{"id":12170,"date":"2016-01-07T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T05:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=12170"},"modified":"2016-01-06T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T04:55:38","slug":"2016-notable-childrens-books-discussion-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/2016-notable-childrens-books-discussion-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Children\u2019s Books \u2014 2016 Discussion List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micki Freeney, the chair of the 2016 Notable Children’s Books Committee<\/a>, and the entire NCB committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 162AB on:<\/small><\/small><\/p>\n

Friday, January 8, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nSaturday, January 9, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nSunday, January 10, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nMonday, January 11, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The complete discussion list is below.<\/strong> Titles with an\u00a0asterisk indicate that the book was already discussed at the Annual Conference last summer.<\/p>\n

PICTURE BOOKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

*3, 2, 1, Go!<\/strong> by Emily Arnold McCully. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

8: An Animal Alphabet<\/strong> by Elisha Cooper. Scholastic Inc,\/Orchard Books.<\/p>\n

A B See<\/strong> by Elizabeth Doyle. Simon & Schuster\/Little Simon.<\/p>\n

Ask Me<\/strong> by Bernard Waber. Illus. by Suzy Lee. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret<\/strong> by Bob Shea. Disney\/Hyperion<\/p>\n

Bear and Hare Go Fishing<\/strong> by Emily Gravett. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n

*The Bear Ate Your Sandwich<\/strong> by Julia Sarcone-Roach. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep<\/strong> by Todd Tarpley. Illus. by John Rocco. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

Big Bear, Little Chair<\/strong> by Lizi Boyd. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

Boats for Papa<\/strong> by Jessixa Bagley. Roaring Brook Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

*Click!<\/strong> by Jeffrey Ebbeler. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

Counting Lions<\/strong> by Katie Cotton. Illus. by Stephen Walton. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Crybaby<\/strong> by Karen Beaumont. Illus. by Eugene Yelchin. Macmillan\/ Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

Double Happiness<\/strong> by Nancy Tupper Ling. Illus. by Alina Chau. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites<\/strong> by Kellen Hatanaka. House of Anansi Press\/Groundwood Books.<\/p>\n

*Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl\u2019s Courage Changed Music<\/strong> by Margarita Engle. Illus. by Rafael L\u00f3pez. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Families, Families, Families<\/strong> by Suzanne Lang. Illus. by Max Lang. Random House.<\/p>\n

*Fetch<\/strong> by Jorey Hurley. Simon & Schuster\/A Paula Wiseman Book.<\/p>\n

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World\u2019s Most Famous Bear<\/strong> by Lindsay Mattick. Illus. by Sophie Blackall. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Feast<\/strong> by Emily Jenkins. Illus. by Sophie Blackall. Random House\/Schwartz and Wade.<\/p>\n

Float<\/strong> by Daniel Miyares. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Fly <\/strong>by Petr Hor\u00e1\u010dek. Illus. by the author. Candlewick Press<\/p>\n

*Fly!<\/strong> by Karl Newsom Edwards. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

Friendshape<\/strong> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illus. by Tom Lichtenheld. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

*Grandma in Blue with Red Hat<\/strong> by Scott Menchin. Illus. by Harry Bliss. Abrams.<\/p>\n

*The Grasshopper and the Ants<\/strong> by Jerry Pinkney. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

Have You Seen My Monster?<\/strong> by Steve Light. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise<\/strong> by Sean Taylor. Illus. by Jean Jullien. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*How to Draw a Dragon<\/strong> by Douglas Florian. Beach Lane Books.<\/p>\n

Hurry Home, Hedgehog! A Bilingual Book of Sounds<\/strong> by Belle Yang. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

I (Don\u2019t) Like Snakes<\/strong> by Nicola Davies. Illus. by Luciano Lozano. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

I Yam a Donkey<\/strong> by Cece Bell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\/Clarion Books.<\/p>\n

*If You Plant a Seed<\/strong> by Kadir Nelson. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray.<\/p>\n

