A seagull, dying from the effects of an oil spill, entrusts her egg to Zorba the cat, who promises not only to care for it but raise it as well.
2005-2006 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Arthur A. Levine
Copyright September 1, 2003
ISBN# 0-439-40186-0 (PB, HB)
A story of contemporary America through poetry against a backdrop of delightful illustrations.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Margaret K. McElderry
Copyright May 1, 2002
ISBN# 0-689-83900-6 (PB, HB)
A deaf child tells how he uses sign language, hearing aids, and his other senses to communicate and how his friends help him, and his attendance in public school with an interpreter.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Peachtree
Copyright May 1, 2002
ISBN# 1-56145-268-8 (HB)
A baby bald eagle is reluctant to take each new step in his growth, but the day comes when he is able to fly and see beyond his parents’ nest.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Albert Whitman
Copyright December 31, 2001
ISBN# 0-8075-8929-2 (PB, HB)
This book shows the important role some animal fathers play in the lives of their offspring.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Peachtree
Copyright September 1, 2002
ISBN# 1-56145-272-6 (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)
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)
The retelling of the Biblical account of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God’s call to save life on earth.
2004-2005 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by SeaStar
Copyright October 1, 2002
ISBN# 1-58717-201-1 (HB)