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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER AWARD WINNING BOOKS Clement C. Maxwell Library 10 Shaw Road Bridgewater MA 02324 (508) 531-1304 http://www.bridgew.edu/library/ Revised: May 2013 cml Table of Contents Caldecott Medal Winners………………………. Newbery Medal Winners……………………….. Coretta Scott King Award Winners…………. Mildred Batchelder Award Winners……….. Phoenix Award Winners………………………… Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners…….. 1 5 9 11 13 14 CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS The Caldecott Medal was established in 1938 and named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the previous year. Location Call # Award Year Pic K634t This is Not My Hat. John Klassen. (Candlewick Press) Grades K-2. A little fish thinks he 2013 can get away with stealing a hat. Pic R223b A Ball for Daisy. Chris Raschka. (Random House Children’s Books) Grades preschool-2. A 2012 gray and white puppy and her red ball are constant companions until a poodle inadvertently deflates the toy. Pic S7992s A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Philip C. Stead. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades preschool-1. 2011 The best sick day ever and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book. Pic P655l The Lion and the Mouse. Jerry Pinkney. (Little, Brown and Company) Grades preschool2010 1. A wordless retelling of the Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti. Pic S9728h The House in the Night. Susan Marie Swanson. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-1. 2009 Illustrations and easy text explore what makes a house in the night a home filled with light. Child S464i The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick. (Scholastic) Grades 4-7. Twelve-year-old 2008 Fic Hugo is an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station. Pic W651f Flotsam. David Wiesner. (Clarion) Grades preschool-3. The story of what happens when 2007 a camera becomes a piece of flotsam. Child J96h The Hello, Goodbye Window. Chris Raschka. (Hyperion Books) Grades preschool-2. A 2006 Fic little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents’ home. Pic H513k Kitten’s First Full Moon. Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow) Grades preschool-1. Kitten 2005 mistakes the moon for her bowl of milk, and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. 1 Child 791.3 NonFic G383 The Man who Walked Between the Towers. Mordicai Gerstein. Grades K-6. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades 1-6. A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. Pic R738m My Friend Rabbit. Eric Rohmann. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades K-3. Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is a good friend. Pic W651t The Three Pigs. David Wiesner. Grades K-3. The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. Child 973.099 So you Want to be President? David Small. (Philomel Books) Grades 4-8. Presents an NonFic S139 assortment of facts about qualifications and characteristics of U.S. Presidents. Child T112j Joseph had a Little Overcoat. Simms Taback. (Viking) Grades K-2. A very old overcoat is Fic recycled numerous times into a variety of garments. Child 551.57841 Snowflake Bentley. Jacqueline B. Martin. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. A biography of NonFic M381 a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes. Child 398.21 Rapunzel. Paul O. Zelinsky. (Dutton) Grades K-3. A retelling of the familiar German NonFic Z69 folktale. Child 398.21 Golem. David Wisniewski. (Clarion Books) Grades 1-5. A saintly Rabbi miraculously brings NonFic W815 to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague. Child R234o Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathmann. (G.P. Putnam’s) Grades K-4. Children always Fic ignore Officer Buckle’s safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him. Child B942sn Smoky Night. Eve Bunting. (Harcourt Brace & Co.) Grades 1-4. When the Los Angeles Fic riots break out, a boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others. Child S274g Grandfather’s Journey. Allen Say. (Houghton Mifflin). Grades preschool-3. A JapaneseFic American man recounts his and his grandfather’s journey to America. Child M133m Mirette on the High Wire. Emily Arnold McCully. (G.P. Putnam) Grades K-3. Mirette Fic learns tightroping from Monsieur Bellini, not knowing he is a celebrated tightrope artist. Pic W6515t Tuesday. David Wiesner. (Clarion Books) Grades K & up. Frogs rise on their lillypads, float through the air, and explore nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. Child M117b Black and White. David Macaulay. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-3. Four brief Fic stories about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? Child 398.2 Y71 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China. Ed Young. (Philomel Books) Grades K-4. NonFic Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf. Child A182s Song and Dance Man. Karen Ackerman. (Knopf) Grades K-2. Grandpa demonstrates for Fic his visiting grandchildren some songs and dances from his vaudeville days. Child Y54o Owl Moon. Jane Yolen. (Philomel) Grades preschool-1. On a winter’s night under a full Fic moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Child Y595h Hey, Al. Arthur Yorinks. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades K & up.A city janitor and his Fic treasured canine companion are transported to an island in the sky by a colorful bird. Child V217p The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 2 & up. A magical train Fic ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa. Child 398.22 Saint George and the Dragon. Margaret Hodges. (Little Brown) Grades K-4. George, the NonFic H689 Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside. Child 629.13 The Glorious Flight. Alice Provensen. (Viking) Grades 3-5. A biography of the man whose NonFic P944 fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in the early 1900s. Child C397s Shadow. Blaise Cendrars. (Scribner) Grades 2 and up. The shifting images of Shadow Fic evoke ghosts of the past wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller. Child V217j Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 3 and up. Two bored and restless 2 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 Fic Child 398.2 NonFic L797 Pic H175o Child Fic Pic G575g Pic M987a Child NonFic Child NonFic Child NonFic 398.2 A113 398.2 M134 398.2 Z53d R454n Child 398.232 NonFic M898 Child H7167o Fic Child 398.2 NonFic H168 Pic S818 Child 398.21 NonFic R212f Pic E53 Child Fic Child NonFic Pic N463s Pic S474 Child Fic Pic K25 Child Fic Child Fic R635 784 A395a D431a H675o E85n children find more than they bargained for with an adventure board game. Fables. Arnold Lobel. (Harper & Row) Grades 1-4. Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from a crocodile to an ostrich. The Ox-Cart Man. Donald Hall. (Viking) Grades K-3. Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of a 19th century New England family. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Paul Goble. (Simon & Schuster) Grades K-3. Though she is fond of people, a girl prefers living among wild horses where she is truly happy. Noah’s Ark. Peter Spier. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. Retells in pictures how a pair of every creature climbed aboard the ark. Ashanti to Zulu. Margaret Musgrove. (Dial) Grades K-4. Explains traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Verna Aardema. (Dial) Grades K-3. Reveals the meaning of the mosquito’s buzz. Arrow to the Sun. Gerald McDermott. (Viking) Grades 1 and up. An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth of the Lord of the Sun’s spirit being brought to man. Duffy and the Devil. Harve Zemach. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades K and up. The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her wins a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil’s name. The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel. (Dutton) Grades K-4. While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures. One Fine Day. Nonny Hogrogian. (Macmillan) Grades K-3. An old woman cuts off a fox’s tale after he steals her milk, and he must go through a long series of transactions before she’ll sew it back on. A Story, A Story. Gail E. Haley. (Atheneum) Grades K-3. Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called ‘Spider Stories.’ Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig. (Windmill Books) Grades K-3. In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Arthur Ransome. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades K-3. When the Czar proclaims he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck. Drummer Hoff. Barbara Emberley. (Prentice Hall) Grades K-4. A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon but Drummer Hoff fires it off. Sam Bangs and Moonshine. Evaline Ness. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades K-2. A little girl learns to tell the difference between make-believe and real life. Always Room for One More. Sorche Nic Leodhas. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades K-2. In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room to invite one more person. May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. (Atheneum) Grades K-2. A wellmannered little boy has permission to bring animal friends to see the king and queen. Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak. (Harper & Row) Grade K and up. A naughty little boy, sent to bed without supper, sails to the land of the wild things. The Snowy Day. Ezra Jack Keats. (Viking) Grades K-1. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a snowy day. Once a Mouse. Hitopadesa. (Scribner) Grades K-3. As it changes from mouse to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit’s pet also becomes increasingly vain. Baboushka and the Three Kings. Ruth Robbins. (Parnassus) Grades K-3. Russian Orthodox iconography highlights the abstract illustrations in this story. Nine Days to Christmas. Marie Hall Ets. (Viking). Grades K-3. Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, a Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select her first piñata. 3 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 Child Fic Child Fic Pic C496 Pic L285 M127t U21 Child 398.21 NonFic P454cb Pic B455mr Pic W259 Pic W689f Child Fic Child Fic Pic M644e Child Fic Pic T799w P769s H128b B879l Child 398.8 NonFic P484 Pic F455p Child Fic Pic T536 Pic M47737m Pic L425t B974l Child 921 L736d NonFic Pic H236m Child 220 L353 NonFic Chanticleer and the Fox. Geoffrey Chaucer. (Crowell) Grades K-3. A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery. Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey. (Viking) Grades K-3. Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine. A Tree is Nice. Janice May Udry. (Harper) Grades K-3. Briefly describes the value of a tree. Frog Went a-Courtin. John Langstaff. (Harcourt Brace) Grades K-3. Illustrates a folk song about the courtship and marriage of a frog and mouse. Cinderella. Marcia Joan Brown. (Scribner) Grades K-5. A traditional tale. Cinderella flees the palace but leaves a glass slipper behind. Madeline’s Rescue. Ludwig Bemelmans. (Viking) Grades K-3. A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine and becomes a beloved pet. The Biggest Bear. Lynd Kendal Ward. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin and returns with a small bundle of trouble. Finders Keepers. William Lipkind. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 1-4. The story of two dogs who go in search of someone to help solve a dispute over a bone. The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous. (Scribner) Grades 1-4. Katy’s Easter morning discover renews the tradition of the Easter egg tree. Song of the Swallows. Leo Politi. (Scribner) Grade 1-4. The story of the friendship between a little boy and an old gardener at the Mission of San Juan Capistrano. The Big Snow. Berta Hader. (Macmillan) Grades 1-3. Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet. White Snow, Bright Snow. Alvin R. Tresselt. (Lothrop) Grades K-3. When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard. The Little Island. Margaret Wise Brown. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. Depicts changes that occur on a small island as seasons come and go. The Rooster Crows. Maud Petersham. (Macmillan) Grades K-2. A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes and jingles. Prayer for a Child. Rachel Lyman Field. (Macmillan) Grades K-1. An illustrated bedtime prayer that gives thanks for many aspects of a child’s world. Many Moons. James Thurber. (Harcourt) Grades 3-7. Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore’s one wish. The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. Make Way for Ducklings. Robert McCloskey (Viking) Grades 1-3. