Izzy Gizmo has been invited to Technoff Isle’s Genius Convention where the inventor of the best machine will win coveted admittance to the Genius Guild. But with fearsome foe Abi von Lavish getting the best of her at every turn, how can Izzy and Fixer come up with the winning invention?
Ginger is the target of mistaken identity by a disturbed mother.
2002-2003 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dutton
Copyright March 31, 1999
ISBN# 0-525-46153-1 (PB, HB)
Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will take grit, patience, and maybe even a little help from his sister. A tale that shows that through perseverance and flexibility, an inventive thought can become a brilliant reality.
An out-of-work pirate, Jack Plank, comes ashore to look for a different line of work, but every night he explains how each non-sailing career he has investigated just won’t work for him.
2009-2010 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Michael di Capua Books
Copyright April 1, 2007
ISBN# 545004977 (PB)
10-year-old Jack is shocked to discover his parents are moving from their rural homestead to the boring suburbs of Chicago. Full of energy and determination, Jack devises a plan to get himself back to his beloved farmhouse forever. Only three things stand in his way: a neighbor in need, a shocking discovery, and tornado season.
All his life, Jack has longed for an adventure, so when giants turn up in the neighbor’s cabbage patch, he is thrilled! Soon Jack is chasing them to a land beyond the clouds, with his little sister, Annabella…The king of the giants has taken something that belongs to them, and they’ll do anything—even dive into a smelly tureen of green bean soup—to get it back.
2016-2017 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Random House Children's Books
Copyright April 14, 2015
ISBN# 9780385755801 (HB)
Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center named Jackie’s Wild Seattle.
2005-2006 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harper Collins
Copyright March 31, 2003
ISBN# 0-688-17474-4 (HB)
Nellie and her mother pick berries all summer in order to make enough money so that Nellie can have a coat to wear to school in the winter.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Sleeping Bear Press
Copyright September 1, 2002
ISBN# 1-58536-109-7 (HB)
Jack turns his anger onto his father, the school janitor, after the fifth grader is ridiculed by the students.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Simon and Schuster
Copyright May 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-689-81818-1 (PB, HB)
The story of Jesus’s life with stunning paintings by this gifted artist.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Eerdmans
Copyright September 20, 2000
ISBN# 0-8028-5212-2 (HB)
An orphaned koala is rescued and rehabilitated at the Koala Hospital in Australia.
2015-2016 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 4.2
Published by National Geographic
Copyright September 1, 2014
ISBN# 978-1426313714 (HB)
A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg round 1450 but also at its precursors.
2005-2006 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Houghton Mifflin
Copyright September 22, 2003
ISBN# 0-618-26351-9 (HB)
Quoting liberally from John Muir’s diaries, Kathryn Lasky tells the inspiring tale of one of America’s most dedicated and influential environmentalists.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 6.1
Published by Candlewick Press
Copyright March 13, 2006
ISBN# 076361957-4 (PB, HB)
John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold-hearted aunt, he looked for dragons. He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still very much a boy at heart, when he decided to create one of his own.
2019-2020 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Roaring Brook Press
Copyright March 21, 2017
ISBN# 978-1626720923 (HB)
During the Civil War, Joseph must decide whether to defend his stepfather’s abolitionist and pro-Union beliefs.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright August 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-06-029226-1 (PB)
Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard take long walks through their neighborhood. One hot summer she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Scholastic, Inc.
Copyright July 1, 2010
ISBN# 9780545033527 (PB)
When her mother and younger sister are killed in a house fire, eleven-year-old Cara struggles to find a way to deal with her emotions and to reach out to her grieving father.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.9
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Copyright March 20, 2006
ISBN# 0-374-39932-8 (HB)
Auggie and her grandfather use found objects to transform the appearance of their home and, in the process, change a whole town’s perceptions of beauty and art.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Dial
Copyright February 6, 2014
ISBN# 978-0803737259 (HB)
Gus is a livestock guardian dog with one job―protecting his farm from coyotes and foxes. He likes keeping the sheep, the chickens, and his humans safe, and he’s very good at it.One day, Diego and his dad come to visit the farm, and Gus immediately connects to the small boy. They both like to sit still and enjoy the quiet, and Gus can tell that Diego likes being around a gentle giant of a dog, that it helps relieve the boy’s constant worry.When Gus detects the scent of a bear in the woods, he rushes to protect his flock, injuring his leg in a fight with the dangerous beast. Wounded, Gus needs to rest and heal away from his sheep, so he doesn’t risk reinjuring his leg. Diego suggests Gus come home with them to the North Carolina coast.Suddenly, Gus is thrust into a new world of saltwater and sand and neighbors who don’t appreciate the presence of a large guard dog, like the neighbor who reminds Gus of his first owner―the junkyard man with the heavy boots.Gus realizes Diego might need a friend as much as his sheep need a protector, but if he can’t learn to control his instincts, like barking and patrolling the neighborhood, Gus might lose his chance to stay in his new home. If he can’t protect the farm or his boy, Gus worries he might never find his place in the world.
