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Notable Children's Books - Nominated Titles for Discussion
2015 Midwinter Meeting – Chicago
Members
Allison Barney
Limitless Libraries Coordinator
Nashville Public Library
Nashville, TN
Bettye L. Smith
Branch Manager
DC Public Library
Washington, DC
Keary Bramwell
Youth Collection Specialist Librarian
Mount Prospect Public Library
Mount Prospect, IL
Jennifer S. Smith
Professor of Library Services
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY
B. Allison Gray
Branch Manager
Santa Barbara Public Library System
Goleta, Ca
Gwen M. Taylor
Lewis Clark State College
Lewiston, ID
Chrystal Carr Jeter
Library Associate: Children's Specialist
Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library
Willoughby Hills, OH
Joyce Laiosa
Adjunct Professor
University of Albany (SUNY)
Albany, N.Y.
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.
Association for Library Service to Children/ALA
Notable Children's Books - Nominated Titles for Discussion
2015 Midwinter Meeting – Chicago
Larence Wawro
Children's Librarian
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
Bina Williams
Children’s Librarian
Bridgeport Public Library
Bridgeport, CT
Committee Chair:
Edith Ching
Adjunct Professor
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
ec.notables15@verizon.net
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)
FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS AND FICTION VERSE NOVELS)
*Acampora, Paul. I Kill the Mockingbird. Roaring Brook Press.
Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener. Abrams/Amulet.
*Averbeck, Jim. A Hitch at the Fairmont. Illus. by Nick Bertozzi. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
*Barnhill, Kelly. The Witch’s Boy. Algonquin Young Readers.
*Bell, Cece. El Deafo. Abrams/Amulet Books.
Blakemore, Megan Frazer. The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill. Bloomsbury
*Booth, Coe. Kinda Like Brothers. Scholastic Press.
Boyne, John. Stay Where You Are & Then Leave. Illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Henry Holt and Company.
Brown, Skila. Caminar. Candlewick Press.
*Camper, Cathy. Lowriders in Space (Book 1). Illus. by Raul the Third. Chronicle Books.
*Carleson, J. C. The Tyrant’s Daughter. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf.
*Carroll, Emily. Through the Woods. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books.
*Cheng, Andrea. The Year of the Fortune Cookie (An Anna Wang novel). Illus. by Patrice Barton.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.
*Cohn, Edith. Spirit’s Key. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers.
*Cronin, Doreen. The Chicken Squad, The First Misadventure. Illus. by Kevin Cornell. Atheneum Books
for Young Readers.
*Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Madman of Piney Woods. Scholastic Press.
*Daly, Cathleen. Emily’s Blue Period. Illus. by Lisa Brown. Roaring Brook Press.
Dauvillier,Loïc. Hidden : A Child’s Story of the Holocaust : L'Enfant Caché. Illus. by Marc Lizano and
Greg Salsedo. Translated by Alexis Siegel. First Second.
Davies, Nicola The Lion Who Stole My Arm. Illus. by Annabel Wright. Candlewick Press.
*de Fombelle, Timothée. Vango: between sky and earth : Entre ciel et terre. Trans. By Sarah
Ardizzone. Candlewick Press.
*de los Santos, Marisa and David Teague. Saving Lucas Biggs. HarperCollins.
*DiCamillo, Kate. Leroy Ninker Saddles up: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume One. Illus. by Chris Van
Dusen. Candlewick Press.
*Dumon Tak, Bibi Mikis and the Donkey: Mikis de ezeljongen. Illus. by Philip Hopman. Trans. by Laura
Watkinson. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
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*Durham, Paul. The Luck Uglies. Illus. by Petur Antonsson. HarperCollins.
*Ehrlich, Esther. Nest. Random House/Wendy Lamb Books.
Elliott, L. M. Across a War-Tossed Sea. Disney-Hyperion Books.
Engle, Margarita. Silver People: Voices From the Panama Canal. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
*Faulkner, Matt. Gaijin: American Prisoner of War. Disney-Hyperion Books.
Fitzgerald, Laura Marx. Under the Egg. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Foxlee, Karen. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. Alfred A. Knopf.
*Funke, Cornelia. Emma and the Blue Genie : Emma und der Blaue Dschinn. Illus. by Kerstin
Meyer. Trans. By Oliver Latsch. Random House.
*Giff, Patricia Reilly. Winter Sky. Random House/Wendy Lamb Books.
