PA Center for the Book selects Baker’s Dozen

Among the many children’s books published last year, 13 were chosen by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book to form A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy for 2014.

Winners include: “Alphabet Trucks” by Samantha R. Vamos, illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke (Charlesbridge); “Bear and Bee” by Sergio Ruzzier (Disney/Hyperion); “Come Back, Moon” by David Kherdian, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Beach Lane); “Daisy Gets Lost” by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade); “Flight 1-2-3” by Maria van Lieshout (Chronicle); “Hank Finds an Egg” by Rebecca Dudley (Peter Pauper Press); “Hero Mom” by Melinda Hardin, illustrated by Bryan Langdo (Amazon Children’s Publishing); “Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives” by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle); “The Long, Long Line” by Tomoko Ohmura (Owlkids); “Mr. Tiger Goes Wild” by Peter Brown (Little, Brown); “Take Me Out to the Yakyu” by Aaron Meshon (Atheneum); “That is Not a Good Idea!” by Mo Willems (Balzer + Bray); and “This Is Our House” by Hyewon Yum (Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus, Giroux). For the full story, see Penn State News