*In<\/strong> by Nikki McClure. Abrams\/Appleseed.<\/p>\n

In a Village<\/strong> by the Sea by Muon Van. Illus. by April Chu. Creston Books.<\/p>\n

*It\u2019s Only Stanley<\/strong> by Jon Agee. Penguin Group\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The King and the Sea: 21 Extremely Short Stories<\/strong> by Heinz Janisch. Illus. by Wolf Erlbruch. Translated by Sally-Ann Spencer. Gecko Press.<\/p>\n

Lailah\u2019s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story<\/strong> by Reem Faruqi. Illus by Lea Lyon. Tilbury House Publishers.<\/p>\n

*Last Stop on Market Street<\/strong> by Matt de la Pe\u00f1a. Illus. by Christian Robinson. Penguin\/Putnam.<\/p>\n

Lenny & Lucy<\/strong> by Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

Leo: A Ghost Story<\/strong> by Mac Barnett. Illus. by Christian Robinson. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

Lillian\u2019s Right to Vote<\/strong> by Jonah Winter. Illus. by Shane W. Evans. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade.<\/p>\n

Look!<\/strong> by Jeff Mack. Penguin Group\/Philomel Books.<\/p>\n

Mama\u2019s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation<\/strong> by Edwidge Danticat. Illus. by Leslie Staub. Penguin\/Dial Books.<\/p>\n

Mango, Abuela, and Me<\/strong> by Meg Medina. Illus. by Angela Dominguez. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Maya\u2019s Blanket\/La Manta de Maya<\/strong> by Monica Brown. Illus. by David Diaz. Translated by Adriana Domingue. Lee & Low Books\/Children\u2019s Book Press.<\/p>\n

*Meet the Dullards<\/strong> by Sara Pennypacker. Illus. by Daniel Salmieri. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray.<\/p>\n

Miracle on 133rd Street<\/strong> by Sonia Manzano. Illus. by Marjorie Priceman. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Moon Is Going to Addy\u2019s House<\/strong> by Ida Pearle. Illus. Penguin Group\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Moving Blocks<\/strong> by Yosuke Yonezu. Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd.\/Minedition<\/p>\n

Mr. Squirrel and the Moon<\/strong> by Sebastian Meschenmoser. Translated by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth Books.<\/p>\n

My Cousin Momo<\/strong> by Zachariah OHora. Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*My Pen<\/strong> by Christopher Myers. Disney\/Hyperion.<\/p>\n

My Two Blankets<\/strong> by Irena Kobald, iIlus. by Freya Blackwood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

My Wild Family<\/strong> by Laurent Moreau. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

The New Small Person<\/strong> by Lauren Child. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*New Shoes<\/strong> by Susan Lynn Meyer. Illus. by Eric Velasquez. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

The Night World<\/strong> by Mordicai Gerstein. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

On the Ball<\/strong> by Brian Pinkney. Disney-Hyperion.<\/p>\n

One Family<\/strong> by George Shannon. Illus. by Blanca G\u00f3mez. Farrar Straus Giroux\/Frances Foster Books.<\/p>\n

One Word from Sophia<\/strong> by Jim Averbeck. Illus. by Yasmeen Ismail. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Oskar and the Eight Blessings<\/strong> by Richard Simon and Tanya Simon. Illus. by Mark Siegel. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story with Holes<\/strong> by Frank Viva. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*P. Zonka Lays an Egg<\/strong> by Julie Paschkis. Peachtree.<\/p>\n

The Plan<\/strong> by Alison Paul. Illus. by Barbara Lehman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

* Poem in Your Pocket<\/strong> by Margaret McNamara. Illus. by G. Brian Karas. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade Books.<\/p>\n

Pool<\/strong> by JiHyeon Lee. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

The Princess and the Pony<\/strong> by Kate Beaton. Scholastic Press\/Arthur A. Levine Books.<\/p>\n

The Queen\u2019s Hat<\/strong> by Steve Antony. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

