-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=7643","title":{"rendered":"2011 Sonderbooks Standouts: Children’s Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most years, I have a clear favorite category (YA Fantasy), but not this year! This year I had books I totally loved in all the categories, and I’m so thankful I have a precedent of making categories so I don’t have to rank them against each other.<\/p>\n

In Children’s Fiction, I didn’t have such a hard time with the ranking, at least the top of the list. Although I adored \"\"<\/a>Okay For Now<\/em>, and it’s my pick for the Newbery Medal, my definite most-loved and most-enjoyed Children’s book this year was Tuesdays at the Castle<\/em>, by Jessica Day George. What can I say? It completely won my heart.<\/p>\n

I have to add that Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run<\/em> had to be included, because it helped \"\"<\/a>convince me NOT to go to the 150th Anniversary and Reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run, for which I had tickets, on a day when the weather was over 100 degrees and I’d had a headache for three weeks. Since I had a stroke the very next day, I’m absolutely convinced that was a fabulous (possibly life-saving!) decision. Besides, it’s a really fun book!<\/p>\n

So here are my favorite Children’s Fiction books that I read in 2011:
\n1. Tuesdays at the Castle<\/a><\/em>, by Jessica Day George
\n2. Okay for Now<\/a><\/em>, by Gary D. Schmidt
\n3. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu<\/a><\/em>, by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
\n4. Kat, Incorrigible<\/a><\/em>, by Stephanie Burgis
\n5. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick<\/em>, illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
\n6. Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run<\/a><\/em>, by Michael Hemphill and Sam Riddleburger
\n7. Clementine and the Family Meeting<\/em>, by Sara Pennypacker<\/p>\n

Here are the other lists I’ve posted so far:
\nFiction for Grownups<\/a>
\nTeen Fiction<\/a>
\nLast Year’s Standouts<\/a><\/p>\n

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