AWP Children's Library

AWP Children's Book Library

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
E= Elementary
YA= Young Adult
A= All Ages

A
Abuela—Arthur Dorros / Illustrated by Elisa Kleven
(Puffin Books: 0-14-056225-7) E

Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq—Mark Alan Stamaty
(Alfred A. Knopf: 0-375-83217-3) A

B
The Braid—Helen Frost
(Francis Foster Books: 0-374-30962-0) A

Bone: Out from Boneville—Jeff Smith
(Scholastic: 0-439-70640-8) YA

Bud, Not Buddy—Christopher Paul Curtis
(Yearling: 0-440-41328) Newberry Medal Winner YA

C
The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup—Terry Farish/Illustrated by Barry Root
(Candlewick Press: 0-7636-0834-3) A

Chrysanthemum—Kevin Henkes
(Grenwillow Books: 0-688-14732-1) E

Chu Ju’s House—Cloria Whelan
(Harper Collins: 0-06-050726-8) YA

The Colors of Us—Karen Katz
(Henry Holt and Co: 0-8050-5864-8) E

Come on, Rain!—Karen Hesse / Illustrated by Jon J. Muth
(Scholastic: 0-590-33125-6) Gold Medal Excellence in Illustration Award A

Creature Carnival—Marilyn Singer / Illustrated by Gris Grimly
(Hyperion Books for Children: 0786877-8) A

D
Dad, Are YOU the Tooth Fairy?—Jason Alexander / Illustrated by Ron Spears
(Orchard Books: 0-439-66745-3) A

The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural—Patricia C. McKissack / Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
(Yearling: 0-679-89006-8) Newberry Honor Book YA

Defiance—Valerie Hobbs
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 0-374-30847-0) YA

The Dot—Peter H. Reynolds
(Candlewick Press: 0-7636-1961-2) A

E
Earthquake—Milly Lee/Illustrated by Yangsook Choi
(Farrar,Straus and Giroux: 0-374-41946-9) E

Ella: The Elegant Elephant—Carmela and Seven D’Amico
(Scholastic: 0-439-62792-3) E

F
Facing the Lion: Growing up Maasai on the African Savanna—Joseph Lemasolai Letuton
(National Geographic: 0-7922-7297-8) YA

Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War—Yukio Tsuchiya/ Illustrated by Ted Lewin
(Houghton: 0-395-86137- 3) A

Family—Isabell Monk/ Illustrated by Janice Lee Porter
(Carolrhoda Books:1-57505-917-7) E

First Day Jitters—Julie Danneberg / Illustrated by Judy Love
(A Charlesbridge Imprint: 1-58089-054-7) E

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich—Adam Rex
(Harcourt: 0-15-205766-8) A

G
Georgie’s Moon—Chris Woodworth
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 0-374-33306-8) YA

The Giant—Claire Ewart
(Walker & Co: 0-8027-8835-1) A

My Grandpa’s Face—Eloise Greenfield/ Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
(The Putnam & Grosset Group: 0-698-11381-0) E

H
Henry Works—D.B. Johnson
(Houghton Mifflin: 0-618-42003-7) A

Hey, Little Ant—Philliip and Hannah Hoose/Illustrated by Debbie Tilley
(Tricycle Press: 1-883672-54-6) Reading Rainbow Book E A

Homemade Love—Bell Hooks / Illustrated by Shanbe W. Evans
(Hperion Books for Children: 078680643-5) E

Hooway for Wodney Wat—Helen Lester / Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
(Houghton Mifflin: 0-395-92392-1) E

How I Became a Pirate—Melinda Long/Illustrated by David Shannon
(Harcourt: 0-15-201848-4) A

The Hundred Dresses—Eleanor Estes / Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
(Harcourt: 0-15-205260-7) Upper Elementary and YA

I
Ish—Peter H. Reynolds
(Candlewick Press: 07362344-X) A

J
John, Paul, George, & Ben—Lane Smith
(Hyperion Books for Children: 078684893-6) YA and A

