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2023 Notable Books for a Global Society

​We Deserve Monuments
By Jas Hammonds
Roaring Brook Press
 
Torch
By Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Carolrhoda Lab
 
The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale
By Charly Palmer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
 
Ain’t Burned All The Bright
By Jason Reynolds
Illus. Jason Griffin
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
 
Isla to Island
By Alexis Castellanos
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
 
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War
By Mónica Montañés
Illus. Eva Sánchez Gómez
Trans. Lawrence Schimel
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
 
The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition
By Shirin Shamsi
Illus. Tarun Lak
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
 
Dream, Annie, Dream
By Waka T. Brown
Quill Tree Books
 
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 years of the National Basketball Association
By Fred Bowen
Illus. James E. Ransome
Margaret K. McElderry Books
 
Moonwalking
By Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
 
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters
By Duncan Tonatiuh
Abrams Books for Young Readers
 
The Waiting Place: When Home is Lost and A New One Not Yet Found
By Dina Nayeri
Illus. Anna Bosch Miralpeix
Candlewick Press
 
Rima’s Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny
By Margarita Engle
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
 
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
By Sherri Winston
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
 
Because of You, John Lewis: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
By Andrea Davis Pinkney 
Illus. Keith Henry Brown
Scholastic Press
 
The Talk
By Alicia D. Williams
Illus. Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
 
Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando
By Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
Illus. Magdalena Mora
Trans. Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
Children’s Book Press/Lee & Low
 
Invisible
By Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Illus. Gabriela Epstein
Color by Lark Pien
Graphix/Scholastic
 
The Prisoner and the Writer
By Heather Camlot
Illus. Sophie Casson
Groundwood Books
 
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-lynching Civil Rights Leader
By Michelle Duster
Illus. Laura Freeman
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
 
On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison
By Jerdine Nolen
Illus. James E. Ransome
A Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
Undercover Latina
By Aya de León
Candlewick Press
 
Sitting Shiva
By Erin Silver
Illus. Michelle Theodore
Orca Book Publishers
 
Powwow Day
By Traci Sorell
Illus. Madelyn Goodnight
Charlesbridge
 
We are Wolves
By Katrina Nannestad
Illus. Martina Heiduczek
Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

2022 Notable Books for a Global Society

Sakamoto’s Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
Julie Abery
(Chris Sasaki, Illus.)
Kids Can Press
 
Indivisible
Daniel Aleman
Little Brown
 
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley
MacMillan/Henry Holt
 
Your Heart My Sky
Margarita Engle
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
 
Star Fish
Lisa Fipps
Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books
 
I am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
Martha Brockenbrough with Grace Lin
(Julia Kuo, Illus.)
Little Brown
 
Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem
Amanda Gorman
(Loren Long, Illus.)
Penguin Random House/ Viking

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Nikki Grimes
(Vanessa Brantley-Newton et al., Illus.)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
 
Born on the Water: The 1619 Project
Nikole Hannah-Jones and
Renée Watson
Illus.  Nikkolas Smith
Penguin Random House/Kokila
 
When You Look Like Us
Pamela N. Harris
HarperCollins/Quill Tree Press
 
Red, White, and Whole
Rajani LaRocca
HarperCollins/Quilltree Books
 
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
Cynthia Levinson
(Evan Turk, Illus.)
Abrams/ Abrams Books for Young Readers
 
Escucha Mi Voz/ Hear My Voice: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States
Compiled by Warren Binford
For Project Amnesty
Workman
 
The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera
Levine Querido/Arthur A. Levine Book
 
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
Heidi Tyline King
(Ekua Holmes, Illus.)
Penguin Random House/
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
 
Red, White, and Whole
Rajani LaRocca
HarperCollins/Quilltree Books
 
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
Cynthia Levinson
(Evan Turk, Illus.)
Abrams/ Abrams Books for Young Readers
 
Black Boy Joy
Kwame Mbala (Ed.)
Penguin Random House/ Delacorte Press
 
Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
Jodie Patterson
(Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Illus.)
Penguin Random House/ Crown Books
 
Unbound: The Life + Art of Judith Scott
Joyce Scott
with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet
(Melissa Sweet, Illus.)
Penguin Random House/ Alfred A. Knopf
 
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Ed.)
HarperCollins/Heartdrum
 
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Traci N. Todd
(Christian Robinson, Illus.)
Penguin Random House/ G. P. Putnam’s Sons
 
World in Between
Kenan Trebincevic and Susan Shapiro
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/ Clarion Books
 
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford
(Floyd Cooper, Illus.)
Lerner Group/Carolrhoda
 
Wishes
Mượn Thị Văn
(Victo Ngai, Illus.)
Scholastic/Orchard Books
 
Healer of the Water Monster
Brian Young
HarperCollins/ Heartdrum
 
In My Mosque
M. O. Yuksel
(Hatem Aly, Illus.)
HarperCollins/Harper

2021 Notable Books for a Global Society 

​Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano/Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
By Monica Brown Illus. Elisa Chavarri
Lee & Low Books/Children’s Book Press
 
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice
By Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood Illus. Theodore Taylor III
Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press
 
Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women who Fought for the Right to Vote
By Veronica Chambers and the staff of The New York Times
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Versify
 
All Because You Matter
By Tami Charles Illus. Bryan Collier
Scholastic/Orchard Books
 
We Are Not Free
By Traci Chee
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/HMH Books
 
Efrén Divided
By Ernesto Cisneros
HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books
 
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
By Lesa Cline-Ransome Illus. John Parra
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
 
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
By Rita Lorraine Hubbard Illus. Oge Mora
Penguin Random House/ Random House/Schwartz & Wade Books
 
The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth
By Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (Eds.)
Penguin Random House/ Random House/Crown
 
When Stars are Scattered
By Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Illus. Victoria Jamieson; Color by Iman Geddy
Penguin Random House/Penguin for Young Readers/Dial Books
 
This is My America
By Kim Johnson
Penguin Random House/Random House
 
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
By Frederick Joseph
Candlewick Press
 
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story
By Aya Khalil
Illus. Anait Semirdzhyan Tilbury House
 
The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America
By Kathleen Krull Illus. Alexandra Bye
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books
 
Show Me a Sign
By Ann Clare LeZotte Scholastic/Scholastic Press
 
We are Water Protectors
By Carole Lindstrom Illus. Michaela Goade
Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press
 
The Magic Fish
By Trung Le Nguyen
Penguin Random House/RH Graphic
 
The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl who Soared beyond Expectations
By Aisholpan Nurgiav with Liz Welch Hachette
Book Group/Little/Brown
 
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It
By Andrea Davis Pinkney Illus. Brian Pinkney
Hachette Book Group/Little, Brown
 
She was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
By Katheryn Russell-Brown Illus. Eric Velasquez
Lee & Low Books
 
Land of the Cranes
By Aida Salazar
Scholastic/ Scholastic Press
 
The Cat Man of Aleppo
By Karim Shamsi-Basha and Irene Latham Illus. Yuko Shimizu
Penguin Random House/Penguin for Young Readers/G. P. Putnam’s Sons
 
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon
By Simran Jeet Singh Illus. Baljinder Kaur
Penguin Random House/Penguin for Young Readers/Kokila
 
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History
By Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace Illus. Charly Palmer
Boyds Mill & Kane/Calkins Creek
 
Dragon Hoops
By Gene Luen Yang
​Macmillan/First Second

2020 Notable Books for a Global Society 

With the Fire on High
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Harper Collins/Harper Teen
 
