Childrens Books: New and
Notable
Located at Livingston Lord Library
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Each year the committee members of the Association for the Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, selects the "notable" children’s books out of those published during a particular year. The following criteria are used to determine notability:
- Literary quality
- Originality of text and illustrations
- Clarity and style of language
- Excellence of the illustrations
- Excelling in design and format
- Subject matter interesting and valuable to children
- Likelihood of acceptance by children
The books represent all genres of literature and are for children from
infants through age fourteen. The following bibliography includes the notable
books published from 1999-2002 that are available in the Curriculum Materials
Center. The
books will also be available in school and public libraries and bookstores.
STORYBOOKS AND FICTION
Picture Books
Agee, Jon. Milo’s Hat Trick. Easy A265m
Anderson, M.T. Handel: Who Knew What He Liked. Illus. Kevin Hawkes. A5484h
Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry. Easy B216w
Banks, Kate. Night Worker. Illus. Georg Hallensleben. Easy B218n
Barasch, Lynne. Radio Rescue. B2258r
Barton, Byron. My Car. Easy B293my
Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up. Art. Robert Sabuda. Easy B3472w
Best, Cari. Three Cheers for Catherine the Great! Illus. Giselle Potter. Easy B5311t
Bruchac, Joseph. Crazy Horse’s Vision. Illus. S.D. Nelson. Easy B8878c
Charlip, Remy. Sleepytime Rhyme. Easy C478s
Coy, John. Strong to the Hoop. Illus. Leslie Jean-Bart. C8811s
Crews, Donald. Inside Freight Train. Easy C927i
Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Illus. Betsy Lewin. Easy C9475c
Daly, Niki. Jamela’s Dress. Easy D1535j
Dillion, Leo and Diane Dillon. Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That! Easy D579r
Dunrea, Oliver. Gossie & Gertie. Easy D925g.
Falconer, Ian. Olivia. Easy F182o
Falconer, Ian. Olivia Saves the Circus. Easy F182os
Falwell, Cathryn. Turtle Splash: Countdown at the Pond. Easy F197t
Feiffer, Jules. Bark, George. Easy F297b
Fleischman, Paul. Weslandia. Illus. Kevin Hawkes. Easy F5967w
Fleming, Candice. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Illus. G. Brian Karas. Easy F5973m
Fleming, Denise. Alphabet Under Construction. Easy F597a
Graham, Bob. "Let’s Get A Pup," Said Kate. Easy G7383L
Graham, Bob. Max. Easy G7384m
Henkes, Kevin. Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick. Easy H513sp
Henkes, Kevin. Wemberly Worried. Easy H513we
Hopkinson, Deborah. Band of Angels. Illus. Paúl Colón. Easy H797b
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. Illus. E.B. Lewis. Easy H848v
Hurst, Carol Otis. Rocks in His Head. Illus. James Stevenson. Easy H9665r
Jenkins, Emily. Five Creatures. Illus. Tomek Bogacki. Easy J523f
Jimenez, Francisco. Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad. Illus. Claire B. Cotts. Easy J615c
Johansen, Hanna. Henrietta and the Golden Egg. Illus. Käthi Bhend. Trans. John Barrett. Easy J652h
Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat. Illus. Lynn Munsinger. Easy L642h
Little, Jean. Emma’s Yucky Brother. Illus. Jennifer Plecas. Easy L7778ey
Look, Lenore. Henry’s First-Moon Birthday. Illus. Yumi Heo. Easy L8633h
Lum, Kate. What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story. Illus. Adrian Johnson. Easy L97w
Mak, Kam. My Chinatown: One Year in Poems. Easy M2351m
Marcellino, Fred. I, Crocodile. Easy M314i
McCarty, Peter. Hondo & Fabian. Easy M1237h
McGill, Alice. Molly Bannaky. Illus. Chris K. Soentpiet. Easy M1455m
McKissack, Patricia C. Goin’ Someplace Special. Illus. Jerry Pinkney. Easy M158g
McMullan, Kate. I Stink! Easy M1681is
Mills, Claudia. 7 X 9 = Trouble! Illus. G. Brian Karas. Easy M657se
Mollel, Tololwa M. My Rows and Piles of Coins. Illus. E.B. Lewis. Easy M726m
Morimoto, Junko. Two Bullies. Easy M857t
Myers, Christopher. Black Cat. Easy M9962b
Myers, Christopher. Wings. Easy M9962w
Palatini, Margie. The Web Files. Illus. Richard Egielski. Easy P154w
Peters, Lisa Westberg. Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck. Illus. Sam Williams. Easy P482c
Priceman, Marjorie. Emeline at the Circus. Easy P946e
Rohmann, Eric. My Friend Rabbit. Easy R738m
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Mice and Beans. Illus. Joe Cepeda. Easy R9893m
Say, Allen. Tea with Milk. Easy S274te
