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Members
Allison Barney
Limitless Libraries Coordinator
Nashville Public Library
Nashville, TN
Keary Bramwell
Youth Collection Specialist Librarian
Mount Prospect Public Library
Mount Prospect, IL
Paige Bentley-Flannery
Community Librarian
Deschutes Public Library
Sisters, OR
Brenda Dales
Department of Teacher Education
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Kimberly Probert Grad
Library Information Supervisor
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Sharon Haupt
District Librarian
San Luis Coastal Unified School District
San Luis Obispo, CA
Danielle Jones
Youth Librarian
Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR
Joyce Laiosa
Adjunct Professor
University at Albany (SUNY)
Gwen M. Taylor
Lewis Clark State College Library
Lewiston, ID
Bina Williams Childrens Librarian Bridgeport Public Library
Bridgeport, CT Committee Chair:
Micki Freeny
Adjunct Faculty
University of Maryland ISchool
College Park, MD
[email protected]
Association for Library Service to Children/ALA Notable
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The evaluation criteria to be used are:
1. Literary quality
2. Originality of text and illustration
3. Clarity and style of language
4. Excellence of Illustration
5. Excellence of design and format
6. Clarity of organization and accuracy of
Information
7. Subject matter of interest and value to
Children
8. The likelihood of acceptance by children
(Board Action, June 1977)
NOTABLE CHILDRENS BOOKS CRITERIA
Notable is defined as: Worthy of note or
notice, important, distinguished, outstanding.
As applied to childrens books, the term
notable includes books for all age levels
(through age 14) of especially commendable
quality, books that exhibit venturesome
creativity, and books of fiction, information,
poetry, folklore, and picture books that
reflect and encourage childrens interest in
exemplary ways.
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NCBC DISCUSSION LIST
PICTURE BOOKS
*3, 2, 1, Go! by Emily Arnold McCully. Holiday House.
8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha Cooper. Scholastic Inc,/Orchard
Books.
A B See by Elizabeth Doyle. Simon & Schuster/Little
Simon.
Ask Me by Bernard Waber. Illus. by Suzy Lee. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt.
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea.
Disney-Hyperion,
Bear and Hare Go Fishing by Emily Gravett. Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers.
*The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach. Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf.
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep by Todd Tarpley. Illus. by John Rocco.
Little Brown and Company.
Big Bear, Little Chair by Lizi Boyd. Chronicle Books.
Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley. Roaring Brook Press/A Neal
Porter Book.
*Click! by Jeffrey Ebbeler. Holiday House.
Counting Lions by Katie Cotton. Illus. by Stephen Walton.
Candlewick Press.
Crybaby by Karen Beaumont. Illus. by Eugene Yelchin. Macmillan/
Henry Holt and Company.
Double Happiness by Nancy Tupper Ling. Illus. by Alina Chau.
Chronicle Books.
Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites by Kellen Hatanaka. House of
Anansi Press/Groundwood Books.
*Drum Dream Girl: How One Girls Courage Changed Music by
Margarita Engle. Illus. by Rafael Lpez.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang. Illus. by Max
Lang. Random House.
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*Fetch by Jorey Hurley. Simon & Schuster/A Paula Wiseman
Book.
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the Worlds Most Famous Bear by
Lindsay Mattick. Illus. by Sophie
Blackall. Little Brown and Company.
*A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious
Feast by Emily Jenkins. Illus. by Sophie
Blackall. Random House/Schwartz and Wade.
Float by Daniel Miyares. Simon and Schuster Books for Young
Readers.
*Fly! by Karl Newsom Edwards. Candlewick Press.
The Fly. By Petr Horek. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Press.
Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illus. by Tom Lichtenheld.
Scholastic Press.
*Grandma in Blue with Red Hat by Scott Menchin. Illus. by Harry
Bliss. Abrams.
*The Grasshopper and the Ants by Jerry Pinkney. Little Brown and
Company.
Have You Seen My Monster? by Steve Light. Candlewick Press.
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor. Illus. by Jean
Jullien. Candlewick Press.
*How to Draw a Dragon by Douglas Florian. Beach Lane Books.
