PRIMARY
(K-2nd grades)
Dex: The Heart of a Hero (originally published as Superdog: The Heart of a
Hero) by Caralyn Buehner. Illustrated by Mark Buehner. Harper Collins
Publishers, 2004. |
| The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning. Illustrated
by Valeri Gorbachev. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. |
| Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi. Candlewick Press, 2005. |
| I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff. Illustrated
by David Catrow. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. |
| Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. |
INTERMEDIATE
(3rd-5th grades)
| Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles. Harcourt, 2005. |
| Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty Birney. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005. |
| Worth by Alexandra Lafaye. Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004. |
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readers in California
are encouraged to vote!
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MIDDLE
SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH (6th-8th grades)
| Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005. |
| Day of Tears by Julius Lester. Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. |
| The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman. Dutton Children's Books, 2004. |
YOUNG
ADULT (9th-12th grades)
| Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin . Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005. |
| Private Peaceful by Michael Morpugo. Scholastic Press, 2003. |
| Vampire High by Douglas Rees. Delacorte Press, 2003. |
PICTURE
BOOKS FOR OLDER READERS (All Ages)
| Basho and the River Stones by Tim Myers. Illustrated by Oki S. Han. Marshall Cavendish, 2004. |
| Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg. Illustrated by Colin Bootman. Peachtree Publishers, 2005. |
Mr. Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch. Illustrated by Devin Asch.
Kids Can Press, 2004.
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