Take 10: Award-Winning Children’s Books of 2007
Global Travel, No Leaving Home
By Christina Owens
CTW Features
Like the nutritional value of vegetables, the fact that a book has won a big award is hugely irrelevant to children. But a good story – bring it on. And could you read it again, please? This year, give the gift of endless possibilities. Imagination might not fit in a box with a bow, but a book will. These titles were winners of or finalists for some of the most prestigious awards in children’s literature for 2007.
1. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second, 2006) $17.95 Printz Award for Young Adult Literature
2. Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum, 2006) $16.95 Coretta Scott King Award
3. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2006) $16.95 Newbery Medal
4. Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2006) $15.95 Newbery Honor
5. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006) $15.95 Newbery Honor
6. Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic Press, 2006) $15.99 Newbery Honor
7. Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion Books, 2006) $17 Caldecott Medal
8. Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker Books for Young Readers, 2006) $16.95 Caldecott Honor
9. The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes (Putnam Juvenile, 2006) $15.99 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book
10. The Pull of the Ocean, by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, translated from the French by Y. Maudet (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006) $13.95 Batchelder Award
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