Past Years' Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master Lists

1983

K-3

AMELIA BEDELIA AND THE BABY/ Peggy Parish -- Greenwillow, 1982. $5.95. Grades 1-3.
More of A. Bedelia and her funny, literal interpretation of language.

FABLES/ Arnold Lobel -- Harper & Row, 1980. $8.95. Grades all ages.
Humorous fables with equally appealing illustrations. Caldecott winner.

FLEET-FOOTED FLORENCE/ Marilyn Saks -- Doubleday, 1981. $8.95. Grades 2.
The tale of an exceptional female baseball player.

GEORGE AND MARTHA, TONS OF FUN/ James Marshall -- Houghton Mifflin, 1980. $6.95. Grades K-3.
The friendship of two hippos.

GILA MONSTERS MEET YOU AT THE AIRPORT/ Marjorie Sharmat -- Macmillan, 1980. $8.95. Grades K-3.
A New York City child's idea of the West.

OX-CART MAN/ Barbara Cooney -- Viking, 1981. $8.95. Grades K-3.
Through the year with a 19th century New England family. Caldecott winner.

THE STUPIDS DIE/ Harry Allard -- Houghton Mifflin, 1981. $7.95. Grades all ages.
The Stupids blow a fuse in the house and believe they've died and gone to heaven.

VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE'S INN/ Nancy Willard -- Harcourt Brace, 1981. $10.95. Grades all ages.
Poems/pictures about a trip to an imaginary inn run by William Blake.

YELLOW BUTTER, PURPLE JELLY, RED JAM, BLACK BREAD/ Mary Ann Hoberman -- Viking, 1981. $6.95. Grades all ages.
Everyday poems for all kinds of kids.

4-8

ANASTASIA AGAIN/ Lois Lowry -- Houghton Mifflin, 1981. $7.95. Grades 3-6.
Anastasia learns that a move from the city to the suburbs is not fatal.

ARABEL AND MORTIMER/ Joan Aiken -- Doubleday, 1981. $9.95. Grades 4 and up.
The adventures of Mortimer, a British raven and Arabel, his owner.

CUTE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD/ Stella Pevsner -- Houghton Mifflin, 1980. $7.97 ($1.95). Grades 6 and up.
Clara discovers "cute" isn't all it's cracked up to be.

THE CYBIL WAR/ Betsy Byars -- Viking, 1981. $8.95. Grades 4-7.
Tony and Simon and their love for red-haired, eye-crossing Cybil.

DOES THIS SCHOOL HAVE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?/ Nat Henthoff -- Delacorte, 1981. $8.95. Grades 6 and up.
Sam learns about jazz, friendship and honesty from some unlikely sources.

THE FACE AT THE WINDOW/ Wolfgang Ecke -- Prentice Hall, 1979. $7.95 ($1.25). Grades 5 and up.
15 short mysteries - can you solve them all?

A GATHERING OF DAYS/ Joan Blos -- Scribners, 1979. $7.95. Grades 6 and up.
The fictionalized diary of a New England schoolgirl in the 1830's. Newbery winner.

HELP! THERE'S A CAT WASHING IN HERE/ Allison P. Smith -- Dutton, 1981. $10.95. Grades 4-6.
Henry runs the house while his mother prepares a last minute art portfolio.

HOW IT FEELS WHEN A PARENT DIES/ Jill Krementz -- Knopf, 1981. $9.95. Grades 4 and up.
First hand accounts from children who have lost a parent.

IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD AND OTHER WORRIES/ Judith Viorst -- Antheneum, 1982. $11.91. Grades 3 and up.
Humorous poetry for children with illustrations to match.

JACOB HAVE I LOVED/ Katherine Paterson -- Harper & Row, 1980. $8.95 ($1.95). Grades 7 and up.
The conflict of two sisters that have different talents and personalities. Newbery winner.

JUMANJI/ Chris Van Allsburg -- Houghton Mifflin, 1981. $9.95. Grades all ages.
A boring afternoon changes when Peter and Judy play the game "Jumanji". Caldecott winner.

THE KIDS BOOK OF DIVORCE: BY, FOR AND ABOUT KIDS/ Eric Rofes -- Green, 1981. $9.95. Grades 4-7.
Advice from children who have experienced a divorce.

LIGHT IN THE ATTIC/ Shel Silverstein -- Harper & Row, 1981. $10.95. Grades all ages.
More poems/pictures from the author of Where the Sidewalk Ends.

PLACE CALLED UGLY/ Avi -- Pantheon, 1981. $8.95. Grades 6 and up.
Owen is going to save his family's summer cottage from being torn down, but how?

RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8/ Beverly Clearly -- Morrow, 1981. $7.95. Grades 3 and up.
More Ramona!

RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT Madeleine L'Engle -- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1980. $9.95 ($1.95). Grades 4 and up.
Vicky Austin deals with love, death and her ability to communicate with dolphins.

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK/ Alvin Schwartz -- Harper & Row, 1981. $7.95 ($4.95). Grades 3 and up.
Guaranteed to scare your friends, with equally chilling illustrations.

THE SICK OF BEING SICK BOOK/ Jovial Bob and Jane Stine -- Dutton, 1980. $7.95. Grades 3 and up.
Humorous advice on how to cope with being sick.

SOUP ON WHEELS/ Robert Newton Peck -- Knopf, 1981. $7.95. Grades 3 and up.
More adventures of the New England duo, Soup and Rob.

THERE'S A BAT IN BUNK FIVE/ Paula Danziger -- Delacorte, 1980. $7.95 ($1.95). Grades 5 and up.
Marcy's summer as a camp counselor, confronted with bats, brats and boys.

TIGER EYES/ Judy Blume -- Bradbury House, 1981. $9.95. Grades 7 and up.
Davey must deal with her father's murder and her new life out west.

TRAITOR: THE CASE OF BENEDICT ARNOLD/ Jean Fritz -- Putnam, 1981. $9.95. Grades 7 and up.
The little-known facts about America's best known traitor.

TREEHORN'S TREASURE/ Florence Parry Heide -- Holiday, 1981. $7.97. Grades 3 and up.
Treehorn can't convince any adults that dollar bills are growing on a tree.

THE TROUBLE WITH THIRTEEN/ Betty Miles -- Knopf, 1979. $6.96 ($1.95). Grades 3 and up.
Annie and Rachel, best friends, learn what growing up really means.

UNBUILDING/ David Macaulay -- Houghton Mifflin, 1980. $9.95. Grades 3 and up.
The fictional account of the sale and dismantling of the Empire State Building.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR MOUTH WON'T OPEN/ Susan Beth Pfeffer -- Delacorte, 1981. $8.95. Grades 4 and up.
Reesa has two weeks to get over her fear of speaking in public.

WHERE THE DEER AND THE CANTELOPE PLAY/ Ernesto Bethancourt -- Oak Tree, 1981. $7.95. Grades 5 and up.
Teddy learns the difference between fantasy and reality while becoming a quick draw expert.

YOUR OLD PAL AL/ Constance Greene -- Viking, 1979. $7.95 ($1.50). Grades 5 and up.
Al and her best girl friend fight when Polly comes to stay. 

1984

3-8

THE ANIMAL, THE VEGETABLE & JOHN D. JONES/ Betsy Byars -- Delacorte, 1982. $9.95.
A much looked forward to vacation with Dad gets complicated for Clara and Deanie when Dad's new girlfriend and her son join the party.

CAN'T CATCH ME, I'M THE GINGERBREAD MAN/ Jamie Gilson -- Lothrop, 1981. $9.95.
Mitch is the only male contestant in a national baking contest.

CHESTER/ Mary Frances Shura -- Dodd, Mead, 1980. $7.95.
Chester takes away everyone's "claim to fame" when he moves in and breaks all the records.

THE CRANE WIFE/ Katherine Paterson -- Morrow, 1981. $8.95.
A beautifully told and illustrated oriental folktale of sacrifice and greed.

DICEY'S SONG/ Cynthia Voigt -- Atheneum, 1982. $10.95.
1983 Newbery winner. Dicey's conflict...wanting to be head of her family but still needing her grandmother's love and guidance.

DINOSAURS OF NORTH AMERICA/ Helen Roney Sattler -- Lothrop, 1981. $11.95.
Another good dinosaur book for the lover of those large reptiles.

THE DIVORCE EXPRESS/ Paula Danziger -- Delacorte, 1982. $10.95.
Phoebe and Rosie become friends on the weekly bus trip between homes of their divorced parents.

DOG THAT STOLE FOOTBALL PLAYS/ Matt Christopher -- Little, Brown, 1980. $6.95.
A dog that can transfer its thoughts to a boy and a football team make a winning game.

DR. DESOTO/ William Steig -- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. $9.95.
1983 Newbery Honor Book. Can mouse dentist Dr. DeSoto trust his patient, a well-dressed fox?

FUNNYBONES/ Allan Ahlberg -- Greenwillow, 1981. $9.95.
The skeletons (and their skeleton dog) out looking for some "spooky" fun.

THE HEADLESS ROOMMATE & OTHER TALES OF TERROR/ Daniel Cohen -- Evans, 1980. $7.95.
Scary folktales and legends.

HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY/ Jean Fritz -- Putnam, 1982. $9.95.
Fritz's autobiographical historical novel about China in the early 1900's.

JOEL: GROWING UP A FARM MAN/ Patricia Demuth --Dodd, 1982. $12.95.
A book (via lots of photographs and narrative) at what life is like on a farm today.

JOKES TO READ IN THE DARK/ Scott Corbett -- Dutton, 1980. $10.25.
Dumb jokes and a "how to" guide to make them up.

KNOCK AT A STAR/ X.J. & Doris Kennedy -- Little, Brown, 1982. $12.95.
An introduction to poetry for children.

LAST WAS LLOYD/ Doris Buchanan Smith -- Viking, 1981. $9.95.
When Lloyd tries to grow up it causes conflicts with his overprotective mother.

LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN/ Mildred Taylor -- Dial, 1981. $12.95.
Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Cassie and her family continue in their struggle for survival in prejudiced Mississippi.

MAN FROM THE SKY/ Avi -- Knopf, 1980. $4.99.
Jamie finds out that real life can be just as exciting as day dreams and he needs to learn the difference.

MISS NELSON IS BACK/ Harry Allard, James Marshall -- Houghton Mifflin, 1982. $8.95.
Sequel to Miss Nelson Is Missing. Adventures of substitute teachers.

MONA LISA MYSTERY/ Par Hutchins -- Greenwillow, 1981. $9.95.
A school field trip in Paris becomes very exciting and frightening.

MOVE OVER TWERP/ Martha Alexander -- Dial, 1981. $7.95.
How to survive when you're the smallest person on the school bus.

MYSTERY OF PLUM PARK PONY/ Lynn Hall -- Garrad, 1980. $6.27.
Susan and Kent need to solve the mystery of a pony Susan rode but apparently doesn't exist in the amusement park stables.

NICHOLAS BENTLEY STONINGPOT III/ Ann McGovern -- Holiday, 1982. $11.95.
For Nicholas being stranded on a desert island is just exactly what he wants.

PELICAN/ Brian Wildsmith -- Pantheon, 1982. $8.95.
Paul finds a strange egg, it hatches into a pelican and Paul has to teach it how to fish.

PLAYING BEATIE BOW/ Ruth Park -- Atheneum, 1982. $9.95.
Abigail discovers an earlier time and its people in her own neighborhood.

PORCUPINE STEW/ Beverly Major -- W. Morrow, 1982. $9.95.
How can porcupines make stew? What do they really do with their quills. This dream/fantasy answers these and many more questions.

POEM STEW/ William Cole -- Lippincott, 1981. $9.95.
Poems, poems and more poems about food.

RALPH S. MOUSE/ Beverly Cleary -- Morrow, 1982. $8.50.
Cleary gives Ralph yet another adventure in this sequel to The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Runaway Ralph.

RODEO: THE GREAT AMERICAN SPORT/ Murray Tinklemen -- Greenwillow, 1982. $8.59.
Pictures and descriptions combine to give an insider's book at the exciting rodeo world.

A ROSE FOR PINKERTON/ Steven Kellogg -- Dial, 1981. $10.95.
Kellogg has given us another Pinkerton adventure to laugh at.

SHADOW/ Blaise Cendrars; Marcia Brown, ill. -- Scribner, 1982. $12.95.
1983 Caldecott winner. Vivid colors are used to illustrate this African tale by poet Blaise Cendrars.

THE SHERIFF OF ROTTENSHOT/ Jack Prelutsky -- Greenwillow, 1980. $9.95.
A collection of funny short poems each with its own "rotten" drawing.

SOUP'S DRUM/ R. N. Peck -- Knopf, 1980. $6.95.
Soup and Rob have more hilarious adventures when they decide to join the town's Fourth of July celebration.

THAT TERRIBLE HALLOWEEN NIGHT/ James Stevenson -- Greenwillow, 1980. $8.95.
Grandpa tells about the terrible Halloween night that turned him from a boy into an old man.

TODAY WAS A TERRIBLE DAY/ Patricia Reilly Giff -- Viking, 1980. $8.95.
A companion for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

THE UNICORN & THE LAKE/ Marianna Mayer -- Dial, 1982. $7.95.
Folk legend of the wonderful, magical unicorn and how he saved the world.

WEIRD HENRY BERG/ Sarah Sargent -- Crown, 1980. $7.95.
An antique egg hatches and the new "baby" leads Henry on a very difficult mission.

WESTMARK/ Lloyd Alexander -- Dutton, 1981.
Theo flees Westmark and joins up with mysterious Dr. Absalom for an exciting adventure.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS/ Cynthia Rylant -- Dutton, 1982.
1983 Caldecott Honor Book. Recollections of growing up on Appalachia.

1985

K-3

ANGELINA BALLERINA/ Katharine Holabird -- Crown, 1983. $5.95. Grades Preschool-2.
When a little mouse becomes consumed with the desire to dance, nothing but trouble follows. Her parents finally enroll her in ballet classes and the story proceeds to a calm ending. Those who appreciate detail will thoroughly enjoy the illustrations.

ARNOLD OF THE DUCKS/ Mordicai Gerstein -- Harper & Row, 1983. $10.95. Grades K-3.
Unusual things happen to Arnold when he is a baby and he ends up being raised by a mother duck as if he's one of her ducklings. He is returned to his human mother and father several years later, but he remembers his "duck ways" and his duck mother and brothers.

BEAR'S ADVENTURE/ Brian Wildsmith -- Pantheon, 1982. $9.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Bear finds a hot air balloon in the woods and goes to sleep in the basket, thinking it's a den. He wakes up as the balloon is drifting over a large city---and his amazing adventures begin!

THE BOOK OF PIGERICKS/ Arnold Lobel -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 2 and up.
Thirty-eight "pigericks" tell about an amazing group of pigs---one with a long neck, one plays the flute for snails, one wears sixteen coats in winter. One even makes soup that taste like glue.

CARS AND HOW THEY GO/ Joanna Cole -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 2 and up.
Simple in format, but surprisingly detailed, this colorful book explains the workings of the gasoline combustion engine and other automotive systems.

DAWN/ Molly Bang --Morrow, 1983. $9.50. Grades 2-4.
Dawn, by Molly Bang, is a sad but beautiful story. It is the story of a shipbuilder, his daughter, and his wife. The shipbuilder's wife lives with a secret that should be shared with no one, but unfortunately it is revealed.

DEAR MR. HENSHAW/Beverly Cleary -- Morrow, 1983. $8.00. Grades 3 and up.
Through letters and a diary directed to his favorite author, Leigh Botts chronicles the feelings and experiences of a boy faced with his parents' divorce, a new home and a new school. The approach is humorous, yet realistic. Newbery winner.

GLORIOUS FLIGHT: ACROSS THE CHANNEL WITH LOUIS BLERIOT/ Alice & Martin Provensen -- Viking Press, 1983. $12.95. Grades 1-6.
A picture book account of the first flight across the English Channel by Louis Bleriot in 1901. 1984 Caldecott Medal winner.

LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET: AN OLD TALE OF TEXAS/ Tomie DePaola -- Putnam, 1983. $10.95. Grades Preschool-3.
Based on an old Indian legend, this is the story of the love that an orphaned Comanche girl had for her people, and how that love brought a new flower to the area that we now call Texas.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD/ Brothers Grimm. Retold and illustrated by Trina S. Hyman -- Holiday, 1982. $13.95. Grades Preschool-3.
How will it end? There are several versions of this story around. The illustrations in this retelling of an old favorite make it a treat for readers of all ages, and parts of the story may be told differently than the accustomed.

MISS RUMPHIUS/ Barbara Cooney -- Viking Press, 1982. $12.95. Grades K-3.
In some way we all try to make the world a nicer place for our having been there. That is what Miss Rumphius wants to do. but how? Her search takes her to many interesting places.

OAK & COMPANY/ Richard Maybe -- Greenwillow, 1983. $9.00. Grades 1-3.
Oak & Company is a beautifully illustrated book that relates the life of a single oak tree from its beginning as an acorn to its death. With some imagination and adaptations, a great science project could be based on this book.

THE OLD BANJO/ Dennis Haseley -- Macmillan, 1983. $9.95. Grades 1-5.
This story describes how a few forgotten old, musical instruments brought a few moments of joy to a farmer and his son. If you listen closely, you can hear the music after the story ends.

OUTSIDE OVER THERE/ Maurice Sendak -- Harper & Row, 1981. $14.00. Grades K and up.
Have you ever heard the saying, "The goblins are going to get you if you don't watch out?" This story describes how one little girl outsmarted the goblins.

THE PHILHARMONIC GETS DRESSED/ Karla Kuskin -- Harper & Row, 1982. $10.00. Grades K-3.
For behind-the-scenes look at a symphony orchestra, read this book. It shows how members of the Philharmonic Orchestra get ready for a performance.

RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN/ Jack Prelutsky -- Random House, 1983. $13.95. Grades All ages.
Take a break...with poetry! This is not your typical book of poetry. Poems about everything from dinosaurs (p. 79) to pizza (p. 152) are included. Try it...you'll like it!

SINGING BEE! A COLLECTION OF FAVORITE CHILDREN'S SONGS/ Edited by Jane Hart; Anita Lobel, ill. -- Lothrop, 1982. $16.00. Grades All ages.
One hundred twenty-five songs, including lullabies, Mother Goose rhymes, finger plays, singing games, folk songs, rounds, and holiday songs, complete with piano accompaniment and guitar chords.

THE WRECK OF THE ZEPHYR/ Chris Van Alsburg -- Houghton Mifflin, 1983. $14.95. Grades 2-4.
A magical story of flying ships, mystery and a young boy's desire to be the greatest "sailor in the world". Ethereal full-color paintings illustrate the story. By the author of the Caldecott Medal book, Jumanji.

4-8

AMISH ADVENTURE/ Barbara Smucker -- Herald Press, 1983. $6.50. Grades 6 and up.
Ian, a boy who has lived in big cities all his life, is taken in by an Amish family and lives with them for a period of time. He learns about a whole new, and simpler, way of life and makes new friends.

CHILDREN OF THE WILD WEST/ Russell Freedman -- Houghton Mifflin, 1983. $12.95. Grades 4 and up.
Fascinating and informative combination of historical photographs, text and reminiscences focusing on children of the frontier.

DRACULA IS A PAIN IN THE NECK/ Elizabeth Levy -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 2-6.
This is not just another summer camp story. And , this is not a story about just any summer camp. This summer camp has been invaded by Dracula. What can be done?

ESCAPE OR DIE: TRUE STORIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST/ Ina R. Friedman -- Addison-Wesley, 1982. $9.95. Grades 5 and up.
Twelve powerful stories of courageous young people who were caught in the cruelty of Hitler's regime and survived. Illustrated with photographs.

GOODNIGHT, MR. TOM/ Michelle Magorain -- Harper & Row, 1982. $11.00. Grades 7 and up.
Abused by his deranged mother, Willie Beach is evacuated from London on the eve of World War II and housed in a remote English village with Mr. Tom, a lonely old man. This is the story of the trust and love which gradually develop between them. A Carnegie Medal Winner for mature readers.

THE HIGHWAYMAN/ Alfred Noyes -- Lothrop, 1983. $9.00. Grades 4 and up.
The exciting story-poem of a beautiful girl's tragic love for a robber. Handsome illustrations on every other page.

HIROSHIMA NO PIKA/ Toshi Maruki -- Lothrop, 1982. $13.25. Grades 5 and up.
The story of the destruction of Hiroshima by atomic bomb during World War II as told by a Japanese woman. This picture book has won several awards.

I WILL CALL IT GEORGIE'S BLUES/ Suzanne Newton -- Viking Press, 1983. $11.95. Grades 6 and up.
Every town has its share of phonies, but life can get pretty rough for Neal, Georgie, and Aileen when the biggest phony of all in their small town is not only their minister, but also their dad.

MEDIEVAL FEAST/ Aliki -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 2-6.
Ever wonder where you could get a good serving of Boars Head, Cow's Tongue, or even Cockentrice? These and many other foods, both familiar and exotic are served to the king and his party when they come to stay for a few days at Camdenton Manor.

ROAD TO CAMLANN: THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR/ Rosemary Sutcliff -- Dutton, 1982. $11.50. Grades 4-7.
The story of King Arthur, Queen Guenever, and Sir Lancelot comes to an end in this last enchanted tale of the trilogy written by Rosemary Sutcliff. The other two books in the series are, The Sword and the Circle and The Light Beyond the Forest.

SECRETS OF A WILDLIFE WATCHER/ Jim Arnosky -- Lothrop, 1983. $9.50. Grades 5 and up.
A nature lover's delight! Filled with lots of practical advise on finding wild animals, this handbook also offers stalking and observation techniques.

SIGN OF THE BEAVER/ Elizabeth G. Speare -- Houghton Mifflin, 1983. $8.95. Grades 5 and up.
A 1984 Newbery Honor Book. After meeting an Indian boy, thirteen-year-old Matt begins to discover new means of survival in the Maine wilderness of the 1700's.

A SOLITARY BLUE/ Cynthia Voight -- Atheneum, 1983. $10.95. Grades 7 and up.
The relationship between Jeff and his father grows more distant as his mother, who had deserted the family years earlier, reenters his life.

SUGARING TIME/ Kathryn Lasky -- Macmillan, 1983. $10.95. Grades 4-7.
A 1984 Newbery Honor Book. Join the Lacey family of central Vermont as they gather maple sap for processing into delicious maple syrup.

THE TALKING EARTH/ Jean C. George -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 6 and up.
A 15-year-old Seminole Indian girl goes into the Florida everglades to seek a better understanding of her people's beliefs and ways. From her experience, she learns to live in harmony with nature and all of its inhabitants.

A TIME TO FLY FREE/ Stephanie S. Tolan -- Scribner, 1983. $11.95.
Josh is a gifted 10-year-old whose miserable school experience forces him to find refuge with an old man who runs a "bird hospital". Like the injured birds he works with, Josh finds healing and learns about caring, freedom and acceptance.

UNRIDDLING/ Alvin Schwartz -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50. Grades 3-7.
Subtitle is "All sorts of riddles to puzzle your guessery. Collected from American folklore." A gem of a book for teasing the mind and "strengthening for the brain"-full of riddles, tricky questions, jokes and more.

THE WISH GIVER: THREE TALES OF COVEN TREE/ Bill Brittain -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.50.
Fascinating stories set in a small town where the lives of three people change drastically when their wishes are granted and accompanied by bewildering and frightening consequences!

1986

K-3

BADGER'S PARTING GIFTS/ Susan Varley -- Lothrop, 1984. $11.00. Grades K-3.

BICYCLE RIDER/ Mary Scioscia -- Harper & Row, 1983. $9.89. Grades 2-6.

THE CARDBOARD CLOWN/ Clyde R. Bulla -- Crowell, 1984. $9.89. Grades 2-5.

THE CHURCH MICE IN ACTION/ Graham Oakley -- Atheneum, 1983. $11.95. Grades 2 and up.

DAUGHTER OF EARTH/ Gerald McDermott -- Delacorte Press, 1984. $15.00. Grades K-3.

THE FLUNKING OF JOSHUA T. BATES/ Susan Shreve -- Knopf, 1984. $10.99. Grades 2-5.

HANSEL AND GRETAL/ Rika Lesser -- Dodd, 1984. $12.95. Grades Preschool-3.

IN A DARK, DARK, ROOM/ Alvin Schwartz -- Harper & Row, 1984. $7.95. Grades K-3.

MUSIC, MUSIC FOR EVERYONE/ Vera Williams -- Greenwillow, 1984. $10.51. Grades K-3.

THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK/ Jake Prelutsky -- Greenwillow, 1984. $8.59. Grades 1 and up.

OPENING NIGHT/ Rachel Isadora -- Greenwillow, 1984. $9.55. Grades K-3.

THE SILVER COW/ Susan Cooper -- Atheneum, 1983. $11.95. Grades Preschool - 4.

THE STORY OF JUMPING MOUSE/ John Steptoe -- Lothrop, 1984. $12.50. Grades K-3.

WORSE THAN WILLY/ James Stevenson -- Greenwillow, 1984. $10.50. Grades K-3.

4-8

BE A PERFECT PERSON IN JUST THREE DAYS!/ Stephen Manes -- Houghton-Mifflin, 1982. $8.95. Grades 3-6.

BEHIND THE ATTIC WALL/ Sylvia Cassedy -- Harper-Row, 1983. $11.89. Grades 3-7.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF A BROADWAY MUSICAL/ Bill Powers -- Crown, 1982. $13.95. Grades 3-5.

BLACK STALLION LEGEND/ Walter Farley -- Random, 1983. $9.99. grades 5-9.

THE CALLENDER PAPERS/ Cynthia Voigt -- Atheneum, 1983. $11.95. Grades 4-8.

CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT/ James Howe -- Atheneum, 1983. $10.95. Grades 4-6.

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS/ Jean Fritz -- Putnam, 1983. $9.95. Grades 5 and up.

THE FIGHTING GROUND/ Avi -- Lippincott, 1984. $10.89. Grades 4-7.

GIFT OF THE PIRATE QUEEN/ Patricia Giff -- Delacorte, 1982. $9.89. Grades 4-8.

HERCULES/ Bernard Evslin -- Morrow, 1984. $9.50. Grades 5 and up.

