School Library Journal Best of 2014

So, SLJ released their picks for the best books of 2014, which is very exciting. Even more exciting is being able to link out to those same titles in our e-book catalog. Some titles aren't yet available as e-books (especially picture book titles), but what NCLS can get, we've been getting. Enjoy!

Nonfiction

The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life, by Lois Ehlert.

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines, by Paul Fleischman.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, by Candace Fleming. (Also available in audio.)

Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat, by Gail Jarrow.
 
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom, by Angela Johnson. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery, by Albert Marrin.

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, by Patricia Hruby Powell. Illustrated by Christian Robinson.

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, by Steve Sheinkin. (Also available in audio.)

Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold, by Joyce Sidman. Illustrated by Rick Allen. (Not available for checkout until November 25. But you can place a hold!)

The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, by Peter Sis.

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & her Family's Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh. (Also available in audio.)

Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson. (Also available in audio.)

Picture Books 

The Baby Tree, by Sophie Blackall.

Big Bug, by Henry Cole.

Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas, by Lynne Cox. Illustrated by Brian Floca.

Once Upon an Alphabet, by Oliver Jeffers.

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse, by Patricia MacLachlan. Illustrated by Hadley Hooper.

Viva Frida, by Yuyi Morales.

Middle Grade

The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander.
 
The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier.

El Deafo, by Cece Bell.

Nest, by Esther Ehrlich.

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee. (Also available in audio.)

My Heart is Laughing, by Rose Lagercrantz. Illustrated by Eva Erikkson.

Rain Reign, by Ann M. Martin.

The Boundless, by Kenneth Oppel.

The Red Pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

West of the Moon, by Margi Preus.

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, by Katherine Rundell.

Revolution by Deborah Wiles. (Audio only.)

Young Adult

The Impossible Knife of Memory, by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Avalon, by Mindee Arnett.

The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, by Adele Griffin.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before, by Jenny Han.

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, by A.S. King. (Also available in audio.)

Mortal Heart, by Robin LaFevers.

We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart.

Egg & Spoon, by Gregory Maguire.

Althea & Oliver, by Cristina Moracho.

I'll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson.

Gabi: A Girl in Pieces, by Isabel Quintero.

Grasshopper Jungle, by Andrew Smith. (Also available in audio.)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater.

The Accidental Highwayman, by Ben Tripp.

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton.

Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfield.

Belzhar, by Meg Wolitzer.