Wendy C. Woodfill, chair, and the rest of the 2014 Notable Children’s Books Committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place on Friday through Monday, January 24 to 27, from 1:30 to 4:30 in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 125.
The discussion list is below. Titles in italics indicate that the book was already discussed at the Annual Conference last summer.
FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS AND FICTION VERSE NOVELS)
Ada, Alma Flor and Campoy, F. Isabel. Yes! We Are Latinos. Illus. by David Diaz. Charlesbridge
Almond, David. The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas. Illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Candlewick
Angus, Sam. Soldier Dog. Feiwel and Friends
Appelt, Kathi. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. Illus. by Jennifer Bricking. Atheneum
Balliett, Blue. Hold Fast. Scholastic
Black, Holly. Doll Bones. Illus. by Eliza Wheeler. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry
Blackwood, Sage. Jinx. Harper
Britt, Fanny Jane, the Fox, and Me. Illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood
Burg, Ann E. Serafina’s Promise: A Novel in Verse. Scholastic
Carriger, Gail. Etiquette & Espionage. Little, Brown
Castellucci, Cecil. Odd Duck. Illus. by Sara Varon. First Second
Cheng, Andrea. The Year of the Baby. Illus. by Patrice Barton. Houghton Harcourt
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Homework. Dial
Cody, Matthew. Will in Scarlet. Knopf
Creech, Sharon. The Boy on the Porch. Harper
De Lint, Charles. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest. Illus. by Charles Vess. Little, Brown
DiCamillo, Kate. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. Illus. by K. G. Campbell. Candlewick
Draper, Sharon M. Panic. Atheneum
Edinger, Monica. Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad. Illus. by Robert Byrd. Candlewick
Engle, Margarita. The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist. Harcourt
Erskine, Kathryn. Seeing Red. Scholastic
Farrant, Natasha. After Iris: A Novel. Dial
Federle, Tim. Better Nate Than Ever. Simon & Schuster
Fleming, David . The Saturday Boy. Viking
Frost, Helen. Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War. Farrar/Frances Foster
Fusco, Kimberly Newton. Beholding Bee. Knopf
Gaiman, Neil. Fortunately, the Milk. Illus. by Skottie Young. Harper
Gantos, Jack. From Norvelt to Nowhere. Farrar
Gardner, Sally. Maggot Moon. Illus. by Julian Crouch. Candlewick
Gewirtz, Adina Rishe. Zebra Forest. Candlewick
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Gingersnap. Random/Wendy Lamb
Grabenstein, Chris. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. Random
Graff, Lisa Colleen. A Tangle of Knots. Penguin
Grimes, Nikki. Words With Wings. Boyds Mills/Wordsong
Harrell, Rob. Monster on the Hill. Illus. by the author. Top Shelf
Harrington, Karen. Sure Signs of Crazy. Little, Brown
Henkes, Kevin. The Year of Billy Miller. Illus. by the author. Greenwillow
Hill, Kirkpatrick. Bo at Ballard Creek. Illus. by LeUyen Pham. Holt
Hopkinson, Deborah. The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel. Knopf
Jinks, Catherine. How to Catch a Bogle. Illus. by Sarah Watts. Harcourt
Kadohata, Cynthia. The Thing About Luck. Illus. by Julia Kuo. Atheneum
Kurtz, Chris. The Adventures of a South Pole Pig. Illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. Harcourt
La Valley, Josanne. The Vine Basket. Clarion
Lagercrantz, Rose. My Happy Life. Illus. by Eva Eriksson. Gecko
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Ever After. Delacorte
Lawrence, Caroline. P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man. Putnam
Long, Susan Hill. Whistle in the Dark. Holiday
Macdonald, Maryann. Odette’s Secrets. Bloomsbury
MacLachlan, Patricia. White Fur Flying. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry
MacLachlan, Patricia. The Truth of Me: About a Boy, His Grandmother, and a Very Good Dog. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen
Marino, Nan. Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace. Illus. by John Hendrix. Roaring Brook
McKay, Hilary. Lulu and the Dog From the Sea. Illus. by Priscilla Lamont. Albert Whitman
McNeal, Tom. Far Far Away. Knopf
Myers, Walter Dean. Darius & Twig. Amistad
Parry, Rosanne. Written In Stone. Random
Peck, Richard. The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail: A Novel. Illus. by Kelly Murphy. Dial
Perkins, Mitali (Editor). Open Mic: Riffs on Life between Cultures in Ten Voices. Candlewick
Phelan, Matt. Bluffton: My Summers with Buster. Illus. the by author. Candlewick
Pope, Paul. Battling Boy. Illus. by the author. First Second
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Sugar. Little, Brown
Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers. Illus. by Terry Fan. Simon & Schuster
Singer, Nicky. Under Shifting Glass. Chronicle
Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s. Dial
Spinelli, Jerry. Hokey Pokey. Knopf
Strasser, Todd. Fallout. Candlewick
