THE GIFT OF BOOKS

A List of Suggested Books to Give to Children

Selected by the Youth Department Librarians
Ann Arbor District Library
December 1998

The following books have been selected for the beauty of their illustrations, their adaptability for family reading, and their classic value within the home. All of the books listed are in print and most are available in the Youth Collections of the Ann Arbor District Library.

Contents

1. Non-fiction
2. Fiction
3. Picture Books and Readers
4. Board Books
5. Magazines
6. Award-winning Books

Key to Symbols

Adler, David A. The Kids' Catalog of Jewish Holidays (J)

Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA

Biesty, Stephen. Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections*(J)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Better Homes & Gardens. New Junior Cookbook(J)

Meredith, Des Moines, IA

Bjork, Christina. Linnea In Monet's Garden (J)

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, NY

Cohn, Amy L. (ed.). From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folksongs (J)

Scholastic, NY

Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen. The Magic School Bus* (J)

Colum, Padraic. The Trojan War & the Adventures of Odysseus (Y)

Morrow Books of Wonder, NY

Complete Dog Book for Kids (J)

Howell Book House, NY

d'Aulaire, Ingri. Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths (J)

Bantam-Doubleday-Dell, NY

de Paola, Tomie. Tomie de Paola's Book of Bible Stories (J)

Putnam, NY

De Regniers, Beatrice (ed.). Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (J)

Scholastic, NY

Dixon, Dougal. Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs (updated) (J)

Boyds Mills Press, PA

Doherty, Berlie (collector). Tales of Wonder and Magic (Y)

Candlewick, MA

Dorling Kindersley Science Encyclopedia (Y)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Evetts-Secker, Josephine. Father and Daughter Tales ** (J) (and others in this series)

Abbeville Kids, NY

Eye Openers: * (J)

• Diggers and Dump Trucks
• Dinosaurs

(and others in this series)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Eyewitness Books: * (J)

• Crystal and Gem
• Knight
• Train

(and others in this series)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Eyewitness Juniors: * (J)

• Amazing Birds
• Amazing Cats
• Amazing Spiders

(and others in this series)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries: * (Y)

• Animals
• Cars
• Human Anatomy
• Star Wars[the movie]

(and others in this series)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

Ferris, Helen (selector). Favorite Poems Old and New (J)

Doubleday, NY

First Impressions: * (Y)

• Mary Cassatt by Susan E. Meyer
• Claude Monet by Ann Waldron

(and others in this series)

Abrams, NY

Gershator, Phyllis. Zzzng, Zzzng, Zzzng: A Yoruba Tale (J)

Orchard, NY

Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (J)

Bradbury Press, NY

Goode, Diane. Diane Goode's Book of Giants and Little People (J)

Dutton, NY

Guthrie, Woody. This Land is Your Land (J)

Little, Brown & Co., Boston

Guthrie, Woody. Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs (J)

HarperCollins, NY

Hamilton, Virginia. A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies and Africa

Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, NY

Hill, Susan (ed.). Random House Book of Ghost Stories (Y)

Random House, NY

Hoffman, Mary. Sun, Moon and Stars (Y)

Dutton, NY

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Celebrating Kwanzaa (J)

Holiday House, NY

Hudson, Wade (selector). Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children (J)

Scholastic, NY

Jackson, Ellen. The Winter Solstice (J)

Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT

Kellogg, Steven. Johnny Appleseed (J)

William Morrow, NY

Kidd, Jane (ed.). A First Guide to Horse and Pony Care (Y)

Howell Book House, NY

Kindersley, Barnabas and Anabel. Children Just Like Me** (J)

Dorling Kindersley, NY

King-Smith, Dick. Aniaml Stories (J)

Orchard, NY

Kingfisher Young People's Book of Music (Y)

Kingfisher, NY

Krull, Kathleen (ed.). Gonna Sing My Head Off!American Folk Songs for Children (J)

Knopf, NY

Lear, Edward. The Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear (J)

various editions

Lester, Julius. John Henry (J)

Dial, NY

Levey, Judith S. (ed.). Macmillan Dictionary for Children (J)

