Posted by: kdigan2340 on: May 7, 2009
1996 Newbery Honor Award Coman, C. (1997). What Jamie saw. Arden, North Carolina: Front Street. Genre: Fiction (novel) Grades: Grades 4- 6 Jamie’s life is turned upside down when his stepfather, Van, manages to throw Jamie’s baby sister across the room. While the baby is luckily caught by her mother and is left unharmed, Jamie [...]
Posted by: kdigan2340 on: May 7, 2009
2009 Newbery Award Winner “The boundaries are always there – between the graveyard and the world beyond, between life and death, and the crossing of them.“ – Neil Gaiman Gaiman, N. (2008). The graveyard book. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Genre: Fiction/Horror/Gothic Fantasy novel Ages: 10 years old and up This is the grim story of [...]
Posted by: kdigan2340 on: May 7, 2009
Lamarche, J. (200). The raft. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Genre: Fiction Ages: 4- 9 years old The Raft is a pleasant story about a young boy Nicky’s summer spent with his grandmother – the “river rat.” What initially appears to be an uneventful summer spent with her turns into an endless adventure spent exploring wildlife [...]
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Willis, J. (2007). Delilah D. at the library. New York: Clarion Books. Genre: Fiction/Female Gender Appeal Grades: Kindergarten – Grade 2 Delilah D. at the Library is a whimsical account of a young girl, Delilah, who is convinced that she is the queen of “a land far, far away.” As she encounters a traditional library [...]
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Long, M. (2007). Pirates don’t change diapers. Orlando, Florida: Hartcourt, Inc. Genre: Fiction/(Male) Gender Appeal/Humor Grades: Pre-School – Grade 3 When young pirate Jeremy Jacob is forced to babysit his little sister Anne for the day, he sure wasn’t expecting Captain Braid Beard and his wacky pirate crew to stop by. But they came in [...]
Posted by: kdigan2340 on: May 7, 2009
1987 Newbery Honor Award Bauer, M.D. (1987). On my honor. New York: Clarion Books, Ticknor & Fields, a Houghton Mifflin Company Genre: Realistic “dramatic” Fiction novel Grades: Grades 4-6 This tragic novel describes the story of two young teenage boys, Joel and Tony, whose originally innocent bike trip to a local park turns into a [...]
