ALA Book Picks 2004
By Staff -- School Library Journal, 3/1/2004
In this article:
- Notable Children's Books
- Best Books for Young Adults
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Younger Readers - Middle Readers - Older Readers - All Ages
CHODOS-IRVINE, Margaret. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed. illus. by author. Harcourt. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-216413-8.
COBB, Vicki. I Face the Wind. illus. by Julia Gorton. (Vicki Cobb Science Play Series). HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-688-17840-5; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-688-17841-3.
DAVIES, Nicola. Surprising Sharks. illus. by James Croft. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-2185-4.
FLOCA, Brian. The Racecar Alphabet. illus. by author. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-85091-3.
FRENCH, Jackie. Diary of a Wombat. illus. by Bruce Whatley. Clarion. Tr $14. ISBN 0-618-38136-8.
JAMES, Simon. Little One Step. illus. by author. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-2070-X.
JENKINS, Steve & Robin Page. What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illus. by authors. Houghton. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-25628-8.
LONG, Melinda. How I Became a Pirate. illus. by David Shannon. Harcourt. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-201848-4.
MORALES, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. illus. by author. Chronicle. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-8118-3758-0.
RECORVITS, Helen. My Name Is Yoon. illus. by Gabi Swiatkowska. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-35114-7.
SAYRE, April Pulley & Jeff Sayre. One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book. illus. by Randy Cecil. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-1406-8.
WILLEMS, Mo. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! illus. by author. Hyperion. Tr $12.99. ISBN 0-7868-1988-X.
BROWN, Don. Mack Made Movies. illus. by author. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7613-1538-1; PLB $23.90. ISBN 0-7613-2504-2.
BROWNE, Anthony. The Shape Game. illus. by author. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-36764-7.
CHANDRA, Deborah & Madeleine Comora. George Washington's Teeth. illus. by Brock Cole. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-32534-0.
CHRISTELOW, Eileen. Vote! illus. by author. Clarion. RTE $16. ISBN 0-618-24754-8.
CREECH, Sharon. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. illus. by Chris Raschka. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Bks. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-029290-3; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-029291-1.
D'ADAMO, Francesco. Iqbal: A Novel. tr. from Italian by Ann Leonori. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-85445-5.
DICAMILLO, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. illus. by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-7636-1722-9.
DUPRAU, Jeanne. The City of Ember. Random. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-82273-9; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-92274-1.
FENNER, Carol. Snowed in with Grandmother Silk. illus. by Amanda Harvey. Dial. RTE $14.99. ISBN 0-8037-2857-3.
HAMILTON, Virginia. Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl. illus. by James E. Ransome. Scholastic/Blue Sky. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-590-47376-X.
KRULL, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. illus. by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt. RTE $17. ISBN 0-15-201437-3.
LASKY, Kathryn. The Man Who Made Time Travel. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Farrar/Melanie Kroupa Bks. Tr $17. ISBN 0-374-34788-3.
LEVINE, Karen. Hana's Suitcase. Albert Whitman. RTE $24.95. ISBN 0-8075-3149-9; PLB $15.95. ISBN 0-8075-3148-0.
PHILIP, Neil, sel. Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales. illus. by Jacqueline Mair. Clarion. Tr $19. ISBN 0-618-19463-0.
SCHYFFERT, Bea Uusma. The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. tr. from Swedish by Emi Guner. Chronicle. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-8118-4007-7.
WOODSON, Jacqueline. Locomotion. Putnam. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-399-23115-3. CAMERON, Ann. Colibrí. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $17. ISBN 0-374-31519-1.
COOPER, Ilene. Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy. Dutton. RTE $22.99. ISBN 0-525-46923-0.
FLEMING, Candace. Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $19.95. ISBN 0-689-83549-3.
FREEDMAN, Russell. In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights. Holiday House. Tr $24.95. ISBN 0-8234-1585-6.
FUNKE, Cornelia. Inkheart. tr. from German by Anthea Bell. Scholastic/The Chicken House. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-439-53164-0.
