SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since 2010 -- honoring the best books for kids, tweens, teens, and young adults.
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![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/89.jpg)
- 25,421 Resources including
- 2,828 Videos
- 1,517 Book Readings
- 2,218 Lesson Plans
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Showing 1-48 of 1,278 book results
![Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823440559.jpg)
![All American Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1481463330.jpg)
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources22 Awards
![Long Way Down](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481438255.jpg)
![Poet X, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0062662805.jpg)
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Selection, 2020)
66 Resources19 Awards
![Brown Girl Dreaming](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0399252517.jpg)
![Firekeeper's Daughter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73080_hi.jpg)
![Hate U Give, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062498533.jpg)
![Ain't Burned All the Bright](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/80064_hi.jpg)
Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2022)
60 Resources17 Awards
![Day You Begin, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399246533.jpg)
![Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316453692.jpg)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Selection, 2020)
59 Resources12 Awards
![Hey, Kiddo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0545902487.jpg)
![Blackout](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0063088096.jpg)
Blackout
by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Angie Thomas
(Selection, 2021)
58 Resources5 Awards
![Crossover, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0544107713.jpg)
![Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626727465.jpg)
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Selection, 2019)
57 Resources18 Awards
![Dragon Hoops](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/68413_hi.jpg)
![When Stars Are Scattered](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525553908.jpg)
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
(Selection, 2020)
56 Resources20 Awards
![Watercress](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75090_hi.jpg)
![Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0544102290.jpg)
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Selection, 2015)
53 Resources14 Awards
![Undefeated, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
![Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076366040X.jpg)
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
(Selection, 2013)
52 Resources10 Awards
![March Book One](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1603093001.jpg)
![Beatryce Prophecy, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1536213616.jpg)
![Alma and How She Got Her Name](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763693553.jpg)
![Clap When You Land](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062882767.jpg)
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Selection, 2020)
51 Resources18 Awards
![Each Kindness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0399246525.jpg)
![Merci Suárez Changes Gears](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/59025_hi.jpg)
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Selection, 2018)
50 Resources14 Awards
![Genesis Begins Again](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62864_hi.jpg)
![Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1536214183.jpg)
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Selection, 2021)
49 Resources14 Awards
![Inside Out & Back Again](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0061962783.jpg)
![Night Diary, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0735228515.jpg)
![Harbor Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0399252525.jpg)
![Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419710540.jpg)
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2014)
47 Resources16 Awards
![Different Pond, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1623708036.jpg)
![Efrén Divided](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0062881701.jpg)
![Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419716476.jpg)
![Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/66141_hi.jpg)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Selection, 2019)
46 Resources12 Awards
![Punching the Air](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062996487.jpg)
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525555277.jpg)
![This One Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1626720940.jpg)