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/Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Bubba and Beau Go Night-Night | Kathi Appelt, Illus. by Arthur Howard | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-204593-7 | 16.00 |
| I Kissed the Baby! | Mary Murphy | Candlewick | 0-7636-2122-6 | 12.99 |
| Julius's Candy Corn | Kevin Henkes | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-053789-2 | 6.99 |
| Mommy Hugs | Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben | Chronicle | 0-8118-3916-8 | 5.95 |
| Mommy Loves Her Baby (A Mommy/Daddy flipbook) | Tara Jaye Morrow, Illus. by Tiphanie Beeke | HarperCollins | 0-06-029077-3 | 15.99 |
| One Little Duck (Baby Fun) | Win Daniel Evans | DK Publishing | 0-7894-9816-2 | 5.99 |
| Red Train | Will Grace, Illus. by Ed Vere | Cartwheel / Scholastic | 0-439-48836-2 | 6.99 |
| Ruby's Tea for Two | Rosemary Wells | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03652-8 | 5.99 |
| Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! | Patricia Hubbell, Illus. by Megan Halsey | Marshall Cavendish | 0-7614-5124-2 | 14.95 |
| Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star | Kevin Henkes | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-050405-6 | 6.99 |
| What James Likes Best | Amy Schwartz | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84059-4 | 16.95 |
| Picture Books for Children Ages 4 to 8 | ||||
| Title | Author/Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet | Ross MacDonald | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-1796-1 | 15.95 |
| Alligator Sue | Sharon Arms Doucet, Illus. by Anne Wilsdorf | Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-30218-9 | 17.00 |
| Alphabet Room, The | Sara Pinto | Bloomsbury | 1-58234-841-3 | 16.95 |
| Annie Rose Is My Little Sister | Shirley Hughes | Candlewick | 0-7636-1959-0 | 15.99 |
| Babies On The Go | Linda Ashman, Illus. by Jane Dyer | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-201894-8 | 16.00 |
| Bad Boys | Margie Palatini, Illus. by Henry Cole | Katherine Tegen Books / HarperCollins | 0-06-000102-X | 15.99 |
| Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a | Megan McDonald, Illus. by Vera Rosenberry | A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84932-X | 16.95 |
| Bear Wants More | Karma Wilson, Illus. by Jane Chapman | Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84509-X | 16.95 |
| Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow | Alexander Stadler | Silver Whistle / Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216816-8 | 16.00 |
| Day The Babies Crawled Away, The | Peggy Rathmann | G. P. Putnam / Penguin | 0-399-23196-X | 16.99 |
| Diary of a Wombat | Jackie French, Illus. by Bruce Whatley | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-38136-8 | 14.00 |
| Diary of a Worm | Doreen Cronin, Illus. by Henry Bliss | Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins | 0-06-000150-X | 15.99 |
| Dirty Cowboy, The | Amy Timberlake, Illus. by Adam Rex | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-31791-7 | 16.00 |
| Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Mo Willems | Hyperion | 0-7868-1988-X | 12.95 |
| Full, Full, Full of Love | Trish Cooke, Illus. by Paul Howard | Candlewick | 0-7636-1851-9 | 15.99 |
| Goldie and the Three Bears | Diane Stanley | HarperCollins | 0-06-000008-2 | 15.99 |
| Good Night Sam | Marie-Louise Gay | Groundwood | 0-88899-530-X | 14.95 |
| Hotshots! | Chris L. Demarest | Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84816-1 | 17.95 |
| I'm Not Invited? | Diana Cain Bluthenthal | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84141-8 | 16.95 |
| Little One Step | Simon James | Candlewick | 0-7636-2070-X | 15.99 |