Macmillan, NY

Macaulay, David. The New Way Things Work (Y)

Houghton Mifflin, Boston

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Bronze Cauldron: Myths & Legends of the World (Y)

Margaret K. McElderry, NY

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Random House Book of Stories from the Ballet (Y)

Random House, NY

Moore, Clement C. A Visit from St. Nicholas (The Night Before Christmas) (J)

various editions

Myers, Walter Dean. Brown Angels (J)

HarperCollins, NY

Nakano, Dokuohtei. Easy Origami (J)

Viking, NY

National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers (J)

National Geographic, Washington, DC

Opie, Iona (ed.). My Very First Mother Goose (J)

Candlewick, MA

Poole, Josephine. Joan of Arc (J)

Knopf, NY

Porte, Barbara Ann. Hearsay: Strange Tales from the Middle Kingdom (Y)

Greenwillow, NY

Prelutsky, Jack (selector). The New Kid on the Block: Poems (J)

Knopf, NY

The Reader's Digest Children's Song Book (J)

Reader's Digest, NY

Robbins, Ken. Autumn Leaves (J)

Scholastic, NY

San Souci, Robert D. Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (J)

Simon & Schuster, NY

Sanfield, Steve J. The Feather Merchants and Other Tales of the Fools of Chelm (Y)

Orchard Books, NY

Scholastic Children's Dictionary (J)

Scholastic, NY

Schroeder, Alan. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

Dial, NY

Steig, Jeanne. A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales Retold by Jeanne Steig (J)

HarperCollins, NY

Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses (J)

various editions

Sullivan, Charles, ed. Children of Promise: African- American Literature and Art for Young People (Y)

Abrams, NY

Tashjian, Virginia A. Juba This and Juba That (J)

Little, Brown & Co., NY

Thomas, Dylan. A Child's Christmas in Wales (J)

various editions

Walker, Richard. The Barefoot Book of Trickster Tales (Y)

Barefoot Books, NY

Walt Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics (J)

Hyperion, NY

Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Nora A. Smith. The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales (J)

Atheneum, NY

Woods, Paula. Merry Christmas, Baby: An African-American Christmas & Kwanzaa Treasury (J)

HarperCollins, NY

Yolen, Jane. Pegasus, the Flying Horse

Dutton, NY

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FICTION

Alexander, Lloyd. The Prydain Chronicles * (J)

Henry Holt, NY

American Girls Series: *

Meet Addy,** by Connie Porter

Meet Felicity,** by Valerie Tripp

Meet Josephina,** by Valerie Tripp

Meet Kirsten,** by Janet Shaw

Meet Molly,** by Valerie Tripp

Meet Samantha,** by Susan Adler (and others in this series)

Pleasant Company, WI

Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper's Penguins (J)

Little, Brown & Co., Boston

Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz** (J)

Morrow Books of Wonder, NY

Branford, Henrietta. Fire, Bed, and Bone (J)

Candlewick, MA

Brooks, Bruce. The Wolfbay Wings* (J)

HarperCollins, NY

Burnett, Frances H. The Secret Garden (J)

various editions

Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland (J) (Illus. by John Tenniel)

various editions

Christopher, John. The Tripods Trilogy * (Y)

Macmillan, NY

Cooper, Susan. The Dark is Rising * (Y)

Macmillan, NY

Dahl, Roald. The Roald Dahl Treasury (J)

Viking, NY

Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown is Not a Crayon ** (J)

Putnam, NY

Dear America Series: *

• Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, by Kristiana Gregory
• A Line in the Sand, by Sherry Garland
• A Picture of Freedom, by Patricia McKissack
• So Far from Home, by Barry Denenberg

(and others in this series)

Scholastic, NY

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol (J)

various editions

Eager, Edward. Half Magic ** (J)

Harcourt Brace, NY

Enright, Elizabeth. The Saturdays ** (J)

Henry Holt, NY

Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain (Y)

Houghton Mifflin Co., NY

Gallico, Paul. The Snow Goose (Y)

Knopf, NY

Gannett, Ruth Stiles. My Father's Dragon ** (J)

Random House, NY

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows (J)

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY

Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague ** (J)

