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From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:07:21 -0400
I am delighted to announce the 2008 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts. This list of thirty books, selected by a committee of the Children's Literature Assembly of NCTE, will be presented at the 2008 NCTE and the 2009 IRA conventions as well as featured in the Fall 2008 Journal of Children's Literature and the March 2009 Language Arts.
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The charge of the seven-member national committee is to select thirty titles each year 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 must meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;
2. demonstrate uniqueness in the use of language or style;
3. invite child response or participation.
In addition, books are to:
4. have an appealing format;
5. be of enduring quality;
6. meet generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written.
_______
2008 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
Poetry and Drama
Dillons, Leo and Diane. (2007). Jazz on a Saturday Night. New York: Blue Sky Press/Scholastic.
Forman, Ruth. (2007). Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon. Illustrations by Cbabi Bayoc. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Neri, G. (2007). Chess Rumble. Illustrations by Jesse Joshua Watson. New York: Lee & Low.
Park, Linda Sue. (2007). Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo Poems. Illustrations by Istvan Banyai. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.
Schlitz, Laura Amy. (2007). Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Historical and Realistic Fiction
Compestine, Ying Chang. (2007). Revolution is Not a Dinner Party. New York: Henry Holt.
Ellsworth, Loretta. (2007). In Search of Mockingbird. New York: Henry Holt.
Gifford, Peggy. (2007). Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little. Photographs by Valorie Fisher. New York: Schwartz & Wade/Random House.
Murphy, Pat. (2007). The Wild Girls. New York: Viking/Penguin.
Schmidt, Gary D. (2007). The Wednesday Wars. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.
Selznick, Brian. (2007). The Invention of Hugo Cabret. New York: Scholastic.
Sheth, Kashmira. (2007). Keeping Corner. New York: Hyperion.
Woodson, Jacqueline. (2007). Feathers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin.
Fantasy/Folklore
Fleischman, Paul. (2007). Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. New York: Henry Holt.
Higgins, F.E. (2007). The Black Book of Secrets. New York: Feiwel and Friends/Holtzbrinck.
Varon, Sara. (2007). Robot Dreams. New York: First Second/Holtzbrinck.
Information/Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
Bausum, Ann. (2007). Muckrakers. Washington, DC: National Geographic.
Fletcher, Ralph. (2007). How to Write Your Life Story. New York: Collins/Harper Collins.
Marcus, Leonard S. (2007). Pass it Down: Five Picture-Book Families Make Their Mark. New York: Walker/Holtzbrinck.
Sis, Peter. (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Sullivan, George. (2007). Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures. New York: Scholastic.
Picture Books
Baretta, Gene. (2007). Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones. New York: Henry Holt.
Gravett, Emily. (2007). Orange Pear Apple Bear. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Harrington, Janice N. (2007). The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County. Illustrations by Shelley Jackson. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Judge, Lita. (2007). One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II. New York: Hyperion.
Lee, S. (2007). The Zoo. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller.
Messinger, Carla and Katz, Susan. (2007). When the Shadbush Blooms. Illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle.
Tan, Shaun. (2007). The Arrival. New York: Scholastic.
Watt, Melanie. (2007). Chester. Toronto, ON: Kids Can.
Wild, Margaret. (2007). Woolvs in the Sitee. Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Honesdale, PA: Front Street/Boyds Mills Press.
_____________________________________________________________ 2008 Committee: Deanna Day, Chair, Monica Edinger Past Chair Pat Austin, Sharon Levin, Janelle Mathis, Jonda McNair, Kathy Short, Edward Sullivan
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:07:21 -0400
I am delighted to announce the 2008 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts. This list of thirty books, selected by a committee of the Children's Literature Assembly of NCTE, will be presented at the 2008 NCTE and the 2009 IRA conventions as well as featured in the Fall 2008 Journal of Children's Literature and the March 2009 Language Arts.
______
The charge of the seven-member national committee is to select thirty titles each year 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 must meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;
2. demonstrate uniqueness in the use of language or style;
3. invite child response or participation.
In addition, books are to:
4. have an appealing format;
5. be of enduring quality;
6. meet generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written.
_______
2008 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
Poetry and Drama
Dillons, Leo and Diane. (2007). Jazz on a Saturday Night. New York: Blue Sky Press/Scholastic.
Forman, Ruth. (2007). Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon. Illustrations by Cbabi Bayoc. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Neri, G. (2007). Chess Rumble. Illustrations by Jesse Joshua Watson. New York: Lee & Low.
Park, Linda Sue. (2007). Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo Poems. Illustrations by Istvan Banyai. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.
Schlitz, Laura Amy. (2007). Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Historical and Realistic Fiction
Compestine, Ying Chang. (2007). Revolution is Not a Dinner Party. New York: Henry Holt.
Ellsworth, Loretta. (2007). In Search of Mockingbird. New York: Henry Holt.
Gifford, Peggy. (2007). Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little. Photographs by Valorie Fisher. New York: Schwartz & Wade/Random House.
Murphy, Pat. (2007). The Wild Girls. New York: Viking/Penguin.
Schmidt, Gary D. (2007). The Wednesday Wars. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.
Selznick, Brian. (2007). The Invention of Hugo Cabret. New York: Scholastic.
Sheth, Kashmira. (2007). Keeping Corner. New York: Hyperion.
Woodson, Jacqueline. (2007). Feathers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin.
Fantasy/Folklore
Fleischman, Paul. (2007). Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. New York: Henry Holt.
Higgins, F.E. (2007). The Black Book of Secrets. New York: Feiwel and Friends/Holtzbrinck.
Varon, Sara. (2007). Robot Dreams. New York: First Second/Holtzbrinck.
Information/Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
Bausum, Ann. (2007). Muckrakers. Washington, DC: National Geographic.
Fletcher, Ralph. (2007). How to Write Your Life Story. New York: Collins/Harper Collins.
Marcus, Leonard S. (2007). Pass it Down: Five Picture-Book Families Make Their Mark. New York: Walker/Holtzbrinck.
Sis, Peter. (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Sullivan, George. (2007). Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures. New York: Scholastic.
Picture Books
Baretta, Gene. (2007). Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones. New York: Henry Holt.
Gravett, Emily. (2007). Orange Pear Apple Bear. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Harrington, Janice N. (2007). The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County. Illustrations by Shelley Jackson. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Judge, Lita. (2007). One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II. New York: Hyperion.
Lee, S. (2007). The Zoo. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller.
Messinger, Carla and Katz, Susan. (2007). When the Shadbush Blooms. Illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle.
Tan, Shaun. (2007). The Arrival. New York: Scholastic.
Watt, Melanie. (2007). Chester. Toronto, ON: Kids Can.
Wild, Margaret. (2007). Woolvs in the Sitee. Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Honesdale, PA: Front Street/Boyds Mills Press.
_____________________________________________________________ 2008 Committee: Deanna Day, Chair, Monica Edinger Past Chair Pat Austin, Sharon Levin, Janelle Mathis, Jonda McNair, Kathy Short, Edward Sullivan
-- Monica Edinger The Dalton School 108 East 89th Street New York NY 10128 monicaedinger at gmail.com my blog educating alice is at http://medinger.wordpress.comReceived on Tue 01 Apr 2008 04:07:21 AM CDT
