EXCELLENT 2000 CHOICES OF TRADE BOOKS FOR GRADES K-9

 

compiled and read by Marilyn Carpenter Ph.D.

Eastern Washington University

MarilynCaz@aol.com

 

Teachers who use children's literature as an integral part of their curriculum are challenged to keep abreast of newly published titles.  Librarians who are supporting the classroom curriculum also have the same challenge.  Part of my role as a consultant is to support teachers and librarians in their discovery of new titles.  To do so I have compiled this list of excellent choices  of trade books for kindergarten through ninth grade.

I have read all the books on the list with an eye toward classroom use.  I receive thousands of review copies from the major children's trade publishers each year.  This access allows me to select from a variety of choices.  I may read from ten to fifteen titles to find one that will be on the list.  The list that follows is offered to teachers and librarians to save them time, and money.  The list is not intended to limit but to be a beginning for those who need to have some guidance.

Thousands of new books roll off the presses of the major children's publishers each year.  To discover the best of these new books takes many hours.  Too often, limited funds are spent on titles that may sound attractive in a catalogue but prove otherwise when ordered.  Gaining access to new titles, reading the books, setting criteria for selection and matching the titles to the needs of the targeted students is a lengthy process. 

I suggest a visit to your local library or children's book store to browse and read before purchases are made.  When teachers and librarians make their own choices they will be enthusiastic about the books and that excitement will transfer to their students. 

 

PICTURE BOOKS

Ada, Alma Flor                           FRIEND FROG

Allen, Debbie                             DANCING IN THE WINGS

Alexander, Lloyd                         HOW THE CAT SWALLOWED THUNDER

Aliki                                         ALL BY MYSELF!

Alrawi, Karim                             THE GIRL WHO LOST HER SMILE

Anholt, Catherine & Laurence        HARRY’S HOME

Anaya, Rudolfo                           ROADRUNNER’S DANCE

Ahlberg, Allan                            THE BRAVEST EVER BEAR

Anderson, Lena                           TEA FOR TEN

Appelt, Kathi                              OH MY BABY, LITTLE ONE

                                                BATS AROUND THE CLOCK

Arnold, Marsha                           THE BRAVEST OF US ALL

Asch, Frank                                THE SUN IS MY FAVORITE STAR

Axtell, David                              LION HUNT

Baker, Jeannie                             THE HIDDEN FOREST

Banks, Kate                                THE NIGHT WORKER

Barasch, Lynne                           RADIO RESCUE

Barron, T.A.                               WHERE IS GRANDPA?

Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn             THE MUSIC IN DERRICK’S HEART

Bauer, Marion                             JASON’S BEARS

Blake, Robert                             FLEDGLING

Beneduce, Ann (reteller)                PHILIPOK

Bercaw, Edna Coe                       HALMONI’S DAY

Bogacki, Tomek                          MY FIRST GARDEN

Bond, Rebecca                            BRAVO, MAURICE!

Bradbury, Ray                            SWITCH ON THE NIGHT

Brett, Jan                                   HEDGIE’S SURPRISE

Bridges, Margaret                        AM I BIG OR LITTLE?

Brown, Ruth                              HOLLY

Bunting,  Eve                             CAN YOU DO THIS, OLD BADGER?

                                                I LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE

Bynum, Janie                             OTIS

Byrd, Robert                              SAINT FRANCIS AND THE CHRISTMAS DONKEY

Carle, Eric                                  DOES A KANGAROO HAVE A MOTHER, TOO?

Carrick, Carol                             MOTHERS ARE LIKE THAT

Chall, Marsha                             SUGARBUSH SPRING

                                                HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

                                                BONAPARTE

Chorao, Kay                               PIG & CROW

Christelow, Eileen                       FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS WASH THE CAR

Clements, Andrew                       CIRCUS FAMILY DOG

Cole, Brock                                BUTTONS

Collier, Bryan                             UPTOWN

Collington, Peter                         CLEVER CAT

Cooke, Trish                              THE GRANDAD TREE

Conover, Chris                           THE LION’S SHARE

Corey, Shana                              YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER!

Creech, Sharon                            FISHING IN THE AIR

Crews, Nina                               A HIGH, LOW, NEAR, FAR, LOUD, QUIET STORY

Crunk, Tony                               BIG MAMA

Day, Nancy                                A KITTEN’S YEAR

Deetlefs, Rene                             THE SONG OF SIX BIRDS

DeFelice, Cynthia                        COLD FEET

Degen, Brice                               DADDY IS A DOODLEBUG

Demas, Corinne                          HURRICANE!