Simon & Schuster, NY

Hergé. The Adventures of TinTin * (J)

Little, Brown, & Co., Boston

Herriot, James. James Herriot's Treasury for Children (J)

St. Martin's Press, NY

Hill, Donna. Shipwreck Season (Y)

Clarion, NY

Howe, James. Bunnicula** (J)

Atheneum, NY

Hunter, Mollie. The King's Swift Rider: A Novel of Robert the Bruce (Y)

HarperCollins, NY

Jansson, Tove. Finn Family Moomintroll ** (J) (reprod. of 1950 edition)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY

Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth (J)

Random House, NY

Kipling, Rudyard. The Complete Just So Stories (J)

various editions

Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia * (J)

Macmillan, NY

Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking ** (J)

Viking, NY

Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy ** (J)

HarperCollins, NY

MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle ** (J)

HarperCollins, NY

MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall (J)

Harper & Row, NY

McKinley, Robin. The Stone Fey (J)

Harcourt Brace & Co., NY

Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh ** (J)

Dutton, NY

Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables ** (J)

various editions

Nesbit, E. Five Children and It ** (J)

various editions

Osborne, Mary Pope. The Magic Tree House * (J)

Random House, NY

Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say (J)

Philomel, NY

Scieszka, Jon. The Time Warp Trio * (J)

Viking, NY

Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square ** (J)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Power of Light: Eight Stories for Hanukkah (J)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind ** (Y)

Random House, NY

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island (Y)

various editions

Sutcliff, Rosemary. Sword Song (Y)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY

Thompson, Kate. Switchers (J)

Hyperion, NY

Thurber, James. The Thirteen Clocks (J)

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, NY

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (J)

Houghton Mifflin, NY

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings * (Y)

Houghton Mifflin, NY

Twain, Mark. Tom Sawyer (Y)

various editions

Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Boxcar Children * (J)

Albert Whitman, WI

Waugh, Sylvia. The Mennyms ** (Y)

Greenwillow, NY

White, E.B. Charlotte's Web (J)

Harper Jr., NY

White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone (Y) (illus. by Dennis Nolan)

Philomel, NY

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House Books * (J)

Harper & Row, NY

Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit: or, How Toys Become Real (J)

Henry Holt & Co., NY

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PICTURE BOOKS AND READERS

Barnwell, Ysaye M. No Mirrors in My Nana's House (E)

Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY

Barton, Byron. Machines at Work (E)

Crowell, NY

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline ** (E)

Viking, NY

Briggs, Raymond. The Snowman (E)

Random House, NY

Brown, Marc. Arthur's Eyes ** (E)

Little, Brown & Co., Boston

Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon (E)

Harper & Row, NY

Brown, Margaret Wise. Runaway Bunny (E)

Harper & Row, NY

Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (E)

Putnam,NY

Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius (E)

Viking, NY

de Paola, Tomi. Strega Nona (E)

Putnam, NY

Falwell, Cathryn. Christmas for 10 (E)

Clarion, NY

Fowler, Susi Gregg. Circle of Thanks (E)

Scholastic, NY

Ginsburg, Mirra. Good Morning, Chick (E)

Greenwillow, NY

Halperin, Wendy. Once Upon a Company: A True Story (E)

Orchard, NY

Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace (E)

Dial, NY

Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day (E)

Viking, NY

Kellogg, Steven. A-Hunting We Will Go (E)

Morrow, NY

Kimmel, Eric. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (E)

Holiday House, NY

Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends ** (Reader)

Harper & Row, NY

Martin, Bill Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (E)

Simon & Schuster, NY

McBratney, Sam. Guess How Much I Love You (E)

Candlewick, MA

McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox (E)

Dial, NY

Meddaugh, Susan. Martha Speaks ** (E)

Houghton Mifflin, NY

Miller, Virginia. I Love You Just the Way You Are (E)

Candlewick, MA

Minarik, Else. Little Bear ** (Reader)

Harper & Row, NY

Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ** (E)

Harper & Row, NY

Ormerod, Jan. 101 Things to Do With A Baby (E)

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, NY

Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia ** (Reader)