Hurry Home, Hedgehog! A Bilingual Book of Sounds by Belle Yang.
Candlewick Press.
I (Dont) Like Snakes by Nicola Davies. Illus. by Luciano Lozano.
Candlewick Press.
I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion
Books.
*If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson. HarperCollins/Balzer +
Bray.
*In by Nikki McClure. Abrams/Appleseed.
In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van. Illus. by April Chu.
Creston Books.
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*Its Only Stanley by Jon Agee. Penguin Group/Dial Books for
Young Readers.
The King and the Sea: 21 Extremely Short Stories by Heinz
Janisch. Illus. by Wolf Erlbruch. Translated by
Sally-Ann Spencer. Gecko Press.
Lailahs Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi. Illus by Lea
Lyon. Tilbury House Publishers.
*Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pea. Illus. by
Christian Robinson. Penguin/Putnam.
Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Erin E. Stead.
Roaring Brook Press.
Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett. Illus. by Christian Robinson.
Chronicle Books.
Lillians Right to Vote by Jonah Winter. Illus. by Shane W.
Evans. Random House/Schwartz & Wade.
Look! by Jeff Mack. Penguin Group/Philomel Books.
Mamas Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by
Edwidge Danticat. Illus. by Leslie Staub.
Penguin/Dial Books.
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina. Illus. by Angela Dominguez.
Candlewick Press.
Mayas Blanket/La Manta de Maya by Monica Brown. Illus. by David
Diaz. Translated by Adriana
Domingue. Lee & Low Books/Childrens Book Press.
*Meet the Dullards by Sara Pennypacker. Illus. by Daniel
Salmieri. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray.
Miracle on 133rd Street by Sonia Manzano. Illus. by Marjorie
Priceman. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Books for Young Readers.
The Moon Is Going to Addys House by Ida Pearle. Illus. Penguin
Group/Dial Books for Young Readers.
Moving Blocks by Yosuke Yonezu. Michael Neugebauer Publishing
Ltd./Minedition.
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser. Translated
by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth
Books.
My Cousin Momo by Zachariah OHora. Dial Books for Young
Readers.
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*My Pen by Christopher Myers. Disney-Hyperion.
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald. Illus. by Freya Blackwood.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
My Wild Family by Laurent Moreau. Chronicle Books.
The New Small Person by Lauren Child. Candlewick Press.
*New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer. Illus. by Eric Velasquez.
Holiday House.
The Night World by Mordicai Gerstein. Little Brown and
Company.
On the Ball by Brian Pinkney. Disney-Hyperion.
One Family by George Shannon. Illus. by Blanca Gmez. Farrar
Straus Giroux/Frances Foster Books.
One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck. Illus. by Yasmeen Ismail.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Richard Simon and Tanya Simon.
Illus. by Mark Siegel. Roaring Brook
Press.
Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story with Holes by Frank Viva.
Little Brown and Company.
*P. Zonka Lays an Egg by Julie Paschkis. Peachtree.
The Plan by Alison Paul. Illus. by Barbara Lehman. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt.
* Poem in Your Pocket by Margaret McNamara. Illus. by G. Brian
Karas. Random House/Schwartz &
Wade Books.
Pool by JiHyeon Lee. Chronicle Books.
The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton. Scholastic
Press/Arthur A. Levine Books.
The Queens Hat by Steve Antony. Scholastic Press.
Red by Jan De Kinder. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans
Books for Young Readers.
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*Red: A Crayons Story by Michael Hall. Harper
Collins/Greenwillow Books.
Roger Is Reading a Book by Koen Van Biesen. Translated by Laura
Watkinson. Eerdmans Books for
Young Readers.
*Should You Be a River: A Poem about Love by Ed Young. Little
Brown and Company.
*Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson. Illus. by Sydney Smith.
House of Anansi Press/Groundwood
Books.
*Skunk by Mac Barnett. Illus. by Patrick McDonnell. Roaring
Brook Press.
The Snow Rabbit by Camille Garoche. Enchanted Lion Books.
Special Delivery by Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Matthew Cordell.
Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter Book.
*Spectacular Spots by Susan Stockdale. Peachtree.
Spots in a Box by Helen Ward. Candlewick Press/Templar
Books.
