2002 Aesop Accolades
Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia.
Retold by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert. Illustrated by Julie Pashkis. Henry Holt, 2002.
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The Race of the Birkebeiners
. Written by Lise Lunge-Larsen. Illustrated by Mary Azarian. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
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| Shakespeare's Storybook: Folk Tales That Inspired the Bard.
Retold by Patrick Ryan. Illustrated by James Mayhew. Barefoot Books, 2001. |
Alex Awards
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/
YALSA/Booklists_and_Book_Awards/
Alex_Awards/Alex_Awards.htm
”Ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers have been selected to receive the 2003 Alex Awards.”
Crow Lake
by Mary Lawson Dial, $23.95 (0-385-33611-X); Bantam, paper
ISBN 0-385-33767-9.
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The Dive from Clausen’s Pier
by Ann Packer. Knopf/Borzoi, $24 (0-375- 41282-4); Vintage, paper, ISBN 0-375-72713-2.
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| The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde. Viking.
ISBN 0-670-03064-3. |
| My Losing Season
by Pat Conroy. Doubleday/Nan A Talese.
ISBN 0-385-48912-9.
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| One Hundred Demons
by Lynda Barry. Sasquatch, $24.95
ISBN 0-57061-337-0.
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| Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
by Timothy Ferris. Simon & Schuster.
ISBN 0-684-86579-3.
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| 10th Grade
by Joseph. Weisberg. Random. Hbk
ISBN 0-375-50584-9. paper, ISBN 0-8129-6662-7.
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| The Year of Ice
by Brian Malloy. St. Martin’s.
ISBN 0-312-28948-0.
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| When the Emperor Was Divine
by Julie Otsuka. Knopf
ISBN 0-375-41429-0.
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| The Fall of Rome
by Martha Southgate. Scribner hbk
ISBN 0-684- 86500-9. paper 0 743-22721-2.
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ALSC 2003 Notable Children’s Books
http://www.ala.org
Younger Readers
Alphabet Under Construction.
By Denise Fleming. Illus. Holt.
ISBN 0-8050-6848-1.
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Bear Snores On
by Karma Wilson. Illus.
by Jane Chapman. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
ISBN 0-689-83187-0.
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| Duck on a Bike
by David Shannon, Illus. Scholastic/Blue Sky.
ISBN 0-439-05023-5 |
| Frida
by Jonah Winter, Illus.
by Ana Juan. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine.
ISBN 0-590-20320-7.
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Get Well, Good Knight
by Shelley Moore Thomas, Illus.
by Jennifer Plecas. Dutton.
ISBN 0-525-46914-1.
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| Gossie & Gertie
by Oliver Dunrea, Illus. Houghton.
ISBN 0-618-17676-4.
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| Gooney Bird Greene
by Lois Lowry, Illus.
by Middy Thomas. Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine.
ISBN 0-618-23848-4. |
| Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
by Hanna Johansen,. Illus.
by Kathi Bhend. Translated by John Barrett. David R. Godine.
ISBN 1567922104 |
| 2003 Batchelder Honor Book.
Hondo & Fabian
by Peter McCarty, Illus. Henry Holt & Company, LLC
ISBN 0-8050-6352-8.
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| Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia
by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, Illus. by Julie Paschkis. Holt.
ISBN 0-8050-6570-9. |
| I Stink!
by Kate McMullan, Illus. by Jim McMullan. Harper Collins/Joanna Cotler.
ISBN 0-06-029848-0.
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| Madlenka's Dog
by Peter Sis, Illus. Farrar/Frances Foster.
ISBN 0-374-34699-2.
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| Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
By Candace Fleming, Illus.
by G. Brian Karas. Simon & Schuster/ Atheneum.
ISBN 0-689-83152-8. |
| My Friend Rabbit
by Eric Rohmann,
Illus. The Millbrook Press/Roaring Brook Press.
ISBN 0-7613-1535-7.
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7 X 9 = Trouble!
by Mills, Claudia Mills, Illus.
by G. Brian Karas. Farrar.
