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Notable Book lists for Previous Years

 

1999 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
 

Boshblobberbosh: Runcible Poems for Edward Lear
Written by Patrick J. Lewis
Illustrated by Cary Kelley


Cool Melons – Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa
Written by Matthew Gollub
Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone


A Crack in the Clouds, and Other Poems
Written by Constance Levy
Illustrated by Robin Bell Corfield


Crossing the Delaware: A History in Many Voices
Written by Louise Peacock
Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop


The Disappearing Alphabet
Written by Richard Wilbur
Illustrated by David Diaz


The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet
Written by Meredith Hooper
Illustrated by Chris Coady


The Great Turkey Walk
Written by Kathleen Karr


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Written by J.K. Rowling


The Hatmaker’s Sign: A Story by Benjamin Franklin
Retold by Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Robert Andrew


Holes
Written by Louis Sachar


Insectlopedia
Written by Douglas Florian


The Islander
Written by Cynthia Rylant


Just Juice
Written by Karen Hesse
Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker


The King of Dragons
Written by Carol Fenner


A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
Written by Richard Peck


Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
Written by Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by Peter McCarty


Moaning Bones: African-American Ghost Stories
Written by James Haskins
Illustrated by Felicia Marshall


Mouse, Look Out!
Written by Judy Waite
Illustrated by Norma Burgin


My Name is Georgia: A Portrait
Written by Jeanette Winter


No Mirrors in My Nana’s House
Written by Ysaye M. Barnwell
Illustrated by Synthia Saint James


One Duck Stuck
Written by Phyllis Root


One Room School
Written by Laurence Pringle
Illustrated by Barbara Garrison


Safari
Written by Robert Bateman and Rick Archbold


Shadow Spinner
Written by Susan Fletcher


Shakespeare Stealer
Written by Gary Blackwood


A Sign
Written by George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet


Sister Anne’s Hands
Written by Marybeth Lorbiecki
Illustrated by K. Wendy Popp


Thank you, Mr. Falker

Written by Patricia Polacco


Word Wizard
Written by Cathryn Falwell


The Wreckers
Written by Iain Lawrence

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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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