THE HERO AND THE CROWN/ Robin McKinley -- Greenwillow, 1984. $11.50. Grades 7 and up.

IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON/ Bette Bau Lord -- Harper, 1984. $9.89. Grades 3-7.

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER: THE MAKING OF A BASEBALL BAT/ Jan Arnow -- Pantheon Books, 1984. $11.95. Grades 3-7.

THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN/ Bruce Brooks -- Harper & Row, 1984. $11.89. Grades 7 and up.

THE MUMMY, THE WILL, AND THE CRYPT/ John Bellaire -- Dutton, 1983. $11.89. Grades 5 and up.

NO BEAST! NO CHILDREN!/ Beverly Keller -- Lothrop, 1983. $8.00. Grades 3-6.

ONE EYED CAT/ Paula Fox -- Bradbury 1984. $11.95. Grades 6-8.

THE ONE HUNDREDTH THING ABOUT CAROLINE/ Lois Lowry -- Houghton-Mifflin, 1983. $8.95. grades 3-6.

PAUL BUNYAN/ Steven Kellogg -- Morrow, 1984. $12.00. Grades 4-8.

RAMONA FOREVER/ Beverly Cleary -- Morrow, 1984. $9.36. Grades 3-7.

SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON/ Margaret Hodges -- Atlantic: Little, 1984. $14.45. Grades 3 and up.

THE TIPI/ David & Charlotte Yue -- Knopf, 1984. $10.99. Grades 4-7.

THE WAY TO SATTIN SHORE/ Phillipa Pearce -- Greenwillow, 1985. $10.50. Grades 5-9.

YOUR FORMER FRIEND, MATTHEW/ Lou Ann Gaeddert -- E.P. Dutton, 1984. $9.95. Grades 3-6.

1987

K-3

ANNIE AND THE WILD ANIMALS/ Jan Brett -- Houghton Mifflin, 1985. $12.95. Grades K-3.
The borders add an important dimension to this beautifully illustrated story of Annie and her cat.

BLACKBERRIES IN THE DARK/ Mavis Jukes -- Knopf, 1985. $10.99. Grades 2-5.
A visit with Grandmother after Grandfather's death provides new insight and special love.

CAT'S CRADLE, OWL'S EYES: A BOOK OF STRING GAMES/ Camilla Gryski -- Morrow, 1984. $9.55. Grades 3 and up.
Step-by-step illustrations and instructions for making figures with string.

DRAWING LIFE IN MOTION/ Jim Arnosky -- Lothrop, 1984. $11.10. Grades 2-6.
Instructions for drawing plants and animals in motion.

EMMA'S PET/ David McPhail -- Dutton, 1985. &7.95. Grades Preschool-K.
Emma, while searching for a pet to call her own, happens upon her father. She decides that he will be a perfect pet.

FIRST SNOW/ Emily Arnold McCully -- Harper & Row, 1985. $10.89. Grades Preschool-1.
A wordless picture book depicting activities to be enjoyed on a snowy day.

A GARDEN FOR A GROUNDHOG/ Lorna Balian -- Abington, 1985. $13.95. Grades K-3.
The O'Leary's attempt to persuade their resident groundhog to eat only those things from their garden that they are willing to give up.

GEORGE SHRINKS/ William Joyce -- Harper & Row, 1985. $9.89. Grades Preschool-2.
George finds some ingenious ways of completing his chores after he awakens and finds he had shrunk.

THE GHOST-EYE TREE/ Bill Martin -- Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985. $11.95. Grades 1-3.
When Mama sends her young son and daughter to the other side of town for a pail of milk, on a dark, but moonlit night, their imaginations run wild.

GOOD DOG, CARL/ Alexandra Day -- Green Tiger Press, 1985. $11.95. Grades Preschool and up.
A wordless picture book which captures the reader in a delightful adventure with amusing results when Carl baby-sits.

GORILLA/ Anthony Browne -- Knopf, 1985. $8.99. Grades Preschool-2.
A fanciful story of a father/daughter relationship which concludes with a delightful surprise.

I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU/ Hans Wilhelm -- Crown, 1985. $8.95. Grades Preschool-2.
This if a tender story of a boy and his dog.

IMOGENE'S ANTLERS/ David Small -- Crown, 1985. $9.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Imogene's malady, the sudden emergence of a full set of antlers, is met with a variety of responses.

MISCHA AND HIS BROTHERS/ Hans Baumann -- Green Tiger Press, 1985. $11.95. Grades 1 and up.
A beautifully illustrated folk tale which depicts man' s exploitation of animals.

MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY/ Harry Allard -- Houghton-Mifflin, 1985. $12.95. Grades 1-3.
The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School. This time to get the football team in shape.

TOMIE DE PAOLA'S MOTHER GOOSE/ Tomie de Paola -- Putnam, 1985. $17.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Tomie de Paola has given the Mother Goose an innovative format. The collection provides enjoyment and entertainment to readers of all ages.

MYSTERIES OF HARRIS BURDICK/ Chris Van Allsburg -- Houghton-Mufflin, 1984. $14.95. Grades 1 and up.
A wonderful book which enhances creativity and catapults readers into a world of make-believe.

NAPPING HOUSE/ Don and Audrey Wood -- Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1984. $11.95. Grades K-2.
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea, atop a number of sleeping creatures, causes quite a commotion, with just one bite.

PAPER CRANE/ Molly Bang -- Greenwillow, 1985. $12.88. Grades K-3.
The collage-like illustrations strengthen this lovely folk tale of a mysterious man and a paper crane which comes to life.

POLAR EXPRESS/ Chris Van Allsburg -- Houghton-Mufflin, 1985. $15.95. Grades 1-3.
An exquisitely beautiful message of faith and the essence of Christmas. The illustrations merited the Caldecott Award.

PRINCE SPARROW/ Mordicai Gerstein -- Four Winds Press, 1984. $10.95. Grades 1 and up.
A selfish princess is changed by the love of a sparrow. The lesson is told in a humorous manner.

SAM JOHNSON AND THE BLUE RIBBON QUILT/ Lisa Ernst -- Lothrop, 1983. $11.75. Grades K-3.
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together, but he meets with scorn when he asks to join his wife's quilting club.

TALKING TO THE SUN: AN ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE/ selected by Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell -- Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985. $18.95. Grades K and up.
Poems from various time periods and counties are organized by theme and illustrated with art works from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

TOO MANY BOOKS/ Caroline Feller Bauer -- Warne, 1984. $10.95. Grades K-2.
A child collects so many books that she doesn't know what to do with them all.

THE TREK/ Ann Jonas -- Greenwillow, 1985. $11.88. Grades Preschool-3.
Describes the imaginative adventures a young girl experiences upon leaving her house. The illustrations are an intricate part of the story.

THE VERY BUSY SPIDER/ Eric Carle -- Philomel, 1985. $14.95. Grades Preshcool-2.
A multi sensory story which follows the progress of a spider as she builds her web.

WATCH THE STARS COME OUT/ Riki Levinson -- Dutton, 1985. $12.95. Grades Preschool-3.
Two small children join a group of immigrants on board a ship to America. Their arrival and the emotions shared by the new citizens, portrays the meaning of life in America.

WHEN PANDA CAME TO OUR HOUSE/ Helen Zane Jensen -- Dial, 1985. $11.95. Grades K-4.
Panda spends time with a young girl, sharing his cultural background and friendship. Wonderful insight into some aspects of Oriental life.

4-8

ANASTASIA ON HER OWN/ Lois Lowery -- Houghton Mifflin, 1985. $10.95. Grades 5-7.
Anastasia is again creating joyful havoc as she assumes responsibility for the household while her mother is out of town.

COME SING, JIMMY JO/ Katherine Paterson -- Lodestar, 1985. $12.95. Grades 5 and up.
A gifted young country singer joins his family's musical group and becomes an instant celebrity.

CRACKER JACKSON/ Betsy Byars -- Viking, 1985. $11.95. Grades 5-7.
A twelve-year-old boy doesn't know what to do when his ex-baby sitter and her child are threatened by her husband.

KENTUCKY DAUGHTER/ Carol Scott -- Clarion, 1985. $12.95. Grades 6-9.
Mary Fred is excited to be leaving her depressed mining area in Kentucky in order to attend a city high school in Virginia. The experiences she has are not always pleasant.

THE LAND I LOST: ADVENTURES OF A BOY IN VIETNAM/ Huynh Quang Nhuong -- Harper & Row, 1982. $9.89. Grades 4-7.
This autobiographical story of childhood in Vietnam provides information about the culture and traditions.

LEGEND DAYS/ Jamake Highwater -- Harper & Row, 1984. $10.89. Grades 7 and up.
Abandoned in the wilderness after smallpox devastates her tribe, eleven-year-old Amana acquires from Grandfather Fox a warrior's courage and a hunter's prowess.

THE MARVELOUS MUSIC MACHINE: A STORY OF THE PIANO/ Mary Blocksma -- Prentice-Hall, 1984. $10.95. Grades 3-7.
Shows how the piano works, its development from earlier instruments, and gives advice on playing and maintaining a piano.

PRAIRIE SONGS/ Pamela Conrad -- Harper & Row, 1985. $10.89. Grades 5-8.
Louisa's childhood on the Nebraska [prairie is forever altered by the arrival of the new doctor and his beautiful, frail wife.

SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL/ Patricia MacLachlan -- Harper & Row, 1985. $8.89. Grades 3-5.
A mail order wife in a frontier setting brings love and hope to a lonely man and his two children.

WAITING TO WALTZ: A CHILDHOOD/ Cynthia Rylant -- Bradbury, 1984. $10.95. Grades 5 and up.
The emotions of pre-adolesdence are expressed in a collection of potent poetry.

WHERE THE RIVER BEGINS/ Thomas Locker -- Dutton, 1984. $14.89. Grades 4-6.
In a simplistic manner, the origins of a river are traced. The illustrations are elegant.

WHO PUT THE CANNON IN THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE?/ Kay Cooper -- Walker, 1985. Grades 6-8.
A relevant guide to investigating the past. A very useful book.

1988

K-3

THE ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE AND HIS WHEAT-STRAW HAT: A MEMORAT/ Berniece Hiser; Mary Szilagyi, ill. -- Dodd Mead, 1986. $12.95. Grades 1-6.
During the Civil War, young Charlie nearly loses his most treasured possession, a wheat-straw hat, woven by his granny, when soldiers attempt to steal a neighbor's animals. Kentucky author.

AMELIA'S NINE LIVES/ Lorna Balian. -- Abington, 1986. $10.00. Grades 1-3.
Nine of Nora's friends and relatives bring her replacement cats after she loses her beloved Amelia, still. there is one more surprise to come.

BARN DANCE/ Bill Martin, Jr. -- Holt, 1986. $11.45. Grades K-3.
Unable to sleep, a young boy hears the music which leads him to the barn and a very unusual barn dance.

THE BOY AND THE DEVIL/ Erica Magnus. -- Carolrhoda Books, 1986. $12.95. Grades K-3.
Norwegian folktale which tells how a small boy out-tricks the Old Trickster himself.

CHERRIES AND CHERRY PITS/ Vera Williams. -- Greenwillow Books, 1986. $11.75. Grades 2-4.
Bidemmi draws pictures and tells stories about cherries.

FLOSSIE AND THE FOX/ Patricia McKissack; Rachel Isadora, ill. -- Dial, 1986. $10.95. Grades 1-3.
A fast-taliking little black girl refuses to be intimidated by a fox. She confuses him to point that he's not sure he is a fox.

THE GOLLY SISTERS GO WEST/ Betsy Byars; Sue Truesdell, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1986. $9.89. Grades K-3.
Comic sister May-May and Rose entertain audiences as they travel west in their covered wagon. An I Can Read Book.

HEY AL!/ Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski, ill. -- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1986. $13.95. Grades K and up.
Al, a janitor, an his dog Eddie are in a rut, They need a change. A large and mysterious bird suddenly appears and offers them a visit to "paradise". After an exciting escape from this paradise, Al and Eddie realize that there is no place like home. Caldecott Award.

HOW A BOOK IS MADE/ Aliki. -- Crowell, 1986. $12.89. Grades 2 and up.
The stages involved in making a book are described and explained from beginning to end.

HURRAY FOR HATTIE RABBIT!/ Dick Gackenbach. -- Harper & Row, 1986. $8.99. Grades Preschool-3.
Can Hattie Rabbit or Rosie Pig get Rosie's mother to say "Yes" to anything? Early Reader.

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE/ Laura Numeroff; Felicia Bond, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1985. $9.89. Grades Preschool-2.
A whimsical tale in which a little boy offers a little mouse a cookie, an occurrence which leads to one humorous happening after another.

JACK AND THE BEAN TREE/ Gail Haley. -- Crown Publishers, 1986. $12.95. Grades K-4.
Appalachian version of Jack and the Beanstalk. Poppyseed, the storyteller, spins a fanciful Jack tale. Lavish illustrations.

THE JOLLY POSTMAN/ Allen and Janet Ahlberg. -- Little Brown, 1986. $9.95. Grades Preschool-3.
Play on nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Unique format using envelopes, post cards, and letters. Great creative writing motivater.

KING BIDGOOD'S IN THE BATHTUB/ Don and Audrey Wood. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. $12.95. Grades Preschool-3.
Despite the pleas of his court, fun-loving King Bidgood refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule the kingdom. Finally, the young page comes up with the obvious solution. It's written in clever sing-song verse.

MY DOG AND THE GREEN SOCK MYSTERY/ David Adler; Dick Gackenbach, ill. -- Holiday House, 1986. $11.95. Grades 1-4.
Andy's green sock, baseball cards, and homework are missing. Jennie and My Dog investigate. Early Reader.

NATE THE GREAT STALKS STUPIDWEED/ Marjorie Weinman Sharmet; Marc Simont, ill. -- Putnam Pub. Group, 1986. $10.95. Grades 1-4.
Oliver the pest can't find his Superweed. Nate the Great takes the case and follows the trail of what he calls Stupidweed. Early Reader.

PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME/ Eric Carle. -- Picture Book Studio, 1986. $14.95. Grades Preschool-2.
A little girl wants the moon and her father tries to get it for her.

THE PATCHWORK QUILT/ Valerie Flournoy; Jerry Pinkey, ill. -- Dial, 1985. $10.95. Grades 1-4.
Tanya loves her grandmother's stories about the fabric scraps being used for a new quilt and,when her grandmother becomes ill, Tanya sets to work to finish the Masterpiece.

A PORCUPINE NAMED FLUFFY/ Helen Lester; Lynn Munsinger, ill. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1986. $12.95. Preschool-3.
A delightful story of a porcupine named Fluffy who attempts to live up to his name.

A REGULAR ROLLING NOAH/ George Ella Lyon; Stephen Gammel, ill. -- Bradbury, 1986. $13.95. Grades Preschool-2.
The newest book by this Kentucky author tells the story of her grandfather who was hired to care for a boxcar of farm animals as they were moved from Kentucky to Canada.

RIDE A PURPLE PELICAN/ Jack Prelutsky; Garth Williams, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1986. $13.00. Grades Preschool and up.
An entertaining collection of short nursery rhymes and nonsense verse.

SOLOMON THE RUSTY NAIL/ William Steig. -- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1985. $12.95. Grades K-2.
The story of a rabbit who has the ability to turn into a nail.

THE VILLAGE OF ROUND AND SQUARE HOUSES/ Ann Grifalconi. -- Little, 1986. $14.95. Grades K-3.
A West African folktale, vividly illustrated, that explains why the women of this village live in round houses and the men in square ones.

VISITING THE ART MUSEUM/ Mark K. Brown; Laurence K. Brown, ill. -- Dutton, 1986. $11.95. Grades Preschool-4.
As a family wanders through the art museum, they view primitive art to pop art.

WHAT HAPPENED TO PATRICK' S DINOSAURS?/ Carol Carrick -- Clarion, 1986. $11.96. Grades K-3.
Patrick explains to his older brother how dinosaurs and people once lived together peacefully--and what happened to the dinosaurs.

WHERE' S MY MONKEY/Dieter Schubert -- Dial, 1987. $10.95. Grades Preschool and up.
Wordless picture book. A little boy loses his beloved monkey. After many narrow escapes, monkey and boy are reunited. 

4-8

BLUE MONDAY AND FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH/ Lila Perl -- Clarion, 1986. $12.95. Grades 3-6.
Focuses on each day of the week, describing the cultural an dlinguistic origin of the name, the popular superstitions connected with that day, and the major holidays falling on that day.

DRAW FIFTY CARS, TRUCKS, AND MOTORCYCLES/ Lee J. Ames; Erika Weihs, ill. -- Doubleday, 1986. $10.95. Grades 2-6.
Presents step-by-step instructions for young artists in drawing a wide range of vehicles--automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, and trucks.

THE ELEPHANT MAN/ Fredrick Drimmer -- Putnam's Sons, 1985. $13.95. Grades 6 and up.
A biography of Joseph Merrick who, because of a deformity, is called the Elephant Man.

A FINE WHITE DUST/ Cynthia Rylant -- Bradbury, 1986. $10.95. Grades 6-8.
In an attempt to find his feelings about religion, Pete is mesmerized by a traveling preacher. The preacher convinces Pete to travel with him, leaving family and friends behind.

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA/ Leonard Everett Fisher -- Macmillan, 1986. $11.95. Grades 2-8.
Describes the awe-inspiring teamwork of one million people, who, over the course of ten years, built The Great Wall of China, as ordered by China's First Supreme Emperor in order to stop the invasions of the Mongol hordes.

HURRICANE ELAINE/ Johanna Hurwitz -- Morrow, 1986. $11.75. Grades 5-8.
Fifteen-year-old Elaine suddenly finds her life very interesting. Her family deals with the death of a cat, her little brother gets five dogs for his birthday, and she begins a promising romance.

IZZY WILLY NILLY/ Cynthia Voight -- Macmillan, 1986. $14.95. Grades 7 and up.
Isobel's life changes after an auto accident. She learns to redefine her life as she accepts changes wrought by the loss of a leg.

THE JOSIE GAMBIT/ Mary Frances Shura -- Dodd, 1986. $10.95. Grades 4-6.
Shy twelve-year-old, chess loving Greg is apprehensive about spending six months with his grandmother in Pineville, Illinois.

LOVE FROM THE FIFTH GRADE CELEBRITY/ Patricia Reilly Giff -- Delacorte, 1986. $13.95. Grades 4-7.
Casey enjoyed Tracy's company during summer vacation but becomes increasingly jealous of her irrepressible new friend when she joins Casey's fifth grade class.

THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY FAMILY/ Betsy Byars; Jacqueline Rogers, ill. -- Delacorte, 1986. $13.95. Grades 5-9.
An ordinary day in the life of the unusual Blossom family finds Mom off on the rodeo circuit, Junior trying to fly with homemade wings, and Maggie and Vern set to break into jail to visit their grandfather.

THE PEOPLE COULD FLY/ Virginia Hamilton -- Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. $12.95. Grades 4 and up.
A collection of Black American folktales about animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and the desire for freedom.

RASCO AND THE RATS OF NIMH/ Jane Leslie Conly; Leo Dillon, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1986. $12.59. Grades 4-7.
Sequel to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.

THE RETURN OF THE INDIAN/ Lynne Reid Banks; William Geldart, ill. -- Doubleday, 1986. $12.95. Grades 4-6.
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find he is close to death and in need of help.

SARAH THE DRAGON LADY/ Martha Bennett Stiles -- Macmillan, 1986. $10.95. Grades 3-7.
Set in central Kentucky, this story is told by Sarah who had recently moved from her native New York to Kentucky so that her mother may observe thoroughbreds while drawing illustrations for a new book. Sarah is an intelligent fourth grader who handles her share of typical problems with humor and maturity.

STAY AWAY FROM SIMON/ Carol Carrick; Donald Carrick, ill. -- Clarion, 1985. $10.95. Grades 3-6.
Lucy Bliss hears frightening stories about Simon, a mentally handicapped boy, and nearly panics when he follows her and her brother, Josiah, home from school.

TAZO AND ME/ Lynn Hall; Photos by Jan Hall -- Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. $11.95. Grades 6-8.
Relates how the author chose and trained her beloved Paso Fino horse, discovering that pleasure riding is more enjoyable than competition.

A TOURNAMENT OF KNIGHTS/ Joe Lasker -- Crowell, 1986. $12.89. Grades 3 and up.
This well-researched book teaches the reader a wealth of facts about the contest between knights. The facts are disguised in a story of the bout between the older, more experienced knight, Sir Rolf, and the as-yet-untried Lord Justin.

THE WHIPPING BOY/ Sid Fleischman; Peter Sis, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1986. $11.75. Grades 5-7.
Prince Brat and his whipping boy trade places and find themselves in predicaments which allow them to better appreciate one another. Newbery Award.

WHO LET MUDDY BOOTS INTO THE WHITE HOUSE?/ Robert Quackenbush -- Prentice-Hall, 1986. $9.95. Grades 3-6.
Humorous look into the life and times of America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson. Chronicles his adventures as a pioneer settler, a lawyer, and a hero of the War of 1812. Provides insight into a man who helped expand the nation's boundaries.

WHO NEEDS A BRATTY BROTHER/ Linda Gondosch; Helen Cagnchevy, ill. -- Dutton, 1985. $10.95. Grades 4-6.
Eleven-year-old Kelly hatches a series of schemes to get rid of her bratty little brother, until his disappearance awakens her true feelings for him.

1989

K-3

THE AMAZING VOYAGE OF JACKIE GRACE/ Matt Faulkner. -- Scholastic, 1987. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A boy daydreams while taking a bath and embarks on a fantastic pirate adventure.

BUGS/ Nancy W. Parker and Joan R. Wright. -- Greenwillow, 1987. $11.75. Grades 1-4.
All kinds of information is presented on a variety of common insects. Very good resources for young children.

DINOSAUR'S DIVORCE: A GUIDE FOR CHANGING FAMILIES/ Laurene Brown & Marc Brown. -- Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. $13.95. Grades K-5.
All the situations involved when a divorce occurs are covered. Children will be able to relate to the story very easily.

FANG/ Barbara S. Hazen; Leslie Morrill, ill. -- Atheneum, 1987. $12.95. Grades K-2.
Although he is big and fierce, Fang, the dog, is afraid of everything even himself.

GHOST'S HOUR, SPOOK'S HOUR/ Eve Bunting; Donald Carrick, ill. -- Clarion, 1987. $12.95. Grades K-3.
As the clock strikes midnight, Jake and his dog Biff become frightened by all the strange noises and eerie happenings of Ghost's Hour.

HALLOWEEN ABC/ Eve Merriam; Lane Smith, ill. -- Macmillan, 1987. $14.95. Grades K and up.
A poem for each letter of the alphabet is used to introduced a different spooky aspect of Halloween.

HARRY KITTEN AND TUCKER MOUSE/ George Selden; Garth Williams, ill. -- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. $11.95. Grades 2-5.
In their search for a home, the two friends embark on a journey which takes them throughout New York City.

HECKEDY PEG/ Audrey Wood; Don Wood, ill. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has change them into different kinds of food. Sumptuously illustrated, this story holds children spellbound.

HENRY & MUDGE: THE FIRST BOOK OF THEIR ADVENTURE/ Cynthia Ryland; Sucie Stevenson, ill. -- Bradbury Press, 1987. $10.95. Grades 1-3.
This easy reader/ chapter book relates how Henry, an only child, finds companionship in a big dog named Mudge. First book in a series.

I WISH I WERE A BUTTERFLY/ James Howe; Ed Young, ill. -- Gulliver Books, 1987. $12.95. Grades K-3.
A wise dragonfly helps a despondent cricket realize that he is special in his own way.

I'M IN CHARGE OF CELEBRATIONS/ Byrd Baylor; Peter Parnall, ill. -- Macmillan, 1986. $13.95. Grades 1-3.
A bit autobiographical, this book describes how one individual living in the desert celebrates nature.

IN COAL COUNTRY/ Judith Hendershot; Thomas B. Allen, ill. -- Knopf, 1987. $12.95. Grades Preschool-5.
A child's view of growing up in a coal-mining community.

THE JOSEFINA STORY QUILT/ Eleanor Coerr; Bruce Degen, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1986. $9.95. Grades K-3.
Josefina, a pet hen, causes all kinds of problems on the wagon train to California until the night she saves the family from robbers.

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSIDE THE EARTH/ Joanna Cole; Bruce Degen, ill. -- Scholastic, 1987. $13.95. Grades K-3.
Ms. Frizzle's class learns all about rocks and formation of the earth on a special field trip in the magic schoolbus.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMELIA BEDELIA/ Peggy Parish; Lynn Sweat, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1986. $10.25. Grades 1-4.
The literal-minded Amelia Bedelia manages to create havoc with Christmas preparations.

MOUNTAINS OF TIBET/ Mordicai Gerstein. -- Harper & Row, 1987. $11.95. Grades 2 and up.
A woodcutter from Tibet is given a chance to choose what life to live again--and where.

MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS/ John Steptoe. -- Lothrop, 1987. $13.00. Grades K-3.
1987 Caldecott Honor Book. A fairy tale from Africa.

MY GRANDMOTHER'S COOKIE JAR/ Montzalee Miller. -- Price Stern Sloan, 1987. $9.95. Grades 1-4.
A Grandmother shares stories of American Indian life long ago with her grandchild as they share cookies from the old jar.

NEW HOUSE/ Joyce Maynard; Steve Bethel, ill. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. $12.95. Grades K-3.
This is a story of how a house is built and new friends found.

NO JUMPING ON THE BED Tedd Arnold. -- Dial, 1987. $10.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Walter lives on the top floor of an apartment building where one night his habit of jumping on his bed leads to a tumultuous fall through floor after floor.

OWL MOON/ Jane Yoblen; John Schoenherr, ill. -- Putnam, 1987. $13.95. Grades Preschool-1.
Caldecott winner. On a winter's night under a full moon, father and daughter venture into the woods to go owling.

RED RIDING HOOD/ James Marshall. -- Dial, 1987. $10.95. Grades Preschool-3.
A zany and riotously funny new version of the nursery tale.

