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2010

HOW OLIVER OLSON CHANGED THE WORLD

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Mills
Author's First Name: 
Claudia
Illustrator's First Name: 
Heather
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Malone
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2009

Third-grader Oliver has overprotective parents, a loudmouth science partner, and a big idea that just might change his life. It's his time to shine in this stellar chapter book, but first he has to finish his diorama of the solar system!

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lin
Author's First Name: 
Grace
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2009

Armed with old tales told by her father, courageous Minli leaves her village near Fruitless Mountain to find Old Man of the Moon and the true secret of good fortune. Jewel-toned illustrations and folklore creatures add to the magic of this fantasy steeped in Chinese tradition.

WHAT BLUEBIRDS DO

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Kirby
Author's First Name: 
Pamela F.
Publisher: 
Boyds Mills
Publication Date: 
2009

Close-up photographs and a clear, simple text that is appropriate for newly independent readers chronicles one season in the life of a pair of Eastern Bluebirds and their five babies. Back matter includes information about attracting and supporting Bluebirds.

NEVER SMILE AT A MONKEY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Jenkins
Author's First Name: 
Steve
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2009
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Torn and cut paper collages and playful alliterative warnings (“Never bother a blue-ringed octopus”) introduce animals that use claws, teeth, spines and venom to protect themselves. Extra information will lure older readers.

Torn and cut paper collages and playful alliterative warnings introduce animals that use claws, teeth, spines and venom to protect themselves.  Extra information will lure older readers.

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN: A JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Jenkins
Author's First Name: 
Steve
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2009

Readers plunge the ocean’s surface to reach the darkness of nearly 36,000 feet and meet 50 sea creatures along the way. Cut-paper collages and surprising information offer a fascinating glimpse of this little-known part of the natural world.

THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hughes
Author's First Name: 
Langston
Illustrator's First Name: 
E. B.
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Lewis
Publisher: 
Jump at the Sun
Publication Date: 
2009

Mixing literal and metaphoric illustrations, moving from golden light to utter darkness, Lewis illuminates the historical and spiritual connections between African-American history and the rivers of the world in an eloquent interpretation of the poem.

LIFE IN THE BOREAL FOREST

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Guiberson
Author's First Name: 
Brenda
Illustrator's First Name: 
Gennady
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Spirin
Publisher: 
Holt
Publication Date: 
2009

Exquisitely detailed and stunningly realistic illustrations combine with a lyrical text to capture the complexity of life within this unique, yet diminishing, ecosystem, whose resources are threatened by ever encroaching human development.

MOONSHOT: THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Floca
Author's First Name: 
Brian
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2009

Spare text and stunning watercolors in an oversized format convey the extraordinary effort it took to send men to the moon. The familiar moon in Earth's sky frames a story that contrasts the cramped interior of the rockets with the vastness of space.

THE DUNDERHEADS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Fleischman
Author's First Name: 
Paul
Illustrator's First Name: 
David
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Roberts
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2009

Fiendish Miss Breakbone-a deliciously evil teacher who delights in tormenting her students- is no match for genius hero Einstein, who rallies his classmates in a battle of wits that ends, using deadpan humor and quirky illustrations, in perfect retaliation.

NUBS: THE TRUE STORY OF A MUTT, A MARINE & A MIRACLE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dennis
Author's First Name: 
Brian
Second Author's First Name: 
Kirby
Second Author's Last Name: 
Larson
Illustrator's First Name: 
Mary
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Nethery
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2009

It’s against rules, but a Marine befriends an Iraqi wild dog that steadfastly follows his unit in the desert. Inviting photos include the machines and landscape of a soldier’s daily life and warmly depict a true story that ends happily.

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