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Table of Contents Winners………………………. 1 Winners……………………….. 5 Winners…………. 9 Mildred Batchelder Award Winners……….. 11 Winners………………………… 13 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners…….. 14

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS The Caldecott Medal was established in 1938 and named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American for children published in the previous year. Location Call # Award Year Pic K634t This is Not My Hat. John Klassen. (Candlewick Press) Grades K-2. A little fish thinks he 2013 can get away with stealing a hat. Pic R223b A Ball for Daisy. Chris Raschka. (Random House Children’s Books) Grades preschool-2. A 2012 gray and white puppy and her red ball are constant companions until a poodle inadvertently deflates the toy. Pic S7992s A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Philip C. Stead. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades preschool-1. 2011 The best sick day ever and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book. Pic P655l The Lion and the Mouse. . (Little, Brown and Company) Grades preschool- 2010 1. A wordless retelling of the Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti. Pic S9728h The House in the Night. Susan Marie Swanson. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-1. 2009 Illustrations and easy text explore what makes a house in the night a home filled with light. Child S464i The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick. (Scholastic) Grades 4-7. Twelve-year-old 2008 Fic Hugo is an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station. Pic W651f Flotsam. David Wiesner. (Clarion) Grades preschool-3. The story of what happens when 2007 a camera becomes a piece of flotsam. Child J96h The Hello, Goodbye Window. Chris Raschka. (Hyperion Books) Grades preschool-2. A 2006 Fic little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents’ home. Pic H513k Kitten’s First Full Moon. Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow) Grades preschool-1. Kitten 2005 mistakes the moon for her bowl of milk, and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. 1

Child 791.3 The Man who Walked Between the Towers. Mordicai Gerstein. Grades K-6. (Roaring 2004 NonFic G383 Brook Press) Grades 1-6. A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. Pic R738m My Friend Rabbit. Eric Rohmann. (Roaring Brook Press) Grades K-3. Something always 2003 seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is a good friend. Pic W651t The Three Pigs. David Wiesner. Grades K-3. The three pigs escape the wolf by going into 2002 another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. Child 973.099 So you Want to be President? David Small. (Philomel Books) Grades 4-8. Presents an 2001 NonFic S139 assortment of facts about qualifications and characteristics of U.S. Presidents. Child T112j Joseph had a Little Overcoat. Simms Taback. (Viking) Grades K-2. A very old overcoat is 2000 Fic recycled numerous times into a variety of garments. Child 551.57841 Snowflake Bentley. Jacqueline B. Martin. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. A biography of 1999 NonFic M381 a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes. Child 398.21 Rapunzel. Paul O. Zelinsky. (Dutton) Grades K-3. A retelling of the familiar German 1998 NonFic Z69 folktale. Child 398.21 Golem. David Wisniewski. (Clarion Books) Grades 1-5. A saintly Rabbi miraculously brings 1997 NonFic W815 to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague. Child R234o Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathmann. (G.P. Putnam’s) Grades K-4. Children always 1996 Fic ignore Officer Buckle’s safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him. Child B942sn Smoky Night. Eve Bunting. (Harcourt Brace & Co.) Grades 1-4. When the Los Angeles 1995 Fic riots break out, a boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others. Child S274g Grandfather’s Journey. Allen Say. (Houghton Mifflin). Grades preschool-3. A Japanese- 1994 Fic American man recounts his and his grandfather’s journey to America. Child M133m Mirette on the High Wire. Emily Arnold McCully. (G.P. Putnam) Grades K-3. Mirette 1993 Fic learns tightroping from Monsieur Bellini, not knowing he is a celebrated tightrope artist. Pic W6515t Tuesday. David Wiesner. (Clarion Books) Grades K & up. Frogs rise on their lillypads, 1992 float through the air, and explore nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. Child M117b Black and White. David Macaulay. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades preschool-3. Four brief 1991 Fic stories about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? Child 398.2 Y71 Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China. Ed Young. (Philomel Books) Grades K-4. 1990 NonFic Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf. Child A182s Song and Dance Man. Karen Ackerman. (Knopf) Grades K-2. Grandpa demonstrates for 1989 Fic his visiting grandchildren some songs and dances from his vaudeville days. Child Y54o Owl Moon. . (Philomel) Grades preschool-1. On a winter’s night under a full 1988 Fic moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Child Y595h Hey, Al. Arthur Yorinks. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades K & up.A city janitor and his 1987 Fic treasured canine companion are transported to an island in the sky by a colorful bird. Child V217p . Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 2 & up. A magical train 1986 Fic ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa. Child 398.22 Saint George and the Dragon. Margaret Hodges. (Little Brown) Grades K-4. George, the 1985 NonFic H689 Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside. Child 629.13 The Glorious Flight. Alice Provensen. (Viking) Grades 3-5. A biography of the man whose 1984 NonFic P944 fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in the early 1900s. Child C397s Shadow. Blaise Cendrars. (Scribner) Grades 2 and up. The shifting images of Shadow 1983 Fic evoke ghosts of the past wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller. Child V217j . Chris Van Allsburg. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 3 and up. Two bored and restless 1982

