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ALA Notable Books List

Great Ideas for Kids and Parents

New Books:

Easy Reader/Picture Books

Young Cam Jansen And The Lions' Lunch Mystery by David A. Adler  

Nat, Nat, The Nantucket Cat by Peter W. Barnes  

Big Bears Can! by David Bedford  

Summer Coat, Winter Coat: the story of a snowshoe hare by Doe Boyle  

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Where's My Mommy? by Jo Brown

Will You Read To Me? by Denys Cazet

Three Names Of Me by Mary Cummings  

Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day

The Toy Boat by Randall DeSeve  

Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo  

Olivia helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer

Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming

How To Catch A Fish by John Frank  

A Pocket For Corduroy by Don Freeman

When It Starts To Snow by Phillis Gershator  

The Land Before Time by Molly Goode  

In And Out by Tami Johnson

On The First Night Of Chanukah by Cecily Kaiser  

A Potty For Me: a lift-the-flap instruction manual by Karen Katz

I Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze  

Ten Apples Up On Top! by Theo LeSieg

Happy Adoption Day! by John McCutcheon  

Fancy Nancy And The Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor  

A Is For Africa by Ifeoma Onyefulu

No More Monsters For Me! by Peggy Parish 

Skelly The Skeleton Girl by Jimmy Pickering

The Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss

Oh Say Can You Say? by Dr. Seuss

Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Suess

Dora's Eggs by Julie Sykes 

The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

A Child's Guide To Common Household Monsters by James Otis Thach  

Sam Bennett's New Shoes by Jennifer Thermes

Jingle Bells by Veronica Vasylenko 

Junior Fiction

The Name Of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch                         

The Sisters Grimm, Book One: fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley                  

The Sisters Grimm, Book Two: the unusual suspects by Michael Buckley  

The Sisters Grimm, Book Three: the problem child by Michael Buckley

The Sisters Grimm, Book Four: once upon a crime by Michael Buckley  

Uncharted Waters by Leslie Bulion

The Invisible Rules Of The Zoe Lama by Tish Cohen           

Hallelujah Handel by Douglas Cowling  

The Curious Adventures Of The Abandoned Toys by Julian Fellowes

Igraine The Brave by Cornelia Funke    

When Santa Fell To Earth by Cornelia Funke  

George's Secret Key To The Universe by Lucy & Stephen Hawking

Quake!: disaster in San Francisco, 1906 by Gail Langer Karwoski  

Shots At Sea: a Houdini & Nate mystery by Tom Lalicki      

Hot Hand by Mike Lupica

On Christmas Eve by Ann M. Martin  

Moon Shadow by Chris Platt

Billy Creekmore by Tracey Porter       

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Junior Non-Fiction

Rescues! by Sandra Markle     

American Alligators: freshwater survivors by Aaron Feigenbaum

Bald Eagles: a chemical nightmare by Meish Goldish

Star Wars: Clone Wars adventures - Volume 7 by Michael Heisler     

Star Wars: Clone Wars adventures - Volume 8 by Michael Heisler

The Ultimate LEGO Book                   

Gymnastics School by Naia Bray-Moffatt        

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Lesley Sims  

The Mutiny On The Bounty by Patrick O'Brien

Young Adult

Fiction

Sanctuary by Meg Cabot (writing as Jenny Carroll)

White Midnight by Dia Calhoun

Eulalia by Brian Jacques  

Ttyl by Lauren Myracle

Hacking Harvard by Robin Wasserman

Extras by Scott Westerfeld

Non-Fiction

No Body's Perfect: stories by teens about body image, self-acceptance, and the search for identity by Kimberly Kirberger

They Broke The Law, You Be The Judge: true cases of teen crime by Thomas A. Jacobs 

Fiske Guide To Getting Into The Right College by Edward B. Fiske Paying For College Without Going Broke

The Best 366 Colleges by Robert Franek

The Fiske Guide To Colleges by Edward B. Fiske.

Do You Stutter?: a guide for teens by Jane Fraser

Girl Coming In For A Landing: a novel in poems by April Halprin Wayland  

Mendel's Daughter by Gusta Lemelman

DVD's

Bob The Builder  

Dora The Explorer - City Of Lost Toys

Dora The Explorer - Dora's Halloween

Eyewitness Mammal 

Eyewitness Shark 

Eyewitness Volcano

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix  

The Jungle Book  

The Magic School Bus Space Adventures

Video Cassettes

Antz

Bob The Builder: Celebrate with Bob

The Year Without A Santa Claus

Kids’ Picks:
Kids!  This is your space to send in your reviews of books that you have read.  Did you love the book?  Who was your favorite character?  Did you have a special connection to this book?  Don’t forget to include the Title and the Author.  It will be so much fun for everyone to share books in this space
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