Children's Literature Choice List 2002



Books for Children 3 and Under
Picture Books for Children Ages 4 to 8
Short Books or Picture Books with More Text Than Usual for Younger Readers (Children 5 to 10)
Longer Books with More Sophisticated Themes for Middle Readers (Children 8 to 12)
Young Adult (Generally Children 12 and Up)
Poetry

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Books for Children 3 and Under  
Title Author Publisher Price
Car Wash Sandra Steen Philomel/Penguin Putnam $15.99
Flora's Blanket Debi Gliori Orchard/Scholastic $15.95
Four Hungry Kittens Emily Arnold McCully Dial/Penguin Putnam $15.99
Kipper's A to Z Mick Inkpen Harcourt $16.95
My Car Byron Barton HarperCollins $14.95
Rain or Shine Pierre-Marie Valat Scholastic $4.95
Picture Books for Children Ages 4 to 8  
Title Author Publisher Price
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Harcourt $17.00
Baloney (Henry P.) Jon Scieszka Penguin Putnam $15.99
The Biggest Fish in the Lake Margaret Carney Kids Can Press $15.95
The Class Artist G. Brian Karas Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
Deshawn Days Tony Medina Lee amp; Low Books $16.95
Didi and Daddy on the Promenade Marilyn Singer Clarion/Houghton $14.00
Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young: Uncovering the Mystery of Dinosaur Families Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Clarion/Houghton $17.00
Four in All Nina Payne Front Street $15.95
Freedom Summer Deborah Wiles Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
The Friday Nights of Nana Amy Hest Candlewick Press $15.99
Grandma's Records Eric Velasquez Walker $16.95
The Great Canoe: A Karina Legend Maria Elena Maggi Groundwood $15.95
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog! Cynthia Rylant Scholastic $15.95
Henry's First Moon Birthday Lenore Look Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Hoodwinked Arthur Howard Harcourt $16.00
It's Simple, Said Simon Mary Ann Hoberman Knopf $15.95
Jubela Cristina Kessler Simon & Schuster $16.00
Milo's Hat Trick Jon Agee Hyperion $15.95
My Dad Anthony Browne Farrar Straus Giroux $16.00
Ocean Pop & Pull Michelle McKenzie Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation $12.99
The Scarecrow's Hat Ken Brown Peachtree $15.95
Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick Kevin Henkes HarperCollins $6.95
Snow in Jerusalem Deborah da Costa Albert Whitman $15.95
The Stray Dog Reiko Sassa HarperCollins $15.95
Ten Seeds Ruth Brown Knopf $9.95
Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond Cathryn Falwell Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert Harcourt $17.00
What's Cooking, Jamela? Niki Daly Farrar Straus Giroux $16.00
The Whole Night Through: A Lullaby David Frampton HarperCollins $15.95
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together Mary Ann Hoberman Little, Brown $15.95
Short Books or Picture Books with More Text Than Usual for Younger Readers (Children 5 to 10)  
Title Author Publisher Price
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart Vera B. Williams HarperCollins $15.95
Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World Jennifer Owings Dewey HarperCollins $16.95
Berry Smudges and Leaf Prints: Finding and Making Colors from Nature Ellen B. Senisi Penguin Putnam $16.99
Breakout at the Bug Lab Ruth Horowitz Dial/Penguin Putnam $13.99
Brooklyn Bridge Lynn Curlee Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $18.00
Bull's Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley Sue Macy National Geographic $17.95
Celebrating Ramadan Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Holiday $16.95
Clever Beatrice Margaret Willey Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Coolies Yin Philomel/Penguin Putnam $16.99
Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale April Pulley Sayre Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Barbara Kerley Scholastic $16.95
A Dragon in the Sky: The Story of a Green Darner Dragonfly Laurence Pringle Orchard/Scholastic $18.95
Emily's Art Peter Catalanotto Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Goin' Someplace Special Patricia C. McKissack Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Goodbye Mousie Robie H. Harris McElderry/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Gugu's House Catherine Stock Clarion/Houghton $14.00
Gus and Grandpa at Basketball Claudia Mills Farrar Straus Giroux $14.00
Handel Who Knew What He Liked M. T. Anderson Candlewick Press $16.99
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac Dial/Penguin Putnam $15.99
The Journey Sarah Stewart Farrar Straus Giroux $16.00
Little Panda: The World Welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo Joanne Ryder Simon & Schuster $16.95
Mabela the Clever Margaret Read MacDonald Albert Whitman $15.95
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Doreen Rappaport Hyperion $15.99
Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria As told by Aaron Shepard Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
Mice and Beans Pam Muņoz Ryan Scholastic $15.95
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Handprint Books $17.95
The Orphan Singer Emily Arnold McCully Scholastic $16.95
The Race of the Birkebeiners Lise Lunge-Larsen Clarion/Houghton $16.00
The Reluctant Flower Girl Lynne Barasch HarperCollins $14.95
Rocks in His Head Carol Otis Hurst Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
Runaway Radish Jessie Haas Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
The Three Pigs David Wiesner Clarion/Houghton $16.00
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 James Rumford Clarion/Houghton $16.00
What a Trip, Amber Brown Paula Danziger Philomel/Penguin Putnam $12.99
Wildflowers Around the Year Hope Ryden Clarion/Houghton $17.00
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People Bonnie Christensen Knopf $16.95
Longer Books with More Sophisticated Themes for Middle Readers (Children 8 to 12)  
