“Best 100 Books for Young Readers, 2013” ...... 10 Poetry ...... 10 Folktales and Fairy Talkes ...... 10 Picture Books ...... 11 Easy Readers ...... 15 Middle-Grade Fiction ...... 15 Middle Grade ...... 17 Teen Fiction ...... 18 Graphic Novels ...... 21 Factual Picture Books ...... 21 Factual Books for Young Readers ...... 23 Major Awards for Literary Works for Young Readers ...... 25

Picture Books that Teach Values ...... 28 “Seek Ye Out of the Best Books . . . and Get Your Kids To Read Them!!”

“An essential part of our learning library will be good books. Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged, adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.”

President Thomas S. Monson Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting February 9, 2008

In Doctrine & Covenants 88:118 we are encouraged to “Seek ye out of the best books”. Reading stimulates essential brain activity. Reading educates and entertains. Reading can teach valuable lessons and precious principles. President Monson said, “Reading is one of the true pleasures of life.” So . . . if reading is so great . . . what can we do to encourage a child who would rather eat a bowl of lima beans than pick up a book? Lots of stuff!! We are excited to share reading strategies, motivational activities and wonderful principle centered reading lists. Let’s get those kids reading the good stuff!!

20 Ways for Parents to Encourage Reading

The following are some ways to turn a young reader's reluctance into enthusiasm: 1. Scout for things your children might like to read. Use their interests and hobbies as starting points. 2. Leave all sorts of reading materials including books, magazines, and colorful catalogs in conspicuous places around your home. 3. Notice what attracts your children's attention, even if they only look at the pictures. Then build on that interest; read a short selection aloud, or simply bring home more information on the same subject. 4. Let your children see you reading for pleasure in your spare time. 5. Take your children to the library regularly. Explore the children's section together. Ask a librarian to suggest books and magazines your children might enjoy. 6. Present reading as an activity with a purpose; a way to gather useful information for, say, making paper airplanes, identifying a doll or stamp in your child's collection, or planning a family trip. 7. Encourage older children to read to their younger brothers and sisters. Older children enjoy showing off their skills to an admiring audience. 8. Play games that are reading-related. Check your closet for spelling games played with letter tiles or dice, or board games that require players to read spaces, cards, and directions. 9. Perhaps over dinner, while you're running errands, or in another informal setting, share your reactions to things you read, and encourage your children to do likewise. 10. Set aside a regular time for reading in your family, independent of schoolwork, the 20 minutes before lights out, just after dinner, or whatever fits into your household schedule. As little as 10 minutes of free reading a day can help improve your child's skills and habits. 11. Read aloud to your child, especially a child who is discouraged by his or her own poor reading skills. The pleasure of listening to you read, rather than struggling alone, may restore your child's initial enthusiasm for books and reading. 12. Encourage your child to read aloud to you an exciting passage in a book, an interesting tidbit in the newspaper, or a joke in a joke book. When children read aloud, don't feel they have to get every word right. Even good readers skip or mispronounce words now and then. 13. On gift-giving occasions, give books and magazines based on your child's current interests. 14. Set aside a special place for children to keep their own books. 15. Introduce the bookmark. Remind your youngster that you don't have to finish a book in one sitting; you can stop after a few pages, or a chapter, and pick up where you left off at another time. Don't try to persuade your child to finish a book he or she doesn't like. Recommend putting the book aside and trying another. 16. Treat your children to an evening of laughter and entertainment featuring books! Many children (parents, too) regard reading as a serious activity. A joke book, a story told in riddles, or a funny passage read aloud could reveal another side of reading. 17. Extend your child's positive reading experiences. For example, if your youngster enjoyed a book about dinosaurs, follow up with a visit to a natural history museum. 18. Offer other special incentives to encourage your child's reading. Allow your youngster to stay up an extra 15 minutes to finish a chapter; promise to take your child to see a movie after he or she has finished the book on which it was based; relieve your child of a regular chore to free up time for reading. 19. Limit your children's TV viewing in an effort to make time for other activities, such as reading. But never use TV as a reward for reading, or a punishment for not reading. Establish a culture of reading, not a culture of TV. 20. Not all reading takes place between the covers of a book. What about menus, road signs, food labels, and sheet music? Take advantage of countless spur-of-the-moment opportunities for reading during the course of your family's busy day. http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/tip.mspx?View=3

Ideas For Reading Motivation

Lock Box – Reading is the “KEY” to knowledge Book Basket Sticker Chart Create a Home Library Reading Rainbow Rocks Create a Mini Mart and give tickets for books read Act It Out – Have your kids act out what is happening as you read Read the Sunday Comics together Have your child read into a tape recorder, then play it back - kids like to hear their voice Musical Books – read whatever book is under the chair you land on Scavenger Hunt Hide a book and play Hot & Cold to find it Name That Book - read the book first and have your child make up a title Make a Word Search about a book – then read the book Have a quiz at the end Speed Read, Slow Read, High Voice Read, Low Voice Read Chapter Punch Card Book Punch Card Read A Series Read All The Books By One Author Read a book for each letter of the alphabet

Great Websites For Reading Strategies & Book Lists www.rif.org www.reading foundation.org www.childliteracy.com www.cbcbooks.org www.readingrockets.org www.literacyconnections.com www2.scholastic.com www.wholesome-books.com

Free Online Reading Teachers www.starfall.com (this sight is GREAT and super fun) www.sfreading.com www.learntoreadfree.com www.yourchildlearns.com

Principle Centered Literature

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Kellar Exiled, The Story of John Lathrop by Helene Holt Lessons From A Sheep Dog by Phillip Kellar Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Silas Marner by George Elliot The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Maples Dodge William Bradford, Pilgim Boy by Bradford Smith and Robert Doremus The Magna Charta by James Daugherty Heidi by Johanna Spyri Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis Redwall by Brian Jaques Cold Train Coming by Larry Barkdull The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Number the Stars by Lois Lowry The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Spear The Sword Bearer by Dan Redford

Other Favorites Include:

Anne of Green Gables Series, Montgomery (all ages) A Little Princess, Burnett (all ages) Blood Brothers, Chacour (adolescent-adult) Captain Courageous, Kipling (adolescent-adult) Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Latham (all ages, family) Founding Fathers, Uncommon Heroes, (all ages) Heidi, Spyri (all ages) Ivanhoe, Scott (all ages) Jane Eyre, Bronte (adolescent – adult) Johnny Tremain, Forbes (all ages) Laddie, Stratton-Porter (all ages) Left to Tell, (adult) Little Britches, Moody (family) Little House Series, Wilder (all ages, family) Little Lord Fauntleroy, Burnett (all ages) Little Women, Alcott (adolescent – adult) Lord of the Rings, Tolkien (adolescent-adult) Men of Iron, Pyle (all ages) Mere Christianity, Lewis (adolescent – adult) Old Yeller, Gipson (all ages) Pinocchio, (all ages) Pollyanna, (all ages) The Adventures of Robin Hood, Green (all ages) The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis (all ages, family) The Constitution of the United States (all ages) The Declaration of Independence (all ages) The Hiding Place, Ten Boom The Jungle Book, Kipling The Real Benjamin Franklin, Allison (adolescent – adult) The Real George Washington, Parry (adolescent – adult) The Screwtape Letters, Lewis (adolescent – adult) The Secret Garden, Burnett (all ages) Tramp for the Lord, Ten Boom (adolescent-adult) Treasure Island, Stevenson (adolescent-adult) Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe

