"Best" Lists

Use your budget to best advantage by purchasing items rated by experts as the "best of the best."

"Notables" lists
All of the current lists of the most notable children's materials in the categories of books, recordings, videos, computer software, and websites, created by ALSC committees. Older Notables lists are also included.

Booklist Editor's Choice
Top picks from the editors of this prestigious review journal in six broad categories and fifteen subcategories. Lists available for year just past and six previous years.

Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards
An annual award honoring outstanding children's and young adults books in the three categories of Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book.

Terrific Young Adult Materials
Selected by committees from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), also a division of ALA. Includes books, media, reluctant reader picks, and more.