SNUGGLE PIGGY AND THE MAGIC BLANKET/ Michele Stepto; John Himmelman, ill. -- Dutton, 1987. $9.95. Grades Preschool-K.
The magic blanket with all the special creatures sewn in, are left outside after being washed and are threatened by a thunderstorm, until Snuggle Piggy rescues them.

WHEN I WAS NINE/ James Stevenson. -- Greenwillow, 1986. $11.75. Grades K-3.
A look at life fifty years ago through the eyes of a nine year old boy.

WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW/ Keiko Kasza. -- Putnam, 1987. $12.95. Grades K-3.
A hungry wolf tries to fatten a chicken for his stewpot, but instead receives love and friendship from her family.

4-8

AFTER THE RAIN/ Norma Fox Mazer. -- Morrow, 1987. $11.75. Grades 7 and up.
Fifteen-year-old Rachel has the bittersweet experience of getting to know her grandfather better as he struggles with terminal cancer.

BLOSSOM PROMISE/ Betsy Byars; Jacqueline Rogers, ill. -- Delacorte, 1987. $13.95. Grades 4-7.
Latest in the series about the weird but nice Blossom family.

CASTLE IN THE ATTIC/ Elizabeth Winthrop; Trina Schart Hyman, ill. -- Holiday House, 1985. $12.95. Grades 4-7.
A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest.

CLASS CLOWN/ Johanna Hurwitz; Sheila Hamanaka, ill. -- Morrow, 1987. $10.25. Grades 3-5.
Lucas Coth, class clown, has a difficult time trying to change after he decides to become a model student.

DIDO AND PA/ Joan Aiken. -- Delacorte Press, 1986. $14.95. Grades 5 and up.
Dido becomes embroiled with villainous plotters against the king, including her own wicked father.

DR. DREDD'S WAGON OF WONDERS/ Bill Brittain; Andrew Glass, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1987. $11.50. Grades 3-7.
The draught-striken town of Coven Tree makes a disastrous deal with the evil Dr. Dredd who promises to bring them rain.

A GHOST IN THE WINDOW/ Betty Wright. -- Holiday House, 1987. $12.95. Grades 4-6.
While visiting her divorced father, Meg's prophetic dreams develop a new dimension. She spends time with their landlady's son, Caleb, an unpleasant boy embittered by his dead father's suspected embezzlement. Her dreams start coming true, and Meg puzzles over why they are scarily like Caleb's memories.

GOLD CADILLAC/ Millard Taylor. -- Dial Books, 1987. $11.95. Grades 2-6.
During the 1950's, two black girls from the North experience racial prejudice for the first time when their family drives to Mississippi in their new, gold Cadillac.

HATCHET/ Gary Paulsen. -- Bradbury Press 1987. $12.95. Grades 6-8.
Newbery Honor Book. A story of survival by a courageous young boy set in the Canadian backwoods.

HELLO, MY NAME IS SCRAMBLED EGGS/ Jamie Gilson; John Wallner, ill. -- Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1985. $10.95. Grades 4-6.
A humorous story of what happens when a Vietnamese family, sponsored by a church, moves into Harvey's home temporarily.

HOW TO THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST/ Stephen P. Kramer; Felicia Bond, ill. -- Crowell, 1987. $11.50. Grades 3-7.
Uses questions about hypothetical situations to explain the process of thinking scientifically.

THE KID IN THE RED JACKET/ Barbara Park. -- Knopf, 1987. $9.99. Grades 3-6.
Ten-year-old Howard moves with his family to a new town, and has to adjust to a new school and new friends.

LACKAWANA/ Chester Aaron. -- Lippincott, 1986. $11.89. Grades 7 and up.
A gang of abandoned children, living together during the Depression, spring into action when one of their members is kidnapped.

LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY/ Russell Freedman. -- Ticknor & Fields, 1987. $15.95. Grades 4 and up.
Newbery winner. Focusing primarily on the Civil War years, this is a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Marvelous photographs are included.

THE MAN WHO SANG IN THE DARK/ Eth Clifford; Mary B. Owen, ill. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1987. $12.95. Grades 2-5.
In the midst of the Depression, ten-year-old Leah, her brother, and widowed mother build a new life with support and friendship from the other occupants of the boarding house in which they live.

NIGHTY-NIGHTMARE/ James Howe; Leslie Morrill, ill. -- Macmillan, 1987. $11.95. Grades 3-7.
Our friends from Bunnicula go on a camping trip and encounter strange characters.

ON MY HONOR/ Marion Dane Bauer. -- Clarion, 1986. $11.95. Grades 4-7.
Joel promises his father "on his honor" that he will go straight to the park with his best friend Tony. Tony convinces Joel to detour by taking a swim in the treacherous Vermillion River to prove that neither boy is chicken. It isn't until Tony disappears that Joel comes to the terrible realization--Tony can't swim. Joel's frantic attempts to save his friend are futile and he has to cope with the results. Moral issues are treated with power and sensitivity as is the relationship between Joel and his father. A Newbery Honor book.

PRAIRIE SONGS/ Pam Conrad; Darryl Zudeck, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1987. $10.89. Grades 5 and up.
Louisa's life on the Nebraska prairie is dramatically altered with the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful but frail wife.

RABBLE STARKEY/ Lois Lowry. -- Houghton, 1987. $12.95. Grades 5-8.
When Parable Ann and her mother, Sweet Hosanna, move into the Bigelow house to look after Mr. Bigelow and his children during Mrs. Bigelow's hospitalization, Parable Ann experiences the kind of family life for which she has always longed.

REMARKABLE CHILDREN: TWENTY WHO MADE HISTORY/ Dennis Brindell Fradin. -- Little, 1987. $14.95. Grades 4-7.
Story biographies of 20 children from different places and times who gain notoriety during their childhood. Includes known and not-so-well known individuals.

SONS FROM AFAR/ Cynthia Voight. -- Atheneum, 1987. $13.95. Grades 7 and up. 
Related to earlier books about the Tillerman family. Brothers, James and Sammy, go in search of their father who walked out on them some six years ago.

STEAMBOAT IN A CORNFIELD/ John Hartford. -- Crown, 1986. $10.95. Grades 4 and up.
A true-life saga of the "Virginia," an ill-fated palace steamer that ran aground on the Ohio River in 1910. The story captures a unique period of American history.

SUSANNA OF THE ALAMO; A TRUE STORY/ Paul Bacon, ill. -- Harcourt, 1986. $13.95. Grades 3-6.
A courageous young woman, Susanna Dickerson, is spared death at the battle of the Alamo by Mexican General Santa Anna in the hope that her account would discourage Texan resistance, but her story rallies the cause of Texan independence.

THE 25 CENT MIRACLE/ Theresa Nelson. -- Bradbury Press 1986. $13.95. Grades 6-8.
Complex characterization illuminate the anguish of a widowed father and his plucky motherless daughter, unable to discuss their true feelings.

VINEGAR PANCAKES AND VANISHING CREAM/ Bonnie Pryor; Gail Owens, ill. -- Morrow, 1987. $11.75. Grades 3-5.
Surrounded by siblings who are either athletic, smart or cute, Martin wonders who he is while enduring a wild camping trip, disaster in the kitchen and other family escapades.

1990

K-3

A B CEDAR: AN ALPHABET OF TREES/ George Ella Lyon. -- Orchard Books, 1989. $14.95. Grades K-2.
An alphabet book introducing the leaves from a variety of trees.

ANNABELLE SWIFT, KINDERGARTNER/ Amy Schwartz. -- Watts, 1988. $12.95. Grades Preschool-1.
annabelle confidently sets off to her first day of school under the influence of her older sister's crackpot advice.

BILL AND THE GOOGLE-EYED GOBLINS/ Alice Schertle; Patricia Coombs, ill. -- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987. $11.95. Grades 1-3.
Bill's neighbors said he was a dancing fool and would never amount to anything. As expected, Bill dances himself right into the the hands of the ghastly, google-eyed goblins. But Bill proves himself a born dancer rather than a born fool.

BRAVO, MINSKI/ Arthur Yorinks. -- Farrar, 1988. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A prodigy both discovers and inverts world changing items, but finds his greatest satisfaction as a singer.

CAPS, HATS, SOCKS, AND MITTENS/ Louise Borden; Lillian Hoban, ill. -- Scholastic, 1989. $11.95. Grades K-2.
A celebration of the sights, smells, and sensations of the seasons.

CINDERELLA/ Barbara Karlin; James Marshall, ill. -- Little, Brown, 1989. $12.95. Grades Preschool-3.
In her haste to leave the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

DECEMBER 24TH/ Denys Cazet, Bradbury, 1986. $12.95. Grades K-2.
Grandpa Bunny humorously tries to guess why December 24th is such a special day. He guesses by acting out all the major holidays until finally grandchildren Emily and Louie give him the answer! A very different book to use at Christmastime.

THE DOG THAT PITCHED A NO HITTER/ Matt Christopher. -- Little, Brown, 1988. $10.16. Grades 1-3.
Mike, a baseball pitcher, and his dog, Harry (with his amazing powers of ESP) work together to beat the toughest team in the league.

FEEL BETTER, ERNEST!/ Gabrielle Vincent. -- Greenwillow, 1988. $11.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Ernest is sick in bed, and Celestine is going to take care of him - no matter what.

HEADS/ Ron & Nancy Goor. -- Atheneum, 1988. $11.00. Grades 2-4.
Compares and contrasts the characteristics of the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth of a variety of animals. Clear, concise text is accompanied by a wealth of fascinating, black and white photographs.

JESSICA/ Kevin Henkes. -- Greenwillow, 1989. $11.95. Grades Preschool-2.
Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.

JOHNNY APPLESEED/ Steven Kellogg. -- Morrow, 1988. $12.95. Grades K-3.
Presents the life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his love of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical fortitude.

THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE/ Nadine Westcott. -- Little, Brown, 1988. $12.95. Grades K-2.
A humorously illustrated version of the old jump rope rhyme. A great read-a-loud where children can chime in on the chorus.

THE LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH/ Tomie de Paola. -- Putnam, 1988. $13.95. Grades 1-4.
Little gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a dream-vision, of becoming an artist for his people. Eventually, he is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to earth.

MOCKINGBIRD MORNING/ Joanne Ruder; Dennis Nolan, ill. -- Four Winds Press, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-2.
Poems take the reader on an early morning walk to observe the animals of the woods and water in happy solitude.

ONE HUNGRY MONSTER: A COUNTING BOOK IN RHYME/ Susan Heyboer O'keefe; Lynn Munsinger, ill. -- Little, Brown, 1989. $12.95. Grades K-3.
Insatiable monsters demanding food increase in number from one to ten until a small boy finally orders them all out of his bedroom.

PAPER JOHN/ David Small. -- Farrar, Straus,Giroux, 1987. $3.95. Grades K-3.
A master-craftman of paper-folding saves a small town from a devil's foul play.

THE PEA PATCH JIG/ Thacher Hurd. -- Crown, 1986. $11.95. Grades K-2.
This brightly illustrated book puts everyone in the mood for spring as it tells of the humorous adventures and misadventures of Baby Mouse.

THE SEAL MOTHER/ Mordicai Gerstein. -- Dial, 1986. $11.76. Grades 2-4.
A beautifully told story centered around the Scottish legend about the seals shedding their skins on midsummer's night eve, taking human form and dancing in the moonlight.

THE SHOW-AND-TELL WAR: AND OTHER STORIES ABOUT ADAM JOSHUA/ Janice Lee Smith. -- Harper, 1988. $10.70. Grades 1-4.
This third installment in the life of Adam Joshua perfectly captures the daily fun and frustrations of a primary grade youngster.

SHY CHARLES/ Rosemary Wells. -- Dial, 1988. $11.89. Grades Preschool-2.
Charles is a very shy mouse, and as much as they would like him to change, his parent's intervention have no effect. Change must come from within Charles.

SONG AND DANCE MAN/ Karen Ackerman. -- Knopf, 1988. $11.95. Grades Preschool-2.
A loving story of a grandfather who entertains his grandchildren one afternoon with the routines he once performed on the Vaudeville stage.

TYRANNOSAURUS WAS A BEAST/ Jack Prelutsky; Arnold Lobel, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1988. Grades K-4.
A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

YOU BE GOOD & I'LL BE NIGHT: JUMP-ON-THE-BED POEMS/ Eve Merriam; Karenlee Schmidt, ill. -- Morrow, 1988. $12.95. Preschool-3.
Collection of brief, whimsical rhyming poems. 

4-8

ABIGAIL ADAMS/ Angela Osborne. -- Chelsea House, 1988. $16.95. Grades 5-9.
An intimate portrait of Abigail Adams, her life with John Adams, and her involvement with the events preceding, during, and after the American Revolution.

AESOP'S FABLES/ Tom Paxton. -- Morrow, 1988. $12.95. Grades 2 and up.
Clever adaptation of ten well known fables, retold in bouncy verse.

BORROWED CHILDREN/ George Ella Lyon. -- Orchard Books, 1988. $12.95. Grades 5-9.
Forced to care for mother and family during her mother's difficult pregnancy, Mandy harbors a tremendous amount of resentment towards her family. Mandy visits her grandparents in Memphis, after her mother grows stronger. Her trip teaches her things about herself and her family.

BUFFALO HUNT/ Russell Freedman. -- Holiday House, 1988. $16.95. Grades 3-6.
Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains. Describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.

CATWINGS/ Ursula K. LeGuin. -- Orchard Books, 1988. $10.99. Grades 2-5.
Although their wings take them away from the dangers of the city where they were born, Mr. Tabby's four unusual kittens discover new hardships that await them in the country. Fortunately they are discovered by two sensitive, thoughtful children. A touching fantasy.

EXPLORING THE TITANIC/ Robert D. Ballard. -- Scholastic, 1988. $14.95. Grades 3-6.
Describes the large luxury liner which sank in 1912 and the discovery and exploration of its underwater wreckage.

THE FACTS AND FICTIONS OF MINNA PRATT/ Patricia MacLachlan. -- Harper & Row, 1988. $11.95. Grades 3-6.
An eleven-year-old cellist learns about life from her eccentric family, her first boyfriend, and Mozart.

HOW TO FIGHT A GIRL/ Thomas Rockwell; Gioia Fiammenghi, ill. -- Franklin Watts, 1987. $10.95. Grades 4-7.
Joe and Alan's plan to get revenge on Billy backfires when their secret weapon, the prettiest girl in their fifth grade class, becomes Billy's friend instead.

I'LL MEET YOU AT THE CUCUMBERS/ Lilian Moore. -- Atheneum, 1988. $12.95. Grades 2-5.
Adam Mouse, a poet, summons up his courage to meet his penpal, Amanda, at the Farmer's Market.

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS AND CLARK/ Rhoda Blumberg. -- Lothrop, 1987. $17.95. Grades 4 and up.
Describes the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown Western regions of America at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.

JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES/ Paul Fleischman. -- Harper & Row, 1988. $11.95. Grades 3 and up.
A collection of poems to be read aloud as a celebration of the insect world.

LINNEA IN MONET'S GARDEN/ Christina Bjork, Lena Anderson. -- R&S Books, 1987. $10.95. Grades 3-6.
A young girl becomes fascinated with Monet's life and discovers impressionism through her love of nature.

MAUDIE IN THE MIDDLE/ Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. -- Atheneum, 1988. $13.95. Grades 3-5.
Maudie is the middle child in a family of seven, Maudie desperately needs attention and wants to be special to someone. She comes through in a family crisis proving, to herself, that she is special in her own right.

NUMBER OF STARS/ Lois Lowry. -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. $12.95. Grades 5-8.
In 1943 during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

RIP VAN WINKLE Washington Irving. Retold and illustrated by John Howe. --Little, Brown, 1988. $14.95. Grades 3-5.
An interesting retelling of the story of the man who sleeps for twenty years. Beautifully illustrated.

SEX EDUCATION/ Jenny Davis. -- Orchard Books, 1988. $13.95. Grades 5-9.
Livvie and David meet in Mrs. Fulton's ninth grade Biology class. The first semester of class is devoted to sex education. For a semester project, everys student had to find someone to "care" about. David and Livvie decide that they will work on a project together. As they become totally involved in their project, they became closer themselves. A stimulating and emotionally charged book.

THE STRANGER/ Chris Van Allsburg. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1986. $15.95. Grades 2-5.
Farmer Bailey accidentally runs over an unusual stranger whom the family takes in to nurse back to health. It is only after the stranger recovers from amnesia that the Baileys realize his mysterious connection to the weather.

STRINGBEAN'S TRIP TO THE SHINING SEA/ Vera B. Williams & Jennifer Williams. -- Greenwillow Books, 1988. $11.95. Grades 2-6.
Stringbean describes his trip to the West Coast in a series of postcards.

THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRL'S BATHROOM/ Louis Sachar. -- Knopf, 1987. $2.95. Grades 4-6.
Funny and sensitive story about Bradley, a fifth grader who tells outrageous lies.

THE WAY THINGS WORK/ David Macaulay. -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988. $24.95. Grades 4 and up.
Through clear information and illuminating diagrams, this encyclopedia coverage of technology shows readers exactly the way things work.

1991

K-3

ANNA'S GARDEN SONGS/ Mary Q. Steele; Lena Anderson, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1989. $11.95. Grades K-3.
A collection of delightful vegetable garden poems with charming illustrations.

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM/ Bill Martin, Jr.; John Archambault; Lois Ehlert, ill. -- Simon & Schuster, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A bold, zany, finger-snappin' look at the letters of the alphabet as they travel to the top of a coconut tree, A must for reading aloud.

COLOR DANCE/ Ann Jonas. -- Greenwillow, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
Four dancers show how colors combine to create different colors. Vibrant watercolor illustration. A good book for extended art, music, or writing activities.

COME A TIDE/ George Ella Lyon; Stephen Gammel, ill. -- Orchard, 1990. $14.95. Grades K-2.
An upbeat view, through a little girl's eyes, of adventures encountered when spring floods come to her rural home.

HAROLD & THE GREAT STAG/ Donald Carrick. -- Ticknor & Fields, 1988. $14.95. Grades 1-5.
A little boy schemes to protect the Great Stag from being killed by the Baron and his men. Beautifully illustrated.

HEARTLAND/ Diane Siebert; Wendell Minor, ill. -- Crowell, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
Poems from the heartland of America. Stunning, realistic illustrations make the poetry come alive.

HERSCHEL AND THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS/ Eric Kimmel; Trina Schart Hyman, ill. -- Holiday House, 1989. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Herschel and Ostropol come up with several ingenious ideas for tricking the goblins.

INN THE MIDDLE OF THE PUDDLE/ Mike Thaler; Bruce Degen, ill. -- Harper & Row, 1988. $11.95. Grades k-3.
A frog and a turtle, experience a cycle of change due to the weather.

LISTEN TO THE RAIN/ Bill Martin, Jr.; John Archambault; James Endicott, ill. -- Henry Holt & Co., 1988. $13.95. Grades K-3.
The many sounds of rain are poetically explored and sparingly, but beautifully illustrated.

A LITTLE EXCITEMENT/ Marc Harshman; Ted Rand, ill. -- Cobblehill, 1989. $12.95. Grades K-3.
A boy wishes for some excitement and his wish comes in a surprising way.

LON PO-PO/ Ed Young. -- Philomel, 1989. $14.95. Grades K-3.
A Chinese variation of Little Red Riding Hood. Stunning water color and pastel illustrations full of.

THE MITTEN/ Adapted and ill. by Jan Brett. -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. $14.95. Grades K-3.
A progressive tale of a very crowded lost mitten. Lush, beautifully detailed illustrations.

PRINCESS BEE AND THE ROYAL GOODNIGHT STORY/ Sandy Asher. -- Whitman, 1989. $12.95. Grades K-3.
In the absence of her mother, Princess Bee tests the storytelling abilities of other family members when bedtime comes.

PRINCESS FURBALL/ Charlotte Huck; Anita Lobel, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A variation of the Cinderella story.

SEA SWAN/ Kathryn Lasky. -- Macmillan, 1988. $13.95. Grades 2-4.
It is a life-changing experience when a grandmother learns to swim.

THE TALKING EGGS/ Robert San Souci; Jerry Pinkney, ill. -- Dial, 1989. $12.95. Grades 2-4.
A Southern folktale in which Blanche wins a bright future through her goodness, while her nasty sister, Rose, comes to ruination by not listening to the talking eggs.

THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS/ Jon Scieszka; Lane Smith, ill. -- Viking Kestrel, 19989. $13.95. Grades 2-5.
Even intermediate students will enjoy this version of the fairy tale. Alexander T. Wolf (alias the Big, Bad, Wolf) finally gets to tell his side of the story.

THE TUB PEOPLE/ Pam Conrad; Richard Egielski, ill. -- Harper, 1989. $12.95. Grades K-1.
All children who love to play with toys in the bathtub will relate to this adventure of the Tub Child as he is lost down the drain and happily recovered again.

THE WARRIOR AND THE WISEMAN/ David Wisniewski. -- Lothrop, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
In order to determine who shall rule his kingdom, a Japanese emperor sends his twin sons on a quest. Stunning paper cut illustrations.

THE WEDNESDAY SURPRISE/ Eve Bunting; Donald Carrick, ill. -- Clarion, 1989. $13.95. Grades K-3.
A young girl's Wednesday meetings with her grandmother end in a wonderful birthday surprise for her father. Grandmother learns to read.

4-8

AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES/ Janet Taylor Lisle. -- Orchard, 19989. $12.95. Grades 4-up.
As Hillary works in the miniature village, allegedly built by elves, in Sara-Kate's yard, she becomes curious about her friend's real life inside the big, gloomy house with her mysterious, silent mother.

THE AMERICAN FAMILY FARM/ Joan Anderson; George Ancona. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. $18.95. Grades 5-up.
A pictorial essay of the American family farm.

THE BEST BET GAZETTE/ Linda Gondosch. -- Lodestar, 1989. $12.95. Grades 4-6.
Competition with two rival girls in producing a neighborhood newspaper and her experience dealing with a friend's case of polio help 10-year-old Judy Oliver develop an understanding of how a newspaper ought to be written.

BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ Bill Peet. -- Watts, 1989. $16.95. Grades 3-up.
Bill Peet writes about Bill Peet.

THE BROCCOLI TAPES/ Jan Slepian. -- Philomel, 1989. $13.95. Grades 5-7.
On tapes mailed back to her class in Boston, Sara records her family's five month stay in Hawaii.

THE BUTTERFLY JAR/ Jeff Moss. -- Bantam, 1989. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
A wonderful and funny collection of poems that will be read over and over by children, teachers, and parents.

DOLL IN THE GARDEN/ Mary Downing Hahn. -- Clarion, 1989. $11.86. Grades 5-8.
When Ashely and Kristi discover an old doll buried in nasty neighbor, Old Ms. Cooper's garden, they are amazed to find that they can enter another time period by going through the door in the hedge. A ghostly cat shows them the way.

A FAMILY APART/ Joan Lowery Nixon. -- Bantam, 1987. $13.95. Grades 5-8.
A heartfelt look at one family's experience with the Orphan Train of the mid 19th century. The first of Nixon's quartet.

THE GREAT AMERICAN GOLD RUSH/ Rhonda Blumberg. -- Bradbury, 1989. $16.95. Grades 5-8.
Describes the emigration of people t California from the East coast of the United States and foreign countries in order to pursue their dream of discovering gold.

IN TROUBLE AGAIN, ZELDA HAMMERSMITH?/ Lynn Hall. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. $13.95. Grades 3-6.
An introduction to a lovable character who adds a new dimension to the definition of "mischief."

JANIE'S PRIVATE EYES/ Zilpha Keatley Snyder. -- Delacorte, 1989. $14.95. Grades 4-6.
The Stanely children, from the HEADLESS CUPID, must discover why dogs are disappearing in the town of Steven's Corners.

THE LAST SLICE OF RAINBOW AND OTHER STORIES/ Joan Aiken. -- Harper & Row, 1989. $3.50 (pbk). Grades 4-8.
A collection of fantasy short stories sure to please.

NUMBER THE STARS/ Lois Lowry. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1989. $12.95. Grades 5-8.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, Annemarie shelters her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

THEO ZEPHYR/ Dean Hughes. -- Atheneum, 1987. $10.16. Grades 5-8.
A fascinating account of a boy whose dream of being able to perform heroic deeds, have superhuman strength, and of taking revenge on the "Mr. Perfect" in his school class comes true in a nightmarish manner.

THE WINTER ROOM/ Gary Paulsen. -- Orchard, 1989. $11.95. Grades 5-8.
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's takes of an almost mythological logging past.

1992

K-3

AARDVARKS DISEMBARK/ Ann Jonas. -- Greenwillow, 1990. $14.95.
Noah calls out a variety of animals, most of which are not widely known and are now endangered.

ART LESSON/ Tomie deploy. -- Putnam, 1989. $13.95.
A young boy yearns to be an artist and receives the support of his family and teachers.

BABUSKA'S DOLL/ Patricia Polacco. -- Simon and Schuster, 1990. $14.95.
A naughty doll comes to life and is even more rambunctious than the little girl that owns her.

BASKET/ George Ella Lyon. -- Orchard Books, 1990. $14.95.
A delightful story about a grandmother's basket and all the joys and memories it holds.

THE BIRTHDAY MOON/ Lois Duncan. -- Penguin Group, 1989. $13.95.
This illustrated poem describes what can be done with the best birthday gift of all, the moon.

THE BUCK STOPS HERE/ Alice Provensen. -- Harper & Row, 1990. $17.95.
Fascinating details are told about the Presidents of the United States.

CECIL'S STORY/ George Ella Lyon; Peter Catalonotto, ill. -- Orchard, 1991.
A young boy's father goes off to fight in the Civil War. The boy worried about what may happen to his father as life on the farm continues as usual. Set in Kentucky.

THE EMPTY POT/ Demi. -- Holt & Company, 1990. $15.95.
To determine who will succeed him, the Emperor of China gives seeds to each child. The one that presents the best bloom will be chosen as the successor.

FEATHERS FOR LUNCH/ Lois Ehlert. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. $13.95.
Cat got out! He's looking for lunch, but the birds know what to do! A fun first reader with an excellent guide to backyard birds and plants.

