Introducing...Short Reading List #3!

Below you will find our third (and final) short reading list for the ACPL Mock Caldecott Election.   These are the books we'll discuss and eventually vote on at our program on January 14, 2012, along with the titles on Short List 1 and Short List 2.  Click on the link to the right to register to attend!  If you're in the neighborhood of the Main Library, stop in Children's Services and take a peek at them -- all of our short list books are on display for your reading pleasure.

And now....... List 3!

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina
written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by Raúl Colón

Around the World
written & illustrated by Matt Phelan

A Ball for Daisy
written & illustrated Chris Raschka

Balloons Over Broadway
written & illustrated Melissa Sweet

Basketball Belles
written by Sue Macy, illustrated by Matt Collins

Blue Chicken
written & illustrated Deborah Freedman

Bumble-ardy
written & illustrated Maurice Sendak

A Dazzling Display of Dogs
written by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Michael Wertz

The House Baba Built
written & illustrated by Ed Young

I Want My Hat Back
written & illustrated by Jon Klassen

Ice
written & illustrated by Arthur Geisert

Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea
written by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Mary and Her Little Lamb
written & illustrated by Will Moses

The Money We'll Save
written & illustrated by Brock Cole

Never Forgotten
written by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon

Neville
written by Norton Juster, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Red Sled
written & illustrated by Lita Judge

Stars
written by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Marla Frazee

Around the World

Around the World
by Matt Phelan

Summary:  "As the nineteenth century wound down, a public inspired by Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days clamored for intrepid adventure.  The challenge of circumnavigating the globe...attracted the fearless in droves.  Three hardy spirits stayed the course..."--front flap.

Candlewick Press, 2011.

Mary and Her Little Lamb: The True Story of the Famous Nursery Rhyme

Mary and her Little Lamb: The True Story of the Famous Nursery Rhyme
by Will Moses

Summary:  "The poem about Mary and her little lamb is one of the most popular rhymes in America, but did you know that the rhyme is true?..."--front flap.

Philomel Books, 2011.

Basketball Belles

Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map
by Sue Macy
illustrated by Matt Collins

Summary:  "My parents hoped Stanford University would make a lady out of me...a lady can even play basketball."--front flap.

Holiday House, 2011.

A Dazzling Display of Dogs

A Dazzling Display of Dogs
by Betsy Franco
illustrated by Michael Wertz

Summary:  A collection of concrete poems celebrating all things canine.

Tricycle Press, 2011.

Bumble-ardy

Bumble-ardy
by Maurice Sendak

Summary: Bumble-ardy has missed eight birthdays in a row.  For his ninth birthday he has a party without telling his aunt.  What will happen when she comes home?

Harper Collins, 2011.

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina

Alica Alonso: Prima Ballerina
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
illustrated by Raúl Colón

Summary:  A biography in free verse of Cuba's most famous ballerina, Alicia Alonso.

Marshall Cavendish, 2011.

The Money We'll Save

The Money We'll Save
by Brock Cole

Summary:  In nineteenth-century New York City, when Pa brings home a young turkey in hopes of saving money on their Christmas dinner, his family faces all sorts of trouble--and expense--in their tiny apartment.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011.

Blue Chicken

Blue Chicken
by Deborah Freedman

Summary:  "When chicken spills a pot of blue paint, the other animals sure don't find her helpful.  And things only get worse..."--front flap.

Viking, 2011.

The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China

The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China
by Ed Young
text as told to Libby Koponen

Summary:  "This...illustrated memoir is the story of one of our most beloved children's book illustrators and the house his baba built."--front flap.

Little, Brown and Company, 2011.

I Want My Hat Back

I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen

Summary:  "A bear has lost his hat.  What if he never sees it again?  WAIT!  He has seen his hat..."--front flap.

Candlewick Press, 2011.

Neville

Neville
by Norton Juster
illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Summary:  "A new block, a new house, and a new boy who doesn't know anyone at all.  That's the worst part: how will he ever make friends?..."--front flap.

Schwartz & Wade, 2011.

Ice

Ice
by Arthur Geisert

Summary: This wordless tale depicts a community of pigs that suffer from the heat and go in search of ice despite the odds against them.

Enchanted Lion Books, 2011.

Red Sled

Red Sled
by Lita Judge

Summary:  "When a well-loved sled is left outside a cozy cabin on a still winter's night, an unlikely cast of creatures forge new friendships during the ride of their lives."-- front flap.

Atheneum, 2011.

Stars

Stars 
by Mary Lyn Ray
illustrated by Marla Frazee

Summary:  "Stars are everywhere.  Not just in the sky.  Look..."--front flap.

Beach Lane Books, 2011.

A Ball for Daisy

A Ball for Daisy
by Chris Raschka

"...the story of a dog and her ball...about what it's like to lose something special  -- and find a friend."--front flap.

Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011.

Never Forgotten

Never Forgotten
by Patricia C. McKissack
illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon

Summary:  "This is the story of a blacksmith, Dinga...of Dinga's son, Musafa, taken captive, sent across the sea, and sold into slavery..."--front flap.

Schwartz & Wade, 2011

Balloons Over Broadway

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
by Melissa Sweet

Summary:  "...Meet Tony Sarg: the boy who loved to figure out how things moved -- the boy who became the puppeteer of Macy's parade!"--front flap.

Houghton Mifflin, 2011.

Short List #2 -- 2012 ACPL Mock Caldecott Nominees

Woo Hoo!   I know you've been anxiously waiting to see which titles made our next short list -- let us know what you think about our choices.  Our final short list will be published in early December.   Titles from all 2012 Mock Caldecott Short Lists will be available for discussion and voting on January 14 at our Mock Caldecott Election.  We hope you'll join us! Happy Reading!!

Bone Dog
by Eric Rohmann

Brother Sun, Sister Moon: St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Creatures
by Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Pamela Dalton

A Butterfly Is Patient
by Dianna Hutts Aston
illustrated by Sylvia Long

Drawing from Memory
by Allen Say

Goyangi Means Cat
by Christine McDonnell
illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fanchar

Grandpa Green
by Lane Smith

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson

Jonathan and the Big Blue Boat
by Philip Christian Stead

Naamah and the Ark at Night
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
illustrated by Holly Meade

Orani: My Father's Village
by Claire A. Nivola

A Storm Called Katrina
by Myron Uhlberg
illustrated by Colin Bootman

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
by Joyce Sidman
illustrated by Beth Krommes

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus
by John Grandits
illustrated by Michael Allen Austin

Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson

Summary:  "...an epic yet intimate introduction to the history of America and African-Americans...written in the voice of an 'Everywoman'..." -- front flap.

Balzer + Bray, 2011.