The Undefeated
By Kwame Alexander 
Illus. by Kadir Nelson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 
Orange for the Sunsets
By Tina Athaide
Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Books
 
Feed Your Mind:  A Story of August Wilson
By Jen Bryant 
Illus. Cannaday Chapman
Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers
 
Martin & Anne, The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
By Nancy Churnin 
Illus. by Yevgenia Nayberg
Creston Books 
 
New Kid
By Jerry Craft 
Harper Collins/Harper
 
Planting Stories:  The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré 
By Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illus. by Paola Escobar
Harper Collins/Harper
 
Dreams from Many Rivers
By Margarita Engle 
Illus. Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez 
Macmillan/Henry Holt/ Godwin Books
 
Todos Iquales / All Equal: Un corridor de Lemon Grove/ A Ballad of Lemon Grove
By Christy Hale 
Lee & Low Books/Children’s Books Press
 
Downstairs Girl
By Stacey Lee
Penguin Random House/Penguin/G.P. Putnam’s Sons
 
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist 
By Julie Leung
Illus. Chris Sasaki   
Penguin Random House/Random House/Schwartz & Wade
 
The Book Rescuer:  How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
By Sue Macy 
Illus. Stacy Innerst
Simon & Schuster/A Paula Wiseman Book
 
Fry Bread:  A Native American Family Story
By Kevin Noble Maillard
Illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal
Roaring Brook Press
 
Indian No More
By Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell
Lee & Low Books/Tu Books
 
Lubna and Pebble
By Wendy Meddour 
Illus. by Daniel Egenėus  
Penguin Random House/Random House/Dial Books
 
Under the Broken Sky
By Mariko Nagai 
Henry Holt/Christy Ottaviano Books
 
Thanku:  Poems of Gratitude
By Miranda Paul (Ed.)
Illus. by Marlena Myles 
Lerner/Millbrook Press
 
Mario and the Hole in the Sky:  How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
By Elizabeth Rusch  
Illus. by Teresa Martinez 
Charlesbridge
   
The Moon Within 
By Aida Salazar 
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
At the Mountain’s Base 
By Traci Sorell 
Illus. Weshoyot Alvitre 
Penguin Random House/Penguin/KokilaWESHOYOT ALVITRE
  
Room on Our Rock 
By Kate and Jol Temple
Illus. by Terri Rose Baynton
Kane Miller
 
Soldier for Equality:  Josė de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
By Duncan Tonatiuh  
Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers
 
The Bridge Home
By Padma Venkatraman
Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books
 
The Other Side:  Stories of Central American Teen 
Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border
By Juan Pablo Villalobos
Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux
 
Other Words for Home 
By Jasmine Warga 
Harper Collins/Balzer + Bray

2019 Notable Books for a Global Society 

 What Do You Do With A Voice Like That?
By Chris Barton  
Illus. by Ekua Holmes
Beach Lane Books
 
Counting on Katherine
By Helene Becker   
Illus. by Dow Phumiruk
Henry Holt/Christy Ottaviano
 
Finding Langston
By Lesa Cline-Ransome  
Holiday House
 
The Day War Came
By Nicola Davies   
Illus. by Rebecca Cobb
Candlewick Press
 
Love
By Matt de la Peña
Illus. by Loren Long
Penguin Random House/
G.P. Putnam's Sons  
 
The Crossroads
By Alexandra Diaz
Simon Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books  
 
The War Outside
By Monica Hesse  
Little, Brown  
 
The Night Diary
By Veera HIranandani  
Penguin Group/Dial
 
Write On, Irving Berlin!
By Leslie Kimmelman
Illus. by David C. Gardner
Sleeping Bear Press
 
Saffron Ice Cream
By Rashin Kheiriyeh
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
Drawn Together
By Minh Lê  
Illus. by Dan Santat
Disney/Hyperion
 
Alma and How She Got Her Name
By Juana Martinez-Neal
Candlewick Press  
 
La Frontera: El viaje con papá–My Journey with Papa
By Deborah Mills and Alfredo Alva
Illus. by Claudia Navarro
Barefoot Books
 
Dreamers
By Yuyi Morales
Neal Porter Books
 
All Are Welcome
By Alexandra Penfold   
Illus. by Suzanne Kaufman  
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf Books   
 
Ghost Boys
By Jewell Parker Rhodes
Little, Brown
 
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
By Jennifer Roy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
 
Amal Unbound
By  Aisha Saeed
 Penguin Random House/
Nancy Paulsen Books
 
Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with Her Family
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
and Van Ho
Pajama Press
 
The Cardboard Kingdom
By Chad Sell
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf/
Borzoi Books
 
We Are Grateful:  Otsaliheliga
By Traci Sorell   
Illus. by Frané Lessac
Charlesbridge
 
Mommy’s Khimar
By Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illus. by Ebony Glenn
Simon & Schuster/Salaam Reads  
 
The Prince and the Dressmaker
By Jen Wang
Roaring Brook Press/First Second  
 
The Day You Begin
By Jacqueline Woodson
Illus. by Rafael López  
Penguin Random House/
Nancy Paulsen Books

2018 Notable Books for a Global Society 

OUT OF WONDER: POEMS CELEBRATING POETS
Edited by Kwame Alexander
Illus. by Ekua Holmes
Candlewick

WHY AM I ME?
By Paige Britt, Sean Qualls, and Selina Alko
Scholastic

WISHTREE
By Katherine Applegate
Illus. by Charles Santoso
Feiwel & Friends

WALKING WITH MISS MILLIE
By Tamara Bundy
Penguin Group /Nancy Paulsen Books

LUCKY BROKEN GIRL
By Ruth Beha
Penguin Group/Nancy Paulsen Books

#NOT YOUR PRINCESS: Voices of Native American Women
Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Annick Press

STOLEN WORDS
By Melanie Florence
Illus. by Gabrielle Grimard
Second Story Press

I LOVE MY PURSE
By Belle DeMont
Illus. by Sonja Wimmer
Annick Press

AN UNINTERRUPTED VIEW OF THE SKY
By Melanie Crowder
Penguin Group/Philomel

MY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
By Suzanne Del Rizzo
Pajama Press

LETTERS TO A PRISONER
By Jacques Goldskyn
Owlkids Books

HER RIGHT FOOT
By Dave Eggers
Illus. by Shawn Harris
Chronicle Books

YO SOY MUSLIM: A FATHER’S LETTER TO HIS DAUGHTER
By Mark Gonzalez
Illus. by Mehrdokht Amini
Simon & Schuster Books

REFUGEE
By Alan Grat
Scholastic

STORMY SEAS: STORIES OF YOUNG BOAT REFUGEES
By Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare
Annick Press

ONE LAST WORD
By Nikki Grimes
Bloomsbury

TRELL
By Dick Lehr
Candlewick Press

DREAMLAND BURNING
By Jennifer Latham
Little Brown

WHERE WILL I LIVE?
By Rosemary McCarney
Second Story Press

FLYING LESSONS
Edited by Ellen Oh
Crown

SILENT DAYS, SILENT DREAMS
By Allen Say

LONG WAY DOWN
By Jason Reynolds
Simon & Schuster

THE 57 BUS
By Dashka Slater
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux

