letter from Beatrix Potter to a young friend who is ill marks the origin of her famous tales.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Books
Copyright January 31, 1999
ISBN# 978-0803720503 (PB/HB)
The true story of Chiune Sugihara, who during World War II, chose to disobey his government by issuing countless visas to Jewish refugees, which allowed them to escape Nazi occupied Lithuania.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Lee & Low
Copyright May 1, 1997
ISBN# 1-880000-49-0 (PB, HB)
The story of Katherine Lee Bates, and how she was inspired by traveling the United States, and eventually wrote “America the Beautiful”, a song that has for many years been proposed to replace our national anthem.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dutton
Copyright June 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-525-45653-8 (PB, HB)
Lalo the lamb wants to have a bright sweater like the one the shepherd boy wears but Lalo has a very hard time washing, spinning, and dyeing his own wool.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Albert Whitman & Company
Copyright September 1, 1999
ISBN# 978-0807506547 (PB/HB)
Just before the beginning of World War I, eight- year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright February 9, 1998
ISBN# 0-385-32525-8 (PB, HB)
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, because they believe everyone deserves a second chance, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright August 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-689-81460-7 (PB, HB)
Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Hyperion Books for Children
Copyright January 27, 2003
ISBN# 978-0439203586 (PB/HB)
A delightful book of the animals and birds reaction to a snowman who suddenly appeared in their woods after a winter storm.
2000-2001 Gallery Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Carl R Sams II Photography
Copyright October 31, 1999
ISBN# 978-0967174808 (PB/HB)