Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Copyright Year: 2010
Awards: Newbery Medal Honoree
How I Heard About the Book: Oprah Book Recommendations
Author: Jennifer Bryant
Copyright Year: 2006
Awards: Iowa Children’s Choice Award list 2008-2009
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class while we were doing the novel circle. It is a story about a girl whose mom has passed away and she receives free admission to a museum. It is a novel but written in poems.
Author: Peter Sis
Copyright Year: 2000
Awards: Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class from a group's presentation on Peter Sis. It is the story of a little girl, Madlenka, who learns about her neighbors' cultures and history.
Title: Building Big
Author: David Macaulay
Copyright Year: 2000
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class from a group's presentation on David Macaulay. Great classroom resource.
Author: Aliki
Year: 2005
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class from a group's presentation on Aliki. Classroom play is used to address bullying behavior.
Author: Lisa Graff
Copyright Year: 2009
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is the story of a young girl who forms a relationship with her neighbor. Cute cover!
Author: Barbara Cooney
Copyright Year: 1982
Awards: Has been turned into a motion picture
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class from a group's presentation on Barbara Cooney. It is about a woman whose goal in life is to make the world more beautiful NOT to find a husband. :)
Author: Stephen T. Johnson
Copyright Year: 1999
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class from a presentation on the Concept Book genre. A book of photgraphs containing letters made frome everday objects.
Author: Kate Hosford
Copyright Year: 2011
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How I Heard About the Book: I saw this book on another students blog. It is a book that encourages kids to be themselves not matter what.
Author: Ruth White
Copyright Year: 2007
Awards: Iowa Children's Choice Award
How I Heard About the Book: I saw this book on another students blog. It is about a toddler who is mysteriously abandoned in a small town and her growing up experience.
Author: Charlotte Zolotow
Copyright Year: 1972
Awards: Has been adapted into a short film
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from one of the assigned readings. It is the story about a boy who would like to play with a doll. It is a story that challenges traditional stereotypes and gender roles.
Author: Deborah Ellis
Copyright Year: 2001
Awards: Nominee, Red Maple Award (2001), Winner, Middle East Book Award (2002), Nominee, Golden Oak Selection (2003), Hackmatack Award (2003), Selected, Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Award (2003), Shortlisted, Rocky Mountain Book Award (2003), Winner, Swedish Peter Pan Prize (2003), Nominee, SYRCA Diamond Willow Award (2003), Selected, YALSA PPYA (2003), Nominee, Young Jury Awards (Netherlands) (2004)
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a class presentation on multicultural novels. It is the story of a little boy living in Afganistan who must take over the difficult job of being the sole family breadwinner.
Author: Neil Gaiman
Copyright Year: 2002
Awards: Has been adapted into a film
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is a dark fairy tale about a little girl who enters another world.
Author: K.L. Going
Copyright Year: 2007
Awards: Missouri Mark Twain Book Award
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is the story of a little girl whose mother has recently died and must move to an apple orchard. Her world begins to change, though, through magical intervention.
Author: Alison Jackson
Copyright Year: 2008
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a class presentation. Main character plants a plant for a science project and magical things begin to happen.
Author: Pete Hautman
Copyright Year: 2006
Awards: National Book Award Winner
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. Satire about a world in which imperfections are against the law.
Author: Helen Fox
Copyright Year: 2006
Awards: West Sussex Children's Book Award
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is a science fiction novel about a family robot that begins to act strangely.
Author: Jessica Albarn
Copyright Year: 2010
Awards: Has been adapted into a short film
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is a fairy tale about a mean little boy who is trapped by flowers.
Author: Leah Marinsky Sharp
Copyright Year: 2009
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. Classic Italian Fairy tale about a girl who is turned into a goat.
Author: Patricia Santos Marcantonio
Copyright Year: 2005
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is the retelling of European folk tales with a Latino twist.
Author: Frances Minter
Copyright Year: 1997
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is the story of cinderella with a modern, Manhattan flair.
Author: Terry Sloat
Copyright Year: 2004
Awards: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Picture Book Award
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a class presentation. It is the story of an Eskimo girl and her magic.
