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ALA's Book Picks 2002

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-- School Library Journal, 03/01/2002

In this article:

Notable Children's Books (Younger, Middle, Older Readers and All Ages)
Best Books for Young Adults (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Graphic Novels, Relationships, Tales of the City, War)

Notable Children's Books
Association for Library Service to Children

YOUNGER READERS

AGEE, John. Milo's Hat Trick. Hyperion/Michael Di Capua. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7868-0902-7.

BARTON, Byron. My Car. Greenwillow. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-029624-0.

BOOTH, Philip. Crossing. illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Candlewick. RTE $16.99 ISBN 0-7636-1420-3.

CREWS, Donald. Inside Freight Train. HarperCollins. BD $9.95. ISBN 0-688-17087-0.

EHLERT, Lois. Waiting for Wings. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-202608-8.

FALCONER, Ian. Olivia Saves the Circus. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-82954.

FALWELL, Cathryn. Turtle Splash: Countdown at the Pond. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029462-0.

FRAUSTINO, Lisa Rowe. The Hickory Chair. illus. by Benny Andrews. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-590-52248-5.

GRAHAM, Bob. 'Let's Get A Pup,' Said Kate. Candlewick. RTE $14.99. ISBN 0-7636-1452-1.

HENKES, Kevin. Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick. Greenwillow. BD $6.95. ISBN 0-06-029451-5.

HOBERMAN, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. illus. by Michael Emberley. Little, Brown/Megan Tingley Bks. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-316-36350-2.

INKPEN, Mick. Kipper's A to Z. Harcourt/Red Wagon. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-15-202594-4.

JENKINS, Emily. Five Creatures. illus. by Tomek Bogacki. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-32341-0.

LITTLE, Jean. Emma's Yucky Brother. illus. by Jennifer Plecas. HarperCollins. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-028348-3.

LIVINGSTON, Star. Harley. illus. by Molly Bang. North-South/Sea Star. Tr $14.95. ISBN 1-58717-048-5.

LOOK, Lenore. Henry's First-Moon Birthday. illus. by Yumi Heo. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-82294-4.

LUNGE-LARSON, Lise. The Race of the Birkebeiners. illus. by Mary Azarian. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-10313-9.

MCKISSACK, Patricia C. Goin' Someplace Special. illus. by Jerry Pinkney. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-81885-8.

MILLS, Claudia. Gus and Grandpa at Basketball. illus. by Catherine Stock. Farrar. Tr $14. ISBN 0-374-32818-8.

PALATINI, Margie. The Web Files. illus. by Richard Egielski. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0419-X.

RYAN, Pam MuÃ±oz. Mice and Beans. illus. by Joe Cepeda. Scholastic. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-439-18303-0.

SIMONT, Marc. The Stray Dog. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-028933-3.

STEEN, Sandra & Susan Steen. Car Wash. illus. by G. Brian Karas. Putnam. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-399-23369-5.

STEVENS, Janet & Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. illus. by Janet Stevens. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-2202298-8.

WILLEY, Margaret. Clever Beatrice. illus. by Heather Solomon. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-83254-0.

WOODSON, Jacqueline. The Other Side. illus. by E. B. Lewis. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23116-1.

MIDDLE READERS

ALLEN, Thomas B. Remember Pearl Harbor: Americans and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. National Geographic. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-7922-6690-0.

ANDERSON, M. T. Handel: Who Knew What He Liked. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Candlewick. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-7636-1046-1.

BLUMBERG, Rhoda. Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy. HarperCollins. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-688-17484-1.

BRUCHAC, Joseph. Skeleton Man. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029075-7.

CARBONE, Elisa. Storm Warriors. Knopf. Tr $16.95 ISBN 0-375-80664-4.

CHRISTENSEN, Bonnie. Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People. Knopf. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-375-81113-3.

CREECH, Sharon. Love That Dog. HarperCollins. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-06-029287-3.

CURLEE, Lynn. Brooklyn Bridge. S & S/ Atheneum. RTE $18. ISBN 0-689-83183-8.

FREEDMAN, Russell. In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys. Clarion. Tr $18. ISBN 0-395-96788-0.

FRITZ, Jean. Leonardo's Horse. illus. by Hudson Talbott. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23576-0.

GAUTHIER, Gail. The Hero of Ticonderoga. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23559-0.

GOODALL, Jane. The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours. Scholastic. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-439-21310-X.

GÃNDISCH, Karin. How I Became an American. tr. from German by James Skofield. Cricket. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-8126-4875-7.

HAAS, Jessie. Runaway Radish. illus. by Margot Apple. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-688-16688-1.

HORVATH, Polly. Everything on a Waffle. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-32236-8.

HOYT-GOLDSMITH, Diane. Celebrating Ramadan. illus. by Laurence Migdale. Holiday House. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8234-1581-3.

HUCK, Charlotte. The Black Bull of Norroway. illus. by Anita Lobel. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-688-16900-7.