MAYA LIN: THINKING WITH HER HANDS
By Susan Goldman Rubin
Chronicle Books

PIECING ME TOGETHER
by Renee Watson
Bloomsbury​

2017 Notable Books for a Global Society 

Balcony on the Moon
By Ibtisam Barakat
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan
Talking Leaves
By Joseph Bruchac
Dial Books
Freedom Over Me 
by Don Brown
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Watched: Someone Is Always Watching 
By Marina Budhos
Wendy Lamb Books
Missing Nimama
By Melanie Florence
Illus. by Francois Thisdale
Clockwise Press
The Bone Sparrow 
By Zana Fraillon
Disney Hyperion
The Tree in the Courtyard
By Jeff Gottesfeld
Illus. by Peter McCarty
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Vietnam: A History of the War
By Russell Freedman
Holiday House
Garvey’s Choice
By Nikki Grimes
WordSong
Girl in the Blue Coat
By Monica Hesse
Little, Brown
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
By Susan Hood
Illus. by Sally Wern
Comport Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Look Up!
By Jung Jin-Ho
Holiday House
Every Falling Star
By Sungju Lee
Harry N. Abrams
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
By Debbie Levy
Illus. by Elizabeth Baddeley
Simon & Schuster
A Long Pitch Home
By Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Charlesbridge
Juana & Lucas
By Juana Medina
Candlewick Press
This Land Is Our Land: A History of America 
By Linda Barrett Osborne
Abrams
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Towers Falling
By Jewell Parker Rhodes
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey
By Margriet Ruurs
Illus. by Nizar Badr
Orca Press
Salt to the Sea
By Ruda Sepatis
Philomel Books
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
By Caren Stelson
Lerner/Carolrhoda
The Sound of All Things
By Myron Uhlberg
Illus. by Ted Papoulas
Peachtree Publishers
Freedom in Congo Square
By Carole Boston Weatherford 
Illus. by R. Gregory Christie
Little bee books
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
by Susan Wood
Illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh
Charlesbrid

​2016 Notable Books for a Global Society

AUDACITY
by Melanie Crowder
Penguin Random House
BREAKTHROUGH: HOW THREE PEOPLE SAVED “BLUE BABIES” AND CHANGED MEDICINE FOREVER
by Jim Murphy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
DROWNED CITY: HURRICANE KATRINA & NEW ORLEANS 
by Don Brown
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ORBITING JUPITER 
by Gary B. Schmidt
Clarion Books
RED
by Jan De Kinder; Translated by Laura Watkinson
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
DRUM DREAM GIRL: HOW ONE GIRL’S COURAGE CHANGED MUSIC 
by Margarita Engle; illus. by Rafael López
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
MY STORY, MY DANCE: ROBERT BATTLE’S JOURNEY TO ALVIN AILEY
by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome
Simon & Schuster
ECHO
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Scholastic Press
FUNNY BONES: POSADA AND HIS DAY OF THE DEAD CALAVERAS
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Harry N. Abrams
GAME CHANGER: JOHN McCLENDON AND THE SECRET GAME
by John Coy; illus. by Randy DuBurke
Carolrhoda Books
GEORGE
by Alex Gino
Scholastic
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CRAZY HORSE
By Joseph Marshall III, illustrated by Jim Yellowhawk
Abrams: Amulet
JUNA’S JAR 
by Jane Bahk; Illlus. By Felicia Hoshino. 
Lee & Low
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET
by Matt De La Peña 
Penguin/G.P. Putnam
MAYA’S BLANKET/LE MANTA DE MAYA
by Monica Brown; Illus. by David Diaz
Lee & Low
RUBY ON THE OUTSIDE
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Simon & Schuster
SITTING BULL: LAKOTA WARRIOR AND DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE 
by S. D. Nelson 
Abrams
STELLA BY STARLIGHT 
by Sharon Draper 
Simon & Schuster
STONE ANGEL
by Jane Yolen; illus. by Katie May Green
Philomel
THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY FOR CELEBRATIONS
Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong, Eds.
Pomelo Books
TIGER BOY
by Mitali Perkins
Charlesbridge
TWO WHITE RABBITS
by Jairo Buitrago, illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. by Elisa Amado
Groundwood
TUCKY JO AND LITTLE HEART 
by Patricia Polacco
Simon & Schuster
WANGARI MAATHAI: THE WOMAN WHO PLANTED MILLIONS OF TREES
by Franck Prévot; illus. by Aurélia Fronty
Charlesbridge
VOICE OF FREEDOM: FANNIE LOU HAMER: THE SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
by Carol Boston Weatherford; Illus. by Ekua Holmes
Candlewick

​2015 Notable Books for a Global Society

I Remember Beirut
by Zeina Abirached
Lerner/Graphic Universe

I Lived on Butterfly Hill 
by Marjorie Agosín
Trans. by E.M. O’Connor; illus. by Lee White 
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
El Deafo 
by Cece Bell 
Harry N. Abrams
Strike!: The Farm Workers Fight for Their Rights 
by Larry Dane Brimner 
Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek
Caminar
by Skila Brown
Candlewick
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
by Margarita Engle
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain 
by Russell Freedman
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion
Grandfather Gandhi 
by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus 
Illus. by Evan Turk
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
by Susan Kuklin
Candlewick
Harlem Hellfighters 
by J. Patrick Lewis
Illus. by Gary Kelley
Creative Editions
Voices from the March on Washington
by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon
Boyds Mills/WordSong
How It Went Down
by Kekla Magoon
Henry Holt
Migrant
by José Manuel Mateo
Illus. by Javier Martínez Pedro
Harry N. Abrams
The Turtle of Oman
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Harper Collins/Greenwillow
The Red Pencil 
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illus. by Shane W. Evans
Little, Brown
This Day in June
by Gayle E. Pittman
Illus. by Kristyna Litten
APA/Magination
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone 
by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Illus. by Frank Morrison
Lee & Low
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family’s fight for desegregation 
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Harry N. Abrams
House of Purple Cedar
by Tim Tingle
Cinco Puntos
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
by Chieri Uegaki
Illus. by Qin Leng
Kids Can Press
A Time to Dance
by Padma Venkatraman
Penguin/Nancy Paulsen
Like Water ON Stone
by Dana Walrath
Random House/Delacorte
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
Penguin/Nancy Paulsen
Arcady’s Goal
by Eugene Yelchin
Henry Holt
Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank
by Paula Yoo
Illus. by Jamel Akib 
Lee & Low

​2014 Notable Books for a Global Society

Fiction: Realistic & Fantasy 
If I Ever Get Out of Here 
by Gansworth Eric
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

Openly Straight
by Konigsberg Bill
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

The Vine Basket 
by La Valley Josanne
Houghton Mif[lin Harcourt/Clarion Books

The Language Inside 
by Thompson Holly 
Random House/Delacorte 

The Servant 
by Sharafeddine Fatima 
House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books 

The Milk of Birds 
by Whitman Sylvia
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum

Historical Fiction 
The Lightning Dreamer 
by Engle Margarita 
Houghton Mif[lin Harcourt/Harcourt

Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War 
by Frost Helen 
Farrar Straus Giroux/Frances Foster Books

The Extra 
by Lasky Kathryn 
Candlewick Press

Nonfiction 
Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids 
by Ellis Deborah 
House of Anansi Press/Groundwood

Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World 
by Robertson Robbie, Guerinot Jim, Robertson Sebastian, and Levine Jared
Tundra Books

Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People 
by Rubin Susan Goldman 
Abrams

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers 
by Stone Tanya Lee 
Candlewick Press

