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Notable Children's Books Nominated Titles for Discussion

2017 Annual Conference – Chicago

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2018 Notable Children’s Books Committee
Committee Chair:
Maeve Knoth
Phillips Brooks School
San Carlos, CA

Skye Corey
Meridian Library District
Meridian, ID / Jennifer Knight
North Olympic Library System
Port Angeles, WA
Tiffeni Fontno
Boston College
Cambridge, MA / Amy Laughlin
Ferguson Library
New Haven, CT
Melody Frese
Ladue Middle School
Webster Groves, MO / Benjamin Martin
Saint James School
Montgomery, AL
Rose Garrett
Valdosta State University
Atlanta, GA / Patty Saidenberg
New York, NY
Ariana Hussain
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School
Alexandria, VA / Maria Simon
Wood County District Public Library
Bowling Green, OH

NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS CRITERIA

Notable is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, the term “notable” includes books for all age levels (through age 14) of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry, folklore, and picture books that

reflect and encourage children’s interest in exemplary ways.

The evaluation criteria to be used are:

1.  Literary quality

2.  Originality of text and illustration

3.  Clarity and style of language

4.  Excellence of Illustration

5.  Excellence of design and format

6.  Clarity of organization and accuracy of Information

7.  Subject matter of interest and value to Children

8.  The likelihood of acceptance by children (Board Action, June 1977)

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Notable Children's Books Nominated Titles for Discussion

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PICTURE BOOKS

Big Cat, little cat. By Elisha Cooper. Roaring Brook Press (9781626723719).

Birds Make Nests. By Garland, Michael. Holiday House (9780823436620).

Bob, Not Bob! By Liz Garton Scanlon & Audrey Vernick. Illus. by Matthew Cordell. Disney/Hyperion (9781484723029).

The Book of Mistakes. By Corinna Luyken. Dial Books/Penguin Random House (9780735227927).

Egg. By Kevin Henkes. Harper Collins/Greenwillow Books (9780062408723).

Flowers for Sarajevo. By John McCutcheon. Illus. by Kristy Caldwell. Peachtree Publishers (9781561459438).

The Good for Nothing Button! By Charise Mericle Harper. Disney-Hyperion (9781484726464).

A Greyhound A Groundhog. By Emily Jenkins. Illus. by Chris Appelhans. Random House Children's Books/ Schwartz and Wade Books (978055398059).

I Just Want To Say Good Night. By Rachel Isadora. Nancy Paulsen Books/ Penguin Random House LLC (9780399173844).

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors. By Drew Daywalt. Illus. by Rex, Adam. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray (9780062438898).

Life on Mars. By Jon Agee. Dial Books (9780399538520).

Little Fox in the Forest. By Stephanie Graegin. Schwartz & Wade Books (978-0-553-53789-5).

Niko Draws a Feeling. By Bob Raczka. Illus. by Simone Shin. Carolrhoda Books (9781467798433)

A Perfect Day. By Lane Smith. Roaring Brook Press (9781626725362).

Priscilla Gorilla. By Barbara Bottner. Illus. by Michael Emberley. Atheneum Books For Young Readers/ A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book (9781481458979).

The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! By Carmen Agra Deedy. Illus. by Eugene Yelchin. Scholastic Press (9780545722889).

The Three Billy Goats Gruff. By Jerry Pinkney. Hachette Book Group/Little, Brown and Company (9780316341578).

Tidy. By Emily Gravett. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (9781481480192).

Tony. By Ed Galing. Illus. by Erin E. Stead. Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press (9781626723085).

Town is by the Sea. By Joanne Schwartz. Illus. by Sydney Smith. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press (9781554988716).

Triangle. By Mac Barnett. Illus. by Jon Klassen. Candlewick Press (9780763696030).

The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling. By Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick Press (9780763664329).

Walk with Me. By Jairo Buitrago. Illus. by Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood Books/ House of Anansi Press (9781554988570).

Wolf in the Snow. By Matthew Cordell. Feiwel & Friends (9781250076366).

NON-FICTION

Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books. By Michelle Markel. Illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Chronicle Books (9780811879224).

Becoming Bach. By Tom Leonard. Roaring Brook Publishing/ A Neal Porter Book (9781626722866).

Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism. By Marc Aronson and Marina Budos..Henry Holt/Macmillan Publishing (9781250109675).

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History. By Walter Dean Myers. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. HarperCollins/ Harper (9780060277093).