HENKES, Kevin. Olive's Ocean. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-053543-1; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-053544-X.
HOLT, Kimberly Willis. Keeper of the Night. Holt. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-6361-7.
JONES, Diana Wynne. The Merlin Conspiracy. Greenwillow. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-052318-2; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-052319-0.
KRAFT, Betsy Harvey. Theodore Roosevelt: Champion of the American Spirit. Clarion. Tr $19. ISBN 0-618-14264-9.
MACAULAY, David. Mosque. illus. by author. Houghton/A Walter Lorraine Bk. Tr $18. ISBN 0-618-24034-9.
MCCAUGHREAN, Geraldine. Stop the Train! HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-050749-7; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-050750-0.
MURPHY, Jim. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Clarion. Tr $17. ISBN 0-395-77608-2.
NELSON, Theresa. Ruby Electric. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-689-83852-2.
ORLEV, Uri. Run, Boy, Run. tr. from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Houghton/A Walter Lorraine Bk. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-16465-0.
OSA, Nancy. Cuba 15. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73021-7; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90086-4.
PATTOU, Edith. East. Harcourt. Tr $18. ISBN 0-15-204563-5.
PECK, Richard. The River between Us. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-8037-2735-6.
PRATCHETT, Terry. The Wee Free Men. HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-001236-6; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-001237-4.
PRESTON, Diana. Remember the Lusitania! Walker. Tr $22.95. ISBN 0-8027-8846-7; RTE $23.85. ISBN 0-8027-8847-5.
REEVE, Philip. Mortal Engines. (The Hungry City Chronicles Series). HarperCollins/Eos. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-008207-0; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-008208-9.
REMBERT, Winfred. Don't Hold Me Back: My Life and Art. illus. by author. Cricket/Marcato. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-8126-2703-2.
ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. illus. by Mary GrandPré. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $29.99. ISBN 0-439-35806-X; PLB $34.99. ISBN 0-439-56761-0.
SÍS, Peter. The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin: Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker. illus. by author. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $18. ISBN 0-374-45628-3.
STROUD, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. (The Bartimaeus Trilogy Series, Bk. #1). Hyperion/Miramax. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-7868-1859-X.
BLAKE, Quentin. Tell Me a Picture. illus. by author. Millbrook. PLB $29.90. ISBN 0-7613-2748-7.
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. illus. by Robert Sabuda. S & S/Little Simon. Tr $24.95. ISBN 0-689-84743-2.
FRAZEE, Marla. Roller Coaster. illus. by author. Harcourt. RTE $16. ISBN 0-15-204554-6.
GERSTEIN, Mordicai. The Man Who Walked between the Towers. illus. by author. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-7613-1791-0; PLB $24.90. ISBN 0-7613-2868-8.
LEEDY, Loreen & Pat Street. There's a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me. illus. by Loreen Leedy. Holiday House. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8234-1774-3.
MORPURGO, Michael. Kensuke's Kingdom. Scholastic. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-439-38202-5.
MYERS, Walter Dean. Blues Journey. illus. by Christopher Myers. Holiday House. Tr $18.95. ISBN 0-8234-1613-5.
SEEGER, Laura Vaccaro. The Hidden Alphabet. illus. by author. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-7613-1941-7.
The members of the ALSC 2004 Notable Children's Books committee are Marion Rutsch, chair, Our Lady of Lourdes School Library, Bethesda, MD; Carolyn R. Angus, George Stone Center for Children's Books, Claremont, CA; Jerene D. Battisti, Renton (WA) Public Library; Peg W. Ciszek, Niles (IL) Public Library; Elizabeth Guldseth, Arlington, VA; Susan Link, Colony Bend Elementary School, Sugar Land, TX; Elizabeth Long, New York; Micki Nevett, Westmere Elementary School, Albany, NY; Maria Salvadore, Washington, DC; Victoria J. Smith, McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, ME; and Maureen White, University of Houston at Clear Lake School Library.