Stroud, Jonathan. The Screaming Staircase. Disney-Hyperion
Sullivan, Tara. Golden Boy. Putnam
Terrill, Cristin. All Our Yesterdays. Disney/Hyperion
Timberlake, Amy. One Came Home. Illus. by David Homer. Knopf
Urban, Linda. The Center of Everything. Harcourt
Vanderpool, Clare. Navigating Early. Delacorte
Vawter, Vince. Paperboy. Delacorte
Williams-Garcia, Rita. P. S. Be Eleven. HarperCollins/Amistad
Wissinger, Tamera Will. Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse. Illus. by Matthew Cordell. Houghton
Zia, Farhana. The Garden of My Imaan. Peachtree
PICTURE BOOKS
Agee, Jon. Little Santa. Illus. by the author. Dial
Barnett, Mac and Cornell, Kevin. Count the Monkeys. Illus. by the authors. Disney Hyperion
Bean, Jonathan. Building Our House. Illus. by the author. Farrar
Bean, Jonathan. Big Snow. Illus. by the author. Farrar
Beaty, Daniel. Knock Knock : My Dad’s Dream for Me. Illus. by Bryan Collier. Little Brown
Becker, Aaron Journey. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Berger, Samantha. Crankenstein. Illus. by Dan Santat. Little, Brown
Blechman, Nicholas. Night Light. Illus. by the author. Scholastic/Orchard
Boyd, Lizi. Inside Outside. Illus. by the author. Chronicle
Brown, Peter. Mr. Tiger Goes Wild. Illus. by the author. Little, Brown
Browne, Anthony. One Gorilla : A Counting Book. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Light In the Darkness : A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret. Illus. by James E. Ransome. Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Collins, Suzanne. Year of the Jungle. Illus. by James Proimos. Scholastic
Cooper, Elisha. Train. Illus. by the author. Scholastic/Orchard
Coudray, Philippe. Benjamin Bear in “Bright Ideas!”: a Toon book. Illus. by the author. TOON
Cunnane, Kelly. Deep in the Sahara. Illus. by Hoda Hadadi. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Daywalt, Drew. The Day the Crayons Quit. Illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Philomel
De Sève, Randall. Peanut and Fifi Have a Ball. Illus. by Paul Schmid. Dial
Deneux, Xavier. Opposites. Illus. by the author. Chronicle/Handprint
Durand, Hallie. Mitchell Goes Bowling. Illus. by Tony Fucile. Candlewick
Egan, Tim. Dodsworth in Tokyo. Illus. by the author. Houghton
Elliot, David. Henry’s Map. Illus. by the author. Philomel
Evert, Lori. The Christmas Wish. Illus. by Per Breiehagen. Random
Fleischman, Paul. The Matchbox Diary. Illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Candlewick
Fleming, Candace. Papa’s Mechanical Fish. Illus. by Boris Kulikov. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson
Fogliano, Julie. If You Want to See a Whale. Illus. by Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter
Folgueira, Rodrigo. Ribbit! Illus. by Poly Bernatene. Knopf
Franceschelli, Christopher. Alphablock. Illus. by the author. Appleseed
Golan, Avirama. Little Naomi, Little Chick. Illus. by Raaya Karas. Eerdmans
Graham, Bob. The Silver Button. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Gravett, Emily. Again! Illus. by the author. Simon & Schuster
Grey, Mini. Toys in Space. Illus. by the author. Knopf
Haas, Jessie. Bramble and Maggie: Give and Take. Illus. by Alison Friend. Candlewick
Hanson, Warren. It’s Monday, Mrs. Jolly Bones! Illus. by Tricia Tusa. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane
Harrington, Janice N. Busy-Busy Little Chick. Illus. by Brian Pinkney. Farrar
Hassett, Ann and Hassett, John. Come Back, Ben. Illus. by the authors. Holiday
Heder, Thyra. Fraidyzoo. Illus. by the author. Abrams
Henkes, Kevin. Penny and Her Marble. Illus. by the author. Greenwillow
Hest, Amy. When Charley Met Grampa. Illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Candlewick
Holub, Joan. Little Red Writing. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Chronicle
Jenkins, Emily. Water in the Park: A Book about Water and the Times of the Day. Illus. by Stephanie Graegin. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Kite, Blue Kite. Illus. by Greg Ruth. Disney/Hyperion
Johnston, Tony. The Cat with Seven Names. Illus. by Christine Davenier. Charlesbridge
Klausmeier, Jesse. Open This Little Book. Illus. by Suzy Lee. Chronicle
LaRochelle, David. Moo! Illus. by Mike Wohnoutka. Walker
Leathers, Philippa. The Black Rabbit. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Lehrhaupt, Adam. Warning: Do Not Open this Book! Illus. by Matthew Forsythe. Simon & Schuster
Look, Lenore. Brush of the Gods. Illus. by Meilo So. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Lunde, Stein Erik. My Father’s Arms Are a Boat. Illus. by Oyvind Torseter. Enchanted Lion
Manceau, Edouard. Windblown. Illus. by the author. Owlkids
McClure, Nikki. How to Be a Cat. Illus. by the author. Abrams Appleseed
Meshon, Aaron. Take Me Out to the Yakyu. Illus. by the author. Atheneum
Miller, Pat Zietlow. Sophie’s Squash. Illus. by Anne Wilsdorf. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Moore, Eva. Lucky Ducklings. Illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Scholastic/Orchard
