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ALA Notable Children's Books
Every year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, compiles a list of children’s books that encourage and reflect children’s interests in notable ways.
2009 Young Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Are You Ready To Play Outside?
9781423113478
Willems, Mo HC F P-2 $8.99
$6.74
Before John Was A Jazz Giant
9780805079944
Weatherford, Carole B. HC NF K-4 $16.95
$12.71
Chicken Said, "Cluck!"
9780060287238
Grant, Judyann Ackerman HC F P-1 $16.99
$12.74
A Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever
9780152060206
Frazee, Marla HC F K-3 $16.00
$12.00
Garmann's Summer
9780802853394
Hole, Stian HC F K-3 $17.50
$13.13
Goose And Duck
9780061170768
George, Jean C. HC F K-3 $16.99
$12.74
The House In The Night
9780618862443
Swanson, Susan Marie HC F K-3 $17.00
$12.75
How To Heal A Broken Wing
9780763639037
Graham, Bob HC F P-1 $16.99
$12.74
Just In Case
9781596433298
Morales, Yuyi HC F K-2 $17.95
$13.46
Maybe A Bear Ate It!
9780439929615
Harris, Robie H. HC F P-K $15.99
$11.99
Old Bear
9780061552052
Henkes, Kevin HC F P-3 $17.99
$13.49
One Boy
9781596432741
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro HC F P-1 $14.95
$11.21
Papa And Me
9780060581565
Dorros, Arthur HC F P-2 $16.99
$12.74
Stinky
9780979923845
Davis, Eleanor HC F P-2 J $12.95
$9.71
A Visitor For Bear
9780763628079
Becker, Bonny HC F K-3 $16.99
$12.74
What Can You Do With A Rebozo?
9781582462202
Tafolla, Carmen HC F P-2 $14.99
$11.24
What's Up Duck?
9780375847387
Hills, Tad HC F P-K $6.99
$5.24
Wolfsnail
9781590785546
Campbell, Sarah C. HC NF K-3 3 M $16.95
$12.71
2009 Middle Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Abe Lincoln Crosses A Creek
9780375837685
Hopkinson, Deborah HC F K-3 $16.99
$12.74
All Stations! Distress!
9781596432222
Brown, Don HC NF 3-6 $17.95
$13.46
Bird
9781600602412
Elliott, Zetta HC F 3-6 $19.95
$14.96
The Blacker The Berry
9780060253752
Thomas, Joyce Carol HC F K-3 $16.99
$12.74
Boys Of Steel
9780375838026
Nobleman, Marc Tyler HC NF 5-8 $16.99
$12.74
Elizabeth Leads The Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Right To Vote
9780805079036
Stone, Tanya Lee HC NF 1-5 $16.99
$12.74
The Graveyard Book
9780060530921
Gaiman, Neil HC F 6-12 $17.99
$13.49
Horse Song
9781584302773
Lewin, Ted and Betsy HC F K-2 $19.95
$14.96
How I Learned Geography
9780374334994
Shulevitz, Uri HC NF P-2 $16.95
$12.71
Knucklehead: Tall Tales And Almost-True Stories Of Growing Up Scieszka
9780670011384
Scieszka, Jon PB NF 4-6 V $12.99
$9.74
The London Eye Mystery
9780385751841
Dowd, Siobhan PB F 3-7 $7.50
$5.63
Masterpiece
9780805082708
Broach, Elise HC F 4-7 U $16.99
$12.74
Nic Bishop Frogs
9780439877558
Bishop, Nic HC NF 1-4 $17.99
$13.49
Pale Male: Citizen Hawk Of New York City
9780375845581
Schulman, Janet HC NF K-5 $16.99
$12.74
Piano Starts Here
9780375839658
Parker, Robert A. HC NF K-2 $17.99
$13.49
Planting The Trees Of Kenya
9780374399184
Nivola, Claire A. HC NF K-3 $16.95
$12.71
The Porcupine Year
9780060297879
Erdrich, Louise HC F 3-6 $15.99
$11.99
Rapunzel's Revenge
9781599902883
Hale, Shannon and Dean PB F 5-9 $14.99
$11.24
A River Of Words: The Story Of William Carlos Williams
9780802853028
Bryant, Jen HC NF 2-6 $17.00
$12.75
Savvy
9780803733060
Law, Ingrid HC F 4-6 X $16.99
$12.74
Silent Music: A Story Of Baghdad
9781596432765
Rumford, James HC F K-3 $17.99
$13.49
The Storyteller's Candle/ La Velita De Los Cuentos
9780892392223
Gonzalez, Lucia HC F 1-4 N $16.95
$12.71
The Underneath
9781416950585
Appelt, Kathi HC F 4-7 $17.99
$13.49
Way Up And Over Everything
9780618387960
McGill, Alice HC F 1-5 $16.00
$12.00
What To Do About Alice?
