In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely youngsters make a connection – a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own, and a human whose father is the new keeper at the Alaska Zoo and whose mother and sister are still in Minnesota.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Clarion
Copyright June 27, 2005
ISBN# 0-618-51738-3 (HB)
Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Schwartz and Wade
Copyright January 9, 2012
ISBN# 9780375867323 (HB)
This is the third of four in this team’s fabulously beautiful nonfiction series about the world of butterflies.
2013-2014 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Chronicle
Copyright May 18, 2011
ISBN# 978-0811864794 (PB)
Step into the studios of several acclaimed illustrators and see how their Caldecott Medal-winning books were created. This unique account spans 60 years of picture-book illustration history.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Walker
Copyright January 1, 1999
ISBN# 0-8027-8656-1 (HB)
When an outbreak of the flu comes to Vermont in 1918, eleven-year-old Margaret aspires to be a doctor just like her papa.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 30, 2002
ISBN# 0-06-029319-5 (PB, HB)
Squirrel, a young puppy, tells her story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.1
Published by Scholastic
Copyright October 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-439-71559-8 (HB)
William Carlos Williams’ words gave him freedom and peace, but he also needed to earn a living. When he grew up he became a doctor, but he never stopped writing poetry.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Copyright August 28, 2008
ISBN# 9780802853028 (HB)
Jeff Corwin shares his story of how his love for all animals such as snakes and turtles developed his interest in the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems around the world.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Copyright September 4, 2009
ISBN# 9780142414033 (PB)
Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousins and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.6
Published by Viking
Copyright July 21, 2005
ISBN# 0-670-06011-9 (PB, HB)
Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it’s coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill and sometimes an injury to be had. Trille loves to share everything with Lena, even Auntie Granny’s waffles. But when Lena has to move away and Auntie Granny leaves the world, it sometimes seems like nothing will ever be right again. The warmth of friendship and the support of family suffuse this lightly illustrated novel, proving that when times are tough, a little taste of sweetness can make all the difference.
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.8
Published by Candlewick Press
Copyright May 12, 2015
ISBN# 978-0763672812 (HB)
This story is based on a real person,nine-year-old Magulu, who is captured in Africa and sold into slavery in New England. Her life is followed until she, as an adult, becomes a teacher in her beloved homeland.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.3
Published by Candlewick
Copyright February 24, 2015
ISBN# 978-0763650384 (PB, HB)
Fifth grader Harper Lee Morgan writes poetry and aspires to enter a contest, but her family’s financial troubles are getting in the way.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Square Fish
Copyright August 2, 2011
ISBN# 9780312659349 (PB)
A family of forest animals learns to cope with the death of a beloved friend.
2005-2006 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright April 15, 2003
ISBN# 0-15-216636-X (HB)
The story of a young fox, from her first month to an independent life with a family of her own.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Copyright February 25, 2004
ISBN# 1-55041-811-4 (PB, HB)
Because their Uncle John is a POW in Vietnam, three children set a special table in his memory & of others fallen or MIA.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Sleeping Bear Press
Copyright May 1, 2005
ISBN# 1-58536-216-6 (HB)
Frankie and his eight brothers and sisters learn lessons about giving, family, and tradition during a snowy Michigan Christmas long ago.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Philomel
Copyright September 16, 2004
ISBN# 0-399-24302-X (PB, HB)
Every Christmas in the small town of Pine River, a tree appears in the town square—the Angel Tree. Some people tie wishes to the tree, while others make those wishes come true. Nobody’s ever known where the tree comes from, but the mystery has always been part of the tradition’s charm. This year, however, four kids who have been helped—Lucy, Joe, Max, and Cami—are determined to solve the mystery and find out the true identity of the town’s guardian angel, so that Pine River can finally thank the person who brought the Angel Tree to their town.
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.7
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright September 30, 2014
ISBN# 978-0545613781 (HB)
These are heartwarming, true stories of how dogs, cats, cows, monkeys, and even dolphins use their normal senses or special training to help people in trouble or in need all over the world.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Lerner Publishing Group
Copyright September 28, 2008
ISBN# 9780822578840 (HB)
With striking photographs, the author reveals the truth about nature’s grossest, fiercest, most fascinating and yet most misunderstood animals.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by SeaStar
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 1-58717-079-5 (PB, HB)
Anna loves to watch her father at his bookbinding business. When he is unable to finish an important client’s books, Anna is determined to take matters into her own hands.