| Morris the Artist | Lore Groszmann Segal, Illus. by Boris Kulikov | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-35063-9 | 16.00 |
| Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile | Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, Illus. by Julie Paschkis | Holt | 0-8050-7047-8 | 16.95 |
| My Lucky Day | Keiko Kasza | G. P. Putnam / Penguin | 0-399-23874-3 | 15.99 |
| Nature Did It First! | Susan E. Goodman, Illus. by Dorothy Handelman | Millbrook | 0-7613-2413-5 | 21.00 |
| Once Upon a Time | Niki Daly | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-35633-5 | 16.00 |
| One Is a Snail Ten Is a Crab | April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre, Illus. by Randy Cecil | Candlewick | 0-7636-1406-8 | 15.99 |
| Our Twitchy | Kes Gray, Illus. by Mary McQuillan | Holt | 0-8050-7454-6 | 15.95 |
| Owl and the Pussycat, The | Edward Lear, Illus. by Anne Wilson | Chronicle | 0-8118-3903-6 | 15.95 |
| Painting the Wind | Patricia and Emily MacLachlan, Illus. by Katy Schneider | Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins | 0-06-029798-0 | 15.99 |
| Racecar Alphabet, The | Brian Floca | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85091-3 | 15.95 |
| Roller Coaster | Marla Frazee | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-204554-6 | 16.00 |
| Rooftop Rocket Party, The | Roland Chambers | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-1888-7 | 16.95 |
| Serious Farm | Tim Egan | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-22694-X | 15.00 |
| Snow Music | Lynne Rae Perkins | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-623956-7 | 15.99 |
| Someone Says | Carole Lexa Schaefer, Illus. by Pierr Morgan | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03664-1 | 15.99 |
| Stanley's Party | Linda Bailey, Illus. by Bill Slavin | Kids Can Press | 1-55337-382-0 | 14.95 |
| Straight to the Pole | Kevin O'Malley | Walker | 0-8027-8866-1 | 15.95 |
| Tails | Matthew Van Fleet, Edited by Skip Skywarek | Red Wagon / Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216773-0 | 12.95 |
| Three Pebbles and a Song | Eileen Spinelli, Illus. by S. D. Schindler | Dial / Penguin | 0-8037-2528-0 | 16.99 |
| Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! | George Shannon, Pictures by Laura Dronzek | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-029823-5 | 15.99 |
| Waggle! | Sarah McMenemy | Candlewick | 0-7636-2059-9 | 14.99 |
| We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania | Laurie Krebs, Illus. by Julia Cairns | Barefoot Books | 1-84148-478-4 | 15.99 |
| What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? | Steve Jenkins and Robin Page | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-25628-8 | 15.00 |
| When Marcus Moore Moved In | Rebecca Bond | Little Brown | 0-316-10458-2 | 15.95 |
| While We Were Out | Ho Baek Lee | Kane/Miller | 1-929132-44-1 | 15.95 |
| Witch's Children, The | Ursula Jones, Illus. by Russell Ayto | Holt | 0-8050-7205-5 | 16.95 |
| Yesterday I Had the Blues | Jeron Ashford Frame, Illus. by R. Gregory Christie | Tricycle Press / Ten Speed Press | 1-58246-084-1 | 14.95 |
| Z Goes Home | Jon Agee | Michael Di Capua Books / Hyperion | 0-7868-1987-1 | 16.95 |
| Short Books or Picture Books with More Text Than Usual for Younger Readers (Children 5 to 10) | ||||
| Title | Author/Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Robert Sabuda | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84743-2 | 24.95 |
| American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain | Don Brown | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-17997-6 | 16.00 |
| Animal Hedge, The | Paul Fleischman, Illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline | Candlewick | 0-7636-1606-0 | 16.99 |
| Arnie the Doughnut | Laurie Keller | Holt | 0-8050-6283-1 | 16.95 |
