May 10, 2005
2005 Notable Children's Books List
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in Notable Children's Books.
Younger Readers
Karen English. Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
After having a fight, two friends spend the day ignoring each other, until the lure of a game of jump rope helps them to forget about being mad.
Middle Readers
Philippa Pearce. The Little Gentleman
A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries.
Older Readers
Sarah Weeks. So B. It
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Posted by Grace at May 10, 2005 04:08 PM