*Godin, Thelma Lynne. The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen. Illus. by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Lee and Low.
*Graff, Lisa. Absolutely Almost. Penguin/Philomel Books.
*Grove, S.E. The Glass Sentence (The Mapmakers Trilogy Book 1). Penguin Group/Viking.
*Hahn, Mary Downing. Where I Belong. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books.
*Hanlon, Abby. Dory Fantasmagory. Illus. by Abby Hanlon. Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin
Group.
*Harrington, Karen. Courage for Beginners. Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
*Harris, Teresa E. The Perfect Place. Clarion.
Herrera, Robin. Hope is a Ferris Wheel. Abrams/Amulet.
*Hiaasen, Carl. Skink—No Surrender. Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Holczer, Tracy. The Secret Hum of a Daisy. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
*Holm, Jennifer L. The Fourteenth Goldfish. Random House.
Johnson, Jaleigh. The Mark of the Dragonfly. Delacorte Press.
*Johnson, Varian. The Great Greene Heist. Scholastic Press/Arthur A. Levine.
*Kadohata, Cynthia. Half A World Away. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Lamana, Julie T. Upside Down In the Middle of Nowhere. Chronicle Books.
*Larson, Kirby. Dash. Scholastic Press.
*Levine. Kristin. The Paper Cowboy. Penguin Young Readers Group/G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
*Levy, Dana Alison. The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. Random House/Delacorte Press.
Lloyd, Natalie. A Snicker of Magic. Scholastic Press.
*Loftin, Nikki. Nightingale’s Nest. Penguin/Razorbill.
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Lord, Cynthia. Half a Chance. Scholastic Press.
*Lovejoy, Sharon. Running Out of Night. Delacorte Press/Random House.
MacLachlan. Patricia. Fly Away. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books.
*Maguire, Gregory. Egg and Spoon. Candlewick Press.
*Mann, Elizabeth. Little Man: A Novel. Miyaka Press.
*Martin, Ann M. Rain Reign. Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends.
*Messner, Kate. Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets. Illus. by Brian Floca. Scholastic Press.
*Milford, Kate. Greenglass House. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books.
Moses, Shelia P. The Sittin’ Up. G. P. Putnam’s Sons for Young Readers.
*Moulton, Erin E. Chasing the Milky Way. Penguin Group/Philomel.
*Muten, Burleigh. Miss Emily. Illus. Matt Phelan. Candlewick.
*Nye, Naomi Shihab. The Turtle of Oman: A Novel. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books.
Oppel, Kenneth. The Boundless. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Peet, Mal & Elspeth Graham. Night Sky Dragons. Illus. by Patrick Benson. Candlewick Press.
Philbrick, Rodman. Zane and the Hurricane. Blue Sky Press.
*Pinkney, Andrea Davis. The Red Pencil. Illus. by Shane Evans. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Preus, Margi. West of the Moon. Abrams/Amulet.
*Rundell, Katherine. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms. Illus. by Melissa Castrillón. Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers.
*Ryan, Carrie and John Parke Davis. The Map to Everywhere. Illus. by Todd Harris. Little, Brown Books
for Young Readers.
*Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Tony Baloney: Buddy trouble. Illus. by Edwin Fotheringham. Scholastic Press.
*Sadler, Marilyn. Ten Eggs in a Nest. Illus. by Michael Fleming. Random House.
*Senzai, N. H. Saving Kabul Corner. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Sovern, Megan Jean. The Meaning of Maggie. Chronicle Books.
*Spinelli, Eileen. Another Day as Emily. Illus. by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff. Knopf Books for Young Readers.
*St. Antoine, Sara. Three Bird Summer. Candlewick.
*Telgemeier, Raina. Sisters. Illus. by Reina Telgemeier. Colors by Braden Lamb. Scholastic/GRAPHIX .
Turnage, Sheila. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing. Penguin/Kathy Dawson Books.
*Venkatraman, Padma. A Time to Dance. Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin.
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*Webb, Holly. The Case of the Stolen Sixpence: Book 1 (The Mysteries of Maisie Hutchins) Illus. by
Marion Lindsay. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.
White, J. A. The Thickety; A Path Begins. Illus. by Andrea Offerman. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen
Books.
*Wiles, Deborah. Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy). Scholastic.
*Willems, Mo. Waiting is Not Easy. Disney Book Group/Hyperion Books for Children.
*Wilson, N. D. Boys of Blur. Random House Books for Young Readers.
