Earlier this week I had a
class with my masters students about children's literature classics
and canons, and among many other things we talked about the numerous
recommendation lists of “The best books ever” or “The best
books of the year” or “The best books about this and that”. I
was sceptical, yet had to admit that I sometimes provide
recommendations, as I have done a coupe of times in this blog. I am
revising an academic book with many lists, which has made me think
about my selection criteria, and they are of course highly
subjective. To see them all, you must wait until the book is
published, but here are some of the most stimulating children's and
young adult books I have read in the past few years, in no particular
order.
Gro
Dahle & Svein Nyhus, Sinna
man
(“Angry man”)
Lane
Smith, It's
a Book
Lucy
Christopher, Stolen
Oliver
Jeffers, Lost
and Found, The Heart and the Bottle
Patrick
Ness, The
Knife of Never Letting Go, A Monster Calls
Ransom
Riggs, Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Shaun
Tan, The
Lost Thing, The Red Tree
Jon
Klassen, I
Want My Hat Back
John
Green, The
Fault in our Stars
Jacqueline
Wilson, Four
Children and It
David
Shelton, A
Boy and a Bear in a Boat
Marcus Sedgwick,
Midwinterblood, She Is Not Invisible
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