Edith Ching, chair, and the rest of the 2015 Notable Children’s Books Committee, invite you to join them at their discussions, taking place on Saturday through Monday, June 28 to 30, from 1:00 to 4:00 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N114.
The discussion list follows.
FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS AND FICTION VERSE NOVELS)
Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener. Abrams/Amulet.
Blakemore, Megan Frazer. The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill. Bloomsbury
Boyne, John. Stay Where You Are & Then Leave. Illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Henry Holt and Company.
Brown, Skila. Caminar. Candlewick Press.
Dauvillier, Loí¯c. Hidden : A Child’s Story of the Holocaust. 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.
Elliott, L. M. Across a War-Tossed Sea. Disney-Hyperion Books.
Engle, Margarita. Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Fitzgerald, Laura Marx. Under the Egg. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Foxlee, Karen. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. Alfred A. Knopf.
Herrera, Robin. Hope is a Ferris Wheel. Abrams/Amulet.
Holczer, Tracy. The Secret Hum of a Daisy. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
Johnson, Jaleigh. The Mark of the Dragonfly. Delacorte Press.
Lamana, Julie T. Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere. Chronicle Books.
Lloyd, Natalie. A Snicker of Magic. Scholastic Press.
Lord, Cynthia. Half a Chance. Scholastic Press.
MacLachlan, Patricia. Fly Away. Margaret K. McElderry Books
Moses, Shelia P. The Sittin’ Up. G. P. Putnam’s Sons for Young Readers.
Oppel, Kenneth. The Boundless. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Philbrick, Rodman. Zane and the Hurricane. Blue Sky Press.
Preus, Margi. West of the Moon. Amulet/Abrams.
Sovern, Megan Jean. The Meaning of Maggie. Chronicle Books.
Turnage, Sheila. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing. Penguin/Kathy Dawson Books.
White, J. A. The Thickety: A Path Begins. Illus. by Andrea Offerman. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books.
Woods, Brenda. The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books.
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.
Brown, Don. He Has Shot the President!: April 14, 1865: The Day John Wilkes Booth Killed President Lincoln. Roaring Brook Press.
Burns, Loree Griffin. Handle With Care : An Unusual Butterfly Journey. Photographer Ellen Harasimowicz. Lerner/Millbrook 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.
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
Barton, Byron. My Bus. Greenwillow Books/Harper Collins Publishers
Bluemle, Elizabeth. Tap Tap Boom Boom. Illus. by G. Brian Karas.Candlewick Press.
Bunting, Eve. Washday. Illus by Brad Sneed. Holiday House.
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.
Dempsey, Kristy. A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Penguin/ Philomel Books.
Dolan, Elys. Weasels. Candlewick Press.
Lee, Chuku H. Beauty and the Beast . Illus. by Pat Cummings. HarperCollins / Amistad.
Light, Steve. Have You Seen My Dragon? Candlewick Press.
McDonald, Megan. Shoe Dog. Illus. by Katherine Tillotson. Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Nelson, Kadir. Baby Bear. HarperCollins /Balzer + Bray.
Offill, Jenny. Sparky. Illus. by Chris Appelhans. Random House Children’s Books, Schwartz & Wade.
Prahin, Andrew. Brimsby’s Hats. Simon and Schuster 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.
Russell, Natalie. Lost for Words. Peachtree.
Santat, Dan. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Little Brown.
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.
Underwood, Deborah. Here Comes the Easter Cat. Illus. by Claudia Rueda. Penguin/Dial Books for Young Readers.
Yoon, Salina. Found. Walker Books for Young Readers /Bloomsbury.
Yuly, Toni. Early Bird. Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan.
INFORMATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS
Campbell, Sarah C. Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature. Illus. by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell. Boyds Mills Press /Highlights.
Chin, Jason. Gravity. Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press
Ehlert, Lois. The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life. Beach Lane Books.
Gibbons, Gail. It’s Raining! Holiday House.
Jenkins, Steve. Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Hands & Hearts: With 15 Words in American Sign Language. Illus. by Amy Bates. Abrams Books for Young Readers.
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies. Illus. by Diane Goode. Harper Colllins.
Rosenstock, Barb. The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America’s Hero. Illus. by Terry Widener. Calkins Creek / Highlights.
Rubbino, Salvatore. A Walk in Paris. Candlewick Press.
Stewart, Melissa. Feathers: Not Just for Flying. Illus. by Sarah S. Brannen. 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.
Woelfle, Gretchen. Mumbet’s Declaration Of Independence. Illus. by Alix Delinois.Carolrhoda Books.
NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY
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.
Powell, Patricia Hruby. Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. Illus. by Christian Robinson. Chronicle Books.
Rosenstock, Barb. The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art. Illus. by Mary Grandpré. Alfred A. Knopf.
Wallace, Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace. Babe Conquers the World:The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Calkins Creek/an imprint of Highlights.
NONFICTION POETRY
Cleary, Brian P. If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern Poems. Illus. by Andy Rowland. Millbrook.
Janeczko, Paul B (editor). Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick Press.
Lewis, J. Patrick and Douglas Florian. Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems. Illus. by Jeremy Holmes. Random House Children’s Books/ Schwartz & Wade.
Muth, Jon J. Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. Scholastic.