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Best Juvenile Nonfiction of 2011

Part three of three. We did not read as many nonfiction titles this year. We are making a New Year's Resolution to improve on that in 2012.

Best Juvenile Fiction of 2011

Part two of three. We read (and loved) a lot more mysteries than usual.

Best Picture Books of 2011

Here's the first of the three-post series about our favorite children's books of 2011. Apparently, we had a soft spot for pet-themed picture books this year.

Best Teens Books of 2011

Teen literature is a favorite among many of the librarians at Hoover. Two-thousand and eleven was a year for sequels, the return of favorites and debut talent writing wonderful books for teens. Here is our list of the best;

Across the Universe by Beth Ravis

Happy Holidaze from the Reader's Studio

Ok, so our Christmas tree of readers is a little lopsided, but it's still completely adorable. The Reader's Studio met on December 12 to talk about all the great holiday books we had read. There were a lot of Christmas titles (surprise, surprise), but a few other holidays were represented too.

Alonna - Don't Be My Valentine: A Classroom Mystery by Joan M. Lexau

Ana - Juliet the Valentine Fairy by Daisy Meadows

Aziza - An Elk Dropped In by Andreas Steinhofel (Christmas)

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