PICTURE BOOKS
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, 2009. 2010 Caldecott Honor. Follows a group of family members and friends through the course of a day as they learn the importance of all things great and small.
The Book That Eats People by John Perry, 2009. The reader is warned to be careful around this book, which has already eaten several people and is always hungry.
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis by Robin Gourley, 2009. Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes five recipes and facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef.
Chachaji's Cup by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman, 2003. A boy learns about his family history and the Partition of India from his great uncle, through stories told over a beloved old teacup.
The Humblebee Hunter : Inspired by the Life & Experiments of Charles Darwin and His Children by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Jen Corace, 2009. On a beautiful day, some of Charles Darwin's many children help him study humblebees (bumblebees) in the garden at their home in the English countryside.
Let’s Do Nothing by Tony Fucile, 2009. Young friends Frankie and Sal, believing they have "done it all," decide to do nothing for a while, but Frankie has a little trouble with the concept and it is not long before the boys realize there is no way to do nothing.
Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers, 2009. Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner.
Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies, illustrated by S. D. Schindler, 2009. In 1790, the suspicious residents of a small Vermont town try to trick the man who has been sent to count their population for the first United States Census.
Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa, illustrated by Ed Young, 2009. A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Wink : the Ninja Who Wanted to be Noticed by Phillips, J. C., 2009. Wink is thrilled to be accepted to the Summer Moon School for Young Ninja, but he cannot quite master the concept of being silent and stealthy when what he really wants is to be noticed.
FICTION
Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder, 2009. In the middle of an Iowa cornfield, four children find a magic wall that enables them to travel through time and space.
Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club by Niki Daly, 2009. A controversial new teacher at Bayside Preparatory School introduces the exciting world of art to aspiring artist Bettina Valentino and her fifth-grade classmates, encouraging them to see everyday life in a different way.
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce, 2009. Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.
Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus by Kristen Tracy, 2009. Ten-year-old Camille McPhee relates the ups and downs of her fourth-grade year at her Idaho elementary school as she tries to adjust to the absence of her best friend, maintain control of her low-blood sugar, cope with the intensifying conflict between her parents, and understand the importance of honesty and fairness.
Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage by Kaye Umansky, 2009. Clover Twig goes to work for a messy witch and discovers that the witch's cottage has quite a few secrets hiding inside it.
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce, 2010. Twelve-year-old Liam, who looks like he is thirty and is tired of being treated like he is older than he actually is, decides he is going to pose as the adult chaperone on the first spaceship to take civilians into space, but when he ends up in outer space with a group of kids and no adult supervision, he must think fast to make things right.
The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough, 2009. When World War I breaks out, nine-year-old Anna thinks of a way to save her family's beloved New York City doll repair shop. Includes brief author's note about the history of the Madame Alexander doll, a glossary, and timeline.
The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by David Roberts, 2009. When Miss Breakbone confiscates Junkyard's crucial find, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, and the rest of the Dunderheads plot to teach her a lesson.
The Everafter War by Michael Buckley, 2009. The Sisters Grimm series, book 7. After their parents awake from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina become caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army and learn a shocking secret about a deadly enemy.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, 2009. Newbery Honor Book 2010. In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Mark Elliott, 2009. Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.
Falling In by Frances O’Roark Dowell , 2010. Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman, 2009. Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling money from Golly Toy and Game Company.
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Middy Thomas, 2009. Gooney Bird Greene series. Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills, illustrated by Heather Maione, 2009. Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
Justin Case: School, Drool and Other Daily Disasters by Rachel Vail, 2010. Justin is very nervous about starting third grade and must make the best of things when he does not get the teacher he wanted, his best friend is in another class, and his favorite stuffed animal disappears.
Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up by Melissa Thomson, 2009. Keena and her second-grade class go on a field trip to the United States Capitol where they meet a congressman; and Keena makes a big impression, which she documents in her new journal.
The Locked Garden by Gloria Whelan, 2009. After their mother dies of typhoid, Verna and her younger sister Carlie move with their father, a psychiatrist, and stern Aunt Maude to an asylum for the mentally ill in early-twentieth-century Michigan, where new ideas in the treatment of mental illness are being proposed, but old prejudices still hold sway.