Title Author Publisher Price
Bad Boy: A Memoir Walter Dean Myers HarperCollins $15.95
A Boy at War Harry Mazer Simon & Schuster $15.00
Carver: A Life of Poems Marilyn Nelson Front Street $16.95
Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam Sherry Garland Harcourt $18.00
The Civil War at Sea George Sullivan Twenty First Century Books $26.40
Death on Sacred Ground Harriet K. Feder Lerner $14.95
Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath Farrar Straus Giroux $16.00
A Face First Priscilla Cummings Penguin Putnam $16.99
Failure Is Impossible! The History of American Women's Rights Martha E. Kendall Lerner $22.60
Fair Weather Richard Peck Dial/Penguin Putnam $16.99
Four to the Pole! The America Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-93 Nancy Loewen and Ann Bancroft Linnet Books/Shoestring Press $25.00
The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won Stephen E. Ambrose Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $19.95
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Walter Dean Myers Scholastic $16.95
Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit Laurie Lawlor Holiday $22.95
Hoover Dam Elizabeth Mann Mikaya Press $19.95
Judy Moody Gets Famous! Megan McDonald Candlewick Press $15.99
The Land Mildred D. Taylor Dial/Penguin Putnam $17.99
Laura Secord: A Story of Courage Janet Lunn Tundra $13.56
Love That Dog Sharon Creech HarperCollins $14.95
Love, Ruby Lavender Deborah Wiles Harcourt $16.00
Marco Polo for Kids: His Marvelous Journey to China: 21 Activities Janis Herbert Chicago Review Press $16.95
Money Hungry Sharon G. Flake Hyperion $15.99
Moonshiner's Gold John R. Erickson Penguin Putnam $15.99
Racing the Past Sis Deans Henry Holt $15.95
The Secret School Avi Harcourt $16.00
The Seeing Stone Kevin Crossley Holland Scholastic $17.95
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy Rhoda Blumberg Greenwillow/HarperCollins $16.95
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park Clarion/Houghton $15.00
Slap Your Sides M. E. Kerr HarperCollins $15.95
The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (In American History) Suzanne Lieurance Enslow Publishers $20.95
Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks Kenneth Mallory Clarion/Houghton $16.00
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America Tonya Bolden Abrams $24.95
To the Top of Everest Laurie Skreslet with Elizabeth MacLeod Kids Can Press $16.95
Tomboy of the Air: Daredevil Pilot Blanche Stuart Scott Julie Cummins HarperCollins $16.95
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist Jan Greenberg Bantam Doubleday Dell $14.95
We Were There, Too! Young People in U.S. History Phillip Hoose Farrar Straus Giroux $26.00
Young Adult (Generally Children 12 and Up)  
Title Author Publisher Price
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio Tony Johnston Scholastic $15.95
Before Wings Beth Goobie Orca $16.95
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Susan Campbell Bartoletti Clarion/Houghton $18.00
Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez Clarion/Houghton $15.00
Breathing Underwater Alex Flinn HarperCollins $15.95
The Brimstone Journals Ron Koertge Candlewick Press $15.99
The Buccaneers Iain Lawrence Bantam Doubleday Dell $15.95
Charles Darwin: The Life of a Revolutionary Thinker Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Holiday $22.95
Clara's War Kathy Kacer Second Story Press $5.95
The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope James Howe Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Coram Boy Jamila Gavin Farrar Straus Giroux $19.00
Damage A. M. Jenkins HarperCollins $15.95
The Darkest Corner Mildred Barger Herschler Front Street $16.95
Daughter of Light Martha Attema Orca $4.99
The Demon in the Teahouse Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Philomel/Penguin Putnam $17.99
The Edge on the Sword Rebecca Tingle Philomel/Penguin Putnam $18.99
Every Time a Rainbow Dies Rita Williams-Garcia Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
Heaven Eyes David Almond Delacorte/Random $15.95
Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth Michael Cart Simon & Schuster $18.00
Meltdown: A Race against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island: A Reporter's Story Wilborn Hampton Candlewick Press $19.99
Rainbow Boys Alex Sanchez Simon & Schuster $17.00
Razzle Ellen Wittlinger Simon & Schuster $17.00
Rooster Beth Nixon Weaver Winslow $16.95
Seek Paul Fleischman Cricket Books $16.95
Sights Susanna Vance Delacorte/Random $15.95
Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind Catherine Reef Clarion/Houghton $19.00
Spellbound Janet McDonald Farrar Straus Giroux $16.00
A Step from Heaven An Na Front Street $15.95
The Stones of Mourning Creek Diane Les Becquets Winslow $16.95
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Andrea Warren Greenwillow/HarperCollins $16.95
True Believer: A Novel in the Make Lemonade Trilogy Virginia Euwer Wolff Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $17.00
Walk Across the Sea Susan Fletcher Atheneum/Simon & Schuster $16.00
Whale Talk Chris Crutcher Greenwillow/HarperCollins $15.95
You Don't Know Me David Klass Farrar Straus Giroux $17.00
Zazoo Richard Mosher Clarion/Houghton $16.00
Poetry  
Title Author Publisher Price
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems Francisco X. Alcarcon Children's Book Press $15.95
Just around the Corner James Stevenson Greenwillow/HarperCollins $14.95
Love to Mama: A Tribute to Mothers Pat Mora Lee & Low Books $16.95
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems Paul B. Janeczko Candlewick Press $15.99
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls Betsy Franco Candlewick Press $15.99
Toasting Marshmallows Kristine O'Connell George Clarion/Houghton $15.00
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art Belinda Rochelle Greenwillow/HarperCollins $16.95