Squid Kid the Magnificent by Lynne Berry. Illus. by Luke
LaMarca. Disney-Hyperion.
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer. Illus. by Holly
Clifton-Brown. Chronicle Books.
*Stormy Night by Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury.
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev. Illus. by Taeeun Yoo.
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
*Such a Little Mouse by Alice Schertle. Illus. by Stephanie Yue.
Scholastic/Orchard Books.
*Supertruck by Stephen Savage. Roaring Book Press/A Neal Porter
Book.
Thank You and Good Night by Patrick McDonnell. Little Brown and
Company.
Thats (Not) Mine by Anna Kang. Illus. by Christopher Weyant. Two
Lions.
This Is Sadie by Sarah OLeary. Illus. by Julie Morstad. Random
House/Tundra Books.
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Tiptoe Tapirs by Hanmin Kim, translated by Sera Lee. Holiday
House.
*Toad Weather by Sandra Markle. Illus. by Thomas Gonzalez.
Peachtree.
Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious
Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush
Stingray, and a Book-loving Rubber Ball by Emily Jenkins. Illus.
by Paul O. Zelinsky. Random
House/Schwartz & Wade Books.
Two Mice by Sergio Ruzzier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion
Books.
Two White Rabbits. By Jairo Buitrago. Illus. by Rafael Yockteng.
Translated by Elisa Amado. House of
Anansi Press/Groundwood Books.
Wait by Antoinette Portis. Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter
Book.
Waiting by Kevin Henkes. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books.
We Dig Worms! by Kevin McCloskey. Toon Books.
*Whale Trails: Before and Now by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illus. by
G. Brian Karas. Henry Holt and
Company/Christy Ottaviano Books.
*When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt. Illus. by Jill
McElmurry. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Wheres the Baboon? by Michal Escoffier. Illus. by Kris Di
Giacomo. Enchanted Lion Books.
Wheres Walrus? and Penguin? by Stephen Savage. Scholastic
Press.
The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The White Book by Silvia Borando, Elisabetta Pica and Lorenzo
Clerici. Candlewick Press.
Who Done It? by Oliver Tallec. Chronicle Books.
Whose Tools? by Toni Buzzeo. Illus. by Jim Datz.
Abrams/Appleseed.
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman. Illus. by Zachariah OHora.
Little Brown and Company.
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*A Wonderful Year by Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook Press/A Neal
Porter Book.
Yard Sale by Eve Bunting. Illus. by Lauren Castillo. Candlewick
Press.
Zen Socks by Jon J. Muth. Scholastic Press.
FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION, VERSE NOVELS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS)
Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr. Translated by Guy Puzey.
Illus. by Kate Forrester. Candlewick
Press.
All the Answers by Kate Messner. Bloomsbury.
Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith. Random
House/Schwartz & Wade Books.
Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Illus. by Gary
A. Rosen. Penguin Group/Dial Books
for Young Readers.
*Audacity by Melanie Crowder. Penguin/Philomel Books.
Baba Yagas Assistant by Marika McCoola. Illus. by Emily Carroll.
Candlewick Press.
The Bamboo Sword by Marge Preus. Abrams/Amulet Books.
*Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Little Brown and
Company.
*Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly. Harper Collins/Greenwillow
Books.
Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands. Simon & Schuster/Alladin.
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. Henry Holt &
Company/Christy Ottaviano Books.
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley. Illus. by Diana Sudyka.
Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers.
Completely Clementine by Sara Pennypacker. Illus. by Marla
Frazee. Disney-Hyperion.
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*The Cottage in the Woods by Katherine Coville. Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf.
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate. Macmillan/Feiwel and
Friends.
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge. Abrams/Amulet Books.
The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. Henry
Holt and Company.
Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt. Henry Holt and
Company/Christy Ottaviano Books.
Detective Gordon: The First Case by Ulf Nilsson. Illus. by Gitte
Spee. Translated by Julia Marshall. Gecko
Press.
Detectives Assistant by Kate Hannigan. Little Brown and
Company.
The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon. HarperCollins/Greenwillow
Books.
