A child and his grandfather marvel at spring’s gradual arrival on a farm.
2002-2003 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Viking
Copyright February 29, 2000
ISBN# 0-670-87961-4 (HB)
Vicky learns her new tennis team partner is ruthless about winning even if it means cheating to do so.
2002-2003 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Houghton
Copyright September 20, 1999
ISBN# 0-395-65017-8 (HB)
Ruby recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright September 1, 1999
ISBN# 0-590-18923-9 (PB, HB)
A young backwoods boy wants to make baskets just like his family until he is taunted during a trip to a big city.
2002-2003 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Little, Brown
Copyright September 1, 1999
ISBN# 0-316-73521-3 (PB, HB)
George experiences the hardships of being a Black cowboy when he joins a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail.
2002-2003 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright August 30, 1999
ISBN# 0-15-201815-8 (HB)
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)
Quite often Phyllis Mae feels she gets too little attention while her baby brother gets way too much of it. Her nana and mamma decide to have a Daughter’s Day celebration similar to Mother’s Day. What could possibly go wrong on a day meant just for her?
2001-2002 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright April 15, 2002
ISBN# 978-0140561876 (PB, HB)
In a small Louisiana town in 1940, Jolene still misses her dad who died and she does not want her Mamma to marry the logger who has been courting her. It seems though, that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright October 31, 2000
ISBN# 978-0698118690 (PB)