JUST PLAIN FANCY/ Patricia Polacco. -- Bantam, 1990. $14.95.
Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRUCKER/ Louise Borden. -- Scholastic, 1990. $12.95.
Elliot Long wants to be a trucker. He watches trucks go by on the highway. On his birthday, he and his friends visit the Sardinia Concrete Co. and meet Slim, Elliot's favorite truck driver.

REMEMBER THE BUTTERFLIES/ Anna Grossnickle Hines. -- Dutton, 1991. $12.95.
Grandpa lovingly shows Holly and Glen about the life and death of a butterfly. Later, this helps them to accept their grandfather's death.

TEAMMATES/ Peter Golenbrock; Paul Bacon, ill. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. $14.95.
Jackie Robinson, the first black professional baseball player in the big leagues, gains the respect of Pee Wee Reese and his colleagues.

TRAIN SONG/ Diane Siebert. -- Harper, 1990. $14.95.
A pictorial journey by train.

THE WALL/ Eve Bunting. -- Clarion Books, 1990. $13.95.
A small boy and his father search for the name of the boy's grandfather at the Vietnam Memorial.

WILBUR'S SPACE MACHINE/ Lorna Balian. -- Holiday House, 1990. $14.95.
Provides the reader with an appreciation of the countryside and a concern for the future of the environment.

4-8

BASEBALL IN APRIL AND OTHER STORIES/ Gary Soto. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. $19.95. Grades 6-8.
A collection of short stories about teen life in a Hispanic neighborhood in California.

THE BIG BOOK FOR PEACE/ Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs, ed. -- Dutton, 1990. Grades 4-8.
A collection of poems, stories, and illustration that share the theme of peace. Contributions from authors such as Natalie Babbitt, Jean Fritz, Lois Lowry, and others are found in the book.

BIRDWATCH: A BOOK OF POETRY/ Jane Yolen. -- Philomel Books, 1990. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
A celebration of the earth's feathered creatures.

BLACK AND WHITE/ David Macaulay. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1990. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
Four brief stories about parents, trains, and cows, or is it just one story? A puzzle with several solutions. 1991 Caldecott Medal.

THE BURNING QUESTIONS OF BINGO BROWN/ Betsy Byars. -- Penguin, 1988. $3.95 (pbk). Grades 4-7.
As adolescent Bingo Brown trembles on the brink of manhood, he records his questions about adult life--issues of maturity, romance, and the surprising vulnerability of adults--in a journal he must keep for English class.

COULDN'T I START OVER?/ Jean Thesman. -- Avon Books, 1989. $2.95 (pbk). Grades 4-7.
Shiloh Packard had no idea that one person could ruin her whole life. Lovey Sullivan arrived and stole Shiloh's best
friend, hooked the boy that she had a crush on, and tricked the piano teacher into giving her the staring role in the Winter Music Festival. If only Shiloh hadn't been so nice to her.

DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC/ Jane Yolen. -- Viking, 1988. $11.95. Grades 4-8.
A young girl is disgruntled with her Jewish heritage and doesn't understand or appreciate the tradition of remembering all that has gone before until during her family's Seder meal she steps through a door to find herself in a 1942 Poland community that is sent to concentration camp.

EVERYWHERE/ Bruce Brooks. -- Harper, 1990. $12.95. Grades 5-8.
With the help of a friend, a ten-year-old boy saves his grandfather from a heart attack by doing a "soul switch." This is a story of love and loyalty that is both humorous and moving.

THE GOLDEN BIRD/ Hans Stolp. -- Dial, 1990. $11.89. Grades 4-8.
Captures the emotional reality of a terminally ill child. The story is told from the child's point of view.

GOOD QUEEN BESS: THE STORY OF ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND/ Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. -- Four Winds Press, 1990. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
Introduces and follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

HIGH RISE GLORIOUS SKITTLE SKAT ROARIOUS SKY PIE ANGEL FOOD CAKE/ Nancy Willard. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
As she is preparing a very special angel food cake for her mother's birthday, a young girl is surprised by three angels who drop in for a taste.

GWINNA/ Barbara Helen Berger. -- Philomel, 1990. $18.95. Grades 4-8.
An original fairy tale about a beautiful child, Gwinna, who longs to return to her true home, back to Mother Owl, and to freely use her wings and discover song.

THE KITCHEN KNIGHT/ Margaret Hodges; Trina Schart Hyman, ill. -- Holiday, 1990. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
A lavishly illustrated story of knights in the time of King Arthur.

MANIAC MAGEE/ Jerry Spinelli. -- Little, Brown, 1990. $13.95. Grades 4-7.
A homeless boy can't understand why people treat each other so badly. 1991 Newbery Medal.

MATTHEW JACKSON MEETS THE WALL/ Patricia Reilly Giff. -- Delacorte, 1990. $13.95. Grades 3-5.
A move from New York to Ohio proves traumatic for Matt, especially after the disappearance of the family cat.

THE SKY IS FALLING/ Barbara Corcoran. -- Avon Books, 1988. $2.95 (pbk). Grades 4-7.
When Annah Perry turns fourteen, her whole world seems to fall apart. Up until this time, she had lived a very privileged life, but the Great Depression does not spare Annah and her family. Her uncle commits suicide and the family home must be sold when her father looses his job.

SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE/ Jack Prelutsky. -- Greenwillow, 1990. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
An illustrated collection of humorous poems on a variety of topics. Pure Prelutsky.

STONE WORDS: A GHOST STORY/ Pam Conrad. -- Harper, 1990. $12.89. Grades 4-8.
A young girl finds herself drawn into another time to help save her childhood playmate, a ghost who shares her name.

A TELLING OF TALES: FIVE STORIES/ William J. Brooke. -- Harper & Row, 1990. $12.95. Grades 4-8.
A retelling of five classic folk/fairy tales. Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Jack and the Beanstalk, with contemporary and startling twist.

1993

K-3

ABUELA/ Arthur Dorros. -- Dutton, 1991. #13.95. Grades K-3.
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the
sky and fly over the sights of New York City.

THE ADVENTURES OF ISABEL / Ogden Nash; James Marshall, ill. -- Little, Brown and Co., 1991. $14.95.
Grades K-3.
The feisty Isabel defeats giants, witches and other threatening creatures with ease.

BIGMAMA'S / Donald Crews. -- Greenwillow Books, 1991.  #13.95.  Grades K-3.
Visiting Bigmama's house in the country, young Donald Crews finds his relatives full of news and the old place and its surroundings just the same as the year before.  

FATHERS, MOTHERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS: A COLLECTION OF FAMILY POEMS / Mary Ann Hoberman. -- Little, Brown and Co., 1991.  Grades K-3.

A HIPPOPOTAMUSN'T: AND OTHER ANIMAL VERSES / J. Patrick Lewis; Victoria Chess, ill. -- Dial Books, 1990.  $12.92.  Grades K-3.
More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

JOHNNY APPLESEED / Reeve Lindbergh, paintings by Kathy Jakoben. -- Little, Brown and Co., 1990.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
Lyrical and joyous tale of America's beloved folk hero.

MANDY / Barbara D. Booth. -- Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1991.  $14.95. Grades K-3.
Hearing-impaired Mandy risks going out into the scary night during an impending storm, to look for her beloved grandmother's lost pin.

A MOTHER FOR CHOCO / Keiko Kasza. -- Putnam's Sons, 1992.  $14.95. Grades K-3.
A lonely little bird named Choco goes in search of a mother.

MY GREAT-AUNT ARIZONA / Gloria Houston. -- Harper Collins, 1992. $15.00. Grades K-3.
An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of school children.

THE RAG COAT / Lauren Mills. -- Little, Brown and Co., 1991. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.

SALAMANDER ROOM / Anne Mazer; Steve Johnson, ill. -- Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. $14.00. Grades K-3.
A little boy finds an orange salamander in the woods and thinks of the many things he can do to turn his room into a perfect salamander home.

SOME BIRTHDAY / Patricia Polacco. -- Simon and Schuster, 1991. $17.00. Grades K-3.
Some birthday!  Not only have the festivities apparently been forgotten, but Dad suggests a trip to one of the scariest places on earth--home of the clay pit bottom monster!

TO RIDE A BUTTERFLY / Nancy Larrick. -- Dell, 1991. $17.00. Grades K-3.
An illustrated collection of fables, folktales, stories, poems, songs, and nonfiction by a variety of authors and illustrators.

TRAVELING TO TONDO / Verna Aardema. -- Knopf, 1991.  $14.00. Grades K-3.
On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.

TREE OF CRANES / Allen Say. -- Houghton, 1991.  $16.95. Grades K-3.
A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes.

TUESDAY / David Wiesner. -- Houghton, 1991.  #15.95. Grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1992.
The unbelievable occurrences of a Tuesday evening are captured in fantastic illustrations.

A VISIT TO GRANDMA'S / Nancy Carlson. -- Viking Press, 1991.  Grades K-3.
Tina and her parents visit Grandma in her new Florida condo and are surprised to find that she is very different from when she lived on the farm.

WITCH HAZEL / Alice Schertle. -- Harper Collins, 1991.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
A young boy uses a witch hazel branch to make a scarecrow and had a mysterious encounter on the night of the harvest moon.

4-8

ANASTASIA AT THIS ADDRESS / Lois Lowry. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1991.  $13.95.  Grades 4-8.
Thirteen-year-old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself, but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend's wedding.

BEARSTONE / Will Hobbs. -- Atheneum Children's Books, 1989.  $12.95.  Grades 4-8.
Fourteen-year-old Lloyd is sent by his tribe to the mountains of Colorado and there he finds understanding and confidence in himself.

THE BORNING ROOM / Paul Fleischman. -- Harper Collins, 1991.  $13.95. Grades 4-8.
It's a room set aside for the arrival of babies and the departure of the dying.  It's seldom occupied.  When it is, the lives of those within it and without often take a sudden turning.

BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY / Susan Jeffers. -- Dial Books, 1991.  $15.00.  Grades 4-8.
A Suquamish Indian Chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth and concern for its destruction.

CREATURES THAT GLOW / Joanne Barkan. -- Doubleday, 1991.
Introduces animals and plants that produce their own light.

FACE TO FACE/ Marion D. Bauer. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1991.  $13.95.  Grades 4-8.
Picked on at school by bullies, thirteen-year-old Michael confronts his fears during a trip to Colrado to see his father who works as a whitewater rafting guide and whom Michael has not seen in eight years.

FIGMENT, YOUR DOG SPEAKING / Laura Hawkins. -- Houghton, 1991. Grades 4-8.
Marcella tends to tell wild stories.  Her dog, Figment, who can talk, comes to her rescue.

GADGET WAR / Betsy Duffey. -- Viking, 1991.  $11.95.  Grades 4-8.
Kelly sparks is an ingenious inventor with forty three inventions to her credit.  She meets another gadget wiz and the rivalry escalates to a full-scale gadget war.

JOURNEY / Patricia MacLachlan. -- Delacorte Press, 1991.  $13.50. Grades 4-8.
When their mother goes off, leaving her tow children with their grandparents, they feel as if their past had been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

THE LAST PRINCESS: THE STORY OF PRINCESS KAIULANI OF HAWAII / Fay Stanley. -- Four Winds, 1991.  $15.95.  Grades 4-8.
Recounts the story of Hawaii's last heir to the throne who was denied her right to rule when the monarchy was abolished.

LYDDIE / Katherine Paterson. -- Dutton, 1991.  $14.95.  Grades 4-8.
Impoverished Vermont farm girl, Lyddie Worthen, is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1840s.

MISSISSIPPI BIRDGE / Mildred D. Taylor. -- Dial, 1990.  $12.95. Grades 4-8.
During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers.

THE MONUMENT / Gary Paulsen.  Macmillan, 1991. Grades 4-8.
Mick Strum, an artist commissioned by a small Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead, agrees with Katherine Anne Porter's philosophy that art is what you find when the ruins are cleared away.

THE NIGHT THE WHOLE CLASS SLEPT OVER / Stella Pevsner. -- Clarion, 1991.  $13.95.  Grades 4-8.
Dan, whose artist parents have kept him moving around all his life, fears he will lose new school friends until the class sleepover at the library coincides with an ice storm.

ORP GOES TO THE HOOP / Suzy Kline. -- Putnam's Sons.  $13.95. Grades 4-8.
All-star baseball pitcher Orp goes out for basketball in the 7th grade and fins that the skills he has developed in his old sport can be transferred to his new one.

PISH, POSH, SAID HIERONYMUS BOSCH / Nancy Willard. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. Grades 4-8.
A poem about the 15th century painter filled with medieval beasts.

SHADES OF GRAY / Carolyn Reeder. -- Macmillan, 1989.  $12.95. Grades 6-8.
The Civil War was over, but it had taken a terrible toll on twelve-year-old Will Page.  Will was forced to go live with his uncle who refused to fight in the war.  Will found much to admire in his uncle, but not enough to let him forgive. . .until he began to understand a different kind of courage.

SHILOH / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. -- Atheneum, 1991.  $12.95. Grades 4-8. Newbery Medal 1992.
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dogs real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

TOUGHBOY AND SISTER / Kirkpatrick Hill. -- Macmillan, 1990.  $12.95. Grades 4-8.
The death of their drunken father strands ten-year-old Toughboy and his younger sister at a remote fishing cabin in the Yukon.

1994

K-3

A BIRTHDAY BASKET FOR TIA / Pat Mora; Cecily Lang, ill. -- Macmillan, 1992.  $13.95.  Grades K-3.
With the help and interference of her cat, Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's 90th birthday.

EMILY / Michael Bedord; Barbara Cooney, ill. -- Doubleday, 1992.  $16.00.  Grades K-3.

FORTUNE-TELLERS / Lloyd Alexander; Trina Schart Hyman, ill. -- Dutton, 1992.  $15.00.  Grades 2-4.
A carpenter goes to a fortune-teller and fins that predictions about his future come true in an unusual way.

GO ASK GIORGIO / Patricia Wittman; Will Hillenbrand, ill. -- Macmillan, 1992.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
Giorgio likes to work, but he takes on so many jobs that he can no longer enjoy them.

HOW THE STARS FELL INTO THE SKY / Jerrie Oughton; Lisa Desimini, ill. -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992.
$14.95.  Grades K-3.
A retelling of the Navajo legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

JAKE: A LABRADOR PUPPY AT WORK AND PLAY / Robert T. Jones; Bill Eppridge, ill. -- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992.  $15.00.  Grades K-4.
Description of  puppy's training during the first year of life.

KENTUCKY TROLL / Juanita Havill; Bert Dodson, ill. -- Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1993.  $13.00.  Grades 2-4.
A Swedish troll emigrates to Kentucky and tries to live in disguise among the humans.

MARTHA SPEAKS / Susan Maddaugh. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1992.  $13.95.  Grades K-3.
When Martha, the dog, eats alphabet soup, she begins to speak.  Ask the family--having a talking dog is not always fun.

MIRETTE ON THE HIGHWIRE / Emily Arnold McCully. -- Putnam's Sons, 1992.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
Mirette learns tightrope walking from a guest in her mother's boarding house not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.  Caldecott Medal.

PIGS APLENTY, PIGS GALORE! / David McPhail. -- Dutton, 1993.  $13.99. Grades K-3.
Pigs galore invade a house and have a wonderful party.

THE RAINBABIES / Laura Krauss Melmed; Jim LaMarche, ill. -- Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1992.  $15.00. Grades 1-4.
When the moon gives twelve tiny babies to a childless couple, the new parents take great care of their charges and eventually receive unexpected reward.

A RIVER RAN WILD / Lynn Cherry. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.  $14.95.  Grades 2-5.
Environmental history of the Nashua River from its discovery by Indians through the present.

SOMEBODY CATCH MY HOMEWORK / David L. Harrison, Betsy Lewin, ill. -- Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 1993.  $13.95.  Grades 2-6.
Poems about various school experiences.

THE STORY OF MAY / Mordicai Gerstein.  HarperCollins, 1993.  $16.00.  Grades K-3.
A majestic allegory in which each month has a special task and the mysterious love affair between December and April brings about the brightest month of all--May.  Dazzling illustrations.

TALKING LIKE THE RAIN / Selected by X. J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy; Jane Dyer, ill. -- Little, Brown, 1992.  $17.95.  Grades K-3.
Collection of poems for very young children.

WHEN CATS DREAM / Dav Pilkey.  Orchard, 1992.  $14.95.  Grades K-4.
When cats dream, they can do anything they want.

WHO CAME DOWN THAT ROAD? / George Ella Lyon; Peter Catalanotto, ill. -- Orchard, 1992.  $15.95.  Grades K-3.
Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road.

4-8

BARD OF AVON: THE STORY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema; Diane Stanley, ill. -- Morrow, 1992.  $15.00.  Grades 4-8.
Biography of William Shakespeare.

BOB AND JACK: A BOY AND HIS YAK / Jeff Moss; Chris Demarest, ill. -- Bantam, 1992.  $15.00.  Grades 4-8.
A boy and his pet yak grow up together.

BULL RUN / Paul Fleischman; David Frampton, ill. -- Harper, 1993.  $14.00. Grades 4-8.
Sixteen different stories tell the horrors and folly of the Civil War's first great battle.  Can be read as a novel or preformed as reader's theatre.

THE DARK THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL / Patricia C. McKissack; Brian Pinkney, ill. -- Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.  $15.00.  Grades 4-8.
Ten mesmerizing and breath taking original tales of the supernatural.

DEAR NAPOLEON, I KNOW YOU'RE DEAD, BUT. . . / Elvira Woodruff; Noah and Jess Woodruff, ill. -- Holiday House, 1992.  $13.95.  Grades 4-7.
When ten-year-old Marty Belucci is given a class assignment to write letters to famous people, he writes to a variety of dead people with surprising results.  Through the intervention of his grandfather, who lives in a nursing home, Marty receives answers to his letters.  Although there is humor in the story, a serious element regarding the tender relationship between Marty and his grandfather balances the appeal of the book.

DEAR WORLD: HOW CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD FEEL ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT / Lannis Temple, Ed. -- Random House, 1993.  $15.00.  Grades 4-8.
Collection of letters and drawings from young people around the world that express their feelings about nature and the environmental problems the world faces.

THE FALCON'S WING / Dawna Liss Buchanan. -- Orchard, 1992.  $13.95.  Grades 4-8.
After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Bryn tries to make a new life when her father moves them to Canada to live with her aunt and cousin who has Down's syndrome.

MISSING MAY / Cynthia Rylant. -- Orchard, 1992.  $12.95.  Grades 4-8.
Newbery Medal.  After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her Uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.

SAFE AT HOME / Peggy King Anderson. -- Atheneum, 1992.  $12.95.  Grades 4-6.
Tony loves baseball.  His mother is an alcoholic and he must spend a great amount of time at home taking care of a little sister.  An accident at home happens and his mom goes to the hospital.  The father returns home after a six months absence.  An excellent title for this book.

TAKEDOWN / Matt Christopher; Margaret Santilippo, ill. -- Little, Brown, 1990.  $14.95.  Grades 4-8.
Sean helps an assistant referee prepare for a wrestling match.  He wonders if his mentor is his lost father.

THROUGH THE MICKLE WOODS / Valiska Gregory; Barry Moser, ill. -- Little, Brown, 1992.  $15.95.  Grades 4-8.
Stories within a story.  A walk through the Mickle Woods is full of surprises.  Barry Moser's dark and brooding illustrations match the mood of the king who grieves for his queen.  A young boy and a magical bear help the king through the Mickle Woods.

1995

K-3

AMANDA'S PERFECT HAIR/ Linda Milstein; Susan Meddaugh, ill. -- Tambourine Books, 1993. $13.95. Grades K-3.
Although everyone else keeps telling Amanda how wonderful her long thick hair is, she decides that she doesn't like it.

ARCHIBALD FRISBY/ Michael Chesworth. -- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1994. $15.00. Graders K-3.
Archibald Frisby is obsessed with all things scientific. His mother is so worried about this that she sends him summer camp to loosen him up.

BABYSITTING FOR BENJAMIN/ Valiska Gregory; Lynn Munsinger, ill. -- Orchard Books, 1993. Grades K-3.
Ralph and Frances, an older mouse couple, find that babysitting Benjamin, a rambunctious toddler rabbit, is a challenge they cautiously but creatively deal with.

THE BEE TREE/ Patricia Polacco. -- Philomel Books, 1993. $14.95. Grades K-3.
To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where bees keep all their honey.

THE CATSPRING SOMERSAULT/ SuAnn Kiser; Peter Catalanotto, ill. -- Orchard, 1993. Grades K-3.
When everyone in her large family seems too busy around the farm to pay attention to her, a young girl decides to run away to find someone who will watch her do new tricks.

THE COW WHO WOULDN'T COME DOWN/ Paul Brett Johnson. -- Orchard Books, 1993. Grades K-3.
Miss Rosemary tries everything to coax her flying cow Gertrude down from the sky.

DEMI'S SECRET GARDEN/ Demi; Demi, ill. -- Henry Holt and Co., 1993. Grades K-2.
20 child-pleasing poems, from Shakespeare, Keats, and Whitman. Demi illustrates each with a magnificent collage of paints and patterned papers, embellished with gold on two-three-, and four-page spreads.

DUCKAT/ Gaelyn Gordon; Chris Gaskin, ill. -- Scholastic Inc., 1992. $13.95. Grades K-3.
Mabel makes friends with a very odd duck who thinks he's a cat.

ELVIRA/ Margaret Shannon; ill. -- Ticknor/Houghton, 1993. Grades K-3.
Not a typical fire-breathing dragon, Elvira goes to live among the princesses. Drawn with great humor, Elvira does return home to remain true to herself.

THE FAMILY REUNION/ Tricia Tusa; -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1993. $15.00. Grades K-3.
The Beneadas are a close-knit clan with many far-flung relations - but how do this Ester and Fester fit in?

FAT CHANCE/ Lady Borton; Deborah Kogan Ray, ill. -- Philomel Books, 1993. Grades K-3.
Marty Louise finds a blind stray cat and worries that her mother will not let her keep him.

THE FIVE DOG NIGHT/ Eileen Christelow. -- Clarion Books, 1993. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Two lovely senior citizens worry about each others' welfare as the temperature grows colder. As the snow piles up, they rely more and more upon their dogs for companionship and warmth.

GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY/ Allen Say; -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993. $16.95. Grades K-3.
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

HARVEY SLUMFENBERGER'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT/ John Burningham; -- Candlewick Press, 1993. $15.95. Grades K-3.
Santa Claus and the reindeer are home at last on Christmas Eve. But, Santa realizes with a shock, there's still one present inside the sack--Harvey Slumfenberger's!

IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND/ Denise Fleming; -- Henry Holt and Co., 1993. $15.95. Grades K-3.
Denise Fleming's vibrant art and rhyming text make this Frog's eye peek at life in small, small pond irresistible.

THE KING WHO TRIED TO FRY AN EGG ON HIS HEAD/ Mirra Ginsburg, Will Hillenbrand, ill. -- Macmillan Books, 1994. $14.95. Grades K-3.
A poor and foolish king marries off his three daughter to the Sun, the Moon, and the Raven, and then tries to copy their special talents.

LET ME OFF THIS SPACESHIP/ Gery Geer and Bob Ruddick, Blanche L. Sims, ill. -- Harper Collins, 1991. Grades K-3.
When Tod and Billy are kidnapped by creatures from outer space, they try to make as much trouble as they can on board ship, so that the spaceship captain will take them back to earth.

LOOP THE LOOP/ Barbara Bugan, James Stevenson, ill. -- Greenwillow, 1992. Grades K-3.
A young girl and an old woman form a friendship that lasts even after the woman enters a nursing home. Humorous and touching story.

MAX AND FELIX/ Larry Dane Brimmer, Les Gray, ill. -- Bell Books, 1993. $12.95. Grades K-3.
Four stories about Max, a multi-talented tree frog, and his best friend Felix.

NEVER TAKE A PIG TO LUNCH/ Nadine Bernard Westcott; -- Orchard Books, 1994. $18.95. Grades K-3.
A book of poems about the fun of eating.

OLD BLACK FLY/ Jim Aylesworth, Stephen Gammell; ill. -- Henry Holt and Co., 1991. $14.31. Grades K-3.
a delightful ABC book that is greatly enhanced by Stephen Gammell's bright, humorous illustrations.

OWL'S SECRET/ Louise Gallop, Shannon Cartwright, ill. -- Paws IV Books, 1993. Grades K-3.
An empowering book for children. It celebrates each creature's unique virtues as well as telling charming tale in the tradition of Alaskan native people.

PEARL MOSCOWITZ'S LAST STAND/ Arthur A. Levine, Robert Roth, ill. -- Tambourine Books, 1993. $14.00. Grades K-3.
Pearl Moscowitz takes a stand when the city government tries to chop down the last ginkgo tree on her street.

THE THREE DOTS/ Elise Primavera -- G. P. Putnam's Sons Books, 1993. Grades K-3.
Three dotted animals, a frog, duck, and moose, enjoy playing together and form a band, but their friendship is endangered as the fortunes of their band rise and continue to change.

UP THE TRACKS TO GRANDMA'S/ Judith Hendershot, Thomas B. Allen, ill. -- Alfred A. Knopf Books, 1993. $15.00. Grades K-3.
A young girl helps her grandma with her daily chores and takes care of her house and garden while she is in town helping Aunt Katy.

4-8

BEARDANCE/ Will Hobbs. -- Atheneum Books, 1993. $14.94. Grades 4-8.
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. Sequel to "Bearstone."

BROWN HONEY IN BROOMWHEAT TEA/ Joyce C. Thomas, Floyd Cooper, ill. -- HarpC Child Books, 1993. $14.89. Grades 4-8.
A collection of poetry celebrating a child's importance in the family.

CHI-HOON/ Patricia McMahon, Michael F. O'Brien, photographer. -- Caroline House, 1993. Grades 4-8.
The story of a young Korean girl, hr family, and their life in Seoul, Korea.

COMPOST CRITTERS/ Bianca Lavies. -- Dutton Children's Books, 1993. Grades 4-8.
Describes what happens in a compost pile and how compost turns into humus.

CRAZY LADY/ Jane Leslie Conly. -- Laura Geringer Book, 1993. $13.00. Grades 4-8.
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.