Red<\/strong> by Jan De Kinder. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*Red: A Crayon\u2019s Story<\/strong> by Michael Hall. Harper Collins\/Greenwillow Books.<\/p>\n

Roger Is Reading a Book<\/strong> by Koen Van Biesen. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*Should You Be a River: A Poem about Love<\/strong> by Ed Young. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*Sidewalk Flowers<\/strong> by JonArno Lawson. Illus. by Sydney Smith. House of Anansi Press\/Groundwood Books.<\/p>\n

*Skunk<\/strong> by Mac Barnett. Illus. by Patrick McDonnell. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

The Snow Rabbit<\/strong> by Camille Garoche, Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

Special Delivery<\/strong> by Philip C. Stead. Illus. by Matthew Cordell. Roaring Brook Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

*Spectacular Spots<\/strong> by Susan Stockdale. Peachtree.<\/p>\n

Spots in a Box<\/strong> by Helen Ward. Candlewick Press\/Templar Books.<\/p>\n

Squid Kid the Magnificent<\/strong> by Lynne Berry. Illus. by Luke LaMarca. Disney\/Hyperion.<\/p>\n

Stella Brings the Family<\/strong> by Miriam B. Schiffer. Illus. by Holly Clifton-Brown. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

*Stormy Night<\/strong> by Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

Strictly No Elephants<\/strong> by Lisa Mantchev. Illus. by Taeeun Yoo. Simon & Schuster\/Paula Wiseman Books.<\/p>\n

*Such a Little Mouse<\/strong> by Alice Schertle. Illus. by Stephanie Yue. Scholastic\/Orchard Books.<\/p>\n

*Supertruck<\/strong> by Stephen Savage. Roaring Book Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

Thank You and Good Night<\/strong> by Patrick McDonnell. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s (Not) Mine<\/strong> by Anna Kang. Illus. by Christopher Weyant. Two Lions.<\/p>\n

This Is Sadie<\/strong> by Sarah O\u2019Leary. Illus. by Julie Morstad. Random House\/Tundra Books.<\/p>\n

Tiptoe Tapirs<\/strong> by Hanmin Kim, translated by Sera Lee. Illus. by Hanmin Kim. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

*Toad Weather<\/strong> by Sandra Markle. Illus. by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree.<\/p>\n

Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures<\/strong> by Emily Jenkins. Illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade Books.<\/p>\n

Two Mice<\/strong> by Sergio Ruzzier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\/Clarion Books.<\/p>\n

Two White Rabbits<\/strong> by Jairo Buitrago. Illus. by Rafael Yockteng. Translated by Elisa Amado. House of Anansi Press\/Groundwood Books.<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong> by Antoinette Portis. Roaring Brook Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

Waiting<\/strong> by Kevin Henkes. HarperCollins\/Greenwillow Books.<\/p>\n

We Dig Worms!<\/strong> by Kevin McCloskey. Toon Books.<\/p>\n

*Whale Trails: Before and Now<\/strong> by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illus. by G. Brian Karas. Henry Holt and Company\/Christy Ottaviano Books.<\/p>\n

*When Otis Courted Mama<\/strong> by Kathi Appelt. Illus. by Jill McElmurry. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s the Baboon?<\/strong> by Micha\u00ebl Escoffier. Illus. by Kris Di Giacomo. Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s Walrus? and Penguin?<\/strong> by Stephen Savage. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

The Whisper<\/strong> by Pamela Zagarenski. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

The White Book<\/strong> by Silvia Borando, Elisabetta Pica and Lorenzo Clerici. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Who Done It?<\/strong> by Oliver Tallec. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

Whose Tools?<\/strong> by Toni Buzzeo. IIllus. by Jim Datz. Abrams\/Appleseed.<\/p>\n

Wolfie the Bunny<\/strong> by Ame Dyckman. Illus. by Zachariah OHora. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*A Wonderful Year<\/strong> by Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

Yard Sale<\/strong> by Eve Bunting. Illus. by Lauren Castillo. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Zen Socks<\/strong> by Jon J. Muth. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION, VERSE NOVELS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adventures with Waffles<\/strong> by Maria Parr. Translated by Guy Puzey. Illus. by Kate Forrester. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

