The Association for Library Service to Children: Notable Books for Children 1998
Staff -- School Library Journal, 3/1/1998
The chair of the Notable Children's Book Committee was Julie Cummins, New York Public Library. Committee members were: Carolyn S. Brodie, Kent State University, Kent, OH; ayo dayo, Chinn Park Regional Library, Woodbridge, VA; Randall Enos, Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown, NY; Susan Faust, Katherine Delmar Burke School, San Francisco, CA; Susan M. Knorr, Milwaukee (WI) Public Library; Maeve Visser Knoth, children's literature consultant, San Carlos, CA; Kemie Nix, Director, Children's Books for Children, Peachtree City, GA; Barbara Scotto, Michael Driscoll School, Brookline, MA; Amy Spaulding, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island (NY) University; and Kathleen Staerkel, Indian Trails Public LIbrary, Wheeling, IL.
| PICTURE BOOKS |
COWAN, Catherine, tr. and adapt. My Life with the Wave. Based on the story by Octavio Paz. illus. by Mark Buehner. Lothrop. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-688-12660-X; PLB $15.93. ISBN 0-688-12661-8.
DAVOL, Marguerite W. The Paper Dragon. illus. by Robert Sabuda. S & S/Atheneum. 1997. RTE $17. ISBN 0-689-31992-4.
DIAKITE, Baba Wague. The Hunterman and the Crocodile. Scholastic. 1997. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-590-89828-0.
FLEMING, Candace. Gabriella's Song. illus. by Giselle Potter. (An Anne Schwartz Book). S & S/Atheneum. 1997. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-80973-5.
LASKY, Kathryn. Marven of the Great North Woods. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Harcourt. 1997. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-200104-2.
LEE, Milly. Nim and the War Effort. illus. by Yangsook Choi. Farrar/Foster. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-35523-1.
MELMED, Laura Krauss. Little Oh. illus. by Jim LaMarche. Lothrop. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-688-14208-7; PLB $15.93. ISBN 0-688-14209-5.
MIRANDA, Anne. To Market, To Market. illus. by Janet Stevens. Harcourt. 1997. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-200035-6.
RASCHKA, Chris. Mysterious Thelonious. Orchard. 1997. Tr $13.95. ISBN 0-531-30057-9; PLB $14.99. ISBN 0-531-33057-5.
STANLEY, Diane. Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. Morrow. 1997. Tr $15. ISBN 0-688-14327-X; PLB $14.93. ISBN 0-688-14328-8.
STEWART, Sarah. The Gardener. illus. by David Small. Farrar. 1997. Tr $15. ISBN 0-374-32517-0.
TABACK, Simms. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Viking. 1997. Tr $14.99. ISBN 0-670-86939-2.
TUNNELL, Michael O. Mailing May. illus. by Ted Rand. Greenwillow/Tambourine. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-688-12878-5; PLB $15.93. ISBN 0-688-12879-3.
VOAKE, Charlotte. Ginger. Candlewick. 1997. RTE $16.99. ISBN 0-7636-0108-X.
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ALEXANDER, Lloyd. The Iron Ring. Dutton. 1997. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-45597-3.
FINE, Anne. The Tulip Touch. Little, Brown. 1997. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-316-28325-8.
GIFF, Patricia Reilly. Lily's Crossing. Delacorte. 1997. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-385-32142-2.
HENKES, Kevin. Sun & Spoon. Greenwillow. 1997. RTE $15. ISBN 0-688-15232-5.
HESSE, Karen. Out of the Dust. Scholastic. 1997. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-590-36080-9.
HOLUB, Joseph. The Robber and Me. tr. from German by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Holt. 1997. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-5591-1.
LEVINE, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. HarperCollins. 1997. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-027510-3; PLB $14.89. ISBN 0-06-027511-1.
NAPOLI, Donna Jo. Stones in Water. Dutton. 1997. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-525-45842-5.
NYE, Naomi Shihab. Habibi. S & S. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-689-80149-1.
SPINELLI, Jerry. Wringer. HarperCollins/Cotler. 1997. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-024913-7; PLB $14.89. ISBN 0-06-024914-5.
| NONFICTION |
ADLER, David A. Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. illus. by Terry Widener. Harcourt/Gulliver. 1997. RTE $15. ISBN 0-15-200523-4.
BURLEIGH, Robert. Hoops. illus. by Stephen T. Johnson. Harcourt/Silver Whistle. 1997. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-201450-0.
GIBLIN, James Cross. Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero. Clarion. 1997. Tr $20. ISBN 0-395-63389-3.
JANISCH, Heinz, adapt. Noah's Ark. illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. tr. by Rosemary Lanning. North-South/Neugebauer. 1997. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-55858-784-5; PLB $16.88. ISBN 1-55858-785-3.
JIANG, Ji-li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. HarperCollins. 1997. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-027585-5; PLB $14.89. ISBN 0-06-027586-3.
LELOOSKA, Chief. Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska. Christine Normandin, ed. with compact disc. DK Ink. 1997. Tr $24.95. ISBN 0-7894-2455-X.
MANNA, Anthony L. & Christodoula Mitakidou, retels. Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale. illus. by Giselle Potter. (An Ann Schwartz Book). S & S/Atheneum. 1997. RTE $15. ISBN 0-689-81093-8.
MOCHIZUKI, Ken. Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story. illus. by Dom Lee. Lee & Low. 1997. RTE $15.95. ISBN 1-880000-49-0.
MYERS, Walter Dean. Harlem. illus. by Christopher Myers. Scholastic. 1997. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-590-54340-7.
PRELUTSKY, Jack, sel. The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom. illus. by Mielo So. Knopf/Borzoi. 1997. Tr $25. ISBN 0-679-87058-X; PLB 26.99. ISBN 0-679-97058-4.
PRINGLE, Laurence. An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly. illus. by Bab Marstall. Orchard/Kroupa. 1997. Tr $18.95. ISBN 0-531-30002-1; PLB $19.99. ISBN 0-531-33002-8.
SHEPARD, Aaron, retel. The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend. illus. by Gennady Spirin. S & S/Atheneum. 1997. RTE $17. ISBN 0-689-80759-7.
SIMMS, Laura. The Bone Man: A Native American Modoc Tale. illus. by Michael McCurdy. Hyperion. 1997. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-7868-0089-5; PLB $14.89. ISBN 0-7868-2074-8.
STEPTOE, Javaka, illus. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers. Lee & Low. 1997. RTE $15.95. ISBN 1-880000-31-8.
SZABO, Corinne. Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart. National Geographic. 1997. Tr $16. ISBN 0-7922-3737-4.
TILLAGE, Leon Walter. Leon's Story. illus. by Susan L. Roth. Farrar. 1997. Tr $14. ISBN 0-374-34379-9.
WICK, Walter. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic. 1997. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-590-22197-3.
ZELINSKY, Paul O., retel. Rapunzel. Dutton. 1997. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-45607-4.