K
Keesha’s House—Helen Frost
(Francis Foster Books: 0-374-34064-1) YA

Kira-Kira—Cynthia Kadohata
(Atheneum books for Young Readers: 0-689-85639-3) Newberry Medal Winner YA

The Kite Runner—Khaled Hosseini
(Riverhead Books: 1-59448-000-1) A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year YA

Knots on a Counting Rope—Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault/Illustrated by Ted Rand
(Henry Holt: 0-8050-5479-0) A Reading Rainbow Book A

L
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq—Jeanette Winter (Author & Illustrator)
(Harcourt: 0-15-205445-6) A

Little Mama Forgets—Robin Cruise / Illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen
(Farrar,Straus and Giroux: 0-374-34613-5) E

Love As Strong As Ginger—Lenore Look / Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson
(Atheneum books for Young Readers: 0-689-81248-5) E

M
Maniac Magee—Jerry Spinell
(Little, Brown & Co.: 0-316-80906-3) Newberry Medal Winner YA

Mary Had a Little Ham—Margie Palatini / Illustrated by Guy Francis
Hperion Books for Children: 078680566-8) E

More Than Anything Else—Marie Bradby/Illustrated by Chris K.Soentpiet
(Orchard Books: 0-531-09464-2) A

The Mouse Trap—Walter Dean Myers
(Harper Collins: 0-06-440356-4) YA

Monster—Walter Dean Myers
(Harper Collins: 0-06-440731-4) Winner of Coretta Scott King Award, National Book Award Finalist, American Library Association Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. YA

My Feet Are Laughing—Lissette Norman / Illustrated by Frank Morrison
(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: 0-374-3509605) A

O
One Cold Night—Claire Ewart
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons: 0-399-22341-X) E

The Other Side—Jacqueline Woodson / Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons: 0-399-23116-1) A

P
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book—Virginia Hamilton / Illustrated By Leo and Diane Dillon
(Alfred A. Knopf: 0-375-8240507) A

The Princess and the Pizza—Mary Jane and Herm Auch
(Scholastic: 0-439-46806-X) A

R
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook—Shel Silverstein
(HarperCollins: 0-06-25653-2) E

S
Shooter—Walter Dean Myers
(Harper Collins: 0-06-447290-6) YA

Slam—Walter Dean Myers
(Scholastic: 0-590-48668-3) Winner of Coretta Scott King Award YA

Sleeping Bunny—Retold by Emily Snowell Keller / Illustrated by Pamela Silin-Palmer
(Random House: 0-375-81541-4) A

Smoky Nights—Eve Bunting/Illustrated by David Diaz
(Voyager Books:0-15-201884-0)
Caldecott Medal Winner E

Spinning Through the Universe—Helen Frost
(Francis Foster Books: 0-374- 37159-8) YA

Story of a Girl—Sara Zarr
(Little, Brown and Co.: 0-316-01453-2) YA

T
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs—Jon Schieszka / Illustrated by Lane Smith
(Viking: 0-670-82759-2) A

W
Wanda’s First Day—Mark Sperring / Illustrated by Kate & Liz Pope
(Scholastic: 0-439-62773-7) E

Walter the Farting Dog—William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray / Illustrated by Audrey Colman
(Frog. Ltd.: 1-58394-053-7) E

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963—Christopher Paul Curtis
(Delacorte Press: 0-385-32175-9) Newberry Honor Book YA

Whales on Stilts!—M.T. Anderson
(Harcourt: 0-15-205340-9) YA

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiki—Paul B. Janeczko and J. Patrick Lewis Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
(Little, Brown, and Co: 0-316-60731-2) E

Witness—Karen Hesse
(Scholastic: 0-439-27200-9) YA

The Wolves in the Walls—Neil Gaiman/Illustrated by Dave McKean
(Harper Collins: 0-380-97827-X) A

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9/2/08