ALA Book Picks 2005--Notable Children's Books
By Staff -- School Library Journal, 3/1/2005
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
Baker, Jeannie. Home. illus. by author. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-623935-4.
Beaumont, Karen. Baby Danced the Polka. illus. by Jennifer Plecas. Dial. Tr $12.99. ISBN 0-8037-2587-6.
Brown, Don. Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-49298-4.
Chen, Chih-Yuan. Guji Guji. illus. by author. Kane/Miller. Tr $15.95. ISBN 1-929132-67-0.
Crews, Nina. The Neighborhood Mother Goose. illus. by author. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-051573-2.
English, Karen. Hot Day on Abbott Avenue. illus. by Javaka Steptoe. Clarion. Tr $15. ISBN 0-395-98527-7.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book. illus. by author. S & S. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-85685-7.
Fleischman, Paul. Sidewalk Circus. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Candlewick. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-1107-7.
Fox, Mem. Where Is the Green Sheep? illus. by Judy Horacek. Harcourt. Tr $15. ISBN 0-15-204907-X.
Henkes, Kevin. Kitten's First Full Moon. illus. by author. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-058828-4.
Hopkinson, Deborah. Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains. illus. by Nancy Carpenter. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-84769-6.
Knutson, Barbara. Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains. Carolrhoda. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-57505-657-7.
Lehman, Barbara. The Red Book. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $12.95. ISBN 0-618-42858-5.
Look, Lenore. Ruby Lu, Brave and True. illus. by Anne Wilsdorf. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-84907-9.
Neubecker, Robert. Wow! City! illus. by author. Hyperion. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-7868-0951-5.
Prelutsky, Jack. If Not for the Cat. illus. by Ted Rand. Greenwillow. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-059677-5.
Ravishankar, Anushka. Tiger on a Tree. illus. by Pulak Biswas. Farrar. Tr $15. ISBN 0-374-37555-0.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Lemons Are Not Red. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/A Neal Porter Bk. Tr $14.95. ISBN 1-59643-008-7.
Sierra, Judy. Wild About Books. illus. by Marc Brown. Knopf. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-375-82538-X.
Thompson, Lauren. Polar Bear Night. illus. by Stephen Savage. Scholastic. PLB $15.95. ISBN 0-439-49524-5.
Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale. illus. by author. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-1870-0.
Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book. illus. by author. Running Press. Tr $18.95. ISBN 0-7624-2100-2.
Bang, Molly. My Light. illus. by author. Scholastic/Blue Sky. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-48961-X.
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. César: ¡Sí, se puede! Yes, We Can! illus. by David Diaz. Marshall Cavendish. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7614-5172-2.
Boyce, Frank Cottrell. Millions. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-073330-6.
Bredsdorff, Bodil. The Crow-Girl. tr. by Faith Ingwersen. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-31247-8.
Coman, Carolyn. The Big House. illus. by Rob Shepperson. Front St. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-932425-09-8.
Gelman, Rita Golden. Doodler Doodling. illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-688-16645-8.
Grandits, John. Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems. Clarion. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-42833-X.
Grimes, Nikki. What Is Goodbye? illus. by Raúl Colón. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0778-4.
Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: The Picture Book. illus. by Leo & Diane Dillon. Knopf. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-375-82405-7.
Hesse, Karen. The Cats in Krasinski Square. illus. by Wendy Watson. Scholastic. PLB $16.95. ISBN 0-439-43540-4.
Hodges, Margaret, retel. Merlin and the Making of the King. illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8234-1647-X.
Ibbotson, Eva. The Star of Kazan. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-47347-5.
Jocelyn, Marthe. Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril and Romance. Candlewick. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-2120-X.
Kerley, Barbara. Walt Whitman: Words for America. illus. by Brian Selznick. Scholastic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-35791-8.
Landowne, Youme. Sélavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope. illus. by author. Cinco Puntos. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-938317-84-9.
Matthews, L. S. Fish: A Novel. Delacorte. Tr 14.95. ISBN 0-385-73180-9.
Montgomery, Sy. The Tarantula Scientist. photos. by Nic Bishop. Houghton. $18. ISBN 0-618-14799-3.