2005-2006 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Walker
Copyright February 28, 2003
ISBN# 0-8027-8831-9 (HB)
Three generations of the Nickel family reunite, when Anna, her mom, dad, and younger sister Isabella, relocate to Oakwood, Kansas.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright August 27, 2013
ISBN# 978-0060564933 (HB)
A biography of Anne Frank, written and illustrated for younger children.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.1
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Copyright August 23, 2005
ISBN# 978-0375832420 (PB, HB)
In 1775 Patrick Henry’s ten-year-old daughter, Annie, tries to concentrate on her day-to-day activities but is increasingly caught up in her father’s role in the colonists’ growing unrest. This title was on the Crown list in 1994 and has been republished as a set of four books. By request from the publisher an endorsement was given by Sandra Morrow, the originator of the Children’s Crown Awards.
2013-2014 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by P & R Publishing
Copyright June 18, 2011
ISBN# 9781596383753 (PB)
Jack Plank Tells Tales, by Natalie Babbitt, RL 5. 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: 4.0
Published by Eerdmans Books
Copyright January 4, 2009
ISBN# 802853544 (PB)
Eleven-year-old Suzy just can’t win. Her brother is a local hero for calling 911 after seeing their elderly neighbor collapse, and only her best friend was able to win a role in the play they both auditioned for. Feeling cast aside from all angles, Suzy sees a kindred spirit in Emily Dickinson, the subject of her summer project. Suzy decides to escape from her disappointments by emulating the poet’s life of solitude: no visitors or phone calls (only letters delivered through her window), no friends (except her goldfish, Ottilie), and no outings (except church, but only if she can wear her long white Emily dress). But being a recluse is harder than Suzy predicted. Will she find a way to fold Emily into her life while also remaining true to herself?
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.2
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Copyright May 13, 2014
ISBN# 978-0449809884 (PB)
Sophie and Mr. and Mrs. Noah, owners of a pet store, become special friends as they share their love for animals.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Holt
Copyright June 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-8050-6221-1 (PB, HB)
In 1952, a young girl writes a letter to Albert Einstein, the most famous mathematician and scientist of the day, to request help for her fifteen- year-old sister, Annabel, in solving a very important math problem. A fictionalized story based on an actual event that appeared in The New York Times in May 1952.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.6
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Copyright September 15, 2005
ISBN# 0-374-30435-1 (HB)
A guided A – Z tour through the institution called the “library”, including its earliest forms, systems and practices, famous booklovers and librarians, and even definitions of basic book components.
2007-2008 Crown Award
Reading Level: 6.1
Published by Sleeping Bear Press
Copyright October 31, 2011
ISBN# 1-58536-145-3 (PB, HB)
Third grader Betsy and her friend Billy seem to be always getting into scrapes both inside and outside of school.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright May 1, 2004
ISBN# 0-15-205105-8 (HB)
These 50-pound bundles of energy and courage routinely take on 400-pound grizzlies to steer problem bears away from trouble.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Walker
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 0-8027-8759-2 (HB)
On the last night of summer, Emma tags along with her game warden father on a routine call. They’re supposed to rescue a wild rabbit from a picket fence, but instead they find a little bunny. Emma convinces her father to bring him home for the night. The next day, Emma starts public school for the very first time after years of being homeschooled. More than anything, Emma wants to make a best friend in school. But things don’t go as planned. On the first day of school, she’s paired with a boy named Jack for a project. He can’t stay on topic, he speaks out of turn, and he’s obsessed with animals. Jack doesn’t fit in, and Emma’s worried he’ll make her stand out. Emma and Jack bond over her rescue rabbit. But will their new friendship keep Emma from finding the new best friend she’s meant to have?
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.3
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright April 26, 2019
ISBN# 978-0545914246 (HB)
The highlight of Joseph Paul’s growing up years was listening to baseball games on the radio & learning the rules of the game at his grandfather’s knee.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Candlewick
Copyright January 31, 2002
ISBN# 0-7636-1537-4 (PB, HB)
Ten-year-old Ben thinks he and his father make a “cool” family, but Ben has to rethink what is “all right” and “not all right” when his father remarries and adopts a baby from China.
2009-2010 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Copyright March 20, 2007
ISBN# 9780374706876 (HB)
In the aftermath of the natural disasters that have struck her country, eleven-year-old Maya is luckier than many. Her family didn’t lose their home, their lives, or each other. But Maya still can’t help feeling paralyzed with terror, and each aftershock that ripples out in the days that follow makes her fear all over again that her luck could change in an instant.