Woods, Brenda. The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books.
*Yelchin, Eugene.. Arcady’s Goal. Henry Holt and Co.
NONFICTION
Athans, Sandra K. Secrets of the Sky Caves: Danger and Discovery on Nepal’s Mustang Cliffs.
Lerner/Millbrook Press.
Bausum, Ann. Stubby The War Dog: The True Story of World War I’s Bravest Dog. National Geographic.
Bolden, Tonya.Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America. Abrams Books for Young
Readers.
*Broom, Jenny. Animalium. Illus. by Katie Scott. Candlewick/Big Picture Press.
Brown, Don. He Has Shot the President! April 14, 1865: The Day John Wilkes Booth Killed President
Lincoln. Roaring Brook Press.
*Burns, Loree Griffin. Beetle Busters : A Rogue Insect and the People who Track It.. Photographer:
Ellen Harasimowicz. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Burns, Loree Griffin. Handle With Care : An Unusual Butterfly Journey. Photographer Ellen
Harasimowicz. Lerner/Millbrook Press.
*The Children’s Education Staff at Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Marilyn Smith, Ashley Gamell and Sara
Epstein with Patricia Hulse, Sara Nafici, David William Daly, Becky Beer Laboy and Niall Dunne. The Kid’s
Guide to Exploring Nature. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
*Dillon, Patrick. The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and
Beyond. Illus. by Stephen Biesty. Candlewick Press.
Farrell, Mary Cronk. Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in
the Pacific. Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers.
*Freedman, Russell. Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion
Books.
*Freedman, Russell. Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed
America. Holiday House.
*Jarrow, Gail. Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat. Calkins Creek.
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*Krull, Kathleen. Lives of the Explorers: Discoveries, Disasters (and what the Neighbors Thought). Illus.
by Kathryn Hewitt. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers.
*Markle, Sandra. The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery. Lerner/Millbrook
Press.
*Mitchell, Don. The Freedom Summer Murders. Scholastic.
*Montgomery, Sy. Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cat (Scientist in the Field
Series). Photographer Nic Bishop. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.
*Mulder, Michelle. Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home. Orca Book Publishers.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Holiday
House.
Sheinkin, Steve. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights. Roaring Brook
Press.
PICTURE BOOKS
*Aylesworth, Jim. My Grandfather’s Coat. Illus. by Barbara McClintock. Scholastic Press.
*Barnett, Mac. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Illus. by Jon Klassen. Candlewick Press.
*Barnett, Mac.Telephone. Illus. by Jen Corace. Chronicle Books.
Barton, Byron. My Bus. Harper Collins Publishers/Greenwillow Books.
*Becker, Aaron. Quest. Candlewick Press.
*Bildner, Phil. The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope and Apartheid in South Africa. Illus. by
Jesse Joshua Watson. Penguin/G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
*Black, Ian. Naked! Illus. by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.
*Blackall, Sophie. The Baby Tree. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books.
*Bloom, C. P. The Monkey Goes Bananas. Illus. by Peter Raymundo. Abrams Books for Young Readers.
Bluemle, Elizabeth. Tap Tap Boom Boom. Illus. by G. Brian Karas. Candlewick Press.
*Bolden, Tonya. Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer. Illus. by Eric Velasquez. Abrams Books for Young
Readers
*Boyd, Lizi. Flashlight. Chronicle Books.
*Brown, Peter. My Teacher is a Monster! (No I am Not.) Little Brown & Co.
Bunting, Eve. Washday. Illus. by Brad Sneed. Holiday House.
*Burk, Rachelle. Don’t Turn the Page. Illus. by Julie Downing. Creston Books.
*Camcam, Princesse. Fox’s Garden. Enchanted Lion Books.
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Carle, Eric and Friends. What’s Your Favorite Animal? Eric Carle and friends. Nick Bruel, Lucy Cousins,
Susan Jeffers, Steven Kellogg, Jon Klassen, Tom Lichtenheld, Peter McCarty, Chris Raschka, Peter Sís, Lane
Smith, Erin Stead, Rosemary Wells, Mo Willems. Illus. by ditto. Henry Holt and Company.
*Cole, Tom Clohosy. Wall. Candlewick/Templar.
*Colón, Raúl. Draw! Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
*Copeland, Missy. Firebird. Illus. by Christopher Myers. G. P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin.
*Curato, Mike. Little Elliot, Big City. Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers.