For more classical literature titles, please visit these websites: http://www.literature.org/authors/ http://pd.sparknotes.com/lit/ http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html http://www.kidsreads.com/lists/classic-lists.asp

201 Great Books to Teach Values

CATEGORY AUTHOR TITLE Acceptance Abeel, Samantha Reach for the Moon Acceptance Blos, Joan Old Henry Acceptance Bunting, Eve December Acceptance Choi, Yangsook The Name Jar Acceptance Coles, Robert The Story of Ruby Bridges Acceptance Fleming, Virginia Be Good to Eddie Lee Acceptance McKissack, Patricia Goin' Someplace Special Acceptance Mitchell, Lori Different Just Like Me Acceptance Ryan, Pam Munoz When Marion Sang Acceptance Willes, Jeanne Susan Laughs Acceptance Woodson, Jacqueline The Other Side Attitude Alexander, Sue Marc the Magnificent Attitude Buehner, Caralyn Fanny's Dream Attitude Butterworth, Nick One Blowy Night Attitude Carlson, Nancy Life Is Fun Attitude De Felice, Cynthia The Real,True Dalcie Campbell Attitude Dionetti, Michelle Coal Mine Peaches Attitude French, Vivian Thistle Princess Attitude Steptoe,John Murfaro's Beautiful Daughters Attitude Tobias, Tobi Jane, Wishing Attitude Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince Attitude Wyeth, Sharon Something Beautiful Behavior, Etiquette Hoban, Russel The Little Brute Family Challenges Krull, Kathleen Wilma Unlimited Challenges Willes, Jeanne Susan Laughs Character Lawson, Robert They Were Strong and Good Character A to Zoo Choices Arkin, Alan The Lemming Condition Choices de Paola, Tomie Strega Nona Choices Gantos, Jack Rotten Ralph Choices Havill, Juanita Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher Choices Havill, Juanita Jamaica's Find Choices Muth, Jon J. The Three Questions Choices Pinkwater, Daniel The Picture of Morty and Ray Choices Polacco, Patricia Babushka's Doll Choices Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria Choices Rohmann, Eric My Friend Rabbit Choices Shannon, David David Gets in Trouble Choices Shannon, David No, David! Courage Brothers Grimm The Brave Little Tailor Courage Byrd, Robert Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife Courage Colville, Bruce The Foolish Giant The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Courage Hazen, Barbara Dark Courage Hearne, Betsy Seven Brave Women Courage Heide, Florence Timothy Twinge Courage Little, Jean Jess Was the Brave One Courage Mayer, Mercer Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp Courage Olson, Arielle The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Courage San Souci, Robert Brave Margaret Courage Steig, William Brave Irene Courage Stryer, Andrea Kami and the Yaks Faith Hardy, Linda Boys Who Became Prophets Faith Krauss, Ruth The Carrot Seed Faith Polacco, Patricia I Can Hear the Sun Faith Walters, Catherine When Will It Be Spring? Family Balian, Lorna Mother's Mother's Day Family Beskorv, Elsa Pelle's New Suit Family Buck, Pearl S. Christmas Day in the Morning Family Frasier, Debra On the Day You Were Born Family Melmed, Laura The Rainbabies Family Polacco, Patricia Christmas Tapestry Family Polacco, Patricia The Keeping Quilt Family Heritage Mills, Lauren The Rag Coat Friendship Capote, Truman A Christmas Memory Friendship Fox, Mem Feathers and Fools Friendship Grindley, Sally What Are Friends For? Friendship Kellogg, Steven Best Friends Friendship Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say Friendship Soentpiet, Chris Brothers Friendship Tompert, Ann Just a Little Bit Growing Up Waddel, Martin Once There Were Giants Heroes Lewis, J. Patrick Heroes and She-roes Honesty Brisson, Pat The Summer My Father Was Ten Honesty Chapman, Carol The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch Honesty Demi Chen Ping and His Magic Axe Honesty McKissack, Patricia The Honest-to-Goodness Truth Honesty Schroeder, Alan Lily and the Wooden Bowl Honesty, Integrity Buehner, Caralyn Would I Ever Lie to You? Honesty, Integrity Bunting, Eve A Day's Work Honesty, Integrity Sharmat, Marjorie A Big Fat Enormous Lie Honesty,Integrity Demi The Empty Pot Humility Evans, Richard Paul The Tower Individual Worth Appelt, Kathi Incredible Me! Individual Worth Brandenberg, Franz Otto Is Different Individual Worth Cannon, Janell Stellaluna Individual Worth Danneberg, Julie Cowboy Slim Individual Worth Dr. Seuss The Sneetches Individual Worth Dr. Seuss The Sneetches Individual Worth Fleishman, Paul Westlandia Individual Worth Fox, Mem Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Individual Worth Gilbert, Jane Indescribably Arabella Individual Worth Joossee, Barbara I Love You the Purplest Individual Worth Jordan, Deloris Salt in His Shoes Individual Worth Jordan, Deloris Salt in His Shoes Individual Worth Knowles, Sheena Edward the Emu Individual Worth Lester, Helen Tacky the Penguin Individual Worth Lester, Helen Three Cheers for Tacky Individual Worth Lovell, Patty Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon Individual Worth Lucado, Max Just In Case You Ever Wonder Individual Worth Lucado, Max Just the Way You Are Individual Worth Lucado, Max You Are Special Individual Worth Manning, Rick Cock-a-Doodle-Hooooooo! Individual Worth McDonnell, Janet What's So Special About Me? Individual Worth Medearis, Angela Annie's Gifts Individual Worth Pinkney, Jerry The Ugly Duckling Individual Worth Prelutsky, Jack Me I Am! Individual Worth Spier, Peter People Individual Worth Stevens, Janet Jackalope Individual Worth Welch, Myra Touch of the Master's Hand Individual Worth Wilcox, Brad Hip, Hip, Hooray for Annie McRae Individual Worth Wood, Audrey Quick as a Cricket Inner Beauty Martin, Rafe The Rough-Face Girl Inner Beauty Yolen, Jane Sleeping Ugly Bradfield, Jolly Integrity Roger Pickle Chiffon Pie Integrity Demi One Grain of Rice Integrity Demi The Greatest Treasure Integrity Dr. Seuss Horton Hatches the Egg Integrity Hest, Amy When Jessie Came Across the Sea Integrity James, Simon Dear Mr. Blueberry Integrity Mitchell, Margaree Uncle Jed's Barbershop Integrity Steig, William Brave Irene Berenstain, Stan & Kindness Jan Think of Those in Need Kindness Cartwright, Ann Proud and Fearless Lion Kindness Caswell, Helen The Parable of the Good Samaritan Kindness Cole, Brock The King at the Door Kindness Cosgrove, Stephen Leo the Lop Kindness Davis, Maggie Grandma's Secret Letter Kindness Fleishman, Sid Scarebird Kindness Jaffe, Nina Older Brother, Younger Brother Kindness Luttrell, Ida Three Good Blankets Kindness Paterson, Katherine Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water Kindness Peet, Bill The Ant and the Elephant Kindness Polacco, Patricia Chicken Sunday Kindness Silverstein, Shel The Giving Tree Knowledge Bradby, Marie More than Anything Else Knowledge Bridges, Shirin Ruby's Wish Knowledge Duvoisin, Roger Petunia Knowledge Hasley, Dennis A Story for Bear Knowledge Johnston, Tony Amber on the Mountain Knowledge Marshall, Rita I Hate to Read! Knowledge Miller, William Richard Wright and the Library Card Knowledge Mora, Pat Tomas and the Library Lady Aunt Chip & the Triple Creek Dam Knowledge Polacco, Patricia Affair Knowledge Polacco, Patricia Thank You, Mr. Falker Knowledge Sierra, Judy Wild About Books Love Buck, Pearl S. Christmas Day in the Morning Love Fox, Mem Koala Lou Love and Caring Halak, Glenn A Grandmother's Story Love and Caring Henry, O. The Gift of the Magi Love and Caring Polacco, Patricia Christmas Tapestry Loyalty Birdseye, Tom A Regular Flood of Mishap Loyalty Grimm, Jacob Little Brother and Little Sister Loyalty Mayer, Marianna Beauty and the Beast Loyalty McLerran, Alice The Mountain that Loved a Bird Loyalty Montenegro, Laura Sweet Tooth Loyalty Yolen, Jane The Emperor and the Kite Nature Baylor, Byrd The Table Where Rich People Sit Nature Chief Seattle Brother Eagle, Sister Sky Nature Ets, Marie Hall Play With Me Nature Locker, Thomas Earthdance Peer pressure Munsch, Robert N. The Paper Bag Princess Peer pressure Shannon, David A Bad Case of the Stripes Perseverance Ambrus, Victor Little Cockerel Perseverance Appelt, Kathi Watermelon Day Perseverance Armstrong, Jennifer Hugh Can Do Perseverance Cgrunwald, Lisa Now Soon Later Perseverance Cowley, Joy Big Moon Tortilla Perseverance Piper, Watty The Little Engine That Could Perseverance Stevens, Janet The Tortoise and the Hare Respect Polacco, Patricia Mrs. Katz & Tush Respect Opinions Young, Ed Seven Blind Mice Self Confidence Piper, Watty The Little Engine That Could Service Andrews, Julie Simeon's Gift Service Barker, Marjorie Magical Hands Service Brett, Jan The Umbrella Service Buck, Pearl S. Christmas Day in the Morning Service Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius Service Dr. Seuss Horton Hatches the Egg Service Evans, Richard Paul The Tower Service Gurley, Nan Little Rose of Sharon Service Heyer, Marilee The Girl, the Fish and the Crown Service Karon, Jan Miss Fannie's Hat Service Kitchen, Bert Somewhere Today Service Lounsbury, Charles Pictures in the Fire Service Lussert, Anneliesse The Christmas Visitor Service Pearson, Emily Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed Service Piper, Watty The Little Engine That Could Service Raven, Margot Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Service Roth, Roger Sign Painter's Dream Capt. Snap & the Children of Vinegar Service Schotter, Roni Ln Service Stevens, Janet Androcles and the Lion Service Tolstoy, Leo Shoemaker Martin Wojciechowski, Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Service Susan Toomey Service Yoshi, Marjorie Magical Hands Success Dr. Seuss Oh,the Places You'll Go Testimony Baylor, Byrd Everybody Needs a Rock Unselfishness Brumbeau, Jeff The Quiltmaker's Gift Unselfishness Bunting, Eve December Unselfishness de Paola, Tomie Legend of the Bluebonnet Unselfishness Peck, Jan The Giant Carrot Unselfishness Wilde, Oscar The Selfish Giant