The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Yoko Tanaka, 2009. When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day who tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures in an attempt to find her.
Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, 2009. Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick, 2009. Newbery Honor Book 2010. Homer P. Figg escapes from his wretched foster home in Pine Swamp, Maine, and sets out to find his beloved older brother, Harold, who has been illegally sold into the Union Army.
Oggie Cooder, Party Animal by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Doug Holgate, 2009. Oggie Cooder series. Oggie Cooder has always wanted to swim in his neighbor Donnica Perfecto's perfect pool, and when Donnica's mother makes her invite Oggie to her birthday party, Oggie vows he will get his chance, no matter what obstacles Donnica sets up to keep Oggie away.
Operation Redwood by Susannah French, 2009. In northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends old and new fight to save a grove of redwoods from an investment company that plans to cut them down.
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson, 2009. BCS Mock Newbery Medal Winner, 2010. Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
Raymond and Graham Rule the School by Mike Knudson, 2008. Raymond and Graham series. Best friends Raymond and Graham have looked forward to being the oldest and toughest boys at East Millcreek Elementary School; but everything goes wrong, including the scary teacher.
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, 2010. Kane Chronicles, Book 1. Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
Roberto & Me by Dan Gutman, 2010. Baseball Card Adventures series. Stosh travels back to 1969 to try to prevent the untimely death of Roberto Clemente, a legendary baseball player and humanitarian, but upon his return to the present, he meets his own great-grandson who takes him into the future, and what he finds there is more shocking than anything he has encountered in his travels to the past.
School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari, 2009. Twelve-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, and thirteen-year-old Garrison, are sent to a remote Massachusetts school to overcome their phobias, but tragedy strikes and the quartet must work together--with no adult assistance--to face their fears.
The Small Adventures of Popeye & Elvis by Barbara O’Connor, 2009. In Fayette, South Carolina, the highlight of Popeye's summer is learning vocabulary words with his grandmother until a motor home gets stuck nearby and Elvis, the oldest boy living inside, joins Popeye in finding the source of strange boats floating down the creek.
The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki, 2009. When friends Eddie, Harris, and Maggie discover that the scary adventures in their favorite author's fictional books come true, they must find a way to close the portal that allows evil creatures and witches to enter their hometown of Gatesweed.
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger, 2009. Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn, 2009. Wealthy, married mice Tumtum and Nutmeg find adventure when they secretly try to help two human siblings who live in a tumbledown cottage with their absent-minded inventor father.
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham, 2010. Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.
The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow by Tim Kehoe, 2009. Vincent Shadow has always been different from the other kids his age, thanks to his creative mind, which he uses to develop unique toys in his secret attic lab, and when a toy inventor offers Vincent the chance to make his dreams a reality, he realizes his creativity is what makes him special, not just strange.
Walnut Cup by Patrick Carman, 2009. Elliot’s Park series. The Walnut Cup, the only American stop on the World Squirrel Soccer League tour, is taking place in Elliot's park, but when the game ball, a perfectly round walnut, goes missing it is up to Elliot and his friends to find it.
We the Children by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Adam Stower, 2010. Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School; Book 1. Ben and his friend Jill find themselves in danger when they discover the secret history of their Massachusetts school and set out to derail a developer's plan to level the building to make way for an amusement park.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, 2009. Newbery Honor Book 2010. Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
NONFICTION
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimmell Naiyomah, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez, 2009. Presents an illustrated tale of a gift of fourteen cows given by the Maasai people of Kenya to the U.S. as a gesture of comfort and friendship in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani, 2009. Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe how brothers Bob and Joe Switzer invented fluorescent paint and colors; and explains how fluorescence works.
Django: World Greatest Jazz Guitarist by Bonnie Christensen, 2009. An illustrated, rhythmic account of the life of legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Gary Kelley, 2009. A biographical tribute to the upbringing and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, who taught children in poor neighborhoods in New York City and worked as an ambassador, activist, and champion of civil rights.
The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems About How Sports Began by Alice Low, illustrated by John O’Brien, 2009. Collects twenty illustrated poems for children on the origins of various sports, and includes selections entitled "If There Weren't Any Sports," "A Queen on the Green," "No Pedals, No Medals," "A Pie Plate in the Sky," and others.