| Art up Close: From Ancient to Modern | Claire d'Harcourt | Editions du Seuil | 2-02-059694-6 | 19.95 |
| Artful Alphabet, The | Martina Jirankova-Limbrick | Candlewick | 0-7636-2187-0 | 16.95 |
| Big Momma Makes The World | Phyllis Root, Illus. by Helen Oxenbury | Candlewick | 0-7636-1132-8 | 16.99 |
| Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines | Caroline Arnold, Illus. by Patricia J. Wynne | Charlesbridge | 1-57091-516-4 | 16.95 |
| Boxes For Katje | Candace Flemming, Illus. by Stacey Dressen-McQueen | Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-30922-1 | 16.00 |
| Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl | Virginia Hamilton, Illus. by James Ransome | Blue Sky Press / Scholastic | 0-590-47376-X | 16.95 |
| Bugs, A-Z | Jill Bailey | Blackbirch Press / Gale Group | 1-56711-547-0 | 29.95 |
| Cat Who Got Carried Away, The | Allan Ahlberg, Illus. by Katharine McEwen | Candlewick | 0-7636-2073-4 | 15.99 |
| Cat Who Liked Potato Soup, The | Terry Farish, Illus. by Barry Root | Candlewick | 0-7636-0834-3 | 15.99 |
| Creation | Gerald McDermott | Dutton / Penguin | 0-525-46905-2 | 16.99 |
| Donuthead | Sue Stauffacher | Alfred A. Knopf / Random House | 0-375-82468-5 | 15.95 |
| Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. the Virginia | Patrick O'Brien | Walker | 0-8027-8842-4 | 17.95 |
| Elvis the Rooster Almost Goes to Heaven | Denys Cazet | HarperCollins | 0-06-000500-9 | 15.99 |
| Emma's Strange Pet | Jean Little, Illus. by Jennifer Plecas | HarperCollins | 0-06-028350-5 | 15.99 |
| Fancy That | Esther Hershenhorn, Illus. by Megan Lloyd | Holiday House | 0-8234-1605-4 | 16.95 |
| First to Fly | Peter Busby, Illus. by David Craig and Jack McMaster | Crown Books / Random House | 0-375-81287-3 | 19.95 |
| George Washington's Teeth | Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora, Illus. by Brock Cole | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-32534-0 | 16.00 |
| Go To Sleep, Goundhog! | Judy Cox, Illus. by Paul Meisel | Holiday House | 0-8234-1645-3 | 16.95 |
| Grandma Elephant's In Charge | Martin Jenkins, Illus. by Ivan Bates | Candlewick | 0-7636-2074-2 | 15.99 |
| Hard-Times Jar, The | Ethel Footman Smothers and Brenda C. Roberts, Illus. by John Holyfield | Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-32852-8 | 16.00 |
| Harvesting Hope, The Story of Cesar Chavez | Kathleen Krull, Illus. by Yuyi Morales | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-201437-3 | 17.00 |
| Hidden Alphabet, The | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-1941-7 | 17.95 |
| Homespun Sarah | Verla Kay, Illus. by Ted Rand | G. P. Putnam / Penguin | 0-399-23417-9 | 15.99 |
| How Ben Franklin Stole Lighting | Rosalyn Schanzer | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-688-16993-7 | 16.99 |
| Inspector Hopper's Mystery Year | Doug Cushman | HarperCollins | 0-06-008962-8 | 15.99 |
| Iris and Walter: The School Play | Elissa Haden Guest, Illus. by Christine Davenier | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216481-2 | 15.00 |
| Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, The | Darcy Pattison, Illus. by Joe Cepeda | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-202329-1 | 16.00 |
| Library of Alexandria, The | Kelly Trumble, Illus. by Robina MacIntyre Marshall | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-75832-7 | 17.00 |
| Lionel's Birthday (Dial Easy-to-Read) | Stephen Krensky, Illus. by Susanna Natti | Dial / Penguin | 0-8037-2752-6 | 13.99 |
| Man Who Walked between the Towers, The | Mordicai Gerstein | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-1791-0 | 17.95 |
| Mary Smith | Andrea U'Ren | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-34842-1 | 16.00 |