Best 100 Books for Young Readers, 2013

Poetry

Words with Wings / Nikki Grimes 8-12 (J 811 G8823) Honesdale, Penn.: WordSong, 2013, 84 pages writing. 2014 Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Kirkus Best 50 Books for Middle Grade Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus

Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems / Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Carin Berger 6-12 (J 811 P9159) New York: Greenwillow Books, 2013, 35 pages stardines Various styles of art add interest.

What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, & Blessings / Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski 10-18 (J 811 Si139) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013, 65 pages The short poems are chants, charms, and blessings as promised, but also spells, invocations, laments, remembrances, and praise. Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW

/ Maurice Sendak 13-adult (811 Se558) New York: HarperCollins, 2013, 31 pages accompanies this tale of forever.

Poems to Learn by Heart / editor Carolyn Kennedy, paintings by Jon J Muth (J 821 K381 / 821. K381) New York: Disney Hyperion, 2013, 191 pages Kennedy explains why it is important to make poetry our own through memorization. Excellent in variety and choice, this is for all ages. All Ages Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Folktales and Fairy Tales

The Tortoise & the Hare / Jerry Pinkney 3-10 (J 398.2515 T638) New York: Little Brown, 2013, 38 pages The almost-wordless, familiar story is in a desert setting with cacti in bloom. Clever details in the text and beautiful art will bring smiles. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013

Treasury of Egyptian Mythology / Donna Jo Napoli, illus. by Christina Balit (J 398.2811 A1) Washington: National Geographic, 2013, 192 pages 9-14 Meet the sun god Ra and many of the pharaohs and queens of Egypt in this collection of Egyptian myths by the same team that brought us Greek Mythology last year. 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Kirkus, PW

Picture Books

Building Our House / Jonathan Bean All Ages (P Bean) New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013, 37 pages The author/illustrator tells about the time that his family lived in a trailer while they all worked together to build their house on the property. New York Times Notable Picture Books of 2013 2013 Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Horn Book, Kirkus, School Library Journal

Journey / Aaron Becker 2-8 (P Becker) Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2013, 39 pages In a wordless narrative a girl living in a drab environment finds that she can use her red marker to make a door into an exciting, colorful world. 2014 Caldecott Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Picture Books School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, SLJ, PW

/ Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier 5-9 (P Beaty) New York: Little Brown & Co., 2013, 32 pages Share this book with a child for the beauty of the words and the art. Then treat yourself to the entire poem performed by poet Daniel Beaty on YouTube. 2014 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild / Peter Brown 5-9 (P Brown) New York: Little Brown & Co., 2013, 48 pages Mr. Tiger lives in a very proper city where all the city dwellers are jungle animals walking upright in formal Victorian clothing. But Mr. Tiger is bored and slowly, bit by bit, turns to his wild side. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Picture Books School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ, PW

Odd Duck / Cecil Castellucci, illustrated by Sara Varon 5-9 (P Castellucci) New York: First Second, 2013, 87 pages Pastel cartoon art tells the story of two ducks that have their own ways of doing things, but still find grounds for friendship. With short chapters, this is also an easy reader. Kirkus Best 50 Books for Middle Readers of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus, School Library Journal

The Day the Crayons Quit / Drew Daywalt, pictures by Oliver Jeffers 5-8 (P Daywalt) New York: Philomel, 2013, 30 pages Duncan is surprised to find a whole pile of envelopes with correspondence, each one written in a particular color of crayon expressing views use (or overuse). Each letter is on a different type of paper, all with the look of coloringbook pages. School Library Journal Best Books of 201 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers

The Matchbox Diary / Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (P Fleischman) Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2013, 36 pages 6-12 A little girl visits her great grandfather and picks up a cigar box filled with matchboxeshis matchbox diary. Each box reminds Grandfather of a different story from his past. Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

If You Want to See a Whale / Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erid E. Stead (P Fogliano) New York: Roaring Book Press, 2013, 30 pages 3-8 A lovely and quiet book that is as much about natural wonders that most of us can see every day (at least in summer) as it is about spotting a whale. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Again! / Emily Gravett 2-6 (P Gravett) New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013, 23 pages When Mama Dragon finishes reading Cedric a story, he wants to hear it again. This scenario repeats itself, but each time the story gets shorter. Finally Mama is asleep. Angry Cedric turns from a green dragon to a red one and breathes fire for an unexpected ending.