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Fic children find more than they bargained for with an adventure board game. Child 398.2 Fables. Arnold Lobel. (Harper & Row) Grades 1-4. Twenty original fables about an array 1981 NonFic L797 of animal characters from a crocodile to an ostrich. Pic H175o The Ox-Cart Man. Donald Hall. (Viking) Grades K-3. Describes the day-to-day life 1980 throughout the changing seasons of a 19th century New England family. Child G575g The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Paul Goble. (Simon & Schuster) Grades K-3. Though 1979 Fic she is fond of people, a girl prefers living among wild horses where she is truly happy. Pic R454n Noah’s Ark. Peter Spier. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. Retells in pictures how a pair of every 1978 creature climbed aboard the ark. Pic M987a Ashanti to Zulu. Margaret Musgrove. (Dial) Grades K-4. Explains traditions and customs 1977 of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z. Child 398.2 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Verna Aardema. (Dial) Grades K-3. Reveals the 1976 NonFic A113 meaning of the mosquito’s buzz. Child 398.2 Arrow to the Sun. Gerald McDermott. (Viking) Grades 1 and up. An adaptation of the 1975 NonFic M134 Pueblo Indian myth of the Lord of the Sun’s spirit being brought to man. Child 398.2 Duffy and the Devil. Harve Zemach. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades K and up. The 1974 NonFic Z53d spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her wins a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil’s name. Child 398.232 The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel. (Dutton) Grades K-4. While chasing a dumpling, 1973 NonFic M898 a little lady is captured by wicked creatures. Child H7167o One Fine Day. Nonny Hogrogian. (Macmillan) Grades K-3. An old woman cuts off a fox’s 1972 Fic tale after he steals her milk, and he must go through a long series of transactions before she’ll sew it back on. Child 398.2 A Story, A Story. Gail E. Haley. (Atheneum) Grades K-3. Recounts how most African folk 1971 NonFic H168 tales came to be called ‘Spider Stories.’ Pic S818 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig. (Windmill Books) Grades K-3. In a 1970 moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. Child 398.21 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Arthur Ransome. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) 1969 NonFic R212f Grades K-3. When the Czar proclaims he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck. Pic E53 Drummer Hoff. Barbara Emberley. (Prentice Hall) Grades K-4. A cumulative folk song in 1968 which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon but Drummer Hoff fires it off. Child N463s Sam Bangs and Moonshine. Evaline Ness. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades K-2. A little 1967 Fic girl learns to tell the difference between make-believe and real life. Child 784 Always Room for One More. Sorche Nic Leodhas. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades K-2. 1966 NonFic A395a In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room to invite one more person. Pic D431a May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. (Atheneum) Grades K-2. A well- 1965 mannered little boy has permission to bring animal friends to see the king and queen. Pic S474 Where the Wild Things Are. . (Harper & Row) Grade K and up. A naughty 1964 little boy, sent to bed without supper, sails to the land of the wild things. Child K25 The Snowy Day. Ezra Jack Keats. (Viking) Grades K-1. The adventures of a little boy in the 1963 Fic city on a snowy day. Pic H675o Once a Mouse. Hitopadesa. (Scribner) Grades K-3. As it changes from mouse to cat, to 1962 dog, to tiger, a hermit’s pet also becomes increasingly vain. Child R635 Baboushka and the Three Kings. Ruth Robbins. (Parnassus) Grades K-3. Russian 1961 Fic Orthodox iconography highlights the abstract illustrations in this story. Child E85n Nine Days to Christmas. Marie Hall Ets. (Viking). Grades K-3. Ceci anxiously awaits her 1960 Fic first posada, a Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select her first piñata.

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Child C496 Chanticleer and the Fox. Geoffrey Chaucer. (Crowell) Grades K-3. A sly fox tries to outwit 1959 Fic a proud rooster through the use of flattery. Child M127t Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey. (Viking) Grades K-3. Follows the activities of two 1958 Fic children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of . Pic U21 A Tree is Nice. Janice May Udry. (Harper) Grades K-3. Briefly describes the value of a 1957 tree. Pic L285 Frog Went a-Courtin. John Langstaff. (Harcourt Brace) Grades K-3. Illustrates a folk song 1956 about the courtship and marriage of a frog and mouse. Child 398.21 Cinderella. Marcia Joan Brown. (Scribner) Grades K-5. A traditional tale. Cinderella flees 1955 NonFic P454cb the palace but leaves a glass slipper behind. Pic B455mr Madeline’s Rescue. . (Viking) Grades K-3. A hound rescues a 1954 schoolgirl from the Seine and becomes a beloved pet. Pic W259 The Biggest Bear. Lynd Kendal Ward. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. Johnny goes 1953 hunting for a bearskin and returns with a small bundle of trouble. Pic W689f Finders Keepers. William Lipkind. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 1-4. The story of two dogs 1952 who go in search of someone to help solve a dispute over a bone. Child M644e The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous. (Scribner) Grades 1-4. Katy’s Easter morning discover 1951 Fic renews the tradition of the Easter egg tree. Child P769s Song of the Swallows. Leo Politi. (Scribner) Grade 1-4. The story of the friendship 1950 Fic between a little boy and an old gardener at the Mission of San Juan Capistrano. Pic H128b The Big Snow. Berta Hader. (Macmillan) Grades 1-3. Despite their elaborate 1949 preparations for the winter, animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet. Child T799w White Snow, Bright Snow. Alvin R. Tresselt. (Lothrop) Grades K-3. When it begins to 1948 Fic look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard. Pic B879l The Little Island. Margaret Wise Brown. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. Depicts changes that 1947 occur on a small island as seasons come and go. Child 398.8 The Rooster Crows. Maud Petersham. (Macmillan) Grades K-2. A collection of traditional 1946 NonFic P484 American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes and jingles. Pic F455p Prayer for a Child. Rachel Lyman Field. (Macmillan) Grades K-1. An illustrated bedtime 1945 prayer that gives thanks for many aspects of a child’s world. Child T536 Many Moons. James Thurber. (Harcourt) Grades 3-7. Though many try, only the court 1944 Fic jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore’s one wish. Pic B974l The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton Mifflin) Grades K-3. A country house is 1943 unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. Pic M47737m Make Way for Ducklings. Robert McCloskey (Viking) Grades 1-3. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard 1942 proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. Pic L425t They were Strong and Good. Robert Lawson (Viking) Grades 4-6. Relates the story of the 1941 author’s parents and grandparents Child 921 L736d Abraham Lincoln. Ingri D’Aulaire. (Doubleday) Grades K-4. Text and illustrations present 1940 NonFic the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier. Pic H236m Mei Li.Thomas Handforth. (Doubleday) Grades K-3. After spending an eventful day at 1939 the fair on New Year’s Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God. Child 220 L353 Animals of the Bible. Dorothy Pulis Lathrop. (Lippincott) Grades K and up. The story 1938 NonFic presents the most memorable animals of the Old and New Testaments.