2021-2022 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum Books
Copyright June 30, 2020
ISBN# 9781481437899 (HB)
On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises, and the final one is possibly the best one ever.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.1
Published by Greenwillow Books
Copyright April 6, 2021
ISBN# 978-0063042797 (HB)
Chang cannot talk, at least not to people. The only sounds he can make are the squawks and caws of the cormorants that his father trains for fishing. Chang loves birds, and he is thrilled when he is finally old enough to join his father on important fishing trips.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by FSG
Copyright April 30, 1999
ISBN# 0-374-30723-7 (PB, HB)
An African American girl ponders the many black things around her, from the inside of her pocket to the cozy night where there is no light.
2005-2006 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Lee & Low
Copyright January 31, 2003
ISBN# 1-58430-048-5 (PB)
This is the story of the first year of Nell and her four coyote siblings. Her black coat makes her a hunter’s prize. So not only must she learn how to feed herself, but also about the dangers that humans thrust upon all wildlife.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Groundwood
Copyright March 30, 1998
ISBN# 0-88899-318-8 (PB, HB)
Admiral Richard Byrd stayed alone on the continent of Antarctica for almost six months in 1934. He battled the elements, the loneliness, and an illness that nearly killed him, all the while continuing to record his scientific observations.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright March 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-689-81299-X (PB, HB)
During a typically boring summer in a small town, a vaudeville troupe with various exotic animals, come to stay at a nearby lake. Henry meets Buster Keaton, a real performer a long time ago, and exciting things begin to happen.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 2.5
Published by Candlewick
Copyright July 23, 2013
ISBN# 978-0763650797 (HB)
In 1895, a former sea captain attempts to be the first to sail around the world in his rebuilt sloop.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Orchard
Copyright October 31, 2001
ISBN# 0-439-29305-7 (HB)
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.
2019-2020 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.6
Published by Walden Pond Press
Copyright March 14, 2017
ISBN# 978-0062445827 (HB)
Meet men who have used their God-given talents to live out their faith to the fullest. They come from a variety of backgrounds, eras, and ethnicities, but each one has answered the Lord’s call on their life in bold and innovative ways.
2022-2023 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harvest Kids
Copyright October 6, 2020
ISBN# 978-0736981330 (HB)
In the years before the Civil War, Bright realizes her parents are providing a safe house for the Underground Railroad. When she discovers a runaway slave in the barn, her life beyond their farm is suddenly vastly expanded.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright October 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-15-201812-3 (PB, HB)
The story of Patrick and Ming, fictional characters based on actual historical events.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.1
Published by Philomel Books
Copyright September 7, 2006
ISBN# 0-399-23406-3 (HB)
When her father disappears mysteriously, Buddy must live with dysfunctional relatives and learns of the whole family’s past secrets.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 0-689-81670-7 (PB, HB)
This sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark, focuses on Caleb who finds a mysterious old man in the barn, and forces his father to deal with his past.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright September 18, 2001
ISBN# 0-06-023606-X (PB)
The author spotlights the ways human behavior affects the amazing animals on our planet. Ms. White’s outstanding illustrations further excite us to preserve these stunning creatures.
2013-2014 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Candlewick
Copyright September 9, 2014
ISBN# 9780763673789 (PB)
Twin robotic Rovers searched for clues on Mars to help scientists determine if life ever existed there. This book chronicles some of the trials and discoveries experienced.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
Copyright July 1, 2011
ISBN# 9781570914638 (PB)
Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day. When he was still a teenager, Carter went to work in the coal mines. There he met a man named Oliver Jones, and Oliver did something important: he asked Carter not only to read to him and the other miners, but also research and find more information on the subjects that interested them. “My interest in penetrating the past of my people was deepened,” Carter wrote. His journey would take him many more years, traveling around the world and transforming the way people thought about history.
