Compiled by Beverly Patt and Ruth Spiro
PICTURE AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Cheryl Bardoe
MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE
(Abrams BFYR)Matthew Cordell (illustrator)
JUSTIN CASE: SCHOOL, DROOL, AND OTHER DAILY DISASTERS
(Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends)Lori Degman
1 ZANY ZOO
(Simon & Schuster)Julia Durango
GO-GO GORILLAS
(Simon & Schuster)Jeff Ebbeler (illustrator)
ELI’S LIE-O-METER: A STORY ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH
(Magination Press)Candace Fleming
SEVEN HUNGRY BABIES
(Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)Michael Hays (illustrator)
W IS FOR WINDY CITY: A CHICAGO ALPHABET
(Sleeping Bear Press)Charlotte Herman
FIRST RAIN
(Albert Whitman & Company)Jen Cullerton Johnson
SEEDS OF CHANGE: PLANTING A PATH TO PEACE
(Lee & Low Books)Laurie Lawlor
MUDDY AS A DUCK PUDDLE: AND OTHER AMERICAN SIMILES
(Holiday House)Tom Lichtenheld
SHARK VS. TRAIN (illustrator)
(Little, Brown)
BRIDGET’S BERET (author and illustrator)
(Macmillan/Henry Holt and Co./Ottaviano)Janet Nolan
THE FIREHOUSE LIGHT
(Tricycle Press)Deborah Ruddell (author)
Robin Luebs (illustrator)
WHO SAID COO?
(Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books)Suzanne Slade
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL SUBTRACTION STORY
(Sylvan Dell Publishing)Jennifer Ward
THERE WAS AN OLD MONKEY WHO SWALLOWED A FROG
(Marshall Cavendish)Sallie Wolf (author and illustrator)
THE ROBIN MAKES A LAUGHING SOUND: A BIRDER’S JOURNAL
(Charlesbridge)
BOOKS FOR OLDER READERS
Andrea Beaty
ATTACK OF THE FLUFFY BUNNIES
(Abrams/Amulet Books)Fern Schumer Chapman
IS IT NIGHT OR DAY?
(Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books)Simone Elkeles
RULES OF ATTRACTION
(Walker Books)Kat Falls
DARK LIFE
(Scholastic Press)Stephanie Hale
THE ALPHA BET
(Llewellyn Flux)Jenny Meyerhoff
QUEEN OF SECRETS
(Macmillan/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)Beverly Patt
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: A WORLD WAR II SCRAPBOOK
(Marshall Cavendish)Kristin Walker
A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL
(Penguin/Razorbill)Jeff Weigel (author and illustrator)
THUNDER FROM THE SEA: ADVENTURE ON BOARD THE HMS DEFENDER
(Penguin/Putnam)
Look for Bev’s recent releases—Haven (Blooming Tree Press) and Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook (Marshall Cavendish). Stop by her blog, where she talks tennis, soup, writing, and whatever else occurs to her at the time, at http://beverlypatt.blogspot.com.
Ruth Spiro is the author of Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist, published by Dutton. Her articles and essays have appeared in national magazines, including The Writer and Disney’s FamilyFun. A frequent speaker at schools and conferences, Ruth may be contacted through her website, http://www.ruthspiro.com.