DePaola, Tomie                          JAMIE O’ROURKE AND THE POOKA

                                                STEGA NONA TAKES A VACATION

DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne                GRANDPA’S CORNER STORE

Dorros, Arthur                            TEN GO TANGO

Downey, Lynn                            THE FLEA’S SNEEZE

Duke, Kate                                 TWENTY IS TOO MANY

Duncan, Lois                              I WALK AT NIGHT

Dunrea, Olivier                           BEAR NOEL

Edwards, Pamela                         ROAR!

                                                BRAVO, LIVINGSTONE MOUSE!

Dunrea, Olivier                           APPEARING TONIGHT! MARY HEATHER ELIZABETH

                                                   LIVINGSTONE

Eilenberg, Max                           COWBOY KID

Egielski, Richard                         3 MAGIC BALLS

Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise              LIZZY AND SKUNK

Fox, Mem                                  HARRIET, YOU’LL DRIVE ME WILD!

French, Vivian                            GROWING FROGS

Garland, Sherry                           VOICES OF THE ALAMO

Glass, Andrew                            BEWILDERED FOR THREE DAYS

Glaser, Linda                              OUR BIG HOME

Godard, Alex                              MAMA, ACROSS THE SEA

Godwin, Laura                            BARNYARD PRAYERS

Goodall, Jane                              DR. WHITE

Graham, Bob                              MAX

Grassby, Donna                           A SEASIDE ALPHABET

Greeme. Stephanie                       NOT JUST ANOTHER MOOSE

Grindley, Sally                           A NEW ROOM FOR WILLIAM

Halsey, Megan                            CIRCUS 1-2-3

Hall, Zoe                                   FALL LEAVES FALL!

Harjo, Joy                                  THE GOOD LUCK CAT

Hearne, Betsy                             WHO’S IN THE HALL?

Helldorfer, M.C.                         HOG MUSIC

Heller, Nicholas                          ELWOOD AND THE WITCH

Henkes, Kevin                            WEMBERLY WORRIED

Hennessy, B.G.                           ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PILGRIMS

Hoberman, Mary Ann                   THE TWO SILLIES

Hobbie, Holly                             PUDDLE’S ABC

Howard, Ellen                             THE LOG CABIN CHRISTMAS 

Hooper, Meredith                        RIVER STORY

Hughes, Shirley                          ALFIE’S 1, 2, 3

Hutchins, Pat                              TEN RED APPLES

Isadora, Rachel                            123 POP!

Jay, Alison                                 PICTURE THIS...

Johnson, Angela                          DOWN THE WINDING ROAD

Johnson, D. B.                           HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG

Johnson, Dinah                           QUINNIE BLUE

Johnson, Paul                             BEARHIDE AND CROW

Jocelyn, Marthe                           HANNAH’S COLLECTIONS

Jonell, Lynne                              LET’S PLAY ROUGH!

Kajikawa, Kimiko                       YOSHI’S FEAST

Kaminsky, Jef                             POPPY & ELLA

Kaplan, Howard                          WAITING TO SING

Karas, G. Brian                           BEBE’S BAD DREAM

Kellogg, Steven                          THE MISSING MITTEN MYSTERY

                                                GIVE THE DOG A BONE

Kitamura, Satoshi                        ME AND MY CAT?

Kopper, Lisa                               DAISY’S BABIES

Krudop, Walter Lyon                   THE MAN WHO CAUGHT FISH

Kurtz, Jane                                 FARAWAY HOME

                                                RIVER FRIENDLY RIVER WILD

Lacome, Julie                             RUTHIE’S BIG OLD COAT

Lass, Bonnie & Sturges, Philemon WHO TOOK THE COOKIES FROM THE COOKIE JAR?

LaMarche, Jim                            THE RAFT

Laird, Elizabeth                           A BOOK OF PROMISES

Langley, Jonathan                        MISSING!

Larson, Kerby                             THE MAGIC KERCHIEF

Lasky, Kathryn                           SCIENCE FAIR BUNNIES

                                                LUCILLE’S SNOWSUIT            

Lee, Huy Voun                           1, 2, 3, GO!