ISBN 0-374-36746-9.
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| "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth
by. Eric Carle Illus. Putnam/ Philomel.
ISBN 0-399-23954-5.
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| What Charlie Heard
by Mordicai Gerstein, Illus. Farrar/Frances Foster.
ISBN 0-374-38292-1. |
Middle Readers
Becoming Joe DiMaggio
by Maria Testa, Illus by Scott Hunt. Candlewick.
ISBN 0-7636-1537-4.
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman, Illus.
by Dave McKean. HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-380-97778-8.
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| Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff. Random House/Wendy Lamb.
ISBN 0-385-32655-6.
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| My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
by Kam Mak, Illus. HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-06-029190-7. |
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Confucius: The Golden Rule
by Russell Fredman. Illus.
by Frederic Clement. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine.
ISBN 0-439-13957-0.
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| A Corner of the Universe
by Ann Martin. Scholastic. ISBN 0-439-38880-5. |
| Saffy's Angel
by McKay, Hilary. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
ISBN 0-689-84933-8.
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Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting their Art
by Susan Rubin Harry N. Goldman, Abrams.
ISBN 0-8109-0567-1.
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| Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
by Andrea Davis Pinkey. Illus.
by Brian Pinkne. Hyperion Jump at the Sun.
ISBN 0-7868-0568-4.
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| Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth
by Sally M. Walker. Carolrhoda.
ISBN 1-57505-536-8.
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| Georgie Lee
by Sharon Phillips Denslow. Illus. by Lynne Rae Perkins. Greenwillow. ISBN 0-688-17940-1 |
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Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison
by Marfe Ferguson Delano. National Geographic.
ISBN 0-7922-6721-4.
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| Journey to the River Sea
by Eva Ibbotson, Illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Penguin Putnam/Dutton.
ISBN 0-525-46739-4 |
| Once Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris. Harcourt.
ISBN 0-15-216791-9 |
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The Pot that Juan Built
By Nancy Andrews-Goebel, Illus. by David Diaz. Lee & Low.
ISBN 1-58430-038-8 |
| Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler.
ISBN 0-06-027732-7.
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| Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley.. Illus. HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-688-17135-4.
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| The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence
by Dennis Brindell Fradin /Illus. by Michael McCurdy. Walker.
ISBN 0-8027-8849-1.
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| Stand Tall
by Joan Bauer. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-23473-X.
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| Surviving the Applewhites
by Stephanie S. Tolan, HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-06-623602-9.
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| Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator
by Elizabeth Coleman. Illus. by E.B. Lewis. Scholastic/Orchard.
ISBN 0-439-35243-6. |
| The 2003 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Book and a 2003 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book.
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke. Translated by Oliver Latsch. The Chicken House/ Scholastic Inc. ISBN 0-439-40437-1 |
| The 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Medal Book.
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers
by Wendie Old, Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Clarion.
ISBN 0-618-13347-X.
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| Togo
by Robert J Blake, Illus. Putnam/ Philomel. ISBN 0-399-23381-4.
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| Up On Cloud Nine
by Anne Fine. Random House/Delacorte. ISBN 0-385-73009-8.
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Older Readers
Before We Were Free
by Julia Alvarez Knopf.
ISBN 0-375-81544-9.
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Hyperion
by Avi.
ISBN 0-7868-0828-4 |
| The 2003 Newbery Medal Book.
Goddess of Yesterday
by Caroline Cooney. Delacorte.
ISBN 0-385-72945-6 |
| A 2003 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen. Knopf.
ISBN 0-375-82181-3.
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The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer. Simon & Schuster/ Atheneum/Richard Jackson.
ISBN 0-689-85222-3. |
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A 2003 Newbery Honor Book.
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
by James Cross Giblin. Clarion.
ISBN 0-395-90371-8. |
| The 2003 Robert F. Sibert Medal Book.
The Kite Rider
by Geraldine McCaughrean, HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-06-623875-7.
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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Illus. Greenwillow.