*A Dragons Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence
Yep and Joanne Ryder. Illus. by
Mary GrandPr. Random House/Crown Books for Young Readers.
Dream On, Amber by Emma Shevah. Illus. by Helen Crawford-White.
Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky.
*Echo by Pam Muoz Ryan. Illus. by Dinara Mirtalipova. Scholastic
Press.
*Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks. Henry Holt and
Company.
Finding the Worm by Mark Goldblatt. Random House.
Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee. Illus. by Christopher Denise.
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for
Young Readers.
*Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt. Penguin Group/Nancy
Paulsen Books.
Flop to the Top! by Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing. Toon
Books.
*Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy by Susan Vaught. Simon
Schuster/A Paula Wiseman Book.
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton. Penguin Group/Dial Books for
Young Readers.
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Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar. Random House Childrens
Books/Delacorte Press.
George by Alex Gino. Scholastic Press.
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia.
HarperCollins/Amistad.
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead. Random House/Wendy Lamb
Books.
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World
War by multiple authors. Illus. by Jim
Kay. Candlewick Press.
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon.
Penguin Group/Dial Books for Young
Readers.
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord. Scholastic Press.
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson. Illus. by David
Shannon. Abrams Books for Young
Readers.
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. Candlewick Press.
*Honey by Sarah Weeks. Scholastic Press.
*The Imaginary by A. F. Harrold. Illus. by Emily Gravett.
Bloomsbury.
Juba! by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins/Armistad.
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste. Algonquin Young Readers.
The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau. Scholastic Press.
*Listen, Slowly by Thanhh Li. HarperCollins.
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo. Macmillan/Feiwel and
Friends.
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja Spiegelman. Illus. by
Segio Garca Snchez. TOON Graphics.
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Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff. Penguin Group/Philomel.
The Lunch Witch. By Deb Lucke. Papercutz.
Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall. HarperCollins Publishers.
The Marvels by Brian Selznick. Scholastic Press.
*Moon Bear by Gill Lewis. Illus. by Alessandro Gottardo. Simon
Schuster/Atheneum.
Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb. Illus. by Gilbert Ford.
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray.
Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens. Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers.
A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Books.
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel. Illus. by Jon Klassen. Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson. Illus. by Natalie
Andrewson. Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers.
The Only Child by Guojing. Random House/Schwartz & Wade.
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt/Clarion .
Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Candlewick Press.
*The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall. Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf.
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter. Illus. by Qin
Leng. Knopf Books for Young Reader.
*Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale.
Bloomsbury.
*The Question of Miracles by Elana K. Arnold. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt.
*Red Butterfly by A. L. Sonnichsen. Illus. by Amy June Bates.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. Penguin/Dial Books for Young
Readers.
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The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall. Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf.
Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure by Kekla Magoon.
Bloomsbury.
*Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper. Simon &
Schuster/Atheneum.
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems. Illus. by Tony
DiTerlizzi. Disney/Hyperion.
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm. Illus. by Matthew Holm.
Scholastic Graphix.
The Tale of Rescue by Michael J. Rosen. Illus. by Stan Fellows.
Candlewick Press.
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin. Little, Brown and
Company.
*This Side of Home by Rene Watson. Bloomsbury.
The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship
in World War I by Michael Foreman.
Henry Holt and Company.
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee. Penguin/G P Putnam's
Sons.
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly
Jones. Illus. by Katie Kath. Random
House/Alfred A. Knopf.
*The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers.
The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang. Scholastic
Press.
We Are All Made of Molecules. By Susin Nielsen. Random
House/Wendy Lamb Books.
*Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin. Penguin/Razorbill.
Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Ricardo Siri Liniers. Toon
Books.
INFORMATION PICTURE BOOKS
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The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton. Illus. by Don
Tate. Eerdmans Books for Young
Readers.
An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns by
Betsy R. Rosenthal. Illus. by Jago. Lerner
Publishing Group/Millbrook Press.
The Blue Whale by Jenni Desmond. Enchanted Lion Books.
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlems Greatest Bookstore
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. lllus. by R.
Gregory Christie. Lerner Publishing Group/Carolrhoda Books.
