Children's Literature Choice List 2005



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
Baby Danced the PolkaKaren BeaumontDial Books for Young Readers0-8037-2587-6$12.99
Bing Get Dressed
Bing Paint Day
Ted DewanRandom House Books for Young Readers0-385-75020-X
0-385-75021-8
$5.95 ea.
Kitten's First Full MoonKevin HenkesGreenwillow/HarperCollins Children's Books0-06-058828-4$15.99
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary TaleMo WillemsHyperion0-7868-1870-0$15.99
PeedieOlivier DunreaHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-35652-5$9.95
Pepo and Lolo and the Red Apple
Pepo and Lolo are Friends
Ana Martin LarranagaCandlewick Press0-7636-2036-X
0-7636-1982-5
$8.99 ea.
Tractor (Machines at work)Caroline BinghamDK Publishing, Inc.0-7566-0217-3$8.99
Wow! City!Robert NeubeckerHyperion0-7868-0951-5$16.99
Picture Books for Children Ages 4 to 8
Title Author/Illustrator Publisher ISBN Price
Actual SizeSteve JenkinsHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-37594-5$16.00
Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of IraqMark Alan StamatyRandom House Books for Young Readers0-375-83217-3$12.95
America the BeautifulRobert SabudaSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-84744-0$26.95
Apples To OregonDeborah Hopkinson & Nancy CarpenterSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-84769-6$15.95
Baby Ground SquirrelAubrey LangFitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited1-55041-797-5$15.95
Cats in Krasinski Square, TheKaren HesseScholastic, Inc.0-439-43540-4$16.95
Child's Christmas in Wales, ADylan ThomasCandlewick Press0-7636-2161-7$17.99
City Of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888Linda Oatman HighWalker & Company0-8027-8910-2$16.95
Coming On Home SoonJacqueline WoodsonPenguin Group0-399-23748-8$16.99
Doodler DoodlingRita Golden GelmanHarperCollins Children's Books0-688-16645-8$15.99
Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz Age CinderellaShirley HughesSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-87399-9$16.95
Ellington Was Not a StreetNtozake ShangeSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-82884-5$15.95
Firekeeper's Son, TheLinda Sue ParkHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-13337-2$16.00
Guji GujiChih-Yuan ChenKane/Miller Book Publishers1-929132-67-0$15.95
HachikoPamela S. TurnerHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-14094-8$15.00
Hard Hat AreaSusan L. RothBloomsbury Publishing Plc1-58234-946-0$17.95
HomeJeannie BakerGreenwillow/HarperCollins Children's Books0-06-623935-4$15.99
Hot Day on Abbott AvenueKaren EnglishHoughton Mifflin Company0-395-98527-7$15.00
Impudent Rooster, TheSabina I. RascolDutton Children's Books/Penguin Young Readers Group0-525-47179-0$16.99
In Our Backyard GardenEileen SpinelliSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-82666-4$15.95
Lemons Are Not RedLaura Vaccaro SeegerRoaring Book Press1-59643-008-7$14.95
Love And Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale From The andes MountainsBarbara KnutsonCarolRhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group1-57505-657-7$16.95
My LightMolly BangThe Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc.0-439-48961-X$16.95
Night Eater, TheAna JuanArthur A. Levine Books/ Scholastic, Inc.0-439-48891-5$16.95
Peek! A Thai Hide-and-SeekMinfong HoCandlewick Press0-7636-2041-6$16.99
Ruby Lu, Brave and TrueLenore LookSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-84907-9$15.95
Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the WolfJanet SchulmanRandom House Books for Young Readers0-375-82430-8$19.95
Sidewalk CircusPaul Fleischman and Kevin HawkesCandlewick Press0-7636-1107-7$15.99
SubwayAnastasia SuenViking/Penguin0-670-03622-6$15.99
Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles: An Animal Counting BookChristopher WormellRunning Press0-7624-2100-2$18.95
Tiger on a TreeAnushka RavishankarFarrar Straus Giroux0-374-37555-0$15.00
Tiny's Big AdventureMartin WaddellCandlewick Press0-7636-2170-6$15.99
Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book, TheLisa Campbell ErnstSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-85685-7$15.95
Under My Hood I Have a HatKarla KuskinLaura Geringer Book/HarperCollins0-06-057243-4$15.89
Short Books or Picture Books with More Text Than Usual for Younger Readers (Children 5 to 10)
Title Author/Illustrator Publisher ISBN Price
Apes and Monkeys: Kingfisher Young KnowledgeBarbara TaylorKingfisher/Houghton Mifflin Company0-7534-5760-1$8.95
Baa-Choo! (An I Can Read Book)Sarah WeeksHarperCollins Children's Books0-06-029236-9$15.99
Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon, TheJacqueline DaviesHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-24343-7$15.00
Cave Paintings to Picasso (The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces)Henry SayreChronicle Books LLC0-8118-3767-X$22.95
Circle UnbrokenMargot Theis RavenMelanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus and Giroux0-374-31289-3$16.00
Clare and FrancisGuido VisconteEerdmans Books for Young Readers0-8028-5269-6$20.00
Ducks in MuckLori HaskinsRandom House Books for Young Readers0-679-89166-8$11.99
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both SidesRosalyn SchanzerNational Geographic Society0-7922-7349-4$16.95
Greatest Skating Race, TheLouise BordenSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-84502-2$18.95
Hachiko WaitsLesléa NewmanHolt, Henry Books for Young Readers0-8050-7336-1$15.95
Hungry Coat, The: A Tale from TurkeyDemiMargaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-84680-0$19.95
Iris and Walter and the Substitute TeacherElissa Haden GuestGulliver Books/Harcourt0-15-205013-2$15.00
Kid Blink Beats the WorldDon BrownRoaring Book Press1-59643-003-6$16.95
MaritchaTonya BoldenHarry N Abrams, Inc0-8109-5045-6$17.95
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out QueenMarissa MossA Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-86329-2$16.95
Miss Bridie Chose a ShovelLeslie ConnorHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-30564-5$16.00
Owen Foote, Mighty ScientistStephanie GreeneClarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company0-618-43016-4$14.00
Pearl and Wagner Three SecretsKate McMullanDial/Penguin0-8037-2574-4$14.99
Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed AmericaSharon RobinsonScholastic, Inc.0-439-42592-1$16.95
Rain, Rain, Rain ForestBrenda Z. GuibersonHolt, Henry Books for Young Readers0-8050-6582-2$16.95
Secret IdentityWendelin Van DraanenAlfred A. Knopf0-375-82351-4$12.95
Secrets of The SphinxJames Cross GiblinScholastic, Inc.0-590-09847-0$17.95
See the City: The Journey of Manhattan UnfurledMatteo PericoliBorzoi Book/Alfred A. Knopf0-375-82469-3$15.95
Sélavi: A Haitian Story of HopeYoume LandowneCinco Puntos Press0-938317-84-9$17.95
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People WritingJames RumfordHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-36947-3$16.00
Sure As Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit & His Walkin' Talkin' FriendsAlice McGillHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-21196-9$17.00
Teddy Roosevelt: The People's PresidentSharon GayleSimon & Schuster Children's0-689-85825-6$11.89
Under the Spell of the MoonPatricia AldanaDouglas & McIntyre Publishing Group0-88899-559-8$25.00
Walt Whitman: Words For AmericaBarbara KerleyScholastic, Inc.0-439-35791-8$16.95
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? : A Math AdventureJulie EllisCharlesbridge Publishing, Inc.1-57091-150-9$16.95
