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The Mission of the Children´s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group is to promote the educational use of children's books by focusing on recently published children's literature, supportive professional books, issues relative to children's literature, and current research findings.
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CL/R SIG
President -
Janelle Mathis
info@clrsig.org
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PAST AND PRESENT NBGS BOOKS
NBGS PRINTABLE LISTS
2012
2011
2010
2005 - 2009
Jump to Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
| 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 |
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Breaking Boundaries with Global Literature; Celebrating Diversity in K-12 Classrooms
Edited by Nancy L. Hadaway and Marian J. McKenna
IRA Publication
ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-616-7
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 |
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| 2010 Notable Books for a Global Society |
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Breaking Boundaries with Global Literature; Celebrating Diversity in K-12 Classrooms
by Nancy L. Hadaway and Marian J. McKenna
International Reading Association, 2007
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
Presented by:
Karen Hildebrand
Delaware City Schools
hildebka@gmail.com |
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| 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.
Selection Committee - NBGS 2009
Barbara A. Ward, Chair
Washington State University—Richland, WA
Marianne Sacccardi, Co-Chair
Greenwich, CT
Allen D. Evans, Eastern Oregon University—LaGrande, OR
Janet Hill, Delaware State University—Dover, DE
Belinda Y. Louie, University of Washington –Tacoma, WA
Ruth McKoy, Lowery
University of Florida—Gainesville, FL
Marianne Newman, South Pasadena Library (Retired)
South Pasadena, CA
Deborah L. Thompson, The College of New Jersey—Ewing, NJ
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Pennsylvania State University—University Park, PA
April Bedford, Past Chair
University of New Orleans—New Orleans, LA |
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| 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.
Selection Committee - NBGS 2008
April Bedford, Chair
University of New Orleans, LA
Barbara Ward, Co-Chair
Washington State University, Richland, WA
Janelle Mathis,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Belinda Louie,
University of Washington at Tacoma, WA
Deborah Thompson,
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Janet Hill,
Delaware State University, Dover, DE
Marianne Newman,
South Pasadena Library (Retired)
South Pasadena, CA
Marianne Saccardi,
Greenwich, CT
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Nancy Hadaway, Past Chair
University of Texas at Arlington |
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| 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.
Selection Committee - NBGS 2007
Nancy Hadaway, Chair,
University of Texas at Arlington
April Bedford, Co-Chair,
University of New Orleans, LA
Jo Ann Brewer,
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Cyndi Giorgis,
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, NV
Belinda Louie,
University of Washington at Tacoma, WA
Janelle Mathis,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Mary Napoli,
Penn State, Harrisburg, PA
Deborah L. Thompson,
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Barbara Ward,
Washington State University, Tri-Cities,
Richland, WA
Sue Chase Corbin, Past Chair,
Shaker Heights Middle School, OH |
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| 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.
Selection Committee - NBGS 2006
Sue Chase Corbin, Chair,
Shaker Heights Middle School, OH
Nancy Hadaway, Co-chair,
University of Texas at Arlington
April Bedford,
University of New Orleans, LA
Jo Ann Brewer,
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Shirley B. Ernst,
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Cyndi Giorgis,
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, NV
Linda Leonard Lamme,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Janelle Mathis,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Mary Napoli,
Penn State, Harrisburg, PA
Carolyn Angus, Past Chair,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA |
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| 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
Selection Committee - NBGS 2005
Carolyn Angus, Chair,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Sue Corbin, Co-chair,
Shaker Middle School, OH
Shirley B. Ernst,
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Linda Leonard Lamme,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Stan Steiner,
Boise State University, Boise, ID
Karla Wendelin,
Elliott Elementary, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln NE
Cyndi Giorgi,
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Nancy Hadaway,
University of Texas at Arlington
Mary Napoli,
Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA
Marian McKenna, Ex-officio,
University of Montana, Missoula
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