A Chicken Followed Me Home! Questions and Answers about Familiar
Fowl by Robin Page. Simon &
Schuster/Beach Lane Books.
*Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews by
Kathleen Benson. Illus. by Benny Andrews.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books.
*Earmuffs for Everyone: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as
the Inventor of Earmuffs by
Meghan McCarthy. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/A
Paula Wiseman Book.
*Egg: Natures Perfect Package by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt.
*Emmanuels Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by
Laurie Ann Thompson. Illus. by
Sean Qualls. Random House/Schwartz and Wade.
*Flowers Are Calling by Rita Gray. Illus. by Kenard Pak.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The Flying Birds by Eun-sun Han. Illus. by R. Ju-kyoung Kim.
TanTan Publishing.
Fredericks Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass by Doreen
Rappaport. Disney/Jump at the Sun.
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game by John Coy.
Illus. by Randy DuBurke. Lerner
Publishing Group/Carolrhoda Books.
*Gingerbread for Liberty: How a German Baker Helped with the
American Revolution by Mara Rockliff.
Illus. by Vincent X. Kirsch. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the
Dominican Republic All the Way to
the Major Leagues by Matt Tavares. Candlewick Press.
Hippos Are Huge! by Jonathan London. Illus. by Matthew Trueman.
Candlewick Press.
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams by Tanya
Lee Stone. Illus. by Kathryn Brown.
Henry Holt and Company/Christy Ottaviano Books.
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-step Advice from the Animal
Kingdom by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Im Trying to Love Spiders (It Isnt Easy) by Bethany Barton.
Penguin Group/Viking.
*In Marys Garden by Tina and Carson Kgler. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt.
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey by
Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illus. by James E.
Ransome. Simon & Schuster Books for Young People/A Paula
Wiseman Book.
A Nest Is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston. Illus. by Sylvia Long.
Chronicle Books.
The Nutcracker Comes To America: How Three Ballet-Loving
Brothers Created A Holiday Tradition by
Chris Barton. Illus. by Cathy Gendron. Lerner Publishing
Group/Millbrook Press.
*One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the
Gambia by Miranda Paul. Illus. by
Elizabeth Zunan. Lerner/Millbrook Press.
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate.
Peachtree Publishers.
Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story by Emily Arnold
McCully. Farrar Strauss
Giroux/Margaret Ferguson Books.
*Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre. Simon &
Schuster/Beach Lane.
Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & His World of Insects by
Matthew Clark Smith. Illus. by Giuliano
Ferri. Two Lions.
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder.
Illus. by Julie Morstad. Chronicle Books.
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*Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of
Rhythm by Karen Deans. Illus. by Joe
Cepeda. Holiday House.
Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree by
Kate Messner. Illus. by Simona
Mulazzani. Chronicle Books.
*Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews. Illus. by Bryan Collier. Abram
Books.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner. Illus. by
Christopher Silis Neal. Chronicle
Books.
Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle by Miranda Paul.
Illus. by Jason Chin. Roaring Book
Press/A Neal Porter Book.
Woodpecker Wham! by April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by Steve Jenkins.
Henry Holt and Company.
NON-FICTION (INCLDUING INFORMATION PICTURE BOOKS, POETRY AND
FOLKLORE)
*28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World by
Charles R. Smith Jr. Illus. by Shane
Evans. Roaring Brook Press/A Neal Porter Book.
*Big Red Kangaroo by Claire Saxby. Illus. by Graham Byrne.
Candlewick Press.
*Bird & Diz by Gary Golio. Illus. by Ed Young. Candlewick
Press.
The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower, or John Howlands Good
Fortune by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick Press.
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill
Club by Phillip Hoose. Farrar Straus
Giroux.
Breakthrough! How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed
Medicine Forever by Jim Murphy.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books.
*The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by
Selina Alko. Illus. by Sean Qualls and Selina
Alko. Scholastic/Arthur A Levine Books.
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War by Jessica
Dee Humphreys & Michel Chikwanine,
Illus. by Claudia Dvila. Kids Can Press/CitizenKids.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Emu by Claire Saxby. Illus. by Graham Byrne. Candlewick
Press.
*Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings by Matthew
Burgess. Illus. by Kris Di Giacomo.