Shannon, David. Duck on a Bike. Easy S5288du
Simont, Marc. The Stray Dog. Easy S6118s
Sis, Peter. Madlenka’s Dog. Easy S622md
Sis, Peter. Trucks, Trucks, Trucks. Easy S622th
Smith, Charles R. Jr. Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls and Rhythms. S6445r
Soto, Gary. Chato and the Party Animals. Illus. Susan Guevara. Easy S718cp
Stanley, Diane. Raising Sweetness. Illus. G. Brian Karas. Easy S787ra
Steen, Sandra and Susan Steen. Car Wash. Illus. G. Brian Karas. Easy S8147c
Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. Illus. Janet Stevens. Easy S8445a
Taback, Simms. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. Easy T112j
Thomas, Shelley Moore. Get Well, Good Knight. Illus. Jennifer Plecas. Easy T4622ge
Thomas, Shelley Moore. Good Night, Good Knight. Illus. Jennifer Plecas. Easy T4622g
Wiesner, David. Sector 7. Easy W665s
Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs. Easy W665th
Wilson, Karma. Bear Snores On. Illus. Jane Chapman. Easy W7497b
Woodson, Jacqueline. The Other Side. Illus. E.B. Lewis. Easy W989o
Zimmerman, Andrea and David Clemesha. Trashy Town. Illus. Dan Yaccarino. Easy Z724t
Fiction
Alexander, Lloyd. The Gawgon and the Boy. A376ga
Almond, David. Heaven Eyes. A452h
Almond, David. Kit’s Wilderness. A452k
Almond, David. Skellig. A452s
Avi, Crispin. The Cross of Lead. A957c
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. B3435h
Billingsley, Franny. Folk Keeper. B598f
Carbone, Elisa. Storm Warriors. C2645s
Carmi, Daniella. Samir and Yonatan. Trans. Yael Lotan. C2874s
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illus. Helen Oxenbury. C3192aa2
Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby. C855g
Creech, Sharon. Love that Dog. C913L
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer. Illus David Diaz. C913wa
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. The Seeing Stone. C9517s
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. C978b
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. D5451b
Dickinson, Peter. The Ropemaker. D553r
English, Karen. Francie. E58f
Erdrich, Louise. Birchbark House. E66b
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. F2334h
Fleishman, Paul. Seek. F5958see
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord. Trans. Oliver Latsch. F9825t
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control. G211jol
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan’s Song. G456n
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. G456pi
Gündisch, Karin. How I Became an American. Trans. James Skofield. G9756h
Haas, Jessie. Runaway Radish. Illus. Margot Apple. H112r
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. H623h
Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia. H7472o
Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. H7578w
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. H8239e
Horvath, Polly. Trolls. H8239t
Ibbotson, Eva. Journey to the River Sea. Illus. Kevin Hawkes. I124j
Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. J615b
Joseph, Lynn. The Color of My Words. J834c
Karr, Kathleen. Man of the Family. K183m
King-Smith, Dick. Lady Lollipop. Illus. Jill Barton. K542L
Lehmann, Christian. Ultimate Game. Trans. William Rodarmor. L5233u
Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at Night. L6658d
Lisle, Janet Taylor. The Art of Keeping Cool. L77lar
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Lost Flower Children. L771Los
Lowery, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. Illus. Middy Thomas. L9215go
Lynch, Chris. Gold Dust. L987go
Martin, Ann. A Corner of the Universe. M379c
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody. Illus. Peter Reynolds. M1357j
McKay, Hilary. Saffy’s Angel. M1529s
Mills, Claudia. Gus and Grandpa at Basketball. Illus. Catherine Stock. M657g
Morgenstern, Susie. A Book of Coupons. Trans. Gill Rosner. Illus. Serge Bloch. M8513b
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo. M9116z
Na, An. A Step From Heaven. N1115s
Naidoo, Beverley. The Other Side of Truth. N155o
O’Connor, Barbara. Me and Rupert Goody. O183m
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. P2359s
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II. P2359w
Peck, Richard. A Year Down Yonder. P367y
Perkins, Lynne Rae. All Alone in the Universe. P449a
Pullman, Philip. The Amber Spyglass. P982a
Rowlings, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. R883hc