Toys in Space / Mini Grey 2-8 (P Grey) New York: Knopf, 2013, 29 pages (published in London, 2012) When seven toys are left outside on a summer night, they see the stars just what the readers should expect, and that is a surprise. Starred Reviews: Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal

When Charley Met Grampa / Amy Hest, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (P Hest) Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2013, 32 pages 4-8 The nostalgic art with soft, snowy scenes portrays a tender story about the three of them. Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Little Red Writing / Joan Holub, illustrated by Melissa Sweet 5-9 (P Holub) San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013, 29 pages Little Red is happy to write a story at Pencil School. She is given a basket of nouns and heads into the woods for an adventure. She finds the perfect word to save the day. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus, PW, SLJ

F lora and the F lamingo / Molly Idle 3-8 (J CS P Idle, e-book) San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013 A delightful, wordless, lift-the-flap picture book shows a pudgy little girl in a swimsuit and flippers imitate a graceful flamingo. 2014 Caldecott Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Picture Books School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Review: Horn Book, School Library Journal, PW

Open This Little Book / Jesse Klausmeier 1-5 (P Klausmeier) San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013, 32 pages Each page turn reveals a smaller book. Half-way through, the pages grow larger. Besides learning about size, naming the animals and the colors are other ways to share the book. 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor Starred Reviews: Kirkus, School Library Journal

/ Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter, translated by Kari Dickson All Ages (P Lunde) New York: Enchanted Lion Books, 2012, 28 pages Sparsely drawn illustrations accompany the story of a boy who cannot sleep in the too quiet house. He share sadness, but also hope. 2014 Batchelder Honor Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Horn Book and Kirkus

Niño Wrestles the World / Yuyi Morales 4-8 (P Morales) New York: Roaring Books Press, 2013 Niño, in his Lucha Libre mask and costume, wrestles all manner of evil characters. When his twin baby sisters get up from their naps, he is about to be defeatedunless they can unite! 2014 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Picture Books 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon

The Mighty Lalouche / Matthew Olshan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (P Olshan) New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2013 5-9 When technology steals his job, Lalouche sees an advertisement for boxers, and he knows he is nimble and strong. Because he is s School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, PW, SLJ

/ Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Matt Phelan 3-8 (P Park) New York: Clarion, 2013, 38 pages Internal rhyme and the story about including everyone makes this an enjoyable read-aloud. Uncluttered and sparse as guests arrive, the art gives way to full color as the party blossoms. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Starred Reviews: Bulletin;, Horn Book, PW, SLJ

The Watermelon Seed / Greg Pizzoli 5-8 (P Pizzoli) New York: Disney Hyperion, 2013, 29 pages A crocodile worries about the watermelon seed he swallowed, the familiar urban legend that if you swallow a seed, a watermelon will grow inside. 2014 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Steam Train / Dream Train / Sherri Duskey Rinker, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld 0-5 (P Rinker) San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013, 30 pages Soothing blue backgrounds set the scene as the rhythms and rhyme describe the freight. From the team that produced Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site; this is bound to be another bedtime hit. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, PW, SLJ

Battle Bunny / Jon Scieszka and Marc Barnett, illustrated by Matthew Myers (P Scieszka) New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013, 29 pages 6-11 When a grandmother gives Alex a sweet book Birthday Bunny where all the forest animals are planning a party for Bunny, Alex uses her art supplies to create Battle Bunny. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Bully / Laura Vaccaro Seeger 4-12 (P Seeger) New York: Roaring Book Press, 2013, 30 pages A bull has grumped his way over all the other farm animals, getting meaner by the minute. Then he is called a bully, and he considers his 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, PW, SLJ

Tiger In My Soup / Kashmira Sheth, illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler 5-9 (P Sheth) Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 2013, 28 pages A boy begs his babysitter sister to read his tiger book to him, but she makes him alphabet soup. Out of the steam of the soup, a tiger rises. The boy is ferocious as he fights off the tiger. Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus, PW

The Dark / Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen 6-9 (P Snicket) New York: Little Brown, 2013, 36 pages In this delightfully creepy story, the dark is personified. A boy has been scared of the dark until the two interact. Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 New York Times Notable Picture Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers 2014 Zolotow Award for Outstanding Writing in a Picture Book Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, PW, SLJ

/ Duncan Tonatiuh (P Tonatiuh) New York: Abrams, 2013, 32 pages 6-9 Pancho travels to El Norte to try to find his father who has not returned after several seasons of work. A coyote is his guide. 2014 Pura Belpré Author Honor 2014 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus,

Mr. Wuffles! / David Wiesner 5-9 (P Wiesner) New York: Clarion Books, 2013, 29 pages Mr. Wuffles is a bored house cat, despite his new toys. His life takes an exciting turn when a spacecraft lands with insect-size aliens inside. 2014 Caldecott Honor Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 New York Times Notable Picture Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ, PW

That is Not a Good Idea! / Mo Willems All Ages (P Willems) New York: Balzer and Bray, 2013, 40 pages A seemingly cluelessand rather plumpgoose preens under the attention of a hungry fox that invites her to dinner. Despite warnings, she follows the fox to his lair. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Horn Book, PW, SLJ

María had a Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita / Angela Dominguez (J 460.398 D7132) New York: Henry Holt, 2013, 28 pages 2-6 in Peru with parallel text in English and Spanish. 2014 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Easy Readers

Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? / Eve Bunting, illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier 3-8 (B/P Bunting) New York: Clarion, 2013, 30 pages The repetition of the end sound for socks, box, ox, peacocks, etc. perfectly demonstrates different spellings for the same sound. Bright, perky art and humor in the text entices it to be read again and again. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Picture Books Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Penny and her Marble / Kevin Henkes 6-8 (B Henkes) New York: Greenwillow, 2013, 48 pages yard. After she takes it, she feels guilty. Penny returns it and is nicely surprised. 2014 Geisel Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

A Big Guy Took My Ball 5-7 (B Willems) New York: Hyperion, 2013, 56 pages Piggie tells Gerald that a big guy took her ball. He is a big elephant so he tells Piggie he will get the ball back. Gerald is surprised to find he is not so big. 2014 Geisel Honor

The Year of Billy Miller / Kevin Henkes 6-9 (I Henkes) New York: Greenwillow, 2013, 229 pages his thrills and worries. The charming illustrations by the author, along with plenty of white space, will let children finish this long book before 2014 Newbery Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Books for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ

Middle-G rade Fiction

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp / Kathi Appelt 8-12 (J Appelt) New York, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2013, 326 pages Two young raccoon brothers have the responsibility for safe-Chap, twelve, also wants to keep the swamp safe. Danger is coming from both man and beast. 2013 National Book Award Finalist School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 50 Books for Middle Grade 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Hold F ast / Blue Balliett 10-14 (J Balliett) New York: Scholastic, 2013, 274 pages Fifth-grade Early is determined to find her missing father and clear his name. She is up against villains who are using the local public library for their schemes.

