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Charlotte Zolotow Award Books

The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States in the preceding year. Up to five honor books and up to ten highly commended titles may also be named each year.

2008 Winner (one of my favorites, by the way) Thank You, Bear by Greg Foley!
2008 Honor Books: At Night by Jonathan Bean, Pictures From Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins, Dragon Dancing by Carole Lexa Schaefer
2008 Highly Commended: Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts, Only You by Robin Cruise, The Trouble with Dogs....Said Dad by Bob Graham, The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington, A Good Day by Kevin Henkes, What Happens On Wednesdays by Emily Jenkins, The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. McKissack, Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, Grandad's Fishing Buddy by Mary Quigley, Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.

You'll need to consult the journal (in print or online) for detailed information on the books--including descriptions and age and grade recommendations--but here is list stripped down.

Shaun Tan's The Arrival
Jenny Downham's Before I Die
Margo Rabb's Cures For Heartbreak
Elizabeth Knox's Dreamquake
Christopher Paul Curtis' Elijah of Buxton * (also Top of the List selection)
Renee Rosen's Every Crooked Pot
Mary Hoffman's The Falconer's Knot
Carmen Bernier-Grand's Frida: Viva la Vida!
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Nancy Farmer's Land of the Silver Apples
Sarah Miller's Miss Spitfire
Roland Smith's Peak
Ursula K. Le Guin's Powers
Rosemary Wells' Red Moon At Sharpsburg
Mike Carey's Re-Gifters
Nick Hornby's Slam
Mal Peet's Tamar
Ibtisam Barakat's Tasting the Sky
C.A. Schmidt's Useful Fools
Peter Sis' The Wall* (Top of the List selection)
Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars
Walter Dean Myers' What They Found: Love On 145th Street
Geraldine McCaughrean's The White Darkness
Russell Freedman's Who Was First?
Stephanie Hemphill's Your Own Sylvia

Valerie Worth's Animal Poems
Ted Lewin's At Gleason's Gym
F.E. Higgins' The Black Book of Secrets
Jacqueline Wilson's Candyfloss
Lynne Jonell's Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Laura Amy Schiltz's Good Masters! Sweet Ladies
Natalie Babbit's Jack Plank Tells Tales
Steve Jenkins' Living Color
Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society
Sneed Collard's Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials
Katherine Kirkpatrick's Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter.
Ruth White's Way Down Deep

Lauren Thompson's The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
Janice N. Harrington's The Chicken Chasing queen of Lamar County
Ilene Cooper's The Golden Rule
Kevin Henkes' A Good Day
Libby Gleeson's Half A World Away
Ellen Levine's Henry's Freedom Box
Jane Yolen's Here's A Little Poem
Brian Floca's Lightship * (Top of the List selection)
Rosemary Wells' Max Counts His Chickens
Anita Lobel's Nini Here and There
Chris Smith's One City, Two Brothers.
Nan Gregory's Pink
Hazel Hutchins' A Second is a Hiccup
Meghan McCarthy's Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas
Emily Jenkins' What Happens on Wednesdays
David M. Schwartz's Where In the Wild

There are many categories for best books listed at Barnes & Noble's Best of 2007 list. But the ones of interest here are "Best for Teens" and "Best for Kids."

Best for Kids

Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Peter Yarrow's Puff, The Magic Dragon
Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars
Peter Sis' The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Emily Gravett's Orange Pear Apple Bear
Jeff Kinney's Diary of A Wimpy Kid
Mo Willems' Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case Of Mistaken Identity
Lauren Thompson's The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
Stephen J. Dubner's The Boy With Two Belly Buttons

Books for Teens

Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian
Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse
Jenny Downham's Before I Die
Peter Cameron's Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely
Nick Hornby's Slam
Gabrielle Zevin's Memoirs of A Teenage Amnesiac
Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why
Chris Crutcher's Deadline
Anne Cassidy's Looking for JJ

The Sydney Taylor Book Awards were announced earlier this morning. The winners will receive their awards in June at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention.

Younger Readers
Winner: The Bedtime Sh'ma: A Good Night Book by Sarah Gershman and Kristina Swarner. (EKS Publishing)
Honor Books: The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller and Boris Kulikov; Letter on the Wind by Sarah Lamstein and Neil Waldman; Light by Jane Breskin Zalben.

Older Readers
Winner: The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman (HarperCollins).
Honor Books: Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People by Angela Gluck Wood; The Secret of Priest's Grotto by Peter Lane Taylor and Cristos Nicola (Kar-Ben).