Morrison,Toni. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Houghton. Tr $18. ISBN 0-618-39740-X.
Moss, Marissa. Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen. illus. by C. F. Payne. S & S/A Paula Wiseman Bk. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-689-86329-2.
Pearce, Philippa. The Little Gentleman. illus. by Tom Pohrt. Greenwillow. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-073160-5.
Rogers, Gregory. The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard. illus. by author. Roaring Brook/A Neal Porter Bk. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-59643-009-5.
Rumford, James. Sequoyah: The Man Who Gave His People Writing. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-36947-3.
Schanzer, Rosalyn. George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from BothSides. National Geographic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7922-7349-4.
Scieszka, Jon. Science Verse. illus. by Lane Smith. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-670-91057-0.
Shange, Ntozake. ellington was not a street. illus. by Kadir Nelson. S & S. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-82884-5.
Sís, Peter. The Train of States. illus. by author. Greenwillow. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-06-057838-6.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Coming On Home Soon. illus. by E. B. Lewis. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23748-8.
Almond, David. The Fire-Eaters. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73170-1.
Bausum, Ann. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote. National Geographic. Tr $21.95. ISBN 0-7922-7647-7.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. Putnam. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-399-23861-1.
Chotjewitz, David. Daniel Half-Human and the Good Nazi. tr. by Doris Orgel. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-689-85747-0.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bucking the Sarge. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32307-7.
Doyle, Brian. Boy O'Boy. Groundwood. Tr $ 15.95. ISBN 0-88899-588-1.
Drez, Ronald J. Remember D-Day: The Plan, the Invasion, Survivor Stories. National Geographic. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-7922-6666-8.
Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-689-86744-1.
Fisher, Catherine. The Oracle Betrayed. Greenwillow. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-057157-8.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. Clarion. Tr $18. ISBN 0-618-15976-2.
Hoose, Phillip. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird. Farrar/Melanie Kroupa Bks. Tr $20. ISBN 0-374-36173-8.
Johnson, Angela. bird. Dial. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-8037-2847-6.
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-85639-3.
Konigsburg, E. L. The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-689-86636-4.
Leavitt, Martine. Heck, Superhero. Front St. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-886910-94-4.
McKay, Hilary. Indigo's Star. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-86563-5.
McWhorter, Diane. A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. Scholastic. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-439-57678-4.
Myers, Walter Dean. Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices. Holiday House. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8234-1853-7.
Nelson, Marilyn. Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem. Front St. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-932425-12-8.
Nye,Naomi Shihab, sel. Is This Forever, Or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas. Greenwillow. Tr $19.99. ISBN 0-06-051178-8.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. HarperCollins/Eos. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-053180-0.
Peck, Richard. The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-8037-2736-4.
Pratchett, Terry. A Hat Full of Sky. HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-06-058660-5.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Becoming Naomi León. Scholastic. $16.95. ISBN 0-439-26969-5.
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Clarion. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-43929-3.
Shusterman, Neal. The Schwa Was Here. Dutton. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-525-47182-0.
Stolz, Joëlle. The Shadows of Ghadames. tr. by Catherine Temerson. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73104-3.
Weeks, Sarah. So B. It: A Novel. HarperCollins/A Laura Geringer Bk. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-623622-3.
Aldana, Patricia, ed. Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators. tr. by Stan Dragland. Groundwood. Tr $25. ISBN 0-88899-559-8.
Thomas, Dylan. A Child's Christmas in Wales. illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-7636-2161-7.
The members of ALSC's Notable Children's Books Committee are Maureen White, chair, University of Houston at Clear Lake; Carolyn Angus, George Stone Center for Children's Books, Claremont, CA; Jerene Battisti, Renton (WA) Public Library; Peg Ciszek, Niles (IL) Public Library; Lisa Falk, Los Angeles Public Library; Ginny Moore Kruse, Madison, WI; Susan Link, Colony Bend Elementary School, Sugar Land, TX; Micki Nevett, Westmere School, Albany, NY; Maria Salvadore, Washington, DC; Vicky Smith, McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, ME; and Karin Snelson, Seattle.