DEAR GOD, HELP!!! LOVE EARL/ Barbara Park. -- Borzoi Book, 1993. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
Tried of being pushed around by the class bully, Earl and two friends devise the perfect revenge.

FLIP-FLOP GIRL/ Katherine Paterson. -- Lodestar Books, 1994. $13.99. Grades 4-8.
Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.

THE GIVER/ Lois Lowry. -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1993. Grades 4-8.
Given his lifetime assignment at eh Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

THE HAYMEADOW/ Gary Paulsen. -- Doubleday Books, 1992. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
14-year old John Barron is asked to spend the summer taking care of 6,000 sheep in the haymeadow with only four dogs and two horses to help.

THE HERO OF BREMEN/ Margaret Hodges, Charles Mikolaycak, ill. -- Holiday House Books, 1993. Grades 4-8.
Retells the German Legend in which a shoemaker who cannot walk helps the town of Bremen, aided by the spirit of the great hero Roland.

LETTERS FROM RIFKA/ Karen Hesse. -- Henry Holt and Co., 1992. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
Packing their few possessions, Rifka's family prepares to flee the pogroms of 1919 Russia. She records her exodus in the margins of a cherished volume of Pushkin in the form of letters addressed to Tovah, the beloved cousin she must leave behind.

LIVES OF THE MUSICIANS/ Kathleen Krull, Kathryn Hewitt, ill. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. Grades 4-8.
The lives of twenty composers and musicians, ranging from Vivaldi, Mozart, and Bach to Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Woody Guthrie, are profiled in this eclectic, humorous, and informative collection.

LIZZIE'S LIST/ Maggie Harrison, Bethan Mathews, ill. -- Candlewick Press, 1993. $14.95. Grades 4-8.
What nine-year-old Lizzie wants is a family. Lizzie makes up a list of necessary family members -- one grandma, one grandpa, one brother, one sister, and a baby too -- and sets out to find them. Readers will sheer as Lizzie finally manages to assemble an odd but very real family.

MOLLY DONNELLEY/ Jean Themsman. -- Houghton, 1993. $13.95. Grades 4-8.
At the age of twelve, Molly's life changes with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Long-time neighbors and friends of Japanese descent are moved to an interment camp and Molly's mother takes a job in the shipyard, leaving Molly to sort through new feelings and responsibilities.

NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON/ Gloria Whelan, Leslie Bowman, ill. -- Borzoi Books, 1993. $13.00. Grades 4-8.
When she sneaks away to visit a friend, a young girl living on the Michigan frontier is caught up in the forced evacuation of a group of Potawatomi Indians from their tribal lands in the 1840's.

POWWOW/ George Ancona. -- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. 48.95(paper). Grades 4-8.
A photo essay on the Pan-Indian celebration called a Powwow.

SADAKO/ Eleanor Coerr, Ed Young, ill. -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. $15.99. Grades 4-8.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

SCOOTER/ Vera B. Williams. -- Greenwillow Books, 1993. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
A child's silver blue scooter helps her adjust to her new home.

SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT/ Deborah Hopkinson, James Ransome, ill. -- Alfred A. Knopf Book, 1993. Grades 4-8.
A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the north.

TIME FOR ANDREW/ Mary Downing Hahn. -- Clarion Books, 1994. $13.95. Grades 4-8.
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

TIMOTHY OF THE CAY/ Theodore Taylor. -- Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. Grades 4-8.
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy. Sequel to: The Cay.

UNDER THE MOON/ Dyan Shaldon, Gary Blythe, ill. -- Dial Books For Young Readers, 1993. $15.99. Grades 4-8.
When Jenny finds an arrowhead in her backyard, she spends the day trying to imagine what the world was like long ago, but no matter how hard she tries, she isn't able to picture a world filled with wide-open fields and clear-running streams--until she falls asleep.

WHEN THE NIGHTENGALE SINGS/ Joyce Carol Thomas. -- Harper Trophy, 1992. $3.95. Grades 4-8.
A "Southern" more grown up version of Cinderella with a musical theme and a happy ending. A southern choir leader finds her own replacement in a foster child who is discovered to be her own niece. Rich in culture of the swamp people of the southern U.S.

WHO BELONGS HERE?/ Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien, ill. -- Tilbury House Pub., 1993. $16.95. Grades 4-8.
Anecdotes relating the experience of refugees and their contributions to America culture.

1996

K-3

ALL THE PLACES TO LOVE . Patricia MacLachlan; Mike Wimmer, ill. -- HarperCollins, 1994.  $15.00.  Grades K-3.
A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents' farm and in the nearby countryside.

ALPHABESTIARY / selected by Jane Yolen; Allan Eitzen, ill. -- Boyds Mills Press, 1995.  $16.95.  Grades K-3.
An anthology of animal poems.  At least one poem for each letter in the alphabet.

COUNTING ON CALICO / Phyllis Limbacher Tildes. -- Charlesbridge Publishing, 1995.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
Counting is an easy as 1-2-3 when a very smart mouse introduces readers to an endearing family of felines.  Readers learn a myriad of colorful cat facts about these quirky but beloved creatures in this beautifully illustrated book.

DID YOU HEAR WIND SING YOUR NAME? / Sandra De Coteau Orie; Christopher Canyon, ill. -- Walker, 1995.  $14.95.  Grades K and up.
Beautifully illustrated poem from the Oneida Indian culture.

GOING HOME . Margaret Wild; Wayne Harris, ill. -- Scholastic, 1993.  $14.95.  Grades Preschool - 3.
Hugo is hospitalized with tow other children.  Hugo uses his imagination, sparked by the sounds of the animals from a nearby zoo, to travel the world.

GRANDFATHER'S LOVESONG / Reeve Lindbergh; Rachel Isadora, ill. -- Viking, 1993.  $14.99.  Ages 3 and up.
A grandfather wanders with his grandchild through the changing seasons of a beautiful rural landscape.  He finds just the right words to express love.  A book for all generations to read.

HARVEY POTTER'S BALLOON FARM / Jerdine Nolen; Mark Buehner, ill. -- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1994.  $15.00.  Grades K-3.
A child ventures out in the middle of the night to see how Harvey Potter grows his wonderful balloons.

HOMEPLACE / Anne Shelby; Wendy anderson Halperin, ill. -- Orchard, 1995.  $15.95.  Grades K-3.
A grandmother relates a young girl's geneology through a very loving and eloquently told story.

HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD / Marjorie Priceman. -  Knopf, 1994.  $16.00.  Grades K-3.
Since the market is closed, the reader is led around the world to gather the ingredients for making an apple pie.  Includes recipe.

RAGSALE / Artie Ann Bates; Jeff Chapman-Crane, ill. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1995.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
Story based in Appalachia in which the women of the family find useful and sometimes fun items at the various ragsales in the neighborhood.

SHOES LIKE MISS ALICE'S / Angela Johnson; Ken Page, ill. -- Orchard, 1995.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
A young girl who has been left with a babysitter for the first time is intrigued with the number of shoes needed to get through the various activities of the day.

SMOKY NIGHT / Eve Bunting; David Diaz, ill. -- Harcourt Brace, 1994.  $15.00.  Grades K-4.
When Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.  1995 Caldecott Medal.

THE STORY OF A BOY NAMED WILL / Daniil Kharms; Vladimir Radunsky, ill. -- North-South Books, 1993.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
A deceptively simple poem about a precarious sled ride.

SWAMP ANGEL / Anne Isaacs; Paul O. Zelinsky, ill. -- Dutton, 1994.  $14.99.  Grades K-3.
Tall tale in which Swamp Angel wrestles a huge bear to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR A HOT DOG STAND / Barney Saltzberg. -- Hyperion Books for Children, 1995.  Grades K-3.
Izzy tries to save his hot dog stand from Madame Moola Moo who is planning to build a shopping mall on the same spot.

UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME / Patricia Mills.  North-South Books, 1993.  $14.95.  Grades K-3.
A tribute to the simple pleasures and the great beauty of unspoiled rural life.  Illustrated with hand-colored photographs.

4-8

THE BARN / Avi. -- Orchard, 1994.  $13.95.  Grades 4-8.
Ben is convinced that building a barn for his incapacitated father will cure the older man of his recent stroke.

CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY / Karen Cushman. -- Clarion Books, 1994.  $13.95.  Grades 6-8.
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

THE CHRISTMAS OF THE REDDLE MOON / J. Patrick Lewis; Gary Kelley, ill. -- Dial Books, 1994.  $15.99.  Grade 4.
Lost in a snowstorm on an English heath on Christmas Eve, Liddy and Will meet the magical and mysterious Wee Mary Fever, who summons St. Nick himself to take them home.

HERE AND THEN / George Ella Lyon. -- Orchard, 1994.  $14.95.  Grades 4-6.
A modern-age girl befriends the ghost of a Civil War nurse and helps her secure supplies for the wounded.  Rich in Kentucky history.

JACOB'S RESCUE: A HOLOCAUST STORY / Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin. -- Bantam, 1993.  $15.95.  Grades 4-6.
A courageous story about a family that took in Jacob and his brothers during the Holocaust.  A story of friendship and survival.

JERICHO / Janet Hickman. -- Greenwillow, 1994.  $14.00.  Grades 4-8.
In a haunting coming-of-age novel, twelve-year-old Angela and her family are spending their vacation with her grandmother and helping in the care of Min, Angela's great-grandmother.

JOHN HENRY / Julius Lestor; Jerry Pinkney, ill. -- Dial Books, 1994.  $16.99.  Grades 3-5.
The exaggeration of this timeless tale of a steel driving man is beautifully illustrated so that text and sights complement the strength of the story and the strength of the man, John Henry.

THE LIBRARIAN WHO MEASURED THE EARTH / Kathryn Lasky. -- Little, Brown, 1994.  $16.95.  Grades 4-8.
The imaginative prose and bright, lively illustrations of the ancient landscape tell the story of how Erathosthenes, the Greek mathematician and librarian, accurately measured the circumference of the the earth over two thousand years ago.

MISTAKES THAT WORKED / Charlotte Toltz Jones; John O'Brien, ill. -- Doubleday, 1994.  $9.95.  Grades 4-7.
Description of accidental inventions.

MOOSE TRACKS / Mary Casanova. -- Hyperion Books for Children, 1995.  $14.95.
Twelve-year-old Seth, the son of a game warden, tries to save an orphaned moose calf from poachers.

NIGHTJOHN / Gary Paulsen. -- Delacorte Press, 1993.  $14.00.  Grades 6-8.
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.

ON CAT MOUNTAIN / Francoise Richard; adapted by Arthur A. Levine; Anne Buguet, ill. -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994.  $15.95.  Grades 4-8.
A young girl goes on a long and difficult journey in search of the cat that had been her friend and when she returns with treasure, her harsh mistress makes the same journey.

PINK AND SAY / Patricia Polacco. -- Philomel, 1994.  $15.95.  Grades 4-8.
The story, passed down through generations of Polacco's family, relates a moving episode in the lives of two young Union soldiers whose Civil War experiences are vastly different because of their races.

POLAR, THE TITANIC BEAR / Daisy Corning Stone Spedden. -- Little, Brown, 1994.  $16.95.  Grades 4-8.
The tale, told in the voice of the boy's toy bear, relates the true survival story of the family's voyage on the Titanic.

WALK TWO MOONS / Sharon Creech. -- HarperCollins, 1994.  $15.89.  Grades 3-7.
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route.  Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.  1995 Newbery Medal.

WAR GAME / Michael Foreman. -- Arcade, 1993.  $16.95.  Grades 2-6.
A touching story about the reality of war.  Based on an actual incident of World War I.

1997

K-3

ACROSS THE WIDE DARK SEA: THE MAYFLOWER JOURNEY/ Jean Van Leeuwen;; Thomas B. Allen, ill. --Dial, 1995. $15.99. Grades K-3.
A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.

BUZ/ Richard Egielski. --HarperCollins, 1995. $14.89. Grades K-3.
When a little boy swallows a bug along with his cereal, pandemonium breaks out as the bug searches for an escape, the boy searches for an antidote, and keystone Cops-like pills search for the bug.

COLOR/ Ruth Heller --Putnam & Grosset, 1995. $18.95. Grades K-3.
Book of illustrations showing how primary colors mix.

CROSSING THE NEW BRIDGE/ Emily Arnold McCully --G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1994. $15.95. Grades K-3.
When a new bridge is built over the river, the happiest person in town must be the first to cross it.

THE FLUTE PLAYER/ Robyn Eversole; G. Brian Karas, ill. --Orchard Books, NY, 1995. $15.95. Grades K-3.
When a flute's owner believes it to be in need of repair, a little girl blows out butterflies, an owl, two fish, a nightingale, green leaves, and a great bunch of goose feathers.

GIVING THANKS: A NATIVE AMERICAN GOOD MORNING MESSAGE/ Chief Jake Swamp; Erwin Printup, ill. --Lee & Low Books, 1995. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Based on the Thanksgiving Address from the people of the Six Nations.

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU/ Sam McBratney; Anita Jeram, ill. --Candlewick press, 1994. $14.95. Grades K-3.
During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown gently shows him that the love is returned even more.

HAYSTACK/ Bonnie & Arthur Geisert. --Houghton, 1995. $15.95. Grades K-3.
A year in the of a huge haystack on a midwest farm---how it is grown, constructed, eaten and recycled.

HOG-EYE/ Susan Meddaugh. --Houghton Mifflin co., Boston, 1995. $14.95. Grades K-3.
A young pig uses her ability to read to outwit a wolf that intends to eat her.

THE LIBRARY/ Sarah Stewart; David Small, ill. --Farrar, Straus, Giroux, NY, 1995. $15.00.
This story describes and explains the solution to her problem.

THE LONG, LONG LETTER/ Elizabeth Spurr; David Catrow, ill. --Hyperion Books, NY, 1996. $15.95. Grades K-3.
Mother's long, long letter brings Aunt Hetta surprise and adventure, as the loose pages bury her house and keep her warm during the winter.

THE MAGPIES' NEST/ Joanna foster; Julie Downing, ill. --Clarion Books, 1995. $14.95. Grades K-3.
An English folktale explaining why different birds make their nest the way they do.

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE/ Marie Bradby; Chris K. Soentpiet, ill. --Orchard Books, 1995. $14.95. Grades l-4.
A story about Booker T. Washington who wanted to learn to read more than anything else.

MY BROTHER, ANT/ Betsy Byars; Marc Simont, ill. --Viking, 1996. 411.99. Grades K-3.
4 separate stories--Ant's older brother gets rid of the monster under Ant's bed, forgives Ant for drawing on his homework, tries to read a story, and helps Ant write a letter to Santa.

MY NAME HAD A DANCING HEART/ Libba Moore Gray; Raul colon, ill. --Orchard Books, NY, 1995. $15.95.
Grades K-3.
A ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother would welcome each season with a dance outdoors.

MY OL'MAN/ Patricia Polacco. Philomel Books, 1995. $15.95. Grades K-3.
A girls recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.

OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA/ Peggy Rathmann. G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1995. $15.95. Grades K-3.
The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.

A REGULAR FLOOD OF MISHAP/ Tom Birdseye; Megan Lloyd, ill. -- Holiday House, NY, 1994. $15.95. Grades K-3.
Ima Bean is having one of those "flood of mishap" days. Meet the Bean family: Brother-Chili Bean, Sister-Pinto Bean, and Father-Garbanzo Bean as Ima learns a lesson about families.

RIDDLE-ICIOUS/ Patrick Lewis; Debbie Tilley, ill. --Knofp, NY, 1996. $15.00. Grades K-3.
Juvenile riddles, jokes, and poems.

A SIP OF AESOP/ Jane Yolen; Karen Barbour, ill. --Scholastic, NY, 1995. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Retells, in verse, thirteen fables from the Greek slave, Aesop, including "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Fox and the Stork."

TOPS AND BOTTOMS/ Janet Stevens. Harcourt Brace, 1995. $15.00. Grades K-3.
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

WHAT DO AUTHORS DO?/ Eileen Christelow. Clarion Books, NY, 1995. $14.95. Grades K-3.
Where authors get their ideas, how they pre-write, get information, edit, rewrite, and publish books.

4 -8

ARTHUR AND THE SWORD/ Robert Sabuda. Atheneum Books, NY, 1995. $16.00. Grades 4-8.
In this retelling which features stained glass illustrations, young Arthur proves himself to be the rightful heir to the throne by being the only one able to pull the sword from the steel anvil.

ARTIST IN OVERALLS: THE LIFE OF GRANT WOOD/ John Duggleby. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1995. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
Follows the life of the Iowa farm boy who struggled to realize his talents and who painted in Paris but returned home to focus on the land and people he knew best.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN/ Jennifer Armstrong; Emily Martindale, ill. --Crown Publishers, NY, 1995. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
Ten-year-old Susie and her father love living on the South Dakota prairie with its vast, uninterrupted views of land and sky, but Susie's mother greatly misses their old life in Ohio.

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE/ Maria Ousseimi. Walker, 1995. $19.95. Grades 4-8.
The memorable stories of children caught up in the trauma of war. These children are from Lebanon, Bosnia, Mozambique, El Salvador, and Washington D.C.

CHEYENNE AGAIN/ Eve Bunting; Irving Toddy, ill. --Clarion Books, NY, 1995. $14.95. grades 4-8.
In the late 1880's a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken to boarding schools to learn the white man's ways.

THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY/ Susan Wojciechowski; P.J. Lynch, ill. --Candlewick Press, 1995. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
Jonathan Toomey, the best wood carver in the village, learns a special message as he meets widow McDowell and her son who he carves a Christmas crèche for.

CRASH/ Jerry Spinelli. Knofp, NY, 1996. $16.00. Grades 4-8.
Seventh grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with and unusual Quaker by and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.

HAUNTED SUMMER/ Betty Ren Wright. Scholastic, NY, 1996. $13.95. Grades 4-8.
Shy, nine-year-old Abby surprises herself, her equally timid baby-sitter, and her older brother when they are haunted by a ghost that is trying to reclaim a stolen music box.

IF YOU PLEASE, PRESIDENT LINCOLN/ Harriette Gillem Robinet. Atheneum Books, NY, 1995. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
Shortly after the Christmas of 1863, fourteen-year-old Moses thinks he is beginning a new life when he becomes part of a group of other former slaves headed for a small island off the coast of Haiti.

A JAR OF TINY STARS/ Bernice Cullinan, ed. --Boyds Mills Press, 1996. Grades 4-8.
Representative poetry and biographical information about the NICE EXCELLENCE IN POETRY AWARD winners.

MICK HARTE WAS HERE/ Barbara Park. Knofp, NY, 1995. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
After a bicycle accident, which killed Phoebe Harte's brother Mick, life is difficult as she comes to terms with his death and the memories of her brother.

THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE/ Karen Cushman. Clarion Books, NY, 1995. $10.95. Grades 4-8.
In medieval England, a nameless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife and, in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a fully belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

OH, GROW UP!/ Florence Parry Heide & Roxanne Heide Pierce; Nadine Bernard Westcott, ill. --Orchard Books, NY, 1996. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
A collection of poems about surviving daily life presented from a child's point of view.

PAPERBOY/ Mary Kay Kroger & Louise Borden; Ted Lewin, ill. --Clarion Books, NY, 1996. $16.95. Grades 4-8.
In Cincinnati in 1927, paperboy Willie Brinkman tries to sell extras on the Dempsey-Tunney boxing match in his workingman's neighborhood.

PIGGIE PIE/ Margie Palatini; Howard Fine, ill. --Clarion Books, NY, 1995. $13.95. Grades 4-8.
Wicked witch wakes up hungry for piggy pie. She has all the ingredients except the pigs. She goes to Old MacDonald's farm to find them and meets the Big Bad Wolf from the 3 Little Pigs story.

PROTECTING MARIE/ Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books, NY, 1995. $15.00. Grades 4-8.
Relates twelve-year-old Fanny's love-hate relationship with her father, a temperamental artist, who has given Fanny a new dog.

RED-TAIL ANGELS/ Patricia & Frederick McKissack. Walker, 1995. $19.95. Grades 4-8.
This is the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the only African-American pilots to fight in WWII.

THE SECRET OF SARAH REVERE/ Ann Rinaldi. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1995. $11.00. Grades 4-8.
Paul Revere's daughter describes her father's "rides" and the intelligence network of the patriot community prior to the American Revolution.

THE SWAN GIFT/ Brenda Seabrooke; Wenhai Ma, ill. --Candlewick Press, Mass., 1995. $15.95. Grades 4-8.
A farmer whose crops have failed because of drought cannot bear to shoot a beautiful magic swan, even to feed his starving family.

THE TIE MAN'S MIRACLE: A CHANUKAH TALE/ Steven Schnur; Stephen T. Johnson, ill. --Morrow Junior Books, NY, 1995. $16.00. grades 4-8.
On the last night of Chanukah, after hearing how an old man lost his family in the Holocaust, a young boy makes a wish that is carried to God as the menorah candles burn down.

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE/ Amy Ehrlich, ed. Candlewick Press, Mass., 1996. $15.99. Grades 4-8.
Ten award-winning authors reveal their powerful childhood memories in this extraordinary compilation.

YOLONDA'S GENIUS/ Carol Fenner. Margaret K. McElderry Books/ Simon & Schuster, 1995. $17.00. Grades 4-8.
Yolonda wants to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but rather a musical genius.

1998

K-3

THE BIGGEST FROG IN AUSTRALIA/ Susan L. Roth. -- New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.
When a thristy frog drinks up all the water, the other animals must think of a way to make him give it up.

THE BUNYANS/ Audrey Wood; David Shannon, ill. -- New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1996. $15.95.
Paul Bunyan, his wife, and their children do some ordinary things which result in the formation of many of our national monuments.

COMING TO AMERICA: THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION/ Betsy Maestro; Susannah Ryan, ill. -- New York: Scholastic, 1996. $15.95.
This book explores the evolving history of immigration to the United States.

COYOTE AND THE FIRE STICK: A PACIFIC NORTHWEST INDIAN TALE/ Barbara Diamond Goldin; Will Hillenbrand, ill. -- San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1996. $15.00.
A retelling of the tale which explains how coyote brought fire to the people.

DON'T LAUGH, JOE!/ Keiko Kasza. -- New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. $15.95.
Mother Possum is in despair because her son cannot learn to play dead without laughing.

FANNY'S DREAM/ Caralyn Buehner; Mark Buehner, ill. -- New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996.
Fanny is a sturdy farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince, but when her fairy godmother doesn't show up, she decides to marry a local farmer instead.

FARMER'S MARKET/ Paul Brett Johnson. -- New York: Orchard Books, 1997. $15.95.
On Saturdays in the summer, Laura goes with her family to help sell their produce at the farmer's market and spends a little time with her friend.

THE GREAT FROG RACE AND OTHER POEMS/ Kristine O'Connell George; Kate Kiesler, ill. -- New York: Clarion Books, 1997. $14.95.
A collection of poems about frogs and dragonflies and other aspects of indoor and outdoor life.

JIGSAW JACKSON/ David F. Birchman; Daniel San Souci, ill. -- New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996. $16.00.
J. Jupiter Jackson, a potato farmer, discovers he is a genius at jigsaw puzzles, and so one winter he leaves the farm to seek fame and fortune.

THE LEAF MEN AND THE BRAVE GOOD BUGS/ William Joyce. -- New York: HarperCollins, 1996. $15.95.
The brave good bugs march off to save the garden but become involved in a perilous situation. They summon the Leaf Men to save the day.

LILY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE/ Kevin Henkes. -- New York: Greenwillow, 1996. $15.00.
Lily loves everything about school, especially her new teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry for later.

MR. CAREY'S GARDEN/ Jane Cutler; G. Brian Karas, ill. -- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. $14.95.
All of his neighbors have suggestions for how to get rid of the snails in his garden, but Mr. Carey isn't interested.

NINE FOR CALIFORNIA / Sonia Levitin; Cat Bowman Smith, ill. -- Orchard, 1996.  $15.95.
Amanda travels by stagecoach with her four siblings and her mother from Missouri to California to join her father.

NUGGET & DARLING / Barbara M. Josse; Sue Truesdell, ill. -- Clarion, 1997.  $14.95.
Nell has to deal with her dog Nugget's reaction when a kitten appears on the scene.

THE SEVEN SILLY EATERS / Mary Ann Hoberman; Maria Frazee, ill. -- Harcourt Brace, 1997.  $15.00.
Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother.

TOMORROW'S ALPHABET / George Shannon; Donald Crews, ill. -- Greenwillo, 1996.  $16.00.
A unique alphabet book that can be used for prediction and many other activities.

VERDI / Janelle Cannon. -- Harcourt Brace, 1997.  $16.00.
A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes in the tropical jungle where he lives.

THE WAGON / Tony Johnston; James E. Ransome, ill. -- Tambourine Books, 1996.
A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave.

WILMA UNLIMITED: HOW WILMA RUDOLPH BECAME THE WORLD'S FASTEST WOMAN / Kathleen Krull; David Diaz, ill. -- Harcourt Brace, 1996.  $16.00.
A biography of the African American woman who overcame polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

4-8

BILL PICKET: RODEO-RIDIN' COWBOY / Andrea Pinkney; Brian Pinkney, ill. -- Gulliver Books, 1996.  $16.00.
Describes the life and accomplishments of the son of a former slave whose unusual bulldogging style made him a rodeo star.

THE BONE DETECTIVES: HOW FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS SOLVE CRIMES AND UNCOVER MYSTERIES OF THE DEAD / Donna M. Jackson; Charlie Fellenbaum, photographer. -- Boston: Little, Brown, 1996.  $16.95.
Explores the world of forensic anthropology and its application in solving crimes.

THE CUCKOO'S CHILD / Suzanne Freeman. -- Greenwillow, 1996.  $15.00.
Mia refuses to believe that her parents are not coming back after they are reported lost at sea.

FRINDLE / Andrew Clements. -- Simon & Schuster, 1996.  $15.00.
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

GOLEM / David Wisniewski. -- Clarion Books, 1996.  &15.95.
A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of 16th century Prague.

I AM THE MUMMY HEB-NEFERT / Eve Bunting; David Christiana, ill. -- Harcourt Brace, 1997.
A mummy recalls her past life in ancient Egypt as the beautiful wife of the pharaoh's brother.