9780439922319
Kerley, Barbara HC NF 2-4 R $16.99
$12.74
2009 Older Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Afghan Dreams: Young Voices Of Afghanistan
9781599902876
O'Brien, Tony, and Mike Sullivan HC NF 3-6 $18.99
$14.24
After Tupac And D Foster
9780399246548
Woodson, Jacqueline HC F 6-12 Z $15.99
$11.99
Ain't Nothing But A Man
9781426300004
Nelson, Scott Reynolds HC NF $18.95
$14.21
Bodies From The Ice: Melting Glaciers And The Rediscovery Of The Past
9780618800452
Deem, James HC NF 4-7 $17.00
$12.75
Chains
9781416905851
Anderson, Laurie Halse HC F 6-12 $16.99
$12.74
The Hunger Games
9780439023481
Collins, Suzanne HC F 7-12 $17.99
$13.49
Keeping The Night Watch
9780805072020
Smith, Hope Anita HC F 4-7 $18.95
$14.21
Reaching Out NEW
9780547250304
Jimenez, Francisco PB NF 7-12 $6.99
$5.24
The Surrender Tree: Poems Of Cuba's Struggle For Freedom
9780805086744
Engle, Margarita HC F 8-12 $16.95
$12.71
Tiger Moon NEW
9780810944992
Michaelis, Antonia PB F 7-10 $8.95
$6.71
The Trouble Begins At 8
9780061344312
Fleischman, Sid HC NF 5-9 $18.99
$14.24
Waiting For Normal
9780060890889
Connor, Leslie HC F 6-12 $16.99
$12.74
The Way We Work
9780618233786
Macaulay, David HC NF 5-8 $35.00
$26.25
We Are The Ship
9780786808328
Nelson, Kadir HC NF 2-5 $18.99
$14.24
2009 For All Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Wild Tracks!
9781402739859
Arnosky, Jim HC NF 2-5 $14.95
$11.21
Our White House
9780763620677
McCullough, David, Ed. HC NF 5-12 $29.99
$22.49
2008 Young Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Ballerina Dreams
9780312370299
Thompson, Lauren HC NF K-3 $16.95
$12.71
The Chicken-Chasing Queen Of Lamar County
9780374312510
Harrington, Janice N. HC F 1-3 $16.99
$12.74
Dog And Bear: Two Friends Three Stories
9781596430532
Seeger, Laura V. HC F P-2 $13.95
$10.46
First The Egg
9781596432727
Seeger, Laura V. HC F P-2 $14.95
$11.21
Los Gatos Black On Halloween
9780805074291
Montes, Marisa HC F P-3 $16.95
$12.71
A Good Day
9780061140181
Henkes, Kevin HC F P-3 $16.99
$12.74
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case Of Mistaken Identity
9781423102991
Willems, Mo HC F P-1 $16.99
$12.74
Lightship
9781416924364
Floca, Brian HC NF P-3 $16.99
$12.74
Little Night
9781596430884
Morales, Yuyi HC F P-K $16.95
$12.71
Little Red Riding Hood
9780316013550
Pinkney, Jerry HC F P-2 $16.99
$12.74
Martina The Beautiful Cockroach
9781561453993
Deedy, Carmen Agra HC F K-3 N $16.95
$12.71
Mother Goose Numbers On The Loose
9780152056766
Dillon, Leo and Diane HC F P-2 $17.00
$12.75
My Colors, My World/Mis Colores, Mi Mundo
9780892392216
Gonzalez, Maya Christina HC F P-2 $16.95
$12.71
My Name Is Gabito: The Life Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
9780873589345
Brown, Monica HC NF 2-5 4 O $15.95
$11.96
Orange Pear Apple Bear
9781416939993
Gravett, Emily HC F P-1 $12.99
$9.74
Pictures From Our Vacation
9780060850975
Perkins, Lynne Rae HC F K-3 $17.99
$13.49
There Is A Bird On Your Head!
