Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, get together for tea and conversation. They recount their similar stories fighting to win rights for women and African Americans. The premise of this particular exchange between the two is based on a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York, which shows the two friends having tea.
2017-2018 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 2.5
Published by Orchard Books
Copyright January 4, 2016
ISBN# 978-0545399968 (HB)
Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected?
2017-2018 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 1.9
Published by Greenwillow Books
Copyright September 1, 2015
ISBN# 978-0062368447 (HB)
One day, the children find a bird lying on its side with its eyes closed and no heartbeat. They are very sorry, so they decide to say good-bye. In the park, they dig a hole for the bird and cover it with warm sweet-ferns and flowers. Finally, they sing sweet songs to send the little bird on its way.
2017-2018 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.3
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright February 29, 2016
ISBN# 978-0060289317 (HB)
In 1710, a girl and her mother in Lyme, England, prepare a blackberry fool, picking wild blackberries and beating cream from their cow with a bundle of twigs. The same dessert is prepared by an enslaved girl and her mother in 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina; by a mother and daughter in 1910 in Boston; and finally by a boy and his father in present-day San Diego.
2017-2018 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 3.6
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Copyright January 26, 2015
ISBN# 978-0375968327 (HB)
A nonfiction picture book, The Blue Whale draws children into the life and world of this enormous whale by situating facts within a familiar context that is fun and engaging.
2016-2017 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 5.3
Published by Enchanted Lion Books
Copyright May 26, 2015
ISBN# 978-1592701650 (HB)
In early 20th century Cuba, drumming was something for only boys and men. This book tells of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a girl so enamored of the drums that she even managed to change her own father’s mind, getting lessons and becoming the first well-known female drummer in Cuba, and the one to open the way for all girls after her to have the chance.
2016-2017 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 4.2
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Copyright March 31, 2015
ISBN# 978-0544102293 (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)
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)
