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The Pennsylvania Center for the Book has included 13 books for its 21st annual “A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy.”

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The 2024 edition of the booklist was compiled by a panel of children’s literature experts who chose from among the many children’s books published in the previous calendar year.

This year’s selection includes:

• 10 Dogs (Emily Gravett)
• ABC and You and Me (Corinna Luyken)
• Bear With Me (Kerascoet, Sebastian Cosset, and Marie Pommepuy)
• The Concrete Garden (Bob Graham)
• How to Count to ONE (And Don’t Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!) (Caspar Salmon)
• I Am a Dragon! A Squabble and a Quibble (Sabina Hahn)
• If I Was a Horse (Sophie Blackall)
• The Kitten Story (Emily Jenkins)
• Mr. S (Monica Arnaldo)
• Night in the City (Julie Downing)
• Ruffles and the Cozy, Cozy Bed (David Melling)
• Simon and the Better Bone (Corey R. Tabor)
• You Go First (Ariel Bernstein)

More information on the books as well as selection criteria, annotations, and tips for using them are on the A Baker’s Dozen website.

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