Nominated Books

Olivia

By Ian Falconer

Olivia is a feisty pig with too much energy for her own good, no matter where she is.

Honor

2002-2003 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Atheneum

ISBN# 0-689-82953-1 (PB, HB)

Jesus

By Brian Wildsmith

The story of Jesus’s life with stunning paintings by this gifted artist.

Nominated

2002-2003 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Eerdmans

ISBN# 0-8028-5212-2 (HB)

Pinky Pye

By Eleanor Estes

Written in 1958, the famous Pye family acquires a small kitten that can type, during a summer on Fire Island.

Nominated

2002-2003 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Harcourt

ISBN# 0-15-202559-6 (PB, HB)

The Trip Back Home

By Janet Wong, Illustrated by Bo Jia

A young girl and her mother travel to Korea to visit their extended family.

Nominated

2002-2003 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Harcourt

ISBN# 0-15-200784-9 (HB)

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes

By Rose Lewis, Illustrated by Jane Dyer

The author describes in fiction form how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl.

Winner

2002-2003 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Little, Brown

ISBN# 0-31652538-3 (HB)

The Night Worker

By Kate Banks, Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

Alex wants to be a night worker like his father who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed.

Nominated

2002-2003 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN# 0-374-35520-7 (PB, HB)

Miss Alainus: A Vocabulary Disaster

By Debra Fraiser

Sage turns her misunderstanding over a spelling word into pure inspiration for the vocabulary parade

Nominated

2002-2003 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Harcourt

ISBN# 0-15-202163-9 (PB, HB)

Joseph’s Choice

By Bonnie Pryor

During the Civil War, Joseph must decide whether to defend his stepfather’s abolitionist and pro-Union beliefs.

Nominated

2002-2003 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by HarperCollins

ISBN# 0-06-029226-1 (PB)