Why Do We Fight? ConWlict, War, and Peace
by Walker Niki 
Owlkids

Picturebooks 
Deep in the Sahara 
by Cunnane Kelly 
Illus. Hoda Hadadi 
Random House/Schwartz & Wade

The Chickens Build a Wall 
by Dumont Jean François 
Eerdmans

The Matchbox Diary
by Fleischman Paul
Illus. Bagram Ibatoulline
Candlewick Press

When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop 
by Hill Laban Carrick
Illus. Theodore Taylor III.
Roaring Brook

Brush of the Gods 
by Look Lenore
Illus. Meilo So
Random House/Schwartz & Wade

My Neighbor Is a Dog 
by Martins Isabel Minhós
Illus. Madalena Matoso
Owlkids Books

The Man with the Violin 
by Stinson Kathy 
Illus. Dušan Petričić
Annick Press

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale 
by Tonatiuh Duncan 
Abrams

My Name Is Blessing 
by Walters Eric 
Illus. Eugenie Fernandes
Tundra Books

Poetry 
Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo 
by Flood Nancy Bo
Illus. Jan Sonnenmair
Highlights/WordSong

When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders 
by Lewis J. Patrick
Illus. Jim Burke, R. Gregory Christie, Tonya Engel, John Parra, and Meilo So.
Chronicle Books

​2013 Notable Books for a Global Society

Graphic Novels
A game for swallows: To die, to leave, to return 
by Zeina Abirached 
Trans. Edward Gauvin
Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group

Darkroom: A memoir in black and white 
by Lila Quintero Weaver 
Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press

Fiction: Realistic & Fantasy 
My book of life by Angel 
by Martine Leavitt 
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux/MacMillan 

Starry river of the sky 
by Grace Lin 
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company

Red thread sisters 
by Carol Antoinette Peacock 
New York, NY: Viking/Penguin Young Readers

Endangered 
by Eliot Schrefer 
New York, NY: Scholastic 

Historical Fiction 
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano 
by Sonia Manzano 
New York, NY: Scholastic

No crystal stair: A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller 
by Vaunda Michaux Nelson 
Illus. by Christie R. Gregory 
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Lab/Lerner

Shadow on the mountain: A novel inspired by the true adventures of a wartime spy 
by Margi Preus 
New York, NY: Amulet

The lynching of Louie Sam 
by Elizabeth Stewart 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Annick Press

Hope and tears: Ellis Island voices 
by Gwenyth Swain 
Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press

Code name Verity 
by Elizabeth Wein 
New York, NY: Hyperion/Disney

Nonfiction 
Kids of Kabul: Living bravely through a never-ending war 
by Deborah Ellis 
Toronto: Groundwood

We've got a job: The 1963 Birmingham children's march 
by Cynthia Levinson 
Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers

Hand in hand: Ten black men who changed America 
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 
New York, NY: Jump at the Sun Books/Disney

That mad game. Growing up in a war zone: An anthology of essays from around the globe 
by J.L.Powers (Ed.) 
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press

Picturebooks 
Ganesha's sweet tooth 
by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes 
Illus. by Sanjay Patel 
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle

The stamp collector 
by Jennifer Lanthier 
Illus. by François Thisdale 
Toronto, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Hands around the library: Protecting Egypt's treasured books 
by Susan L. Roth and Karen Leggett Abouraya 
Illus. by Susan L. Roth 
New York, NY: Dial/The Penguin Group

Monsieur Marceau 
by Linda Schubert 
Illus. by Gerard Dubois 
New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press/MacMillan

I have the right to be a child 
by Alain Serres 
Illus. by Aurélia Fronty 
Toronto, ON: Groundwood

Waterloo & Trafalgar 
by Oliver Tallec 
New York, NY: Enchanted Lion Books 

Each kindness 
by Jacqueline Woodson 
Illus. by E.B. Lewis 
New York, NY: The Penguin Group

Poetry 
Dare to dream…Change the world 
by Jill Corcoran (Ed.) 
Illus. by Illus. J. Beth Jepson 
Tulsa, OK: Kane/Miller

I lay my stitches down: Poems of American slavery 
by Cynthia Grady 
Illus. by Michele Wood 
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
​

​2012 Notable Books for a Global Society

Roots and Blues: A Celebration 
Author: Arnold Adoff
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Clarion

The No. 1 Car Spotter 
Author: Atinuke
Illustrator: Warwick Johnson Cadwell
Kane-Miller

While You Are Sleeping 
Author & Illustrator: Durga Burnhard
Charlesbridge 

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina
Author: Carmine T. Bernier-Grand
Illustrator: Raul Colon
Marshall Cavendish 

Jefferson's Sons 
Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Dial

Black and White 
Author: Larry Dane Brimner
Calkins Creek

My Name is Not Easy 
Author: Debby Dahl Edwardson
Marshall Cavendish 

Five Thousand Years of Slavery 
Author: Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen
Tundra 

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan
Author: Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter
Annick Press 

Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace 
Author: Anna Grossnickle Hines
Henry Holt 

Requim: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto 
Author: Paul B. Janeczko
Candlewick 

Better Than Weird 
Author: Anna Kerz
Orca 

Inside Out & Back Again 
Author: Lai Thanhha
Harper Collins 

Which Side Are You On? 
Author: George Ella Lyon
Illustrator: Christopher Cardinale
Cinco Puntos Press 

Promise The Night 
Author: Michaela MacColl
Chronicle

These Hands 
Author: Margaret H. Mason
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

Under The Mesquite 
Author: Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Lee and Low 

Never Forgotten 
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator: Leo & Diane Dillon
Schwartz and Wade 

Heart and Soul 
Author & Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Balzer + Bray

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
Author: Susan L. Roth & Cindy Trumbore
Illustrator: Susan L. Roth
Lee and Low 

Drawing From Memory 
Author & Illustrator: Allen Say
Scholastic

Between Shades of Gray 
Author: Ruta Sepetys
Philomel 

Migrant 
Author: Maxine Trottier
Illustrator: Isabell Arsenault
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

Now is the Time for Running 
Author: Michael Williams
Little, Brown 

A New Year's Reunion 
Author: Yu L-Qiong
Illustrator: Zhu Chen-Liang
Candlewick
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​2011 Notable Books for a Global Society

PICTURE BOOKS
Saltypie; A Choctaw journey from darkness into light 
by Tim Tingle. 
Illus. by Karen Clarkson.
Cinco Puntos Press

Mirror 
by Jeannie Baker. 
Candlewick Press

Goal 
by Mina Javaherbin. 
Illus. by A.G. Ford 
Candlewick Press

Dear Primo: a letter to my cousin 
by Duncan Tonatiuh 
Abrams

Fly Free 
by Roseanne Thong. 
Illus. by Eujin Kim Neilan 
Boyds Mills Press

Seeds of Change: planting a path to peace 
by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Lee and Low Books 

Biography 
Yummy; the last days of a Southside shorty 
by G. Neri. 
Lee and Low Books

Black Jack; the ballad of Jack Johnson 
by Charles R. Smith, Jr. 
Illus. by Shane W. Evans, 
Roaring Brook Press

Fiction 
8th Grade Super Zero 
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. 
Arthur A. Levine Books

Five Flavors of Dumb 
by Antony John.
Dial Books

Ninth Ward 
by Jewell Parker Rhodes. 
Little Brown.