Grand Canyon. By Jason Chin. Roaring Brook Press (978-596439504).

The Hidden Life of a Toad. By Doug Wechsler. Charlesbridge (9781580897389).

Isaac The Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd. By Mary Losure. Candlewick Press (9780763670634).

John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien. By Caroline Mcalister. Illus. by Eliza Wheeler. Roaring Brook Press (9781626720923).

The Legendary Miss Lena Horne. By Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Elizabeth Zunon. Simon & Schuster/Antheneum (9781481468244).

The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano. By Elizabeth Rusch. Illus. by Marjorie Priceman. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum (9781481444842).

Over and Under the Pond. By Kate Messner. Illus. by Christopher Silas Neal. Chronicle Books (9781452145426).

Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls. By Tonya Bolden. Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers (9781419714559).

Rivers of Sunlight. By Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm. Illus. by Molly Bang. Scholastic/Blue Sky Press (9780545805414).

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song. By Gary Golio. Illus. by Charlotte Riley-Webb. Millbrook Press (9781467751230).

Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World. By Laurie Lawlor. Holiday House (9780823436750).

Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz. By Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (9780374305710).

Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World By Storm. By Sue Macy. Illus. by Matt Collins. Holiday House (9780823436651).

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. By Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook Press (9781596439542).

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gough Brothers. By Deborah Heiligman. Henry Holt and Company (978-0805093391).

The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked & Found. By Martin W. Sandler. Candlewick (9780763680336).

FICTION

Amina's Voice. By Hena Khan. Salaam Reads/Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division (9781481492065).

Armstrong and Charlie. By Steven B. Frank. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (9780544826083).

Ashes to Asheville. By Sarah Dooley. G.P. Putnam's Sons (9780399165047).

Bronze and Sunflower. By Cao Wenxuan. Illus. by Meilo So. Candlewick Press (9780763688165).

A Crack in the Sea. By H.M. Bouwman. Illus. by Yuko Shimizu. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers (9780399545191).

A Face Like Glass. By Frances Hardinge. Abrams/Amulet (9781419724848).

Flying Lessons & Other Stories. By Ellen Oh, editor. Crown (9781101934593)

Forever or a long, long time. By Caela Carter. HarperCollins/Harper (9780062385680).

Frogkisser! By Garth Nix. Scholastic/Scholastic Press (9781338052084).

Hello, Universe. By Kelly, Erin Entrada. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins (9780062414151).

LOVING VS. VIRGINIA: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case. By Patricia Hruby Powell. Illus. by Shadra Strickland. Chronicle Books (9781452125909).

Midnight without a Moon. By Linda Williams Jackson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers (9780544785106).

The Murderer's Ape. By Jakob Weglius. Random House/ Delacorte Press (9781101931752).

Noodleheads See the Future. By Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss. Illus. by Tedd Arnold. Holiday House (9780823436736).

Princess Cora and the Crocodile. By Laura Amy Schlitz. Illus. by Brian Floca. Candlewick (9780763648220)

Real Friends. By Shannon Hale. Illus. by LeUyen Pham. Roaring Book Press/First Second (9781626727854).

See You In The Cosmos. By Jack Cheng. Dial Books For Young Readers (9780399186370.)

Short. By Holly Goldberg Sloan. Penguin Random House/Dial Books for Young Readers (9780399186219).

Sophie Someone. By Hayley Long. Candlewick Press (9780763689957).

Speed of Life. By Carol Weston. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky (9781492654490).

Train I Ride. By Paul Mosier. Harper/Harper Collins (9780062455734).

Well, That Was Awkward. By Rachel Vail. Penguin/Viking Books for Young Readers (9780670013081).

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe. By Megumi Iwasa (Translated by Cathy Hirano). Illus. by Jun Takabatake. Gecko Press (9781927271889).

Yvain: The Knght of the Lion. By M.T. Anderson. Illus. by Andrea Offermann. Candlewick Press (9780763659394)

POETRY

Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics. By Margarita Engle. Illus. by Rafael Lopez. Henry Holt and Company/Godwin Books (9780805098761).

One Last Word: Wisdom From the Harlem Renaissance. By Nikki Grimes. Illus. by Cozbi Cabrera (and 12 others). Bloomsbury USA (9781619635548).

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets. By Kwame Alexander (with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth). Illus. by Ekua Holmes. Candlewick (9780763680947).

Association for Library Service to Children/ALA

Notable Children's Books Nominated Titles for Discussion

2017 Annual Conference – Chicago