All the Answers<\/strong> by Kate Messner. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

Another Kind of Hurricane<\/strong> by Tamara Ellis Smith. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade Books.<\/p>\n

Appleblossom the Possum<\/strong> by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Illus. by Gary A. Rosen. Penguin Group\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*Audacity<\/strong> by Melanie Crowder. Penguin\/Philomel Books.<\/p>\n

Baba Yaga\u2019s Assistant<\/strong> by Marika McCoola. Illus. by Emily Carroll. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Bamboo Sword<\/strong> by Marge Preus. Abrams\/Amulet Books.<\/p>\n

*Bayou Magic<\/strong> by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*Blackbird Fly<\/strong> by Erin Entrada Kelly. Harper Collins\/Greenwillow Books.<\/p>\n

Blackthorn Key<\/strong> by Kevin Sands. Simon & Schuster\/Alladin.<\/p>\n

Book Scavenger<\/strong> by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. Henry Holt & Company\/Christy Ottaviano Books.<\/p>\n

Circus Mirandus<\/strong> by Cassie Beasley. Illus. by Diana Sudyka. Penguin\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Completely Clementine<\/strong> by Sara Pennypacker. Illus. by Marla Frazee. Disney\/Hyperion.<\/p>\n

*The Cottage in the Woods<\/strong> by Katherine Coville. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

Crenshaw<\/strong> by Katherine Applegate. Macmillan\/Feiwel and Friends.<\/p>\n

Cuckoo Song<\/strong> by Frances Hardinge. Abrams\/Amulet Books.<\/p>\n

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate<\/strong> by Jacqueline Kelly. Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

Dear Hank Williams<\/strong> by Kimberly Willis Holt. Henry Holt and Company\/Christy Ottaviano Books.<\/p>\n

Detective Gordon: The First Case<\/strong> by Ulf Nilsson. Illus. by Gitte Spee. Translated by Julia Marshall. Gecko Press.<\/p>\n

Detective\u2019s Assistant<\/strong> by Kate Hannigan. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

The Doldrums<\/strong> by Nicholas Gannon. HarperCollins\/Greenwillow Books.<\/p>\n

*A Dragon\u2019s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans<\/strong> by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder. Illus. by Mary GrandPr\u00e9. Random House\/Crown Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Dream On, Amber<\/strong> by Emma Shevah. Illus. by Helen Crawford-White. Sourcebooks\/Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

*Echo<\/strong> by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan. Illus. by Dinara Mirtalipova. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

*Finding Serendipity<\/strong> by Angelica Banks. Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

Finding the Worm<\/strong> by Mark Goldblatt. Random House.<\/p>\n

Firefly Hollow<\/strong> by Alison McGhee. Illus. by Christopher Denise. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*Fish in a Tree<\/strong> by Linda Mullaly Hunt. Penguin Group\/Nancy Paulsen Books.<\/p>\n

Flop to the Top!<\/strong> by Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing. Toon Books.<\/p>\n

*Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy<\/strong> by Susan Vaught. Simon Schuster\/A Paula Wiseman Book.<\/p>\n

Full Cicada Moon<\/strong> by Marilyn Hilton. Penguin Group\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Fuzzy Mud<\/strong> by Louis Sachar. Random House Children\u2019s Books\/Delacorte Press.<\/p>\n

George<\/strong> by Alex Gino. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

Gone Crazy in Alabama<\/strong> by Rita Williams-Garcia. HarperCollins\/Amistad.<\/p>\n

Goodbye Stranger<\/strong> by Rebecca Stead. Random House\/Wendy Lamb Books.<\/p>\n

The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War<\/strong> by multiple authors. Illus. by Jim Kay. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible<\/strong> by Ursula Vernon. Penguin Group\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

A Handful of Stars<\/strong> by Cynthia Lord. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker<\/strong> by Robbie Robertson. Illus. by David Shannon. Abrams Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Hired Girl<\/strong> by Laura Amy Schlitz. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*Honey<\/strong> by Sarah Weeks. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

*The Imaginary<\/strong> by A. F. Harrold. Illus. by Emily Gravett. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

Juba!<\/strong> by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins\/Armistad.<\/p>\n

The Jumbies<\/strong> by Tracey Baptiste. Algonquin Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Lightning Queen<\/strong> by Laura Resau. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

*Listen, Slowly<\/strong> by Thanhh\u00e0 L\u1ea1i. HarperCollins.<\/p>\n

Listen to the Moon<\/strong> by Michael Morpurgo. Macmillan\/Feiwel and Friends.<\/p>\n

Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure<\/strong> by Nadja Spiegelman. Illus. by Segio Garc\u00eda S\u00e1nchez. TOON Graphics.<\/p>\n

Lost in the Sun<\/strong> by Lisa Graff. Penguin Group\/Philomel.<\/p>\n

The Lunch Witch<\/strong> by Deb Lucke. Papercutz.<\/p>\n

Mars Evacuees<\/strong> by Sophia McDougall. HarperCollins Publishers.<\/p>\n

The Marvels<\/strong> by Brian Selznick. Scholastic Press,<\/p>\n

*Moon Bear<\/strong> by Gill Lewis. Illus. by Alessandro Gottardo. Simon Schuster\/Atheneum.<\/p>\n

Moonpenny Island<\/strong> by Tricia Springstubb. Illus. by Gilbert Ford. HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray.<\/p>\n

Murder Is Bad Manners<\/strong> by Robin Stevens. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

A Nearer Moon<\/strong> by Melanie Crowder. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum Books.<\/p>\n

The Nest<\/strong> by Kenneth Oppel. Illus. by Jon Klassen. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Nooks & Crannies<\/strong> by Jessica Lawson. Illus. by Natalie Andrewson. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Only Child<\/strong> by Guojing. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade.<\/p>\n

Orbiting Jupiter<\/strong> by Gary D. Schmidt. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\/Clarion .
\nPaper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*The Penderwicks in Spring<\/strong> by Jeanne Birdsall. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree<\/strong> by Ellen Potter. Illus. by Qin Leng. Knopf Books for Young Reader.<\/p>\n

*Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters<\/strong> by Shannon Hale. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

*The Question of Miracles<\/strong> by Elana K. Arnold. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

*Red Butterfly<\/strong> by A. L. Sonnichsen. Illus. by Amy June Bates. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

*Roller Girl<\/strong> by Victoria Jamieson. Penguin\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Seventh Most Important Thing<\/strong> by Shelley Pearsall. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure<\/strong> by Kekla Magoon. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

*Stella by Starlight<\/strong> by Sharon M. Draper. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum.<\/p>\n

The Story of Diva and Flea<\/strong> by Mo Willems. Illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. Disney\/Hyperion.<\/p>\n

Sunny Side Up<\/strong> by Jennifer Holm. Illus. by Matthew Holm. Scholastic Graphix.<\/p>\n

The Tale of Rescue<\/strong> by Michael J. Rosen. Illus. by Stan Fellows. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Thing about Jellyfish<\/strong> by Ali Benjamin. Little, Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

*This Side of Home<\/strong> by Ren\u00e9e Watson. Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n

The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship in World War I<\/strong> by Michael Foreman. Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

Under a Painted Sky<\/strong> by Stacey Lee. Penguin\/G P Putnam’s Sons.<\/p>\n

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer<\/strong> by Kelly Jones. Illus. by Katie Kath. Random House\/Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

*The War That Saved My Life<\/strong> by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Penguin\/Dial Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

The Way Home Looks Now<\/strong> by Wendy Wan-Long Shang. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

We Are All Made of Molecules<\/strong> by Susin Nielson. Random House\/Wendy Lamb Books.<\/p>\n