Teen Readers
Winner: Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin (Knopf)
Honor Books: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Mirjam Pressler

The announcement came via email, but this site should eventually be updated to reflect this year's awards.

I found with delight that fuse#8 has included Little Night in the selection of her favorite books of 2007.

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books has just released their 2007 Blue Ribbons list. Their guide to the "best" of 2007.

Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell
Prom Dates From Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon

*Interesting how several *big* books are missing isn't it? No mention of Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wednesday Wars, or Elijah of Buxton.

Nonfiction

The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr by Nicolas Debon
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Houdini the Handcuff King by Jason Lutes
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Wall by Peter Sis

Picture Books

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach
Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
Today and Today by Kobayashi Issa
Pictures From Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
Bad Bears Go Visiting by Daniel Pinkwater
Bittle Tartle in Say Cheese by Michael Townsend
Dog by Matthew Van Fleet
Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Melanie Watt

Article can be found here.

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach
Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems
Motherbridge of Love by Xinran and Josee Mass
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo
Diary of A Fly by Doreen Cronin
The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janine Harrington
Smelly Bill by Daniel Postgate
City Lullaby by Marilyn Singer
Cherry and Olive and Benjamin Lacombe

Best Books for Young People

Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty's Little Sister by Bob Graham
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Little Donkey and the Birthday Present by Rindert Kromhout
Maisy Big, Maisy Small by Lucy Cousins
Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers
Tiger's Story by Harriet Blackford, illustrated by Manya Stojic
Today and Today by Issa, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Rachel Isadora
The Zoo by Suzy Lee

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of A Painting by Hugh Brewster
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
If A Tree Falls At Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats by Jeffrey Kluger
The Neddiad: How Neddie Took The Train, Went To Hollywood, and Saved Civilization by Daniel Pinkwater
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Freak Show by James St. James
Slam by Nick Hornby
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Favorite Children's Books of 2007

Picture Books
Yaccarino, Dan. Every Friday. (I love, love, love this one!)
Tankard, Jeremy. Grumpy Bird. (Haven't read it.)
Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny Too. (Really, really, really want to read it. But don't have a Hyperion contact.)

Early Readers
Willems Mo. Elephant and Piggie series (I've checked out a few of these from the library and loved them).
Babbitt, Natalie. Jack Plank Tells Tales.
Steig, William. The One and Only Shrek! Plus Five Other Stories. AUDIO book. Read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.

Middle Readers
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Iggulden, Conn and Hal. The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Buchanan, Andrea J. and Miriam Peskowitz. The Daring Book for Girls.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Young Adult
Alexie, Sherman. Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.
Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: Love On 145th Street.
Martin, J.P. Uncle.

"The Gift of Reading" by Ridley Pearson an article appearing 12/2/07 in St. Louis Today.

Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2007:

The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden,
Mahalia Mouse Goes to College - John Lithgow,
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling,
The Invention of Hugo Cabret- Brian Selznick.

Parent & Child Magazines favorite books of 2007:

Boynton, Sandra. What's Wrong, Little Pookie?
Lupton, Ellen and Julia. D.I.Y. Kids.
Wheeler, Lisa. Jazz Baby.
Schnitzlein, Danny. the Monster Who Did My Bath.
Noyes, Deborah. Red Butterfly.
Fienberg, Anna and Barbara. Tashi.
Bajoria, Paul. The God of Mischief.
Anderson, Derek. Romeo and Lou Blast Off.
Rosenwald, Laurie. And To Name But Just A Few: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue.

The Winter 2007/2008 Children's Book Sense Picks

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.
Crutcher, Chris. Deadline.
Meyer, Stephenie. Eclipse.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Truss, Lynne. The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!

Kansas City

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian
Napoli, Donna Jo. Hush.
Smith, Roland. Peak.
Bray, Libba. The Sweet Far Thing.
Dowd, Siobhan. A Swift Pure Cry.

Tarshis, Lauren. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of A Tree.
Gantos, Jack. I Am Not Joey Pigza.
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching For Sun.
Bloor, Edward. Taken.
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars.

Manzano, Sonia. A Box Full of Kittens.
Gutman, Dan. Casey Back At Bat.
Ditchfield, Christin. Cowlick.
Matthews, Elizabeth. Different Like Coco.
LaRochelle, David. The End.
Coffelt, Nancy. Fred Stays With Me.
Barasch, Lynne. Hiromi's Hands.
Morales, Yuyi. Little Night.
Rex, Adam. Pssst!
Storace, Patricia. Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel.