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NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS The Newbery Medal, established in 1922, was named for the 18th century British bookseller, John Newbery. It is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the preceding year. Location Call # Award Year Child A6487o The One and Only Ivan. Katherine Applegate. (Harper) Grades 3-6. When Ivan, a gorilla 2013 Fic who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. YA Fic G211d Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades 5-8. In the author’s 2012 semi-autobiographical tale, Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses and assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore. YA Fic V239m Moon over Manifest. Clare Vanderpool. (Delacorte) Grades 4-7. The daughter of a 2011 drifter is sent to live with relatives in 1936 Kansas and hopes to learn about his life. Child S7992 When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead. (Random House) Grades 4-9. As her mother 2010 Fic prepares to be a contestant on a 1970s game show, a girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes that seems to defy the laws of time and space. YA Fic G141g The Graveyard Book. . (HarperCollins) Grades 8-12. After the grisly murder 2009 of his entire family, a toddler is raised by the supernatural residents of a graveyard. YA 812.6 Good masters! Sweet Ladies! Amy Schlitz. (Candlewick Press) Grades 4-8. A collection of 2008 NonFic S344 one-person plays featuring characters between the ages of 10 and 15 who live in or near a 13-th century English manor. YA Fic P314 The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron. (Atheneum) Grades 4-6. An aspiring young 2007 scientist tries to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. YA Fic P450c Criss Cross. Lynn Rae Perkins. (Harper Collins) Grades 6-9. Teenagers in a 1960s small 2006 town experience new thoughts and feelings as they search for the meaning of life and love. Child K11k Kira-Kira. Cynthia Kadohata. (Atheneum) Grades 4-7. Chronicles the close friendship 2005 Fic between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in 1950s rural Georgia, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. Child D545t The Tale of Despereux. Kate DiCamillo. (Candlewick Press) Grades 3-7. The adventures 2004 Fic 2003 of Despereux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents. YA Fic A957cr Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Avi. (Hyperion) Grades 3-7. Falsely accused of theft and 2003 murder, a peasant flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret. Child P235s A Single Shard. Linda Sue Park. (Clarion Books) Grades 5-9. Tree-ear, a thirteen year old 2002 Fic orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters village and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. YA Fic P3673y A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck. (Dial) Grades 5-9. In 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary 2001 Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of the woman. Child C975bu Bud, Not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Delacorte Press) Grades 4-7. Ten-year-old Bud, 2000 Fic escapes a foster home during the Depression and searches for the man he believes to be his father, the renowned band leader, H.E. Calloway. YA Fic S121h Holes. Louis Sachar. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) Grades 6 and up. Stanley Yelnats is sent to a 1999 hellish concentration camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. YA Fic H587o Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse. (Scholastic Press) Grades 9-12. In a series of poems, 15- 1998 year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma

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during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression. Child K82v The View from Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg. (Atheneum) Grades 3-6. Four students 1997 Fic develop a special bond and their teacher, a paraplegic, chooses them to represent their sixth grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Child C987m The Midwife’s Apprentice. Karen Cushman. (Clarion) Grades 6-9. A homeless girl is taken 1996 Fic in by a midwife in medieval England and finds her place in the world. Child C913w Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech. (HarperCollins) Grades 3-7. After her mother leaves 1995 Fic home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a trip retracing her route. YA Fic L921g The Giver. Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7-9. Jonas becomes the receiver of 1994 memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Child R994m Missing May. Cynthia Rylant. (Orchard Books) Grades 6-9. After the death of a beloved 1993 Fic aunt, Summer and her uncle leave their W. Virginia trailer in search of a new life. Child N333s Shiloh. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. (Atheneum) Grades 3-7. Marty tries to hide a lost beagle 1992 Fic from the dog’s real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer and mistreat dogs. YA Fic S757m Maniac Magee. Jerry Spinelli. (Little, Brown) Grades 4-7. After his parents die, Magee’s 1991 life becomes legendary as he accomplishes feats which awe his contemporaries. Child L9215n Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7 and up. In 1943, during the 1990 Fic German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous as she shelters a Jewish friend from the Nazis. Child 811.54 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. Paul Fleischman. (Harper & Row) Grades 3-8. A 1989 NonFic F596 collection that describes the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects. Child 921 L736f Lincoln: A Photobiography. Russell Freedman. (Clarion) Grades 4 and up.Photographs 1988 NonFic and text trace the life of the Civil War President. Child F596w The Whipping Boy. Sid Fleischman. (Greenwillow) Grades 2-6. A bratty prince and his 1987 Fic whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places. Child M161s Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan. (Harper & Row) Grades 3 and up.When their 1986 Fic father invites a mail-order bride to live with them in their prairie home, two children hope she will stay. YA Fic M1583h The Hero and the Crown. Robin McKinley. (Greenwillow) Grades 7 and up. The daughter 1985 of a king and witchwoman wins her birthright with the help of a wizard and a sword. Child C623d Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary. (Morrow) Grades 4-7. A 10-year-old writes to his 1984 Fic favorite author, revealing problems with his parents’ divorce, a new school, and finding his place in the world. YA Fic V891d Dicey’s Song. Cynthia Voigt. (Atheneum) Grades 6 and up. An abandoned child finds that 1983 new beginnings require love, trust, humor and courage. Child 811.54 A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Nancy Willard. (Harcourt) Grades K-3. A collection of 1982 NonFic W715 poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake’s Inn. YA Fic P296j Jacob Have I Loved. . (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. Feeling a rivalry all 1981 her life with her twin sister, Louise finally begins to realize her own potential and gifts. YA Fic B656g A Gathering of Days. Joan W. Blos. (Scribner) Grades 5-9. The journal of a 14-year-old, 1980 kept during the last year that she lives on the family farm in a small NH town. YA Fic R225w The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin. (Dutton) Grades 5-9. The mysterious death of an 1979 eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs. Child P296b Bridge to Terabithia. Katherine Paterson. (Crowell) Grades 5-8. The innocence of a ten- 1978 Fic year-old boy in rural Virginia is challenged when a friend meets an untimely death. YA Fic T244r Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Mildred Taylor. (Dial) Grades 6 and up. The story of one 1977 African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racism.