| Mildred and Sam | Sharleen Collicott | HarperCollins | 0-06-026681-3 | 15.99 |
| Minnie & Moo and the Seven Wonders Of The World | Denys Cazet | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85330-0 | 16.95 |
| My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Christine King Farris, Illus. by Chris Soentpiet | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84387-9 | 17.95 |
| My Name Is Yoon | Helen Recorvits, Illus. by Gabi Swiatkowska | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-35114-7 | 16.00 |
| Nature's Art Box | Laura C. Martin, Illus. by David Cain | Story Publishing | 1-58017-503-1 | 16.95 |
| Nine Animals and the Well | James Rumford | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-30915-2 | 16.00 |
| On Sand Island | Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Illus. by David A. Johnson | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-23151-X | 16.00 |
| Orphans of Normandy, The | Nancy Amis | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84143-4 | 17.95 |
| Papa's Mark | Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, Illus. by Colin Bootman | Holiday House | 0-8234-1650-X | 16.95 |
| Paul Revere's Ride: The Landlord's Tale | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illus. by Charles Santore | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-688-16552-4 | 16.99 |
| Pictures for Miss Josie | Sandra Belton, Illus. by Benny Andrews | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-688-17480-9 | 16.95 |
| Punctuation Takes a Vacation | Robin Pulver, Illus. by Lynn Rowe Reed | Holiday House | 0-8234-1687-9 | 16.95 |
| Queen's Progress: An Elizabeth Alphabet, The | Celeste Davidson Mannis, Illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03612-9 | 16.99 |
| Ready, Set, Grow! (A What's Happening to My Body? Book for Younger Girls) | Lynda Madaras, Illus. by Linda Davick | Newmarket Press | 1-55704-565-8 | 12.00 |
| Remember The Lusitania! | Diana Preston | Walker | 0-8027-8846-7 | 20.95 |
| Robert and the Great Escape | Barbara Seuling, Illus. by Paul Brewer | Cricket | 0-8126-2700-8 | 15.95 |
| Rooster and the Fox, The | Helen Ward | Millbrook | 0-7613-2920-X | 24.00 |
| Ruler of the Courtyard | Rukhsana Khan, Illus. by Gregory Christie | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03583-1 | 15.99 |
| Secret Remedy Book: A Story of Comfort and Loss | Karin Cates, Illus. by Wendy Anderson Halperin | Orchard Books / Scholastic | 0-439-35226-6 | 16.95 |
| Several Lives of Orphan Jack, The | Sarah Ellis, Illus. by Bruno St. Aubin | Groundwood | 0-88899-529-6 | 14.95 |
| Snowflake, The (A Water Cycle Story) | Neil Waldman | Millbrook | 0-7613-2347-3 | 23.90 |
| STOP The Train! | Geraldine McCaughrean | HarperCollins | 0-06-050749-7 | 15.99 |
| Surprising Sharks | Nicola Davies, Illus. by James Croft | Candlewick | 0-7636-2185-4 | 15.99 |
| Tadpoles and Frogs, Usborne Beginners | Amy Milbourne, Illus. by Patrizia Donaera | Usborne / UDC | 0-7945-0164-8 | 4.95 |
| Tale of Despereaux, The | Kate DiCamillo, Illus. by Timothy Basil Ering | Candlewick | 0-7636-1722-9 | 17.99 |
| Tell Me a Picture | Quentin Blake | Millbrook | 0-7613-1893-3 | 17.95 |
| There's a Frog in My Throat | Loreen Leedy and Pat Street | Holiday House | 0-8234-1774-3 | 16.95 |
| Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan | Eric A. Kimmel, Illus. by Mordicai Gerstein | Holiday House | 0-8234-1742-5 | 16.95 |
| Volume 1-6: Verna Aardema to Gene Zion (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators) | E. Russell Primm, III | Tradition Publishing / Child's World | 1-59187-018-6 thru 023-2 | 357.00 (set) |
| Vote! | Eileen Christelow | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-24754-8 | 16.00 |
| Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig, The | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Walter Lorraine Books / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-07436-8 | 15.00 |
| Witch's Wishes | Vivian Vande Velde | Holiday House | 0-8234-1789-1 | 15.95 |
| Wondrous whirligig: the Wright Brothers' first flying machine, The | Andrew Glass | Holiday House | 0-8234-1717-4 | 16.95 |
| Wright Brothers Take Off, The | Jon Bueller and Susan Schade | Grosset & Dunlap / Penguin | 0-448-43240-4 | 14.89 |
| Longer Books with More Sophisticated Themes for Middle Readers (Children 8 to 12) | ||||
| Title | Author/Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Agnes Parker... Girl in Progress | Kathleen O'Dell | Dial / Penguin | 0-8037-2648-1 | 16.99 |
| All Their Names Were Courage | Sharon Phillips Denslow | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-623810-2 | 15.99 |
| American Plague, An: the true and terrifying story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Jim Murphy | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-77608-2 | 17.00 |
| Amulet of Samarkand, The | Jonathan Stroud | Hyperion | 0-7868-1859-X | 17.95 |
| Bald Eagle, The | Cheryl L. DeFries | My Reportlinks.com / Enslow | 0-7660-5057-2 | 19.94 |
| Baseball For Everyone: Stories From The Great Game | Janet Wyman Coleman and Elizabeth V. Warren | Abrams | 0-8109-4580-0 | 16.95 |
| Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life | Candace Fleming | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-83549-3 | 19.95 |
| Blues Journey | Walter Dean Myers, Illus. by Christopher Myers | Holiday House | 0-8234-1613-5 | 18.95 |
| Boy Who Saved Baseball, The | John H. Ritter | Philomel / Penguin | 0-399-23622-8 | 17.99 |
| Carl Sandburg | Penelope Niven and Carl Sandburg, Illus. by Marc Nadel | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-204686-0 | 17.00 |
| City of Ember, The | Jeanne DuPrau | Random House | 0-375-82273-9 | 15.95 |
| Cold Tom | Sally Prue | Scholastic | 0-439-48268-2 | 15.95 |
| Conch Bearer, The | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-2793-2 | 16.95 |
| Cowboys & Longhorns | Jerry Stanley | Crown Books / Random House | 0-375-81565-1 | 18.95 |
| Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia | Barbara O'Connor | Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-32258-9 | 16.00 |
| Games: Learn to Play Learn to Win | Daniel King | Kingfisher / Houghton Mifflin | 0-7534-5581-1 | 16.95 |
| Ghost Girl: A Blue Mountain Story | Delia Ray | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-33377-0 | 15.00 |
| Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free | Kathleen Karr | Hyperion | 0-7868-1916-2 | 15.99 |
| Gilgamesh the Hero | Geraldine McCaughrean, Illus. by David Parkins | Eerdmans | 0-8028-5262-9 | 18.00 |
| Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings | Deborah Hopkinson, Illus. by Terry Widener | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-83300-8 | 16.95 |
| Granny Torrelli Makes Soup | Sharon Creech, Illus. by Chris Raschka | Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins | 0-06-029290-3 | 15.99 |
| Gregor the Overlander | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic | 0-439-43536-6 | 16.95 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J.K. Rowling, Illus. by Mary GrandPre | Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic | 0-439-35806-X | 29.99 |
| Horse Hooves And Chicken Feet Mexican Folk Tales | Selected by Neil Philip, Illus. by Jacqueline Mair | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-19463-0 | 19.00 |
| How Angel Peterson Got His Name | Gary Paulsen | Wendy Lamb Books / Random House | 0-385-72949-9 | 12.95 |
| In Defense of Liberty | Russell Freedman | Holiday House | 0-8234-1585-6 | 24.95 |
