CCBC Choices Kathleen T. Horning Ginny Moore Kruse Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison Copyright 01999, Friends of the CCBC, Inc. (ISBN 0-931641-98-5) CCBC Choices was produced by University Publications, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cover design: Lois Ehlert For information about other CCBC publications, send a self- addressed, stamped envelope to: Cooperative Children's Book Cenrer, 4290 Helen C. White Hall, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706-1403 USA. Inquiries may also be made via fax (6081262-4933) or e-mail (
[email protected]).See the World Wide Web (http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/)for information about CCBC publications and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Results of the CCBC Award Discussions The Charlotte Zolotow Award Observations about Publishing in 1998 The Choices The Natural World Seasons and Celebrations Folklore, Mythology and Traditional Literature Historical People, Places and Events Biography 1 Autobiography Contemporary People, Places and Events Issues in Today's World Understanding Oneself and Others The Arts Poetry Concept Books Board Books Picture Books for Younger Children Picture Books for Older Children Easy Fiction Fiction for Children Fiction for Teenagers New Editions of Old Favorites Appendices Appendix I: How to Obtain the Books in CCBC Choices and CCBC Publications Appendix 11: The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Appendix 111: CCBC Book Discussion Guidelines Appendix IV: The Compilers of CCBC Choices 1998 Appendix V:The Friends of the CCBC, Inc. Index CCBC Choices 1778 5 Acknowledgments Thank you to Friends of the CCBC member Tana Elias for creating the index for this edition of CCBC Choices.