Lent, Blair                                 RUBY AND FRED

Linch, Tanya                              MY DUCK

Lobel, Anita                               ONE LIGHTHOUSE ONE MOON

Locker, Thomas                          CLOUD DANCE

London, Jonathan                        FROGGY GOES TO BED

                                                FROGGY’S BEST CHRISTMAS

                                                WHAT DO YOU LOVE/

Loomis, Christine                       ACROSS AMERICA, I LOVE YOU

Lyon, George                              ONE LUCKY GIRL

Massie, Diane Redfield                 THE BABY BEEBEE BIRD

May, Kathy                                MOLASSES MAN

McCarty, Peter                            BABY STEPS

McCaughrean, Geraldine               HOW THE REINDEER GOT THEIR ANTLERS

McDermott, Dennis                     THE GOLDEN GOOSE

McDonald, Elizabeth                    DILLY-DALLY AND THE NINE SECRETS

McGrory, Anik                           MOUTON’S IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

McKissack, Patricia                     THE HONEST-TO-GOODNESS TRUTH

McMullan, Kate & Jim                PAPA’S SONG

McPhail, David                           DRAWING LESSONS FROM A BEAR

McCully, Emily                          MONK CAMPS OUT

Miller, Debbie                            RIVER OF LIFE

Miller, William                           TITUBA

Millman, Isaac                            MOSES GOES TO SCHOOL

Minor, Wendell                           PUMPKIN HEADS!

Mollel, Tololwa                          TO DINNER, FOR DINNER

Morpurgo, Michael                      WOMBAT GOES WALKABOUT

                                                THE SILVER SWAN

Mozelle, Shirley                          THE PIG IS IN THE PANTRY, THE CAT IS ON THE SHELF

Murphy, Stuart                           BEEP BEEP, VROOM VROOM!

                                                GAME TIME!

                                                MONSTER MUSICAL CHAIRS

Myers, Christopher                      WINGS

Myers, Tim                                BASHO AND THE FOX

Myers, Walter Dean                     THE BLUES OF FLATS BROWN

Nikolas-Lisa, W.                         THE YEAR WITH GRANDMA MOSES

Nolen, Jerdine                             BIG JABE

Ogburn, Jacqueline                      THE MAGIC NESTING DOLL

Older, Effin                                MY TWO GRANDMOTHERS

Oram, Hiawyn                            PRINDESS CHAMONILE’S GARDEN

Pacilio, V.J.                               LONG CHO AND HIS THREE FRIENDS

Paterson, Katherine                      THE WIDE-AWAKE PRINCESS

Pegram, Laura                             DAUGHTER’S DAY BLUES

Peters, Lisa                                COLD LITTLE DUCK, DUCK, DUCK

Phillips, Mildred                         AND THE COW SAID MOO!

Pinkney, Brian                            COSMO AND THE ROBOT

Pittman, Helena                          THE SNOWMAN’S PATH

Polacco, Patricia                          THE BUTTERFLY

Poydar, Nancy                            MAILBOX MAGIC

Rappaport, D. & Callan, L.           DIRT ON THEIR SKIRTS

Ray, Mary Lyn                           RED RUBBER BOOT DAY

Rex, Michael                              BROOMS ARE FOR FLYING!

Rockwell, Anne                          CAREER DAY

Root, Phyllis                              KISS THE COW!

Rose, Deborah                            INTO THE A, B, SEA

Rosenberry, Vera                         VERA RUNS AWAY

Rosen, Michael                           OUR EIGHT NIGHTS OF HANUKKAH

Ryder, Joanne                             EACH LIVING THING

Rylant, Cynthia                          IN NOVEMBER

Samuels, Barbara                         ALOHA DOLORES

Santore, Charles                          A STOWAWAY ON NOAH’S ARK

Schaefer, Carole                          SNOW PUMPKIN

Schaefer, Lola                             THIS IS THE SUNFLOWER

Schanzer, Rosalyn                       ESCAPING TO AMERICA

Schick, Eleanor                           MAMA

Schindler, S.D.                           COVERED WAGONS, BUMPY TRAILS

Schnur, Steven                            SPRING THAW

                                                NIGHT LIGHTS

Siebert, Diane                             CAVE

Shannon, David                          THE RAIN CAME DOWN

Shields, Carol                             LUCKY PENNIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE

Shulevitz, Uri                             WHAT IS A WISE BIRD LIKE YOU DOING IN A SILLY TALE

    LIKE THIS?