Author: Gregory Maguire
Copyright Year: 2009
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is the story of a newly hatched orphan creature who has an attraction to teeth.
Author: Annie Dalton
Copyright Year: 1999
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is a collection of princess stories form around the world.
Author: James Howe
Copyright Year: 1994
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from another student's blog. It is a story that addresses self consciousness.
Author: Maurice Sendak
Copyright Year: 1970
Awards: Caldecott Winner, Banned Book
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book from a class presentation. It is the story of a young boy's dream journey through a surreal bakery.
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Copyright Year: 2007
Awards: Parent's Choice Award, Best Seller's List
How I Heard About the Book: This is a series novel that I saw in class. Children are singled out for their gifts to meet with Mr. Benedict and strange things start to happen.
Author: Liz Kesler
Copyright Year: 2010
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How I Heard About the Book: This is a series book I saw in class about mermaids.
Author: The Tjong-Khing
Copyright Year: 2007
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard this was a great wordless picture book in class. It is about a cake that is stolen and passed amongst animals.
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Copyright Year: 1967
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a group presentation on poetry. It is a collection of poems about children living in an inner city Chicago neighborhood.
Author: Jeannie Baker
Copyright Year: 2010
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How I Heard About the Book: I saw this book on another student's blog. It is a book that contains the stories of two families in different countries.
Author: David Wiesner
Copyright Year: 2010
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How I Heard About the Book:I saw this book on another student's blog. It is the story of two lizard friends who learn about the creative process.
Author: Carolivia Herron
Copyright Year: 1998
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How I Heard About the Book: I saw this book on another student's blog. It has a call and response theme that celebrates hair and pride in oneself.
Author: Bruce Lansky
Copyright Year: 1994
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a class presentation. It is collection of humorous poems from notable authors such as Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.
Author: Shannon Eric Denton
Copyright Year: 2009
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I saw this book during a class presentation on graphic novels. It is based on the famous Boxcare Children series.
Author: Carolivia Herron
Copyright Year: 1978
Awards: Newbery Medal
How I Heard About the Book: I heard abou this book during a classroom presentation. It is the story of two lonely children who create a magical world in a forest.
Author: Barbara Cooney
Copyright Year: 1998
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during class. It is the story of children who have fun with what they have on hand.
Author: Julius Lester
Copyright Year: 2005
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during class. It discusses race as being only one of many aspects that make up who a person is.
Author: Yokio Tsuchiya
Copyright Year: 1951
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class when we read controversial books but I was not able to read it. It is the story of elephants in Japan during WWII who must be killed in case a bomb hits their home.
Author: Robie H. Harris
Copyright Year: 2006
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class when we read controversial books but I was not able to read it. It is a book that helps explains to children factual information about where babies come from.
Author: Jane Yolen
Copyright Year: 1988
Awards: Nebula Award
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book during a novel pass in class. It is about a girl who is transported back to the Holocaust.
Author: Jerry spinelli
Copyright Year: 2000
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is about a girl who is forced to change so she can be considered "normal."
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Copyright Year: 1998
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is the story of a boy, Luke, who msut be hidden away from society until he dares to escape.
Author: Cynthia Lord
Copyright Year: 1970
Awards: Newbery Honor
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is about a girl whose brother has Autism.
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Copyright Year: 2007
Awards: Newbery Medal
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is the story of a girl who finds strength in Emily Dickenson poems.
Author: Patricia Reilly Gife
Copyright Year: 2002
Awards: Newbery Honor; made into a movie
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is the story of a young girl who is shipped from foster home to foster home until she finds one she would like to stay at.
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Copyright Year: 1997
Awards: Newbery Medal
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a novel pass. It is the story of a black family during the Civil Rights Movement.
Author: Faith Ringgold
Copyright Year: 1998
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How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during a text set presentation on MLK. Could go along with my dream text set.
Author: William Boniface
Copyright Year: 2006
Awards:
How I Heard About the Book: I heard about this book in class during another student's text set presentation. It is about a normal boy living in a super hero town.
