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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/
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Caldecott Medal Winners……………………….
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Coretta Scott King Award Winners………….
Mildred Batchelder Award Winners………..
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners……..
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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.
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This is Not My Hat. John Klassen. (Candlewick Press) Grades K-2. A little fish thinks he
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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.
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Philip C. Stead. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades preschool-1.
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The best sick day ever and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book.
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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.
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The House in the Night. Susan Marie Swanson. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-1.
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Illustrations and easy text explore what makes a house in the night a home filled with
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick. (Scholastic) Grades 4-7. Twelve-year-old
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Hugo is an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station.
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Flotsam. David Wiesner. (Clarion) Grades preschool-3. The story of what happens when
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a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
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The Hello, Goodbye Window. Chris Raschka. (Hyperion Books) Grades preschool-2. A
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little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents’ home.
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Kitten’s First Full Moon. Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow) Grades preschool-1. Kitten
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mistakes the moon for her bowl of milk, and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to
reach it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So you Want to be President? David Small. (Philomel Books) Grades 4-8. Presents an
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assortment of facts about qualifications and characteristics of U.S. Presidents.
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Joseph had a Little Overcoat. Simms Taback. (Viking) Grades K-2. A very old overcoat is
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recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
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Rapunzel. Paul O. Zelinsky. (Dutton) Grades K-3. A retelling of the familiar German
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folktale.
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Golem. David Wisniewski. (Clarion Books) Grades 1-5. A saintly Rabbi miraculously brings
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to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathmann. (G.P. Putnam’s) Grades K-4. Children always
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ignore Officer Buckle’s safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him.
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Smoky Night. Eve Bunting. (Harcourt Brace & Co.) Grades 1-4. When the Los Angeles
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Grandfather’s Journey. Allen Say. (Houghton Mifflin). Grades preschool-3. A JapaneseFic
American man recounts his and his grandfather’s journey to America.
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Mirette on the High Wire. Emily Arnold McCully. (G.P. Putnam) Grades K-3. Mirette
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learns tightroping from Monsieur Bellini, not knowing he is a celebrated tightrope artist.
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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.
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Black and White. David Macaulay. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-3. Four brief
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Song and Dance Man. Karen Ackerman. (Knopf) Grades K-2. Grandpa demonstrates for
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Owl Moon. Jane Yolen. (Philomel) Grades preschool-1. On a winter’s night under a full
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moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
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Hey, Al. Arthur Yorinks. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades K & up.A city janitor and his
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treasured canine companion are transported to an island in the sky by a colorful bird.
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The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 2 & up. A magical train
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ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa.
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Saint George and the Dragon. Margaret Hodges. (Little Brown) Grades K-4. George, the
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Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside.
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The Glorious Flight. Alice Provensen. (Viking) Grades 3-5. A biography of the man whose
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fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English
Channel in the early 1900s.
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Shadow. Blaise Cendrars. (Scribner) Grades 2 and up. The shifting images of Shadow
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evoke ghosts of the past wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
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Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 3 and up. Two bored and restless
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The One and Only Ivan. Katherine Applegate. (Harper) Grades 3-6. When Ivan, a gorilla
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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.
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Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades 5-8. In the author’s
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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.
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Moon over Manifest. Clare Vanderpool. (Delacorte) Grades 4-7. The daughter of a
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drifter is sent to live with relatives in 1936 Kansas and hopes to learn about his life.
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When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead. (Random House) Grades 4-9. As her mother
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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.
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The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman. (HarperCollins) Grades 8-12. After the grisly murder
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of his entire family, a toddler is raised by the supernatural residents of a graveyard.
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Good masters! Sweet Ladies! Amy Schlitz. (Candlewick Press) Grades 4-8. A collection of 2008
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one-person plays featuring characters between the ages of 10 and 15 who live in or near
a 13-th century English manor.
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The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron. (Atheneum) Grades 4-6. An aspiring young
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scientist tries to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
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Criss Cross. Lynn Rae Perkins. (Harper Collins) Grades 6-9. Teenagers in a 1960s small
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town experience new thoughts and feelings as they search for the meaning of life and
love.
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Kira-Kira. Cynthia Kadohata. (Atheneum) Grades 4-7. Chronicles the close friendship
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between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in 1950s rural Georgia, and the
despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
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The Tale of Despereux. Kate DiCamillo. (Candlewick Press) Grades 3-7. The adventures
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of Despereux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents.
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Avi. (Hyperion) Grades 3-7. Falsely accused of theft and
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murder, a peasant flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a
dangerous secret.
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A Single Shard. Linda Sue Park. (Clarion Books) Grades 5-9. Tree-ear, a thirteen year old
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orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters village and longs to learn how
to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
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A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck. (Dial) Grades 5-9. In 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary
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Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better
understanding of the woman.
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Bud, Not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Delacorte Press) Grades 4-7. Ten-year-old Bud, 2000
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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I, Too, Am America. Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster) Grades K-4. Collier
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My Family for the War. Anne C. Voorhoeve. Translator (German): Tammi Reichel.
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(Dial Books) 2012. Grades 7-12. Franziska is sent to London via the Kindertransport
to escape the war in occupied Holland.
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soldiers during WWII and serves as mascot in Iran and Italy.
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(Delacorte) Grades 7-up. A sweeping tale of refugees set across the war-torn,
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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
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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.
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Letters from Rifka. Karen Hesse. (Henry Holt & Co. 1992) Grades 4-7. 12-year-old
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Rivka recounts her journey to America in 1919.
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The Mozart Season. Virginia Euwer Wolff. (Henry Holt & Co. 1991) Grades 5-8.
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Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto.
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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.
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Weetzie Bat. Francesca Lia Block. (HarperCollins, 1989) Grades 9-up. Follows the
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wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her L.A. friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-SecetAgent-Lover-Man.
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Eva. Peter Dickinson. (Delacorte Press, 1989) Grades 7-12. After a terrible
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accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a
chimpanzee.
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Memory. Margaret Mahy. (McElderry Books, 1987) Grades 9-up. A 19-year-old
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teen struggles with the memory of his older sister’s death.
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A Formal Feeling. Zibby Oneal. (Viking Press 1982) Grades 7-up. A 16-year-old
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home from boarding school must adjust to a new stepmother.
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Throwing Shadows. E.L. Konisburg. (Atheneum, 1979) Grades 4-7. 5 short stories
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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Tales for Very Picky Eaters. Josh Schneider. (Clarion) Grades 1-3. A father tells
2012
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outlandish stories while trying to get his picky son to eat.
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Bink and Gollie. Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. (Candlewick) Grades 1-3. Two 2011
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roller-skating buddies, one tiny and one tall, share comical adventures.
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Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! Geoffrey Hayes. (Raw Junior) Grades Pre-2.
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Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover she is not as scary as feared.
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Are you Ready to Play Outside? Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. Elephant
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and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, then must decide what to do.
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There is a Bird on your Head! Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. There is
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something worse than a bird on your head – two birds on your head!
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Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways. Laura McGee Kvasnosky. (Candlewick) Grades Pre-3. 2007
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Zelda and Ivy combat the injustice of cucumber sandwiches.
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Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Cynthia Rylant. (Simon & Schuster)
2006
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Grades K-2. Henry and Mudge discover just how fun grandpas can be when they all
discover a swimming hole.
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