Find summaries and explanations here.

Best Young Adult Books of 2007: Kirkus Special Edition

Abadzis, Nick. Laika.
Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does My Head Look Big In This?
Alexander, Elizabeth and Marilyn Nelson. Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color.
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.
Asher, Jay. Thirteen REasons Why.
Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake.
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You.
Crocker, Nancy. Billie Standish Was Here.
Dickinson, Peter. Angel Isle.
Dowd, Siobhan, A Swift Pure Cry.
Downham, Jenny. Before I Die.
Grandits, John. Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems.
Halpern, Julie. Get Well Soon.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.
Hornby, Nick. Slam.
Juby, Susan. Another Kind of Cowboy.
Kephart, Beth. Undercover.
Lockhart, E. Dramarama.
Lutes, Jason. Houdini: The Handcuff King.
Lyga, Barry. Boy Toy.
MacLeod, Doug. I'm Being Stalked By A Moonshadow.
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness.
McNeal, Laura and Tom. The Decoding of Lana Morris.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The Off Season.
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: Love On 145th Street.
Oppel, Kenneth. Darkwing.
Peet, Mal. Tamar.
Pixley, Marcella. Freak.
Rabb, Margo. Cures For Heartbreak.
Reeve, Philip. A Darkling Plain.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars.
St. James, James. Freak Show.
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival.
Wein, Elizabeth. The Lion Hunter.
Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg.
Wilce, Ysbeau S. Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), A House With Eleven Thousand Rooms, and A Red Dog.
Wild, Margaret. Woolves in the Sitee.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

Here are the New York Times Most Notable Books of the Year--For Children That Is

Fleischman, Paul. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal. A Worldwide Cinderella.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Westerfeld, Scott. Extras.
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian
Lloyd-Jones, Sally. How To Be A Baby...By Me the Big Sister
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival.

For those looking for the 100 Notables List.

Hornbook Fanfare time...

Picture Books
At Night by Jonathan Bean
The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County (!!!! So excited to see this one!)
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
Pictures From Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian (Not a surprise, is it???)
Becca at Sea by Deidre Baker
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron (I'm in the middle of this one)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (!!!)
Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan
A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Again, something that's expected)
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson

Folklore
Beowulf James Rumford
Bearskinner by Laura Amy Schlitz

Poetry
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park

Nonfiction
May I Pet Your Dog by Stephanie Calmenson
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman (I reviewed this one not too long ago)
The Wall by Peter Sis

-----The surprising thing to me is that this is yet another 'big' list OVERLOOKING the brilliance of The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. Really??? What were they thinking????

Parents' Choice Award Winners 2007

Category: Fiction

Gold:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From A Medieval Village
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Silver:
Jamie and Angus Together by Anne Fine
Billy Creekmore by Tracey Porter
Revolution is Not A Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Kissing the Bee by Kathe Koja
Recommended:
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

Category: Picture Books, Nonfiction, Poetry, Doing & Learning Books, Audio Books.

While, you're there be sure to check out their article on Tips for Teaching Kids to Enjoy Reading.

School Library Journals' Best of 2007 list can be found here. The article includes full bibliographic information and brief summaries.