*Davies, Benji. The Storm Whale. Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers.
*De Moüy, Iris. Naptime. Illus. by Shelley Tanaka. House of Anasi Press/Groundwood Books.
Dempsey, Kristy. A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Penguin/Philomel
Books.
*DiPucchio, Kelly. Gaston. Illus. by Christian Robinson. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Dolan, Elys. Weasels. Candlewick Press.
*Donofrio, Beverly. Where’s Mommy? (Mary and the Mouse). Illus by Barbara McClintock. Schwartz &
Wade.
*Dubuc, Marianne. The Lion and the Bird : Le lion et l'oiseau. Trans. by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. Enchanted
Lion Books.
*Escoffier, Michaël. Take Away the A. Illus. by Kris DiGiacomo. Enchanted Lion Books.
*Frazee, Marla. The Farmer and the Clown. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books.
*Gill, Deirdre. Outside. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
*Hall, Michael. It’s an Orange Aardvark!. HarperCollinsPublishers/Greenwillow.
*Hancocks, Helen. Penguin in Peril. Candlewick Press/Templar.
*Hatanaka, Kellen. Work, An Occupational ABC. House of Anasi Press/Groundwood Books.
*Harrison, Hannah E. Extraordinary Jane. Dial Books for Young Readers.
*Haughton, Chris. Shh! We Have a Plan. Candlewick Press.
*Heap, Sue. Mine! Candlewick Press.
*Holland, Loretta. Fall Leaves. Illus. by Elly MacKay. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young
Readers.
*Hurley, Jorey. Nest. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
*Jeffers, Oliver. Once Upon an Alphabet. Penguin Young Readers Group/Philomel Books.
*Johnston, Tony. Winter is Coming. Illus. by Jim LaMarche. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
*Joyce, William. The Numberlys. Illus by William Joyce and Christina Ellis. Atheneum Books for Young
Readers.
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*Kennedy, Anne Vittur. The Farmer’s Away! Baa! Neigh! Candlewick Press.
Lee, Chuku H. Beauty and the Beast . Illus. by Pat Cummings. Harper Collins / Amistad.
*Light, Kelly. Louise Loves Art. Harper Collins/Balzer & Bray.
Light, Steve, Have You Seen My Dragon? Candlewick Press.
*Lurie, Susan. Swim, Duck, Swim!. Photographs by Murray Head. Feiwel and Friends.
*Lyon, George Ella. What Forest Knows. Illus. by August Hall. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
McDonald, Megan. Shoe Dog. Illus. by Katherine Tillotson. Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for
Young Readers.
*Miyares, Daniel. Pardon Me! Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Morris, Richard T. This is a Moose. Illus by Tom Lichtenheld. Little, Brown and Company.
Nelson, Kadir. Baby Bear. Harper Collins /Balzer + Bray.
*Nichols, Lori. Maple. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books.
Offill, Jenny. Sparky. Illus. by Chris Appelhans. Random House Children’s Books/Schwartz & Wade.
*O’Neill, Gemma. Oh Dear, Geoffrey! Candlewick/Templar.
Prahin, Andrew. Brimsby’s Hats. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Pett, Mark. The Girl and the Bicycle. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Pizzoli, Greg. Number One Sam. Disney-Hyperion.
*Portis, Antoinette. Froodle. Roaring Brook Press.
*Ramstein, Anne-Margot and Matthias Arégui. Before After. Candlewick Press.
*Raschka, Chris. Give and Take. Simon and Schuster/Antheneum Books for Young Readers.
Reid, Aimee. Mama’s Day with Little Gray. Illus. Laura J. Bryant. Random House.
Robinson, Michelle. How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth. Illus. by Kate Hindley. Henry Holt and Company.
Rockliff, Mara. The Grudge Keeper. Illus. by Eliza Wheeler. Peachtree.
*Rocco, John. Blizzard. Disney-Hyperion.
Russell, Natalie. Lost for Words. Peachtree.
*Ruth, Greg. Coming Home. Feiwel and Friends.
*Saltzberg, Barney. Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep. Disney-Hyperion.
Santat Dan. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Little Brown.
*Schofield-Morrison, Connie. I got the Rhythm. Illus. by Frank Morrison. Bloomsbury.
*Schwartz, Corey Rosen. Ninja Red Riding Hood. Illus. by Dan Santat. Penguin Group/G.P. Putnam’s
Sons.