*Wish Girl<\/strong> by Nikki Loftin. Penguin\/Razorbill.<\/p>\n

Written and Drawn by Henrietta<\/strong> by Ricardo Siri Liniers. Toon Books.<\/p>\n

INFORMATION PICTURE BOOKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch<\/strong> by Chris Barton. Illus. by Don Tate. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns<\/strong> by Betsy R. Rosenthal. Illus. by Jago. Lerner Publishing Group\/Millbrook Press.<\/p>\n

The Blue Whale<\/strong> by Jenni Desmond. Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem\u2019s Greatest Bookstore<\/strong> by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. lllus. by R. Gregory Christie. Lerner Publishing Group\/Carolrhoda Books.<\/p>\n

A Chicken Followed Me Home! Questions and Answers about Familiar Fowl<\/strong> by Robin Page. Simon & Schuster\/Beach Lane Books.<\/p>\n

*Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews<\/strong> by Kathleen Benson. Illus. by Benny Andrews. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\/Clarion Books.<\/p>\n

*Earmuffs for Everyone: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs<\/strong> by Meghan McCarthy. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers\/A Paula Wiseman Book.<\/p>\n

*Egg: Nature\u2019s Perfect Package<\/strong> by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

*Emmanuel\u2019s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah<\/strong> by Laurie Ann Thompson. Illus. by Sean Qualls. Random House\/Schwartz and Wade.<\/p>\n

*Flowers Are Calling<\/strong> by Rita Gray. Illus. by Kenard Pak. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

The Flying Birds<\/strong> by Eun-sun Han. Illus. by R. Ju-kyoung Kim. TanTan Publishing.<\/p>\n

Frederick\u2019s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass<\/strong> by Doreen Rappaport. Disney\/Jump at the Sun.<\/p>\n

Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game<\/strong> by John Coy. Illus. by Randy DuBurke. Lerner Publishing Group\/Carolrhoda Books.<\/p>\n

*Gingerbread for Liberty: How a German Baker Helped with the American Revolution<\/strong> by Mara Rockliff. Illus. by Vincent X. Kirsch. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues<\/strong> by Matt Tavares. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Hippos Are Huge!<\/strong> by Jonathan London. Illus. by Matthew Trueman. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams<\/strong> by Tanya Lee Stone. Illus. by Kathryn Brown. Henry Holt and Company\/Christy Ottaviano Books.<\/p>\n

How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-step Advice from the Animal Kingdom<\/strong> by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Trying to Love Spiders (It Isn\u2019t Easy)<\/strong> by Bethany Barton. Penguin Group\/Viking.<\/p>\n

*In Mary\u2019s Garden<\/strong> by Tina and Carson K\u00fcgler. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey<\/strong> by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Illus. by James E. Ransome. Simon & Schuster Books for Young People\/A Paula Wiseman Book.<\/p>\n

A Nest Is Noisy<\/strong> by Dianna Hutts Aston. Illus. by Sylvia Long. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

The Nutcracker Comes To America: How Three Ballet-Loving Brothers Created A Holiday Tradition<\/strong> by Chris Barton. Illus. by Cathy Gendron. Lerner Publishing Group\/Millbrook Press.<\/p>\n

*One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia<\/strong> by Miranda Paul. Illus. by Elizabeth Zunan. Lerner\/Millbrook Press.<\/p>\n

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton<\/strong> by Don Tate. Peachtree Publishers.<\/p>\n

Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story<\/strong> by Emily Arnold McCully. Farrar Strauss Giroux\/Margaret Ferguson Books.<\/p>\n

*Raindrops Roll<\/strong> by April Pulley Sayre. Simon & Schuster\/Beach Lane.<\/p>\n

Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & His World of Insects<\/strong> by Matthew Clark Smith. iIlus. by Giuliano Ferri. Two Lions.<\/p>\n

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova<\/strong> by Laurel Snyder. Illus. by Julie Morstad. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

*Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm<\/strong> by Karen Deans. Illus. by Joe Cepeda. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree<\/strong> by Kate Messner. Illus. by Simona Mulazzani. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