Enchanted Lion Books.
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita
Engle. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Books for Young Readers.
Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the
Worlds Most Fascinating
Individuals by Michael Hearst. Illus. by Aaron Scamihorn.
Chronicle Books.
*Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow.
Highlights/Calkins Creek.
*First Flight around the World: The Adventures of the American
Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim
Grove. Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum/Abram
Books.
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan
Tonatiuh. Abrams Books for Young
Readers.
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White
America by Carole Boston
Weatherford. Illus. by Jamey Christoph. Albert Whitman and
Company.
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash. Candlewick Press.
Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks. Roaring Brook Press/First
Second.
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by
Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda,
with Liz Welch. Little Brown and Company.
The Inkers Shadow by Allen Say. Scholastic Press.
The Inventors Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford by
Suzanne Slade. Illus. by Jennifer Black
Reinhardt. Charlesbridge Publishing.
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Iras Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand. Illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Lee and Low Books.
Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story
of the Transcontinental Railroad by
Martin W. Sandler. Illus. by Karen Minot (map illustrations).
Candlewick Press.
Lincolns Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, Americas First Private Eye
by Samantha Seiple. Scholastic Press.
Mad about Monkeys by Owen Davey. Flying Eye Books.
March: Book Two by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Illus. by Nate
Powell. Top Shelf Productions.
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All
of France by Mara Rockliff. Illus. by
Iacopo Bruno. Candlewick Press.
The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea by Brenda Z. Guiberson.
Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Henry Holt and
Company.
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the
Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring
Brook Press.
The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy
Montgomery. Photos by Keith
Ellenbogen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
*Rad American Women A to Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and
Visionaries Who Shaped Our History and
Our Future by Kate Schatz. Illus. by Miriam Klein Stahl. City
Lights Books.
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip through the Motown Sound by Andrea
Davis Pinkney. Roaring Brook Press.
Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australias Desert Wilderness
by Narelle Oliver. Candlewick Press.
Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU by
Cory Silverberg. Illus. by Fiona Smyth.
Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square.
Spidermania: Friends on the Web by Alexandra Siy. Illus. by
Dennis Kunkel. Holiday House.
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland. Random
House/Schwartz & Wade Books.
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Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights. By Ann
Bausum. Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press.
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in
America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Tommy: The Gun that Changed America by Karen Blumenthal. Roaring
Brook Press.
A Tower of Giraffes: Animals in Groups by Anna Wright.
Charlesbridge Publishing.
*Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the
Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli. Penguin
Group/Viking.
*Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma
Voting Rights March by Lynda
Blackmon Lowery. Illus. by P J Loughran. Penguin/Dial Books.
The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale by Nathan Hale.
Abrams/Amulet Books.
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey. National
Geographic.
Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature Journal by Sandra Morris.
Candlewick Press.
A Year without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova. House of Anansi
Press/Groundwood Books.
POETRY
Amazing Places. Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus. by Chris
Soentpiet & Christy Hale. Lee & Low
Books.
Beastly Verse. Compiled and illustrated by JooHee Yoon.
Enchanted Lion Books.
*Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects.
Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko. Illus. by Chris
Raschka. Candlewick Press.
Flutter & Hum = Aleteo y zumbido: Animal Poems = Poemas de
animals. Complied by Julie Paschkis.
Henry Holt & Company.
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*Lullaby & Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby.
Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus. by
Alyssa Nassner. Abrams/Appleseed.
My Seneca Village by Marilyn Nelson. Namelos.
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems
With Photographs That Float,
Zoom, and Bloom! Compiled by J. Patrick Lewis. National
Geographic.
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.
Compiled by Elizabeth Hammill. Illus. by
multiple artists. Candlewick Press.
The Popcorn Astronauts: And Other Biteable Rhymes by Deborah
Ruddell. Illus. by Joan Rankin. Simon
& Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Sail Away by Langston Hughes. Illus. by Ashley Bryan. Simon
& Schuster/Atheneum Books.
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist by Margarita Engle.
Illus. by Aliona Bereghici. Two Lions.
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights
Movement by Carole Boston
Weatherford. Illus. by Ekua Holmes. Candlewick Press.