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NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Brown Bear and Friends

Bill Martin Jr; Illustrated by Eric Carle Henry Holt and Co.

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the...

IRA-CBC Children's Choices
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Catholic Library Association, Regina Medal
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Colorado Children's Book Award

American Bookseller
Booklist
Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Arctic Memories

Normee Ekoomiak; Illustrated by the author Henry Holt and Co.

Text in both Inuktitut and English describes a now vanished way of life for the Inuit.

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Orbis Pictus
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
Wilson Library Bulletin

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Awards

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Cactus Hotel

Brenda Z. Guiberson; Illustrated by Megan Lloyd Henry Holt and Co.

It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired, they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA Teachers' Choices
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Parents' Choice Award Winner
National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children

Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
Parents' Choice
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
Wilson Library Bulletin

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Old Black Fly

Jim Aylesworth; Illustrated by Stephen Gammell Henry Holt and Co.

Nothing drives a family crazy faster than an old black fly on a hot summer day, especially when the family's a little crazy already. And this fly is as bad as...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA-CBC Children's Choices
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Parents' Choice Award Winner
Booklist Editors' Choice
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

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

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In the Tall, Tall Grass

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

If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see? Beginning as the sun is high in the sky and...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
IRA-CBC Children's Choices
Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, Honor Books
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Booklist Editors' Choice
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

American Bookseller
Booklist
Horn Book
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Who Said That?

Famous Americans Speak

Robert Burleigh; Illustrated by David Catrow Henry Holt and Co.

Have you ever stumbled upon a famous quote and thought, "Who said that?" Well, now you can find out in this amusing and informative introduction to quotes and...

American Library Association Quick Picks for Young Adults
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts

Booklist
Horn Book
School Library Journal
Wilson Library Bulletin

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Unbeatable Beaks

Stephen Swinburne Henry Holt and Co.

A beak is a spoon, a beak is a slicer. A beak is a scraper, stabber, and spiker. Have you ever wondered why birds have different shaped beaks? Many beaks...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts

Horn Book
School Library Journal

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Brown Bear and Friends

Bill Martin Jr; Illustrated by Eric Carle Henry Holt and Co.

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the...

IRA-CBC Children's Choices
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

American Bookseller
Booklist
Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Awards

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My Son John

Jim Aylesworth; Woodcuts by David Frampton Henry Holt and Co.

An NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts.

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts

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Bulletin-Center for Children's Books
NCTE
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Awards

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Coyote School News

Joan Sandin Henry Holt and Co.

A blending of rich Mexican and American cultural traditions "My name is Ramón Ernesto Ramírez, but everybody calls me Monchi. I live on a...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Kirkus Reviews

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Awards

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In Search of Mockingbird

Loretta Ellsworth Henry Holt and Co.

A runaway seeks Harper Lee for answers Sometimes the things that need to be discovered aren’t so easily found at home. Erin is certain that this is true in...

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IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
New York Charlotte Award Master List
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List

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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella

Paul Fleischman; illustrations by Julie Paschkis Henry Holt and Co.

Once upon a time, in Mexico . . . in Ireland . . . in Zimbabwe . . . there lived a girl who worked all day in the rice fields . . . then spent the night by the...

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
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Kirkus Best Book of the Year
Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Master List
California Children’s Media Award, Silver Medals

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Kirkus Reviews
New York Times
Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal

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Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff Square Fish

An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of...

American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
American Library Association Quick Picks for Young Adults
IRA Teachers' Choices
Parenting Magazine, Best Children’s Award
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Parents' Choice Honor Books
Golden Kite Award
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Michigan Best Book for Young Adults
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award

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Won Ton

A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

Lee Wardlaw; illustrations by Eugene Yelchin Henry Holt and Co.

Nice place they got here. Bed. Bowl. Blankie. Just like home! Or so I've been told. Visiting hours! Yawn. I pretend not to care. Yet -- I sneak a...

American Library Association Notable Children's Books
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Indiana Read Alouds Too Good to Miss Master List
MA Boston Authors Club Annual Award
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
Rhode Island Children's Book Award Master List

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Pablo Neruda

Poet of the People

by Monica Brown; illustrated by Julie Paschkis Henry Holt and Co.

Once there was a little boy named Neftalí who loved wild things wildly and quiet things quietly. From the moment he could talk, he surrounded himself with...

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Orbis Pictus Honor Book

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Shout! Shout It Out!

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

Kids are often told to sit still and be quiet. But Denise Fleming encourages them to shout, shout it out! By taking basic learning concepts like numbers,...

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Dear Deer

A Book of Homophones

Gene Barretta; Illustrated by the author Square Fish

Aunt Ant goes on a tour of the zoo and describes it all using clever and hilarious word play.

NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts

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The Poet Slave of Cuba

A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

Margarita Engle; Illustrated by Sean Qualls Square Fish

A lyrical account of the life of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet slave of Cuba, in verse

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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Winner
IRA Children's Book Award
IRA Teachers' Choices
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
Pura Belpre Author Award
Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Master List

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The Way a Door Closes

Hope Anita Smith; Illustrated by Shane W. Evans Square Fish

An award winning, poignant novel in poems about a family coping with a father’s disappearance

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award - Author
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Bank Street Claudia Lewis Award
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Women’s National Book Association)

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

Bonus

Awards

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