ISBN 0-06-009765-5.
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science
by John Fleischman. Houghton.
ISBN 0-618-05252-6.
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| Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
by Karen Blumenthal, Illus. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
ISBN 0-689-84276-7. |
| A 2003 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.
This Land Was Made for You and Me:
The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
by Elizabeth Partridge, Illus. Viking.
ISBN 0-670-03535-1.
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| When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II by Linda Sue Park. Clarion.
ISBN 0-618-13335-6 |
| Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II
by Penny Coleman, Illus. Crown.
|ISBN 0-517-80075-6.
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All Ages
The Declaration of Independence
by Sam FInk. Scholastic.
ISBN 0-439-40700-1.
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Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. The Millbrook Press/Roaring Brook Press.
ISBN 0-7613-1682-5.
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| Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
by Maira Kalman, Illus. Putnam.
ISBN 0-399-23953-7.
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| Knick-Knack Paddywhack!
by Paul O. Zelinsky. Dutton.
ISBN 0-525-46908-7. |
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I Pledge Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance with Commentary
by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, Illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick.
ISBN 0-7636-1648-6.
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Noah's Ark
by Jerry Pinkey, Illus. North-South/SeaStar.
ISBN 1-58717-201-1. |
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A 2003 Caldecott Honor Book.
The Spider and the Fly
by Mary Howitt, Illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. Simon & Schuster.
ISBN 0-689-85289-4.
A 2003 Caldecott Honor Book.
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ALSC Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2003 Winner
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
by James Cross Giblin (Clarion).
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2003 Honour Books
Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Roaring Brook Press/The Millbrook Press).
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Hole in My Life
by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux).
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| Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
by Karen Blumenthal (Atheneum).
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| When Marian Sang
by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick (Scholastic).
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Caldecott Medal 2003
http://www.ala.org
”The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”
2003 Winner
My Friend Rabbit
by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
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2003 Honor Books
Hole in My Life
by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux).
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The Spider and the Fly
illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi ; written by Mary Howitt. (Simon & Schuster)
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Coretta Scott King Awards 2003
http://www.ala.org
“Presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.”
2003 Author Award Winner
Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes. Dial Books for Young Readers.
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2003 Honor Books
The Red Rose Box
by Brenda Woods. G.P.Putnam’s Sons.
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Talkin’ About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes. Orchard Books/Scholastic.
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2003 Illustrator Award Winner
Talkin’ About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes. Orchard Books/Scholastic.
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2003 Honor Book
Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles-Think of That
by Leo and Diane Dillion. Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc. Visiting Langston by Bryan Collier. Henry Holt & Co.
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Edgar Allen Poe Awards 2002 (The Edgars)
http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards/edgars_02_winners.html
Best Young Adult Book
The Boy in the Burning House
by Tim Wynne-Jones. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books.
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Nominees:
Dark Secrets Don't Tell
by Elizabeth Chandler. Pocket Books/Archway Paperbacks.
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Death on Sacred Ground
by Harriet K. Feder. Lerner Publications Co.
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| Shades of Simon Gray
by Joyce McDonald. Delacorte Press.
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| Witch Hill
by Marcus Sedgwick. Delacorte Press. |
Best Juvenile
Dangling
by Lillian Eige. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. |
Nominees
Ghost Soldier
by Elaine Marie Alphin. Henry Holt.
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Ghost Sitter
by Peni R. Griffin. Penguin-Putnam/Dutton.
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Following Fake Man
by Barbara Ware Holmes. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf |
| Bug Muldoon
by Paul Shipton. Penguin-Putnam/Viking.
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Horn Book Awards 2002 (Boston Globe)
http://www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml
Fiction and Poetry
Lord of the Deep
by Graham Salisbury. Delacorte. |
Non-Fiction
This Land Was Made for You and Me:
The life and Songs of Woodie Guthrie.