F lora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures / Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell 8-12 (J DiCamillo) Somerville Massachusetts: Candlewick, 2013, 231 pages -book-reading life is interrupted when she brings a squirrel back from death, somehow endowing him with superpowers. 2013 Long List for the National Book Award School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Escape from Mr. Lemoncel / Chris Grabenstein 9-13 (J Grabenstein) Random House, 2013, 291 pages Kyle is one of a few lucky 12-year-olds chosen to spend the night before grand opening in the exquisite library built by famous game-designer Mr. Lemoncello. What follows is the best game ever. ALSC Tween Recommended Reads 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus

Tangle of Knots / Lisa Graff 8-12 (J Graff) New York: Penguin Books, 2013, 233 pages ort of cake each person likes. (The cake recipes are included.) The villain is a talent thief. All the characters come together, knotted up by a man whose talent is to bring people together. 2013 Long List for the National Book Award ALSC Tween Recommended Reads Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus

Bo at Ballard Creek / Kirkpatrick Hill, illustrations by LeUyen Pham 6-12 (J Hill) New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2013, 279 pages Bo is a little girl growing up in a mining camp and Eskimo village. The colorful characters living in frontier Alaska will make this a pleasing family read-aloud. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction

The Thing about Luck / Cynthia Kadohata 9-12 (J Kadohata) New York: Atheneum, 2013, 270 pages Summer is convinced that bad luck has followed her family all year. As the agricultural season begins for her migrant family, she wonders if she can fill in the gaps for a successful wheat harvest. 2013 National Book Award for Young Readers Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Rooftoppers / Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Terry Fan 8-12 (J Rundell) New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013, 277 pages Sophie runs away to Paris in search of her mother. There s the streets of Paris. She depends on his help to find her mother. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Paperboy / Vince Vawter 10-12 (J Vawter) New York: Delacorte, 2013, 224 pages As an ace pitcher, Victor is great at throwing newspapers. Because he stutters, he is fearful of going door to door to collect the newspaper money each week. With plenty of adventure and unusual relationships, this is also a coming-of-age novel. 2014 Newbery Honor Starred Review:

Middle G rade

Doll Bones / Holly Black 10-14 (J Black) New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013, 244 pages Zack, Alice, and Poppy go on a dangerous quest to bury a china doll made of the ashes and bone of a murdered little girl who wants to be laid to rest in her own grave. 2014 Newbery Honor ALSC Tween Recommended Reads School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Jinx / Sage Blackwood 8-14 (J Blackwood) New York: Harper, 2013, 360 pages Jinx expected to die when taken into the Urwald, a forbidding forest. Instead a wizard takes Jinx to work for him. Add wicked wizards, cruel men, and the stage is set for the sequel, Jinx Magic. ALSC Tween Recommended Reads School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Unhooking the Moon / Gregory Hughes 10-14 (J Hughes) New York: Random House, 2013, 335 pages When Bob and his little sister Marie Claireknown affectionately as Ratrun away to New York to search for a long-lost uncle, dangers (as well as unexpected kindnesses) lead to startling encounters. Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus

Listening for Lucca / Suzanne LaFleur 9-14 (J LaFleur) New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2013, 229 page shore that she knows from her dreams. Both she and her little brother (who no longer speaks) can see the ghosts of the people who lived there before. Do the ghosts hold the key to Lucca speaking again? Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Counting by 7s / Holly Goldberg Sloan 10-14 (J Sloan) New York: Dial Books, 2013, 380 pages Willow is an unrecognized genius. When her parents are killed in an accident, a number of sharply drawn, mostly eccentric characters, pull together to give Willow a new place in the world. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Older Readers Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, SLJ

One Came Home / Amy Timberlake 10-14 (J / T Timberlake) New York: Knopf, 2013, 257 pages Georgie, only 13, runs away to search for her beloved older sister, Agatha. She is sure that the ravaged corpse given to her family is not Agatha. What follows is adventure, danger, and a survival story. 2014 Newbery Honor 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ

Navigating Early / Clare Vanderpool 10-14 (J Vanderpool, e-book) New York: Delacorte Press, 306 pages Jack is a lonely misfit at boarding school until he befriends Early, another student who is even more of an outsider than Jack. Early weaves a story based on the number Pi that leads them on an adventure. 2014 Printz Honor School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SJL

P.S. Be Eleven / Rita Williams-Garcia 10-13 (J Williams-Garcia) New York: HarperCollins/Amistad, 2013, 274 pages One Crazy Summer ends with the three sisters flying home to New York after the summer with their Black Panther mother. Delphine write to her mother about the struggles she faces, and her mother reminds her 2014 Coretta Scott King (Author) Award Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction ALSC Tween Recommended Reads School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ, PW

Teen Fiction

/ Julie Berry 13 & up (T Berry) New York: Viking, 2013, 274 pages In an alternate-history Puritan settlement in Colonial America, a mute girl slowly reveals her story as if speaking to the man she loves. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction Starred Reviews: Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown / Holly Black 15 & up (J Black) New York: Little, Brown, 2013, 419 pages The US Government confines vampires to fortified Coldtowns. When -boyfriend is bitten, she takes him to a Coldtown to see if she can save him. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Etiquette & Espionage 12-16 (T Carriger) New York: Little, Brown, 2013, 307 pages A romping, rousing adventure with the cumbersome hoop dresses of the 1850s finds Sophronia, 14, pleased to find that her finishing school teaches espionage, poisoning, and such arts along with feminine social graces. 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Older Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ The excellent sequel is Curtsies & Conspiracies.

Lord of Opium / Nancy Farmer 13-18 (T Farmer) New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013, 411 pages Sequel to the National Book Award for Young People, House of the Scorpion, this book set in 2137 finds Matt the replacement for the corrupt El Patrón. He is determined to make a better world.

Maggot Moon / Sally Gardner, illustrations by Julian Crouch 13-18 (T Gardner) First U.S. edition Candlewick Press, 2013, 279 pages Standish tells the horrors of living in a land conquered by a cruel regime. He finally has a friend when new neighbors arrive, terrified and starving. The two families combine resources to make a decent life, but one filled with fear. 2014 Printz Honor Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book,

Champion 13 & up (T Lu) New York: Putnam, 2013, 369 pages, Book 1, Legend, focuses on a 15-year-old rebel called Day. Next is Prodigy for June, who is part of the government. June and Day (now allied) are running for their lives in Champion.

September Girls / Bennett Madison 15-18 (T Madison) New York: Harper Teen, 2013, 342 pages All of the strange, beautiful girls in town seem to be attracted to17-year-old Sam. He finally learns all the curse are under a curse, and he is a key to free just one of the young women. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

F ar F ar Away / Tom McNeal 12 & up (J / T McNeal, e-book, e-audio book) New York: Knopf, 2013, 371 pages A bit of romance, a bit of teen foolishness, a mystery, and life-threatening dangers all combine to make a real page turner, all told by an endearing narratorthe ghost of Jacob Grimm. 2013 National Book Award Finalist Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Best Books for Older Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, PW, SLJ

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass / Meg Medina 13 & up (T Medina) Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2013, 260 pages When the toughest girl in high school tellyou up, it makes it hard to focus on school, or anything else. 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon Starred Reviews: Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ

Corner of White 12-15 (T Moriarty) New York: Arthur Levine Books, 2013, 373 pages Madeleine finds a scrap of white paper stuck on a meter. She reads the note and assumes its author, Eliot, is writing science fiction. When he 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Honor School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ

Fox Forever 13 & up Adoration of Jenna Fox, Book 1 & The Fox Inheritance, Book 2 (T Pearson) New York: Henry Holt, 2013, 290 pages With enormous strides in medical technology, the queThese three books about teens brought back after a fatal accident are best read in order. Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