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Child C778g The Grey King. . (Atheneum) Grades 4-8. The fourth in The Dark is Rising 1976 Fic series, where the young hero Will is swept into a quest for a golden harp. YA Fic H221m M.C. Higgins the Great. (Macmillan) Grades 7-up. Strip mining in the 1975 Ohio hills forces a dilemma for a young boy torn between getting his family away or fighting for their home. YA Fic F793s The Slave Dancer. . (Bradbury) Grades 5-8. A thirteen-year-old boy is held 1974 captive on a slave ship and forced to play music for the human cargo. YA Fic G348j Julie of the Wolves. Jean Craighead George. (Harper & Row) Grades 7 and up. A 1973 thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost in Alaska and is befriended by wolves. Child 013 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Robert C. O’Brien. (Atheneum) Grades 3-7. A 1972 Fic widowed mouse seeks help from formerly-imprisoned lab rats. YA Fic B993s The Summer of the Swans. Betsy Byars. (Viking) Grades 5 and up. A teenage girl gains 1971 insight into herself and her family when her mentally disabled brother gets lost. YA Fic A739 Sounder. William Howard Armstrong. (Harper & Row) Grades 6 and up. A young African 1970 American son of a jailed sharecropper learns to read with the help of a devoted dog. Child A376h The High King. . (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades 6 and up.The final 1969 Fic chronicle of the Prydain series where the forces of good and evil meet. Child K82f From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. E.L. Konigsburg. (Atheneum) 1968 Fic Grades 3-7. Twelve-year-old Claudia runs away with her brother to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. YA Fic H941u Up a Road Slowly. Irene Hunt. (Follett) Grades 4-9. The story is about Julie’s growth, 1967 from a 7-year-old brat to a gracious young woman. Child T813 I, Juan de Pareja. Elizabeth Borton Trevino. (Bell) Grades 6 and up. The slave of the 17th 1966 Fic century Spanish painter Velazquez becomes a painter in his own right. Child W847s Shadow of a Bull. Maia Wojciechowska. (Atheneum) Grades 5 and up. Should Manolo 1965 Fic become a bullfighter like his father or the doctor he really wishes to be? Child N523 It’s Like This, Cat. Emily Cheney Neville. (Harper & Row) Grades 5-9. The story of a boy, 1964 Fic the people in his life, and a stray tomcat, in New York City. YA Fic L566w A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L’Engle. (Ariel) Grades 5-9. An adventure in space and 1963 time where children seek for a scientist who disappeared while doing secret government work. Child S741b The Bronze Bow. Elizabeth George Speare. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 6 and up. 1962 Fic Child O23i Island of the Blue Dolphins. Scott O’Dell. (Bantam) Grades K-6. A young girl survives and 1961 Fic thrives when left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California. Child K94 Onion John. Joseph Krumgold. (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. A friendship with the town’s 1960 Fic odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes confict between a boy and his father. Child S741 The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-8. In 1959 Fic this 17th century story, 16-year-old Kit Tyler is forced to leave her Barbados home to live with relatives in a Puritan town in Connecticut. Child K28 Rifles for Watie. Harold Keith. (Crowell) Grades 7 and up. A Civil War-era story of a 1958 Fic farm boy in 1861 who joins the Union Army. Child S713 Miracles on Maple Hill. Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 3-7. A 1957 Fic rescued POW and his family move to the Pennsylvania countryside to help restore their spirits and their bonds with each other. Child L352 Carry On Mr. Bowditch. Jean Lee Latham. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 6 and up. A 1956 Fic biographical account of the 18th century astronomer and navigator. Child D327w The Wheel on the School. Meindert de Jong. (Harper) Grades 4-7. The children of Shora 1955 Fic wonder why storks never come there to bury their nests.

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Child K94a And Now Miguel. Joseph Krumgold. (Crowell) Grades 5 and up. Story of a boy on a long 1954 Fic and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Child C592 Secret of the Andes. Ann Nolan Clark. (Viking) Grades 4-8. An Indian boy who tends 1953 Fic llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors. Child E79 Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes. (Harcourt Brace) Grades 3-7. The disappearance of a new 1952 Fic puppy named Ginger and a mysterious man in a yellow hat bring excitement to the Pyes. Child 921 F745y Amos Fortune, Free Man. Elizabeth Yates. (Aladdin Books) Grades 3-7. The story of a 1951 NonFic young African prince who is captured by slavers. Child D284d The Door in the Wall. Marguerite DeAngeli. (Doubleday) Grades 3-6. Robin, the crippled 1950 Fic son of a lord, proves his courage and earns recognition from the King. Child H523k King of the Wind. Marguerite Henry. (Rand McNally) Grades 3-7. The adventures of an 1949 Fic Arabian stallion and the mute Arab boy who tended him. Child D816 The Twenty-One Balloons. William Pene DuBois. (Viking) Grades 5-9. Professor Sherman 1948 Fic travels the Pacific in his hot air balloon. Child B154 Miss Hickory. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. (Viking) Grades 4-7. The adventures of a country 1947 Fic doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut head. Child L573s Strawberry Girl. Lois Lenski. (Lippincott) Grades 4-6. The story of the feud between the 1946 Fic Slaters and the Boyers in Florida during the 1900s. Child L425 Rabbit Hill. Robert Lawson. (Viking) Grades 4-6. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if new 1945 Fic folks in the Big House will plant a garden and thus be good providers. YA Fic F692 Johnny Tremain. Esther Forbes. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 7-9. A silversmith’s 1944 apprentice becomes a messenger in the days before the American Revolution. Child V785a Adam of the Road. . (Viking) Grades 4-8. Eleven-year-old Adam 1943 Fic travels the roads of 13thcentury England searching for his missing father. Child E24 The Matchlock Gun. Walter Dumaux Edmonds. (Dodd, Mead) Grades 3-7. Ten-year-old 1942 Fic Edward protects his family with a Spanish gun during the French and Indian War. Child S751c Call it Courage. Armstrong Perry. (Macmillan) Grades 5-7. Mafatu, a young Polynesian 1941 Fic boy, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to everyone. Child 921 B724 Daniel Boone. James Henry Daughtery. (Viking) Grades 5-11. An authentic account of 1940 NonFic frontier and pioneer life. Child E59t Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. (Farrar & Rinehart) Grades 5-11. Garnet is sure a 1939 Fic silver thimble she found is magical because her summer has been full of adventures. Child 398.22 . Kate Seredy. Grades 4-7. The story of the Huns and Magyars long 1938 NonFic S483 migration from Asia to Europe. Child S271r Roller Skates. . (Viking) Grades 4-7. Ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true 1937 Fic freedom roller skating around the streets of 19th century New York. Child B858 Caddie Woodlawn. . (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. The adventures of an 11- 1936 Fic year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier. Child S528 Dobry. Monica Shannon. (Viking) Grades 5 and up. An autobiographical account of the 1935 Fic author’s childhood in Bulgaria and wanting to become a sculptor. Child 921 Invincible Louisa. Cornelia Lynde Meigs. (Little, Brown) Grades 7 and up. The story of 1934 NonFic A355m Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. Child L673y Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. (Winston) Grades 4-6. Young 1933 Fic Fu is apprenticed to Tang, a coppersmith, against the backdrop of 1920’s China. Child A728w Waterless Mountain. Laura Adams Armer. (Longmans, Green) Grades 5-8. Younger 1932 Fic Brother, a Navaho boy, undergoes years of training in the ancient religion of his people. Child C652c The Cat who Went to Heaven. Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth. (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. A 1931 Fic little cat brings love and good fortune to a poor Japanese artist.