A Long Walk to Water 
by Linda Sue Park. 
Clarion Books

Bamboo People 
by Mitali Perkins. 
Charlesbridge

Thunder Over Kandahar 
by Sharon E. McKay. 
Annick Press

A Million Shades of Gray 
by Cynthia Kadohata. 
Atheneum Books

Warriors in the Crossfire 
by Nancy Bo Flood.
Front Street Books

The Dreamer 
by Pam Munoz Ryan. 
Drawings by Peter Sis
Scholastic Press

Zora and Me 
by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon.
Candlewick Press.

Heart of a Samurai; based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro. 
by Margi Preus.
Amulet Books

Poetry 
The Firefly Letters; a suffragette’s journey to Cuba 
by Margarita Engle.
Henry Holt

Non-fiction 
The Good Garden 
by Kate Smith Milway.
Illus. by Sylvie Daigneault. 
Kids Can Press

Lost Boy, Lost Girl; escaping civil war in Sudan 
by John Bul Dau. 
National Geographic

Birmingham Sunday 
by Larry Dane Brimner. 
Calkins Creek

They Called Themselves the KKK 
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 
Houghton Mifflin

Sugar Changed the World 
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.
Clarion Books

​2010 Notable Books for a Global Society

PICTURE BOOKS
14 Cows for America. 
Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah. 
Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. 
Atlanta: Peachtree 

Faith. 
Maya Ajmera, Magda Nakassis and Cynhia Pon. 
Charlesbridge. 

FOLKLORE
Stories from the Billabong. 
James Vance Marshall 
Illus. by Francis Firebrace. 
London: Frances Lincoln 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. 
Grace Lin 
NY: Little, Brown 

POETRY
Sweethearts of Rhythm. 
Marilyn Nelson. 
Illus. Jerry Pinkney 
NY: Dial 

FICTION
All the Broken Pieces. 
Ann Burg 
NY: Scholastic 

Tofu Quilt. 
Ching Yeung Russell 
NY: Lee & Low 

Anything But Typical. 
Nora Raleigh Baskin 
Simon & Schuster 

Marcelo in the Real World. 
Francisco X. 
Stork NY: Arthur Levine 

Broken Memory; a novel of Rwanda. 
Elisabeth Combres 
Translated by Shelley Tanaka 
Groundwood 

Secret Keeper. 
Mitali Perkins 
NY: Delacorte 

Wanting Mor. 
Rukhsana Khan 
Toronto: Groundwood 

Alligator Bayou. 
Donna Jo Napoli 
NY: Wendy Lamb 

Blessing’s Bead. 
Debby Dahl Edwardson 
NY; Melanie Kroupa 

Burn My Heart. 
Beverley Naidoo 
NY: Amistad 

The Orange Houses. 
Paul Griffin 
NY: Dial 

NON-FICTION
After Gandhi; one hundred years of nonviolent resistance. 
Anne Sibley O’Brien and Perry Edmond O’Brien 
Charlesbridge

Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life; a story of sustainable farming. 
Jan Reynolds 
NY: Lee & Low

Denied, Detained Deported; the dark side of American immigration. 
Ann Bausum. 
National Geographic

Every Human Has Rights. A Photographic Declaration for Kids. 
National Geographic

Marching for Freedom. 
Elizabeth Partridge 
NY: Viking

Truce; the day the soldiers stopped fighting. 
Jim Murphy 
NY: Scholastic

BIOGRAPHY
Ashley Bryan; Words to my life’s song. 
Ashley Bryan 
NY: Atheneum 

Bad News for Outlaws; the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. 
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. 
Illus. by R. Gregory Christie 
Minneapolis: Carolghoda 

Claudette Colvin; twice toward justice. 
Phillip Hoose 
NY: Melanie Kroupa ​

​2009 Notable Books for a Global Society

Poetry 
Alarcon, Francisco X. (2008). 
Animal poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazu. 
Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. 
San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press. 

Greenberg, Jan. (2008). 
Side by side: New poems inspired by art from around the world.
New York: Abrams.

Historical Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse (2008). 
Chains. 
New York: Simon & Schuster. 

Barker, M. P. (2008). 
A difficult boy. 
New York: Holiday House.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. (2008). 
The boy who dared. 
New York: Scholastic.

Erdrich, Louise. (2008). 
The porcupine year. 
New York: HarperCollins.

LeZotte, Ann Clare (2008). 
T4.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

White, Ruth. (2008). 
Little Audrey. 
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 

Realistic Fiction
Carter, Anne Laurel. (2008). 
The shepherd’s granddaughter. 
Toronto: Groundwood Books. 

de la Peña, Matt. (2008). 
Mexican whiteboy. 
New York: Delacorte.

Gifaldi, David. (2008). 
Listening for crickets. 
New York: Henry Holt.

Myers, Walter Dean. (2008). 
Sunrise over Fallujah. 
New York:Scholastic.

Schmidt, Gary (2008). 
Trouble. 
New York: Clarion. 

Zenatti, Valerie. (2008). 
A bottle in the Gaza Sea. 
New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books. 

Picturebooks

Fox, Mem. (2008). 
Ten little fingers and ten little toes. 
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
New York: Harcourt.

Reibstein, Mark. (2008). 
Wabi Sabi. 
Illustrated by Ed Young. 
Boston: Little, Brown.

Rumsford, James. (2008). 
Silent music. 
New York: Roaring Brook.

Nonfiction (Includes Biography)
Bellward, Stacy. (2008). 
Ethiopian voices: Tsion’s life. 
Photographs by Erlend Berge.
Brooklyn Park, MN: Amharic Kids.

Bolden, Tonya. (2008). 
George Washington Carver. 
Published in association with the Field Museum, Chicago. New York: Abrams.

D’Aluisio, Faith. (2008). 
What the World Eats. 
Photographs by Peter Menzel. 
Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.

Kuklin, Susan. (2008). 
No choirboy: Murder, violence, and teenagers on death row. 
New York: Henry Holt.
Milway, Katie Smith (2008). 

One hen: How one small loan made a big difference. 
Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. 
Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press.

Nelson, Kadir. (2008). 
We are the ship: The story of Negro League baseball. 
New York: Jump- at-the-Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.

Nivola, Claire A. (2008). 
Planting the trees of Kenya: The story of Wangari Maathai. 
New York: Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ​

​2008 Notable Books for a Global Society

​Alexie, Sherman. 
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 
Art by Ellen Forney.
Boston: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007.

Bae, Hyun-Joo. 
New Clothes for New Year's Day. 
La Jolla, CA: Kane-Miller, 2007.

Barakat, Ibtisam. 
Tasting the Sky. 
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Beah, Ishmael. 
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. 
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Bryan, Ashley. 
Let It Shine. 
New York: Atheneum, 2007.

Compestine, Ying Chang. 
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party. 
New York: Henry Holt, 2007.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. 
Elijah of Buxton. 
New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Fleischman, Paul. 
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. 
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. 
New York: Henry Holt, 2007.

Greenwood, Barbara. 
Factory Girl. 
Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2007.

Judge, Lita. 
One Thousand Tracings. 
New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Levine, Ellen. 
Henry's Freedom Box. 
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. 
New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Marsden, Carolyn. 
When Heaven Fell. 
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2007.

Myers, Walter Dean. 
Harlem Summer. 
New York: Scholastic, 2007.

O'Connor, Barbara. 
How to Steal a Dog. 
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Perkins, Mitali. 
Rickshaw Girl. 
Illustrated by Jamie Hogan. 
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2007.

Sheth, Kashmira. 
Keeping Corner. 
New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Sis, Peter. 
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. 
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Stanton, Karen. 
Papi's Gift. 
Illustrated by Rene King Moreno. 
Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2007. 

