The retailer has named I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery and Growing Home by Beth Ferry, illustrated by The Fan Brothers, as its 2025 Children’s Books of the Year — and both books come with the kind of heartfelt, emotional endorsements you’d expect from booksellers who spend their days putting stories into kids’ hands.
She added, "And Growing Home is an impossibly charming tale brimming with whimsy. It’s no wonder our booksellers have found so much joy in sharing this timeless illustrated tale with our younger readers. It is a pitch-perfect read for fans of beloved children’s authors like Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate.”
"I was lucky that I wasn't drinking a cup of tea when I found out that I Am Rebel was going to be Barnes & Noble Children's Book of the Year, because if I had been, I'd have spluttered it across the room," said Montgomery upon hearing the news. "I'm absolutely bowled over by the love and support that the book has had from passionate, devoted booksellers across America: it still feels unbelievable to me that it's being pressed into the hands of young readers thousands of miles away from where I live, and what's more, that they like it! If Rebel was here, he would lick your face until you asked him politely to stop.”
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“When I learned that Growing Home had been chosen as the Barnes & Noble Children’s Book of the Year, it felt like a homecoming,” said Ferry. “On the day that my first book was published, just over ten years ago, the first thing I did was drive to my local Barnes & Noble to see it on the shelf. Then and only then did it feel real to me because that is the power of bookstores. Barnes & Noble is a place that champions readers and writers. It’s a place where readers go to discover great books and where authors go to see their dreams become reality. Thank you, Barnes & Noble, from the bottom of my heart. I am thrilled and honored, humbled and overjoyed, and most importantly, grateful.”
The Book of the Year sits on top of a broader ecosystem of B&N programming that Parade has been following closely this year, including:
The Discover Prize, most recently awarded to Katie Yee for Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.The monthly Barnes & Noble Book Club pick, which named Lily King’sHeart the Lover as its October pick.The Book of the Month program, where Meagan Church’sThe Mad Wife: A Novel took the October slot.? SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox ?
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