JIP: HIS STORY / Katherine Paterson. -- Lodestar Books, 1996.  $15.99.
While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1885 and 1886, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.

LOVE LETTERS / Arnold Adoff; Lisa Desimini, ill. -- The Blue Sky Press, 1997.  $15.95.
A collection of 20 poems written by numerous voices to the objects of their affection or aversion.

MINTY: A STORY OF YOUNG HARRIET TUBMAN / Alan Schoeder; Jerry Pinkney, ill. -- Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996.
A fictional account of Harriet Tubman's childhood as a slave on the Brodas Plantation in the 1820s.

THE MOORCHILD / Eloise McGraw. -- Margaret McElderry Books, 1996.  $16.00.
Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.

NIM AND THE WAR EFFORT / Milly Lee; Yangsook Choi, ill. -- Frances Foster Books, 1997.  $16.00.
In order to help the war effort in 1943, Nim, a Chinese-American competes with a schoolmate to win a paper drive contest.

OUT OF DARKNESS: THE STORY OF LOIS BRAILLE / Russell Freedman. -- Clarion, 1997.  $15.95.
A biography of the 19th century Frenchman who, having been blinded at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.

PASSAGER: THE YOUNG MERLIN TRILOGY: BOOK ONE / Jane Yolen. -- Harcourt Brace, 1996.  $15.00.
A foundling discovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him.

THE TALE OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES: A STORY FR0M THE ARABIAN NIGHTS / Eric A. Kimmel; Will Hillenbrand, ill. -- Holiday House, 1996.  $15.95.
A poor woodcutter discovers the hidden treasures of a band of robbers, survives great danger, and brings riches to his whole family.

THE THIEF / Megan Whalen Turner. -- Greenwillow, 1996.  $15.00.
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

THE UNBREAKABLE CODE / Sara Hoagland Hunter; Julia Miner, ill. -- Northland Publishing, 1996.
Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped with WWII.

THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY / E. L. Konigsburg. -- Atheneum, 1996.  $16.00.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competititon.

THE WAR IN GEORGIA / Jerrie Oughton. -- Houghton MIfflin, 1997.  $14.95.
Living in Georgia during WWII, thirteen-year-old Shanta sometimes feels that her family and neighborhood are more hopeless battlefields than those in foreign lands.

A YOUNG PATRIOT: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS EXPERIENCED BY ONE BOY / Jim Murphy. -- Clarion, 1996.  $15.95.
Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old Connecticut farm boy, tells about his life in the army from 116 to 1783.

1999

K-3

ALICE AND GRETA/ Steven J. Simmons. --- Talewinds, 1997. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Two young witches use their powers in opposite ways, one helping people and the other making mischief.

BEAR'S HICCUPS/ Marion Dane Bauer. --- Holiday House, NY, 1998. $14.95 Grades K-3.
On a hot summer day, while Bear and Frog are arguing about who owns the cool, wet pond, Frog disappears and Bear develops a sudden case of hiccups.

BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR: THE LEGEND OF THE NUN'S KUNG FU/ Emily Arnold McCully. --- Scholastic Press, 1998. $16.95 Grades K-3.
Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in martial arts saves them both.

THE BIG SKY/ Pat Mora. --- Scholastic Press, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Poems that describe the landscape, people, and animals of the American Southwest.

COUNTING CROCODILES/ Judy Sierra; Will Hillenband, ill. --- San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997. $15.00 Grades K-3.
By using her ability to count, a clever monkey outwits ten hungry crocodiles that between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea. Counting story in rhyme.

THE GARDENER/ Sarah Stewart. --- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1997. $15.00 Grades K-3.
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her fathaer loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.

THE GIANT CARROT/ Jan Peck. --- Dial, NY, 1998. $15.99 Grades K-3.
Little Isabelle surprises her family with her unique way of helping a carot seed grow and of getting the huge vegetable from the ground.

LEMONADE SUN AND OTHER SUMMER POEMS/ Rebecca Kai Dotlich. --- Wordsong Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
A collection of poems celebrating summer sights and sounds.

MEASURING PENNY/ Loreen Leedy. --- Henry Holt and Company, 1997. $16.95 Grades K-3.
Lisa learns about the mathematics of measuring her dog Penny with all sorts of units, including pounds, inches, dog biscuits, and cotton swabs.

MOSES GOES TO A CONCERT/ Isaac Millman. --- Frances Foster Books, 1998. $16.00 Grades K-3.
Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing manual alphabet.

NAMING THE CAT/ Lawrence Pringle. --- Walker and Company, NY, 1997. $15.95 Grades K-3.
A family considers many possibilities before coming up with a name that is just right for the cat that has come to live with them.

OUT OF THE OCEAN/ Debra Frasier. --- Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. $16.00 Grades K-3.
A young girl and her mother walk along the beach and marvel at the treasure cast up by the sea and the wonders of the world around them.

A PERFECT PORK STEW/ Paul Brett Johnson, ill. --- Orchard Books, NY, 1995. $15.95 Grades K-3.
When Ivan the Fool meets Baba Yaga, the witch of Russian folklore fame, on a day that has begun badly for her, he outwits her by making dirt soup, getting a fine, fat pig in the bargain.

THE PIANO MAN/ Debbi Chocolate. --- Walker and Company, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
A young Afro-American girl recalls the life story of her grandfather who performed in vaudeville and played piano for the silent movies.

THE PUDDLE/ David McPhail. --- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1998. $15.00 Grades K-3.
A boy sets out to sail his boat in a puddle and is joined by a frog, a turtle, an alligator, a pig, and an elephant.

RAISING DRAGONS/ Jerdine Nolen. --- Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. $16.00 Grades K-3.
A farmer's young daughter shares numerous adventures with the dragon that she raised from infancy.

A SIGN/ George Ella Lyon. --- Orchard Books, NY, 1995. $15.95 Grades K-3.
The author simply describes how she considered various careers as she grew and how she combined them all into her work as a writer.

WE PLAYED MARBLES/ Tres Seymour. --- Orchard Books, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
When friends playing on a Civil War battlefield begin to imitate what happened there, Pawpa asks them to quit because he knows a better game.

WILLY THE DREAMER/ Anthony Browne. --- Candlewick Press, 1997. $16.99 Grades K-3.
Willy dreams of being a movie star, a singer, a sumo wrestler, an artist, a giant, and other vivid and exciting figures.

4-8

THE ARROW OVER THE DOOR/ Joseph Bruchac. --- Dial Books, NY, 1998. $15.99 Grades 4-8.
In the year 1777 a group of Quakers and a party of Indians have a memorable meeting.

THE BROKEN BLADE/ William Durbin. --- Delacorte Press, NY, 1997. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
When an injury prevents his father from going into northern Canada with fur traders, thirteen-year-old Pierre decides to take his father's place as a voyageur.

CEASAR'S ANTLERS/ Brooks Hansen. --- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1997. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
Bette, a mother sparrow separated by accident from her mate, takes her chicks on along search when a faithful reindeer permits her to make a nest in his antlers.

CHRISHOPHER CHANGES HIS NAME/ Itah Sadu; Roy Condy, Firefly Books, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Christopher is tired of his boring name, so he decides to change it again and again until he discovers that only one name is right for him.

DEAR MRS. PARKS: A DIALOGUE WITH TODAY'S YOUTH/ Rosa Parks. --- Lee & Low Books, NY, 1996. $16.95 Grades 4-8.
Presents correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.

DEVIL'S DEN/ Susan Beth Pfeffer. --- Walker and Company, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Joey has often thought about the biological father who left before he was born, but when, during a trip to a Civil War battlefield, his stepfather announces his plan to legally adopt Joey, Joey decides he must find out why his father has never contacted him.

DOWN TO EARTH/ Michael J. Rosen. --- Harcourt Brace & Company, NY, 1998. $18.00 Grades 4-8.
Forty-one authors and illustrators of books for children share their gardening experiences.

THE EAGLE'S SHADOW/ Nora Martin.--- Scholastic; Press, 1997. $ 15.95 Grades 4-8.
In 1946, while her emotionally distant father is in occupied Japan, a twelve-year-old girl spends a year with her mother's relatives in a Tlingit Indian village in Alaska and begins to love and respect the heritage as she confronts the secret of her mother's disappearance.

ERIE CANAL: CANOEING AMERICA'S GREAT WATERWAY/ Peter Lourie. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1997. $17.95 Grades 4-8.
Full-color and archival photographs document the trip and vividly illustrate the historic Erie Canal as it is today and as it was in its glorious past.

FARAWAY SUMMER/ Johanna Hurwitz. --- Morrow Junior Books, NY, 1998. $15.00 Grades 4-8.
In the summer of 1910, Dossi, a poor Russian immigrant from the tenements of New York, spends two weeks with Meade family on their Vermont farm, and all their lives are enriched by the experience.

52 DAYS BY CAMEL/ Lawrie Raskin; Debora Pearson. ---Annick Press, 1998. $24.95 Grades 4-8.
An informational book describing travel through the Sahara.

A GIRL NAMED DISASTER/ Nancy Farmer. --- Orchard Books, NY, 1996. $19.95 Grades 4-8.
While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

GOOD-BYE, CHARLES LINDBERGH/ Louise Borden. --- Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
A farm boy meets his hero, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, when he lands his biplane in a field near Canton, Mississippi, in 1929.

THE HEART OF FRIENDSHIP/ H.J. Arrington. --- Pelican Publishing, NY, 1997. Grades 4-8.
In the east African folktale, the friendship between a mango-eating monkey and a crocodile is tested when the leader of all crocodiles falls ill and needs to eat a monkey's heart to be cured.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION/ Lisa O'Brien. --- Owl Books, 1998. $19.95 Grades 4-8.
An informational book about acting, motion pictures and production.

LILY'S CROSSING/ Patricia Reilly Giff. --- Delacorte, 1997. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.

MISSISSIPPI MUD/ Ann Turner. --- Harper Collins, 1997. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Poems reflecting the points of view of three pioneer children describe their family's journey from Kentucky to Oregon.

THE MOLE'S DAUGHTER/ Julia Gukova.--- Annick Press, NY, 1998. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
This Korean folktale is the story of an ambitious, foolish mole and his wiser daughter.

OUT OF THE DUST/ Karen Hesse. --- Scholastic Press, 1997. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

PARZIVAL: THE QUEST OF THE GRAIL KNIGHT/m Katherine Paterson.--- Lodestar Books, 1998. $15.99 Grades 4-8.
A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Parzival, unaware of his noble birth, comes of age through his quest for the Holy Grail.

POPCORN/ James Stevenson. --- Greenwillow Books, NY, 1998. $15.00 Grades 4-8.
A collection of short poems with such titles as "Popcorn", "Driftwood", and "My new bird book."

RADIANCE DESCENDING/ Paula Fox. --- DK Publishing, NY, 1997. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
Paul resents the fact the Jacob, his younger brother with Downs Syndrome, gets all the attention. He tries to deal with the situation by not thinking about Jacob, as if magically, Jacob and his problems might go away.

READ FOR ME, MAMA/ Vashanti Rahaman. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1997. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
A young boy who loves to read helps his mother on the road to literacy.

THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE OF GROWN-UPS/ David Wisniewski. --- Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, NY, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
A humorous revaluation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as, "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."

SUN & SPOON/ Ken Henkes. --- Greenwillow Books, NY, 1997. $15.00 Grades 4-8.
After the death of his grandmother, ten-year-old Spoon observes the changes in his grandfather and tries to find the perfect artifact to preserve his memories of her.

WHITE SOCKS ONLY/ Evelyn Coleman. --- Albert Whitman & Company, 1996. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi.

WHITE WASH/ Ntozake Shange. --- Walker and Company, NY, 1997. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray paints her face white.

WILLIE AND THE RATTLESNAKE KING/ Clara Gillow Clark. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1997. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
A thirteen-year-old boy learns life's lesson when he runs away from the farm to join a traveling medicine show.

WILLOW KING/ Chris Platt. --- Random House, NY, 1998. $15.00 Grades 4-8.
Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.

2000

K-3

AMELIA HITS THE ROAD/ Marissa Moss--- Tricycle Press, 1997. Grades K-3.
Ten-year-old Amelia keeps a journal of the summer car trip she takes with her mother and sister to the Grand Canyon Death Valley, and their California home town to visit Amelia's best friend.

BIG MOON TORTILLA/ Joy Cowley; Dyanne Stongbow, ill. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades K-3.
When Marta ruins her homework and breaks her glasses, Grandmother soothes her with an ancient story and one of her delicious tortillas.

BOOK/ George Ella Lyon; Peter Catalanotto, ill. --- DK Publishing, Inc., 1999. $16.95 Grades K-3.
This poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full of leaves.

GINGER/ Charlotte Voake --- Candlewick Press, 1997. $16.99 Grades K-3.
Ginger the cat lives a comfortable life, but when a pesky kitten moves in, Ginger's days of ease are over.

GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT: A KID'S GUIDE TO FOOD AND NUTRITION/ Lizzy Rockwell --- Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. $14.95 Grades K-3.
Describes the six categories of nutrients needed for good health, how they work in the body, and what foods provide each.

HONK/ Pamela Duncan Edwards; Henry Cole, ill. --- Hyperion Books for Children, NY, 1998. Grades K-3.
A ballet-loving swan wins acclaim when she manages to join the other dancers in a performance of Swan Lake.

HOOWAY FOR WODNEY WAT/ Helen Lester; Lynn Munsinger, ill. --- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1999. $15.00 Grades K-3.
All his classmates make fun of Rodney because he can't pronounce his name, but it is Rodney's speech impediment that drives away the class bully.

INSECTLOPEDIA/ Douglas Florian --- Harcourt Brace, 1998. $16.00 Grades K-3.
Insectlopedia swarms, buzzes, and slithers with poetry and point ... a delightful infestation of 21 spider and insect poems and paintings, awash in watercolor and collage on primed brown paper bags.

LAKE OF THE BIG SNAKE/ Isaac Olaleye; Claudia Shepard, ill. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Two boys outwit a hungry snake in an African rain forest village.

MOOSETACHE/ Margie Polatini; Ginny Cole, ill. --- Hyperion, 1997. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Moose has an unruly mustache which prohibits many activities and proves to be a nuisance until Ms. Moose offers a suggestion that leads to a very happy ending!

MORDANT'S WISH/ Valerie Coursen --- Henry Holt and Co., 1997. $15.95 Grades K-3.
After wishing that a turtle-shaped cloud could be his friend, Mordant the mole finds his wish spurring a series of unusual events.

MY BOX OF COLOR/ Lorianne Siomades --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $8.95 Grades K-3.
This rhyming picture book asks that we accept each other as we are.

MY FREEDOM TRIP/ Frances Park and Ginger Park; Debra Reid Jenkins, ill. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Based on the life of the author's mother, this is the story of her escape from North Korea.

SHOW AND TELL BUNNIES/ Kathryn Lasky; Marylin Hafner, ill. --- Candlewick Press, 1998. $15.99 Grades K-3.
Clyde is nervous about what he should take for show and tell, but he ends up sharing a wonderful surprise with his class.

SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY/ Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Mary Azarian, ill. --- Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1998. Grades K-3.
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

THE BIGGEST, BEST SNOWMAN/ Margery Cuyler; Will Hillenbrand, ill. --- Scholastic, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Little Nell is told by her big sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman.

THE LIGHTHOUSE DOG/ Betty Waterton; Dean Griffiths, ill. --- Orca Book Publishers, 1997. $14.95 Grades K-3.
There's a big storm brewing when the captain's wife brings home a most unusual puppy!

THE PIG WHO RAN A RED LIGHT/ Paul Brett Johnson --- Orchard Books, NY, 1999. $15.95 Grades K-3.
After her pig George gets a ticket while driving her pickup truck, Miss Rosemary uses his habit of imitating Gertrude the cow to get him to behave as he should.

THE SUMMER MY FATHER WAS TEN/ Pat Brisson; Andrea Shine, ill. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
A father tells his son the story of how he damaged a neighbor's tomato garden when he was boy and what he did to make amends.

TREVOR'S WIGGLY-WOBBLY TOOTH/ Lester L. Laminack; Kathi Garry McCord, ill. --- Peachtree Publishers, 1998. $15.95 Grades K-3.
Although he is happy about having a loose tooth, Trevor worries when his classmates tell him some of the ways others might try to pull out the tooth.

UPSTAIRS/ Judith Ross Enderle and Stephanie Gordon Tessler; Kate Salley Palmer, ill. --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades K-3.
When the tenant upstairs moves out, a new tenant moves in --- and turns the apartment into a farm.

4-8

THE AMAZING FRECKTACLE/ Ross Venokur --- Delacourt Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
A fifth-grade boy trades in 5792 freckles to a strange department store manger in exchange for a fitting revenge on everyone in school who has ever tormented him.

A CALDECOTT CELEBRATION: SIX ARTIST AND THEIR PATHS TO THE CALDECOTT MEDAL/ Leonard S. Marcus --- Walker and Company, NY, 1998. $18.95 Grades 4-8.
Profiles six Caldecott award-winning books and their authors, including Robert McCluskey's Make Way For Ducklings, Marcia Brown's Cinderella, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji, and David Wiesner's Tuesday.

DANGER ALONG THE OHIO/ Patricia Willis --- Avon Books, Inc., 1997. $3.99 Grades 4-8.
Traveling down the Ohio River in 1793, Amos, Clara, and Jonathan are separated from their father during a brutal Indian attack. The three children are swept down the river, and must make their way back through the wilderness in the direction of the Marietta settlement, hoping to find their father there.

GRAND CANYON: A TRAIL THROUGH TIME/ Linda Vieira; Christopher Canyon, ill. --- Walker and Company, NY, 1997. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Describes the deep trench known as the Grand Canyon, found in the Grand Canyon National Park, and the activities of visitors to the park.

HOLES/ Louis Sachar --- Frances Foster Books, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

JUST JUICE/ Karen Hesse --- Scholastic Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house.

LONE WOLF/ Kristine L. Franklin --- Candle wick Press, 1997. $16.99 Grades 4-8.
When a large family moves into the house near where he and his father lives in the woods, Perry's friendship with the oldest girl helps him come to terms with his sister's death and his parent's divorce.

LOVE LETTERS/ Arnold Adoff, Lisa Desimini, ill. --- Blue Sky Press, NY, 1997. Grades 4-8.
A collection of twenty poems written by kids and klutzes, secret admirers and detractors, friends, enemies, and skeptics to the objects of their affection-- or aversion.

MARY ON HORSEBACK: THREE MOUNTAIN STORIES/ Rosemary Wells, Peter McCarty, ill. --- Dial Books, 1998. $16.99 Grades 4-8.
Three very poignant vignettes brings to life the true story of Mary Breckenridge, the unforgettable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service, which since 1925 has provided medical services to rural Appalachian Kentucky.

MICHELANGELO'S SURPRISE/ Tony Parillo --- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
After a very heavy snowfall in Florence, Italy, Sandro, the youngest page in the palazzo of Piero de' Medici, tries to find out why the ruler had summoned the sculptor, Michelangelo.

NAVAJO SUMMER/ Jennifer Owings Dewey --- Boyds Mills Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
This story of a young girl who runs away from home to live with a Navajo family is based on the author's childhood.

THE NEWEST AND COOLEST DINOSAURS/ Philip J. Currie and Colleayn O. Mastin; Jan Sovak, ill. --- 1998. $18.95 Grades 4-8.
Learn what mighty monster was more gigantic than Tyrannosaurus rex and may possibly be the largest carnivore that ever lived. Was it a Sauropod's worst nightmare? Find out if you dare!

NORTH BY NIGHT: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD/ Katherine Ayers --- Delacorte Press, 1998. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
Presents the journal of a sixteen-year-old girl whose family operates a stop on the Underground Railroad.

PASSAGE TO FREEDOM: THE SUGIHARA STORY/ Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee, ill. --- Lee & Low Books, Inc., NY, 1997. $15.95 Grades 4-8.
In 1940, five-year-old Hiroki Sugihara, the eldest son of the Japanese consul to Lithuania, saw from the consulate window hundreds of Jewish refugees from Poland.  They had come to Hiroki's father with a desperate request: Could consul Sugihara write visas for them to escape the Nazi threat?

RAPTOR/ Paul Zindel, Hyperion Books for Children, NY, 1998. Grades 4-8.
Zack and his Ute Indian friend find themselves trapped in a cave with a living dinosaur.

SACRED FIRE/ Nancy Wood; Frank Howell; ill. --- Doubleday, 1998. $25.00 Grades 4-8.
A collection of poems and paintings centered on the beliefs and ancestral wisdom of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN ROSE/ Alan Schroeder; Brad Sneed, ill. --- Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. $14.99 Grades 4-8.
In this variation on the Cinderella story, based on the Charles Perrault version but set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper at a party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek.

STANDING UP TO MR. O./ Claudia Mills --- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
Twelve-year-old Maggie comes to dread biology class because her favorite teacher is insisting that she dissect a worm, an assignment that makes her feel very squeamish and awakens her to the question of animal rights.

SUSANNAH/ Janet Hickman --- Greenwillow Books, NY, 1998. Grades 4-8.
After her mother's death, fourteen-year-old Susannah is taken by her father to live in a Shaker community in Ohio, but she does not find the same sense of peace there that he does.

WANDER/ Susan Hart Lindquist --- Delacorte Press, 1998. $14.95 Grades 4-8.
Grieving for their dead mother, twelve-year-old James and his sister Sary find healing in their affection for a stray dog.

THE WILD BOY/ Mordicai Gerstein --- Frances Foster Books, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, NY, 1998. $16.00 Grades 4-8.
Relates the story of a boy who grew up like a wild animal in the forests of France and was later captured and studied by doctors in Paris, but never became completely civilized.

2001

K-2

AXLE ANNIE / Robin Pulver; Ted Amold, ill. -- Dial, 1999. $15.95
Because Axle Annie is always able to make it up the steepest hill in town, the schools in
Burskyville never close for snow. That is until Shifty Rhodes and Hale Snow set out to
stop her.

A BIRD OR TWO: A STORY ABOUT HENRI MATISSE / Bijou Le Tord. -- Eerdman's, 1999.
The work of French painter, Henri Matisse, is described.

BUTTONS / Brock Cole. -- Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2000. $16.00
Three daughters attempt three different methods of finding replacement buttons for those
that their father has popped from his trousers after eating too much.

DON'T NEED FRIENDS / Carolyn Crimi; Lynn Musinger, ill. -- Doubleday, 1999. $15.95
After his best friend leaves, Rat doesn't want to be friends with anyone, until he and a
grouchy dog discover that they need each other.

ISLAND MAGIC / Martha Bennett Stiles; Daniel San Souci, ill. -- Atheneum, 1999. $16.00
David attempts to convince his grandfather that living on an island has special qualities
equal to those of the dairy farm that his grandfather has left behind.

JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT / Simms Taback. -- Viking, 1999. $15.99
The Caldecott Medal winning version of a cumulative song that convinces you by the end
that it is possible to make something from nothing.

LITTLE DOG POEMS / Kristine O'Connel George; June Otani, ill. -- Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
$12.00
Chronicles the life of a little dog doing little dog things.

LITTLE RED HEN MAKES A PIZZA / Philemon Sturges; Amy Walrod, ill. -- Dutton, 1999. $15.99
A hilarious and very modern rendition of a classic folktale.

MOLE MUSIC / David McPhail. -- Henry Holt, 1999. $15.95
Mole yearns to play the violin. After much practice, he gains a sense of satisfaction.

POOF! / John O'Brien. -- Boyds Mills Press, 1999. $14.95
Husband and wife wizards resort to all types of magic in order to get out of doing the
household chores.

QUEEN NADINE / Maryann Kovalski. -- Orca, 1998. $14.95
Nadine's hobby of collecting stones leads to a few eventful happenings.

RED BERRY WOOL / Robyn Eversole; Tim Coffey, ill. -- Whitman, 1999. $15.95
Lalo the lamb wants a red sweater like the shepherd boy wears, but when Lalo follows
the directions for making a sweater, it just doesn't come out the same.

RED-EYED TREE FROG / Joy Cowley; Nic Bishop, ill. -- Scholastic, 1999. $16.95
In the rain forest of Central America, the red-eyed tree frog spends the night searching
for food while being careful not to become dinner for some other animal.

SWEET STRAWBERRIES / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; Rosalind Charney Kaye. -- Atheneum,
1999. $16.00
After his wife's outburst regaling him for being grumpy and unpleasant, a husband learns
that a positive outlook can lead to a much nicer existence.

THE UGLY DUCKLING / adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. -- Morrow, 1999. $16.00
A beautiful version of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

WHEN AGNES CAWS / Candance Fleming; Giselle Porter, ill. -- Atheneum, 1999. $16.00
The adventures of eight-year-old Agnes Peregien, an accomplished bird caller, during her
travels to the Himalayas searching for the pink-headed duck.

ZELDA AND IVY AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR / Laura McGee Kvasnosky. -- Candlewick, 1999.
$15.99
In three brief stories, two fox sisters meet the boy next door and participate in some
wonderfully, imaginative adventure.

3-5

A. LINCOLN AND ME / Louise Borden; Ted Lewin, ill. -- Scholastic, 1999.
A young boy develops an interest in Abraham Lincoln because he shares the President's
birthday.

AUNT NANCY AND COUSIN LAZYBONES / Phyllis Root; David Parkins, ill. -- Candlewick, 1998.
$16.99
Aunt Nancy must devise a scheme to get rid of Cousin Lazybones after he comes to visit
but refuses to help with any of the household chores.

THE BABE AND I / David A. Adler; Terry Widener, ill. -- Gulliver, 1999. $16.00
During the Depression, a young boy is given the opportunity to see Babe Ruth play in
Yankee Stadium after he begins work as a newsie in order to help his father and family.

BATS: STRANGE AND WONDERFUL / Laurence Pringle; Meryl Henderson, ill. -- Boyds Mills
Press, 2000. $15.95
An informative introduction to the life and behavior of bats.

THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE / Louise Erdrich. -- Hyperion, 1999. $14.99
A detailed picture of Ojibwa life during the mid-nineteenth century is painted as we read
of seven-year-old Omakaya's life living on an island in Lake Superior.