| Inkheart | Cornelia Funke, Trans. by Anthea Bell | The Chicken House / Scholastic | 0-439-53164-0 | 19.95 |
| Iqbal | Francesco D'Adamo, Trans. by Ann Lenori | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85445-5 | 15.95 |
| Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy | Ilene Cooper | Dutton / Penguin | 0-525-46923-0 | 22.99 |
| Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia, The | Edited by Ben Hoare | Kingfisher / Houghton Mifflin | 0-7534-5569-2 | 29.95 |
| Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia, The | Clive Gifford | Kingfisher / Houghton Mifflin | 0-7534-5591-9 | 39.95 |
| Leonardo Beautiful Dreamer | Robert Byrd | Dutton / Penguin | 0-525-47033-6 | 17.99 |
| Locomotion | Jacqueline Woodson | G. P. Putnam / Penguin | 0-399-23115-3 | 15.99 |
| Long Time Ago Today, A | Sally Warner | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03604-8 | 15.00 |
| M is for Music | Kathleen Krull, Illus. by Stacy Innerst | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-201438-1 | 16.00 |
| Man Who Made Time Travel, The | Kathryn Lasky, Illus. by Kevin Hawkes | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-34788-3 | 17.00 |
| Man Who Went To The Far Side Of The Moon: The Story Of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins, The | Bea Uusma Schyffert | Chronicle | 0-8118-4007-7 | 14.95 |
| Mosque | David Macaulay | Walter Lorraine Books / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-24034-9 | 18.00 |
| Muhammad | Demi | Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85264-9 | 19.95 |
| New Dinos: The Latest Finds! The Coolest Dinosaur Discoveries! | Shelly Tanaka, Illus. by Alan Barnard | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85183-9 | 16.95 |
| Olive's Ocean | Kevin Henkes | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-053543-1 | 15.99 |
| Olivia Kidney | Ellen Potter, Illus. by Peter Reynolds | Philomel / Penguin | 0-399-23850-6 | 15.99 |
| Rodzina | Karen Cushman | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-13351-8 | 16.00 |
| Ruby Electric, A Novel | Theresa Nelson | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-83852-2 | 16.95 |
| Sahara Special | Esme Raji Codell | Hyperion | 0-7868-0793-8 | 15.99 |
| Sea Gift | John Ashby | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-77603-1 | 15.00 |
| Secrets of the Deep: Revealed Fantastic See-Through Pages | Dr. Frances Dipper | DK Publishing | 0-7894-9272-5 | 12.99 |
| September 11, 2001 Attack On New York City | Wilborn Hampton | Candlewick | 0-7636-1949-3 | 17.99 |
| Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 | Deborah Hopkins | Orchard Books / Scholastic | 0-439-37590-8 | 17.95 |
| Spitting Image | Shutta Crum | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-23477-2 | 15.00 |
| To The Top, The Story of Everest | Stephen Venables, Photographs by the Royal Geography Society | Candlewick | 0-7636-2115-3 | 17.99 |
| Usborne Science Encyclopedia with 1,000 recommended Web sites | Kirsteen Rogers and others | Usborne / UDC | 0-7945-0331-4 | 19.95 |
| Varjak Paw | SF Said, Illus. by Dave McKean | David Fickling Books / Random House | 0-385-75019-6 | 16.95 |
| What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World | Stephen M. Tomecek, Illus. by Dan Stuckenschneider | Scholastic | 0-590-68144-3 | 18.95 |
| Where I'd Like To Be | Frances O'Roark Dowell | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84420-4 | 15.95 |
| Who Came First?, New Clues To Prehistoric American | Patricia Lauber | National Geographic Society | 0-7922-8228-0 | 18.95 |
| Wolf Who Loved Music, The | Christophe Gallaz, Trans. by Mary Logue | Creative Editions | 1-56846-178-X | 17.95 |
| Wolves in the Walls, The | Neil Gaiman, Illus. by Dave McKean | HarperCollins | 0-380-97827-X | 16.99 |
| Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers, The | Richard Maurer | Roaring Brook / Millbrook | 0-7613-1546-2 | 18.95 |
| Young Adult (Generally Children 12 and Up) | ||||
| Title | Author/Illustrator | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Abhorsen | Garth Nix | HarperCollins | 0-06-027825-0 | 17.99 |
| Acceleration | Graham McNamee | Wendy Lamb Books / Random House | 0-385-73119-1 | 15.95 |
| Aleutian Sparrow | Karen Hesse, Illus. by Evon Zerbetz | Margaret K McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-86189-3 | 16.95 |
| Alice, I Think | Susan Juby | HarperCollins | 0-06-051543-0 | 15.99 |
| Birdland | Tracy Mack | Scholastic | 0-439-53590-5 | 16.95 |
| Boy Meets Boy | David Levithan | Alfred A. Knopf / Random House | 0-375-82400-6 | 15.95 |
| Breakout | Paul Fleischman | Cricket | 0-8126-2696-6 | 15.95 |
| Buddha Boy | Kathe Koja | Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-30998-1 | 16.00 |
| Canning Season, The | Polly Horvath | Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-39956-5 | 16.00 |
| Clock, The (Great Inventions) | James Lincoln Collier | Benchmark / Marshall Cavendish | 0-7614-1538-6 | 25.95 |
| Colibri | Ann Cameron | Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-31519-1 | 17.00 |
| Destination Unexpected | Edited by Donald R. Gallo | Candlewick | 0-7636-1764-4 | 16.99 |
| Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, The | Carolyn Mackler | Candlewick | 0-7636-1958-2 | 15.99 |
| East | Edith Pattou | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-204563-5 | 18.00 |
| Eragon | Christopher Paolini | Alfred A. Knopf / Random House | 0-375-82668-8 | 18.95 |
| Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna | Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton | National Geographic Society | 0-7922-5125-3 | 15.95 |
| Fat Kid Rules the World | K. L. Going | G. P. Putnam / Penguin | 0-399-23990-1 | 17.99 |
| Fight On! | Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-13349-6 | 17.00 |
| First Part Last, The | Angela Johnson | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84922-2 | 15.95 |
| Friction | E. R. Frank | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85384-X | 16.95 |
| Goblin Wood, The | Hilari Bell | HarperCollins | 0-06-051371-3 | 16.99 |
| Hear the Wind Blow, A Novel of the Civil War | Mary Downing Hahn | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-18190-3 | 15.00 |
| Heart's Delight | Per Nilsson, Trans. by Tara Chace | Front Street | 1-886910-92-8 | 16.95 |
| Hitler's Daughter | Jackie French | HarperCollins | 0-06-008652-1 | 15.99 |
| Keeper of the Night | Kimberly Willis Holt | Holt | 0-8050-6361-7 | 16.95 |
| Milkweed | Jerry Spinelli | Alfred A. Knopf / Random House | 0-375-81374-8 | 15.95 |
| Mind Games | Jeanne Marie Grunwell | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-17672-1 | 15.00 |
| Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve | HarperCollins | 0-06-008207-0 | 16.99 |
| Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are | Michael Cart | HarperCollins | 0-06-027499-9 | 15.99 |
| New Rules of High School, The | Blake Nelson | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03644-7 | 16.99 |
| Northern Light, A | Jennifer Donnelly | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216705-6 | 17.00 |
| Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope | Beverly Naidoo | HarperCollins | 0-06-050799-3 | 16.99 |
| Pagan's Crusade | Catherine Jinks, Illus. by Peter Seve | Candlewick | 0-7636-2019-X | 15.99 |
| Pirates! | Celia Rees | Bloomsbury | 1-58234-816-2 | 16.95 |
| River Between Us, The | Richard Peck | Dial / Penguin | 0-8037-2735-6 | 16.99 |
| Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories | Jan Greenberg, Illus. by Romare Bearden | Abrams | 0-8109-4589-4 | 17.95 |