Harper & Row, NY

Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could (E) (60th Anniversary Edition)

Putnam & Grosset, NY

Polacco, Patricia. Thunder Cake (E)

Philomel, NY

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (E)

F. Warne, NY

Provensen, Alice and Martin. An Owl and Three Pussycats (E)

Random House, NY

Rey, H.A. Curious George ** (E)

Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge ** (Reader)

Random House, NY

Rylant, Cynthia. Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story (E)

Orchard, NY

Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are (E)

Harper & Row, NY

Seymour, Tres. The Gulls of the Edmund Fitzgerald (E)

Orchard, NY

Shaw, Nancy. Sheep in a Jeep ** (E)

Houghton Mifflin, NY

Shulevitz, Uri. Snow (E)

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY

Siddals, Mary McKenna. Millions of Snowflakes (E)

Clarion, NY

Tafuri, Nancy. Counting to Christmas (E)

Scholastic, NY

Waddell, Martin. Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? (E)

Candlewick, MA

Wells, Rosemary. Voyage to the Bunny Planet *

Dial, NY

Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day **

Atheneum, NY

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BOARD BOOKS

Arma, Tom. Baby Bugs

Grosset & Dunlap, NY

Buck, Nola. How a Baby Grows

HarperCollins, NY

Commander, Bob. Shiny Fire Engine

Price, Stern and Sloan, NY

Grimes, Nikki. Baby's Bedtime

Western, NY

Hill, Eric. Spot on the Farm

Putnam's Sons, NY

Hudson, Cheryl Willis. Animal Sounds for Baby

Scholastic, NY

Pandell, Karen. I Love You, Sun; I Love You, Moon

Putnam, NY

Vulliamy, Clara.

• Goodnight, Baby
• Wide Awake!

Candlewick, MA

Wellington, Monica. Baby at Home

Dutton, NY

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MAGAZINES

American Girl

PO Box 37311
Boone, IA 50037-2311
6 issues/year, ages 8 - 12

Babybug (6 mos. - 2 yrs.)
Ladybug (2 - 6 yrs.)
Spider (6 - 9 yrs.)
Cricket (9 - 12 yrs)

PO Box 7433
Red Oak, IA 51591
Monthly

Chickadee (4 - 8 yrs.)
Owl (8 - 12 yrs.)

25 Boxwood Ln.
Buffalo, NY 14227
10 issues/year

Cobblestone
Faces
Odyssey

30 Grove Street, Suite C
Peterborough, NH 03458
9 issues/year, ages 8 - 14

Kid City

PO Box 7689
Red Oak, IA 51591
10 issues/year, ages 6 - 10

Muse

PO Box 7468
Red Oak, IA 51591
6 issues/year, ages 6 - 14

National Geographic World

PO Box 63001
Tampa, FL 33663
Monthly, ages 8 - 13

Ranger Rick (6 - 12 yrs.)
Your Big Backyard (3 - 5 yrs.)

National Wildlife Federation
PO Box 2038
Harlan, IA 51593
Monthly

Sports Illustrated for Kids

PO Box 830609
Birmingham, AL 35283-0609
Monthly, ages 8 - 14

Stone Soup

Children's Art Foundation
PO Box 83
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
5 issues/year, ages 7 - 13

Zillions

PO Box 54861
Boulder, CO 80322
6 issues/year, ages 8 - 14

ZooBooks

PO Box 85384
San Diego, CA 92186
Monthly, ages 5 - 14

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1998 AWARD WINNERS

Coretta Scott King Winner and Honor Books
Winner for Text:	Winner for Illustrations:
Draper, Sharon. Forged by Fire Atheneum, NY	Illus. by Javaka Steptoe Schroeder, Alan. In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers Lee & Low, NY
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Honors for Text:	Honors for Illustrations:
Haskins, James. Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement Hyperion, NY Hansen, Joyce. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl Scholastic, NY	Illus. by Ashley Bryan. Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry Jean Karl/Atheneum, NY Illus. by Baba Wague Diakite. The Hunterman and the Crocodile Scholastic, NY Illus. by Christopher Myers. Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem Scholastic, NY

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