Strauss, Rochelle. 
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth. 
Illustrated by Rosemary Woods.
Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2007.

Tan, Shaun. 
The Arrival. 
New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Thompson, Lauren. 
Ballerina Dreams: A True Story. 
Photographs by James Estrin. 
New York: Holtzbrink, 2007.

Toksvis, Sandi. 
Hitler's Canary. 
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2007.

Wells, Rosemary. 
Red Moon at Sharpsburg. 
New York: Penguin, 2007.

Williams, Karen Lynn & Mohammed, Khadra. 
Four Feet, Two Sandals. 
Illustrated by Doug Chayka. 
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007.

Wise, Bill. 
Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer. 
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. 
New York: Lee & Low, 2007.

​2007 Notable Books for a Global Society

Boyne, John. 
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. 
New York: David Fickling, 2006.

Campoy, F. Isabel. & Ada, Alma F. 
Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection. 
Illustrated by Felipe Davalos, Viva Escriva, Susan Guevara, Leyla Torres. 
New York: Atheneum, 2006.

Diakite, Penda. 
I Lost My Tooth in Africa. 
Illustrated by Bab Wague Diakite. 
New York: Scholastic, 2006.

Draper, Sharon. Copper Sun. New York: Atheneum, 2006.

Freedman, Russell. 
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 
New York: Holiday House, 2006.

Greenfield, Eloise. 
When the Horses Ride By. 
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. 
New York: Lee & Low, 2006.

Hobb, Will. 
Crossing the Wire. 
New York: HarperCollins, 2006. 

Holm, Jennifer L. 
Penny from Heaven. 
New York: Random House, 2006.

Hopkinson, Deborah. 
Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America. 
New York: Scholastic, 2006.

Kessler, Cristina. 
Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa. 
Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins. 
New York: Holiday House, 2006.

Kroll, Virginia. 
Selvakumar Knew Better. 
Illustrated by Xiaojun. 
Fremont, CA: Shen's Books, 2006.

Lee-Tai, Amy. 
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. 
Illustrated by Felicia Hoshino. 
San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press, 2006.

McCormick, Patricia. 
Sold. 
New York: Hyperion, 2006.

McCutcheon, John. 
Christmas in the Trenches. 
Illustrated by Henri Sorensen. 
Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 2006.

McKissack, Patricia. 
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters. 
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho. 
New York: Schwartz & Wade, 2006.

Myers, Walter Dean. 
Jazz. 
Illustrated by Christopher Myers. 
New York: Holiday House, 2006.

Raven, Margeret. T.
Night Boat to Freedom. 
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. 
New York: Melanie Kroupa, 2006.

Rubin, Susan Goldman. with Ela Weissberger. 
The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin. 
New York: Holiday House, 2006. 

Shoveller, Herb. 
Ryan and Jimmy and the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together.
Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2006.

Tingle, Tom. 
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom. 
Illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges. 
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2006.

Winthrop, Elizabeth. 
Counting on Grace. 
New York: Wendy Lamb, 2006.

Weatherford, Carol Boston. 
Dear Mr. Rosenwald. 
Illustrated by Gregory R. Christie. 
New York: Scholastic, 2006.

Weatherford, Carol Boston. 
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. 
New York: Jump at the Sun, 2006.

Zalben, Jane B. 
Paths to Peace. 
New York: Dutton, 2006.

Zusak, Markus. 
The Book Thief. 
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 
​

​2006 Notable Books for a Global Society

Ahmadi, Farah. 
The story of my life: An Afghan girl on the other side of the sky. 
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. 
Hitler youth: Growing up in Hitler's shadow. 
New York: Scholastic, 2005. 

Carling, Amelia Lau. 
Sawdust carpets. 
Toronto: Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2005. 

Carvell, Marlene. 
Sweetgrass basket. 
New York: Dutton, 2005. 

Chamberlin, Mary and Chamberlin, Rich. 
Mama Panya's pancakes: A village tale from Kenya.
Illustrated by Julia Cairns. 
Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books, 2005. 

Cheng, Andrea. 
Shanghai messenger. 
Illustrated by Ed Young. 
New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.

Giovanni, Nikki. 
Rosa. 
Illustrated by Bryan Collier. 
New York: Henry Holt, 2005. 

Hillman, Laura. 
I will plant you a lilac tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's list survivor.
New York: Atheneum, 2005. 

Johnson-Davis, Denys. 
Goha the wise fool. 
Illustrated by Hag Handy and Hany. 
New York: Philomel, 2005. 

Jurmain, Suzanne. 
The forbidden schoolhouse: The true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 

Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal and Steinhardt, Bernice. 
Memories of survival. 
New York: Hyperion, 2005. 

Lester, Julius. 
The Old African. 
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 
New York: Dial Books, 2005. 

Millman, Isaac. 
Hidden child. 
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2005.

Nelson, Marilyn. 
A wreath for Emmett Till. 
Illustrated by Philippe Lardy. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 

Park, Linda Sue. 
Project mulberry. 
New York: Clarion, 2005. 

Rappaport, Doreen. 
The school is not white! A true story of the Civil Rights Movement.
Illustrated by Curtis James. 
New York: Hyperion, 2005.

Reich, Susanna. 
José!: Born to dance: The story of José Limon. 
Illustrated by Raul Colón.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 

Ruurs, Martriet. 
My librarian is a camel: How books are brought to children around the world.
Honsdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2005. 

Say, Allen. 
Kamishibai man. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2005. 

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. 
Under the persimmon tree. 
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2005.

Tal, Eve. 
Double crossing. 
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2005. 

Weatherford, Carole Boston. 
A Negro league scrapbook. 
Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2005. 

Williams, Mary. 
Brothers in hope: The story of the lost boys of Sudan. 
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. 
New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005. 

Woodson, Jacqueline. 
Show way. 
Illustrated by Hudson Talbott. 
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.

Yoo, Paula. 
Sixteen years in sixteen seconds. 
Illustrated by Don Lee. 
New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005. ​

​2005 Notable Books for a Global Society

​Folklore 
Demi. 
The hungry coat: A tale from Turkey. 
McElderry/Simon & Schuster, 2004.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. 
Three minute tales: Stories from around the world to tell or read when time is short. 
August House, 2004.

Poetry 
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. César: 
¡Sí, se puede! = Yes, we can! 
Illus. by David Diaz. 
Marshall Cavendish, 2004.

Myers, Walter Dean. 
Here in Harlem: Poems in many voices. 
Holiday House, 2004. 

Picture Books (Realistic Fiction) 
Kyuchukov, Hristo. 
My name was Hussein. 
Illustrated by Allan Eitzen. 
Boyds Mills, 2004.

Raven, Margot Theis. 
Circle unbroken. 
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. 
Melanie Kroupa/Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004.

Picture Books (Historical Fiction)
Hall, Bruce Edward. 
Henry and the kite dragon. 
Illustrated by William Low. 
Philomel/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004.

Hesse, Karen. 
The cats in Krasinski Square. 
Illustrated by Wendy Watson. 
Scholastic, 2004.

Woodson, Jacqueline. 
Coming on home soon. 
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. 
Putnam/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004.

Yee, Paul. 
A song for Ba. 
Illustrated by Jan Peng Wang. 
Groundwood, 2004. 

Realistic Fiction

Kessler, Cristina. 
Our secret, Siri Aang. 
Philomel/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004.

Krishnaswami, Uma. 
Naming Maya. 
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004.