This biography profiles the life of Kate Walker, one of the first women on the Eastern seaboard to be put in charge of an offshore lighthouse.
When Michael is swept off his family’s yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive—until he finds he is not alone.
2005-2006 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright February 28, 2003
ISBN# 0-439-38202-5 (HB)
In his Guide to Being Awesome, Kid President pulls together lists of awesome ideas to help the world, awesome interviews with his awesome celebrity friends.
2016-2017 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.5
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright February 3, 2015
ISBN# 978-0062358684 (HB)
Ten-year-old Jake has always been close to his grandfather Billy—so close that Jake’s mother calls them kindred souls. Each morning, Jake and Billy take a walk around the family farm. Billy often tells Jake stories of living in a sod house on the prairie .When Billy goes into the hospital; Jake decides the best gift he can give his beloved grandfather is to build a sod house.
2014-2015 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.0
Published by Harper Collins
Copyright April 23, 2013
ISBN# 9780060522995 (PB)
Readers will be entranced by the many adventures of a raccoon as he learns to survive in the wilds of Nova Scotia.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Groundwood
Copyright May 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-88899-375-7 (PB, HB)
Owl wants nothing more than to be a knight. When his dream comes true, he proves to be both brave and clever.
Thomas Doflein and Zoo Berlin dedicate a year to successfully raising a polar bear in captivity and in so doing, gain the attention of the world for maintaining natural habitats.
2009-2010 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright November 1, 2007
ISBN# 545047161 (HB)
Back in the days of long ago, when elves and goblins still roamed the earth, there was a boy named Kringle who would be cast out into the wilderness with a destiny to be filled.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.8
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright October 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-439-74942-5 (PB, HB)
Based on a true story, Lessons From a Sheepdog, by Phillip Keller, this account tells how he rescues Lass from an unhappy life in the city. Lass learns to trust and to become the great dog she was created to be.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Tommy Nelson
Copyright June 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-8499-1449-3 (HB)
The last Canadian airlift rescue operation that left Saigon in 1975 had fifty seven babies and children aboard. One of those, was Son Thi Anh Tuyet, and this is the story of her suspenseful journey.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.8
Published by Pajama Press
Copyright October 1, 2013
ISBN# 0986949515 (PB)
Life is unusually easy for popular sixth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright October 1, 2004
ISBN# 0-689-84516-2 (HB)
CJ and his nana have a Sunday morning routine. After church they walk to the bus stop, board the bus, and take a ride. The book follows them on their bus ride one Sunday. CJ wishes he didn’t have to go. He’s envious of his friends who have cars, and who get to go home after church. But every time he complains, his nana points out all the good parts of their day and the blessings they enjoy.
2016-2017 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.3
Published by Penguin
Copyright January 8, 2015
ISBN# 978-0399257742 (HB)
Battling the death of her mother, 13 year old Clare spends several weeks in Malawi with her father. She meets new friends that will help her open her heart after loss.
2014-2015 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 4.5
Published by Random House
Copyright June 11, 2013
ISBN# 9780440422105 (PB)
A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him.
2007-2008 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 1.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright September 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-15-205304-2 (PB, HB)
Peter and his father are moving to a new house beyond the dark unfriendly woods. When they arrive at their new home, Peter wants to turn back. Fortunately, he has Harold for company, but Harold is just a dog and can’t help Peter. Scared of the things hidden in the woods, Peter makes a tall pile of pillows. He stitches and sews. He pushes and pulls. And when he is done, he has Lenny, Guardian of the Bridge, to protect him and Harold. Lenny is a good guard but Peter worries that Lenny will get lonely out by the woods all by himself, so he makes Lucy, who is a good friend. Together, Lenny, Lucy, Peter, and Harold discover that this new place isn’t so scary after all.
