Books in Junior Library Guild - Character Building Selection

JLG is a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature. Selection of a children's book by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild (or latterly the Junior Library Guild) is a distinction used for publicity by publishers and authors of children's books. At present, 492 books are selected each year.

2025

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets Irene Latham Selection Log In To Like
When Love Is More Than Words When Love Is More Than Words Jocelyn Chung Selection Log In To Like
My Olive Tree My Olive Tree Hazar Elbayya Selection Log In To Like
The Table The Table Winsome Bingham Selection Log In To Like

2024

Book Author Award Level Completed
Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa Leslie Stall Widener Selection Log In To Like
I'm Sorry You Got Mad Kyle Lukoff Selection Log In To Like
The House Before Falling Into the Sea The House Before Falling Into the Sea Ann Suk Wang Selection Log In To Like
Lucky Dogs: A Story about Fostering Pups Lucky Dogs: A Story about Fostering Pups Joowon Oh Selection Log In To Like
The Perfect Place The Perfect Place Matt de la Peña Selection Log In To Like
Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss Azam Mahdavi Selection Log In To Like
You're So Amazing! You're So Amazing! James Catchpole Selection Log In To Like
Pa, Me, and Our Sidewalk Pantry Pa, Me, and Our Sidewalk Pantry Toni Buzzeo Selection Log In To Like
I See Color I See Color Valerie Bolling Selection Log In To Like
Leo's First Vote! Leo's First Vote! Christina Soontornvat Selection Log In To Like
Not Perfect Not Perfect Maya Myers Selection Log In To Like
A Walk in the Woods A Walk in the Woods Nikki Grimes Selection Log In To Like
Kozo the Sparrow Kozo the Sparrow Allen Say Selection Log In To Like

2023

Book Author Award Level Completed
Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-You Note Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-You Note Susan Verde Selection Log In To Like
In Every Life In Every Life Marla Frazee Selection Log In To Like
Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss Azam Mahdavi Selection Log In To Like
Gloria's Promise: A Ballet Dancer's First Step Robin Preiss Glasser Selection Log In To Like
Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings Emma Bland Smith Selection Log In To Like
What Happened to You? What Happened to You? James Catchpole Selection Log In To Like
The World's Longest Sock The World's Longest Sock Juliann Law Selection Log In To Like

2022

Book Author Award Level Completed
Dream Street Dream Street Tricia Elam Walker Selection Log In To Like
We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome Bryan Collier Selection Log In To Like
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Amanda Gorman Selection Log In To Like
Something Good Something Good Marcy Campbell Selection Log In To Like

2021

Book Author Award Level Completed
111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl Rina Singh Selection Log In To Like
Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World Dean Robbins Selection Log In To Like
Our Little Kitchen Our Little Kitchen Jillian Tamaki Selection Log In To Like
Bird Boy Bird Boy Matthew Burgess Selection Log In To Like
Kids Fight Plastic Kids Fight Plastic Martin Dorey Selection Log In To Like
My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness Georgia Heard Selection Log In To Like

2020

Book Author Award Level Completed
What Grew in Larry's Garden What Grew in Larry's Garden Laura Alary Selection Log In To Like
All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing Chris Barton Selection Log In To Like
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family Ibtihaj Muhammad Selection Log In To Like
A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal Carmen Oliver Selection Log In To Like
Henry and Bea Henry and Bea Jessixa Bagley Selection Log In To Like
A Place to Land A Place to Land Barry Wittenstein Selection Log In To Like
Little Libraries, Big Heroes Little Libraries, Big Heroes Miranda Paul Selection Log In To Like
Two for Me, One for You Two for Me, One for You Jörg Mϋhle Selection Log In To Like
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Rita Lorraine Hubbard Selection Log In To Like
Anna & Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino Anna & Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino Paul Meisel Selection Log In To Like

2019

Book Author Award Level Completed
Wintercake Wintercake Lynne Rae Perkins Selection Log In To Like
Peace and Me Peace and Me Ali Winter Selection Log In To Like
Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together Andrea Tsurumi Selection Log In To Like
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando Andrea Wang Selection Log In To Like
Ogilvy Ogilvy Deborah Underwood Selection Log In To Like
The Good Egg The Good Egg Jory John Selection Log In To Like
Imagine Imagine Juan Felipe Herrera Selection Log In To Like
The Undefeated The Undefeated Kwame Alexander Selection Log In To Like
What is Given from the Heart What is Given from the Heart April Harrison Selection Log In To Like

2018

Book Author Award Level Completed
Someone New Someone New Anne Sibley O'Brien Selection Log In To Like
Geraldine Elizabeth Lilly Selection Log In To Like
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala Lina Maslo Selection Log In To Like
Draw the Line Draw the Line Kathryn Otoshi Selection Log In To Like
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... When Sophie Thinks She Can't... Molly Bang Selection Log In To Like
The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes Ying Chang Compestine Selection Log In To Like
The United States v. Jackie Robinson The United States v. Jackie Robinson Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Selection Log In To Like
The Boy and the Whale The Boy and the Whale Mordicai Gerstein Selection Log In To Like
Shelter Shelter Celine Claire Selection Log In To Like
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet April Pulley Sayre Selection Log In To Like
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Traci Sorell Selection Log In To Like
Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! Trudy Ludwig Selection Log In To Like

2017

Book Author Award Level Completed
The Cat from Hunger Mountain Ed Young Selection Log In To Like
The Forever Garden Laurel Snyder Selection Log In To Like
Super Manny Stands Up! Super Manny Stands Up! Kelly DiPucchio Selection Log In To Like
The One Day House The One Day House Julia Durango Selection Log In To Like
Flowers for Sarajevo Flowers for Sarajevo John McCutcheon Selection Log In To Like
Manjhi Moves a Mountain Manjhi Moves a Mountain Nancy Churnin Selection Log In To Like
Dad and the Dinosaur Dad and the Dinosaur Gennifer Choldenko Selection Log In To Like
Jabari Jumps Jabari Jumps Gaia Cornwall Selection Log In To Like
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again Dan Santat Selection Log In To Like
A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech A Time to Act: John F. Kennedy's Big Speech Shana Corey Selection Log In To Like
The Lonely Giant Sophie Ambrose Selection Log In To Like
Why Am I Here? Why Am I Here? Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen Selection Log In To Like

2016

Book Author Award Level Completed
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story Arun Gandhi Selection Log In To Like
Small Thing . . . But Big Small Thing . . . But Big Tony Johnston Selection Log In To Like
Growing Peace: A Story of Farming, Music, and Religious Harmony Growing Peace: A Story of Farming, Music, and Religious Harmony Richard Sobol Selection Log In To Like
A Bike Like Sergio's A Bike Like Sergio's Maribeth Boelts Selection Log In To Like