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Child F455 Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Lyman Field. (Macmillan) Grades 4-6. Hitty, a doll 1930 Fic carved from white ash, travels in Maine and even on a whaler with her owner, Phoebe. Child K297t The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric Philbrook Kelly. (Macmillan) Grades 3-7. A Polish family 1929 Fic in the Middle Ages guards a secret treasure. Child 598.2 Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon. Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Dutton) Grades 4 and up. A 1928 NonFic M953 carrier pigeon raised by an Indian boy carries messages for the Allies during WWI. YA Fic J29s Smoky the Cow Horse. Will James. (Scribner) Grades 4-10. The experiences of a horse 1927 from his birth, through his rodeo and range work, to his eventual old age. Child C555s Shen of the Sea. Arthur Bowie Chrisman. (Dutton) Grades 4-7. A series of fascinating and 1926 Fic philosophical Chinese stories. Child 398.2 Tales from Silver Lands. Charles Joseph Finger (Doubleday) Grades 4-9. A series of 1925 NonFic F497 stories about animals, magic, witches and other beings from Central and South America. Child H391 The Dark Frigate. Charles Boardman Hawes. (Little, Brown) Grades 5-11. A young man 1924 Fic dare not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he joins the crew. Child L829 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Hugh Lofting. (Lippincott) Grades 3-7. The story of the 1923 Fic good doctor who learns the language of animals and made adventurous voyages. YA Fic 909 V261 The Story of Mankind. Hendrik Willem Van Loon. (Boni & Liveright) Grades 7 and up. A 1922 world history book, illustrated by the author.

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD The Coretta Scott King Award was established in 1969 to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for world peace. It is awarded annually to an author of African descent whose distinguished book promotes an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.” A separate illustrator award was added in 1979. Location Call # Award Year Child 973.0496 Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. Andrea Davis Pinkney. 2013 NonFic P655h (Disney) Grades 5-8. Addressing the appetites of readers "hungry for role models," Author this presents compellingly oratorical pictures of the lives and characters of 10 African-American men who exemplify a "birthright of excellence." Pic H8939i I, Too, Am America. Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster) Grades K-4. Collier 2013 interprets ’ famous poem through the story of Pullman porters. Illustrator Child 973.0496073 Heart and Soul. Kadir Nelson. (Balzer & Bray) Grades 4-7. A simple introduction to 2012 NonFic N424h African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery through the election of Author President Obama. Pic E9291 Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom. Shane W. Evans. (Roaring Brook 2012 Press) Grades preschool-3. A family’s flight to freedom via the Underground Illustrator Railroad. Child W7232o One Crazy Summer. Rita Williams-Garcia. (Armistad) Grades 4-7. Two girls spend 2011 Fic the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California with the mother they barely know. Author Child 921 P866h Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Bryan Collier. (Little Brown) Grades K-4. Dave 2011 NonFic was an extraordinary artist and potter living in SC in the early 1800s. Illustrator Child 921 R3321 Bad News for Outlaws: Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. Vaunda Micheaux 2010 NonFic Nelson. (Carolrhoda Books) Grades 4-7. Tells the story of a remarkable African- Author American hero of the Old West. Child 811.52 My People. Langston Hughes. (Ginee Sea Books) Grades preschool-3. Artful images 2010 NonFic H893m by the photographer accompany the words of the poet Langston Hughes. Illustrator