A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout by Paul Janeczko, illustrated by Chris Raschka, 2009. Collects over three dozen illustrated rhyming poems, with tongue twisters and bilingual pieces, drawn from contemporary and classic literary sources and anonymous authors.
Just the Right Size: Why Animals Are Big and Little by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Neal Layton, 2009. Illustrations and simple text help young readers to understand why some animals are big and some are small.
Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) by Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, 2010. Explores what made Abraham Lincoln's sense of humor so distinctive and how his ability to find humor in even the most dire circumstances helped him survive his difficult life and helped the country cope with the Civil War.
Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and the Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and Susan L. Roth, 2009. A children's book that tells the story of Dr. Greg Mortenson's promise to build a school in a remote Himalayan village after the villagers saved his life.
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang and Peggy Chisolm, 2009. Colorful illustrations and text introduces young readers to the importance of sunlight to grow plants, which humans and animals depend on to survive.
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca, 2009. An illustrated account of the flight of Apollo 11 in 1969, the first manned mission to land on the moon.
Never Smile at a Monkey: and 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve Jenkins, 2009. Presents an illustrated discussion of what not to do around various dangerous animals, with warnings about petting a platypus, touching a tang fish, or pulling a python's tail.
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, 2008. Draws from the science fields of cosmology, astronomy, paleontology, geology, chemistry, physics, and others to examine key events in the history of science, beginning with the Big Bang.
Redwoods by Jason Chin, 2009. While reading a book about redwood trees on the subway, a young boy travels as he learns, all the way to the forests of California.
Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes by Kelly Millner Halls, photographs by Major William Sumner, 2010. A photo-illustrated firsthand account of how United States soldiers and volunteers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo after the start of the Iraq War.
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, 2009. Text and illustrations tell the life story and describe the work of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth.
Spot the Plot by Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, 2009. An illustrated collection of thirteen poems, each of which poses a riddle about a familiar story.
The Teen Who Invented Television: the story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Greg Couch, 2009. Presents a picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth, who created the world's first television image in 1928.
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Andre Carrilho, 2009. Offers a brief overview of the life of Sandy Koufax, discussing the obstacles and physical challenges he faced, his successful career, his retirement, and other related topics.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnols and Alexis Frederick-Frost, 2009.
Uses a story about a magical elf who helps a princess learn how to draw a comic to present techniques for and advice about drawing comics.
The Big Adventures of Majoko, Vol 1. by Tomomi Mizuna, 2009. Majoko, a wizard girl from the Land of Magic who was trapped inside a diary, and a young girl named Nana have adventures in a magical world where they meet creatures and come upon many surprises.
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires, 2009. Binky, a house cat who believes the family home is actually a space station, trains and prepares to travel into outer space, where his humans go everyday and need his protection.
Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World by James Kochalka, 2008. Johnny Boo, along with his pet ghost Squiggle, play and encounter an ice cream monster while searching for the secret ice cream that Johnny Boo buried in the ground, but when the ice cream monster eats Squiggle, he must use his "Squiggle power" to get free.
Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers by Chris Eliopolous, 2010. Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers assemble to sniff out the Infinity Gems, six powerful gems that, once united, can bring the universe to its knees, before the super-powered Thanos finds them and uses their power for his own evil plans.
Max Finder Mystery: Collected Casebook, Vol 1 by Liam O’Donnell, 2006. Presents casebooks for ten mysteries taken on by twelve-year-old Max Finder and Alison Santos and encourages the reader to solve the cases.
Meanwhile by Jason Shiga, 2010. In this choose-your-own adventure graphic novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine.
The Secret Science and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis, 2009. Eleven-year-old Julian Calendar thought changing schools would mean leaving his "nerdy" persona behind, but instead he forms an alliance with fellow inventors Greta and Ben and works with them to prevent an adult from using one of their gadgets for nefarious purposes.
Tiger Moth and the Dragon Kite Contest by Aaron Reynolds, 2007. Tiger Moth and Kung Pow become suspicious when the Fruit Fly Boys enter the kite-flying contest and only one of them shows up.
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