Morales, Yuyi. Niño Wrestles the World. Illus. by the author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter
Ohmura, Tomoko. The Long, Long Line. Illus. by the author. Owlkids
Park, Linda Sue. Xander’s Panda Party. Illus. by Matt Phelan. Houghton
Pett, Mark. The Boy and the Airplane. Illus. by the author. Simon & Schuster
Polacco, Patricia. The Blessing Cup. Illus. by the author. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman
Raschka, Christopher. Everyone Can Learn To Ride a Bicycle. Illus. by the author. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Rau, Dana Meachen. Robot, Go Bot! Illus. by Wook Jin Jung. Random
Reid, Barbara. Picture a Tree. Illus. by the author. Albert Whitman
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Exclamation Mark. Iillus. by Tom Lichtenheld. Scholastic
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Tony Baloney: School Rules. Illus. by Edwin Fotheringham. Scholastic
Savage, Stephen. Ten Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book. Illus. by the author. Dial
Say, Allen. The Favorite Daughter. Illus. by the author. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
Schneider, Josh. The Meanest Birthday Girl. Illus. by the author. Clarion
Scieszka, Jon and Barnett, Mac. Battle Bunny. Illus. by Matthew Myers. Simon & Schuster
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Bully. Illus. by the author. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter
Shea, Bob. Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great. Illus. by the author. Disney/Hyperion
Sheth, Kashmira. Tiger in My Soup. Illus. by Jeffrey Ebbeler. Peachtree
Shulevitz, Uri. Dusk. Illus. by the author. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson
Snicket, Lemony. The Dark. Illus. by Jon Klassen. Little, Brown
Staake, Bob. Bluebird. Illus. by the author. Random/Schwartz & Wade
Stephens, Helen. How to Hide a Lion. Illus. by the author. Holt
Teague, Mark. The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf. Illus. by the author. Scholastic/Orchard
Thomson, Bill. Fossil. Illus. by the author. Amazon/Two Lions
Thong, Roseanne Greenfield. Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes. Illus. by John Parra. Chronicle
Tuck, Pamela M. As Fast as Words Could Fly. Illus. by Eric Velasquez. Lee & Low
Van Lieshout, Maria. Flight 1-2-3. Illus. by the author. Chronicle
Wheeler, Lisa. The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses. Illus. by Zachariah OHora. Atheneum
Wiesner, David. Mr. Wuffles! Illus. by the author. Clarion
Willems, Mo. That Is Not a Good Idea! Illus. by the author. Balzer + Bray
Woodson, Jacqueline. This is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration. Illus. by James Ransome. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen
Yum, Hyewon. This is Our House. Illus. by the author. Foster/Farrar
Zoboli, Giovanna. I Wish I Had… Illus. by Simona Mulazzani. Eerdmans
INFORMATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS
Arndt, Ingo. Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws. Illus. by the author. Holiday
Brown, Don. Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution. Illus. by the author. Roaring Brook
Bunting, Eve. The Cart That Carried Martin. Illus. by Don Tate. Charlesbridge
Coy, John. Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball. Illus. by Joe Morse. Carolrhoda
Guiberson, Brenda Z. Frog Song. Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Holt
Guiberson, Brenda Z. The Greatest Dinosaur Ever. Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Holt
Harris, Robie H. What’s In There?: All About Before You Were Born. Illus. by Nadine Bernard Westscott. Candlewick
Heiligman, Deborah. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdí¶s. Illus. by LeUyen Pham. Roaring Brook
Hopkins, H. Joseph. The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever. Illus. by Jill McElmurry. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane
Huber, Raymond. Flight of the Honey Bee. Illus. by Brian Lovelock. Candlewick
Isadora, Rachel. Old Mikamba Had a Farm. Illus. by the author. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen
Markle, Sandra. Bats: Biggest! Littlest! Illus. by Scott J. Altenbach. Boyds Mills
Markle, Sandra. The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit’s Amazing Migration. Illus. by Mia Posada. Millbrook
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table. Illus. by Eric-Shabazz Larkin. Readers to Eaters
Pinkney, Jerry. The Tortoise & the Hare. Illus. by the author. Little, Brown,
Sayre, April Pulley. Eat Like a Bear. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Holt
Skead, Robert. Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe DiMaggio. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Carolrhoda
Smith, Charles R. Jr. Brick by Brick. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Amistad
Stockdale, Susan. Stripes of All Types. Illus. by the author. Peachtree
Stringer, Lauren. When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot. Illus. by the author. Harcourt
