Notable Children's Book2008

Given by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Other Names: Notables, ALA Notable Children's Book
76 Works 170,423 Books 6,313 Reviews 4.3
Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: show more Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children's books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways. show less
Categories:
All, ALA Notable Books for Children (1), All Ages (39), Middle Readers (161), Older Readers (173), Younger Readers (232), Zelinsky Edition (1), [2017], All Ages, 2017 (1), illustration (1), No Category (2,154)
Years:
All, 2024 (103), 2023 (97), 2022 (124), 2021 (93), 2020 (115), 2019 (109), 2018 (96), 2017 (95), 2016 (116), 2015 (105), 2014 (93), 2013 (79), 2012 (102), 2011 (69), 2010 (73), 2009 (74), 2008 (76), 2007 (94), 2006 (100), 2005 (78), 2004 (61), 2003 (66), 2002 (88), 2001 (72), 2000 (70), 1999 (61), 1998 (41), 1997 (59), 1996 (74), 1995 (65), 1993; Older Readers, 1995 (1), 1994; Older Readers, 1995 (1), 1994 (69), 1993 (60), 1992 (2), 1991 (4), 1990 (3), 1987 (1), 1986 (2), 1984 (2), 1983 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1976 (2), 1973 (1), 1971 (1), 1940-1970 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (2), 1966 (1), 1965 (2), 1964 (3), 1963 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (2), 1959 (1), 1940-1959 (1), 1958 (2), 1955 (2), 1954 (1), 1952 (1), 1951 (1), 1950 (1), 1942 (1), 1941 (1)
WorkYear
Nothing by Jon Agee
2008
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color by Elizabeth Alexander
2008
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander
2008
Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell
2008
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat
2008
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism by Ann Bausum
2008
Frida: Viva La Vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
2008
Spiders by Nic Bishop
2008
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach
2008
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez by Monica Brown
2008
Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals by Ashley Bryan
2008
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns
2008
Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt
2008
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
2008
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
2008
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
2008
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose by Leo Dillon
2008
Tracks of a Panda: Read & Wonder (Read and Wonder) by Nick Dowson
2008
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle
2008
Ballerina Dreams by Joann Ferrara
2008
Lightship by Brian Floca
2008
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) by Russell Freedman
2008
The Many Rides Of Paul Revere by James Cross Giblin
2008
My Colors, My World / Mis colores, mi mundo by Maya Christina Gonzalez
2008
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming [Young Adult Adaptation] by Al Gore
2008
Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty's Little Sister by Bob Graham
2008
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits
2008
Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
2008
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
2008
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
2008
Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest
2008
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff by Jennifer L. Holm
2008
Yo, Jo! by Rachel Isadora
2008
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
2008
Today And Today by Issa Kobayashi
2008
Marie Curie by Kathleen Krull
2008
Rainstorm by Barbara Lehman
2008
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
2008
At Gleason's Gym by Ted Lewin
2008
Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde
2008
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. Mckissack
2008
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
2008
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
2008
Little Night / Nochecita by Yuyi Morales
2008
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico! Americas' Sproutings by Pat Mora
2008
Chess Rumble by G. Neri
2008
Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park
2008
Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
2008
Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney
2008
Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More by Jack Prelutsky
2008
How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird by Jacques Prévert
2008
Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer by Deborah Kogan Ray
2008
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter
2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
2008
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
2008
The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm by Laura Amy Schlitz
2008
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
2008
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
2008
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
2008
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2008
Nicholas and the Gang by Jean-Jacques Sempé
2008
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
2008
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
2008
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
2008
Global Babies by Global Fund for Children The
2008
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
2008
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
2008
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
2008
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
2008
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
2008
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
2008
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Retold (adapted ∙ graphic novel) by Marcia Williams
2008
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
2008
Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones
2008
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen
2008

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