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*Shea, Bob. Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads. Illus. by Lane Smith. Roaring Brook Press.
Sierra, Judy. E-I-E-I-O How Old MacDonald Got His Farm (with a little help from a hen). Illus by.
Matthew Myers. Candlewick Press.
Spires, Ashley. The Most Magnificent Thing. Kids Can Press.
*Stower, Adam. Naughty Kitty! Scholastic/Orchard Books.
*Stower, Adam. Slam! A Tale of Consequences. Owlkids Books.
*Swenson, Jamie A. If You Were a Dog. Illus. by Chris Raschka. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
*Tan, Shaun. Rules of Summer. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books.
*Teckentrup, Britta. Up & Down. Templar Books.
*Uegaki, Chieri. Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin. Illus. by Qin Leng. Kids Can Press.
Underwood, Deborah. Here Comes the Easter Cat. Illus. by Claudia Rueda. Penguin/Dial Books for
Young Readers.
*Watkins, Adam F. R is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet. Penguin/Price Stern Sloan.
*Willems, Mo. The Pigeon Needs a Bath. Disney-Hyperion.
*Won, Brian. Hooray for Hat!. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt books for Young Readers.
Yoon, Salina. Found. Walker Books for Young Readers /Bloomsbury.
Yuly, Toni. Early Bird. Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan.
INFORMATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS
*Applegate, Katherine. Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla. Illus. by G. Brian
Karas. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion.
*Bryant, Jennifer. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Eerdmans Books
for Young Readers.
Campbell, Sarah C. Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature. Illus. by Sarah C. Campbell and
Richard P. Campbell. Highlights/Boyds Mills Press.
Chin, Jason. Gravity. Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter Book.
*Cox, Lynne. Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas. Illus. by Brian Floca. Schwartz & Wade.
*Davies, Nicola. Tiny Creatures: The World of the Microbes. Illus. by Emily Sutton. Candlewick Press.
*Davis, Kathryn Gibbs. Mr. Ferris and His Wheel. Illus. by Gilbert Ford. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for
Young Readers.
Ehlert, Lois. The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life. Beach Lane Books.
*Elvgren, Jennifer. The Whispering Town. Illus. by Fabio Santomauro. Kar-Ben Publishing.
Gibbons, Gail. It’s Raining! Holiday House.
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*Gray, Rita. Have you Heard the Nesting Bird? Illus. by Kenard Park. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books
for Young Readers.
*Hendrix. John. Shooting at the Stars. Abrams Books for Young Readers.
*Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the
Way They Do. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers.
Jenkins, Steve. Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young
Readers.
*Jenson-Elliott, Cindy. Weeds Find a Way. Illus. by Carolyn Fisher. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books.
*Johnson, Angela. All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom. Illus. by E. B. Lewis. Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers.
*Karas, G. Brian. As an Oak Tree Grows. Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Hands & Hearts: With 15 Words in American Sign Language. Illus. by Amy Bates.
Abrams Books for Young Readers.
*Rabinowitz, Alan. A Boy and a Jaguar. Illus. by Catia Chien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young
Readers.
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies. Illus. by Diane Goode. HarperColllins.
Rosenstock, Barb. The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America’s Hero. Illus. by Terry
Widener. Calkins Creek / Highlights.
*Roy, Katherine. Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting With the Great Whites of California’s Farallon
Islands. Roaring Brook Press/David Macaulay Studio.
Rubbino, Salvatore. A Walk in Paris. Candlewick Press.
*Russell-Brown, Katheryn. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone. Illus. by Frank Morrison. Lee & Low
Books.
*Salas, Laura Purdie. Water Can Be… Illus. by Violeta Dabija. Millbrook Press/Lerner.
*Sill, Cathryn. About Parrots: A Guide for Children. Illus. by John Sill. Peachtree Publishers.
Stewart, Melissa. Feathers: Not Just for Flying. Illus. by Sarah S. Brannen. Charlesbridge.
*Sutcliffe, Jane. Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be. Illus. by John Shelley.
Charlesbridge.
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Separate is Never Equal : The Story of Sylvia Mendez and her family’s fight for
desegregation. Illus. by author. Abrams books for Young Readers.
*Ward, Jennifer. Mama Built a Little Nest. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books.
*Whelan, Gloria. Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine. Illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Simon & Schuster/Paula
Wiseman Books.
*Winter, Jeanette. Malala: A Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal: A Brave Boy from Pakistan. Simon &
Schuster/Beach Lane Books.
