Here's another list for you, School Library Journal's Best 100 Children's Books of 2009. And yes, Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me is on it! This list is a mixture of nonfiction, picture books, middle grade fiction, and Young Adult titles, so you'll have to sort it out a bit according to your interests.
In case you missed it, here's the Publishers Weekly list of the best children's books of the year. I was pleased to see some of my favorites on the list, including Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me (read my glowing review here), Shaun Tan's crazy-cool Tales from Outer Suburbia, and Peter Brown's eco-friendly picture book, The Curious Garden, with its touch of magical realism. Richard Peck's A Season of Gifts and Libba Bray's Going Bovine are in my To Read pile; I'll have to move them to the top!