*Trombone Shorty<\/strong> by Troy Andrews. Illus. by Bryan Collier. Abram Books.<\/p>\n

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt<\/strong> by Kate Messner. Illus. by Christopher Silis Neal. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle<\/strong> by Miranda Paul. Illus. by Jason Chin. Roaring Book Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

Woodpecker Wham!<\/strong> by April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

NON-FICTION (INCLUDING INFORMATION PICTURE BOOKS, POETRY AND FOLKLORE)<\/strong><\/p>\n

*28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World<\/strong> by Charles R. Smith Jr. Illus. by Shane Evans. Roaring Brook Press\/A Neal Porter Book.<\/p>\n

*Big Red Kangaroo<\/strong> by Claire Saxby. Illus. by Graham Byrne. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*Bird & Diz<\/strong> by Gary Golio. Illus. by Ed Young. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower, or John Howland\u2019s Good Fortune<\/strong> by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club<\/strong> by Phillip Hoose. Farrar Straus Giroux.<\/p>\n

Breakthrough! How Three People Saved \u201cBlue Babies\u201d and Changed Medicine Forever<\/strong> by Jim Murphy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\/Clarion Books.<\/p>\n

*The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage<\/strong> by Selina Alko. Illus. by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko. Scholastic\/Arthur A Levine Books.<\/p>\n

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War<\/strong> by Jessica Dee Humphreys & Michel Chikwanine, Illus. by Claudia D\u1f71vila. Kids Can Press\/CitizenKids<\/p>\n

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans<\/strong> by Don Brown. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Emu<\/strong> by Claire Saxby. Illus. by Graham Byrne. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

*Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings<\/strong> by Matthew Burgess. Illus. by Kris Di Giacomo. Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir<\/strong> by Margarita Engle. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World\u2019s Most Fascinating Individuals<\/strong> by Michael Hearst. Illus. by Aaron Scamihorn. Chronicle Books.<\/p>\n

*Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary<\/strong> by Gail Jarrow. Highlights\/Calkins Creek.<\/p>\n

*First Flight around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race<\/strong> by Tim Grove. Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum\/Abram Books.<\/p>\n

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras<\/strong> by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America<\/strong> by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Jamey Christoph. Albert Whitman and Company.<\/p>\n

Honor Girl<\/strong> by Maggie Thrash. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Human Body Theater<\/strong> by Maris Wicks. Roaring Brook Press\/First Second.<\/p>\n

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives<\/strong> by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda, with Liz Welch. Little Brown and Company.<\/p>\n

The Inker\u2019s Shadow<\/strong> by Allen Say. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford<\/strong> by Suzanne Slade. Illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. Charlesbridge Publishing.<\/p>\n

Ira\u2019s Shakespeare Dream<\/strong> by Glenda Armand. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Lee and Low Books.<\/p>\n

Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad<\/strong> by Martin W. Sandler. Illus. by Karen Minot (map illustrations). Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Lincoln\u2019s Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America\u2019s First Private Eye<\/strong> by Samantha Seiple. Scholastic Press.<\/p>\n

Mad about Monkeys<\/strong> by Owen Davey. Flying Eye Books.<\/p>\n

March: Book Two<\/strong> by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Illus. by Nate Powell. Top Shelf Productions.<\/p>\n

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France<\/strong> by Mara Rockliff. Illus. by Iacopo Bruno. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea<\/strong> by Brenda Z. Guiberson. Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Henry Holt and Company.<\/p>\n

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War<\/strong> by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk<\/strong> by Sy Montgomery. Photos by Keith Ellenbogen.<\/p>\n

*Rad American Women A to Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History\u2026 and Our Future<\/strong> by Kate Schatz. Illus. by Miriam Klein Stahl. City Lights Books.<\/p>\n

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip through the Motown Sound<\/strong> by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia\u2019s Desert Wilderness<\/strong> by Narelle Oliver. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU<\/strong> by Cory Silverberg. Illus. by Fiona Smyth. Seven Stories Press\/Triangle Square.<\/p>\n