Weitekamp, Margaret A. and DeVorkin, David H. Pluto’s Secret: An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery. Illus. by Diane Kidd. Abrams
NONFICTION POETRY
Kennedy, Caroline. Poems to Learn by Heart. Illus. by Jon J Muth. Disney/Hyperion
Lewis, J. Patrick. When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders. Illus. by Jim Burke. Chronicle
Prelutsky, Jack. Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems. Illus. by Carin Berger. Greenwillow
Worth, Valeri. Pug and Other Animal Poems. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson
Yolen, Jane and Dotlich, Rebecca Kai. Grumbles From the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist: Poems. Illus. by Matt Mahurin. Boyds Mills/Wordsong
NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY
Anderson, Tanya. Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg. Lerner/Twenty-First Century
Berne, Jennifer. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein. Illus. by Vladimir Radunsky. Chronicle
Brown, Monica. Tito Puente: Mambo King/Rey del Mambo. Illus. by Rafael Lí³pez. Rayo
Bryant, Jen. A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Knopf
Cheng, Andrea. Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet. Illus. by the author. Lee & Low
Freedman, Russell. Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candlemaker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty. Holiday
Greenberg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra. The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter
Leyson, Leon. The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible… on Schindler’s List. Atheneum
Markel, Michelle. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray
McCarthy, Meghan. Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton. Illus. by the author. Simon & Schuster
Nelson, Kadir. Nelson Mandela. Illus. by the author. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People. Abrams
Tavares, Matt. Becoming Babe Ruth. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Winter, Jonah. You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! Illus. by Terry Widener. Random/Schwartz & Wade
NONFICTION
Adkins, Jan. What If You Met a Cowboy? Illus. by the author. Roaring Brook
Adler, David A. Things That Float and Things That Don’t. Illus. by Anna Raff. Holiday
Bolden, Tonya. Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty. Abrams
Brown, Don. The Great American Dust Bowl. Illus. by the author. Houghton
Cate, Annette Leblanc. Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard. Illus. by the author. Candlewick
Duffy, Chris (Editor). Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists. First Second
Floca, Brian. Locomotive. Illus. by the author. Atheneum
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Fradin, Dennis B. The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery. Illus. by Eric Velasquez. Walker
Hill, Laban Carrick. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop. Illus. by Theodore Taylor III. Roaring Brook
Jenkins, Steve. The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest–and Most Surprising–Animals on Earth. Illus. by the author. Houghton
Kidd, Chip. Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design. Illus. by the author. Workman
Krull, Kathleen and Hewitt, Kathryn. Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought). Illus. by Kathryn Hewitt. Houghton
Lewis, John and Aydin, Andrew. March: Book One. Illus. by Nate Powell. Top Shelf
Losure, Mary. Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron. Illus. by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick
Marcus, Leonard S. Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing. Farrar/Frances Foster
McClafferty, Carla Killough. Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment. Carolrhoda
Moss, Marissa. Barbed Wire Baseball. Illus. by Yuko Shimizu. Abrams
Napoli, Donna Jo. Treasury of Egyptian Mythology. Illus. by Christina Built. National Geographic
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song. Illus. by Brian Pinkney. Little, Brown
Rosenstock, Barb. Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library. Illus. by John O’Brien. Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek
Roth, Susan L. and Trumbore, Cindy. Parrots Over Puerto Rico. Illus. by Susan L. Roth. Lee & Low
Rusch, Elizabeth. Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives. Illus. by Tom Uhlman. Houghton
Sheinkin, Steve. Lincoln‘s Grave Robbers. Scholastic
Stone, Tanya Lee. Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers. Candlewick
Thimmesh, Catherine. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? Houghton
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You might also be interested in looking at the Notable Children’s Recordings discussion list which was posted on Monday and the Notable Children’s Videos discussion list which was posted yesterday.
Andrew Franks
I’ve just found my reading list for the summer holidays!