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. They were Strong and Good. Robert Lawson (Viking) Grades 4-6. Relates the story of the author’s parents and grandparents Abraham Lincoln. Ingri D’Aulaire. (Doubleday) Grades K-4. Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier. Mei Li.Thomas Handforth. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. After spending an eventful day at the fair on New Year’s Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God. Animals of the Bible. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop. (Lippincott) Grades K and up. The story presents the most memorable animals of the Old and New Testaments. 4 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS The Newbery Medal, established in 1922, was named for the 18th century British bookseller, John Newbery. It is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the preceding year. Location Call # Award Year Child A6487o The One and Only Ivan. Katherine Applegate. (Harper) Grades 3-6. When Ivan, a gorilla 2013 Fic who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. YA Fic G211d Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades 5-8. In the author’s 2012 semi-autobiographical tale, Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses and assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore. YA Fic V239m Moon over Manifest. Clare Vanderpool. (Delacorte) Grades 4-7. The daughter of a 2011 drifter is sent to live with relatives in 1936 Kansas and hopes to learn about his life. Child S7992 When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead. (Random House) Grades 4-9. As her mother 2010 Fic prepares to be a contestant on a 1970s game show, a New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes that seems to defy the laws of time and space. YA Fic G141g The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman. (HarperCollins) Grades 8-12. After the grisly murder 2009 of his entire family, a toddler is raised by the supernatural residents of a graveyard. YA 812.6 Good masters! Sweet Ladies! Amy Schlitz. (Candlewick Press) Grades 4-8. A collection of 2008 NonFic S344 one-person plays featuring characters between the ages of 10 and 15 who live in or near a 13-th century English manor. YA Fic P314 The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron. (Atheneum) Grades 4-6. An aspiring young 2007 scientist tries to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. YA Fic P450c Criss Cross. Lynn Rae Perkins. (Harper Collins) Grades 6-9. Teenagers in a 1960s small 2006 town experience new thoughts and feelings as they search for the meaning of life and love. Child K11k Kira-Kira. Cynthia Kadohata. (Atheneum) Grades 4-7. Chronicles the close friendship 2005 Fic between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in 1950s rural Georgia, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. Child D545t The Tale of Despereux. Kate DiCamillo. (Candlewick Press) Grades 3-7. The adventures 2004 Fic 2003 of Despereux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents. YA Fic A957cr Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Avi. (Hyperion) Grades 3-7. Falsely accused of theft and 2003 murder, a peasant flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret. Child P235s A Single Shard. Linda Sue Park. (Clarion Books) Grades 5-9. Tree-ear, a thirteen year old 2002 Fic orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters village and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. YA Fic P3673y A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck. (Dial) Grades 5-9. In 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary 2001 Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of the woman. Child C975bu Bud, Not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Delacorte Press) Grades 4-7. Ten-year-old Bud, 2000 Fic escapes a foster home during the Depression and searches for the man he believes to be his father, the renowned band leader, H.E. Calloway. YA Fic S121h Holes. Louis Sachar. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades 6 and up. Stanley Yelnats is sent to a 1999 hellish concentration camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. YA Fic H587o Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse. (Scholastic Press) Grades 9-12. In a series of poems, 151998 year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma 5 Child Fic K82v Child Fic Child Fic C987m YA Fic L921g Child Fic Child Fic YA Fic R994m Child Fic L9215n Child NonFic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic 811.54 F596 921 L736f YA Fic M1583h Child Fic C623d YA Fic V891d C913w N333s S757m F596w M161s Child 811.54 NonFic W715 YA Fic P296j YA Fic B656g YA Fic R225w Child Fic YA Fic P296b T244r during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression. The View from Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg. (Atheneum) Grades 3-6. Four students develop a special bond and their teacher, a paraplegic, chooses them to represent their sixth grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Karen Cushman. (Clarion) Grades 6-9. A homeless girl is taken in by a midwife in medieval England and finds her place in the world. Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech. (HarperCollins) Grades 3-7. After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a trip retracing her route. The Giver. Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7-9. Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Missing May. Cynthia Rylant. (Orchard Books) Grades 6-9. After the death of a beloved aunt, Summer and her uncle leave their W. Virginia trailer in search of a new life. Shiloh. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. (Atheneum) Grades 3-7. Marty tries to hide a lost beagle from the dog’s real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer and mistreat dogs. Maniac Magee. Jerry Spinelli. (Little, Brown) Grades 4-7. After his parents die, Magee’s life becomes legendary as he accomplishes feats which awe his contemporaries. Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7 and up. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous as she shelters a Jewish friend from the Nazis. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. Paul Fleischman. (Harper & Row) Grades 3-8. A collection that describes the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Russell Freedman. (Clarion) Grades 4 and up.Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President. The Whipping Boy. Sid Fleischman. (Greenwillow) Grades 2-6. A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan. (Harper & Row) Grades 3 and up.When their father invites a mail-order bride to live with them in their prairie home, two children hope she will stay. The Hero and the Crown. Robin McKinley. (Greenwillow) Grades 7 and up. The daughter of a king and witchwoman wins her birthright with the help of a wizard and a sword. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary. (Morrow) Grades 4-7. A 10-year-old writes to his favorite author, revealing problems with his parents’ divorce, a new school, and finding his place in the world. Dicey’s Song. Cynthia Voigt. (Atheneum) Grades 6 and up. An abandoned child finds that new beginnings require love, trust, humor and courage. A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Nancy Willard. (Harcourt) Grades K-3. A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake’s Inn. Jacob Have I Loved. Katherine Paterson. (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. Feeling a rivalry all her life with her twin sister, Louise finally begins to realize her own potential and gifts. A Gathering of Days. Joan W. Blos. (Scribner) Grades 5-9. The journal of a 14-year-old, kept during the last year that she lives on the family farm in a small NH town. The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin. (Dutton) Grades 5-9. The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs. Bridge to Terabithia. Katherine Paterson. (Crowell) Grades 5-8. The innocence of a tenyear-old boy in rural Virginia is challenged when a friend meets an untimely death. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Mildred Taylor. (Dial) Grades 6 and up. The story of one African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racism. 6 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 Child Fic YA Fic C778g YA Fic F793s YA Fic G348j Child Fic YA Fic 013 YA Fic A739 Child Fic Child Fic A376h YA Fic H941u Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic YA Fic T813 Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic S741b Child Fic Child Fic K28 Child Fic Child Fic L352 H221m B993s K82f W847s N523 L566w O23i K94 S741 S713 D327w The Grey King. Susan Cooper. (Atheneum) Grades 4-8. The fourth in The Dark is Rising series, where the young hero Will is swept into a quest for a golden harp. M.C. Higgins the Great. Virginia Hamilton (Macmillan) Grades 7-up. Strip mining in the Ohio hills forces a dilemma for a young boy torn between getting his family away or fighting for their home. The Slave Dancer. Paula Fox. (Bradbury) Grades 5-8. A thirteen-year-old boy is held captive on a slave ship and forced to play music for the human cargo. Julie of the Wolves. Jean Craighead George. (Harper & Row) Grades 7 and up. A thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost in Alaska and is befriended by wolves. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Robert C. O’Brien. (Atheneum) Grades 3-7. A widowed mouse seeks help from formerly-imprisoned lab rats. The Summer of the Swans. Betsy Byars. (Viking) Grades 5 and up. A teenage girl gains insight into herself and her family when her mentally disabled brother gets lost. Sounder. William Howard Armstrong. (Harper & Row) Grades 6 and up. A young African American son of a jailed sharecropper learns to read with the help of a devoted dog. The High King. Lloyd Alexander. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades 6 and up.The final chronicle of the Prydain series where the forces of good and evil meet. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. E.L. Konigsburg. (Atheneum) Grades 3-7. Twelve-year-old Claudia runs away with her brother to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Up a Road Slowly. Irene Hunt. (Follett) Grades 4-9. The story is about Julie’s growth, from a 7-year-old brat to a gracious young woman. I, Juan de Pareja. Elizabeth Borton Trevino. (Bell) Grades 6 and up. The slave of the 17th century Spanish painter Velazquez becomes a painter in his own right. Shadow of a Bull. Maia Wojciechowska. (Atheneum) Grades 5 and up. Should Manolo become a bullfighter like his father or the doctor he really wishes to be? It’s Like This, Cat. Emily Cheney Neville. (Harper & Row) Grades 5-9. The story of a boy, the people in his life, and a stray tomcat, in New York City. A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L’Engle. (Ariel) Grades 5-9. An adventure in space and time where children seek for a scientist who disappeared while doing secret government work. The Bronze Bow. Elizabeth George Speare. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 6 and up. 1976 Island of the Blue Dolphins. Scott O’Dell. (Bantam) Grades K-6. A young girl survives and thrives when left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California. Onion John. Joseph Krumgold. (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. A friendship with the town’s odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes confict between a boy and his father. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-8. In this 17th century story, 16-year-old Kit Tyler is forced to leave her Barbados home to live with relatives in a Puritan town in Connecticut. Rifles for Watie. Harold Keith. (Crowell) Grades 7 and up. A Civil War-era story of a farm boy in 1861 who joins the Union Army. Miracles on Maple Hill. Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 3-7. A rescued POW and his family move to the Pennsylvania countryside to help restore their spirits and their bonds with each other. Carry On Mr. Bowditch. Jean Lee Latham. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 6 and up. A biographical account of the 18th century astronomer and navigator. The Wheel on the School. Meindert de Jong. (Harper) Grades 4-7. The children of Shora wonder why storks never come there to bury their nests. 1961 7 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic YA Fic K94a Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic V785a C592 E79 921 F745y D284d H523k D816 B154 L573s L425 F692 E24 S751c 921 B724 E59t 398.22 S483 S271r B858 S528 921 A355m L673y A728w C652c And Now Miguel. Joseph Krumgold. (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. Story of a boy on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Secret of the Andes. Ann Nolan Clark. (Viking) Grades 4-8. An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors. Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 3-7. The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and a mysterious man in a yellow hat bring excitement to the Pyes. Amos Fortune, Free Man. Elizabeth Yates. (Aladdin Books) Grades 3-7. The story of a young African prince who is captured by slavers. The Door in the Wall. Marguerite DeAngeli. (Doubleday) Grades 3-6. Robin, the crippled son of a lord, proves his courage and earns recognition from the King. King of the Wind. Marguerite Henry. (Rand McNally) Grades 3-7. The adventures of an Arabian stallion and the mute Arab boy who tended him. The Twenty-One Balloons. William Pene DuBois. (Viking) Grades 5-9. Professor Sherman travels the Pacific in his hot air balloon. Miss Hickory. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. (Viking) Grades 4-7. The adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut head. Strawberry Girl. Lois Lenski. (Lippincott) Grades 4-6. The story of the feud between the Slaters and the Boyers in Florida during the 1900s. Rabbit Hill. Robert Lawson. (Viking) Grades 4-6. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if new folks in the Big House will plant a garden and thus be good providers. Johnny Tremain. Esther Forbes. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7-9. A silversmith’s apprentice becomes a messenger in the days before the American Revolution. Adam of the Road. Elizabeth Gray Vining. (Viking) Grades 4-8. Eleven-year-old Adam travels the roads of 13thcentury England searching for his missing father. The Matchlock Gun. Walter Dumaux Edmonds. (Dodd, Mead) Grades 3-7. Ten-year-old Edward protects his family with a Spanish gun during the French and Indian War. Call it Courage. Armstrong Perry. (Macmillan) Grades 5-7. Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to everyone. Daniel Boone. James Henry Daughtery. (Viking) Grades 5-11. An authentic account of frontier and pioneer life. Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. (Farrar & Rinehart) Grades 5-11. Garnet is sure a silver thimble she found is magical because her summer has been full of adventures. The White Stag. Kate Seredy. Grades 4-7. The story of the Huns and Magyars long migration from Asia to Europe. Roller Skates. Ruth Sawyer. (Viking) Grades 4-7. Ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true freedom roller skating around the streets of 19th century New York. Caddie Woodlawn. Carol Ryrie Brink. (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. The adventures of an 11year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier. Dobry. Monica Shannon. (Viking) Grades 5 and up. An autobiographical account of the author’s childhood in Bulgaria and wanting to become a sculptor. Invincible Louisa. Cornelia Lynde Meigs. (Little, Brown) Grades 7 and up. The story of Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. (Winston) Grades 4-6. Young Fu is apprenticed to Tang, a coppersmith, against the backdrop of 1920’s China. Waterless Mountain. Laura Adams Armer. (Longmans, Green) Grades 5-8. Younger Brother, a Navaho boy, undergoes years of training in the ancient religion of his people. The Cat who Went to Heaven. Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth. (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. A little cat brings love and good fortune to a poor Japanese artist. 8 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 Child Fic Child Fic Child NonFic YA Fic F455 Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic YA Fic C555s K297t 598.2 M953 J29s 398.2 F497 H391 L829 909 V261 Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Lyman Field. (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. Hitty, a doll carved from white ash, travels in Maine and even on a whaler with her owner, Phoebe. The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric Philbrook Kelly. (Macmillan) Grades 3-7. A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a secret treasure. Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Dutton) Grades 4 and up. A carrier pigeon raised by an Indian boy carries messages for the Allies during WWI. Smoky the Cow Horse. Will James. (Scribner) Grades 4-10. The experiences of a horse from his birth, through his rodeo and range work, to his eventual old age. Shen of the Sea. Arthur Bowie Chrisman. (Dutton) Grades 4-7. A series of fascinating and philosophical Chinese stories. Tales from Silver Lands. Charles Joseph Finger (Doubleday) Grades 4-9. A series of stories about animals, magic, witches and other beings from Central and South America. The Dark Frigate. Charles Boardman Hawes. (Little, Brown) Grades 5-11. A young man dare not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he joins the crew. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Hugh Lofting. (Lippincott) Grades 3-7. The story of the good doctor who learns the language of animals and made adventurous voyages. The Story of Mankind. Hendrik Willem Van Loon. (Boni & Liveright) Grades 7 and up. A world history book, illustrated by the author. 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for world peace. It is awarded annually to an author of African descent whose distinguished book promotes an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.” A separate illustrator award was added in 1979. Location Call # Award Year Child 973.0496 Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. Andrea Davis Pinkney. 2013 NonFic P655h (Disney) Grades 5-8. Addressing the appetites of readers "hungry for role models," Author this presents compellingly oratorical pictures of the lives and characters of 10 African-American men who exemplify a "birthright of excellence." Pic H8939i I, Too, Am America. Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster) Grades K-4. Collier 2013 interprets Langston Hughes’ famous poem through the story of Pullman porters. Illustrator Child 973.0496073 Heart and Soul. Kadir Nelson. (Balzer & Bray) Grades 4-7. A simple introduction to 2012 NonFic N424h African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery through the election of Author President Obama. Pic E9291 Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom. Shane W. Evans. (Roaring Brook 2012 Press) Grades preschool-3. A family’s flight to freedom via the Underground Illustrator Railroad. Child W7232o One Crazy Summer. Rita Williams-Garcia. (Armistad) Grades 4-7. Two girls spend 2011 Fic the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California with the mother they barely know. Author Child 921 P866h Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Bryan Collier. (Little Brown) Grades K-4. Dave 2011 NonFic was an extraordinary artist and potter living in SC in the early 1800s. Illustrator Child 921 R3321 Bad News for Outlaws: Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. Vaunda Micheaux 2010 NonFic Nelson. (Carolrhoda