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.5
Published by Peachtree Publishing Company C
Copyright February 1, 2019
ISBN# 978-1561459346 (HB)
Three Australian children, adrift on a rubber raft, are cast ashore in a land of tiny people.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Odyssey Classics
Copyright October 31, 2002
ISBN# 0-15-216286-0 (PB, HB)
The story of a 110 year-old farm in Wisconsin is told in photos and anecdotes about the three generations of Petersons who have owned and farmed the land.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Boyds Mills
Copyright March 31, 1999
ISBN# 1-56397-710-9 (HB)
This title portrays the magic and the spirit of hope that makes the holidays merry.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.7
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright October 1, 2006
ISBN# 0-439-74588-8 (PB, HB)
Lily mourns her brother, and has not spoken since the accident she feels she could have prevented. The summer Tinny comes to town, she is the only one who realizes Lily’s secret.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Abrams, Harry N., Inc
Copyright May 1, 2010
ISBN# 9780810984196 (PB)
This biography tells the story of Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA’s first cryptology unit.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 6.3
Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers
Copyright March 2, 2021
ISBN# 978-1419739637 (HB)
Billie has lived with her great-aunt ever since her mom passed away and her dad left. Billie’s big brother, Leo, is about to leave, too, for the warfront. But first, she gets one more weekend with him at the ranch. Billie’s surprised when Leo brings home a fellow Marine from boot camp, Denny. She has so much to ask Leo—about losing her best friend and trying to find their father—but Denny, who is Navajo, or Diné, comes with something special: a gorgeous, but injured, stray dog. As Billie cares for the dog, whom they name Bear, she and Bear grow deeply attached to each other. Soon enough, it’s time for Leo and Denny, a Navajo Code Talker, to ship out. Billie does her part for the war effort, but she worries whether Leo and Denny will make it home, whether she’ll find a new friend, and if her father will ever come back. Can Bear help Billie—and Denny—find what’s most important?
2020-2021 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.1
Published by Scholastic Press
Copyright April 24, 2018
ISBN# 978-0545840750 (HB)
During World War II in England, David and Roger and their families endure the direct attacks by the Luftwaffe from Nazi Germany. The story relates the magnificent Royal Air Force victory during the Battle of Britain and the decisive contributions of the mighty Armada of the Eighth Air Force.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Penguin Young Readers Group
Copyright May 15, 2008
ISBN# 978-0525478720 (PB)
A young Comanche experiences his tribe’s conflicts with the Tejanos in the 1840s.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Eakin Press
Copyright May 1, 2000
ISBN# 1-57168-397-6 (PB, HB)
Everyone knows that cookies taste good but these cookies have something good to say.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.1
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 25, 2006
ISBN# 0-06-058081-X (HB)
Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Starscape
Copyright June 1, 2021
ISBN# 978-1250163387 (HB)
Meet women who have used their God-given talents to live out their faith to the fullest. They come from a variety of backgrounds, eras, and ethnicities, but each one has answered the Lord’s call on their life in bold and innovative ways.
2021-2022 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harvest House
Copyright January 7, 2020
ISBN# 9780736977340 (HB)
Martha Tom, a young Choctaw girl, crosses a river called Bok Chitto, thus begins the story about seven slaves who find their freedom on the other side of the river led by a Choctaw angel.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Cinco Puntos Press
Copyright March 31, 2006
ISBN# 0-938317-77-6 (PB, HB)
Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects to lose her home—or her beloved dog, Dash. But, as World War II rages and people of Japanese descent are forced into incarceration camps, Mitsi is separated from Dash, her classmates, and life as she knows it. The camp is a crowded and unfamiliar place, whose dusty floors, seemingly endless lines, and barbed wire fences begin to unravel the strong Kashino family ties. With the help of a friendly neighbor back home, Mitsi remains connected to Dash in spite of the hard times, holding on to the hope that the war will end soon and life will return to normal. Though they’ve lost their home, will the Kashino family also lose their sense of family? And will Mitsi and Dash ever be reunited?
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.9
Published by Scholastic, Inc.
Copyright May 10, 2016
ISBN# 978-0545416368 (PB)
During World War II in England, David and Roger and their families endure the direct attacks by the Luftwaffe from Nazi Germany. The story relates the magnificent Royal Air Force victory during the Battle of Britain and the decisive contributions of the mighty Armada of the Eighth Air Force.
2010-2011 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Bright Sky Press
Copyright November 27, 2007
ISBN# 9781931721936 (HB)
David Howard has been living on the streets of New York City so long he can barely remember his parents. Through the Children’s Aid Society, he finds a new home with the Bauer family in Missouri. But farm life is hard, especially for a city boy.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright October 13, 1998
ISBN# 0-385-32296-8 (PB, HB)
During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships? Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle. These stunning patterns and colors were meant to confuse the enemy about a ship’s speed and direction. By the end of the war, more than four thousand ships had been painted with these mesmerizing designs.
