The 2022 Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Awards
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Welcome to the inaugural Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Awards! While the Good Housekeeping Institute has been experts' in the kids' space for decades, testing and evaluating everything from baby gear to toys and games, this is our first year holding a separate award just for children's books.
Reading sets kids on the road to lifelong learning; helps us foster empathy, compassion and kindness; teaches skills from letter and number recognition all the way up through STEM concepts and give us opportunities for snuggle times, cozy bedtimes and other great read-aloud moments. We figured they deserve their own recognition.
For our first-ever book awards, more than 125 junior reviewers (and their families) chose these 21 winning books from more than 200 selections nominated by an expert panel of librarians and literacy experts. With winners ranging from interactive fairy tales to fact-filled science stories that will satisfy their curiosity, these page-turners will surprise and delight kids from toddlers to tweens.
Meet the Good Housekeeping Judges
How We Nominated and Chose the Best Kids' Books of 2022
To select the best kids’ books of the year, first we reached out to a panel of librarians and literacy experts across the country to nominate their favorites. The panel included:
Lauren Bercuson, school librarian and founder of Happily Ever Elephants
Betsy Bird, Collections Manager of the Evanston Public Library and book blogger
Julie Danielson, founder of the book blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Liv Hanson, Content Curator Youth, Chicago Public Library
Sandhya Nankani, founder of the Story Seeds podcast
Amy Sears, Head of Youth Services at the Teaneck Public Library
The Youth Services team at the Nashville Public Library
How We Tested
From there, selections, along with editors’ picks, got tested by real kids at the appropriate reading levels. All in all, we had more than 125 kid testers read more than 200 books. The winners were chosen based on the feedback the kid testers and their families gave after reading a variety of books.
We Think Our Own Kids’ Books Are Pretty Great Too
If we can say so ourselves. In addition to all of the wonderful winners of our Kids’ Book Awards, check out Good Housekeeping’s lineup, including
Good Housekeeping 123 Cook! My First Cookbook (for ages 4 - 8)
Good Housekeeping Kids Cook! 100+ Super-Easy, Delicious Recipes (for ages 6 – 10)
Good Housekeeping Amazing Science: 83 Hands-on S.T.E.A.M Experiments for Curious Kids (for ages 7 – 11)
Good Housekeeping Kids Bake! 100+ Sweet and Savory Recipes (for ages 8 – 12)
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