Best Books 2022 | The Year in SLJ Covers

by SLJ staff
Dec 28, 2022 | Filed in News & Features

This year's SLJ Best Books cover, was created by Guojing, author/illustrator of The Flamingo, a 2022 SLJ Best Book. Guojing is the 25th cover artist in an annual tradition of Best Books covers that began in 1998.

SLJ December 2022 cover; Best Books; Illustration by Guojing

 

This year's SLJ December Best Books cover, was created by Guojing, the author/illustrator behind The Flamingo, a 2022 SLJ Best Book selection. Guojing is the 25th cover artist in an annual tradition of Best Books covers that began in 1998. Christopher Myers was the first cover artist.

SLJ Best Books 2022

The SLJ editors and their committee members have chosen 155 titles as 2022 #SLJBestBooks. We hope that your readers will find among these pages that thing that rings true, sparks something inside, and shines a light in the darkness the way only a book can.

 

 

 

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