End of Year Review 2013 — Children’s and YA Books. My friends Ibi Zoboi, Edwidge Danticat, Katia D. Ulysse, and Maureen Boyer are included. So am I (for my book, I Am Riding)! More info here.
1. Lizzy Lizard by Robin Boasman (PB)
2. Look Back! by Trish Cooke (PB)
3. Bolo the Monkey by Jonathan Burke (PB)
4. Kafiya Meets the Moon by Janet Campbell (PB)
5. Flowers in the Sky by Lynn Joseph (YA)
6. A Song for Bijou by Josh Farrar (YA)
7. The Last Mapou by Edwidge Danticat (PB)
8. Janjak and Freda Go to the Iron Market by Elizabeth Turnbull (PB)
9. Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Burg (YA)
10. Kenya’s Song by Linda Trice (PB)
11. Not a Chance by Michelle Mulder (YA)
12. Elsie by Cybille St. Aude (PB)
13. A is for Ayiti by Ibi Zoboi (PB)
14. Where Is Lola? by Maureen Boyer (PB)
15. I am Riding! by M.J. Fievre (PB)
16. Fabiola Can Count/Fabiola Konn Konte by Katia D. Ulysse (PB)
17. Wild Papa Woods by Patrice Lawrence (MG)
18. In Darkness by Nick Lake (YA)
19. The Moko Jumbi Majorette by Alscess Lewis-Brown (MG)
20. The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle (YA)
21. Can’t Scare Me! by Ashley Bryan (PB)
22. I Am Dominica/ Mwen se Donmnik by Mara Etienne-Manley (PB)
23. Hope is Here! by Cristina Kessler (PB)
24. Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth (PB)
25. Rastamouse and Da Micespace Mystery by Michael de Souza (PB)
26. Goobee Da Loon: A Caribbean Lullaby by Seth Bernanke (BB)