Simmons, Jane                           DAISY AND THE BEASTIE

Sis, Peter                                   MADLENKA

Slate, Joseph                              MISS BINDERGARTEN STAYS HOME

Small, David                              IMOGENE’S ANTLERS

Smith, Cynthia                           JINGLE DANCER

Smith, Maggie                            DEAR DAISY, GET WELL          SOON

Splear, Elsie Lee                         GROWING SEASONS

Soto, Gary                                 CHATO AND THE PARTY ANIMALS

Southwell, Jandelyn                     THE LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN

Stevenson, James                        THE MOST AMAZING DINOSAUR

Steig, William                            WIZZIL

Stevenson, James                        CHRISTMAS AT MUD FLAT

Stewig, John                              CLEVER GRETCHEN

Stojic, Manya                             RAIN

Swope, Sam                               GOTTA GO! GOTTA GO!

Tafuri, Nancy                              WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?

Tavares, Matt                              ZACHARY’S BALL

Turner, Ann                                SECRETS FROM THE DOLLHOUSE

Vincent, Gabrielle                        A DAY, A DOG

Vizurraga, Susan                         MISS OPAL’S AUCTION

Waboose, Jan                              SKYSISTERS

Wallace, Ian                                DUNCAN’S WAY

Wallace, Karen                            SCARLETTE BEANE

Wallace, Nancy                           APLES, APPLES, APPLES

Wallner, Alexandra                      SERGIO AND THE HURRICANE

Walton, Rick                              ONE MORE BUNNY

Wardlaw, Lee                              SATURDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE

Weiss, Nicki                               THE WORLD TURNS ROUND AND ROUND

Wells, Rosemary                         MAX CLEANS UP

                                                TIMOTHY GOES TO SCHOOL

Weitzman, Jacqueline                   YOU CAN’T TAKE A BALLOON INTO THE NATIONAL

     GALLERY

West, Judy                                 HAVE YOU GOT MY PURR?

Wethered, P., et. al.                     TOUCHDOWN MARS!

Wells, Rosemary                         EMILY’S FIRST 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL

Whippo, Walt                             LITTLE WHITE DUCK

Whatley, Bruce  & Smith, Rosie    CAPTAIN PAJAMAS

Wild, Margaret                            ROSIE AND TORTOSE

Williams, Laura                          A B C KIDS

Willis, Jeanne                             THE BOY WHO LOST HIS BELLY BUTTON

Winch, John                               KEEPING UP WITH GRANDMA

Winter, Jeanette                           THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

Winthrop, Elizabeth                     PROMISES

Wojtowycz, David                       ANIMAL ANTICS FROM 1 TO 10

Wood, Audrey                            JUBAL’S WISH

Wormell, Mary                           WHY NOT?

White, Linda                              COMES A WIND

Winch, John                               KEEPING UP WITH GRANDMAD

Winnick,. Karen                          SYBIL’S NIGHT RIDE

Wong, Janet                               BUZZ

                                                THIS NEXT NEW YEAR

                                                THE TRIP BACK HOME

Wormell, Christopher                   BLUE RABBIT AND FRIENDS

Yezerski, Thomas                        QUEEN OF THE WORLD

Yolen, Jane                                HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?

Ziefert, Harriet                            HATS OFF FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY!

Zimmerman, A. & Clemesha, D.   MY DOG TOBY

Zolotow, Charlotte                      MY FRIEND JOHN

                                                DO YOU KNOW WHAT I’LL DO?

 

Beginning Readers

Capucilli, Alyssa                         BISCUIT’S NEW TRICK

Crummel, Susan                         TUMBLEWEED STEW

Cushman, Doug                          INSPECTOR HOPPER

Hall, Katy                                  KITTY RIDDLES

Krensky, Stephen                        LIONEL AT SCHOOL

London, Jonathan                        SAWN AND KEEPER SHOW-AND-TELL

Meister, Cari                              TINY GOES TO THE LIBRARY

Mills, Claudia                            GUS AND GRANPA AND SHOW-AND-TELL

Ruelle, Karen                              SNOW VALENTINES

Rylant, Cynthia                          POPPLETON HAS FUN

                                                MR. PUTTER & TABBY PAINT THE PORCH

Thomas, Shelley                         GOOD NIGHT, GOOD KNIGHT

Van Leeuwen, Jean                      OLIVER AND ALBERT, FRIENDS FOREVER

Weeks, Sarah                              DRIP, DROP

Ziefert, Harriet                            LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

                                                APRIL FOOL!