When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, Tetrapods Stalked The EarthHannah BonnerNational Geographic Society0-7922-6326-X$16.95
Longer Books with More Sophisticated Themes for Middle Readers (Children 8 to 12)
Title Author/Illustrator Publisher ISBN Price
Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer CholdenkoG. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin0-399-23861-1$15.99
Are We Alone?: Scientists Search for Life in SpaceGloria SkurzynskiNational Geographic Society0-7922-6567-X$18.95
Becoming Naomi LeónPam Munoz RyanScholastic, Inc.0-439-26969-5$16.95
Big House, TheCarolyn ComanFront Street1-932425-09-8$16.95
Boy On Fairfield Street, The: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. SeussKathleen KrullBantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers/Random House0-375-82298-4$16.95
Bucking the SargeChristopher Paul CurtisRandom House Children's Books0-385-32307-7$15.95
Crow-Girl, TheBodil BredsdroffFarrar Straus and Giroux0-374-31247-8$16.00
Dragon RiderCornelia FunkeScholastic, Inc.0-439-45695-9$12.95
Dream of Freedom, A: The Civil Right Movement From 1954 to 1968Diane McWhorterScholastic, Inc.0-439-57678-4$19.95
Exiled Memories of a CamelKathleen KarrMarshall Cavendish Inc0-7614-5164-1$15.95
Gregor and the Prophecy of BaneSuzanne CollinsScholastic, Inc.0-439-65075-5$16.95
Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem RenaissanceLaban CarrickMegan Tingley Books/Little Brown0-316-81411-3$18.95
Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the WorldKatherine HanniganGreenwillow/HarperCollins0-06-073024-2$16.89
Indigo's StarHilary McKayMargaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-86563-5$15.95
Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in PoliticsCatherine ThimmeshHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-39666-7$17.00
Mark Twain For Kids: His Life & Times 21 ActivitiesR. Kent RasmussenChicago Review Press1-55652-527-3$14.95
MillionsFrank Cottrell BoyceHarperCollins Children's Books0-06-073330-6$15.99
Missy Violet & MeBarbara HathawayHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-37163-X$15.00
Old Willis Place, TheMary Dowing HahnClarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company0-618-43018-0$15.00
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler PlaceE. L. KonningsbergAtheneum/Simon & Schuster0-689-86636-4$16.95
Peter and the StarcatchersDave BarryDisney/Hyperion0-7868-5445-6$17.99
Regarding the SinkKate KliseHarcourt0-15-205019-1$15.00
Roman Army, The: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created An EmpireDyan BlacklockWalker & Company0-8027-8896-3$17.95
Schwa Was Here, TheNeal ShustermanPenguin Putnam Books for Young Readers0-525-47182-0$15.99
Sea Clocks: The Story of LongitudeLouise BordenMargaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-84216-3$18.95
Shadows of Ghadames, TheJoelle StolzBantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers0-385-73104-3$15.95
So B. It: A NovelSarah WeeksLaura Geringer Books/HarperCollins0-06-623622-3$15.99
So Hard To SayAlex SanchezSimon & Schuster Children's0-689-86564-3$14.95
Star Of Kazan, TheEva IbbotsonDutton/Penguin0-525-47347-5$16.99
Swifter, Higher, FasterSue MacyNational Geographic Society0-7922-6667-6$18.95
Tarantula Scientist, TheSy MontgomeryHoughton Mifflin Company0-618-14799-3$18.00
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret WritingPaul B. JaneczkoCandlewick Press0-7636-0971-4$16.99
Trembling EarthKim L. SiegelsonPhilomel/Penguin0-399-24021-7$17.99
Wee Winnie Witch's SkinnyBarry MoserBlue Sky Press/Scholastic0-590-28880-6$16.95
Woman for President, A: The Story of Victoria WoodhullKathleen KrullWalker & Company0-8027-8908-0$16.95
Wonders and Miracles: A Passover CompanionEric A. KimmelScholastic, Inc.0-439-07175-5$18.95