2017-2018 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.3
Published by Roaring Brook Press
Copyright October 6, 2015
ISBN# 978-1596439320 (HB)
A young boy searches for his special compass. Along the way he decides to write a letter to God and discovers the miracle of God’s hand in everyday situations.
2012-2013 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.0
Published by Zondervan
Copyright March 8, 2010
ISBN# 9780310597360 (PB)
Lety Muñoz’s first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don’t care if she can’t always find the right word. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But grumpy classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles—so now they have to work as a team. Hunter’s not much of a team player, though. He devises a secret competition to decide who will be the official shelter scribe. Whoever helps get their animals adopted the fastest wins. The loser scoops dog food.
Meriwether Lewis’s dog, Seaman, describes Lewis and Clark’s expedition, which he accompanied from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Henry Holt
Copyright August 1, 2002
ISBN# 0-8050-6368-4 (HB)
When spring comes, Papa will take a wagonload of goods to sell in Santa Fe. Lewis feels so grown-up because his dad has said he is old enough to go along. During the trip Papa continues to build confidence in his son as they share rich daily experiences.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Chronicle ’98
Copyright March 31, 1998
ISBN# 0-8118-1959-0 (HB)
When Sam, a mouse who lives in a library begins shelving with the other books the stories he has been writing and illustrating himself,everyone wants to meet the author of these intriguing little books.
2009-2010 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Harry N. Abrams
Copyright September 1, 2007
ISBN# 810993465 (PB, HB)
Og the Frog has just moved into Room 26, and the place is hopping. There are lively kids, new routines, and a furry neighbor who seems to squeak all day. Luckily, everyone seems friendly and—BING, BANG, BOING!—some even put juicy crickets in his tank. But just as Og is getting used to this new life, there is talk of sending him back to the pond. Sure, he misses his friends, but now he has a lot more time for his favorite hobby—making up songs and poems—and he loves listening to his new friends and giving them encouraging BOINGS just when they need them. And there’s that steady supply of crickets . . . Og doesn’t want to say goodbye to his new life or his furry neighbor. But will his classmates decide to keep Og as their classroom pet or take him back to his old life, at the pond?
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.2
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Reader
Copyright July 3, 2018
ISBN# 978-1524739942 (HB)
In delightful rhymed verse, Conrad J. Storad tells the story of the tortoise and explains how it has adapted to survive in the desert.
2008-2009 Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by RGU Group
Copyright November 29, 2005
ISBN# 1-891795-07-4 (PB, HB)
A girl and her little brother spend a Depression-era Christmas on an island off the coast of Maine with their recently widowed father in this nostalgic, touching Christmas Story. Inspired by the Flying Santa program, a New England tradition since 1929.
2014-2015 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.1
Published by Dial Press
Copyright October 13, 2011
ISBN# 9780803730533 (HB)
This children’s picture book follows a sibling of a child with a disability as they go through their day. A simple story with an important message, Like Me helps kids recognize the many similarities they share with disabled kids and model a loving and understanding approach to the differences.
When Eleanor’s beloved babysitter, Bibi, has to move away to take care of her ailing father, Eleanor must try to bear the summer without Bibi and prepare for the upcoming school year.
2013-2014 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.2
Published by Amulet
Copyright February 28, 2011
ISBN# 9780810984240 (HB)
While finding her own voice, a shy sixth grader speaks up for bullied students.
Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it’s woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika.
Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing?
The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face. It seems the crimes of the present may be connected to crimes of the past.…
This is the story of Greg Mortenson and his first building project in Pakistan. The highlights of this incredible experience are chronicled.
2011-2012 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright January 21, 2009
ISBN# 9780803730588 (HB)
The story of a twelve-year girl, Charley and her difficult emotional and physical journey as the themes of nature, family, and love are weaved into a complex and powerful portrait of recovery.
2008-2009 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by HarperCollins Publishers
Copyright June 8, 2008
ISBN# 9780060579371 (PB)
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor’s identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents’ mission hospital.
