Kids Vote on a List of Books for White House Library

By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 11/10/2008 3:00:00 PM

If students at Milton Terrace South Elementary School in upstate New York have their way, these and other children’s books will be on the library's shelves by the time President-elect Barack Obama and his family move in. The following is a list of favorite books nominated by students. The underlined books are the winners.
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Kindergarten
The Napping House by Audrey Wood (Harcourt, 1984)
The Alphabet Rescue by Audrey Wood (Blue Sky Press, 2006)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. (Holt, 1992)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault (S & S, 1989)

First Grade
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985)
Yoko’s World of Kindness by Rosemary Wells (NY: Hyperion Books for Children, 2005)
Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss (NY: Beginner Books, division of Random House, 1960)
I Am America by Charles R. Smith, Jr. (Scholastic, 2003)
Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (Random, 1957)
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins, 1964)

Second Grade
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin (S & S, 2004)
Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathman (Putnam, 1995)
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton, 1985)
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (Philomel, 1987)
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud (Nelson, 2006)
Wish for Wings That Work by Berkeley Breathed (Little, Brown, 1991)

Third Grade
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeffrey Kinney (Amulet, 2008)
Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide Bk. 1 by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (S & S, 2003)
Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne (Random, 1999)
Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone by Timothy B. Ering (Candlewick, 2003)
Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic, 2007)
My Teacher’s in Detention selected by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press, 2006)

Fourth Grade

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeffrey Kinney (Amulet Books, 2008)

Marley; a Dog Like No Other by John Grogan (C. Collins, 2007)

The Witches by Roald Dahl (Farrar, Straus, 1983)
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, 2003)
Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne (Random, 1999)
Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide Bk. 1 by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (S &, 2003)

Fifth Grade
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, 2003)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press, 2000)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeffrey Kinney (Amulet, 2008)
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (HarperCollins, 1980)
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements (Aladdin, 2004)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (HarperCollins, 1977)

The staff elected the following two books:

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (San Diego: Harcourt, 1993)

Click Clack Moo; Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (S & S, 2000)

School Principal Jospeh www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6612712.htmlLopez chose:
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud (Ferne Press, 2006)

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