| Room in the Heart | Sonia Levitin, Designed by Gloria Cheng | Dutton / Penguin | 0-525-46871-4 | 16.99 |
| Run, Boy, Run | Uri Orlev, Trans. by Hillel Halkin | Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-16465-0 | 15.00 |
| Runaway Girl, The Artist Louise Bourgeois | Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan | Abrams | 0-8109-4237-2 | 19.95 |
| Shooting Monarchs | John Halliday, Illus. by Ken Robbins | Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-84338-0 | 15.95 |
| Singing the Dogstar Blues | Alison Goodman | Viking / Penguin | 0-670-03610-2 | 16.99 |
| Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley, Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life, The | Martine Murray | Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic | 0-439-48622-X | 15.95 |
| Slumming | Kristen D. Randle | HarperCollins | 0-06-001022-3 | 15.95 |
| Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot | Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-204615-1 | 17.00 |
| Starry Nights | Judith Clarke | Front Street | 1-886910-82-0 | 15.95 |
| Sweetblood | Pete Hautman | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85048-4 | 16.95 |
| Sword of the Rightful King | Jane Yolen | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-202527-8 | 17.00 |
| Theodore Roosevelt: Champion of the American Spirit | Betsy Harvey Kraft | Clarion / Houghton Mifflin | 0-618-14264-9 | 19.00 |
| True Confessions of a Heartless Girl | Martha Brooks | Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-37806-1 | 16.00 |
| Usual Rules, The | Joyce Maynard | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-24261-1 | 24.95 |
| Vampire High | Douglas Rees | Delacorte / Random House | 0-385-73117-5 | 15.95 |
| Wee Free Men, The: A Story of Discworld | Terry Pratchett | HarperCollins | 0-06-001236-6 | 16.99 |
| What the Birds See | Sonya Hartnett | Candlewick | 0-7636-2092-0 | 15.99 |
| When We Were Saints | Han Nolan | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216371-9 | 17.00 |
| William's Shakespeare's Twelfth Night | Bruce Coville, Illus. by Tim Raglin | Dial / Penguin | 0-8037-2318-0 | 16.99 |
| Wish List, The | Eoin Colfer | Disney Press / Hyperion | 0-7868-1987-1 | 16.95 |
| Women of the American Revolution (Women in History) | Louise Chipley Slavicek | Lucent Books / Gale Group | 1-59018-172-7 | 27.45 |
| Poetry | ||||
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN | Price |
| Autumnblings | Douglas Florian | Greenwillow / HarperCollins | 0-06-009278-5 | 15.99 |
| Bow wow meow meow, it's rhyming cats and dogs | Douglas Florian | Harcourt Brace | 0-15-216395-6 | 17.00 |
| Chill in the Air, A | John Frank, Illus. by Mike Reed | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-83923-5 | 15.95 |
| Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up | Lisa Westberg Peters, Illus. by Cathie Felstead | HarperCollins | 0-06-029265-2 | 16.99 |
| Fireflies at Midnight | Marilyn Singer, Illus. by Ken Robbins | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-82492-0 | 16.95 |
| Put Your Eyes Up Here: And Other School Poems | Kalli Dakos, Illus. by G. Brian Karas | Simon & Schuster | 0-689-81117-9 | 16.95 |
| Snowflake Sisters, The | J Patrick Lewis, Illus. by Lisa Desimini | Atheneum / Simon & Schuster | 0-689-85029-8 | 16.95 |
| Sound of Day, Sound of Night, The | Mary Le O'Neill, Illus. by Cynthia Jabar | Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux | 0-374-37135-0 | 16.50 |
| Swan Song: Poems of Extinction | J. Patrick Lewis, Illus. by Christopher Wormell | Creative Editions | 1-56846-175-5 | 16.95 |
| Way A Door Closes, The | Hope Anita Smith, Illus. by Shane W. Evans | Holt | 0-8050-6477-X | 18.95 |
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