Viking. |
Hackmatack Award (Atlantic Canada) 2002-03 Winners
http://www.hackmatack.ca
English Fiction
Adventures with the Vikings by Linda Bailey. Kids Can Press, 2001. |
English Non-Fiction
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books, 2000. |
French
Chante pour moi, Charlotte by Marthe Pelletier (Les Éditions de la courte Échelle, 2001). |
IBBY Honor List 2002
http://www.ibby.org/Seiten/04_honour.htm
English Text
Charlie Wilcox by Sharon McKay. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000. |
Illustrator
Sinbad: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights. Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman. Montreal: Tundra Books, 2000. |
Translator
Le village aux infinis et autre histories translated by Michele Marineau Montreal: Les 400 coups, 2000. (Translation of The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories by Barrie Baker.) |
Manitoba Young Readers
http://www.wsd1.org/LitOnline/myrca.htm
Choice Award Winner 2003
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2000. |
Mr. Christie’s Book Awards 2002
http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards
Best English Books For Young Children:
Gold Seal
Under a Prairie Sky
by Anne Laurel Carter illustrated by Alan & Lea Daniel.
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Silver Seal
The Name of the Child
by Marilynn Reynolds illustrated by Don Kilby.
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Going on a Journey to the Sea
by Jane Barclay illustrated by Doris Barrette.
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| Good to be Small
written and illustrated by Sean Cassidy.
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Best English Books For Middle Readers (8-11 years):
Gold Seal
The Secret Life of Owen Skye
by Alan Cumyn.
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Silver Seal
A Company of Fools
by Deborah Ellis.
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| Jasper’s Day
by Marjorie Blain Parker illustrated by Janet Wilson.
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The National Chapter of Canada
IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2002
http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards
Mary Ann Alice
by Brian Doyle. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2001.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards 2002
http://www.writersalliance.nf.ca/awards/awardlist.html
Fiction Winner
The Confessions of Nipper Mooney
by Ed Kavanagh,. Killick Press.
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Short List
Latitudes of Melt
by Joan Clark. Knopf Canada |
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The Topography of Love
by Bernice Morgan. Breakwater Books. |
Children’s Literature Winner:
Short List
The Dog-Next-Year
by Carmelita McGrath, Tuckamore Books.
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Castles in the Sea
by Larry Jackson, Tuckamore Books.
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Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction 2003
http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards
Winner
As Long as the River Flows
by Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden; illustrated by Heather D. Holmlund; Groundwood Books.
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Other Finalists
Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina’s Life
by Chan Hon Goh with Cary Fagan; Tundra Books.
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Under the Ice
by Kathy Conlan; Kids Can Press.
Wizards: An Amazing Journey Through the Last Great Age of Magic
by Candace Savage; Greystone Books.
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Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada
by Roderick Stewart; XYZ Publishing.
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Red Cedar Book Award 2002
http://www.redcedar.swifty.com/
Fiction
Sunwing
by Kenneth Oppel. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1999.
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Non-Fiction
Wow Canada!
by Vivien Bowers. Toronto: Owl Books/Greey de Pencier, 1999. |
Red Maple Award (Ontario)
http://www.accessola.com/programs/redmaple/03selections.html
Nominations 2003
The Carved Box
by Gillian Chan. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2001.
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City of the Dead
by Sharon Stewart. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 2001.
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| Firewing
by Kenneth Oppel. Toronto: Harper Collins, 2002.
Flood |
| Flood
by James Heneghan. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2002 |
| Fractures
by Budge Wilson. Toronto: Penguin Books, 2002.
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| The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal
by J.C. Mills. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2001.
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| Irish Chain
by Barbara Haworth-Attard. Toronto: Harper Collins, 2002.
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| Losing Forever
by Gayle Friesen. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2002.
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| Out of the Ashes: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery
by Valerie Sherrard. Toronto: Boardwalk Books, 2002.
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| Saving Jasey
by Diane Tullson. Victoria: Orca Books, 2001 |
Rocky Mountain Book Award 2002
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/lvbookaward/
White Lily
by Ting-xing Ye. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2000.
