It's that time of year again: time for Amazon's annual list of the best children's books of the year.
This year's top 10: Bedtime for Bo by Kjersti Annesdatter, translated by Kari Dickson Goodnight books are a category in and of their own, and Annesdatter's Bedtime for Bo tops Sarah Shun- Dickson's review in the New York Times: "I like the idea that I can say to a kid, do you want to hear a story? It's only one sentence long."
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall: "It was her hope to'make the experience of reading this book feel as close as possible to the experience of being in the farmhouse,'" says Blackall, who bought a 21-acre abandoned dairy farm in New York's Catskills and turned it into Milkwood, a pastoral retreat for children's book writers and illustrators.
Uncle John's City Garden by Emily Lankiewicz: This book tells the story of Uncle John, a 19th-century Englishman who lived in New York City, and his wife, Elizabeth, and their two daughters.
Nellie vs. Elizabeth by Mary Karr: This book tells the story of Nellie, a girl...
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