HURST, Carol Otis. Rocks in His Head. illus. by James Stevenson. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029403-5.

KERLEY, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer. illus. by Brian Selznick. Scholastic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-11494-2.

King-SMITH, Dick. Lady Lollipop. illus. by Jill Barton. Candlewick. RTE $14.99. ISBN 0-7636-1269-3.

KRAMER, Stephen. Hidden Worlds: Looking through a Scientist's Microscope. photos. by Dennis Kunkel. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-05546-0.

KURLANSKY, Mark. The Cod's Tale. illus. by S. D. Schindler. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23476-4.

MCDONALD, Megan. Judy Moody Gets Famous! illus. by Peter Reynolds. Candlewick. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-0849-1.

MACY, Sue. Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley. National Geographic. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-7922-7008-8.

MARTIN, Jacqueline. The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish. illus. by Beth Krommes. Houghton. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-00341-X.

MORGENSTERN, Susie. A Book of Coupons. tr. from French by Gil Rosner. illus. by Serge Bloch. Viking. Tr $12.99. ISBN 0-670-89970-4.

PARK, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Clarion. Tr $15. ISBN 0-395-97827-0.

RUMFORD, James. Traveling Man: The Journal of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-08366-9.

SHREVE, Susan. Blister. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-439-19313-3.

WILES, Deborah. Love, Ruby Lavender. Harcourt/Gulliver. Tr $16. ISBN 0-15-202314-3.

YIN. Coolies. illus. by Chris Soentpiet. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23227-3.

ZOEHFELD, Kathleen. Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young: Uncovering the Mystery of Dinosaur Families. illus. by Paul Carrick & Bruce Shillinglaw. Clarion. Tr $17. ISBN 0-395-91338-1.

OLDER READERS

ALEXANDER, Lloyd. The Gawgon and the Boy. Dutton. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-325-46677-0.

ALMOND, David. Heaven Eyes. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32770-6.

BARTOLETTI, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. Houghton. Tr $18. ISBN 0-618-00271-5.

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin. The Seeing Stone. (Arthur Trilogy Series, Bk. #1). Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-439-26326-3.

CUMMINGS, Priscilla. A Face First. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-46522-7.

DASH, Joan. The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller. Scholastic. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-590-90715-8.

DICKINSON, Peter. The Ropemaker. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-72921-9.

FLEISCHMAN, Paul. Seek. Cricket/Marcato. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8126-4900-1.

GREENBERG, Jan, ed. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art. Abrams. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-8109-4386-7.

GREENBERG, Jan & Sandra Jordan. Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist. Delacorte. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-385-32806-0.

HESSE, Karen. Witness. Scholastic. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-439-27199-1.

HOOSE, Phillip. We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History. Farrar. Tr $26. ISBN 0-374-38252-2.

LAWLOR, Laurie. Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit. Holiday House. Tr $22.95. ISBN 0-8234-1588-0.

MOSHER, Richard. Zazoo. Clarion. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-13534-0.

MYERS, Walter Dean. The Greatest: Muhammad Ali. Scholastic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-590-54342-3.

NA, An. A Step from Heaven. Front St. Tr $15.95. ISBN 1-886910-58-8.

NAIDOO, Beverley. The Other Side of Truth. HarperCollins. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-029628-3.

NELSON, Marilyn. Carver: A Life in Poems. Front St. Tr $15.95. ISBN 1-886910-53-7.

NICHOLSON, William. Slaves of the Mastery. Hyperion. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-7868-0570-6.

ROCHELLE, Belinda, ed. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art. HarperCollins/Amistad. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-688-16415-3.

TAYLOR, Mildred D. The Land. Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-8037-1950-7.

WARREN, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. HarperCollins. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-688-17497-3.

WOLFF, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $17. ISBN 0-689-82827-6.

ALL AGES

JANECZKO, Paul. A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems. illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-0661-8.

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. illus. by Christopher Bing. Handprint. Tr $17.95. ISBN 1-929766-13-0.

RAPPAPORT, Doreen. Martin's Big Words. illus. by Bryan Collier. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0714-8.

WIESNER, David. The Three Pigs. Clarion. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-00701-6.

WILLIAMS, Vera B. Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029460-4.

The members of ALSC's Notable Children's Books Committee are:

Toni Bernardi, chair, San Francisco (CA) Public Library; Rita Auerbach, East Patchogue, NY; Revital Balas, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NY; Elizabeth Guldseth, Montgomery County (MD) Dept. of Public Libraries; Walter Minkel, School Library Journal, NY; Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library; Katie O'Dell, Multnomah County (OR) Library; Penny Peck, San Leandro (CA) Public Library; Marion Hanes Rutsch, Our Lady of Lourdes School Library, Bethesda, MD; Maria Salvadore, Washington, DC; Maureen White, University of Houston at Clear Lake School Library; and Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County (MN) Library, Minnetonka.

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