2018-2019 Crown Award
Reading Level: 6.1
Published by Millbrook Press
Copyright August 31, 2017
ISBN# 978-1512410143 (HB)
In 1910, through letters to a friend, a young Russian immigrant new to New York, shares her thoughts about an epidemic and a factory fire.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright October 22, 2002
ISBN# 0-06-029840-5 (HB)
When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma—can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret?
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte Press
Copyright February 15, 2022
ISBN# 978-0593374122 (HB)
With clear text and vivid photographs, Seymour Simon sheds light on the many mysteries of Jupiter, the fifth, and largest planet in our solar system. The spacecraft Galileo is and has been sending back information since 1995.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Morrow
Copyright March 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-688-15620-7 (HB)
In the dead of winter, a small kitten was abandoned in a library book drop. The kitten miraculously survived and became known as Dewey Readmore living in the library and charming young and old.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Copyright April 12, 2011
ISBN# 9780316068703 (PB)
Emily finds a large dog outside her house that is barely alive. She helps the dog survive and realizes there is a bond between her and the dog.
2012-2013 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Square Fish
Copyright April 27, 2009
ISBN# 9780312367688 (PB)
If you were growing up in the 1930s in the mountains of Kentucky, you’d recognize the packhorse librarian by the saddlebags filled with books, one of which might be for you!
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 24, 2001
ISBN# 0-06-029135-4 (HB)
This book is a journey from the surface of the ocean to the bottom, discovering all that lives and exists at each level.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Copyright May 4, 2009
ISBN# 9780547529158 (HB)
When Abby’s class gets a pet duck named Max, she is eager to take it home overnight, since her parents will not allow her have her own pet.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Candlewick
Copyright February 27, 2012
ISBN# 9780763657840 (HB)
When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma’s seventh birthday, the girls learn a lot about their heritage.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Little, Brown Books
Copyright January 7, 2013
ISBN# 9780316125895 (PB)
Always fascinated by this thing called electricity, he eventually proved that AC, not DC, was the wave of the future. Tesla is that often overlooked genius who left a stunning legacy in his field.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.3
Published by Candlewick
Copyright September 8, 2015
ISBN# 978-0763658557 (HB)
Originally published in 1946, the actress records the antics of a menagerie of animals & her special pet chipmunk while filming The Courage of Lassie.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright October 1, 2002
ISBN# 0-689-85334-3 (HB)
Ellie is an engineer. With a tool belt strapped over her favorite skirt (who says you can’t wear a dress and have two kinds of screwdrivers handy, just in case?), she invents and builds amazing creations in her backyard workshop. Together with her best friend Kit, Ellie can make anything. As Kit’s birthday nears, Ellie doesn’t know what gift to make until the girls overhear Kit’s mom talking about her present—the dog Kit always wanted! Ellie plans to make an amazing doghouse, but her plans grow so elaborate that she has to enlist help from the neighbor boys and crafty girls, even though the two groups don’t get along. Will Ellie be able to pull off her biggest project yet, all while keeping a secret from Kit?
2019-2020 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.5
Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Copyright January 16, 2018
ISBN# 978-1681195193 (HB)
Elsie Mae is pretty sure this’ll be the best summer ever. She gets to explore the cool, quiet waters of the Okefenokee Swamp around her grandparents’ house with her new dog, Huck, and she’s written a letter to President Roosevelt that she’s confident will save the swamp from a shipping company and make her a major hometown hero. Then, news reaches Elsie Mae of some hog bandits stealing from swamper families, and she sees another opportunity to make her family proud while waiting to hear back from the White House. But when her cousin Henry James, who dreams of one day becoming a traveling preacher like his daddy, shows up and just about ruins her investigation with his ‘Hallelujahs,’ Elsie Mae will learn the hard way what it really means to be a hero.
2018-2019 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Copyright September 4, 2017
ISBN# 978-1492640226 (HB)
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Copyright January 5, 2015
ISBN# 978-0449817452 (HB)
This introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century American writer highlights key moments in his creative development, shares insights about his beliefs, and introduces some of his signature poems.
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.2
Published by Enchanted Lion Books
Copyright April 7, 2015
ISBN# 978-1592701711 (HB)
After escaping religious persecution in France in 1686, a young boy & his parents come to New York and help establish the town of New Rochelle, New York.
