New York Times Best Children's Books of 2024

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by the New York Times books editor. These books on this list are available to be borrowed through the Sussex County Library System.

Updated December 9, 2024
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Amazing grapes and the lost dimension
Feiffer, Jules
Paper Book
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer brings the fantastical to life with his signature style in this zany, whimsical adventure about a family on a quest to find their mother and save another dimension. Curly and Perlie, brother and sister, find themselves...

MIDDLE GRADE

Animal albums from A to Z.
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
From the inimitable creator of El Deafo, this all-ages alphabet book is also a hand-wrought, high-fidelity, hilariously tongue-in-cheek homage to the golden days of album cover art. Cece Bell loves music and collecting old record albums, her introduction explains,...

PICTURE BOOK

A Day With Mousse
Lebourg, Claire/ Lewis, Sophie (TRN)
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In a new series for early readers, Mousse receives an unexpected visit--and forms an unlikely friendship. Mousse loves his solitary life by the sea. In the mornings, he strolls on the beach to take...
Louder than hunger /
Schu, John,
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book "Every so often a book comes along that is so brave and necessary, it extends a lifeline when it's needed most. This is one of those books." --Katherine Applegate, author of the Newbery Medal-winning, The One and Only Ivan ...
The Mythmakers :
Hendrix, John,
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator John Hendrix comes The Mythmakers, a graphic novel biography of two literary lions--C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien--following the remarkable story of their friendship and creative fellowship, and how each came to write their...
Plain Jane and the mermaid
Brosgol, Vera.
Paper Book
From Anya's Ghost and Be Prepared author Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic graphic novel that flips every fairy-tale you know on its head, and shows one girl's crusade for the only thing that matters--her own independence. Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers,...
There was a shadow /
Handy, Bruce,
Paper Book
From New York Times Best Children's Book author Bruce Handy, a luminous picture book that invites careful observation of light and shadow in the natural world, as well as in our own emotional landscape. A New York Times Best Children's Book of...
Wildful
Kurimoto, Kengo,
Paper Book
New York Times Best Children's Books of 2024 Kirkus Best Books of 2024 Shelf Awareness 2024 Best Books of the Year The Globe 100: The Best Books of 2024 Poppy's mother hasn't been the same since Gran passed away. She stays inside and watches TV, unable...
The yellow bus /
Long, Loren
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A #1 Indie Bestseller With stunning illustrations and an inspiring, universal message, The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling Loren Long is a tender and hopeful modern classic -- the...

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