WorthA. LaFayeSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers0-689-85730-6$15.95
Young Man And The Sea, TheRoman PhilbrickThe Blue Sky Press/Scholastic Inc0-439-36829-4$16.95
Young Adult (Generally Children 12 and Up)
Title Author/Illustrator Publisher ISBN Price
AirbornKenneth OppelEOS/HarperCollins0-06-053180-0$16.99
Andy Warhol: Prince of PopJan Greenberg and Sandra JordanBantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers/Random House0-385-73056-X$16.95
BirdAngela JohnsonDial/Penguin0-8037-2847-6$15.99
Call Me Maria: A Novel in Letters, Poems, and ProseJudith Ortiz CoferOrchard Books/Scholastic0-439-38577-6$16.95
Chanda's SecretsAllan StrattonAnnick Press1-55037-835-X$19.95
Daniel Half HumanDavid ChotjewitzAtheneum/Richard Jackson Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-85747-0$17.95
Double HelixNancy WerlinDial/Penguin0-8037-2606-6$15.99
Face relations: 11 Stories About Seeing Beyond ColorMarilyn SingerSimon & Schuster0-689-85637-7$17.95
FirmamentTim BowlerMargaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-86161-3$16.95
Gifts: A NovelUrsula K. Le GuinHarcourt0-15-205123-6$17.00
GodlessPete HautmanSimon & Schuster0-689-86278-4$15.95
Hat Full of Sky, ATerry PratchettHarperCollins0-06-058660-5$16.99
Kira-KiraCynthia KadohataAtheneum/Simon & Schuster0-689-85639-3$15.95
Kissing the RainKevin BrooksThe Chicken House/Scholastic0-439-57742-X$16.95
Legend of Buddy Bush, TheShelia P. MosesMargaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster0-689-85839-6$15.95
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister BoyGary D SchmidtClarion/Houghton Mifflin0-618-43929-3$15.00
Luna: A NovelJulie Anne PetersMegan Tingley Books/Little Brown and Company0-316-73369-5$16.95
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?Eleanor UpdaleOrchard Books/Scholastic0-439-58035-8$16.95
No Shame, No FearAnn TurnbullCandlewick Press0-7636-2505-1$15.99
Orphea ProudSharon Dennis WyethDelacorte/Random House0-385-32497-9$15.95
Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh, The: The Sign of Quin - Book #1L. G. BassHyperion0-7868-1918-9$17.99
Private PeacefulMichael MorpurgoScholastic0-439-63648-5$16.95
RedemptionJulie ChibbaroAtheneum/Simon & Schuster0-689-85736-5$16.95
Remember D-Day: The Plan the Invasion, Survivor StoriesRonald J. DrezNational Geographic Society0-7922-6666-8$17.95
Sammy and Juliana in HollywoodBenjamin Alire SaenzCinco Puntos Press0-938317-81-4$19.95
Saving FrancescaMelina MarchettaAlfred A. Knopf, Inc0-375-82982-2$15.95
Sea of Trolls, TheNancy FarmerSimon & Schuster Children's0-689-86744-1$17.95
Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, TheRussell FreedmanClarion/Houghton Mifflin0-618-15976-2$18.00
Who am I Without him? : Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in their LivesSharon G. FlakeHyperion0-7868-0693-1$15.99
Winning The Fight With Courage And Cloth: Woman's Right To VoteAnn BausumNational Geographic Society0-7922-7647-7$21.95
Poetry
Title Author Publisher ISBN Price
Fine Feathered Friends: Poems for Young PeopleJane YolenBoyds Mills Press1-59078-193-7$17.95
Here in Harlem, Poems in Many VoicesWalter Dean MyersHoliday House, Inc0-8234-1853-7$16.95
Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of PoemsKristine O'Connell GeorgeHarcourt0-15-202325-9$16.00
If Not for the CatJack PrelutskyGreenwillow/HarperCollins0-06-059678-3$17.89
On Her Way: Stories and Poems About Growing Up GirlSandy AsherDutton/Penguin0-525-47170-7$17.99
Once Upon a Poem (Favorite Poems That Tell Stories)Kevin Crossley-HollandThe Chicken House/Scholastic0-439-65108-5$18.95
Revenge and Forgiveness: An Anthology of PoemsPatrice VecchioneHenry Holt & Company0-8050-7376-0$16.95
What is Goodbye?Nikki GrimesHyperion0-7868-0778-4$15.99