2006-2007 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Holiday House
Copyright October 1, 2004
ISBN# 0-8234-1854-5 (HB)
Charlie is a boy who suffered a terrible loss and he is healing with the help of his dog. Bone is a stray dog that has been separated from his sister and is alone. Henry has wanted a dog of his own and he still can’t get one even when his best friend moves away. Each has his own troubles, but their stories connect in a surprising way.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Square Fish
Copyright May 10, 2011
ISBN# 9780312674847 (PB)
Sixth grader Abby, tenth grader Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed speak and listen to one another as they exchange letters between Illinois and Afghanistan across cultural and religious divides.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Copyright January 31, 2011
ISBN# 9781416949312 (PB)
Storm chaser Warren Fraidley discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photographing lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. He gives tips on storm safety and the glossary includes a bibliography.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright March 16, 1997
ISBN# 0-399-23029-7 (PB, HB)
In 1893, Rosie’s family travel to Chicago to attend a fair and they meet the legendary Buffalo Bill.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright September 10, 2001
ISBN# 0-8037-2516-7 (PB, HB)
Seventh graders Ivy June and Catherine participate in an exchange program showing that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common.
2011-2012 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.0
Published by Random House Children's Books
Copyright June 14, 2011
ISBN# 9780375844911 (PB)
In book 2, past Keepers have left clues that must be decoded by Ben and Jill to thwart the efforts of an evil custodian.
2013-2014 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright August 30, 2011
ISBN# 9781416939085 (PB)
Although born a slave, Booker T. Washington turned a dream of learning to read and write into a reality, and in doing so became a legendary educator of freedom.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.9
Published by Little, Brown
Copyright December 3, 2012
ISBN# 0316086576 (HB)
Before C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, he was a young boy named Jack who spent his days dreaming up stories of other worlds filled with knights, castles, and talking animals. His brother, Warnie, spent his days imagining worlds filled with trains, boats, and technology. One rainy day, they found a wardrobe in a little room next to the attic, and they wondered, What if the wardrobe had no end?
2021-2022 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.5
Published by Roaring Book Press
Copyright November 19, 2019
ISBN# 9781626726581 (HB)
Friedl Dicker taught art to Jewish children at a concentration camp during WW II, and many of their paintings are included.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Holiday House
Copyright February 29, 2000
ISBN# 0-8234-1461-2 (PB, HB)
Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte’s Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain who lives on her dog’s tail. While Franny struggles with physical therapy and feeling left out of her formerly active neighborhood life, Fleabrain is there to take her on adventures based on his extensive reading.
2017-2018 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.3
Published by Harry N. Abrams
Copyright August 11, 2015
ISBN# 978-1419716768 (PB)
This book discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot’s license in 1921.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Simon & Schuster
Copyright December 31, 2000
ISBN# 0-689-82457-2 (HB)
Hiroshi and his family move from Japan to Virginia near family. Skye, a cousin, and Hiroshi have to learn about cultural differences before they can enjoy the heritage they share, which includes kite flying.
2015-2016 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.1
Published by Charlesbridge
Copyright July 1, 2012
ISBN# 1580894348 (PB, HB)
Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker’s daughter, tries to maintain her close relationship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist as pre-Revolutionary war tensions increase and push them apart.
2016-2017 Crown Award
Reading Level: 5.7
Published by Eerdmans
Copyright August 1, 2013
ISBN# 978-0802854186 (HB)
Written as a series of riddles, this title will intrigue readers of all ages. Every pagehas something surprising to learn about how the very thing you hold in your hand came to be.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Roaring Brook
Copyright September 18, 2012
ISBN# 9781596435421 (HB)
Booker Jones turns to his writing once again to deal with the stress of his parents’ decision to vacation together, leaving family and laundry behind.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Viking
Copyright June 25, 2001
ISBN# 0-670-89287-4 (PB, HB)
A young boy and his grandmother share all sorts of adventures on her farm with her cat, Boot, and her mysterious cow, Georgie Lee.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 30, 2002
ISBN# 0-688-17940-1 (HB)
Richard Hilliard tells the story of John Glenn who becomes the first American astronaut to orbit the earth.
2008-2009 Crown Award
Reading Level: 7.2
Published by Boyds Mills Press
Copyright October 1, 2006
ISBN# 1-59078-384-0 (HB)
In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to “love with all her heart,” makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears.
2005-2006 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 14, 2003
ISBN# 0-06-000008-2 (PB, HB)