BUD, NOT BUDDY / Christopher Paul Curtis. -- Delacorte, 1999. $15.95
Newbery Medal winning title that captures the humor and angst of a ten-year-old orphan
boy during the Depression who is determined to find his father.

COCKROACH COOTIES / Laurence Yep. -- Hyperion, 2000.
Teddy and his little brother, Bobby, fight the school bully by implementing various "bug"
strategies.

FLY WITH POETRY: AN ABC OF POETRY / Avis Harley. -- Wordsong, 2000. $13.95
A collection of verses that also provide examples of poetic forms.

FORTY ACRES AND MAYBE A MULE / Harriette Gillem Robinet. -- Atheneum, 1998. $16.00
Pascal, a twelve-year-old former slave with a withered leg and hand, join other freed
slaves in searching for a farm and the freedom it promises.

ME AND RUPERT GOODY / Barbara O'Connor. -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999. $15.00
Eleven-year-old Jennalee becomes jealous when Rupert Goody arrives in town claiming
to be the son of Uncle Beau, Jennalee's only friend.

THE MYSTERY OF MARS / Sally Ride and Tom O'Shaughnessy. -- Crown, 1999. $17.95
Amazing photographs accompanied by equally stellar narrative takes the reader on an
exploration of Mars.

OSCEOLA: MEMORIES OF A SHARECROPPER'S DAUGHTER / collected and edited by Alan
Govenar; Shane W. Evans, ill. -- Jump at the Sun, 2000.
Osceola Mays shares memories of her childhood in Texas during the early 1900s.

PREACHER'S BOY / Katherine Paterson. -- Clarion, 1999. $15.00
Ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont town in 1899, decides to give
up being a Christian in order to make the most of things before the end of the world.

SECTOR 7 / David Wiesner. -- Clarion, 1999. $16.00
A school trip to the Empire State Building takes on fantastical proportions when a boy is
taken to Sector 7 where he is shown how clouds are shaped and sent throughout the
country.

SISTER ANN'S HANDS / Marybeth Lorbiecki; K. Wendy Popp. -- Dial, 1998. $15.99
Reflects seven-year-old Anna's first encounter with racism the 1960s when an African-
American nun comes to teach at her parochial school.

TARZAN / retold by Robert San Souci; Michael McCurdy, ill. -- Hyperion, 1999.
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the death of his parents, is raised to
manhood by an ape.

26 FAIRMONT AVENUE / Tomie dePaola. -- Putnam, 1999. $13.99
The author recounts the events surrounding his family's move to the address of the title.

THE TROLLS / Polly Horvath. -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000. $16.00
While their parents are on a trip to Paris, the Anderson children learn they have a very
colorful family history according to their babysitter, eccentric Aunt Sally.

TURN OF THE CENTURY / Ellen Jackson; Jan Davey Ellis, ill. -- Charlesbridge, 1998. $17.95
Children living in the United States and Great Britain describe their lifestyle at the
beginning of each century between 1000 and 2000 AD.

6-8

THE BIRTHDAY ROOM / Kevin Henkes. -- Greenwillow, 1999. $16.00
For his birthday, the artistic, twelve-year-old Ben is presented with a room of his own, a
studio, by his parents. The purpose of this room changes after a trip to visit his estranged
Uncle, Ian.

DON'T CALL IT PARADISE / Gayle Pearson. -- Atheneum, 1999.
While visiting her best friend, Beanie, in California, Maddie discovers that perceptions
of her friend's family are very different from reality.

EAT YOUR WORDS: A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD / Charlotte Foltz
Jones; John O'Brien, ill. -- Delacorte, 1999. $16.95
Provides the history and meaning of food-related words and phrases. Describes various
customs and beliefs about food.

FRANCIE / Karen English. -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999. $16.00
Francie finds trouble when the sixteen-year old she tutors in reading is accused of
murdering a white man.

GETTING NEAR TO BABY / Audrey Couloumbis. -- Putnam, 1999. $17.99
Thirteen-year-old Willa Jo is sent to stay with Aunt Patty and Uncle Hob while she and
her family recover from the death of the family's baby.

KING OF SHADOWS / Susan Cooper. -- McElderry, 1999. $16.00
Nat field is thrilled with opportunity to travel to London and perform at the rebuilt
Globe Theater. Once there he awakes to find that he had been transported back in time
to the year 1599 and no other than William Shakespeare will be performing in the play
with him.

MY HEROES, MY PEOPLE: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE WEST
/ Morgan Monceaux and Ruth Katcher. -- Frances Foster Books, 1999. $18.00
Brief portraits of men and women who played roles in the history of the American West.

OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA / Jennifer L. Holm. -- HarperCollins, 1999. $15.95
As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson
resents being expected to always behave like a lady.

SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES / Shelly Tankaka; Greg Ruhl, ill. -- Hyperion, 1999. $16.99
Describes the ancient Egyptian practice of preserving the dead through mummification.

SILENT THUNDER / Andrea Davis Pinkney. -- Hyperion, 1999.
Set in 1862, a brother and sister, who are slaves on a Virginia Plantation, take turns
describing how the Civil War is affecting their lives.

SPEAKING OF JOURNALS / Paula W. Grahm. -- Boyds Mills Press, 1999. $14.95
Children's book writers talk about their diaries, notebooks, and sketchbooks.

STAR SPLIT / Kathryn Lasky. -- Hyperion, 1999.
Set in the future, the year 3038, thirteen-year-old Darci uncovers an underground
movement to save the human race from genetic enhancement technology.

A TIME OF ANGELS / Karen Hesse. -- Hyperion, 2000.
A plague of influenza has gripped Boston during the Great War. Attempting to escape the
pain caused from the loss of family and friends, Hannah runs away and encounters both
heavenly and earthly angels.

WHO ARE YOU? / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- Delacorte, 1999. $15.95
Sixteen-year-old Kristi, an aspiring artist, is informed by the police that a man has been
keeping a file on her entire life.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE GLOBE / Aliki. -- HarperCollins, 1999. $15.95
A cleverly designed book that provides a little biography, history, theater, and architecture
as related to Shakespeare and the Globe Theater.

9-12

BURNING UP / Caroline Cooney. -- Delacorte Press, 1999. $15.95
Macey discovers the foundations of a barn that burned down nearly forty years ago, but
when begins to ask questions, people evade her, which increases her desire to
learn more about the barn. She then meets up with another teenager and together they
begin to uncover the mystery.

THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON / Stephen King. -- Scribner, 1999. $16.95
This is not the typical Stephen King thriller, but rather a fascinating survival story.
Nine-year-old Trish McFarland becomes separated from her mother and older teenage
brother while hiking along the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMAN / Norma Fox Mazer. -- Harcourt Brace, 1999. $16.00
When the Nazis enter Paris in 1940, Karin's life changes drastically. She is branded a
Jew and not allowed to do normal everyday things. Tragedy strikes when her father is
killed, and she and her mother must flee and hide wherever they can.

HEAVEN / Angela Johnson. -- Simon and Schuster, 1998.
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is
disrupted when she learns of a secret her momma and pop have kept too long.

JASON'S GOLD / Will Hobbs. -- HarperCollins, 1999. $16.00
This is a story of the immense challenges and hardships encountered by a
fifteen-year-old boy in the Canadian Wilderness during the Klondike gold rush.

THE POISONWOOD BIBLE / Barbara Kingsolver. -- HarperFlamingo, 1998. $11.20
This story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce evangelical
Baptist who takes his family to the Belgian Congo in 1959.

ROMIETTE AND JULIO / Sharon Draper. -- Atheneum, 1999. $16.00
This modern day Romeo and Juliet merge Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague in
the "cosmos" of an Internet chat room.

SPEAK / Laurie Halse Anderson. -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999. $16.00
This is a coming of age story about the causes and effects, costs and benefits, and
breaching of silence. Melinda's daily living becomes too much to bear as Andy Evans,
the boy who raped her at a party is now dating the girl who used to be her best friend.

STOP PRETENDING WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MY BIG SISTER WENT CRAZY /
Sonya Sones. -- HarperCollins, 1999. $14.95
Thirteen-year-old Cookie's big sister has a nervous breakdown. The story is told entirely
in Cookie's first person poems.

VIOLET AND CLAIRE / Francesca Lia Block. -- HarperCollins, 1999. $14.95
Violet and Claire are best friends yet polar opposites. One is angry and intense, the
other poetic. Each deals with life in their own way.

THE WAY THINGS NEVER WERE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 'GOOD OLD DAYS' /
Norman H. Finkelstein. -- Antheneum, 1999. $16.00
This book introduces the reader to the 1950s and 1960s by asking "what we think we
know" about a topic from this time followed by questions that make the reader rethink
his/her perceptions.

WITCHES AND WITCH HUNTS: A HISTORY OF PERSECUTION / Milton Meltzer. -- Blue
Sky/Scholastic Press, 1999. $16.95
Not just another recounting of the witchcraft trials. Discussion focuses on the reasons
behind many of the witch hunts, providing the reader with a broader perspective.

K-2

BRAVO, LIVINGSTONE MOUSE! / Pamela Ducan Edwards; Henry Cole, ill. -- Hyperion, 2000. $15.99.
Livingstone becomes the hero in this wacky musical adventure in the wild woods. He meets an array of creatures preparing for a performance, but in obvious need of some assistance to make the show a success.

DEAR DAISY GET WELL SOON / Maggie Smith. -- Crown Publishers, 2000. $14.95.
What can you do when your friends are feeling blue? Send them a special treat for each day of the week. That what these friends do. Before you know it they will be feeling much better.

FOLLOW THE LEADER / Erica Silverman; G. Brian Karas, ill. -- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. $15.00.
Follow the leader is every child's favorite game. Come along with these two chums as the one doing the leading learns that following is just as much fun.

THE GIRL WHO LOST HER SMILE / Karim Alrawi; Stefan Czernecki. -- Winslow Press, 2000. $16.95.
Jehan wakes up to find that her smile is lost. She searches through the city to find it. Inspired by a story from the mystical teacher, Jallal al-Din Rumi.  

IF NATHAN WERE HERE / Mary Bahr; Karen A. Jerome, ill. -- Eerdmans, 2000. $16.00.
A young boy wrestles with the feelings of loss when his best friend, Nathan, dies. He is consoled by his teacher, a kind neighbor, and his father.

MOMMA, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? / Marie Bradby; Chris K. Soenpiet, ill. -- Orchard Books, $16.95.
A mother describes the special people, places, and events that she remembers from her childhood.

THE NIGHT WORKER / Kate Banks; Georg Hallensleben, ill. -- Frances Foster Books, 2000. $16.00.
Alex goes to work with his father one evening at a construction site while the rest of the city is asleep. As a special treat, he helps operate earth moving equipment.

ONE LUCKY GIRL / George Ella Lyon; Irene Trivas, ill. -- Dorling Kindersley, 2000. $15.95.
Baby Becky is found by her family completely safe following a horrific tornado that destroys her family's trailer home. This is a true story about the incredible good fortune a family experienced and celebrates even though everything they own is lost.

RAIN / Manya Stojic. -- Crown Publishers, 2000. $15.95.
After a long dry spell, a grassland porcupine can smell the rain in the air. Once again the dry, barren earth becomes lush green after the bountiful rain. A great book for examining the cycles in nature.

THE RUNAWAY TORTILLA / Eric A. Kimmel; Randy Cecil, ill. -- Winslow Press, 2000. $16.95.
Follow the runaway tortilla, but don't follow too close because you might end up as the coyote's dessert. This is a lively variant of an old favorite.

SATURDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE / Lee Wardlaw; Barry Root, ill. -- Dial Books, 2000. $15.99.
Most young children would fuss when they saw their parents go out for the evening. Not the young girl in Saturday Night Jamboree. She gets to visit with her favorite babysitter, Charlene who brings her own entertainment. Besides, when her Mama and Daddy stay home, they have their very own special Saturday Night Jamboree.

SNAIL TRAIL / Ruth Brown. -- Crown Publishers, 2000. $9.95.
A snail makes a wonderful journey. He travels around and through amazing terrain before finding a resting place.  

SONG FOR THE WHOPPING CRANE / Eileen Spinelli; Elsa Warnick, ill. -- Eerdmans, 2000. $16.00.
This book tells of the endangered Whooping Cranes of North America. It is beautifully written and has marvelous, soft pastel watercolor painted illustrations.

SWEET, SWEET MEMORY / Jacqueline Woodson; Floyd Cooper, ill. -- Hyperion Books, 2000. $14.99.
Sarah misses Grandpa. But, in the fall she and Grandma share all the wonderful vegetables from the garden and their sweet memories of Grandpa.

THIS NEXT NEW YEAR / Janet S. Wong; Yangsook Choi, ill. -- Frances Foster Books, 2000. $16.00.
This wonderful story helps children understand Chinese New Year, the special preparations, and cultural ideas that go with it. It draws nice parallels between events celebrated in the Eastern and Western cultures and illustrates how each is a time of hope for all people.

WHEN ABRAHAM TALKED TO THE TREES / Elizabeth Van Steenwyk; Bill Farnsworth, ill. -- Eerdmans, 2000. $16.00.
This biographical sketch of young Abraham Lincoln is a touching portrayal of the hardships he suffered at an early age, the hunger he had for learning, and his love of words. It has soft, oil painting illustrations to depict various scenes from his young life prior to becoming a statesman and president.

3-5

AMERICA'S CHAMPION SWIMMER: GERTRUDE EDERLE / David Adler. -- Harcourt, 2000. $16.00
Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement.

BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE / Kate DiCamillo. -- Candlewick, 2000. $15.99
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

CHEROKEE SISTER / Debbie Dadey. -- Delacorte, 2000. $14.95
Because she is mistaken for an Indian, twelve-year-old Allie, a white girl, is forced to travel the Trail of Tears along with her best friend, a young Cherokee.

THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN / Carol Weston. -- Knopf, 2000. $15.95
Fourth-grader Melanie Martin writes in her diary, describing her family's trip to Italy and all that she learned.

THE DOLL PEOPLE / Ann M. Martin; Laura Goodwin. -- Hyperion, 2000. $15.99
A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.

GRADUATION OF JAKE MOON / Barbara Park. -- Atheneum, 2000. $15.00
Fourteen-year-old Jake recalls how he has spent the last four years of his life watching his grandfather descend slowly into the horrors of Alzheimer's disease.

I AM A RIDER / Jane Feldman. -- Random House, 2000. $14.99
Thirteen year old Eve and her horse Lightening grow up together. Eventually, Eve is separated from Lightening when her family moves to a new home.

JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL / Jack Gantos. -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. $16.00
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.

JUDY MOODY / Megan McDonald. -- Candlewick, 1999. $15.99
Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.

MAMMALABILIA / Douglas Florian. -- Harcourt, 2000. $16.00
A collection of humorous poems about mammals such as the tiger, gorilla, and rhebok.

NOTHING WRONG WITH A THREE LEGGED DOG / Graham McNamee. -- Delacorte, 2000. $14.95
With the help of his good friend and her three-legged dog, Leftovers, ten-year-old Keath learns how to handle the class bully and deal with being the only white boy in class.

THE QUILT MAKER'S GIFT / Jeff Brumbeau. -- Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1999. $17.95
The king collects things, every thing that he finds beautiful, but he does not have a quilt from the old quilt maker in the mountains. The quilts are treasures for the poor, and the King's status and greed do not qualify him for such a gift.

SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? / Judith St. George. -- Philomel Books, 2000. $17.99
Interesting and unusual facts about the Presidents are presented starting with George Washington and ending with Bill Clinton.

TALL TALES: SIX AMAZING BASKETBALL DREAMS / Charles Smith. -- Dutton, 2000. $16.99
In this collection of stories illustrated with photographs, youngsters show off their smooth moves on the basketball court.

WEAVER'S DAUGHTER / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. -- Delacorte, 2000. $14.95
10-year-old Lizzy Baker lives on a farm in the Southwest Territory in the 1790s. Will she survive another harsh season of having severe asthma?

WHEN JOHN AND CAROLINE LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE / Laurie Coulter. -- Hyperion, 2000. $19.99
A pictorial memoir of John and Caroline Kennedy growing up in the White House.

THE WISDOM BIRD: A TALE OF SOLOMON AND SHEBA / Sheldon Oberman. -- Boyds Mill, 2000. $15.95
King Solomon learns a lesson from a little bird in this story based on Jewish and African tales.

WIZZIL / William Steig. -- Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000. $16.00
A bored witch causes trouble when she decides to take revenge on an old man, but her mischief leads to a happy ending.

THE YEAR OF MISS AGNUS / Kirkpatrick Hill. -- Margaret K. McElderry, 2000. $16.00
Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnus arrived as the new teacher.

6-8

ANGUS, THONGS AND FULL-FRONTAL SNOGGING: CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICOLSON / Louise Rennison. -- HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-028871-x. $15.95.
A humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of a handsome hunk named Robbie.

ARIA OF THE SEA / Dia Calhoun. -- Winslow, 2000. ISBN 1-890817-25-2. $15.95.
In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year-old Cerinthe arrives at the Royal Dancing School, where she finds herself torn between the two careers of a dancer and a healer.

BLIZZARD!: THE STORM THAT CHANGED AMERICA / Jim Murphy. -- Scholastic, 2000.
ISBN 0-590-67309-2. $18.95
Presents a history based on personal accounts and newspaper articles of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

CINDERELLA 2000 / Mavis Jukes. -- Delacorte Press, 1999. ISBN 0-385-32711-0. $8.95
Fourteen-year-old Ashley has her heart set on spending New Year's Eve at an exclusive country club party with an Almost Boyfriend, but her plan is endangered by her stepmother and two bratty stepsisters.

DOVEY COE / Frances O'Roark Dowell. -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000. ISBN 0-689-83174-9.
$16.00.
When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a strong-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

FEVER,1793 / Laurie Halse Anderson. -- Simon &Schuster Books, 2000. ISBN 0-689-83858-1. $16.00.
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

FROZEN STIFF / Sherry Shahan. -- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1998. ISBN 0-440-41373-7. $14.95
Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness.

JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: THE STORY OF ONE AMERICAN FAMILY / Shannon Lanier. -- Random House, 2000. ISBN 0-375-80597-4. $19.95.
Shannon Lanier traces his family's relationship to Thomas Jefferson and discusses how his African American ancestors learned they were related to Jefferson.

KIT'S WILDERNESS / David Almond. -- Delacorte Press, 2000. ISBN 0-385-32665-3. $16.95.
Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.

A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO / Richard Peck. -- Dial Books, 1998. ISBN 0-8037-2290-7. $15.99.
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rurul Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

MIRACLE'S BOYS / Jacqueline Woodson. -- Putnam's Sons, 2000. ISBN 0-399-231137. $15.99.
Twelve year old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.

PEDRO AND ME: FRIENDSHIP, LOSS, AND WHAT I LEARNED / Judd Winick. -- H. Holt, 2000.
ISBN 0-8050-6403-6. $15.00.
In a comic strip format, Winick describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show "Real World," one of whom died of AIDS.

A PERFECT FAMILY / Jerrie Oughton. -- Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN 0-395-98668-0. $15.00.
When Welcome, a fifteen year old girl living in a small town in North Carolina during the 1950's, finds out that she is pregnant, she faces some important decisions.

SILENT TO THE BONE / E.L. Konigsburg. -- Antheneum Books, 2000. ISBN 0-689-83601-5. $16.00.
When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell loses his power of speech and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened.

SNAIL MAIL NO MORE / Paula Danziger. -- Scholastic Press, 2000. ISBN 0-439-06335-3. $4.99 (paper).
Now that they live in different cities, thirteen year old Tara and Elizabeth use email to "talk" about everything that is occurring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes. Sequel to P.S. LONGER LETTER LATER.

STARGIRL / Jerry Spinelli. -- Random House, 2000. ISBN 0-679-98637-5. $17.99.
Stargirl, a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality, suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform.

STUCK IN NEUTRAL / Terry Trueman. -- HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-0285184. $14.95.
Fourteen year old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.

WE'VE GOT SPIRIT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CHEERLEADING TEAM / James T. McElroy. -- Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-684-84967-4. $12.95.
Traces a year in the life of Kentucky's Greenup County Musketeers, following the nineteen member cheerleading squad from the 1997 meet in Orlando, Florida in which they became national champions, through their loss at the next year's competition.

WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM MEPTUNE / Lori Aurelia Williams. -- Simon & Schuster, 2000.
ISBN 0-689-82468-8. $17.00.
Shayla Dubois, an aspiring writer growing up in a poor section of Houston, is mystified by the fantastic stories told to her by a new neighbor Kambia Elaine, but she soon comes to realize that the girl is in trouble, yet she cannot get past the stories to the truth.

A YEAR DOWN YONDER / Richard Peck. -- Dial Books, 2000. ISBN 0-8037-2518-3. $16.99.
During the recession of 1937, fifteen year old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger than life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman.

9-12

THE BEET FIELDS: MEMORIES OF A SIXTEENTH SUMMER / Gary Paulsen. -- Delacorte Press, 2000. $15.95. ISBN 0385326475
Gary Paulsen reworks material from his own life into a boy's summer spent out in the world on his own for the first time. Fleeing his mother's confusing drunken advances, he runs away and finds work in the beet fields of North Dakota. Every day teaches the boy something more: about the difficulty and boredom of migrant labor, about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust. "While the sensual scenes and occasionally gritty language may make this novel problematic for adults, there is not a 15-year-old boy around who would not find that this poetic, powerful novel speaks to his soul." --Patty Campbell

THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED / Carol Plum-Ucci. -- Harcourt, 2000. $17.00. ISBN 0152023887
The often-tortured class weirdo has disappeared, leaving an enigmatic note on the school library computer. Is he a runaway, a suicide, a murder victim? Sixteen-year-old Torey Adams and his friends remember beating up Chris Creed when his gentle but obnoxious ways exasperated them. Now that he is gone, they joke uneasily about him to ease their guilt. The three try to solve the mystery of Chris's disappearance by attempting to steal his diary, but only succeed in implicating themselves, as the town is consumed with rumors and the revelation of adult secrets.

CONQUERING THE BEAST WITHIN: HOW I FOUGHT DEPRESSION AND WON / Cait Irwin. -- Random House, 1999. $14.00. ISBN 0812932471
"In our minds stalks a beast... a cruel, mean and wicked beast." So begins Cait Irwin's gentle guide to conquering depression--a book she began as a young teenager after being hospitalized for suicidal tendencies. Irwin tells her story of how the "beast" of depression gradually took over her life, accompanying simple yet eloquent text with her own comic-style drawings." --Brangien Davis

CUT / Patricia McCormick. -- Front Street, 2001. $16.95. ISBN 1886910618
When she arrives at Sea Pines, Callie is self-destructive, unresponsive, and withdrawn. Her parents and doctor have placed her in the "residential treatment facility" after discovering that she cuts herself. Callie refuses to talk to anyone, including her psychiatrist. But slowly, through compelling first-person narrative, the event that traumatized her comes to light. - Horn Book

DREAMLAND / Sarah Dressen. --Viking, 2000. $15.99. ISBN 0670891220
The author explores the search for self-identity, the warmth of friendships, and the destructive ways our society sets up young women for love gone wrong. Why do so many girls allow themselves to get into abusive relationships and what keeps them there. Dessen searches for answers in a novel rich with symbolism, dark scenes of dread, quirky and memorable characters, and gleams of humor.

HEAD ABOVE WATER / S.L. Rottman. -- Peachtree, 1999. $14.95. ISBN 1561451851
A busy high school junior, Skye is on the swim team and also takes care of her older brother, who has Down syndrome. When she starts dating Mike she lies to her mother in order to spend more time with him--until he tries to rape her. -- The Horn Book

MANY STONES / Carolyn Coman. -- Front Street, 2000. $15.96. ISBN 1886910553
On a two-week pilgrimage to South Africa from Rockville, Maryland, 16-year-old Berry and her estranged father attempt to come to terms with the murder, a year earlier, of Berry's sister Laura when she was volunteering at a Capetown school. Angry, sour, and ferociously cynical, Berry struggles with the concept of "truth and reconciliation," both for South Africa and in her personal life.

MONSTER / Walter Dean Myers. -- HaperCollins, 2000. $15.95. ISBN 0060280778
"Monster" is what the prosecutor called 16-year-old Steve Harmon for his supposed role in the fatal shooting of a convenience-store owner. But was Steve really the lookout who gave the "all clear" to the murderer, or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? In this novel, the reader becomes both juror and witness during the trial of Steve's life.

MY LIFE, TAKE TWO / Paul Many. -- Walker and Co., 2000. $16.95. ISBN 0806787088
It's the summer before his senior year in high school and Neal is supposed to be figuring out what to do with his life. Then a documentary filmmaking class uncovers hidden memories of his late father. He is haunted by strange memories of the past and bizarre visions of his father, who died when Neal was ten. Many takes a fresh approach to exploring the complexities and pressure that a young adult faces at the crossroads of maturity.

NIGHT FLYING / Rita Murphy. -- Delacorte Press, 2000. $14.95. ISBN 038532748X
Georgia Hansen can fly. All the Hansen women can. But flying is not a carefree pursuit. There's a strict code and unspoken rules they quietly live by. All her life, Georgia has adhered to these rules until her rebellious Aunt Carmen returns and reveals these secrets. In an instant, all that Georgia has believed is called into question, and in her confusion and anger, she commits an unforgivable offense.

ON THE FRINGE / Donald R. Gallo. -- Dial Books, 2001. $17.99. ISBN 0803726562
In every school at every grade, there's a pecking order among students-an in crowd and those outside it, who are often ridiculed mercilessly for the "crime" of being different. This powerful anthology explores the teen outsider experience in electrifying, never-before-published stories by eleven of today's most acclaimed YA authors.

145TH STREET SHORT STORIES / Walter Dean Myers. -- Delacorte Press, 2000. $15.95.
ISBN 0385321376
A book of ten interconnected short stories of comedy and tragedy, good and bad choices, love and death, played out against the backdrop of the Harlem neighborhood that is centered around 145th Street. Myers discusses the consequences of violence, drive-bys and gang war through his characters, but also shows glimmers of hope and the strength of a survivor.

PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER / Stephen Chobsky. -- Pocket Books, 1999. $12.00.
ISBN 0671027344
This funny, touching, memorable story is about a boy on the brink of adulthood. Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. He's a wallflower--shy and introspective. Charlie encounters the same struggles that many kids face in high school--how to make friends, the intensity of a crush, family tensions, a first relationship, exploring sexuality, experimenting with drugs--but he must also deal with his best friend's recent suicide. Charlie's letters take on the intimate feel of a journal as he shares his day-to-day thoughts and feelings:

PLAYING WITHOUT THE BALL / Rich Wallace. -- Knopf, 2000. $15.95. ISBN 0679886729
Jay McLeod is "the only 17 year old around who's living alone," in an apartment over a bar while he finishes his senior year of high school. His mom left when he was nine and his dad left. In the evenings Jay works downstairs in the kitchen, and despite being cut from the team, he spends much of his time playing basketball. He copes with a lonely life that is occasionally brightened by a relationship with the opposite sex.

PLAYERS / Joyce Sweeney. -- Winslow Press, 2000. $16.95. ISBN 1890817546
Players is a fast-paced book about a group of boys who have been waiting for their senior year in basketball to win the league championship title. The year is finally here and now they have a new player on the team who is causing huge problems. Will the team make the championship?

THE STERKARM HANDSHAKE / Susan Price. -- Harpercollins, 2000. $17.95. ISBN 0060289597
A rapacious twenty-first-century British company builds a Time Tube to the sixteenth-century Scottish-English border, where a handshake supposedly seals a deal that the Sterkarm clan will not attack the survey teams. Since most Sterkarms are left-handed, a right-handshake means Old Toorkild has no intention of keeping his word and the teams are considered fair game. "The Sterkarm Handshake is a love story, a vivid and sometimes humorous portrayal of confrontation between cultures, and should find enthusiastic fans among teen-fantasy and time-travel buffs." --Patty Campbell

YOU HEAR ME? POEMS AND WRITINGS BY TEENAGE BOYS / Betsy Franco, editor. -- Candlewick Press, 2000. $14.99. ISBN 0763611581
This book is a wonderful companion for any teenage boy striving to understand himself and peers. It is an activist intervention into all the current talk by experts about boys; it short-circuits all the static of debate by letting the boys speak for themselves through poetry.

2003 

K-2

BARK, GEORGE / Jules Feiffer. -- HarperCollins, 1999.  $15.89.
When George's mother asks George to bark, the little dog makes other animal sounds so she takes him to the vet to correct the problem.

BATS AROUND THE CLOCK / Kathi Appelt. -- HarperCollins, 2000.  $15.89.
Click Dark hosts a special twelve-hour program of American Batstand where the bats rock and roll until the midnight hour ends.

CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE / by Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin, ill. -- Simon & Schuster, 2000.  $15.00.
Farmer Brown has a problem.  His cows like to type.  All day long he hears:
Click, clack, MOO.  Click, clack, MOO.  Clickety, clack, MOO.
But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes. . .

AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON / Janet Stevens. -- Harcourt, 2001.  $17.00
When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and dog set out to rescue them in time for the next evening's reading of their rhyme.

A FINE, FINE SCHOOL / Sharon Creech; Harry Bliss, ill. -- HarperCollins, 2001.  $15.89.
Mr. Keene, the principal loved his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year.

FIREFIGHTERS A TO Z / Chris Demarest. -- M. K. McElderry Books, 1999.  $17.00
The book presents a day-in-the-life of firefighters.  Includes an informative text and realistic illustrations.

FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS WASH THE CAR / Eileen Christelow. -- Clarion, 2000.  $15.00.
Five little monkeys wash the family car before trying to sell it, but that is only the beginning of their adventures.

HOODWINKED / Arthur Howard. -- Harcourt, 2001.  $16.00.
Mitzi is looking for a creepy pet to complement her witch image.  At first she rejects the fuzzy kitten that appears, but after a night of prowling, she is hoodwinked.

JABUTI THE TORTOISE / Gerald McDermott. -- Harcourt, 2001.  $16.00.
The trickster of the rain forest gets his comeuppance when Vulture offers to fly the tortoise and his flute to the King of Heaven's festival of song.

JUBAL'S WISH / Audrey Wood; Don Wood, ill. -- Blue Sky Press, 2000.  $15.95.
Jubal Bullfrog wishes for happiness for his animal friends and finds that sometimes wishes come true in unexpected ways.

LEOLA AND THE HONEYBEARS / Melodye Benson Rosales. -- Scholastic, 1999.
An African-American retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

MARTIN'S BIG WORDS: THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. / Doreen Rappaport; Brian Collier, ill. --Jump at the Sun, 2001.  $15.99.
An elegant pictorial biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

MINNIE AND MOO GO TO PARIS / Denys Cazet. -- DK Publishing, 1999.  $16.95.
Minnie and Moo manage to take a world tour without leaving their own neighborhood.  Slapstick humor in a I Can Read format.

MRS. SPITZER'S GARDEN / Edith Pattou; Tricia Tusa, ill. -- Harcourt, 2001.  $16.00.
With her loving, gardener's touch, Mrs. Spitzer nurtures the students in her classroom each year.

Olivia / by Ian Falconer. -- Atheneum, 2000.  $16.00.
The story of Olivia, a charismatic pig, that embodies every child.

THE OTHER SIDE / Jacqueline Woodson; Earl B. Lewis, ill. -- Putnam, 2001.  $16.99.
Clover, the young African-American narrator, lives beside a fence that segregates her town.  She soon begins talking with Annie who lives on the other side of the fence.  In spite of the racial divide, Clover and Annie form a friendship.

PIECES: A YEAR IN POEMS & QUILTS / Anna Grossnickle Hines. -- Greenwillow, 2001.  $15.95.
Poems about the four seasons are accompanied by photographs of quilts that were made by the author.

RATTLETRAP CAR / Phyllis Root; Jill Barton, ill. -- Candlewick Press, 2001.  $15.99.
A simple drive to the beach is an adventure in an old car.

THE SEALS ON THE BUS / Lenny Hort. -- Henry Holt, 2000.  $15.95.
Different animals--including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, and more--make their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus.

THE STRAY DOG: FROM A TRUE STORY BY REIKO SASSA / by Marc Simont, ill.; Reiko Sassa. -- Harpercollins, 2001. $15.95.
When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon, and they name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds.

TAKE ME OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND OTHER SILLY DILLY SONGS / Alan Katz. -- M. K. McElderry Books, 2001.  $15.00.
Well-known songs, including "Oh Susannah" and "Row Row Row Your Boat," are presented with new words and titles, such as "I'm So Carsick" and "Go Go Go to Bed."

WIDGET / Lyn Rossiter McFarland; Jim MacFarland, ill. -- Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001.  $16.00.
A small stray dog is accepted into a household of cats by learning to "fit in."  When his mistress is hurt, he proves that being a dog is not all bad.

3-5

A is for America: an American Alphabet / Devin Scillian. -- Sleeping Bear Press, 2001.  $22.95.
Features a brief rhyme for each letter of the alphabet that provides information about some aspect of America .

Albert / Donna Jo Napoli – Harcourt, 2001. $16.00.
A nervous Albert doesn’t like going outside because he is afraid of encountering unpleasant situations. One day Albert sticks his hand out the window and two cardinals build a nest in it. Albert stands holding the nest until the birds lay their eggs and hatch them. When the fledglings leave the nest, so does Albert.

All the Way Home / Patricia Reilly Giff -- Delacorte Press, 2001.  $15.95.
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a farm boy, and Mariel, a girl who is self-conscious of her bout with polio. The two make a journey from Brooklyn back to the country to help Brick’s elderly neighbors and to help Mariel discover the reason her mother gave her up for adoption.

Cold Feet / Cynthia DeFelice; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker – Dorling Kindersley, 2001. $15.95.
This retelling of a Scottish legend is a spine-tingling account of bagpiper Willie McPhee’s theft of a pair of haunted boots. In the end, Willie gets paid back for his thieving ways!

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins / Barbara Kerley; illustrated by Brian Selznick – Scholastic Press, 2001. $16.95.
A Victorian artist named Waterhouse Hawkins is the first person to build life size models of dinosaurs. Waterhouse dazzles audiences around the world with his stunning creations.

The Famous Adventures of Jack / Berlie Doherty -- Greenwillow, 2000. $15.89.
In a magical land of giants, castles and princesses, Jill hears tales of a character named Jack.  She then embarks on an adventure of her own as she tries to find the famous Jack.

The Girl with 500 Middle Names / Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Simon and Schuster Books, 2001. $15.00.
When Janie and her family move to the suburbs, she feels out of place because she discovers that the other students in her school are rich.  Ultimately, Janie realizes that there are more important things than money.

Goin’ Someplace Special / Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney – Atheneum Books for Younger Readers, 2001. $16.00.
‘Tricia Ann, a young African American girl, makes her way through segregated Nashville to the only place in town that is racially integrated: the Public Library.  On her journey to the Library, ‘Tricia Ann witnesses several obstacles that show the racial segregation of the 1950s.

Handel Who Knew What He Liked / M.T. Anderson; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes – Candlewick Press, 2001. $16.99.
This lively account of George Frederic Handel’s life brings to light the composer’s creativity and independence.  From stubborn little boy to amazing musician, Handel always refused to let anyone stand in the way of his dreams.

In Ned’s Head / Olsson, Shoren – Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. $16.00.
Ned keeps a diary in which he tells us his observations of his friends, their adventures and his anxiety over getting glasses, as well as his romantic interest in Natalie.

Leonardo’s Horse /Jean Fritz; illustrated by Hudson Talbot – Putnam, 2001. $16.99.
This beautiful book details Leonardo da Vinci’s dream of erecting a statue of a giant horse.  Unfortunately, his dream did not come true during his lifetime.  Artist Charlie Dent picks up Leonardo’s dream and finally has the giant horse built in 1999.

Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies /Art Spiegelman – Joanna Cotler Books, 2000. $19.95.
A collection of stories in comic-book format that is truly bizarre and intriguing!

Love that Dog: a Novel / Sharon Creech – Joanna Cotler Books, 2001.  $14.96.
A student comes to love poetry and surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.

Moonpie and Ivy / Barbara O’Connor – Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2001. $16.00.
Pearl 's mother drops her off at her aunt’s house in rural Georgia and then disappears. Pearl finally learns from her aunt what family really means.  In the beginning, her fear is that her Mother won’t return.  Later, she fears that she will.

Rocks in his Head / Carol Otis Hurt; illustrated by James Stevenson – Greenwillow Books, 2001. $15.95.
A young man’s love of and passion for rock collecting eventually leads him out of his job as a gas station attendant to work in a Science Museum.  Set during the Depression, this book is both inspiring and fascinating.

Rowan of Rin / Emily Rodda – Greenwillow Books, 2001.  $14.95.
Because only he can read the magical map, timid young Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and restore the water supply for the village.  On the journey, they encounter threats of dragons and other horrors.

The Royal Bee / Frances and Ginger Park; illustrated by Christopher Zhong-Yuan Zhang – Boyds Mills Press, 2000. $15.95.
A poor boy from Korea is determined to win a spelling bee, even though poverty keeps him from attending school.

The Secrets of Ms. Snickle’s Class / Laura Miller Hornick; illustrated by Debbie Tilley – Clarion Books, 2001. $15.00.
Every school has its secrets, but in Ms. Snickle’s classroom they are mysterious and special.  When one student learns about them and tells other classmates, she puts Ms. Snickle’s job on the line.

Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and times of Annie Oakley / Stephen Krensky; illustrated by Bernie Fuchs –
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. $17.00.
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley lost her father at five.  She overcame adversity to become star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Sophie's Masterpiece: a Spider's Tale / Eileen Spinelli. -- Simon & Schuster, 2001.  $16.00.
Sophie the spider makes wondrous webs, but the residents of Beekman's Boarding House do not appreciate her until she weaves her final masterpiece.

The Summer of Riley / Eve Bunting – Joanna Cotler Books, 2001. $15.89.
William finds the perfect dog, Riley.  When Riley chases and injures the neighbor’s horse, he is taken away from William.  William has to fight to get Riley back.

The Three Pigs / David Wiesner. -- Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2001.  $16.00.
This familiar tale takes on new dimensions when the pigs leave their story pages and investigate other nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

Tree Girl / T.A. Barron – Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2001. $14.95.
In this fantasy, nine-year-old Rowanna is determined to discover her past and find her mother. Themes of self-discovery, family, loyalty, and friendship emerge from this magical, mystical tale.

Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa / Don Brown – Houghton Mifflin, 2000. $16.00.
Mary Kingsley is the lonely daughter of an invalid mother and an adventuring father who is rarely at home. Mary lives out her own adventures within the pages of her father’s books. At thirty, she finds herself free to do as she pleases and ventures, not just outside her house but to uncharted parts of deepest Africa .

Winnie Dancing on Her Own / Jennifer Richard Jacobson -- Houghton Mifflin, 2001. $15.00.
Winnie and her friends Zoe and Vanessa love hanging out at the Library.  When Winnie enrolls in a ballet class on her own, she worries and wonders if she will jeopardize their friendship by striking out on her own.

6-8

All Alone in the Universe / Lynne Rae Perkins. -- Greenwillow Books, c1999.  $15.95
Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.

The Beetle and Me:  A Love Story / Karen Romano Young. -- Greenwillow Books, c1999.    $5.95
Surrounded by her busy extended family and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single-handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood.

Burger Wuss / Matthew T. Anderson. -- Candlewick Press, 1999.  $5.99
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully, which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O’Dermott’s.  

The Coffin Quilt:  the Feud Between the Hatfields and the McCoys / Ann Rinaldi. -- Harcourt Brace, c1999.  $6.00
In the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated by her older sister Roseanna's romance with a Hatfield.

Dive / Adele Griffin. -- Hyperion Books for Children, c1999.  $5.99
Young Ben finds that he is happy in the stable life provided by his stepfather despite his uncertain relationship with his moody and troubled stepbrother and his mother's growing restlessness in her new marriage.

DogBreath Victorious / Chad Henry. -- Holiday House, New York : c1999.  $16.95
Dogbreath, Tim's alternative Seattle grunge rock band, enters a major battle of the bands contest, but is beaten by The Angry Housewives, a new group fronted by Tim's mother.

Framed in Fire / David Patneaude. -- A. Whitman, c2001.  $14.95
When his stepfather conspires to keep thirteen-year-old Peter at a mental institution, Peter begins to piece together secrets about his past with the help of his younger brother's strangely prophetic dreams.

Ida B. Wells:  Mother of the Civil Rights Movement / Denis N. Fradin. -- Clarion Books, c2000.  $18.00
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century activist Ida B. Wells, focusing on her crusade against the practice of lynching, and discussing her role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the campaign for women's voting rights.

I'm Not Who You Think I Am / Peg Kehret. -- Dutton Children's Books, c1999.  $15.99
Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed woman who believes that she is her dead daughter. 

Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas:  Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson / Louise Rennison. -- HarperCollins, May 2002. ISBN  0066236568.  $15.89
The irrepressible heroine of the Michael L. Printz Honor Books “Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal  Snogging” is back, and funnier than ever.  In this third installment of her hilarious confessions, Georgia ’s “red bottomosity” is out of control.  Whatever will happen next?

Money Hungry / Sharon Flake. -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2001.  $15.99
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.  

Never Trust a Dead Man / Vivian Vande Velde. -- Harcourt Brace, c1999.  $4.99
In the medieval village of Penryth , seventeen-year-old Selwyn sets out to find the real killer of Farold, a young man he has been wrongfully convicted of murdering, with Farold himself as his only companion, brought back to life in the form of a bat by a cave-dwelling witch.

The Other Side Of Truth / Beverley Naidoo. -- HarperCollins, c2001.  $16.99
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria .

Pray Hard / Pamela Walker. -- Scholastic Press, c2001.  $12.76
Twelve-year-old Amelia feels secretly responsible for her father's death in a plane crash a year earlier. Her life is turned upside down when a newly religious ex-convict claims to have seen Amelia's father in a vision and moves in with Amelia and her mother.

Princess in Love, Volume 3 / Meg Cabot. -- HarperCollins Publishers, c2002.  $15.99
In Princes Diaries and Princess in the Spotlight, we find 14 year old Amelia Rinoldi struggling with the newfound knowledge that she is the sole heir to a European principality in Genovia.  She’s gone from plain old, unnoticed Mia to a super-star princess almost overnight.  Now that things are getting back to normal, she has to find a way to break up with her boyfriend and hook up with her best friend’s bother before the Non-Denominational Winter Dance.

Rewind / William Sleator. -- Dutton Children’s Books, c1999.  $12.79
Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.

A Single Shard / Linda Sue Park. -- Clarion/Houghton Mifflin. -- 2001.  $15.00
A homeless boy in 12th century Korea becomes fascinated with a community of potters and learns the value of being dedicated to one's dreams and art.

The Skin I’m In / Sharon Flake. -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c1999.  $5.99 
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star / Randy Powell. -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1999.  $17.00
For a tribute to his mother, a dead rock star, fifteen-year-old Grady returns to Seattle , where he faces his mixed feelings for his retarded younger half-brother Louie while pondering his own future.

We Were There, Too! : Young People in U.S. History / Phillip M. Hoose. -- Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001. $26.00
Draws from first-person accounts, journals, interviews and other primary sources to tell the true stories of over seventy young people from a variety of cultures who played a role in the making of the United States , including explorers, patriots, rebels, slaves, miners, and activists.  

9-12

THE ADVENTURES OF BLUE AVENGER / Norma Howe. -- Avon Tempest, 2000.  $6.95.  ISBN  0064472256       
On his 16^th birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to Blue Avenger, after a comic book hero he created.  Through a crazy course of coincidences (or perhaps predestined circumstances), he ends up accomplishing much he has set for himself.  Irony, silliness, and the deepest questions of the human soul are blended together in this funny novel.

AINDREAS:  A MESSENGER / Gerald McDaniel. -- VanMeter, 2000.  $14.94. ISBN  0967366712
Aindreas is a heroic underdog, with a generous heart living in Louisville , KY in 1855.  He is a messenger for a furniture manufacturer and learns much and meets many.  Aindreas Rivers becomes a man in the riotous month of August, 145 years ago.  This compelling fiction, woven with real historical events, makes the past spring to life for both young and mature readers.

BAD BOY:  A MEMOIR  / Walter Dean Myers. -- HarperCollins, 2001.  $15.89. ISBN  0060295236
In a memoir that is funny, heart wrenching and unforgettable, Myers tells the story of his childhood in Harlem .  Best Books for Young Adults

BATTLE DRESS  / Amy Efaw. -- HarperCollins, 2000.  $15.95   ISBN  0060279435
Andi Davis is looking for an escape from her disorganized, dysfunctional home life, and West Point seems the only logical way out, but nothing could have prepared her for the first six weeks of cadet training.  This novel looks at an intensely private community with its own rules and regulations.  It shows us the terrors and triumphs of those who want to belong to a team.

THE BRIMSTONE JOURNALS  / Ron Koertge. -- Candlewick, 2001   $15.99   ISBN  0763613029
The private thoughts of the seniors of Branston High School are revealed in a series of interconnected poems.  They write about their problems, plans, and the fears that connect them all.  When two students threaten to engage in a killing spree, their classmates must make a difficult decision.  Best Books for Young Adults

CARVER: A LIFE IN POEMS / Marilyn Nelson. -- Front Street, 2001.  $16.95
A collection of 59 vignettes about the life of George Washington Carver.

COUNTING COUP:  THE TRUE STORY OF BASKETBALL AND HONOR O N THE LITTLE BIG HORN  /  Larry Colton. – Warner Books, 2000.   $ 24.95  ISBN  0446526835
Sportswriter Larry Colton chronicles a season of Hardin High School ( Montana ) girls’ basketball as the players struggle with injuries, prejudice and the dismal reality of life on the Crow Indian Reservation.  Best Books for Young Adults

DANCER  / Lorri Hewett. -- Puffin, 2001.   $ 5.99    ISBN  0141310855
An intriguing, unusual romance and a coming-of-age story with more depth than many ballet stories. After years of lessons, Stephanie is sure that she wants to be a ballet dancer, and is willing to do just about anything to reach her goal, even defying her parents' wish that she drop dance and concentrate on getting into college.

DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN  / Sharon Draper. -- Atheneum, 2001.    $ 16.00    ISBN  0689830807
In her senior year of high school, still recovering from the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Keisha's thrilled to have someone treat her like a woman rather than a girl. But events take a terrifying turn, and suddenly darkness overwhelms her life.  As Keisha struggles to put her world back in perspective, she learns the power and the danger of silence.

THE DRAGON’S SON  / Sarah L. Thomson. -- Orchard Books, 2001 $17.95     ISBN 0531303330
Four lesser-known characters from the legend of King Arthur tell their stories.  Nimue is sixteen when she falls in love with the bard who becomes Arthur’s most trusted advisor.  Morgan remembers the night her mother was kidnapped by Arthur’s father.  A handmaid to Morgan’s older sister describes her mistress’s miserable life.  Arthur’s son Medraud recalls the pain of being rejected by his father.

FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE  / Markus Zusak. -- Arthur A. Levine, 2001    $ 15.95   ISBN  043924188X
Cameron and Ruben Wolfe come from a family clinging to the ragged edge of the working class.   To make money, the boys hook up with a sleazy fight promoter who sees something marketable in the untrained brothers’ vulnerability. But the Wolfe brothers are fighting for more than tips and  pay-off money. It soon becomes a fight for identity, for dignity, and for each other.

HEART TO HEART:  NEW POEMS INSPIRED BY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ART  /  Edited by Jan Greenberg. -- Harry Abrams, 2001.      $ 19.95      ISBN  0810943867
This is a compilation of poems written in response to various pieces of American art.  Specially commissioned, original poems celebrate some of the finest twentieth-century American art in this beautiful, surprising volume. Well-known writers wrote poems inspired by artworks created through the Century.  Volume includes 47 full page color reproductions of art.  Printz Honor Book

HIDDEN EVIDENCE:  FORTY TRUE CRIMES AND HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE HAS HELPED SOLVE THEM  / David Owen. -- Firefly, 2000.        $ 24.95       ISBN  1552094839
The evolution of forensic science and crime investigation is detailed in this study that includes famous cases from Jack the Ripper, presidential assassinations, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping,  the O. J. Simpson murder trial, and recent serial killers.  This is fascinating reading for a range of readers, but the graphic illustrations are not for the squeamish.  Best Books for Young Adults

THE LAND  / Mildred Taylor. -- Dial Books, 1999.      $ 15.89        ISBN 0803719515
The Land is the prequel to Newbery Medal winner, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. In the stories Taylor has to tell, life is not fair, hard work doesn't always pay off, and the good guy doesn't always win. The Land tells the stories of an African American family in the Deep South during and after the Civil War, a time of ugly, painful racism.  Coretta Scott King Award

MEMORY BOY  / Will Weaver. -- HarperCollins, 2001.      $ 15.89     ISBN  0060288124
The year is 2008.  Volcanic ash from the recent explosion of Mount Rainier is destroying the air and soil across America .  Food becomes scarce and people start to turn against each other.  Sixteen-year-old Miles, his sister, and parents leave their suburban home and head for the countryside.  When the family arrives at their lakeside cabin, they discover that strangers have already moved in.

RAG AND BONE SHOP  / Robert Cormier. -- Delacorte, 2001.       $ 15.95       ISBN  0385729626
Cormier's final novel, published posthumously, is characteristically dark and thought-provoking as he delves into "the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart," (from the Yeats poem). The author offers an in-depth study of two complicated characters: Trent, an ambitious and renowned interrogator who holds a perfect record wrenching confessionals out of criminals, and 12-year-old Jason Dorrant, suspected of murdering his neighbor, seven-year-old Alicia Bartlett.  Best Books for Young Adults

THE ROPEMAKER  / Peter Dickinson. -- Delacorte, 2001.      $ 15.95     ISBN  0385729219
According to legend, a powerful magician has isolated the Valley for 18 years to protect it from the armies of the Empire in the south and the fierce, marauding horsemen of the north. But now something is terribly wrong. Young Tilja sets out with her grandmother Meena, the boy Tahl, Tahl's grandfather, and an ill-spirited horse on a daunting quest to find the magician in hopes of his renewing the magic that protects the Valley.

SLAP YOUR SIDES  / ME Kerr. -- HarperCollins, 2001.      $ 15.89      ISBN  0060294825
As a Quaker during WWII, teenager Jubal Shoemaker is a pacifist:  "If a war comes, I will do everything to oppose it . . . So help me God."  The more he prays about it, the surer he is. When it's time for him to be conscripted, he intends to follow his older brother Bud as a conscientious objector.  This story evolves around the family at home and the problems they have with being isolated by others becomes they will not fight, with an unsuspecting murderous twist.

STEP FROM HEAVEN / An Na. -- Front Street , 2001.      $ 15.95       ISBN  1886910588
Young Ju's parents don't want her to become too American, and Young Ju is ashamed of them. It's the classic immigrant child conflict, told here in the present tense with the immediacy of the girl's voice, from the time she's a toddler in a small Korean village wondering why the adults talk about America as "heaven."  Printz Award Winner

THICKER THAN WATER  / Edited by Gordon Snell. -- Delacorte, 2001    $ 17.95  ISBN  0385325711
In twelve diverse stories set in Ireland and American, memorable adolescent experiences are explored.  A sixteen-year-old boy copes with his girlfriend’s overprotective uncle.  Grania, faces the painful truth about her parents’ relationship.  While sharing a common Irish heritage, the voices and styles of the well-known and award-winning writers gathered here are as refreshingly diverse as those of any top-notch short story collection.

THUMBSUCKER / Walter Kirn. -- Broadway Books, 1999.     $ 14.00      ISBN  0385497091
Meet Justin Cobb, "the King Kong of oral obsessives" (as his dentist dubs him) and an appealingly bright and screwed-up fictional adolescent. For years, no remedy can cure Justin's thumb sucking habit.  Then a course of hypnosis seemingly does the trick, but true to the conservation of neurotic energy, the problem doesn't so much disappear as relocate into a variety of pursuits with a hyperactive energy that even his daily Ritalin dose does little to blunt. Each time, however, he discovers that there is no escaping the unruly imperatives of his self and the confines of his deeply eccentric family. The only "cure" for the adolescent condition is time and distance.