{"id":1096,"date":"2021-01-07T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:10:02","slug":"best-lists-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/best-lists-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Lists of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m always on the lookout for the next best book. This time of year is one of my favorites because it&#8217;s when all of the best lists of 2020 come out. Here are some of the ones that I&#8217;ve come across:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-acevedo-clap-when-you-land.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-acevedo-clap-when-you-land.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1099\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1099\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-philippe-charming-as-a-verb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-philippe-charming-as-a-verb.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1100\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1100\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-zoboi-punching-the-air.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/ya-zoboi-punching-the-air.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1101\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1101\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/All-Thirteen-413x550-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/All-Thirteen-413x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1102\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1102\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/All-Thirteen-413x550-1.jpg 413w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/All-Thirteen-413x550-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/Every-Good-Thing-428x550-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/Every-Good-Thing-428x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1103\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1103\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/Every-Good-Thing-428x550-1.jpg 428w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/Every-Good-Thing-428x550-1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/mg-kelly-we-dream-of-space.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/mg-kelly-we-dream-of-space.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1104\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/mg-kelly-we-dream-of-space.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1104\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/Skunk-418x550-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/Skunk-418x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1105\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/files\/2021\/01\/Skunk-418x550-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/christie.boen\/?attachment_id=1105\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/Skunk-418x550-1.jpg 418w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/files\/2021\/01\/Skunk-418x550-1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elementary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">100 Scope Notes: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/100scopenotes.com\/2020\/12\/19\/top-20-books-of-2020-the-full-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Books of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Fuse #8 Production: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.slj.com\/afuse8production\/2020\/12\/31\/31-days-31-lists-2020-picture-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">2020 Picture Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.slj.com\/heavymedal\/2020\/11\/08\/mock-newbery-nominations-list-43-titles-to-consider-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mock-Newbery Nominations List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-picture-books-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Picture Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-chapter-books-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Chapter Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-middle-grade-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Middle Grade Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-nonfiction-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Nonfiction 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-graphic-novels-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Graphic Novels 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=slj-Top-10-Audiobooks-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 AudioBooks 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Middle School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.slj.com\/heavymedal\/2020\/11\/08\/mock-newbery-nominations-list-43-titles-to-consider-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mock-Newbery Nominations List<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-middle-grade-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Middle Grade Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-young-adult-books-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Young Adult Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-nonfiction-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Nonfiction 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-graphic-novels-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Graphic Novels 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=slj-Top-10-Audiobooks-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 AudioBooks 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-young-adult-books-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Young Adult Books 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-nonfiction-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Nonfiction 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=best-graphic-novels-2020-slj-best-books\" target=\"_blank\">Best Graphic Novels 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=slj-Top-10-Audiobooks-2020\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 AudioBooks 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you&#8217;re looking for more, here you go:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SLJ&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?detailStory=list-of-lists-2020\" target=\"_blank\">list of 2020 lists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/best-books.publishersweekly.com\/children\/2020\/#book\/book-1\">Publishers Weekly Best YA, Middle, Picture Books of 2020<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirkus Reviews &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/best-of\/2020\/young-adult\/\">Best YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/best-of\/2020\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/best-of\/2020\/picture-books\/\">Picture Books<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.npr.org\/best-books\/#tags=young+adult&amp;view=covers&amp;year=2020\">NPR Best Books of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/02\/books\/review\/best-childrens-books.html\">NYTimes Best Children&#8217;s Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/2020-aicls-best-books-of-2020.html\">AICL&#8217;s Best Books of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Books-for-Youth-2020\/pid=9743352\">Booklist Editors&#8217; Choice: Books for Youth, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BSD Best of 2020 booklists newsletters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smore.com\/tzbx0\">Elementary<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smore.com\/2e3mj\">Secondary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m always on the lookout for the next best book. This time of year is one of my favorites because it&#8217;s when all of the best lists of 2020 come out. Here are some <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/best-lists-of-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Best Lists of 2020<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"2021-01-07 20:08:15","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33449,50378,50377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elementary","category-high","category-middle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/blslibraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}