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Woelfle. Gretchen. Mumbet’s Declaration Of Independence. Illus. by Alix Delinois. Carolrhoda Books.
NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY
*Burleigh, Robert. Edward Hopper Paints His World. Illus by Wendell Minor. Henry Holt.
*Demi. Florence Nightingale. Henry Holt.
*Denenberg, Barry. Ali: An American Champion. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Fern, Tracey. Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying
Cloud. Illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
* Fleming, Candace. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia. Schwartz
& Wade.
*Gandhi, Arun and Bethany Hegedus. Grandfather Gandhi. Illus. by Evan Turk. Atheneum Books for
Young Readers.
*Herrera, Juan Felipe. Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes. Illus. by Raúl Colón. Penguin/Dial Books
for Young Readers.
*Herthel, Jessica and Jazz Jennings. I Am Jazz. Illus. by Shelagh McNicholas. Penguin/Dial Books for
Young Readers.
*Kerley, Barbara. A Home for Mr. Emerson. Illus. by Edwin Fotheringham. Scholastic Press.
*MacLachlan, Patricia. The Iridescence of Birds: A Book about Henri Matisse. Illus. by Hadley Hooper.
Roaring Brook Press.
*Marrin. Albert. Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty: How One Man’s Ideas Helped Form a New
Nation. Knopf Books for Young Readers.
*Morales, Yuyi. Viva Frida. Illus. by Tim O’Meara. Roaring Brook Press.
*Neri, G. Hello, I’m Johnny Cash. Illus. by A. G. Ford. Candlewick Press.
*Potter, Alicia. Jubilee: One Man’s Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace. Illus by Matt
Tavares. Candlewick.
Powell, Patricia Hruby. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. Illus. by Christian
Robinson. Chronicle Books.
*Reef, Catherine. Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books.
Rosenstock, Barb. The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art. Illus. by
Mary Grandpré. Alfred A. Knopf.
*Shabazz, Ilyasah. Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X. Illus. by A.G. Ford.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
*Sis, Peter. The Pilot and The Little Prince: the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Frances Foster
Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
*Sisson, Stéphanie Roth. Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Roaring Brook Press.
Association for Library Service to Children/ALA
Notable Children's Books - Nominated Titles for Discussion
2015 Midwinter Meeting – Chicago
Wallace, Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace. Babe Conquers the World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson
Zaharias. Calkins Creek/an imprint of Highlights.
*Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming. Penguin Young Readers/Nancy Paulsen Books.
NONFICTION POETRY
*Borden, Louise. Baseball Is… Illus. by Raúl Colón. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books.
*Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan’s Puppets. Photographs by Ken Hannon and Rich Entel. Atheneum Books
for Young Readers.
Cleary, Brian P. If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems. Illus. by Andy Rowland. Millbrook.
*Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Manger. Illus. by Helen Cann. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
Janeczko, Paul B (editor). Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick
Press.
*Johnston, Tony. Sequoia. Illus. by Wendell Minor. Roaring Brook Press.
*Larkin, Eric-Shabazz. A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food. Readers to Eaters.
*Lewis, J. Patrick. Harlem Hellfighters. Illus. by Gary Kelley. Creative Editions.
Lewis, J. Patrick and Douglas Florian. Poem- mobiles: Crazy Car Poems. Illus. by Jeremy
Holmes. Random House Children’s Books/ Schwartz & Wade.
*Mora, Pat. Water Rolls, Water Rises : El Agua Rueda, El Agua Sube. Trans. By Adriana Domínguez and
Pat Mora. Illus. by Meilo So. Lee & Low Books/Children’s Book Press.
Muth, Jon J. Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. Scholastic.
*Nelson, Marilyn. How I Discovered Poetry. Illus. by Hadley Hooper. Dial.
Raczka, Bob. Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole. Illus by Chuck Groenink. Carolrhoda
Books.
*Schmidt, Annie. M. G. A Pond Full of Ink : Een vijver vol inkt. Illus. by Sieb Posthuma. Trans. David
Colmer. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
*Siddais, Mary McKenna. Shivery Shades of Halloween: A Spooky Book of Colors. Illus. by Jimmy
Pickering. Random House.
*Sidman, Joyce. Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold. Illus. by Rick Allen. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Books for Young Readers.
Association for Library Service to Children/ALA
Notable Children's Books - Nominated Titles for Discussion
2015 Midwinter Meeting – Chicago