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian. (I've reviewed this)
Applegate, Katherine. Home of the Brave.
Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children About Their Art.
Banks, Kate. Fox.
Banks, Kate. Lenny's Space.
Barakat, Ibtisam, Tasting the Sky (I've reviewed this)
Bishop, Nic. Nic Bishop Spiders.
Bunting, Eve. Hurry! Hurry! (I've reviewed this)
Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's Keep. (I've reviewed this)
Carroll, Lewis. Jabberwocky
Clements, Andrew. No Talking
Coffelt, Nancy. Fred Stays With Me. (I've reviewed this)
Cowell, Cressida. That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
Crisler, Curtis. Tough Boy Sonatas.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton (I've reviewed this)
Freedman, Russell. Who Was First? Discovering the Americas. (I'm about to review this)
Gantos, Jack. I Am Not Joey Pigza.
Gardner, Lyn. Into the Woods. (I've reviewed this)
Gore, Al. An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming.
Grandits, John. Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems.
Gravett, Emily. Orange Pear Apple Bear (I'm about to review this)
Hale, Shannon. Book of A Thousand Days (I've reviewed this)
Henkes, Kevin. A Good Day.
Hornby, Nick. Slam.
Jenkins, Steve. Dogs and Cats.
Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius.
Jocelyn, Marthe. How It Happened in Peach Hill.
Johnston, Tony. Bone by Bone by Bone.
Jonell, Lynne. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat.
Kephart, Beth. Undercover.
Kostick, Conor. Epic. (I've reviewed this)
Kulka, Joe. Wolf's Coming.
Lewin, Ted. At Gleason's Gym.
McMullan, Margaret. When I Crossed No-Bob.
Madison, Alan. Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly.
Murphy, Jim. The Real Benedict Arnold. (Note to self: Request this one!!!)
Myers, Walter Dean. What They Found: Love On 145th Street.
O'Connor, Barbara. How To Steal A Dog.
O'Malley, Kevin and Patrick O'Brien. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates.
Peet, Mal. Tamar.
Pennypacker, Sara. The Talented Clementine. (I've reviewed this)
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Pictures From Our Vacation.
Pinkney, Jerry. Little Red Riding Hood.
Resau, Laura. Red Glass.
Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday. (I've reviewed this.)
Rumford, James. Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold.
Schlitz, Laura. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From A Medieval Village.
St. James, James. Freak Show.
Sharenow, Robert. My Mother The Cheerleader (I've reviewed this)
Sidman, Joyce. This Is Just To Say: Poems Of Apology and Forgiveness.
Sis, Peter. The Wall.
Spinelli, Eileen. Heat Wave.
Stein, David Ezra. Leaves.
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival.
Tarshis, Lauren. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of A Tree.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman.
Walker, Alice. Why War Is Never A Good Idea.
Wein, Elizabeth. The Lion Hunter.
Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon At Sharpsburg.
Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity.
Williams, Marcia. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Top 10 Editors' Picks: Picture Books:

Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller
The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks
Mary and the Mouse, The Mouse and Mary by Beverly Donofrio
Bow-Wow Bugs A Bug by Mark Newgarden
Freckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore
The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Every Friday by Dan Yaccarino
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor
Pssst! by Adam Rex

Top 10 Editors' Picks: Middle Readers

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Wall by Peter Sis
The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep by John Hulme
If A Tree Falls At Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Top 10 Editors' Picks Teens

Arrival by Shaun Tan
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Undercover by Beth Kephart
Someday this Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
The Wednesdays Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Here is the Slideshow of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2007 as selected by the New York Times.

Every Friday by Dan Yaccarino. I am so happy to see this one on the list. I just loved it. So simple. But just so right. So perfect.

Jabberwocky illustrated by Christopher Myers. This one popped up not so long ago on a best list. I'll have to see if I can track this one down. I haven't seen it yet.

The Arrival by Shaun Tan. I saw this one for all of a minute. It is something I'm interested in though. In fact, I requested a review copy of it back in August. But no luck so far. I find it odd that a company that was so willing to work with me in the spring and summer...would suddenly decide to ignore me. But I'll track this one down one way or the other.

First the Egg by Lauren Vaccaro Seeger. Looks good. I haven't heard of this one before. But 2007 does seem to be the year for chickens. I'd love to read and review this one.

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. Heard of it, but haven't read it.

600 Black Spots by David A. Carter. Never heard of it. Want to know more!

The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea by Guy Billout. Never heard of it.

The Wall by Peter Sis. Who hasn't heard of this one??? I still haven't read it. But it's on my to do list.

Old Penn Station by William Low. Haven't heard of it.

Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Read it last spring.

Publisher Weekly's Best of 2007 list was published November 5th 2007.

Children's Picture Books:

• Nothing by Jon Agee
• At Night by Jonathan Bean
• Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
• 1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay
• Tuttle's Red Barn: The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm by Richard Michelson
• Dog and Bear: Two Friends Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Leaves by David Ezra Stein
• The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson
• Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

• The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander
• The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian
• The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
• Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron
• Revolution is Not A Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
• Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
• A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
• Before I Die by Jenny Downham
• Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
• Bone by Bone by Bone by Tony Johnston
• Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
• Bullyville by Francine Prose
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of A Tree by Lauren Tarshis
• The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
• Long May She Reign by Ellen Emerson White

• Living Color by Steve Jenkins
• The Wall by Peter Sis

National Book Awards Finalists in the category of YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
(Little, Brown & Company)

Kathleen Duey, Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

M. Sindy Felin, Touching Snow (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic Press) My review of Hugo Cabret.

Sara Zarr, Story of a Girl (Little, Brown & Company) My review of Story of A Girl.

Horn Book's announcement/reviews link.