Eleanor & Park / Rainbow Rowell 15-18 (T Rowell, e- Eleanor is barely keeping it together. Her home life is a nightmare, but she possesses depth, intelligence, and humor. No wonder Park loves her. Readers will love them both. 2014 Printz Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction New York Times Notable Young Adult Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ, PW

F angirl / Rainbow Rowell 15 & up when your twin and former best friend moves on to a new circle. Cath survives without Wren by continuing to write under the name Fangirl on an Internet fan site where she has thousands of followers. 2013 Boston-Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

The Rithmatist / Brandon Sanderson, illustrations by Ben McSweeney 13-18 (T Sanderson, e-audiobook) New York: Tor, 2013, 378 pages Rithmatists study the art that is the core of someone starts killing young Rithmatists, Joel is part of the investigation though he is not a Rithmatist himself. Kirkus Best Books for Middle Grade New York Times Notable Young Adult Books of 2013

Midwinterblood / Marcus Sedgwick ? (e-book) e-book only until the April 2014 paperback release Through seven time periods Merle and Eric are tied together in varying family relationships. The first segment is in 2073, then 2011, and back five more times. 2014 Printz Award Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW

The Dream Thieves p (T Stiefvater) New York: Scholastic, 2013, 439 pages Blue and her three friends (all Raven Boys) are obsessed with finding a way to return to a magical land within the powerful ley lines. The Gray Man is after something called the Greywaren. He has killed in his pursuit of it, and he will kill again. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

G raphic Novels

Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf / David Almond, illustrated by Dave McKean (J Almond) Somerville Mass.: Candlewick, 2013 10 & up A child decides he can create something new that the world seems to need. He makes a mouse while the gods are slumbering. Then the older kids try creation and find danger. Starred Reviews: Booklist, PW

Monster on the Hill / Rob Harrell 8-12 (J 741 H2356) Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013, 186 pages In 1867, a small family is having a short holiday in a neighboring town when a monster attacks. Soon the fear is changed into enthusiasm as the story takes an unexpected turn. 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013

Explorer: The Lost Islands / edited by Kazu Kibuishi 8-12 (J 741.5 K533) New York: Amulet Books, 2013, 126 pages Seven stories, each by different authors and illustrators, allow readers to enjoy a variety of styles around the theme of lost islands. Starred Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas / Jim Ottaviani, art by Maris Wicks 8-12 (J 741.5 Ot82) New York: FirstSecond Books, 2013, 133 pages Fictionalized but true in spirit, this graphic novel tells the story of three courageous women and the primates they studied: chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.

Bluffton: My Summers with Buster / Matt Phelan 8-12 (J 741.5 P) Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick, 2013, 223 pages Buster Keafriend, and Henry is star-struck. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Boxers & Saints / Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by the author, color by Lark Pien (On our catalog, look up the two titles individually.) 12 & up (741.5 Y163) New York: First Second Books, 2013, Boxers, 328 pages, Saints, 170 pages A Chinese Christian and the Chinese peasants who wish to kill all foreigners and Christians, even if they are Chinese. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Fiction New York Times Notable Young Adult Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2013 National Book Award Finalist Starred Reviews for all six review sources

Factual Picture Books

trike of 1909 / Michelle Markel, Pictures by Mellissa Sweet 8-12 (J 331.8928 M3409) New York: Balzer + Bray, 2013, 32 pages Clara Lemlich was instrumental in organizing a city-wide strike across several industries. Illustrator Melissa Sweet uses bright colors for Clara against somber backgrounds, showing that Clara made the world a better place. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

Locomotive / Brian Floca 7-12 (J 385.0973 F651) New York: Atheneum, 2013, 64 pages Poetic language that begs to be read aloud tells the story of a rail journey from Omaha to the Pacific on the recently completed coast-to-coast line. 2014 Caldecott Medal 2014 Sibert Honor Book Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews all six review sources

F rog Song / Brenda Z Guiberson, illustrated by Gennady Spirin 5-12 (J 597.89 G9409) New York: Henry Holt, 2013, 29 pages -colored paintings expand the poetic text about some of

Parrots over Puerto Rico / Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, collages by Susan L. Roth 8-12 (J 598.71 R7427) Lee and Low Books, 2013 This book opens vertically with rich collages in brilliant colors to tell the from near extinction. The book includes basic historic facts about Puerto Rico. 2014 Sibert Award School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein / Jennifer Berne, pictures by Vladimir Radunsky 8-12 (J 921 Einstein) San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013, 48 pages mple language explains his greatness. Soft, gentle cartoon illustrations are a fitting tribute to his genius. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, SLJ

/ Deborah Heiligman, pictures by LeUyen Pham 8-12 his time thinking about math. Even when he grew up, he was busy with math, travelling the world and sharing his thoughts with other mathematicians. 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly

Nelson Mandela / Kadir Nelson 5-12 (J 921 Mandela) New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2013, 37 pages e tells the inspiring story of Nelson Mandela, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after spending 27 years as a political prisoner of South Africa. 2014 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Honor Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Kirkus, PW

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin / Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet 6-12 (J 921 Pippin) New York: Knopf, 2013, 32 pages Horace Pippin, a self-taught artist, lost the use of his right arm in World War I. He found a way to paint, though it took him three years to complete his first painting. He achieved greatness. 2014 Schneider Family Book Award for Children 0-10 2014 Sibert Honor Book Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013

Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution / Don Brown 6-10 (J 973.3 B 8128) New York: Roaring Book Press, 2013, 30 pages In the winter of 1775, Henry Knox, a Boston bookseller, took on the task for moving 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga the 300 miles to School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, SLJ

The Great American Dust Bowl / Don Brown 8-12 (J 978.032 B 8128) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013, 80 pages Don Brown begins with Black Sunday, the horrific dust storm that turned the day dark with churning air impossible to breath. He explains how the ecological disaster occurred, warning us it can happen again. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon Kirkus Best 60 Picture Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus

Factual Books for Young Readers

Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives / Elizabeth Rusch 9-14 (J 363.3495 R893) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013, 76 pages The U.S. Geologic Survey scientists train other scientists from around the world to know when to evacuate people from active volcanoes. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Middle Readers Starred Reviews: Hornbook, Kirkus, SLJ

The Animal Book: A Collection of the F astest, F iercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyestand most SurprisingAnimals on Earth / Steve Jenkins All ages (J 590 J418) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013, 208 pages ture--and exquisite--cut-paper illustrations make this book a must-have. Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction 2014 ALSC Notable Book for Younger Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, PW

Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard / Annette LeBlanc Cate (J 598.0732 C282) Boston: Candlewick Press, 2013, 51 pages 5-12 Conversational prose, often with speech bubbles, offers a friendly approach to bird watching no matter where you live. 2014 Sibert Honor Book Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013

Dolphins of Shark Bay 9-14 (J 599.533 T856) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013, 76 pages Shark Bay on the Australian eastern coast is home to bottle nose dolphins that use sponges as tools. Janet Mann studied the tool-users and discovered they pass the skill on to their daughters. Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Bulletin, Kirkus, SLJ

/ Chip Kidd 10 & up (J 740 K537) New York: Workman Publishing Co., 2013, 150 pages A wonderful introduction to graphic design, Kidd explains several principles of design. At the end of the book, ten projects encourage the reader to apply new-found knowledge. YALSA Honor for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2014 ALSC Notable Books for Older Readers School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal

/ Shaun Tan 9 & up (J 741.6409 T1535) New York: Arthur Levine Books, 2013, 123 pages ed him a Hugo Award, an Oscar, and the Lindgren Prize. This sketch book gives an overview of how his genius works. Starred Reviews:

Becoming Ben F ranklin: How a Candle- / Russell Freedman 8-12 (J 921 Franklin) New York: Holiday House, 2013, 86 pages Every year a book written by Freedman makes multiple best books lists, including mine. This is no exception. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Books for Older Readers Kirkus Best 50 Middle Grade Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, Kirkus, SLJ

March: Book One / John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, art by Nate Powell 9-18 (J 921 Lewis) Marietta Georgia: Top Shelf Publications, 2013, 121 pages Congressman John Lewis tells of his participation in a march where the peaceful protest was met with tear gas and clubs welded by law enforcement officers. This is the first book in a planned trilogy. 2014 Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Horn Book Fanfare 2013 Nonfiction School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Horn Book, Kirkus, PW, SLJ

The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius / Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan 9 & up Photographs of Ohr reinforce the idea that the man was eccentric, while photographs of his art convince a reader of his genius. School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Starred Reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal

Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II / Martin W. Sandler 10 & up (J 940.5317 Sa569) New York: Walker Books, 2013, 176 pages The history of Japanese immigration, and discrimination against American Japanese sets the stage for their imprisonment in WW II. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon YALSA Honor for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Starred Reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal

/ Tanya Lee Stone 10 & up (J 940.5403 St724) Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2013, 147 pages The bravery of these men as they served where needed is an untold story of World War II where they fought the fires caused by balloon bombs sent by the Japanese to the western United States. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon YALSA Honor for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Kirkus 50 Best Middle Grade of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Books for Older Readers

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty / Tonya Bolden 10 & up (J 973.714 B 6376) New York: Abrams Books, 2013, 120 pages Including original source material, some not generally known, make this a wonderful resource for understanding the Proclamation. 2013 Bulletin Blue Ribbon School Library Journal Best Books of 2013 Kirkus 50 Best Middle Grade Books of 2013 2014 ALSC Notable Books for Older Readers Starred Reviews: Booklist, Bulletin, Kirkus, SLJ

Major Awards for Literary Works for Young Readers

Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy SFWA (science fiction writers association) Awarded since 2005, includes winner and honor books

American Indian Library Association Literary Awards for Picture Books, Middle Grade, and YA. See http://aila.library.sd.gov.

American Library Association Awards: more information: www.ala.org

Notable Books note is omitted on my list as it is redundant. See the website for the entire list. Notable Teen Books by YALSA (Teen Services). See the website for the entire list.

John Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor Books (ALSC)

Randolph Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor Books (ALSC)

Batchelder Award and Batchelder Honor Books (ALSC) Book originally published in a foreign language.

Robert F. Sibert Award and Sibert Honor Books (ALSC) Best nonfiction for young people.

Coretta Scott K ing Award and Honor Books Author and Illustrator awards for works by and about Blacks

Michael L. Printz Award and honors Best Teen Books

Schneider Family Book Award Award for an author or illustrator for a book featuring a young character with a disability. 3 categories: Young Children (0-10) Middle Grade (11-13) Teen (13-18)

Stonewall Books relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience.

Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Awards and honors Bi-annual award for work by and about Latinos.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Annual award since 2006 for a beginner reader published in the United States for creativity and imagination for the author(s) and illustrator(s).

William C. Morris Award for a debut book by a first-time writer for teens.

Y A LSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults November 1-October 31 publishing year.

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards and Honors. The awards are announced in October. Books published in the United States from June of the previous year through May of the current year are eligible. For details see http://hbook.com.

British Awards: for more information: www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk

K ate G reenaway Medal: One award per year for a picture book.

Carnegie Medal: One award per year for a work for Children.

Beehive Awards Literature Association of Utah. See details at www.clau.org

Bulletin Blue Ribbons The complete or htpp://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/. It is a publication of the University of Illinois.

C C B C ( University of Wisconsin, Madison is an http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Charlotte Zolotow Award United States in the preceding year. Established in 1998 . . . The award is administered by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a children's literature library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

E. B. White Read-Aloud Awards. The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) for the best read-aloud picture book started in 2004. In 2006 an older reader category was added. The Short Lists of Read-Alouds was added in 2009.

Edgar Nominees and Winners The Mystery Writers of America publish nominations for each year, and then select one winner: http://www.mysterywriters.org

(Morehead) Comstock Book Award and Honor Best Picture Book Read-A-Loud for older children. http://www.mnstate.edu/cmc/ComstockReadingAloudInitiative.cfm

Wanda Gg Book Award and Honor Book The best read-a-loud picture book for young children.

National Book Foundation: One winner is selected from five finalists. For more information: http://www.nationalbook.org

N C T E O rbis Pictus Award for outstanding nonfiction for children. http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus

School Library Journal Best Books For the complete list with reviews: http://www.slj.com/ and search for

http://www.scottodell.com

trators Awards (SC B W I)

Golden K ite: Annual Awards for authors and illustrators.

Sid Fleischman Humor Award: Annual http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/2013-Golden-Kite-Award-Winners

Sources for Starred Reviews

BooklistReviews from the American Library Association Bulletin University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Horn Book K irkus PW SLJSchool Library Journal

A spreadsheet of starred reviews is created and maintained by Jen Jazwinski (formerly Jen Baker). She is a librarian with the Algonquin, Illinois library system. A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

The theme of Change in Picture Books This is an eclectic selection of quality picture books for enjoyment, study, analysis. They are important models for students as they prepare to create their own picture book around the theme of “Change”. They all have many levels of meaning, contain insights and young readers absorb their positive message without being preachy. All are beautifully illustrated! Their art represents unique blends of lively, sophisticated illustrations that enrich the stories. The variety is important and affirms for students that their own individual artistic style, preferences and gifts are good. Above all, each story is entertaining and speaks to all ages. As you analyze them let them inspire you. Use them as models.

Burton, Viginia Lee. The Little House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. The classic tale of the little house that started its life in the country and as time passed the city way off in the distance engulfed the little house. The changes of the countryside are poignantly captured through the eyes of the little house. Carl, Eric. The Tiny Seed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. The author states that his interest in preserving endangered animals and habitats of the world inspired his book. Teaches children an important lesson about the special qualities of all living things.