Mikaelsen, Ben. 
Tree girl. 
HarperTempest/HarperCollins, 2004.

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. 
Becoming Naomi León. 
Scholastic, 2004.

Singer, Marilyn (Ed.). 
Face relations: 11 stories about seeing beyond color. 
Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Stratton, Allan. 
Chanda’s secrets. 
Annick, 2004. 


Historical Fiction
Chotjewitz, David. 
Daniel half human and the good Nazi. 
Trans. by Doris Orgel. 
Richard Jackson/Atheneum/ Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Hale, Marian. 
The truth about sparrows. 
Henry Holt, 2004.

Oswald, Nancy. 
Nothing here but stones. 
Henry Holt, 2004.

Whelan, Gloria. 
Chu Ju’s house. 
HarperCollins, 2004. 

Nonfiction: Informational Books & Biographies
Freedman, Russell. 
The voice that challenged a nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights. 
Clarion, 2004.

Hill, Laban Carrick. 
Harlem stomp!: A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance. 
Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, 2004.

Turner, Pamela S. 
Hachiko: The true story of a loyal dog. 
Illus. by Yan Nascimbene. 
Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Warren, Andrea. 
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War orphan became an American boy.
Melanie Koupa/Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004.

Weber, Ednah New Rider. 
Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American childhood.
Photos. by Richela Renkun. 
Lee & Low Books, 2004

​2004 Notable Books for a Global Society

Cameron, A. (2003). 
Colibri.
New York: Frances Foster Books. 

Cave, K. (2003). 
One child, one seed: A South African counting book. 
Illustrated by Gisèle Wulfsohn. 
New York: Henry Holt. 

D’Adamo, F. (2003). 
Iqbal: A novel. 
Translated by Ann Leonori. 
New York: Atheneum. 

Dennis, Y. W., & Hirschfelder, A. (2003). 
Children of Native America today. 
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishers. 

Edwardson, D. D. (2003). 
Whale snow. 
Illustrated by Annie Patterson. 
Watertown, MA: Talewinds/Charlesbridge. 

Fleming, C. (2003). 
Boxes for Katje. 
Illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. 
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 

Holt, K. W. (2003). 
Keeper of the night. 
New York: Henry Holt. 

Krull, K. (2003). 
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. 
Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. 
New York: Harcourt. 

Jung, R, (1996 published in German /2003 published in English). 
Dreaming in black & white. 
Translated by Anthea Bell. 
New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books. 

Levine, K. (2003). 
Hana's suitcase. 
Downer's Grove, IL: Albert A. Whitman. 

Mankell, H. (2003). 
Secrets in the fire. 
Translated by Anne Connie Struksrud. 
Buffalo, NY: Annick Press. 

Meyers, W. D. (2003). 
The beast. 
NY: Scholastic Press. 

Meyers, W. D. (2003). 
Blues Journey. 
Illustrated by Christopher Myers. 
New York: Holiday House. 

Morales, Y. (2003). 
Just a minute: A trickster tale and counting book. 
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 

Morpurgo, M. (1999 published in Great Britain; 2003 published in U.S.) 
Kensuke’s kingdom. 
New York: Scholastic Press. 

Naidoo, B. 
Out of bounds: Seven stories of conflict and hope. 
New York: HarperCollins. 

Philip, N. (2003). 
Horses hooves and chicken feet: Mexican folktales. 
Illustrated by Jacqueline Mair. 
New York: Clarion Books. 

Pressler, M. (2003). 
Malka. 
New York: Philomel. Reviewed by Sue Chase Corbin. 

Recorvits, H. (2003). 
My Name is Yoon. 
New York: Ferrar, Straus, & Girroux. 

Sacre, A. (2003). 
The barking mouse. 
Illustrated by Alfredo Aguirre. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co. 

Shea, P. D. (2003). 
Tangled threads: A Hmong girl’s story. 
New York: Clarion. 

Shea, P. D., & Weill, C. (2003). 
Ten mice for Tet. 
Illustrated by To Ngox Trang. 
Embroidery by Pham Viet Dinh. 
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 

Smothers, E. F. (2003). 
The hard-times jar. 
Illustrated by John Holyfield. 
New York: Frances Foster Books/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 

Tingle, T. (2003). 
Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory. 
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

Tryszynska, L. as told to Michelle R. McCann. (2003). 
Luba: Angel of Bergen-Belsen. 
Illustrated by Ann Marshall. 
Berkeley CA: Tricycle Press. 
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​2003 Notable Books for a Global Society

​Ada, A. F. (2002). 
I love Saturdays y Domingos. 
New York: Atheneum.

Andrews-Goebel, N. (2002). 
The pot that Juan built. 
Illustrated by David Diaz. 
New York: Lee & Low. 

Bial, R. (2002). 
Tenement: Immigrant life on the lower east side. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 

Bruchac, J. (2002). 
The winter people. 
New York: Dial. 

Clinton, C. (2002). 
A stone in my hand. 
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick. 

Crowe, C. (2002). 
Mississippi trial, 1955. 
New York: Phyllis Fogelman/Penguin Putnam. 

Ellis, D. (2002). 
Parvana’s journey. 
Toronto, CA: Groundwood. 

Ferreira, A. (2002). 
Zulu dog. 
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 

Freedman, R. (2002). 
Confucius: The golden rule. 
Illustrated by Frederic Clement. 
New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic. 

Grifalconi, A. (2002). 
The village that vanished. 
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. 
New York: Dial. 

Grimes, N. (2002). 
Bronx masquerade. 
New York: Dial. 

Hoffman, M. (2002). 
The color of home. 
Illustrated by Karin Littlewood. 
New York: Phyllis Fogelman Putnam. 

McCaughrean, G. (2002). 
The kite rider. 
New York: HarperCollins. 

Mikaelsen, B. (2002). 
Red midnight. 
New York: HarperCollins.

Nye, N. S. (2002). 
19 varieties of gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. 
New York: Greenwillow. 

Orozco, J. L. (2002). 
Fiestas: A year of Latin American songs and celebration. 
Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. 
New York: Dutton.

Park, F., & Park, G. (2002).
Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong. 
Illustrated by Yangsook Choi.
Washington, DC: National Geographic. 

Park, L. S. (2002). 
When my name was Keoko. 
New York: Clarion. 

Perdomo, W. (2002). 
Visiting Langston. 
Illustrated by Bryan Collier. 
New York: HarperCollins. 

Sierra, J. (2002). 
Can you guess my name? 
Illustrated by Stefano Vitale. 
New York: Clarion. 

Stanley, D. (2002). 
Saladin: Noble prince of Islam. 
Illustrated by author. 
New York: HarperCollins. 

UNICEF. (2002). 
A life like mine: How children live around the world. 
New York: DK Publishing. 

Wong, J. S. (2002). 
Apple pie 4th of July. 
Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. 
San Diego, CA: Harcourt. 

Woods, B. (2002). 
The red rose box. 
New York: Putnam. 

Yee, P. (2002). 
Dead man’s god and other stories. 
Illustrated by Harvey Chan. 
Toronto, CA:

​2002 Notable Books for a Global Society

​An, N. (2001). 
A Step from Heaven. 
Asheville, NC: Front Street. 

Bunting, E. (2001). 
Gleam and glow. 
Illustrated by Peter Sylvada. 
San Diego, CA: Harcourt. 

Chen, D. (2001). 
China’s son: Growing up in the Cultural Revolution. 
New York: Delacorte Press. 