2007-2008 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.7
Published by Harper Collins
Copyright July 26, 2005
ISBN# 0-06-058175-1 (PB)
Little Ree trades in her city days for a country way of life when she moves with her family to her grandparents’ ranch. She’s excited to ride horses, swim in the pond, and help Grandma cook for everyone. But on her first day, she finds that living on a ranch can be tough.
2018-2019 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.4
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright March 27, 2017
ISBN# 978-0062453181 (HB)
This is a novel in verse about Mark, a lost dog, a small town, and small acts of bravery that bring lost-feeling neighbors together.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright May 1, 2012
ISBN# 1442434236 (PB, HB)
Amid the hustle and bustle of the big city, the big crowds and bigger buildings, Little Elliot leads a quiet life. In spite of the challenges he faces, Elliot finds many wonderful things to enjoy―like cupcakes! And when his problems seem insurmountable, Elliot discovers something even sweeter―a friend.
2016-2017 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.1
Published by Henry Holt
Copyright August 26, 2014
ISBN# 978-0805098259 (HB)
In Communist China in 1966, Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Barefoot Books
Copyright February 28, 2011
ISBN# 9781846865398 (PB)
In 1920 in the mountains of North Carolina, fourteen-year-old Jim Houston sees his hopes of continuing his education fade when his mother becomes seriously ill and his logger father must deal with underhanded businessmen.
2000-2001 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt Brace
Copyright April 15, 1997
ISBN# 0-15-201509-4 (HB)
Follow the epic annual migration of an Arctic Tern on its sixty-thousand-mile journey to the South Pole and back again, the longest such migration in the animal kingdom.
Mr.Wolfe has selected 18 paintings from around the world and across art history to teach young art enthusiasts the most important skill in enjoying beauty on a canvas.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Oxford
Copyright September 12, 2002
ISBN# 0-19-521912-0 (HB)
Set in the 1930s, Edith is the fourth of twelve children, so it seems she is always taking care of someone younger while trying to understand just how a big family works in these hard times.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Houghton
Copyright September 10, 2013
ISBN# 0544022718 (PB, HB)
This is a picture book biography of J. M. Barrie and the events of his life that led him to write one of the world’s most beloved children’s books.
2013-2014 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Penguin Group
Copyright August 5, 2010
ISBN# 9780525478867 (HB)
In 1911, Yale professor Hiram Bingham, on a trek to find a rumored lost city of the Incas, discovers another a lost Incan city with the help of a Peruvian boy. What he stumbled onto was even more beautiful and amazing.
2005-2006 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Philomel
Copyright June 2, 2003
ISBN# 0-399-23302-4 (HB)
Thirteen- year -old couch potato cousins find themselves lost in a mysterious world called Lexicon, where they must solve puzzles of math and grammar.
2013-2014 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 4.9
Published by Scarletta Press
Copyright July 26, 2011
ISBN# 9780983021926 (PB)
A spring tale of trust, patience, and waiting for your time. Woodland creatures are concerned for a newborn white-tailed fawn they believe is lost.
2006-2007 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Carl R. Sams II Photography, Inc.
Copyright June 30, 2004
ISBN# 0-9671748-8-0 (PB, HB)
In 1831, in Concord, Massachusetts, seven-year-old Louisa May Alcott joins other children on varied excursions led by Henry David Thoreau, and is inspired to write her first poem.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Penguin
Copyright September 30, 2002
ISBN# 0-80372-470-5 (HB)
When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn’t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana’s life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town — including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder — she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes.
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.5
Published by Candlewick Press
Copyright October 2, 2018
ISBN# 978-0763694630 (HB)
In the same way that Love Does has struck a deep chord with adults, kids will experience God in new and thrilling ways and see that living out our faith certainly isn’t boring! With this book, children will laugh, dream, and be inspired to make a difference for God.
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Thomas Nelson
Copyright October 23, 2018
ISBN# 978-0718095222 (HB)
A beautifully illustrated adaptation of one of the most beloved chapters in the Bible, I Corinthians 13, given to us by the apostle Paul.
2003-2004 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright December 31, 2000
ISBN# 0-689-82980-9 (PB, HB)
Set on a plantation in 1820s Maryland, this story based on the life of young Frederick Douglass, shows the power of his mother’s love. The faith she has in her son puts him on a path to escape enslavement and to become a champion of human rights.
