New York Times Announces This Year's Most Notable Children's Books

As selected by the children's book editor of The New York Times Book Review, here are the top children's books of 2012: 

Teen/Young Adult

BITTERBLUE. By Kristin Cashore. (Dial, $19.99.) 

CODE NAME VERITY. By Elizabeth Wein. (Hyperion, $16.99.)

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. By John Green. (Dutton, $17.99.) 

JEPP, WHO DEFIED THE STARS. By Katherine Marsh. (Hyperion, $16.99.) 

NEVER FALL DOWN. By Patricia McCormick. (Balzer & Bray/Harper­Collins, $17.99.) 

SON. By Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.99.) 

MIDDLE GRADE

BEYOND COURAGE: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust. By Doreen Rappaport. (Candlewick, $22.99.) 

THE FALSE PRINCE. By Jennifer A. Nielsen. (Scholastic, $17.99.)

HAND IN HAND: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. (Disney-Jump at the Sun, $19.99.) 

THE HERO’S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM. By Christopher Healy. Illustrated by Todd Harris. (Walden Pond/HarperCollins, $16.99.) 

THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER. By Jasper Fforde. (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99.) 

LIAR & SPY. By Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb, $15.99.) 

THE SECRET TREE. By Natalie Standiford. (Scholastic, $16.99.)Two children, a summer and a tree that tells secrets in this story about neighborhood kids.

SEE YOU AT HARRY’S. By Jo Knowles. (Candlewick, $16.99.)

SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS. By Laura Amy Schlitz. (Candlewick, $17.99.) 

“WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?” By Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Seth. (Little Brown, $15.99.) 

WONDER. By R. J. Palacio. (Knopf, $15.99.) 

PICTURE BOOKS

BROTHERS AT BAT: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team. By Audrey Vernick. Illustrated by Steven Salerno. (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99.) 

THE DAY LOUIS GOT EATEN. Written and illustrated by John Fardell. (Andersen Press, $16.95.) 

DRAGONS LOVE TACOS. By Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri. (Dial, $16.99.) 

A GOLD STAR FOR ZOG. By Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, $16.99.) 

HELLO! HELLO! Written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell. (Disney-­Hyperion, $16.99.) 

I’M BORED. By Michael Ian Black. Illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) 

KING ARTHUR’S VERY GREAT GRANDSON. Written and illustrated by Kenneth Kraegel. (Candlewick, $15.99.) 

THIS IS NOT MY HAT. Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen. (Candlewick, $15.99.) 

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