 

FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES AND MYTHS

 

Alvarez, Julia                              THE SECRET FOOTPRINTS

Andreasen, Dan                           ROSE RED AND THE BEAR PRINCE

Arnold, Katya                             THAT APPLE IS MINE

Balouch, Kristen                         THE KING & THE THREE THIEVES

Bierhorst, John                           THE PEOPLE WITH FIVE FINGERS

Chen, Kerstin                             LORD OF THE CRANES

Craft, K.V.                                 CINDERELLA

Daly, Jude                                  FAIR BROWN & TREMBLING

Goodall, Jane                              THE EAGLE & THE WREN

Greene, Ellin                              THE LITTLE GOLDEN LAMB

Hamilton, Virginia                      THE GIRL WHO SPUN GOLD

                                                THE PEOPLE COULD FLY

Kimmel, Eric                              GERSHON’S MONSTER

                                                    GRIZZ!

                                                THE TWO MOUNTAINS

                                                THE RUNAWAY TORTILLA

Lattimore, Deborah                      MEDUSA

Lynch, Tom                               FABLES FROM ASEOP

Martin, Francesca                        CLEVER TORTOISE

Montes, Marisa                           JUAN BOBO GOES TO WORK

Oberman, Sheldon                       THE WISDOM BIRD

Pinkney, Jerry                             AESOP’S FABLES

Poole, Amy                                THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

Rockwell, Anne                          THE BOY WHO WOULDN’T OBEY: A MAYAN LEGEND

San Souci, Robert                       THE SECRET OF THE STONES

                                                CALLIE ANN AND MISTAH BEAR

                                                LITTLE GOLD STAR: A SPANISH AMERICAN CINDERELLA …

                                                PETER AND THE BLUE WITCH BABY

Sierra, Judy                                THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

Tchana, Katrin                            THE SERPENT SLAYER

Wattenberg, Jane                         HENNY-PENNY

 

POETRY

Fleischman, Paul                         BIG TALK

Florian, Douglas                         MAMMALABILIA

Hoberman, Mary Ann                   THE EENSY-WEENSY SPIDER

Johnson, Dinah                           SITTING PRETTY

Johnston, Tony                           IT’S ABOUT DOGS

Katz, Bobbi                                WE THE PEOPLE

Lindbergh, Reeve                        IN EVERY TINY GRAIN OF SAND

Michelson, Richard                      TEN TIMES BETTER

Micklos, John                             DADDY POEMS

Nye, Naomi                                SALTING THE OCEAN

                                                COME WITH ME: POEMS FOR A JOURNEY

Philip, Neil                                IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD

Prelutsky, Jack                            IT’S RAINING PIGS & NOODLES

Rosenberg, Liz                            LIGHT-GATHERING POEMS

Shannon, George                         FROG LEGS

Sierra, Judy                                THERE’S A ZOO IN ROOM 22

Smith, William Jay                     AROUND MY ROOM

Troupe, Quincy                           TAKE IT TO THE HOOP, MAGIC JOHNSON

Turner, Ann                                LEARNING TO SWIM

Yolen, Jane                                COLOR ME A RHYME

 

FICTION

Almond, David                           KIT’S WILDERNESS

Bunting, Eve                              WANNA BUY AN ALIEN?

Calhoun, Dia                              ARIA OF THE SEA

Carmi, Daniella                           SAMIR AND YONATAN

DePaola, Tomie                          HERE WE ALL ARE

DiCamillo, Kate                          BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

Fleischman, Paul                         LOST! A STORY IN STRING

Fleischman, Sid                          A CARNIVAL OF ANIMALS

Gantos, Jack                               JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL

Giff, Patricia Reilly                     NORY RYAN’S SONG

Glenn, Mel                                 SPLIT IMAGE

Heneghan, James                         THE GRAVE

Joseph, Lynn                              THE COLOR OF MY WORDS

Levin, Betty                               SHADOW-CATCHER

Levine, Gail                               THE WISH

McDonald, Megan                       JUDY MOODY

Napoli, Donna Jo                        BEAST

Rowling, R.K.                            HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Rylant, Cynthia                          THIMBLEBERRY STORIES

Selznick, Brian                           THE BOY OF A THOUSAND FACES

Smith, Charles                            TALL TALES: SIX AMAZING BASKETBALL DREAMS

Spinelli, Jerry                             STARGIRL

Staples, Suzanne                         SHIVA’S FIRE

Stone, BJ                                   OLA’S WAKE

Sturtevant, Katherine                    AT THE SIGN OF THE STAR

Thesman, Jean                            CALLING THE SWAN

Trueman, Terry                           STUCK IN NEUTRAL

Turner, Megan                            THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA

Whelan, Gloria                            HOMELESS BIRD

 