Rowlings J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Illus. Mary Grandpre. R883hg
Rowlings, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. R883hp
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. R9893e
Sandburg, Carl. Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back. Illus. David Small. S213h
Taylor, Mildred. The Land. T2445La
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites. T647s
Waugh, Sylvia. Space Race. W354s
Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. W566h
Williams, Vera B. Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart. W727a
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. W8558t
Folklore
Aesop’s Fables. Illus. Jerry Pinkney. 398.24 A254f10
Casanova, Mary. The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale. Illus. Ed Young. 398.2 C335h
Diakite, Baba Wague. Hatseller and the Monkeys. 398.2 D536ha
Huck Charlotte. The Black Bull of Norroway: A Scottish Tale. Illus. Anita Lobel. 398.2 H882b
Kimmel, Eric A. Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year. Illus. Jon J. Muth. 398.2 K49g
Lunge-Larson, Lise. The Race of the Birkebeiners. Illus. Mary Azarian. 398.2 L9633r
Lunge-Larson, Lise. Troll with No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls, from Norway. Illus. Betsy Bowen. 398.2 T846
Montes, Marisa. Juan Bobo Goes to Work. Illus. Joe Cepeda. 398.2 M779j
Opie, Iona. Here Comes Mother Goose. Illus. Rosemary Wells. 398.8 H542
Osborne, Mary Pope. Kate and the Beanstalk. Illus. Giselle Potter. 398.2 O81k
Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret H. Lippert. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia. Illus. Julie Paschkis. 398.2 P343h
Sierra, Judy. Tasty Baby Belly Buttons. Illus. Meilo So. 398.2 S572t
Ward, Helen. Hare and the Tortoise. 398.24 W258h
Poetry
Alarcón, Francisco X. Iguanas in the Snow. Illus. Maya Christina Gonzalez. 811.54 A321i
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Jump Back, Honey. Illus. Ashley Bryan, Carole Byard, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Brian Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney, and Faith Ringgold. 811 D899p
George, Kristine O’Connell. Little Dog Poems. Illus. June Otani. 811.54 G348L
Greenberg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art. 811 H4367
Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. Illus. Michael Emberley. 811.54 H6829y
Howitt, Mary. The Spider and The Fly. Illus. Tony DiTerlizzi. 821 H863s
James, Simon. Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems. 811.008 D2759
Janeczko, Paul B. Stone Bench in an Empty Park. Photos. Henri Silberman. 811 S8772
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. Illus. Christopher Bing. 811.3 L353m
Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: A Life of Poems. 811.54 N428c
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. 811.54 N9943n
Rochelle, Belinda. Words With Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art. 811.008 W9249
Stevenson, James. Candy Corn. 811.54 S847c
Unobagha, Uzo. Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes. Illus. Julia Cairns. 811 U5899o
Updike, John. A Child’s Calendar. 811.54 U66c
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS
The Arts and Architecture
Aliki. William Shakespeare & the Globe. 792 A411w
Carter, David A. and James Diaz. Elements of Pop-Up. 736.98 C3233e
Christelow, Eileen. What Do Illustrators Do? 741.6 C5545w
Curlee, Lynn. Liberty. 974.7 C9757L
Fritz, Jean. Leonardo’s Horse. Illus. Hudson Talbott. 730 F9196L
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. Frank O. Gehry: Outside In. 720 G7987f
Hamanaka, Sheila and Ayano Ohmi. In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan. 700 H1987i
Hush, Little Baby. Illus. Marla Frazee. 782.42162 H969
Macaulay, David. Building Big. 720 M1172b
Athletics and Sports
Jenkins, Steve. Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest. 796.52 J52t
Biography and Autobiography
Adler, David A. America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle. Illus. Terry Widener. 921 E223a
Aronson, Marc. Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado. 921 R163a
Blumberg, Rhoda. Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy. 921 N1632b
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. 921 B8516
Brown, Don. Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa. 921 K552b
Christensen, Bonnie. Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People. 921 G9841c
Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Satchel Paige. Illus. James E. Ransome. 921 P1427c
Dash, Joan. The Longitude Prize. Illus. Dusan Petricic. 921 H3181L
Dash, Joan. The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller. 921 K29d
DePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue. 921 P212
Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom Fradin. Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. 921 W4531f
Freedman, Russell. Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion. 921 Z19f
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. 921 G2113
Gerstein, Mordicai. What Charlie Heard. 921 I951g
Gherman, Beverly. Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush. 921 R6841g
Giblin, James Cross. The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin. Illus. Michael Dooling. 921 F831g
Giblin, James Cross. The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. 921 H675g
Govenar, Alan. Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter. Illus. Shane W. Evans. 921 M4746
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. Action Jackson. Illus. Robert Andrew Parker. 921 P776g
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist. 921 G613gr
Grimes, Nikki. Talkin’ about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. Illus. E.B. Lewis. 921 C692g
Lawlor, Laurie. Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit. 921 K29L
Medearis, Angela Shelf. Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story. Illus. Daniel Minter. Easy M4883s
Myers, Walter Dean. The Greatest: Muhammad Ali. 921 A398m
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. 921 G9841p
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa. Illus. Brian Pinkney. 921 F553p
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters. Illus. Stephen Alcorn. 920 P6557L
Rappaport, Doreen. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Illus. Bryan Collier. 921 K53r
Reich, Susanna. Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso. 921 S3926r
Rockwell, Anne. Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Illus. R. Gregory Christie. 921 T874r
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, The Voice of a Century. Illus. Brian Selznick. 921 A548r
Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. 921 M2716w
Winter, Jonah. Frida. Illus. Ana Juan. 921 K12w
History
Allen, Thomas B. Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. 940.54 A431r
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. 941.5081 B292b
Blumenthal, Karen. Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929. 332.64 B658s
Calabro, Marian. Perilous Journey of the Donner Party. 979.4 C141p
Fink, Sam. The Declaration of Independence. 973.3 U58d
Freedman, Russell. In the Days of Vaqueros: America’s First True Cowboys. 632.2 F8537i
Hoose, Phillip. We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History. 973 H7892w
Kalman, Maira. Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey. 974.7 K147f
Martin, Bill Jr. and Michael Sampson. I Pledge Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance with Commentary. Illus. Chris Raschka. 323.6 B4358i
Murphy, Jim. Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America. 974.7 M9785b
St. George, Judith. So You Want to be President? Illus. David Small. 973 S1329s
Religion
Graham, Lorenz. How God Fix Jonah. Illus. Ashley Bryan. 220.9 G7399h
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Celebrating Ramadan. Illus. Lawrence Migdale. 297 H869c
Pinkney, Jerry. Noah’s Ark. 222 P6557n
Science and Health
Bishop, Nic. Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar. 567.9 B6226d
Cowley, Joy. Red-Eyed Tree Frog. Photos. Nic Bishop. 597.8 C8755
Curlee, Lynn. Brooklyn Bridge. 624 C9757b
Ehlert, Lois. Waiting for Wings. 595.78 E332w
Goodall, Jane. The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours. 599.885 G6468c
Harris, Robie H. It’s So Amazing: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families. Illus. Michael Emberley. 612.6 H3159i
Kerley, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer. Illus. Brain Selznick. 567.9 K395d
Kramer, Stephen. Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist’s Microscope. Photos. Dennis Kunkel. 570 K896h
Kurlansky, Mark. The Cod’s Tale. Illus. S.D. Schindler. 639.2 K9687c
Lewin, Ted and Betsy. Gorilla Walk. 599.884 L672g
Webb Sophie. My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal. 598.47 W368m
Winick, Judd. Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned. 363.1 W772p