Books) Grades 4-7. Tells the story of a remarkable AfricanAuthor American hero of the Old West. Child 811.52 My People. Langston Hughes. (Ginee Sea Books) Grades preschool-3. Artful images 2010 NonFic H893m by the photographer accompany the words of the poet Langston Hughes. Illustrator 9 Child 796 N424w NonFic Child NonFic Child Fic Pic 811.54 T458b C975e YA Fic D765c B9151 Child 973.7115 NonFic W3621 Child L642d Fic Child 323.092 NonFic G512r Child 379.2 M882 NonFic Pic S528e YA Fic J67f Child 398.2 NonFic B915be YA Fic G862b Child 921 C148g NonFic YA Fic T244l Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic M158g Child Fic Child NonFic Child S571i W898m C699u C976bu 780.89 W877 398.2082 We Are the Ship. Kadir Nelson. (Hyperion) Grades 4-7. The story of baseball’s Negro League from the 1920s to the decline after Jackie Robinson broke into the majors in 1947. The Blacker the Berry. Joyce Carol Thomas. (HarperCollins) Grades preschool-3. A collection of poems celebrating African-American identity. Elijah of Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Scholastic) Grades 4-7. Story of 11-yearold Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton Canada. Let it Shine. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades Preschool-3. Illustrated versions of three favorite spirituals. Copper Sun. Sharon Draper. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 8 and up. A slave and an indentured servant escape their Carolina plantation and make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom. Kadir Nelson. (Jump at the Sun) Grades Preschool-3. Describes Tubman’s spiritual first journey. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. Julius Lester. (Jump at the Sun) Grades 4-8. Through flashbacks and shifting points of view, readers travel through time and space to explore decisions, consequences, and judgment. Rosa. Bryan Collier. (Henry Holt & Co.) Grades 4-7. A picture book tribute to the life of Rosa Parks. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Toni Morrison. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 3-5. Dialogue and emotion of children who lived through the era of separate-but-equal schooling. Ellington was Not a Street. Ntozake Shange. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 2 and up. Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the dedicated and important artists and educators who visited there. The First Part Last. Angela Johnson. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 6 and up. Bobby’s carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father. Beautiful Blackbird. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades preschool-2. Colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird to decorate them with his “blackening brew.” Bronx Masquerade. Nikki Grimes. (Dial Books) Grades 8 and up. Bronx high school students studying the Harlem Renaissance use poetry to explore their lives. Talkin’ About Bessie. Nikki Grimes. (Orchard Books) Grades K-4. A biography of the first American to receive an international pilot’s license. The Land. Mildred D. Taylor (Phyllis Fogelman Books) Grades 7-up. A biracial child feels caught between two worlds at the end of the Civil War. Goin’ Someplace Special. Pat McKissack. (Atheneum) Grades K-3. In segregated 1950’s Nashville, a young girl braves obstacles to get to the public library. Miracle’s Boys. Jacqueline Woodson. (Putnam) Grades 4-6. A boy released from a detention home blames his younger brother for their mother’s death. Uptown. Bryan Collier. (Holt) Grades K-3. A tour of the sights of Harlem, including brownstones, shopping on 125th street, the Boys’ Choir and a sunset over the river. Bud, not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Delacorte Press) Grades 4-7. Ten-yearold Bud escapes a foster home during the Depression and searches for the man he believes to be his father, the renowned band leader, H.E. Calloway. In the Time of the Drums. Kim Siegelson. (Jump at the Sun) Grades 1-4. Mentu, an American-born slave, watches his grandmother leave an insurrection. I See the Rhythm. Michele Wood. (Children’s Book Press) Grades 2-4. Chronicles and poetically captures the mood and movement of African American music. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Virginia 10 2009 Author 2009 Illustrator 2008 Author 2008 Illustrator 2007 Author 2007 Illustrator 2006 Author 2006 Illustrator 2005 Author 2005 Illustrator 2004 Author 2004 Illustrator 2003 Author 2003 Illustrator 2002 Author 2002 Illustrator 2001 Author 2001 Illustrator 2000 Author 2000 Illustrator 1999 Illustrator 1996 NonFic Child NonFic YA Fic H221 975.03 M158 J67 Child R581t Fic Child 811.54 G812 NonFic YA Fic N886fa Child Fic Child NonFic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic YA Fic T2445f 398.232 S837 398.2 H221 F644p C639eg H221s Child 398.2 B915b NonFic Child 812.54 D263 NonFic Child 921 K53p NonFic Hamilton. (Blue Sky Press) Grades 3-6. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Pat McKissack. (Scholastic) Grades 3-8. Customs and traditions from a plantation house and slave quarters. Toning the Sweep. Angela Johnson. (Orchard Books) Grades 5-8. 14-year-old Emmie visits her dying grandmother and learns stories from her family’s past. Tar Beach. Faith Ringgold. (Crown Publishers) Grades preschool-3. A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home. Based on the author’s quilt painting. Nathaniel Talking. Eloise Greenfield. (Black Butterfly) Grades K-5. Simple poems from an African American’s recollection of childhood. Fallen Angels. Walter Dean Myers. (Scholastic) Grades 7-12. Follows the story of a Harlem high school graduate spending the year of 1967 as a soldier in Vietnam. The Friendship. Mildred D. Taylor. (Dial Books) Grades 4-7. Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. John Steptoe. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades K-3. One bad-tempered, one sweet—both go before the king who is choosing a wife. The People Could Fly: Book of Black Folktales. Virginia Hamilton. (Knopf) Grades 36. Retelling of popular tales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and freedom. The Patchwork Quilt. Valerie Flournoy. (Dial Books) Grades K-3. Tanya helps her mother and grandmother make a beautiful quilt that tells a story. Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. Lucille Clifton. (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) Grades K-3. A young boy grieves his father’s death. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Virginia Hamilton. (Philomel) Grades 5-8. Tree resents her mother, who leaves her while working to care for a disabled brother. Beat the Story Drum, Pum, Pum. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades 4-7. Five traditional tales from Nigeria. Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass. Ossie Davis. (Viking) Grades 9-12. Martin Luther King, Jr. Man of Peace. Lillie Patterson (Garrand) Grades 3-6. A biography of the Baptist minister and his leadership role in the civil rights era. Author 1995 Author 1994 Author 1992 Illustrator 1990 Illustrator 1989 Author 1988 Author 1988 Illustrator 1986 Author 1986 Illustrator 1984 Author 1983 Author 1981 Illustrator 1979 Author 1970 Author MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD This award is given to the children’s book considered to be the best of the year published originally in a language other than English. It is named for a former executive director of the Assoc. for Library Service to Children who believed in the importance of great books in translation from all parts of the world. Location Call # Award Year YA Fic V951m My Family for the War. Anne C. Voorhoeve. Translator (German): Tammi Reichel. 2013 (Dial Books) 2012. Grades 7-12. Franziska is sent to London via the Kindertransport to escape the war in occupied Holland. Child D892s Soldier Bear. Bibi Dumon Tak. Translator (Dutch): Laura Watkinson. (Eerdsmans 2012 Fic Publishing) Grades 4-7. An orphaned Syrian brown bear is adopted by Polish soldiers during WWII and serves as mascot in Iran and Italy. YA Fic B7119t A Time of Miracles. Anne-Laure Bondoux. Translator (French): Y. Maudet. 2011 (Delacorte) Grades 7-up. A sweeping tale of refugees set across the war-torn, former Soviet Caucasus region and Europe during the 1990s. Child T487f A Faraway Island. Annika Thor. Translator (Swedish): Linda Schenck. (Delacorte 2010 Fic Press) Grades 3-7. The story of two Jewish sisters finding refuge in Sweden in the summer of 1939. 11 YA Fic U22m YA Fic M618b YA Fic M929p YA Fic H722i Child Fic YA Fic S8761s YA Fic F982t Child Fic YA Fic G975ho YA Fic Q7b 071r C287s YA 940.5318 NonFic R116 YA Fic Y94f YA Fic O71l YA Fic R447b Child Fic YA Fic M722a YA Fic S299h Child Fic H331c Child Fic YA Fic N655i Child Fic Child I58r O71m F828n O71i Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. Nahoko Uehashi. Translator (Japanese): Cathy Hirano. (Arthur A. Levine) Grades 7 and up. Balsa, a skilled female warrior, is tasked to protect a young prince from demons and his father’s assassins. Brave Story. Miyuki Miyabe. (VIZ Media) Grades 7-up. In a fantasy adventure, Wataru tries to reach the Tower of Destiny and save his parents’ marriage. The Pull of the Ocean. Jean-Claude Mourlevat. (Delacorte Press) Grades 7-up. Seven brothers in modern-day France flee their poor parents’ farm. An Innocent Soldier. Josef Holub. (Arthur Levine Books) Grades 8-up. A 16-yearold farmhand is tricked into fighting the Napoleonic Wars. The Shadows of Ghadames. Joelle Stolz. (Delacorte Press) Grades 3-7. In 19th century Libya, 11-year-old Malika feels constricted by the narrow world of women. Run, Boy, Run. Uri Orlev. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-up. Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke. (Scholastic) Grades 5-up. Two orphaned brothers find shelter with a street gang in Venice. How I Became an American. Karin Gundisch. (Cricket Books) Grades 3-7. The story of a German family of immigrants who settle in Ohio in 1902. Samir and Yonatan. Daniella Carmi. (Arthur A. Levine) Grades 3-7. A Palestinian and Israeli boy become friends in an Israeli hospital, and have an otherworldly adventure together. The Baboon King. Anton Quintana. (Walker and Co.) Grades 7-up. Son of a Kikuyu mother and Masai father, Morengaru the hunter lives on the edge of his tribal society. Thanks to my Mother. Schoschanah Rabinovitz. (Dial Books) Grades 7-12. The story of a Lithuanian Jewish girl’s survival from the Holocaust death camps. The Friends. Kazumi Yumoto. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades 5-9. Curious about death, sixth-grade boys spy on an old man, but end up becoming his friend. The Lady with the Hat. Uri Orlev. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-9. A Holocaust survivor joins a group of young Jews preparing to live on a kibbutz in Israel. The Boys from Saint Petri. Bjarne Reuter. (Dutton) Grades 7-up. In 1942, a group of young Dutch men begin a series of knowingly dangerous protests against the Nazis. The Apprentice. Pilar Molina Llorente. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades 4-7. A 13year-old works as an artist’s apprentice in Renaissance Florence. The Man From the Other Side. Uri Orlev. Grades 5-9. A Polish family shelters a Jewish man on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto. A Hand Full of Stars. Rafik Schami. (Puffin Books) Grades 7-up. A teenager who wants to be a journalist describes his daily life in Damascus, Syria in his diary. Crutches. Peter Hartling. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 4-7. A young boy, searching vainly for his mother in post-war Vienna is befriended by a man on crutches and together they find hope for the future. If You Didn’t Have Me. Ulf Nilsson. (McElderry Books) Grades 2-5. A young boy finds strength living with relatives on a farm in southern Sweden. No Hero for the Kaiser. Rudolph Frank. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 7-up. A 14-year-old Polish boy joins a German battalion in WWI and experiences the horror of war. Rose Blanche. Robert Innocenti. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 4-8. A German girl’s curiousity leads her to a horrible discovery during WWII. The Island on Bird Street. Uri Orlev. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 4-6. The story of 12 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1992 1991 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 Fic Child Fic Child NonFic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic YA NonFic Child Fic Child Fic Child Fic L745r 940.54 M389h K955b P382w S819r N898k 891.73 L754 I88p Z45w B111d the survival of a Jewish boy in the Warsaw Ghetto. Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter. Astrid Lindgren. (Viking Press) Grades 3-7. Ronia befriends the son of a rival robber chieftan. Hiroshima No Pika. Toshi Maruki. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 7-up. A retelling of a woman’s account during the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. The Battle Horse. Harry Kullman. (Bradbury Press) Grades 5-8. The children on a Stockholm street engage in a modern-day jousting tournament in which the rich are knights and the poor are the horses who bear them. The Winter when Time was Frozen. Els Pelgrom. (William Morrow & Co.) Grades 4-6. A farm family gives shelter to all in need in Holland during WWII. Rabbit Island. Jorg Steiner. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) Grades 1-up. The adventures of two rabbits who escape from the rabbit factory. Konrad. Christine Nostlinger. (Franklin Watts, Inc.) Grades 4-6. An unconventional lady receives a factory-made child in the mail. An Old Tale Carved out of Stone. A. Linevskii. (Crown) Grades 7-up. 17-year-old Liok is reluctantly given the Shaman’s responsibility of finding fish and game. Pulga. Siny Rose Van Iterson. (Wm. Morrow & Co.) Grades 5-8. A 15-year-old boy in Bogota, Colombia, escapes the slums with a job as a trucker’s assistant. Wildcat Under Glass. Aliki Zei. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades 4-7. The Fascist dictatorship in Greece changes the lives of a 10-year-old and her family. Don’t Take Teddy. Babbis Friis Baastad. (Charles Scribner’s Sons) Grades 5-8. The book probes the world of a disabled child and his family. 1984 1983 1982 1981 1979 (1) 1979 (2) 1975 1973 1970 1969 PHOENIX AWARD The Phoenix is awarded by the Children’s Literature Association and given to the author, or estate of the author, whose book did not win a major award at the time of its publication twenty years earlier. Location Call # Award Year On Letters from Rifka. Karen Hesse. (Henry Holt & Co. 1992) Grades 4-7. 12-year-old 2012 Order Rivka recounts her journey to America in 1919. Child W853m The Mozart Season. Virginia Euwer Wolff. (Henry Holt & Co. 1991) Grades 5-8. 2011 Fic Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto. YA Fic S967sc The Shining Company. Rosemary Sutcliff. (Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1990) Grades 72010 up. Set in the year 600 in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer and trains with a brotherhood against the invading Saxons. YA Fic B651w Weetzie Bat. Francesca Lia Block. (HarperCollins, 1989) Grades 9-up. Follows the 2009 wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her L.A. friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-SecetAgent-Lover-Man. YA Fic D553e Eva. Peter Dickinson. (Delacorte Press, 1989) Grades 7-12. After a terrible 2008 accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee. YA Fic M216m Memory. Margaret Mahy. (McElderry Books, 1987) Grades 9-up. A 19-year-old 2007 teen struggles with the memory of his older sister’s death. DVD PN 1995.9.A3 Howl’s Moving Castle. Diana Wynne Jones. (Greenwillow, 1986) Grades 7-up. 2006 H387 2006 Sophie moves into Wizard Howl’s moving castle and attemps to tame him. YA Fic O58f A Formal Feeling. Zibby Oneal. (Viking Press 1982) Grades 7-up. A 16-year-old 2002 home from boarding school must adjust to a new stepmother. Spec. Rm. 302 Throwing Shadows. E.L. Konisburg. (Atheneum, 1979) Grades 4-7. 5 short stories 1999 13 Coll. YA Fic C811ia Spec. Coll. YA Fic Rm. 302 YA Fic P296o Child Fic YA Fic B354c YA Fic G217l YA Fic E57e YA Fic G231s Child Fic YA Fic B947q Y47d H946so S965m of how chance encounters alter people’s lives. I am the Cheese. Robert Cormier. (Pantheon, 1977) Grades 7-12. The story of a family caught in a government-level corruption case. The Stone Brook. Alan Garner. (Collins, 1976) Ungraded. His daughter’s request for a book prompts a stonemason to reveal the secret of the stone to her. Dragonwings. Laurence Yep. (Harper & Row, 1975) Grades 4-8. Early 20th century life and the San Francisco earthquake are explored in the tale of a Chinese boy. Of Nightingales that Weep. Katherine Paterson. (Crowell, 1974) Grades 5-up. Warrior clans struggle for imperial control of Japan. Carrie’s War. Nina Bawden. (Lippincott, 1973) Grades 4-7. WWII evacuees spend time in a small Welsh village and one girl makes a regrettable decision. A Sound of Chariots. Molly Hunter. (Harper & Row, 1972) Grades 7-up. A young girl in Scotland during WWI tries to come to terms with her father’s death. A Long Way from Verona. Jane Gardam. (Macmillan, 1971) Grades 7-up. A young girl aspires to be a writer and recounts her life growing up in England during WWII. Enchantress from the Stars. Sylvia L. Engdahl. (Atheneum, 1970) Grades 5-up. Three civilizations from different planets clash. Smith. Leon Garfield. (Pantheon Books, 1967) Grades 5-8. A young pickpocket picks a valuable and mysterious document in 18th century London. Queenie Peavy. Robert Purch. (Viking Press, 1966) Grades 4-7. A young girl retaliates against bullies who torment her over her emprisoned father. The Mark of the Horse Lord. Rosemary Sutcliff. (Walck, 1965) Grades 7-up. A former gladiator and slave fights for control of the Scottish kingdom. 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1987 1986 1985 (THEODOR SEUSS) GEISEL AWARD The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the U.S. during the preceding year. Location Call # Award Year Pic L84846u Up, Tall, and High! Ethan Long. (Putnam’s Sons) Grades Pre-2. A bevy of birds 2013 teach the concepts of up, tall, and high. Child S3591t Tales for Very Picky Eaters. Josh Schneider. (Clarion) Grades 1-3. A father tells 2012 Fic outlandish stories while trying to get his picky son to eat. Child D545bi Bink and Gollie. Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. (Candlewick) Grades 1-3. Two 2011 Fic roller-skating buddies, one tiny and one tall, share comical adventures. Pic H417bp Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! Geoffrey Hayes. (Raw Junior) Grades Pre-2. 2010 Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover she is not as scary as feared. Pic W699a Are you Ready to Play Outside? Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. Elephant 2009 and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, then must decide what to do. Pic W699t There is a Bird on your Head! Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. There is 2008 something worse than a bird on your head – two birds on your head! Child K999ze Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways. Laura McGee Kvasnosky. (Candlewick) Grades Pre-3. 2007 Fic Zelda and Ivy combat the injustice of cucumber sandwiches. Child R994he Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Cynthia Rylant. (Simon & Schuster) 2006 Fic Grades K-2. Henry and Mudge discover just how fun grandpas can be when they all discover a swimming hole. 14
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