31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Unconventional Children’s Books

Before I begin, I should note that this list owes its existence to the annual Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books list put out by Travis Jonker at 100 Scope Notes. Though I’ve always done a version of this, I must credit him with coming up with the term “unconventional” which is a brilliant and non-judgey way of discussing these books. Of course, Travis and I differ on which books fit such lists. He has made his. Now see which ones made mine. There’s overlap but they are cert...