2019 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
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After Zero. Written by Christina Collins. Published by Sourcebooks. Alma and How She Got Her Name. Written and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal. Published by Candlewick Press. Baby Monkey, Private Eye. Written by Brian Selznick and David Serlin. Illustrated by Brian Selznick. Published by Scholastic Press. Big Mooncake for Little Star. Written and illustrated by Grace Lin. Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers. The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation. Written by Kate Messner. Illustrated by Matthew Forsythe. Published by Chronicle Books. Bookjoy, Wordjoy. Written by Pat Mora. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Published by Lee & Low Books. A Bunch of Punctuation. Selected by Lee Bennet Hopkins. Illustrated by Serge Bloch. Published by Wordsong. The Button War. Written by Avi. Published by Candlewick Press. Boy. Written by Phil Cummings. Illustrated by Shane Devries. Published by Kane Miller. Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes. Written by Hena Khan. Illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini. Published by Chronicle Books. The Day You Begin. Written by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Rafael López. Published by Nancy Paulsen Books. Drawn Together. Written by Minh Lê. Illustrated by Dan Santat. Published by Disney-Hyperion. Dreamers. Written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Published by Neal Porter Books. Ebb & Flow. Written by Heather Smith. Published by Kids Can Press. Finding Langston. Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Published by Holiday House. I Am Loved. Written by Nikki Giovanni. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Published by Atheneum. Imagine. Written by Juan Felipe Herrera. Illustrated by Lauren Castillo. Published by Candlewick Press. |
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten. Written by Laura Veirs. Illustrated by Tayana Fazlalizadeh. Published by Chronicle Books. Louisiana’s Way Home. Written by Kate DiCamillo. Published by Candlewick Press. Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring. Written by Angela Cervantes. Published by Scholastic. Merci Suárez Changes Gears. Written by Meg Medina. Published by Candlewick. Quiet. Written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill. Written by Heather L. Montgomery. Illustrated by Kevin O’Malley. Published by Bloomsbury. Sunny. Written by Jason Reynolds. Published by Atheneum. Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word. Written by Sarah Jane Marsh. Illustrated by Ed Fotheringham. Published by Disney-Hyperion. What a Wonderful Word. Written by Nicola Edwards. Illustrated by Luisa Uribe. Published by Kane Miller. What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Written by Chris Barton. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes. Published by Beach Lane Books. Winterhouse. Written by Ben Guterson. Illustrated by Chloe Bristol. Published by Henry Holt & Company. With My Hands: Poems About Making Things by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. Illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson. Published by Clarion Books. The Word Collector. Written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Published by Scholastic. 
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2019 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Selection Committee Members
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Cynthia Alaniz (Coppell Independent School District, Texas)
Jane Bean-Folkes (Marist College, New York) Elizabeth Bemiss (University of West Florida) Sue Corbin (Notre Dame College, Ohio) |
Jeanne Fain (Lipscomb University, Tennessee)
S. Rebecca Leigh (Oakland University, Michigan) Jennifer Summerlin (University of Alabama-Birmingham) |
NOTABLES OVERVIEW
The charge of the seven-member national committee is to select 30 books that best exemplify the criteria established for the Notables Award. Books considered for this annual list are works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written for children, grades K-8. The books selected for the list must:
- be published the year preceding the award year (i.e. books published in 2015 are considered for the 2016 list);
- have an appealing format;
- be of enduring quality;
- meet generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written; and
- meet one or more of the following criteria:
- deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;
- demonstrate uniqueness in the use of language or style; and/or
- invite child response or participation.
- deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;
INFORMATION FOR PUBLISHERS
- Review the criteria listed above to confirm that the book(s) you wish to submit are eligible for the Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts award.
- Ship one copy of each book you wish to nominate directly to each committee member.
- Contact the committee chair, Jeanne Fain, for more information and for the mailing addresses of the committee members.
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