Godkin, Celia. When the Giant Stirred; Legend of a Volcanic Island. Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002. The story of a volcanic eruption that totally changed a small island where people, animals and plants lived an interdependent relationship. The islanders had successfully coaxed the giant asleep but the day came when it grumbled and rumbled awake. Bourgeois, Paulette. Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch. Oma’s Quilt. Toronto: Kids Can, 2001. The family’s sadness about the necessity of aging Oma’s move into a seniors’ home is alleviated by a charming, sensitive little granddaughter and her creative project of a

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

quilt. Growing old, suffering loss of community and the power of a child and family is beautifully told. Bunting, Eve. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. The Wall. New York: Clarion, 1990. Teaches children that special memorials, built to honour soldiers killed in war, are places to remember loved ones. Climo, Shirley. Illustrated by Ruth Heller. Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Harper Collins, 1989. Fairy tales are an important genre for children and teach many lessons. Cinderella is one. It tells us that it is not nice to be mean and that things may happen to turn make everything turn out okay. Ruth Heller is a wonderful artist. Crimi, Carolyn. Illus. by Lynn MunSinger. Don’t Need Friends. New York: Doubleday, 2000. A charming, moving story of friendship. Rat and dog have both suffered the pain of broken friendship and each builds a wall to avoid contact with other animals. The story and Munsinger’s illustration of the garbage dump setting captures the poignancy and emotions of the story of friendship. Cooke, Trish. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. So Much. Cambridge: Candlewick, 1994. Members of a wonderful, lively, loving extended family each smother a baby with love and play as they wait the return home of dad to begin his surprise birthday party. Positive family values are important models for children. This is a black family, essential to include in our multiethnic Canada. De Thomasis, Antonio. The Montreal of My Childhood. Montreal: Tundra, 1994. The author was inspired to record the Montreal of his childhood through paintings and journal entries. This is a good ‘talking’ book to share with children of all ages ‘reading’ the pictures with the young to chat about play and fun and friends and changing times. Fox, Meme. Illustrated by Kathryn Brown. Tough Boris. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. It’s sad to loose a beloved pet, and even a rough tough pirate like Boris shows grief. When his parrot dies he cries. This is a picture book that models the appeal of a story told, not only in text, but another embedded in the wonderful illustrations.(e.g., also Phoebe Gilman’s picture books.)

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

Gilman, Phoebe. Something From Nothing. Richmond Hill: North Winds, 1992. This adaptation of a Jewish folktale lovingly presents Joseph, his family and community. Joseph has absolute faith that his grandfather is the great fixer. Along the bottom of each cutout profile of the setting is the parallel story of a mouse family, never mentioned in the text. Harrison, Troon. Illustrated by Zhong-Yang Huang. Courage to Fly. Alberta, Red Deer, 2002. Meg’s immigration from her beloved Caribbean home to a new home in a city is a frightening experience. It fills her with dread as tall buildings close in on her. A lovely story of courage gradual adjustment, growing friendship and important lessons learned. Leedahl, Shelley A. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. The Bone Talker. Red Deer: Red Deer Press, \ 1999. A touching story about a child’s ingenuity that rekindles Grandmother Bones’ memory whose “ life had wound down like a clock.” Patches in a quilt rekindle her imagination and become the pattern that pictures life on Canada’s prairie. Intrator, Roberta Groble. Two eyes, A Nose and a Mouth. Toronto: Scholastic, 1995. Beautiful photographs of many faces and poetry celebrates the beauty in faces of the human family. It answers, “Yes,” to the question, “Our differences make us special, wouldn’t you say?” Marsden, John. Illustrated by Shaun Tan. The Rabbits. China: Simply Read, 2006. Parr, Todd. The Family Book. New York: Little brown, 2003. Presents the important value that although there may be a differences in family structures, all loving families are special. The bold, primary coloured seemingly simple illustrations are an important model for the students. Joose, Barbara M. Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. Mama, Do You Love Me? San Francisco: Chronicle, 1991. This is a tender story that reassures a child that indeed her mama loves her no matter what. Set in the Arctic. Locker, Thomas. Retelling by Lenny Hort. The Boy Who Held Back the Sea. New York: Dial, 1987.

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

Thomas Locker creates stunning picture books all with significant, important themes and values. In this one, Jan, a mischievous boy, learns that when one ‘cries wolf’ too often people will not take you seriously when something really happens. In the end, Jan shows courage to save the day. McGugan, Jim. Illustrated by Murray Kimber. Josepha. Alberta: Red Deer College, 1994. This Governor General’s Award winner captures the isolation of an immigrant boy and the kind hand of friendship extended by a younger school mate and teacher. Morris, Ann. Photographs by Ken Heyman. Loving. New York: Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1990. The photographs enhance this warm, tender story. Children from around the world are shown with their families each loved and nurtured in all sorts of situations. Polacco Patricia. Thunder Cake. New York: Philomel, 1990. Polacco is another important author and artist in children’s literature. This book tells the charming story of how the author’s loving, wise grandmother, her ‘Babushka’, led her to overcome her fear of thunderstorms when she was a little girl. The grandma’s lesson speaks to all of us. The wonderful ‘thunder cake’ recipe is in the back. (I’ve tested many times.) Reid, Barbara. Subway Mouse. Toronto: Scholastic, 2002. A lovely story of a young subway mouse who goes on a quest to follow his dream, a journey that demands courage and faith and surprises along the way. Barbara Reid is another must-have author/illustrator to study and enjoy. Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild Things Are. New York: Harper Rowe, 1963. A most famous children’s book – a classic! Max learns an important lesson. Although he is sent to his room for “mischief of one kind and another” and in his anger he creates “wild things”, in the end he controls the ‘wild things’ and his parents affirm their love. “…he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot.” Sheldon, Dyan. Illustrated by Gary Blythe. The Whale Song. London: Random Century, 1993.

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

The book begins, “Lilly’s grandmother told her a story.” The story is about the magical beauty of whales. The book raises important questions about our relationship with whales, indeed human attitude to all living things. Seattle, Chief. Illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky. New York: Dial, 1991. An important lesson about right relationships with the earth and native peoples attitudes. Susan Jeffers, a significant artist in the field of children’s literature, illustrates Chief Seattle’s historic speech to European settlers. Stanley, Diane. Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter. New York: Morrow, 1997. Delightful new spin on the traditional fairy tale, one that adds important positive values for today’s children in a fun, amusing way. The fairy tale heroines are kind, clever and wise and use their talents to achieve great things.

Uegaki, Chieri. Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Suki's Kimono. Kids Can Press, 2003. Suki wears her kimono on the first day of school even in the face of her disapproving older sisters and the snickers and comments of fellow classmates. She shares the warm memories of her grandmother and her love of dance. In doing so, she receives a surprisingly warm response from her teacher and classmates. An important lesson about embracing ones individuality. (A 2005 Blue Spruce entry.) Wells, Rosemary. Shy Charles. New York: Dial, 1998. “Charles was happy as could be,” so begins this charming story of a mouse who was painfully shy. His parents try hard to change Charles. In an emergency Charles comes to the rescue but in the end he remains shy. A book with many important themes and a great model for older students to explore and analyze. Wild, Margaret. Illustrated by Julie Vivas. The Very Best of Friends. Toronto: Kids Can, 1990. A touching story of a close friendship, grieving the death of one and learning to cope. Julie Vivas is a must-have illustrator of children’s book for students to anlyze. Her paintings are so alive, telling and fun. Williams, Vera. “More, More, More,” Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories. New York:

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen A Bibliography of Selected Picture Books Chosen for their Positive Values Themes

Greenwillow, 1990. This charming book, models the loving, fun relationship of three children with a family member. Yee, Paul. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Ghost Train. Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre, 1996. The story is founded on positive values – the love and loyalty between a father and daughter, promises kept and a girl who overcomes a handicap to become a talented painter. A wonderful book, winner of the Governor General’s Award. Zolotow, Charlotte. The Moon Was the Best. New York: Greenwillow, 1993. A mother and father, returning from a holiday in Paris, share memories with their daughter. When asked, “What was the best?” mother states, ‘the moon was the best because it was the same moon shining on you, so I knew we weren’t far apart at all.” A lovely thought for children.

OLA Superconference 2008 Picture This! Using Picture Books with Senior Students Sya van Geest & Beth McEwen

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