2014-2015 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.2
Published by Lee & Low
Copyright November 1, 2011
ISBN# 9781600602450 (HB)
Another loss comes and Amalia wonders if she will ever make any sense of it all.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.8
Published by Simon and Schuster
Copyright July 10, 2012
ISBN# 1442424028 (PB, HB)
ile her grandmother spends the summer in Hawaii, Ruby learns self-reliance by writing letters and befriending a new girl in town.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright March 31, 2001
ISBN# 0-15-202314-3 (PB, HB)
From the first moment the Barkers saw the puppy it was love at first sight. They soon learn that adopting a pet is a big responsibility and a decision that will lead to a lifetime of fun and adventures.
2010-2011 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.0
Published by Pugtale Publishing
Copyright October 28, 2007
ISBN# 9780976639077 (HB)
It’s 1866, and ten-year-old Lucy Grigg’s mother has just died, leaving Lucy alone on the streets of New York City. She learns about a group that sends orphans out west to new homes, and hopefully, a new, loving family—maybe even a little sister.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright February 8, 1998
ISBN# 0-385-32293-3 (HB)
Ten-year-old Lula Bell Bonner of White House, Tennessee, tries to fade in the background to avoid a bully, but after her beloved grandmother’s death Lula Bell understood about letting her light shining in the darkness.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Amazon Children’s
Copyright October 2, 2012
ISBN# 9780761462255 (HB)
Twelve-year old Greg, who always has been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.2
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright July 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-689-86683-6 (HB)
Madeline Finn and Star are off to Walker Oaks, a retirement community where Star will take his tests to become a Therapy Dog. Accompanied by Mom, Mrs. Dimple, and Bonnie the library dog, she and Star make their way through a variety of challenges and meet several new friends. But Madeline Finn can’t stop thinking about an elderly man in a wheelchair who never smiles. Is there something she and Star can do to help?
Mahalia Jackson went down in history as the Queen of Gospel. This picture book biography follows her life starting in childhood. It highlights her struggles, victories and career as a singer over several decades. She never gave up or let others put her down due to the color of her skin. She paved the way for many other people of color to follow in her successful footsteps.
2016-2017 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Harper
Copyright January 27, 2015
ISBN# 978-0060879440 (HB)
As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true.
2019-2020 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.6
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Copyright October 17, 2017
ISBN# 978-0316319577 (HB)
A rat named Malcolm loves living at a school with a secret society of pets that keep children out of trouble. This mystery involves an iguana that has disappeared!
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.8
Published by Houghton
Copyright September 4, 2012
ISBN# 0547681003 (PB, HB)
While her dad is away serving in WW II, Amy helps her mother get a job as a player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
2005-2006 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright February 28, 2003
ISBN# 0-15-202196-5 (HB)
This story tells how a young but talented girl who lived in France more that 600 years ago. Her father is a manuscript illuminator, but when he falls ill it is up to Marguerite to finish his current work so that a grand lady can get her book on time.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Getty Museum
Copyright October 28, 1999
ISBN# 0-89236-372-X (HB)
When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones: He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar and is filled with a magic once reserved for the Gods—magic some Romans would kill for. Now, with the deadly power of the bulla pulsing through his veins, Nic is determined to become free. But instead, he finds himself at the center of a ruthless conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and spark the Praetor War, a battle to destroy Rome from within. Traitors and spies lurk at every turn, each more desperate than the next to use Nic’s newfound powers for their own dark purposes. In a quest to stop the rebellion, save Rome, and secure his own freedom, Nic must harness the magic within himself and defeat the empire’s most powerful and savage leaders.
2017-2018 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.2
Published by Scholastic, Inc.
Copyright December 28, 2015
ISBN# 978-0545561556 (PB)
The Benson family oversleeps and there is so much to do to get ready for the market. In a hurry they don’t remember if they fed the cows or closed the farm gate. One hungry, lovable cow helps make the day at the farmer’s market more exciting.
2010-2011 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 1.0
Published by Penguin Group
Copyright May 15, 2008
ISBN# 9780525478836 (HB)
This book explores marsupials of all sizes. It further tells about their habits, physical appearance, and environment.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Scholastic, Inc.