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Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award 2002
http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards
Oma’s Quilt by Paulette Bourgeois
(author) and Stephane Jorisch (illustrator). Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2001. |
Picture Book
Seven for a Secret
by Mary C. Sheppard. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2001. YA-Middle Reader |
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2002
http://www.bookawards.sk.ca/\2002winnerspress.htm
Book of the Year; Fiction Award,
Saskatoon Book Award
The Last Crossing
by Guy Vanderhaegh. McClelland & Stewart. |
First Book Award; Poetry Award
Earth After Rain
by Sheri Benning. Thistledown Press |
Non-Fiction Award
A Pilgrim in Ireland
by Frances Greenslade. Penguin Books |
Regina Book Award
Spirit Singer
by Edward Willett for his young adult science fiction novel.
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Children’s Literature Award
Wizards: An Amazing Journey through the Last Great Age of Magic
by Candace Savage from Saskatoon. |
First Peoples Publishing Award
The Bulrush Helps the Pond
written in Cree and English by Ken Carriere of La Ronge, an ecological study for young people.
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The Publishing in Education Award
Métis Legacy
by Barkwell, Dorion and Prefontaine. This is an illustrated book about the contributions of the Metis to Canadian society.
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Silver Birch Award (Ontario) Winners 2002
http://www.accessola.com/programs/silverbirch/
Fiction
If I Just Had Two Wings
by Virginia Frances Schwartz.
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Non-Fiction
Ha! Ha! Ha!
by Lyn Thomas.
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Boys and Literacy
Boys’ Reading Choices (From National Literacy Trust)
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/database/boys/English.html
Results of a survey of over 4000 students in Lincolnshire, England, showing gender differences in reading preferences between boys and girls. See also their Research on boys, girls and literacy
(http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=boys+reading+choices&meta=).
Guys Read: Helping Boys Become Better Readers, Better Students, Better Guys (From Education World)
http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues204.shtml
This interview with children’s author, Jon Scieszka, contains suggestions to get guys reading. It includes a few recommended titles for boys.
Reading Lists for Boys
Books for Guys Who “Hate” Reading
http://www.usd320.k12.ks.us/whs/lmc/boysbooks.html
From Wamego High School Library, this site maintained by Nancy McFarlin, has a good list of authors and titles who boys who “hate” reading.
Parents’ Choice Foundation:
A Book List for Boys
http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues204.shtml
A good list of fiction and non-fiction titles for middle school and junior high boys.
Recommended Books for Boys
http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/8147rec.pdf
From Stenhouse Publishing, (http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfbooks.stm)
the publishers of Even Hockey Players Read by David Booth, 2000 .
St. Charles Public Library Reading List About Boys
http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/youth_services/read_alikes/booksaboutboys.htm
A few recommended titles for grades 2 to 8.
Suggested Reading List for Boys
http://www.soe.umd.umich.edu/rpkettel/booklists_forboys-p.html
This useful reading list indicates the genre and grade level for each recommended book. Books too good to miss are indicated with an *.
Teens Read - Web Sources for Teens Who Read
Having a hard time getting young adults to read books? Try these Web links for suggestions.
ALA Best Books for Young Adult
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper
ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks
Reading Rants
http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/
Out of the ordinary teen booklists: The Closet Club; Graphic Fantasies; Just Fanging Around, etc.
Teen Reads
http://www.teenreads.com/
Reviews, author interviews, newsletters, contests. A great site for teen readers.
Favorite Teenage Angst Books
http://www.grouchy.com/angst/index.html
See The Review Section for categories such as Sex and Love, Fitting in, Mixed Up Families, Journeys, Awakenings, Diary-ish, Creativity, etc. (http://www.grouchy.com/angst/reviews.html)
Outstanding Books For the College Bound
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb
Teenspace Books and Reading
(From the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library)
http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/books/
This is a great site with booklists, award winners, and an online book club. It includes some excellent links: The Alex Award (Best adult books that teens like too); Outstanding books for the College Bound; Teen books in Series and Sequels.
