| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| A Visitor for Bear |
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Becker, Bonny.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. PreS-Gr 2—When a friendly mouse knocks at his door, Bear sternly poin ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Beware of the Frog |
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Bee, Wlliam.
School Library Journal
: Gr 1–4—This is a quirky story in which an old woman who lives alone at the edge ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Stinky |
Davis, Eleanor.
School Library Journal
: K-Gr 2–Stinky the monster is content in the smelly swamp that he shares with his pet ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Papa and Me |
Dorros, Arthur.
School Library Journal
: K-Gr 3—A boy tells about a special day with his father, recounting their adventures f ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp |
Fleming, Denise.
School Library Journal
: PreS-Gr 3—This sequel to Buster (Holt, 2003) surpasses that book. When Brown S ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Goose and Duck |
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George, Jean Craighead.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. K-Gr 2—A top-notch easy reader. A boy finds a goose egg that hatches ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| How to Heal a Broken Wing |
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Graham, Bob.
Publishers Weekly
: High above the city, no one heard the soft thud of feathers against glass, begins Graham (Le...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Chicken Said, Cluck! |
Grant, Judyann Ackerman.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. K-Gr 2—When Earl and Pearl start a pumpkin patch, they often need to ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Maybe a Bear Ate It! |
Harris, Robie H.
Publishers Weekly: A wide-eyed critter of indeterminate species, surrounded by an elaborate bedtime ensemble of stuf ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Old Bear |
Henkes, Kevin.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. In time for autumn, Henkes ( Kitten's First Full Moon) masterfully tel ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Garmann's Summer |
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Hole, Stian.
School Library Journal
: Gr 1–4—Mixed-media collage illustrations, prominently featuring oversize, digit ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| Ghosts in the House! |
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Kohara, Kazuno.
School Library Journal
: PreS—This visually arresting, easy picture book is a surprisingly powerful masterpiec ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| The Hinky Pink |
McDonald, Megan.
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In this small-format entry, a happy hybrid of traditional tale and quirky cartoon ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| One Boy |
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Seeger ( First the Egg) crafts another nifty peek-a-boo book, counting to ...More |
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| 2009 (Younger Readers) |
| The House in the Night |
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Swanson, Susan Marie.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Using only a few graceful words per page to illuminate the dark, this bedtime ge ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| The Underneath |
Appelt, Kathi.
School Library Journal
: Gr 4–8—Appelt brings Southern Gothic to the middle grade set. Three separate bu ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Frogs |
Bishop, Nic.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 3–5— In this companion volume to Nic Bishop Spiders ( ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Masterpiece |
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Broach, Elise.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 4–8—Broach combines discussion about the art of Albrecht D&u ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| The London Eye Mystery |
Dowd, Siobhan.
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. A 12-year-old Londoner with something like Asperger's syndrome narrates this ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Bird |
Elliott, Zetta.
Publishers Weekly
: In a promising debut for both Elliott and Strickland, this picture book tells a poignant story a ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| The Porcupine Year |
Erdrich, Louise.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 5–8—This sequel to The Birchbark House (Hyperion, 199 ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Buffalo Music |
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Fern, Tracey E.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. K-Gr 4—A story based on the actions of Mary Ann Goodnight, a pioneer ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| The Graveyard Book |
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Gaiman, Neil.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. A lavish middle-grade novel, Gaiman's first since Coraline, this goth ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Rapunzel's Revenge |
Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. The popular author of Princess Academy teams with her husband and illustr ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| What To Do About Alice? |
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Kerley, Barbara.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. It's hard to imagine a picture book biography that could better suit its sub ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Savvy |
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Law, Ingrid.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Signature Reviewed by Sarah MlynowskiIn Mississippi Beaumont's family, ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Ways to Live Forever |
Nicholls, Sally.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. This year's answer to 2007's Before I Die, this first novel writt ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| Six Innings: A Game in the Life |
Preller, James.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Preller, author of the Jigsaw Jones mysteries, raises his game with this percept ...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| How I Learned Geography |
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Shulevitz, Uri.
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. In a work more personal than Caldecott Medalist Shulevitz ( The Fool of the Wor...More |
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| 2009 (Middle Readers) |
| The Blacker the Berry |
Thomas, Joyce Carol.
School Library Journal
: Gr 1–4—The varieties of African-American ethnic heritage are often rendered inv ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Chains |
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Anderson, Laurie Halse.
School Library Journal
: Gr 6–10—Set in New York City at the beginning of the American Revolution, Ch...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| The Hunger Games |
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Collins, Suzanne.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Signature Reviewed by Megan Whalen TurnerIf there really are only seven or ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Waiting for Normal |
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Connor, Leslie.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. Connor ( Dead on Town Line) treats the subject of child neglect with hones ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Washington at Valley Forge |
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Freedman, Russell.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 4–8—Another stunning work from the nonfiction virtuoso. In a ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Reaching Out |
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Francisco Jimenez
School Library Journal
: Gr 8 Up—Jiménez, the son of Mexican immigrants, left behind a life of hard wor ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Tiger Moon |
Michaelis, Antonia.
Publishers Weekly
: In her U.S. debut, Michaelis tells a sweeping story about a thief-turned-hero named Farhad, who ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Nation |
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Pratchett, Terry.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. In Carnegie Medalist Pratchett's (the Discworld novels; A Hat Full of Sky...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Here Lies Arthur |
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Reeve, Philip.
Publishers Weekly
: Starred Review. The last word is Hope, yet Reeve ( Mortal Engines) injects deep cynicism i ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| Keeping the Night Watch |
Smith, Hope Anita.
School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 5–8—This book picks up where The Way a Door Closes (H ...More |
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| 2009 (Older Readers) |
| After Tupac & D Foster |
Woodson, Jacqueline.
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. As she did in Feathers with the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Woodson here in ...More |
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