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Child 796 N424w We Are the Ship. Kadir Nelson. (Hyperion) Grades 4-7. The story of baseball’s 2009 NonFic Negro League from the 1920s to the decline after Jackie Robinson broke into the Author majors in 1947. Child 811.54 The Blacker the Berry. Joyce Carol Thomas. (HarperCollins) Grades preschool-3. A 2009 NonFic T458b collection of poems celebrating African-American identity. Illustrator Child C975e Elijah of Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Scholastic) Grades 4-7. Story of 11-year- 2008 Fic old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton Canada. Author Pic B9151 Let it Shine. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades Preschool-3. Illustrated versions of 2008 three favorite spirituals. Illustrator YA Fic D765c Copper Sun. Sharon Draper. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 8 and up. A slave and an 2007 indentured servant escape their Carolina plantation and make their way to Fort Author Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. Child 973.7115 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom. Kadir Nelson. (Jump at 2007 NonFic W3621 the Sun) Grades Preschool-3. Describes Tubman’s spiritual first journey. Illustrator Child L642d Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. . (Jump at the Sun) Grades 4-8. 2006 Fic Through flashbacks and shifting points of view, readers travel through time and Author space to explore decisions, consequences, and judgment. Child 323.092 Rosa. Bryan Collier. (Henry Holt & Co.) Grades 4-7. A picture book tribute to the 2006 NonFic G512r life of Rosa Parks. Illustrator Child 379.2 M882 Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Toni Morrison. (Houghton Mifflin) 2005 NonFic Grades 3-5. Dialogue and emotion of children who lived through the era of Author separate-but-equal schooling. Pic S528e Ellington was Not a Street. Ntozake Shange. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 2 and up. 2005 Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the dedicated and important Illustrator artists and educators who visited there. YA Fic J67f The First Part Last. Angela Johnson. (Simon & Schuster) Grades 6 and up. Bobby’s 2004 carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father. Author Child 398.2 Beautiful Blackbird. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades preschool-2. Colorful birds 2004 NonFic B915be of Africa ask Blackbird to decorate them with his “blackening brew.” Illustrator YA Fic G862b Bronx Masquerade. Nikki Grimes. (Dial Books) Grades 8 and up. Bronx high school 2003 students studying the Harlem Renaissance use poetry to explore their lives. Author Child 921 C148g Talkin’ About Bessie. Nikki Grimes. (Orchard Books) Grades K-4. A biography of the 2003 NonFic first American to receive an international pilot’s license. Illustrator YA Fic T244l The Land. Mildred D. Taylor (Phyllis Fogelman Books) Grades 7-up. A biracial child 2002 feels caught between two worlds at the end of the Civil War. Author Child M158g Goin’ Someplace Special. Pat McKissack. (Atheneum) Grades K-3. In segregated 2002 Fic 1950’s Nashville, a young girl braves obstacles to get to the public library. Illustrator Child W898m Miracle’s Boys. Jacqueline Woodson. (Putnam) Grades 4-6. A boy released from a 2001 Fic detention home blames his younger brother for their mother’s death. Author Child C699u Uptown. Bryan Collier. (Holt) Grades K-3. A tour of the sights of Harlem, including 2001 Fic brownstones, shopping on 125th street, the Boys’ Choir and a sunset over the river. Illustrator Child C976bu Bud, not Buddy. Christopher Paul Curtis. (Delacorte Press) Grades 4-7. Ten-year- 2000 Fic old Bud escapes a foster home during the Depression and searches for the man he Author believes to be his father, the renowned band leader, H.E. Calloway. Child S571i In the Time of the Drums. Kim Siegelson. (Jump at the Sun) Grades 1-4. Mentu, an 2000 Fic American-born slave, watches his grandmother leave an insurrection. Illustrator Child 780.89 I See the Rhythm. Michele Wood. (Children’s Book Press) Grades 2-4. Chronicles 1999 NonFic W877 and poetically captures the mood and movement of African American music. Illustrator Child 398.2082 Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Virginia 1996

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NonFic H221 Hamilton. (Blue Sky Press) Grades 3-6. Author Child 975.03 Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Pat McKissack. (Scholastic) 1995 NonFic M158 Grades 3-8. Customs and traditions from a plantation house and slave quarters. Author YA Fic J67 Toning the Sweep. Angela Johnson. (Orchard Books) Grades 5-8. 14-year-old 1994 Emmie visits her dying grandmother and learns stories from her family’s past. Author Child R581t Tar Beach. . (Crown Publishers) Grades preschool-3. A young girl 1992 Fic dreams of flying above her Harlem home. Based on the author’s quilt painting. Illustrator Child 811.54 G812 Nathaniel Talking. Eloise Greenfield. (Black Butterfly) Grades K-5. Simple poems 1990 NonFic from an African American’s recollection of childhood. Illustrator YA Fic N886fa Fallen Angels. . (Scholastic) Grades 7-12. Follows the story of a 1989 Harlem high school graduate spending the year of 1967 as a soldier in Vietnam. Author Child T2445f The Friendship. Mildred D. Taylor. (Dial Books) Grades 4-7. Four children witness a 1988 Fic confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper. Author Child 398.232 Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. John Steptoe. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades K-3. 1988 NonFic S837 One bad-tempered, one sweet—both go before the king who is choosing a wife. Illustrator Child 398.2 H221 The People Could Fly: Book of Black Folktales. Virginia Hamilton. (Knopf) Grades 3- 1986 NonFic 6. Retelling of popular tales of animals, , the supernatural, and freedom. Author Child F644p The Patchwork Quilt. Valerie Flournoy. (Dial Books) Grades K-3. Tanya helps her 1986 Fic mother and grandmother make a beautiful quilt that tells a story. Illustrator Child C639eg Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. Lucille Clifton. (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) Grades 1984 Fic K-3. A young boy grieves his father’s death. Author YA Fic H221s Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Virginia Hamilton. (Philomel) Grades 5-8. Tree 1983 resents her mother, who leaves her while working to care for a disabled brother. Author Child 398.2 B915b Beat the Story Drum, Pum, Pum. Ashley Bryan. (Atheneum) Grades 4-7. Five 1981 NonFic traditional tales from Nigeria. Illustrator Child 812.54 D263 Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass. Ossie Davis. (Viking) 1979 NonFic Grades 9-12. Author Child 921 K53p Martin Luther King, Jr. Man of Peace. Lillie Patterson (Garrand) Grades 3-6. A 1970 NonFic biography of the Baptist minister and his leadership role in the civil rights era. Author

MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD This award is given to the children’s book considered to be the best of the year published originally in a language other than English. It is named for a former executive director of the Assoc. for Library Service to Children who believed in the importance of great books in translation from all parts of the world. Location Call # Award Year YA Fic V951m My Family for the War. Anne C. Voorhoeve. Translator (German): Tammi Reichel. 2013 (Dial Books) 2012. Grades 7-12. Franziska is sent to London via the Kindertransport to escape the war in occupied Holland. Child D892s Soldier Bear. Bibi Dumon Tak. Translator (Dutch): Laura Watkinson. (Eerdsmans 2012 Fic Publishing) Grades 4-7. An orphaned Syrian brown bear is adopted by Polish soldiers during WWII and serves as mascot in Iran and Italy. YA Fic B7119t A Time of Miracles. Anne-Laure Bondoux. Translator (French): Y. Maudet. 2011 (Delacorte) Grades 7-up. A sweeping tale of refugees set across the war-torn, former Soviet Caucasus region and Europe during the 1990s. Child T487f A Faraway Island. Annika Thor. Translator (Swedish): Linda Schenck. (Delacorte 2010 Fic Press) Grades 3-7. The story of two Jewish sisters finding refuge in Sweden in the summer of 1939.

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YA Fic U22m Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. . Translator (Japanese): Cathy 2009 Hirano. (Arthur A. Levine) Grades 7 and up. Balsa, a skilled female warrior, is tasked to protect a young prince from demons and his father’s assassins. YA Fic M618b Brave Story. . () Grades 7-up. In a fantasy adventure, 2008 Wataru tries to reach the Tower of Destiny and save his parents’ marriage. YA Fic M929p The Pull of the Ocean. Jean-Claude Mourlevat. (Delacorte Press) Grades 7-up. 2007 Seven brothers in modern-day France flee their poor parents’ farm. YA Fic H722i An Innocent Soldier. Josef Holub. (Arthur Levine Books) Grades 8-up. A 16-year- 2006 old farmhand is tricked into fighting the Napoleonic Wars. Child S8761s The Shadows of Ghadames. Joelle Stolz. (Delacorte Press) Grades 3-7. In 19th 2005 Fic century Libya, 11-year-old Malika feels constricted by the narrow world of women. YA Fic 071r Run, Boy, Run. . (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-up. Based on the true story 2004 of a nine-year-old boy who escaped the Ghetto during WWII. YA Fic F982t The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke. (Scholastic) Grades 5-up. Two orphaned brothers 2003 find shelter with a street gang in Venice. Child G975ho How I Became an American. Karin Gundisch. (Cricket Books) Grades 3-7. The story 2002 Fic of a German family of immigrants who settle in Ohio in 1902. YA Fic C287s Samir and Yonatan. Daniella Carmi. (Arthur A. Levine) Grades 3-7. A Palestinian 2001 and Israeli boy become friends in an Israeli hospital, and have an otherworldly adventure together. YA Fic Q7b The Baboon King. Anton Quintana. (Walker and Co.) Grades 7-up. Son of a Kikuyu 2000 mother and Masai father, Morengaru the hunter lives on the edge of his tribal society. YA 940.5318 Thanks to my Mother. Schoschanah Rabinovitz. (Dial Books) Grades 7-12. The 1999 NonFic R116 story of a Lithuanian Jewish girl’s survival from the Holocaust death camps. YA Fic Y94f The Friends. Kazumi Yumoto. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades 5-9. Curious about 1997 death, sixth-grade boys spy on an old man, but end up becoming his friend. YA Fic O71l The Lady with the Hat. Uri Orlev. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 5-9. A Holocaust 1996 survivor joins a group of young Jews preparing to live on a kibbutz in Israel. YA Fic R447b The Boys from Saint Petri. Bjarne Reuter. (Dutton) Grades 7-up. In 1942, a group 1995 of young Dutch men begin a series of knowingly dangerous protests against the Nazis. Child M722a The Apprentice. Pilar Molina Llorente. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Grades 4-7. A 13- 1994 Fic year-old works as an artist’s apprentice in Renaissance Florence. YA Fic O71m The Man From the Other Side. Uri Orlev. Grades 5-9. A Polish family shelters a 1992 Jewish man on the outskirts of the . YA Fic S299h A Hand Full of Stars. Rafik Schami. (Puffin Books) Grades 7-up. A teenager who 1991 wants to be a journalist describes his daily life in Damascus, Syria in his diary. Child H331c Crutches. Peter Hartling. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 4-7. A young boy, 1989 Fic searching vainly for his mother in post-war Vienna is befriended by a man on crutches and together they find hope for the future. Child N655i If You Didn’t Have Me. Ulf Nilsson. (McElderry Books) Grades 2-5. A young boy 1988 Fic finds strength living with relatives on a farm in southern Sweden. YA Fic F828n No Hero for the Kaiser. Rudolph Frank. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 7-up. A 1987 14-year-old Polish boy joins a German battalion in WWI and experiences the horror of war. Child I58r Rose Blanche. Robert Innocenti. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 4-8. A German 1986 Fic girl’s curiousity leads her to a horrible discovery during WWII. Child O71i The Island on Bird Street. Uri Orlev. (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 4-6. The story of 1985

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Fic the survival of a Jewish boy in the Warsaw Ghetto. Child L745r Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter. . (Viking Press) Grades 3-7. Ronia 1984 Fic befriends the son of a rival robber chieftan. Child 940.54 Hiroshima No Pika. Toshi Maruki. (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) Grades 7-up. A 1983 NonFic M389h retelling of a woman’s account during the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. Child K955b The Battle Horse. Harry Kullman. (Bradbury Press) Grades 5-8. The children on a 1982 Fic Stockholm street engage in a modern-day jousting tournament in which the rich are knights and the poor are the horses who bear them. Child P382w The Winter when Time was Frozen. Els Pelgrom. (William Morrow & Co.) Grades 1981 Fic 4-6. A farm family gives shelter to all in need in Holland during WWII. Child S819r Rabbit Island. Jorg Steiner. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) Grades 1-up. The 1979 (1) Fic adventures of two rabbits who escape from the rabbit factory. Child N898k Konrad. Christine Nostlinger. (Franklin Watts, Inc.) Grades 4-6. An unconventional 1979 (2) Fic lady receives a factory-made child in the mail. YA 891.73 L754 An Old Tale Carved out of Stone. A. Linevskii. (Crown) Grades 7-up. 17-year-old 1975 NonFic Liok is reluctantly given the Shaman’s responsibility of finding fish and game. Child I88p Pulga. Siny Rose Van Iterson. (Wm. Morrow & Co.) Grades 5-8. A 15-year-old boy 1973 Fic in Bogota, Colombia, escapes the slums with a job as a trucker’s assistant. Child Z45w Wildcat Under Glass. Aliki Zei. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) Grades 4-7. The Fascist 1970 Fic dictatorship in Greece changes the lives of a 10-year-old and her family. Child B111d Don’t Take Teddy. Babbis Friis Baastad. (Charles Scribner’s Sons) Grades 5-8. The 1969 Fic book probes the world of a disabled child and his family.

