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1997 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
 

The Abracadabra Kid
Written by S. Greenwillow Fleischman


Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
Written by Patricia Polacco


The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
Written by Cynthia DeFelice


The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Written by Karen Cushman


Belle Prater’s Boy
Written by Ruth White


Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: The Escape from Home
Beyond the Western Sea: Book Two: Lord Kirkle’s Money

Written by Avi


Brian’s Winter
Written by Gary Paulsen


The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp
Written by Michael O. Tunnell and George W. Holiday


Dangerous Skies
Written by Suzanne Fisher Staples


Dateline Troy
Written by Paul Fleischman
Collages by Gwen Frankfeldt and Glen Morrow


A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert
Written by Virginia Wright-Frierson

Echoes for the Eye: Poems to Celebrate Patterns in Nature
Written by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Illustrated by Helen K. Davie


Free to Dream – The Making of a Poet: Langston Hughes
Written by Audrey Osofsky


A Gaggle of Geese
Written by Phillippa-Alys Browne


The Graphic Alphabet
Written by David Pelletier


The History of Making Books
Scholastic Voyages


Jip: His Story
Written by Katherine Paterson


Keepers
Written by Alice Schertle
Illustrated by Ted Rand


Market!
Written by Ted Lewin


The Mystery of King Karfu
Written by Doug Cushman


The Old Woman Who Named Things
Written by Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Kathryn Brown


Out of the Dump: Writings and Photographs by Children from Guatemala
Written by Kristine L. Franklin and N. McGirr


Sees Behind Trees

Written by Michael Dorris

Some Smug Slug
Written by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Illustrated by Henry Cole


Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Galileo Galilei
Written by Peter Sis


Step by Wicked Step

Written by Anne Fine


Tomorrow’s Alphabet
Written by George Shannon
Illustrated by Donald Crews


The Unbreakable Code
Written by Sara Hoagland Hunter
Illustrated by Julia Miner


When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up
Written by Amy Ehrlich


Zel
Written by Donna Jo Napoli

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Publishers wishing to submit books for consideration for the 2009 list should contact Deanna Day at day@vancouver.wsu.edu.

 

Criteria for Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
 

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