Vandergrift’s Young Adult Literature Page by Kay Vandergrift
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html
There are some interesting book lists here: male coming of age books, female coming of age books, Vandergrift’s 100, etc.
What Do You Like to Read?
http://www.brick.net/~classact/table.html
Top 10 lists submitted by Missouri librarians under such as headings as Something Wicca This Way Comes: Chill Out and Laugh: Life Hurts, etc.
YALSA Booklists
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/YALSA/
Booklists_and_Book_Awards/
Booklists_and_Book_Awards.htm
This site lists the ALA Young Adult Literary Services Association Award books and criteria for awards, including the Alex Awards; Best Books for Young Adults: Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers, as well as other YALSA Awards.
Reading Poetry Online
American Verse Anthology
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Full text of many American poetry collections.
Bartleby Verse
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
This site contains the full text of several poetry anthologies, including The
Oxford Book of English Verse, Modern British Poetry, The Golden Treasury as well as poetry collections by Rupert Brooke, Emily Dickinson and T.S. Eliot.
Contemporary American Archive
http://capa.conncoll.edu/index.html
Full-text poetry by a number of contemporary American poets.
Internet Poetry Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/
Full-text poetry of seven poets.
Internet Public Library - American and Canadian Poetry
http://readroom.ipl.org/cgi/i/ipl/ipl.books-idx.pl?type=deweystem&q1=811
English Poetry:
http://readroom.ipl.org/cgi/i/ipl/ipl.books-idx.pl?type=deweystem&q1=821
Spanish Poetry:
http://readroom.ipl.org/cgi/i/ipl/ipl.books-idx.pl?type=deweystem&q1=861
Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/
The site of the Academy of American poets.
Poetry and Prose of the Harlem Renaissance
http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/poetryindex.html
Includes poets such as Langston Hughes.
Representative Poetry Online
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm
Includes full-text poetry, a timeline, writings on poetry, and indexes to the poems and the first lines.
Sonnet Central
http://www.sonnets.org/
An archive of English sonnets.
Poetry Indexes
Find a Poet
http://www.poets.org/poets/index.cfm
Find a Poem
http://www.poets.org/poems/search.cfm
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Poetic Terms
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/poetic-terms.html
Find definitions for words such as couplet, meter, etc.
Biographies of Poets
Biographies of Poets
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosPoets.htm
British Poetry 1780-1910
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html
Indexes of Poetry
Index of Poetry in Representative Poetry Online
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm
These indexes are by title of poem, by poet’s last name, by first line, by keyword. The site also contains a glossary of poetic terms, criticism of poetry, and Canadian poetry. A Britannica Internet Award Site.
Academy of American Poets
Find A Poem
http://www.poets.org/poems/search.cfm
Find a poet, find a poem, listen to poetry, or search other literary links.
Poetry Archives
http://www.emule.com/poetry
An archive of classical poetry. Search the list of poets, find a poem at random, or search for first line or poem title.
Dead Poets
Dead Poets’ Society Webpage
http://www10.pair.com/crazydv/weir/dps/
Dead Poets’ Circle (Thomas Sterns Eliot)
http://www.empirezine.com/deadpoets/index.html
Having Fun with Poetry
Poems That Go
http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/index.htm
These are poems with a difference. They are created on the Internet and
require some of the browser plug-ins such as Flash and Shockwave to run.
Shakespeare Magnet Poetry
http://www.shakespeare.com/Poetry/ieindex.html
Words that Shakespeare used in his poetry are reassembled in random
order, and you can use them to create your own magnetic poetry.
Poetry Creator
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~esincoff/poetry/jpoetry.html
Teaching Poetry
The Online Poetry Classroom
http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org/
How to Teach, What to Teach, Workshops, Teacher Forum, Links, Find a Poem, Find a Poet.
Reading Recommendations
AllReaders.com
http://allreaders.com/
Arranged by genre. Genres include SciFi/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Literature, Romance, Biography, and History. Within each genre, use the search engine on this site to choose the plot, theme, characters according to your interests
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