PHOENIX AWARD The Phoenix is awarded by the Children’s Literature Association and given to the author, or estate of the author, whose book did not win a major award at the time of its publication twenty years earlier. Location Call # Award Year On Letters from Rifka. Karen Hesse. (Henry Holt & Co. 1992) Grades 4-7. 12-year-old 2012 Order Rivka recounts her journey to America in 1919. Child W853m The Mozart Season. Virginia Euwer Wolff. (Henry Holt & Co. 1991) Grades 5-8. 2011 Fic Allegra spends her twelfth summer practicing a Mozart concerto. YA Fic S967sc The Shining Company. . (Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1990) Grades 7- 2010 up. Set in the year 600 in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer and trains with a brotherhood against the invading Saxons. YA Fic B651w Weetzie Bat. Francesca Lia Block. (HarperCollins, 1989) Grades 9-up. Follows the 2009 wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her L.A. friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secet- Agent-Lover-Man. YA Fic D553e Eva. . (Delacorte Press, 1989) Grades 7-12. After a terrible 2008 accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee. YA Fic M216m Memory. . (McElderry Books, 1987) Grades 9-up. A 19-year-old 2007 teen struggles with the memory of his older sister’s death. DVD PN 1995.9.A3 Howl’s Moving Castle. . (Greenwillow, 1986) Grades 7-up. 2006 H387 2006 Sophie moves into Wizard Howl’s moving castle and attemps to tame him. YA Fic O58f A Formal Feeling. Zibby Oneal. (Viking Press 1982) Grades 7-up. A 16-year-old 2002 home from boarding school must adjust to a new stepmother. Spec. Rm. 302 Throwing Shadows. E.L. Konisburg. (Atheneum, 1979) Grades 4-7. 5 short stories 1999

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Coll. of how chance encounters alter people’s lives. YA Fic C811ia I am the Cheese. Robert Cormier. (Pantheon, 1977) Grades 7-12. The story of a 1997 family caught in a government-level corruption case. Spec. Rm. 302 The Stone Brook. . (Collins, 1976) Ungraded. His daughter’s request for 1996 Coll. a book prompts a stonemason to reveal the secret of the stone to her. YA Fic Y47d Dragonwings. . (Harper & Row, 1975) Grades 4-8. Early 20th century 1995 life and the San Francisco earthquake are explored in the tale of a Chinese boy. YA Fic P296o Of Nightingales that Weep. Katherine Paterson. (Crowell, 1974) Grades 5-up. 1994 Warrior clans struggle for imperial control of . Child B354c Carrie’s War. Nina Bawden. (Lippincott, 1973) Grades 4-7. WWII evacuees spend 1993 Fic time in a small Welsh village and one girl makes a regrettable decision. YA Fic H946so A Sound of Chariots. Molly Hunter. (Harper & Row, 1972) Grades 7-up. A young 1992 girl in Scotland during WWI tries to come to terms with her father’s death. YA Fic G217l A Long Way from Verona. Jane Gardam. (Macmillan, 1971) Grades 7-up. A young 1991 girl aspires to be a writer and recounts her life growing up in England during WWII. YA Fic E57e Enchantress from the Stars. Sylvia L. Engdahl. (Atheneum, 1970) Grades 5-up. 1990 Three civilizations from different planets clash. YA Fic G231s Smith. Leon Garfield. (Pantheon Books, 1967) Grades 5-8. A young pickpocket 1987 picks a valuable and mysterious document in 18th century London. Child B947q Queenie Peavy. Robert Purch. (Viking Press, 1966) Grades 4-7. A young girl 1986 Fic retaliates against bullies who torment her over her emprisoned father. YA Fic S965m The Mark of the Horse Lord. Rosemary Sutcliff. (Walck, 1965) Grades 7-up. A 1985 former gladiator and slave fights for control of the Scottish kingdom.

(THEODOR SEUSS) GEISEL AWARD The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the U.S. during the preceding year. Location Call # Award Year Pic L84846u Up, Tall, and High! Ethan Long. (Putnam’s Sons) Grades Pre-2. A bevy of birds 2013 teach the concepts of up, tall, and high. Child S3591t Tales for Very Picky Eaters. Josh Schneider. (Clarion) Grades 1-3. A father tells 2012 Fic outlandish stories while trying to get his picky son to eat. Child D545bi Bink and Gollie. Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. (Candlewick) Grades 1-3. Two 2011 Fic roller-skating buddies, one tiny and one tall, share comical adventures. Pic H417bp Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! Geoffrey Hayes. (Raw Junior) Grades Pre-2. 2010 Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover she is not as scary as feared. Pic W699a Are you Ready to Play Outside? Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. Elephant 2009 and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, then must decide what to do. Pic W699t There is a Bird on your Head! Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Grades Pre-2. There is 2008 something worse than a bird on your head – two birds on your head! Child K999ze Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways. Laura McGee Kvasnosky. (Candlewick) Grades Pre-3. 2007 Fic Zelda and Ivy combat the injustice of cucumber sandwiches. Child R994he Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Cynthia Rylant. (Simon & Schuster) 2006 Fic Grades K-2. Henry and Mudge discover just how fun grandpas can be when they all discover a swimming hole.

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