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Notable Book lists for Previous Years

 

2001 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
 

Cave
Written by Diane Siebert
Illustrated by Wayne McLaughlin


Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
Written by Jim Murphy


Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?
Written by Brian P. Cleary
Illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky


Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams
Written by Janet Wong
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis


Stick and Whittle
Written by Sid Hite


The Year of Miss Agnes
Written by Kirkpatrick Hill


Touch the Poem
Written by Arnold Adoff
Illustrated by Lisa Desimini


Nory Ryan’s Song
Written by Patricia Reilly Giff


Miles’ Song
Written by Alice McGill


The Royal Bee
Written by Frances Park and Ginger Park
Illustrated by Christopher Zhong-Yuan Zhang


Halmoni’s Day
Written by Edna Coe Bercaw
Illustrated by Robert Hunt


Homeless Bird
Written by Gloria Whelan


The Color of My Words
Written by Lynn Joseph


Salsa Stories
Written by Lulu Delacre


Uptown
Written and Illustrated by Bryan Collier


The Blues of Flats Brown
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Illustrated by Nina Laden


The Girl Who Spun Gold

Written by Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon


A Pig is Big
Written and Illustrated by Douglas Florian


Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Written and Illustrated by D.B. Johnson


Come with Me: Poems for a Journey

Written by Naomi Shihab Nye
Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino


Esperanza Rising
Written by Pam Munoz Ryan


Gershon’s Monster
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jon

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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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