Choi, Y. (2001). 
The name jar. 
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 

Cooney, C. (2001). 
The ransom of Mercy Carter. 
New York: Delacorte Press.

Cooper, M. L. (2001). 
Slave spirituals and the Jubilee Singers. 
New York: Clarion Books. 

Garland, S. (2001). 
Children of the dragon: Selected tales from Vietnam. 
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. 
San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Hesse, K. (2001). 
Witness. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Hoyt-Goldsmith, D. (2001). 
Celebrating Ramadan. 
Photographs by Lawrence Migdale. 
New York: Holiday House. 

Johnston, T. (2001). 
Any small goodness: A novel of the barrio. 
Illustrated by Raúl Colón. 
New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic. 

Johnston, T. (2001). 
Uncle rain cloud. 
Illustrated by.Fabricio VandenBroeck. 
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. 

Lipp, F. (2001). 
The caged birds of Phnom Penh. 
Illustrated by Ronald Himler. 
New York: Holiday House. 

Littlesugar, A. (2001). 
Freedom school, yes. 
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. 
New York: Philomel. 

Mckissack, P. C. (2001). 
Goin’ someplace special. 
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 
New York City: Atheneum. 

Mead, A. (2001). 
Girl of Kosovo. 
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. 

Mosher, R. (2001). 
Zazoo. 
New York: Clarion Books. 

Murphy, R. (2001). 
Black angels. 
New York: Delacorte Press.

Nelson, M. (2001). 
Carver: A life in poems. 
Asheville, NC: Front Street. 

Park, L. S. (2001). 
A single shard. 
New York: Clarion Books. 

Partridge, E. (2001). 
Oranges on golden mountain. 
Illustrated by Aki Sogabe. 
New York: Dutton. 

Rice, D. (2001). 
Crazy loco. 
New York: Dial.

Stock, C. (2001). 
Gugu’s house. 
Illustrated by the author. 
New York: Clarion.

Taylor, M. (2001). 
The land. 
New York: Dial. 

Tunnell, M. O. (2001). 
Brothers in valor: A story of resistance. 
New York: Holiday House. 

Woodson, J. (2001). 
The other side. 
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. 
New York: Putnam.

​2001 Notable Books for a Global Society

​Bagdasarian, A. (2000). 
Forgotten fire. 
New York: Dorling Kindersly. 

Carmi, D. (2000). 
Samir and Yonatan. 
Translated by Yael Lotan. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Collier, B. (2000). 
Uptown. 
New York: Henry Holt. 

Deedy, C. A. (2000). 
The yellow star: The legend of King Christian X of Denmark. 
Illustrated by Henri Sørensen. 
Atlanta: Peachtree Publications. 

Delacre, L. (2000). 
Salsa stories. 
New York: Scholastic Press. 

Gold, A. L. (2000). 
A special fate : Chiume Sugihara, hero of the Holocaust. 
New York: Scholastic Books. 

Govenar, A, (Ed.). (2000). 
Osceola: Memories of a sharecropper’s daughter. 
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. 
New York: Hyperion.

Herrera, J. F. (2000). 
The upside down boy, El niño de cabeza. 
llustrated by Elizabeth Gomez. 
San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. 

Herschler, M. B. (2000). 
The darkest corner. 
Asheville, North Carolina: Front Street. 

Hill, K. (2000). 
The year of Miss Agnes. 
New York: Simon and Schuster.

Issacs, A. (2000). 
Torn thread. 
New York: Scholastic Press. 

Joseph, L. (2000). 
The color of my words. 
New York: HarperCollins.

Kajikawa, K. (2000). 
Yoshi’s feast. 
Illustrated by Yumi Heo. 
New York: DK. 

Kurtz, J. (2000). 
Faraway home. 
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. 
New York: Harcourt Gulliver Books.

Levitin, S. (2000). 
Dream Freedom. 
San Diego, CA: Harcourt. 

Madrigal, A. H. (2000). 
Blanca’s feather. 
Illustrated by Gerardo Suzán. 
Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon. 

Marrin, A. (2000). 
Sitting Bull and his world. 
New York: Dutton. 

Osborne, M. P. (2000). 
Adaline Falling Star. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Polacco, P. (2000). 
The Butterfly. 
New York: Philomel Books.

Pressler, M. (2000). 
Anne Frank: A hidden life. 
Translated by Anthea Bell. 
New York: Dutton. 

Rubin, S. G. (2000). 
Fireflies in the dark: The story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin. 
New York: Holiday House. 

Ryan, P. M. (2000). 
Esperanza rising. 
New York: Scholastic Press.

Staples, S. F. (2000). 
Shiva’s fire. 
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. 

Whelan, G. (2000). 
Homeless bird. 
New York: HarperCollins. 

Wong, Janet S. (2000). 
The trip back home. 
Illustrated by Bo Jia. 
San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

​2000 Notable Books for a Global Society

Bell, W. (1999). 
Zack. 
New York: Simon & Schuster. 

Bridges, R. (1999). 
Through my eyes. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Cooney, C. B. (1999). 
Burning up. 
New York: Delacorte. 

Coy, J. (1999). 
Strong to the hoop. 
Illustrated by Leslie Jean-Bart. 
New York: Lee & Low. 

Curtis, C. P. (1999). 
Bud, not Buddy. 
New York: Delacorte Press.

Diakité, B. W. (1999). 
The hatseller and the monkeys. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Echewa T. O. (1999). 
The magic tree: A folktale from Nigeria 
New York: Morrow.

English, K. (1999). 
Francie. 
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 

Erdrich, L. (1999). 
The birchbark house. 
New York: Hyperion. 

Hamanaka, S., & Ayano O. (1999). 
In search of the spirit: The living national treasures of Japan. 
Illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka. 
Calligraphy by Ayano Ohmi. 
New York: Morrow Junior Books. 

Harrell, B. O. (1999). 
Longwalker’s journey: A novel of the Choctaw Trail of Tears. 
New York: Dial. 

Holtwijk, I. (1999). 
Asphalt angels. 
Translation by Wanda Boeke. 
Asheville, ND: Front Street. 

Hopkinson, D. (1999). 
A band of angels: A story inspired by the Jubilee Singers. 
Illustrated by Raúl Colón. 
New York: Atheneum.

Left Hand Bull, J., & Haldane, S. (1999). 
Lakota hoop dancer. 
Photographs by Suzanne Haldane. 
New York: Dutton. 

Look, L. (1999). 
Love as strong as ginger. 
Illustrated by S.T. Johnson. 
New York: Atheneum.

Mcgill, A. (1999). 
Molly Bannaky. 
Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Mclaren, C. (1999). 
Dance for the land. 
New York: Atheneum. 

McMahon, P. (1999). 
One Belfast boy. 
Photographs by Alan O’Connor. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 

Myers, W. D. (1999). 
At her majesty’s request: An African princess in Victorian England. 
New York: Scholastic. 

Naylor, P. R. (1999). 
Walker’s Crossing. 
New York: Atheneum. 

Ray, M. L. (1999). 
Basket moon. 
Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. 
Boston: Little, Brown. 

Say, A. (1999). 
Tea with milk. 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 

Silverman, E. (1999). 
Raisel’s riddle. 
Illustrated by Susan Gaber. 
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Wells, R. (1999). 
Streets of gold. 
Illustrated by Dan Andreasen. 
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. 

Woodruff, E. (1999). 
The memory coat. 
Illustrated by Michael Dooling. 
New York: Scholastic. ​
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