Spidermania: Friends on the Web<\/strong> by Alexandra Siy. Illus. by Dennis Kunkel. Holiday House.<\/p>\n

Steve Jobs: Insanely Great<\/strong> by Jessie Hartland. Random House\/Schwartz & Wade Books.<\/p>\n

Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights<\/strong> by Ann Bausum. Macmillan\/Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America<\/strong> by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Tommy: The Gun that Changed America<\/strong> by Karen Blumenthal. Roaring Brook Press.<\/p>\n

A Tower of Giraffes: Animals in Groups<\/strong> by Anna Wright. Charlesbridge Publishing.<\/p>\n

*Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower<\/strong> by Greg Pizzoli. Penguin Group\/Viking.<\/p>\n

*Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March<\/strong> by Lynda Blackmon Lowery. Illus. by P J Loughran. Penguin\/Dial Books.<\/p>\n

The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale<\/strong> by Nathan Hale. Abrams\/Amulet Books.<\/p>\n

Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall<\/strong> by Anita Silvey. National Geographic.<\/p>\n

Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature Journal<\/strong> by Sandra Morris. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

A Year without Mom<\/strong> by Dasha Tolstikova. House of Anansi Press\/Groundwood Books.<\/p>\n

POETRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazing Places<\/strong>. Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus. by Chris Soentpiet & Christy Hale. Lee & Low Books.<\/p>\n

Beastly Verse<\/strong>. Compiled and illustrated by JooHee Yoon. Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

*Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects<\/strong>. Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko. Illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

Flutter & Hum = Aleteo y zumbido: Animal Poems = Poemas de animals<\/strong>. Complied by Julie Paschkis. Illlus. by Julie Paschkis. Henry Holt & Company.<\/p>\n

*Lullaby & Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby<\/strong>. Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Illus. by Alyssa Nassner. Abrams\/Appleseed.<\/p>\n

My Seneca Village<\/strong> by Marilyn Nelson. Namelos.<\/p>\n

National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom!<\/strong> Compiled by J. Patrick Lewis. National Geographic.<\/p>\n

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes<\/strong>. Compiled by Elizabeth Hammill. Illus. by multiple artists. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

The Popcorn Astronauts: And Other Biteable Rhymes<\/strong> by Deborah Ruddell. Illus. by Joan Rankin. Simon & Schuster\/Margaret K. McElderry Books.<\/p>\n

Sail Away by Langston Hughes<\/strong>. Illus. by Ashley Bryan. Simon & Schuster\/Atheneum Books.<\/p>\n

The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist<\/strong> by Margarita Engle. Illus. by Aliona Bereghici. Two Lions.<\/p>\n

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movemen<\/strong>t by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Ekua Holmes. Candlewick Press.<\/p>\n

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You might also be interested in looking at the 2016 Notable Children’s Sound Recordings discussion list<\/a> which was posted on Tuesday and the 2016 Notable Children\u2019s Videos discussion list<\/a> which was posted yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Micki Freeney, the chair of the 2016 Notable Children’s Books Committee, and the entire NCB committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 162AB on: Friday, January 8, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 9, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. Sunday, January 10, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. Monday, January 11, 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. The complete discussion list is below. Titles with an\u00a0asterisk indicate that the book was already discussed at the Annual Conference last summer. PICTURE BOOKS *3, 2, 1, Go! by Emily Arnold McCully. Holiday House. 8: An Animal Alphabet by Elisha Cooper. Scholastic Inc,\/Orchard Books. A B See by Elizabeth Doyle. Simon & Schuster\/Little Simon. Ask Me by Bernard Waber. Illus. by Suzy Lee. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea. Disney\/Hyperion Bear and Hare Go Fishing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[877,12,144,210,22,25],"tags":[337],"class_list":["post-12170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-midwinter-2016","category-awards-scholarships","category-blogger-mary-r-voors","category-books-2","category-childrens-literature","category-evaluation-of-media","tag-notable-childrens-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}