SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS OFFICIAL READING LIST SUMMER 2016 All books are grouped by geographical region of the author or illustrator. They are listed in alphabetical order by title and divided into grade levels. TABLE OF CONTENTS ATLANTIC (Pennsylvania / Delaware / New Jersey / Washington D.C. / Virginia / West Virginia / Maryland) . 3 AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND (May - December 2016) . 15 CALIFORNIA / HAWAII . 21 CANADA . 37 INTERNATIONAL / OTHER . 43 MID-SOUTH (Kansas / Louisiana / Arkansas / Tennessee / Kentucky / Missouri / Mississippi) . 45 MIDDLE EAST / INDIA / ASIA . 51 MIDWEST (Minnesota / Iowa / Nebraska / Wisconsin / Illinois / Michigan / Indiana / Ohio) . 53 NEW ENGLAND (Maine / Vermont / New Hampshire / Connecticut / Massachusetts / Rhode Island) . 69 NEW YORK . 81 SOUTHEAST (Florida / Georgia / South Carolina / North Carolina / Alabama) . 89 SOUTHWEST (Nevada / Arizona / Utah / Colorado / Wyoming / New Mexico) . 99 TEXAS / OKLAHOMA . 107 UK / IRELAND . 113 WEST (Washington / Oregon / Alaska / Idaho / Montana / North Dakota / South Dakota) . 117 SPANISH / BILINGUAL . 127 SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS OFFICIAL READING LIST — SUMMER 2016 ATLANTIC (Pennsylvania / Delaware / New Jersey / Washington D.C. / Virginia / West Virginia / Maryland) GRADES K-2: garten beginning readers. Author’s Residence: Reading, Pennsylvania Apple Days: A Rosh Hashanah Story Publisher: Reading Reading Books by Allison Sarnoff Soffer, illustrated by Bob McMahon Picture Book The Boy Who Said Nonsense Description: A touching story about a child’s beloved apple-picking by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky, illustrated by Nicola Anderson tradition, disappointment, and the power of community. Apple- Picture Book sauce recipe included. Description: Tate can count just by looking at things! All this count- Author’s Residence: Washington, D.C. ing makes everyone think Tate talks nonsense—until his brother Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing sees everything from Tate’s perspective. Author’s Residence: New Jersey Aunt Matilda’s Almost Boring Party Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company by Jane Morris Udovic, illustrated by David Udovic Picture Book Brother Giovanni’s Little Reward: How the Pretzel Was Born Description: When a little boy attends his aunt’s fancy party, he is by Anna Egan Smucker, illustrated by Amanda Hall bored and falls asleep. His imagination takes flight and so do the Picture Book custard pies. Description: Giovanni is the best baker his monastery has ever Author’s Residence: Washington, D.C. had, but teaching the children their prayers is a challenge—until he Publisher: Front Street invents the tasty treat we now know as the pretzel! Author’s Residence: West Virginia Barn Savers Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers by Linda Oatman High, illustrated by Ted Lewin Picture Book Can You Count Ten Toes?: Count to 10 in 10 Different Description: A father and his son recycle and reclaim an antique Languages barn, saving it from bulldozers and landfill. A unique tale of recy- by Lezlie Evans, illustrated by Denis Roche cling. Picture book Author’s Residence: Pennsylvania Description: Learn to count in ten different languages: Spanish, Publisher: Boyds Mills Press French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian, Hindi, Hebrew, and even Zulu! Bed Hog Author’s Residence: Ashburn, Virginia by Georgette Noullet, illustrated by David Slonim Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Picture Book Description: Poor Bailey! The lovable pooch can’t find a comfortable Cat Napped! place to snuggle. Everyone calls him a “bed hog,” and they make by Leeza Hernandez him move! Picture Book Author’s Residence: Pennsylvania Description: Cats are naturally curious, but sometimes too much Publisher: Two Lions curiosity can get them into trouble! That’s what happens when one kitty wakes from a nap to find she might be lost. Belle’s Wild Ride: The Artful Adventure of a Butterfly and a Author’s Residence: New Jersey Cabbie Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers by Mary Lee Corlett, illustrated by Sophie Cayless Picture Book City Street Beat Description: A feisty butterfly from a National Gallery of Art paint- by Nancy Viau, illustrated by Barbara Bakos ing embarks on a fast-paced adventure looking for her grandma at Picture Book the Cleveland Museum of Art. Description: Join two friends as they use their senses to explore the Author’s Residence: Falls Church, Virginia city’s rhythmic beat. Publisher: D Giles Limited Author’s Residence: New Jersey Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company The Big Spider Goes to School by Kris Bonnell The Daring Prince Dashing Fiction Series by Marilou T. Reeder, illustrated by Karl West Description: Join Andy and his pet spider on another hilarious ad- Picture Book venture! The Big Spider Goes to School is a must read for all Kinder- Description: Prince Dashing bathes with crocodiles and toasts 3 SCBWI Official Summer 2016 Reading List s’mores by dragon’s breath. Will he ever find a friend as daring as Five Little Ducklings Go to School he is? by Carol Roth, illustrated by Sean Julian Author’s Residence: Pennsylvania Picture Book Publisher: Sky Pony Press Description: It’s time for five little ducklings to go to school. Four of them are excited, but not the fifth little duckling. Can Mama The Deductive Detective reassure him? by Brian Rock, illustrated by Sherry Rogers Author’s Residence: New Jersey Picture Book Publisher: NorthSouth Books Description: Who stole a cake from the cake contest? Twelve animal bakers are suspects and Detective Duck uses his deductive Gazpacho for Nacho reasoning skills to quack the case. by Tracey Kyle, illustrated by Carolina Farias Author’s Residence: Virginia Picture Book Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing Description: Nacho likes to eat only one thing: gazpacho! He won’t try other dishes—until he discovers miles and piles of mouthwater- Dino Treasures ing vegetables at the market. by Rhonda Lucas Donald, illustrated by Cathy Morrison Author’s Residence: Virginia Picture Book Publisher: Two Lions Description: Go into the field with paleontologists to learn what dinosaurs ate, how they raised their young, and how they slept and The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School fought. by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery Author’s Residence: Virginia Picture Book Series Publisher: Arbordale Publishing Description: A freshly baked Gingerbread Man is on a quest to find the children who made him in this humorous rhyming romp through The Doodles of Sam Dibble a school. by J. Press, illustrated by Michael Kline Author’s Residence: Virginia Humorous Fiction Series Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Description: Sam Dibble tells his friends that Demo Dan, the world’s greatest wrestler, is coming to his birthday party. The prob- Good Crooks: Missing Monkey! lem is, Sam doesn’t exactly know Demo Dan. by Mary Amato, illustrated by Ward Jenkins Author’s Residence: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Humorous Fiction Series Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Description: Billy and Jillian Crook have a big problem: they want to do good deeds, but their parents are crooks! Follow the twins’ A Fairy Friend hilarious adventures. by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Claire Keane Author’s Residence: Maryland Picture Book Publisher: Egmont Description: Explore an enchanting world of fairies. They’re all around us, if you know where to look. Build a fairy house of twigs Goodnight, Ark and blooms and one may visit! by Laura Sassi, illustrated by Jane Chapman Author’s Residence: Ashburn, Virginia Picture Book Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books Description: It’s bedtime in this rhyming picture book, and a storm has animals piling into Noah’s bed! How will Noah get them to Feathers for Peacock sleep? by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Helen Cann Author’s Residence: New Jersey Picture Book Publisher: Zonderkidz Description: How did Peacock end up with such a beautiful array of tail feathers? Was it magic or a community effort? An original Helen Thayer’s Arctic Adventure: A Woman and Her Dog just-so story. Walk to the North Pole Author’s Residence: Arlington, Virginia by Sally Isaacs, illustrated by Iva Sasheva Publisher: Wisdom Tales Press Nonfiction Picture Book Description: Helen Thayer was the first woman to walk solo to the Finding Wild Magnetic North Pole, strengthened by her determination and the by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Abigail Halpin friendship of Charlie, the dog who walked by her side. Picture Book Author’s Residence: New Jersey Description: A lovely, lyrical picture book that explores the ways the Publisher: Capstone Press wild makes itself known to us and how much closer it is than we think. High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs Author’s Residence: Virginia by Lisa Kahn Schnell, illustrated by Alan Marks Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Nonfiction Picture Book Description: Horseshoe crabs, shorebirds, and scientists converge each spring on the shores of Delaware Bay. Lyrical text and water- colors detail this natural-world extravaganza. 4 SCBWI Official Summer 2016 Reading List Author’s Residence: Pennsylvania Author’s Residence: Virginia Publisher: Charlesbridge Publisher: Flashlight Press Hope Somewhere in America: The Story of a Child, a Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story Painting, and a President by Thomas F. Yezerski by Sydelle Pearl, illustrated by Astrid Sheckels Nonfiction Picture Book Picture Book Description: The ecological history of the infamous New Jersey ur- Description: A little African-American girl from Harlem becomes ban wetlands, showing how it was destroyed and revived, and how the subject of a 1934 New Deal painting and meets President and humans and nature share their environment. First Lady Roosevelt. Author’s Residence: New Jersey Author’s Residence: Pennsylvania Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers Publisher: Twin Lights Publishers Midnight Madness at the Zoo I Am Not a Copycat! by Sherryn Craig, illustrated by Karen Jones by Ann Bonwill, illustrated by Simon Rickerty Picture Book Picture Book Description: The story of what happens at night when the zoo Description: Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird are best buddies—but that animals start a pick-up game of basketball.