Copyright September 1, 2009
ISBN# 9780439877589 (HB)
Discusses the life and the work of impressionist painter Mary Cassat, as told from a child’s point of view.
2005-2006 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
Copyright April 14, 2003
ISBN# 0-448-43153-X (PB, HB)
Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia to bring medical help to those in need. Joined by others, her work became a model for rural health care worldwide.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright September 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-8037-2154-4 (HB)
Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as a birthday gift for James, a human. The two new friends work together to help recover a drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Square Fish
Copyright March 30, 2010
ISBN# 9780312608705 (PB)
When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Random
Copyright January 6, 2014
ISBN# 9780385374149 (PB)
This tender exploration of loss illuminates how kindness, empathy, and friendship can lift our spirits and see us through many tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone who has experienced hardship or grief, from the death of a loved one or a pet, to a friend moving away, or the transition to a new home or family situation.
2020-2021 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.2
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright April 26, 2019
ISBN# 978-1338214888 (HB)
This is Edith Schaeffer’s (also named Mei Fuh when she was born) lively memoir of her first five years growing up the daughter of American teachers living in southern China. Learn the culture of a fascinating people through the eyes of a curious child.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Houghton
Copyright April 27, 1998
ISBN# 0-395-72290-X (HB)
To relieve the hunger in Germany in 1948, pilots began airlifting supplies including candy and gum for the children, which gave them a reason to hope for a better life.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Sleeping Bear Press
Copyright March 31, 2002
ISBN# 1-58536-069-4 (HB)
A busy crow flies around town picking up all kinds of discarded items and uses them to create a beautiful Christmas tree.
2007-2008 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.1
Published by Harcourt
Copyright September 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-15-202651-7 (PB, HB)
Miles, a slave, endures trying to have his spirit broken by secretly learning to read.
2002-2003 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Houghton
Copyright April 24, 2000
ISBN# 0-395-97938-2 (PB, HB)
Quarterback Nate Brodie’s family is feeling the stress of the economy. His best friend is going blind, so when he gets the chance to win a million dollars for completing a pass during halftime at a New England Patriots game, he is overwhelmed by the pressure.
2011-2012 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Copyright November 15, 2010
ISBN# 9780142415580 (PB)
Introduces the iconic American chef Julia Child to a new audience of young readers through the story of her spirited cat, Minette, whom Julia adopted when living in Paris.
2014-2015 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 5.1
Published by Abrams
Copyright May 1, 2012
ISBN# 9781419701771 (HB)
In this book of poems based on fairy tales, a new twist is given. The poems are read top to bottom and then reversed to create a new take on the fairy tales.
2012-2013 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Penguin Young Readers Group
Copyright March 3, 2010
ISBN# 9780525479017 (HB)
All the kids call the strange old woman Mad Mary, and they steer clear of her. But that doesn’t stop Brit from spying on her, during which time she discovers Mischief!
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Avon
Copyright October 31, 1998
ISBN# 0-380-73135-5 (PB, HB)
Sage turns her misunderstanding over a spelling word into pure inspiration for the vocabulary parade
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright August 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-15-202163-9 (PB, HB)
This collection of poetry tells the story of Prudence Crandall and her students in the days before prejudice and persecution closed her 19th century school for African American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut.
2009-2010 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Highlights Press
Copyright September 28, 2007
ISBN# 9781590784563 (HB)
A biography of Lady Bird Johnson, who, as the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, reminded citizens about the importance of conserving natural resources and promoted the beautification of cities and highways by planting wildflowers.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright February 14, 2005
ISBN# 0-06-001107-6 (HB)
There was a time in America when children were not allowed to enter a library much less take books home because they might ruin them or forget to bring them back, until Miss Moore came along!
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.6
Published by Houghton
Copyright March 4, 2013
ISBN# 054747105X (HB)
Three children in Chicago in 1886 experience the Haymarket Riot in response to the exploitative working conditions.
2003-2004 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright June 12, 2001
ISBN# 0-689-83895-6 (PB, HB)
When Simon, Henry, and Jack move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistibly drawn to explore the aptly named Superstition Mountain, despite warnings it is not safe. Ms. Broach is the recipient of the 2011 Children’s Crown Award for Masterpiece.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Square Fish
Copyright May 22, 2012
ISBN# 9781250004772 (PB)