Jennifer LaGarde’s Favorite Books of the Year for 2023!



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Here are Jennifer’s top picks!

Picture Books 2023
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I'm From by Gary R Gray Jr

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Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith

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My Grandfather's Song by Phùng Nguyên Quang

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Just One Flake by Travis Jonker

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In the Dark by Kate Hoefler

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Mouseboat by Larissa Theule

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Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes

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Remember by Joy Harjo

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Big by Vashti Harrison

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Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter

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Evergreen by Matthew Cordell

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My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom

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American Story by Kwame Alexander

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My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott

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Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo

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All the Beating Hearts by Julie Fogliano

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Awake, Asleep by Kyle Lukoff

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In the Night Garden by Carin Berger

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This Is a Story by John Schu

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Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

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Very Good Hats by Emma Straub

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ABC and You and Me by Corinna Luyken

Middle Grade Fiction 2023
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Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman

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Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera

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World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky

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Mascot by Charles Waters

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Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D Giles

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Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez

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Eb & Flow by Kelly J Baptist

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Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz

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Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner

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Hands by Torrey Maldonado

Nonfiction — Elementary, Middle Grade and Up 2023
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Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery

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We, the Curious Ones by Marion Dane Bauer

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Mexikid by Pedro Martín

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Secret Life of the Yeti by Benjamin Harper

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Woven of the World by Katey Howes


Graphic Novels 2023

Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. Follow her adventures at www.librarygirl.net or on Twitter @jenniferlagarde.