2011 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
The Children's Literature Assembly, a special interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English, announce their annual Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts list:
Angleberger, Tom. (2010). The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. New York: Abrams.
Angleberger, Tom. (2010). The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. New York: Abrams.
Appelt, Kathi. (2010). Keeper. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina. (2010). Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Baker, Keith. LMNO Peas. (2010). New York: Simon & Schuster.
Bond, Victoria and Simon, T.R. (2010). Zora and Me. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Burns, Loree Griffin. (2010). The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe. Illustrated by Ellen Harasimowicz. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Cushman, Karen. (2010). Alchemy and Meggy Swann. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Draper, Sharon M. (2010). Out of My Mind. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Elya, Susan Middleton. (2010). Rubia and the Three Osos. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Disney*Hyperion.
Fleming, Candace. (2010). Clever Jack Takes the Cake. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. New York: Random House.
Fox, Karen C. (2010). Older Than the Stars. Illustrated by Nancy Davis. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
Gidwitz, Adam. (2010). A Tale Dark and Grimm. New York: Penguin.
Golio, Gary. (2010). Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Kerley, Barbara. (2010). The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy). Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic.
Mazer, Anne and Potter, Ellen. (2010). Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
Raczka, Bob. (2010). Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Raschka, Chris. (2010). Hip Hop Dog. Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky. New York: HarperCollins.
Reynolds, Peter H. and FableVision Studios; Emerson, Sharon. (2010). Zebrafish. Illustrated by Renée Kurilla. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Riley, James. (2010). Half Upon a Time. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2010). The Dreamer. Illustrated by Peter Sis. New York: Scholastic.
Sidman, Joyce. (2010). Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night. Illustrated by Rick Allen. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Sidman, Joyce. (2010). Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors. Illustrated by Beckie Prange. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Singer, Marilyn. (2010). Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. Illustrated by Josée Masse. New York: Penguin.
Underwood, Deborah. (2010). The Quiet Book. Illustrated by Renata Liwska. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Viorst, Judith. (2010). Lulu and the Brontosaurus. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Wiles, Deborah. (2010). Countdown. New York: Scholastic.
Willems, Mo. (2010). City Dog, Country Frog. Illustrated by Jon J. Muth. New York: Disnney*Hyperion.
Willems, Mo. (2010). We Are in a Book! New York: Disney*Hyperion.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. (2010). One Crazy Summer. New York: HarperCollins.
Winter, Jeanette. (2010). Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia. New York: Simon & Schuster.
NCBLA 2011 Committee: Mary Lee Hahn—Chair
April Bedford, Mary Napoli, Donalyn Miller,
Nancy Roser, Tracy Smiles, Yoo Kyung Sung
Janelle Mathis—Past Chair
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