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Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

Janice N. Harrington; Pictures by Shelley Jackson Melanie Kroupa Books

Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother’s farm except one – the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the...

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library
Irma S. and James H. Black Award Honor Book
Parents' Choice Award Winner
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Highly Commended
Booklist Editors' Choice
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice
Arkansas Charlie May Simon Master List
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
Indiana Young Hoosier Award Master List
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Maser List
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
Tennessee Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Master List
Vermont Red Clover Children's Choice Award Master List
Virginia Young Readers Award Master List

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Kissing the Bee

Kathe Koja Frances Foster Books

Senior year is flying by, the prom is approaching, and Dana, her best friend, Avra, and Avra’s boyfriend, Emil, are about to encounter the pains and pleasures...

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Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Parents' Choice Award Winner
Booklist Top 10 Romances for Youth
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Tennessee Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Master List

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Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
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International Reading Association
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Publishers Weekly
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The Wall

Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Peter Sis Frances Foster Books

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER “I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated...

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Caldecott Honor Book
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award
New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year
Orbis Pictus
Amazon.com Top 10 Editors’ Picks: Children
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library
Eisner Award Nominee
Parents' Choice Award Winner
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Booklinks Lasting Connection
Booklist Editors' Choice
Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
VOYA's Nonfiction Honor List
Robert F. Sibert Award - Medal
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Illinois Read for a Lifetime Award Master List
Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List
New Mexico Battle of the Books Master List
North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Award Master List
Utah Beehive Book Award Master List

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How I Learned Geography

Uri Shulevitz Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Caldecott Honor Book
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Parents' Choice Honor Books
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Honor Book
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Booklinks Lasting Connection
Booklist Editors' Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List

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Sky Sweeper

Phillis Gershator; Pictures by Holly Meade Melanie Kroupa Books

Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper – so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling...

Parents' Choice Honor Books
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Maine Lupine Award - Honor Book
Vermont Red Clover Children's Choice Award Master List

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Mistik Lake

Martha Brooks Melanie Kroupa Books

Seventeen-year-old Odella is haunted by family secrets. Why doesn’t her great-aunt Gloria visit anymore? Why does her mother, Sally, drink so much? Sally’s...

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Book
Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
International Reading Association
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)

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Bone Dog

written & illustrated by Eric Rohmann Roaring Brook Press

One of School Library Journal’s Best Picture Books of 2011 One of Horn Book’s Best Picture Books of 2011 Ghost dogs and skeletons in a tall tale with a...

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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At Night

Jonathan Bean Farrar, Straus and Giroux

At Night is the 2008 winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.

IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Honor Book
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy

Denise Fleming; illustrations by Denise Fleming Henry Holt and Co.

Baby animals are going to sleep one by one, but the tiny human baby is the most special of all. Denise Fleming's knack for understanding the preschool set...

CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best

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How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird

by Jacques Prevert, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein Roaring Brook Press

A GIFT FOR EVERYONE A child wakes up, puts up an easel, picks up a brush and paints--paints a perch, a tree, the warmth of the sun and the sound of the...

ALSC Notable Children's Book
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical...

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American Library Association Notable Children's Books
YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Newbery Medal Book
Junior Library Guild Selection
Kiddo Award Nominee
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Horn Book Fanfare
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year
Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year

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Planting the Trees of Kenya

The Story of Wangari Maathai

Claire A. Nivola Frances Foster Books

Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the...

Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor Book
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
IRA Teachers' Choices
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Parents' Choice Honor Books
ASA Africana Book Award Honor Book
Green Earth Book Award Winner
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner
National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Booklist Editors' Choice
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children’s Book Award Master List

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Boston Globe
Horn Book
Instructor
Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
San Francisco Chronicle
School Library Journal

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First the Egg

Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Illustrated by the author A Neal Porter Book

WHICH CAME FIRST? The chicken or the egg? Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to...

ALSC Notable Children's Book
Caldecott Honor Book
New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Master List
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List
South Dakota Prairie Bud Award Master List

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There's a Wolf at the Door

by Zoe Alley, illustrations by R.W. Alley A Neal Porter Book

FIVE CLASSIC TALES ALL STARRING ONE PUT-UPON WOLF in an oversized gift-ready package Wolf, a rather fine dresser and intelligent creature, just can’t catch a...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Library Media Editor's Choice
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Indiana Young Hoosier Award Master List
Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List
Louisiana YR Choice Book Award Master List
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children’s Book Award Master List

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Silent Music

by James Rumford A Neal Porter Book

WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen. Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Honor Book
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List

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Ballet for Martha

Making Appalachian Spring

written by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca Flash Point

Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors...

ALSC Notable Children's Book
ALSC Notable Children's Book
IBBY Honor Books
IBBY Honor Books
Orbis Pictus
Orbis Pictus
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Robert F. Sibert Award - Honor
Robert F. Sibert Award - Honor
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee

written by Philip C. Stead; Illustrated by Erin E. Stead A Neal Porter Book

THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos...

ALSC Notable Children's Book
Caldecott Medal Winner
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Honor Book
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
Wisconsin Educational Media Association Golden Archer Award Master List

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Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
Washington Post Book World

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ABC3D

by Marion Bataille A Neal Porter Book

"Easily the most innovative alpabet book of the year, if not the decade... Beyond clever."—The Washington Post Prepare to be amazed. From the...

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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Zita the Spacegirl

Written and illustrated by Ben Hatke First Second

Zita’s life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and...

Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA-CBC Children's Choice List
CYBIL Award
Kiddo Award Nominee
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Kirkus Best Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels List

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Bootleg

Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition

by Karen Blumenthal Flash Point

It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw...

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American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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Borrowed Names

Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters

Jeannine Atkins Henry Holt and Co.

As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two...

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Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens

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School Library Journal

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