9781423106869
Willems, Mo HC F P-2 $8.99
$6.74
Vulture View
9780805075571
Sayre, April Pulley HC NF K-3 $16.95
$12.71
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
9780689869228
Broach, Elise HC F P-2 $16.99
$12.74
Yo, Jo!
9780152057831
Isadora, Rachel HC F P-2 $16.00
$12.00
2008 Middle Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
At Gleason's Gym
9781596432314
Lewin, Ted HC F 1-7 $17.95
$13.46
The Bearskinner
9780763627300
Schlitz, Laura Amy (rtl)/ Grafe, Max (ilt) HC NF $16.99
$12.74
Henry's Freedom Box
9780439777339
Levine, Ellen HC NF 1-5 3 $16.99
$12.74
The Invention Of Hugo Cabret
9780439813785
Selznick, Brian HC F 4-8 $24.99
$18.74
The Mysterious Benedict Society
9780316003957
Stewart, Trenton PB F 3-7 V $6.99
$5.24
Nic Bishop Spiders
9780439877565
Bishop, Nic HC NF 1-4 $17.99
$13.49
One Thousand Tracings: Healing The Wounds Of World War II
9781423100089
Judge, Lita HC NF 1-4 $15.99
$11.99
Rainstorm
9780618756391
Lehman, Barbara HC F P-3 $16.00
$12.00
Robot Dreams
9781596431089
Varon, Sara PB F 3-8 $16.95
$12.71
Tap Dancing On The Roof: SIJO (POEMS)
9780618234837
Park, Linda Sue HC F 3-8 $16.00
$12.00
Tracks Of A Panda
9780763631468
Dowson, Nick HC NF K-3 $16.99
$12.74
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!
9781584302711
Mora, Pat HC F P-2 $17.95
$13.46
2008 Older Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
The Arrival
9780439895293
Tan, Shaun HC F 8-12 $19.99
$14.99
Blue Lipstick
9780618851324
Grandits, John PB F 7-12 Z $5.95
$4.46
Elijah Of Buxton
9780439023450
Curtis, Christopher Paul PB F 4-7 W $7.99
$5.99
Feathers
9780142411988
Woodson, Jacqueline PB F 6-12 X $6.99
$5.24
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
9780763643324
Schlitz, Laura Amy PB F 5-9 Z $9.99
$7.49
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
9780545139700
Rowling, J.K. PB F 4-12 $14.99
$11.24
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis Of Global Warming (Young Readers Edition)
9780670062720
Gore, Albert PB NF 6-9 Y $16.00
$12.00
Marie Curie
9780142412657
Krull, Kathleen PB NF 4-7 U $5.99
$4.49
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff
9780689852817
Holm, Jennifer L. HC F 3-7 $12.99
$9.74
Miss Crandall's School For Young Ladies And Littles Misses Of Color
9781590784563
Alexander, Elizabeth HC NF $17.95
$13.46
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, And Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Ref
9781426301377
Bausum, Ann HC NF 6-12 $21.95
$16.46
Red Moon At Sharpsburg
9780142412053
Wells, Rosemary PB F 7-12 X $7.99
$5.99
Revolution Is Not A Dinner Party NEW
9780312581497
Compestine, Ying Chang PB F 6-12 $7.99
$5.99
Tasting The Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
9780374357337
Barakat, Ibtisam HC NF 7-12 $16.00
$12.00
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, And The Science Of Ocean Motion
9780618581313
Burns, Loree G. HC NF 5-8 $18.00
$13.50
The Wall
9780395629772
Bunting, Eve PB F 1-4 3 P $6.99
$5.24
The Wednesday Wars
9780547237602
Schmidt, Gary D. PB F 5-9 X $6.99
$5.24
Who Was First? Discovering The Americas
9780618663910
Freedman, Russell HC NF 4-8 $19.00
$14.25
2008 For All Readers
Book Title / ISBNAuthorBindingFiction/
Nonfiction		Interest
Level		Reading
Level		Levels
A-Z		List Price /
Your Price		Quantity
Good Sports: Poems About Running, Jumping, Throwing, And More
9780375837005
Prelutsky, Jack HC F 1-5 3 $16.99
$12.74
Let It Shine
9780689847325
Bryan, Ashley HC NF P-3 $16.99
$12.74