Book Lists for Kids

2008-2009 Children's Choice

Children's Choices is a project of the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. Voted on by 10,000 school children from all over the United States, these books are their favorite newly published titles.

BEGINNING AND YOUNG READERS (Grade K - 2)

Call Number
Author
Title
E EATON
Eaton
Adventures of Max and Pinky - Best Buds
E GRAN
Gran
Big Bug Surprise
.
Morgan
Bunny's Wishes - a Winter's Tale
E WATT
Watt
Chester
E COOPER
Cooper
Delicious! - a Pumpkin Soup Story
J 567.9 MAN
Manning
Dino-Dinners
E WHEELER
Wheeler
Dino Hockey
E HILLS
Hills
Duck, Duck, Goose
E CHRISTELOW
Christelow
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping
E SCHAEFER
Schaefer
Frankie Stein
E GREY
Grey
Ginger Bear
E TANKARD
Tankard
Grumpy Bird
E YOLEN
Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
E LLOYDJONES
Lloyd-Jones
How to be a Baby, by Me the Big Sister
E DONNIO
Donnio
I'd Really Like to Eat a Child
E STEFFENSMEIER
Steffensmeier
Millie Waits for the Mail
E FRIEND
Friend
Perfect Nest
E ROCKHILL
Rockhill
Polar Slumber
E ARNOLD
Arnold
There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed Fly Guy
E GEIST
Geist
Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
.
McGurik
Tucker's Spooky Halloween
.
Fox
Tyson the Terrible

 

MIDDLE READERS (Grades 3 - 4)

Call Number Author Title
  Marvel Comics Amazing Spiderman - Pop-up
J 636.08 KEE Keenan Animals in the House
. Holm Babymouse - Camp Babymouse
. Holm Babymouse - Heartbreaker
J 599.75 LAN Landau Big Cats - Hunters of the Night
. Kelley

Book Club Kit

J 032 WHI White Could You? Would You?
. Doeden Crazy Cars
. Sommer Dare to Dream
. Buller Dinosaurium
J 917.1 YEH Yeh Dinosaurs Across America
. Frandon Do Not Open - An Encyclopedia of the World's Best-Kept Secrets
J BYARS Byars Dog Diaries
. Goldish Dogs
J SOBOL Sobol Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
J 031 MUR Murrie Every Minute on Earth
. Steer Explorer - A Daring Guide for Young Adventurers
. Mash Extreme Dinosaurs
J 636.08 HAR Harrington Extreme Pets
. Stine Goosebumps Graphix 3 - Terror Trips
J 590 ABL Ablow Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories
J 153.7 HIL Hillman How Big is It? A BIG Book all About BIGNESS
J 636.73 RUF Ruffin Medical Detective Dogs
J 355.4 RUF Ruffin Military Dogs
J OSBORNE Osborne Monday With a Mad Genius
. Steer Mythology
. Low Old Penn Station
E EDWARDS Edwards Painted Circus
J 798.2 SAN Sandler Race Horses
J 591.7 JAN Jango-Cohen Real-Life Sea Monsters
E SOMMER Sommer Richest Poor Kid
. Morse Scholastic Book of World Records -2008
. Heiman See What You Can Be
. Sommer Spike the Rebel!
. Monroe Turtle Summer
  Searle Wolves
J DADEY Dadey Worst Name in Third Grade

ADVANCED READERS (Grades 5 - 6)

Call Number Author Title
J 363.7 GOR Gore Inconvenient Truth - the Crisis of Global Warming
YA F STORRIE Storrie Beowulf: Monster Slayer
. Grandits Blue Lipstick
YA F SMITH Smith Bone #5: Rock Jaw
YA F SMITH Smith Bone #6: Old Man's Cave
YA F PREVOST Prevost

Book of Time

J PEMBERTON Pemberton Cat Master
. Scagell Children's Night Sky Atlas
J CHILD Child Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now
. Golding Secret of the Sirens
YA F KADOHATA Kadohata Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam
J BUCKINGHAM Buckingham Deamonkeeper
. Evans Renaissance Man
. David Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
. Vander Zee Eli Remembers
. Gee Encyclopedia Horrifica
J WOODSON Woodson Feathers
. Krensky Ghosts
. Salmonsohn Girl Wonders
. Kelley Hottest NASCAR Machines
J SELZNICK Selznick Invention of Hugo Cabret
J PAULSEN Paulsen Lawn Boy
. Holm Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf
. Petrucha Ghost in the Machinery
. Alter Phantom Isles
. Delano Sea Monsters
. Thompson Short But Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
. Gerasole Spatulatta Cookbook
. Spinelli Summerhouse Time
. Myracle Twelve
. White Way Down Deep
. Messinger When the Shadbush Blooms
. Marillier Wildwood Dancing
. Storrie Yu the Great

Read more about the Children's Choice Awards at the
International Reading Association's
site.

 

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