INFORMATION BOOKS

Adler, David                               AMERICAN’S CHAMPION SWIMMER: GERTRUDE EDERLE

Ammon, Richard                         CONESTOGA WAGONS

Arnold, Carolyn                          EASTER ISLAND

Arnosky, Jim                              BEAVER POND MOOSE POND

                                                WILD AND SWAMPY

Anderson, Joan                           ROOKIE: TAMIKA WHITMORE’S FIRST YEAR IN THE WNBA

Bausum, Ann                             DRAGON BONES AND DINOSAUR EGGS

Berg, Barry                                OPENING MOVES

Bruchac, Joseph                          SQUANTO’S JOURNEY

Chrisp, Peter                              ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE LEGEND OF A WARRIOR

   KING

Christian, Peggy                         IF YOU FIND A ROCK

Chrustowski, Rick                       BRIGHT BEETLE

Coburn, Broughton                      TRIUMPH ON EVEREST

Collicutt, Paul                            THIS PLANE

Feldman, Jane                             I AM A RIDER

Fletcher, Ralph                           HOW WRITERS WORK

Floca, Brian                               DINOSAURS AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

Freedman, Russell                       GIVE ME LIBERTY!

Gelman, Rita                              RICE IS LIFE

Gibbons, Gail                             APPLES

RABBITS, RABBITS & MORE RABBITS!

                                                MY BASEBALL BOOK

                                                MY SOCCER BOOK

Gilliland, Heide, Judith                STEAMBOAT! THE STORY OF CAPTAIN BLANCHE LEATHERS

Gold, Alison                              A SPECIAL FATE, CHIUNE SUGIHARA: HERO OF THE

    HOLOCAUST

Govenar, Alan                             OSCEOLA: MEMORIES OF A SHARECROPPER’S DAUGHTER

Grossman, Mendel                       MY SECRET CAMERA: LIFE IN THE LODZ GHETTO

Grupper, Jonathan                        DESTINATION AUSTRALIA

Harness, Cheryl                           GEORGE WASHINGTON

Harper, Piers                               CHECKMATE AT CHESS CITY

Henderson, Douglas                     ASTEROID IMPACT

Hurd, Edith                                STARFISH

Kimmel, Eric                              MONTEZUMA AND THE FALL OF THE AZTECS

Kroll, Steven                              WILLIAM PENN: FOUNDER OF  PENNSYLVANIA

Krupp, E.C.                               THE RAINBOW AND YOU

Lasky, Kathryn                           VISION OF BEAUTY

Lauber, Patricia                           THE TRUE – OR – FALSE BOOK OF HORSES

Lewin, Ted & Betsy                    ELEPHANT QUEST

Maass, Robert                             GARBAGE

Maestro, Betsy                            HOW DO APPLES GROW?

                                                STRUGGLE FOR A CONTINENT

Major, Mirelle                            INSIDE THE HINDENBURG

Marrin, Albert                             SITTING BULL AND HIS WORLD

Morris, Ann                               FAMILIES

Murphy, Stuart                           PEPPER’S JOURNAL: A KITTEN’S FIRST YEAR

                                                DAVE’S DOWN-TO-EARTH ROCK SHOP

Myers, Walter Dean                     MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY

O”Brien, Patrick                          THE HINDENBURG

Pinkney, Sandra                          SHADES OF BLACK

Platt, Richard                             EVEREST: REACHING THE WORLD’S HIGHEST PEAK

Prager, Ellen                               SAND

Pressler, Mirjam                          ANNE FRANK: A HIDDEN LIFE

Pringle, Laurence                         BATS! STRANGE AND WONDERFUL

Rapport, Doreen                          FREEDOM RIVER

Rubin, Susan                              FIREFLIES IN THE DARK

Salkeld, Audrey                          MYSTERY ON EVEREST

Simon, Seymour                         GORILLAS

                                                OUT OF SIGHT: PICTURES OF HIDDEN WORLDS

Singer, Marilyn                           ON THE SAME DAY IN MARCH

Skurzynski, Gloria                       ON TIME: FROM SEASONS TO SPLIT SECONDS

Smith, Charles                            BROWN SUGAR BABIES

Stanley, Diane                            MICHELANGELO

 

Stanley, Jerry                              HURRY FREEDOM: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOLD RUSH

   CALIFORNIA

St George, Judith                        SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?

Sturges, Philemon                       SACRED PLACES

Sweeney, Joan                            COUNTING TIME: FROM SECONDS TO CENTURIES

Swinburne, Stephen                     WHAT’S A PAIR? WHAT’S A DOZEN?

                                                WHAT’S OPPOSITE?

Winter, Jonah                             ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHICAGO