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Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)

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A Trickster Tale from Haiti

Amy MacDonald; Pictures by Emily Lisker Melanie Kroupa Books

"Tom Sawyer looks like a small-time operator compared to the haitian trickster Malese . . . This well-paced, funny folktale will supplement social studies...

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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Close Your Eyes

Kate Banks; Pictures by Georg Hallensleben Frances Foster Books

A little tiger takes an imaginative journey The little tiger lay on his back in the tall grass. "Close your eyes, little tiger," said his mother, "and go...

Child Magazine Best Books of the Year
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My Name Is Yoon

Helen Recorvits; Pictures by Gabi Swiatkowska Frances Foster Books

Getting to feel at home in a new country Yoon’s name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her...

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IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Child Magazine Best Books of the Year
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Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
New York Charlotte Award Master List

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The Dirty Cowboy

Amy Timberlake; Pictures by Adam Rex Farrar, Straus and Giroux

This ol’ boy needs a bath! After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides...

Marion Vannett Ridgway Award
Parents' Choice Award Winner
Western Writers of America Spur Award
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)

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Jazzy Miz Mozetta

Brenda C. Roberts; Pictures by Frank Morrison Farrar, Straus and Giroux

"Okay, young cats, let the beat hit your feet." One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the moonlight....

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award - Illustrator
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Going North

Janice N. Harrington; Pictures by Jerome Lagarrigue Melanie Kroupa Books

An African American family becomes a new kind of pioneer Leaving behind Big Mama, loving relatives, and the familiar red soil and cotton fields of Alabama,...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Ezra Jack Keats New Author Award
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Booklist Editors' Choice
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award
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Squirrel and John Muir

Emily Arnold McCully Farrar, Straus and Giroux

An outstanding book for young naturalists Floy Hutchings, also known as Squirrel, is the daughter of the man who opened the first hotel in the Yosemite...

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The Breaker Boys

Pat Hughes Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The son of a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mine operator, Nate Tanner resents being shipped off to boarding school. Anger -- mainly at his father and stepmother --...

NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
West Virginia Children's Book Award Master List

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When Ratboy Lived Next Door

Chris Woodworth Farrar, Straus and Giroux

From the spring day in 1962 when Willis Merrill and his pet raccoon arrive in Maywood, Indiana, they are nothing but trouble for Lydia Carson. Lydia...

IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book
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Missouri Mark Twain Award Master List
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Speak to Me

(And I Will Listen between the Lines)

Karen English; Pictures by Amy June Bates Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Six voices from an inner-city classroom In a series of candid free-form poems, Karen English presents the thoughts of six third-grade children in one day...

Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
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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
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Jitterbug Jam

Barbara Jean Hicks; Pictures by Alexis Deacon Farrar, Straus and Giroux

What does this monster have under his bed? Bobo is a young monster who's afraid to sleep in his own bed. He is sure there is a boy hiding beneath it - a boy...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Child Magazine Best Books of the Year
New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year
Nick, Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)

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Isabella's Above-Ground Pool

Alice Mead; Pictures by Maryann Cocca-Leffler Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“I won’t share ’cuz it’s not fair!” is nine-year-old Isabella Speedwalker-Juarez’s motto. It’s all because she’s stuck in a room with her toddler brother,...

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Trading Places

Claudia Mills Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Todd and Amy Davidson may be twins, but they’re complete opposites – Todd is organized and is the family “engineer,” while Amy is outgoing and has been dubbed...

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Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Children’s Crown Collection (National Christian Schools Association)
Alabama Children's Choice Book Award Master List
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Iowa Children's Choice Award Master List
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Maser List
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Max's Words

Kate Banks; Pictures by Boris Kulikov Frances Foster Books

Max’s brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Book Sense Children's Pick
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Alabama Children's Choice Book Award Master List
Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Master List
Delaware Blue Hen Book Master List
Florida Reading Association Children’s Book Award Master List
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Illinois Monarch Award: K-3 Children's Choice Award Master List
Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List
Maine Lupine Award Master List
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The Birthday Fish

Dan Yaccarino Henry Holt and Co.

Cynthia loved ponies. All she could think about was ponies. Every birthday Cynthia wished for a pony and every birthday she got something else. An adorable...

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Greetings from Nowhere

Barbara O'Connor Frances Foster Books

Aggie isn’t expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping...

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The Story of Jonas

Maurine F. Dahlberg Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Jonas has lived all of his thirteen years on a farm in Missouri, and even though he hears whispers about freedom, he thinks he’ll never try to escape. He knows...

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Georgie's Moon

Chris Woodworth Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Georgie Collins knows exactly how to make it through life in a new town. Before her father left for Vietnam, he gave her standing orders never to let anyone...

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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
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Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
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Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List

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Marvelous Mattie

How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor

Emily Arnold McCully Farrar, Straus and Giroux

With her sketchbook labeled My Inventions and her father’s toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything – toys, sleds, and a foot warmer. When she was just...

Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force
Natural History Magazine Best Books of the Year
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
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Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List
Georgia Children’s Book Award Master List (University of GA)
Kansas City KC3 Reading Award Master List
Missouri KCS Book Award Master List
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Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

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The Runaway Princess

Kate Coombs Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“A dragon darkens our dells. A witch haunts our woods. Bandits roam our moors” . . . King Stromgard swept on. “In the tradition of so many monarchs, I offer my...

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Louisiana YR Choice Book Award Master List
Maine Student Book Award Master List

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Hummingbird

Kimberly Greene Angle Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Twelve-year-old March Anne Tanner’s life is tied to the simple rhythms and cycles of the watermelon farm in Jubilee, Georgia, that she has grown up on. Thanks...

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Yoon and the Jade Bracelet

Helen Recorvits; Pictures by Gabi Swiatkowska Frances Foster Books

It is Yoon’s birthday and all she wants is a jump rope so she can play with the other girls in the school yard. Instead, Yoon’s mother gives her a Korean...

Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor Book
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