Compiled by Beverly Patt and Ruth Spiro
Picture Books
Cheryl Bardoe, THE UGLY DUCKLING DINOSAUR (Abrams)
Andrea Beaty, HIDE AND SHEEP (McElderry)
Kathleen Long Bostrom, THE VIEW AT THE ZOO (Ideals Children’s Books)
Robert Burleigh, NIGHT FLIGHT (S&S/Wiseman)
Esme Raji Codell, FAIRLY FAIRY TALES (S&S/Aladdin)
Carolyn Crimi, DEAR TABBY (Harpercollins), ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MOLE (Dial)
Julia Durango and Katie Belle Trupiano, DREAM AWAY (Simon and Schuster)
Esther Hershenhorn, LITTLE ILLINOIS (Sleeping Bear)
Tom Lichtenheld, CLOUDETTE (Henry Holt)
Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld (illustrator), GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE (Chronicle)
Barb Rosenstock, THE LITTLEST MOUNTAIN (Kar-Ben)
Nonfiction
Raymond Bial, RESCUING ROVER: SAVING AMERICA’S DOGS (Houghton Mifflin)
Louann Mattes Brown, HOW TO CREATE SPECTACULAR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES (Capstone)
Scotti Cohn, BIG CAT, LITTLE KITTY (Sylvan Dell)
Mary Dunn, HEDGEHOGS (Capstone); also PORCUPINES and OPOSSUMS
Candace Fleming, AMELIA LOST: THE LIFE AND DI
SAPPEARANCE OF AMELIA EARHART (Schwartz & Wade)
Dennis and Judy Fradin, TORNADO (National Geographic Children’s Books)
Kimberly M. Hutmacher, DELTAS, Natural Wonders Series (Capstone); also ISLANDS
Suzanne Slade, A DOLLAR BILL’S JOURNEY (Capstone); also A RAINDROP’S JOURNEY
and A PLASTIC BOTTLE’S JOURNEY
Books for Older Readers
Penny Blubaugh, BLOOD AND FLOWERS (HarperCollins)
Ilene Cooper, ANGEL IN MY POCKET (Feiwel and Friends)
Julia Durango, UNDER THE MAMBO MOON (Charlesbridge) Poetry
Michele Weber Hurwitz, CALLI BE GOLD (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)
Daniel Kraus, ROTTERS (Delacorte)
Christina Mandelski, THE SWEETEST THING (Egmont USA)
Nnedi Okorafor, AKATA WITCH (Penguin)
Allan Woodrow, THE ROTTEN ADVENTURES OF ZACHARY RUTHLESS (HarperCollins)
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Beverly Patt is the author of Haven and Best Friends Forever: A WWII Scrapbook. Ruth Spiro is the author of Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist. If you wish to receive this list regularly, please send your email address to beverlypatt@hotmail.com or rbspiro@gmail.com. Email addresses will not be sold or shared.
