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Summer 2009: June | July | August

June 2009  read this issue

From the Editor
     • Bubble Trouble written by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, Clarion, 4–8 years.
     • Nation by Terry Prachett, HarperCollins, 10 years and up.
     • The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming, Schwartz &
       Wade/Random House, 10–14 years.

Five questions for Gene Luen Yang
     • American Born Chinese written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang, Roaring Brook/First Second,
       14 years and up.
     • Eternal Smile written by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim, Roaring Brook/First
       Second, 14 years and up.

Gifts for Grads
     • Eternal Smile written by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim, Roaring Brook/First Second,        14 years and up.
     • Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, Viking, 14 years and up.
     • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones, Candlewick, 14 years and up.
     • Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork, Scholastic/Levine, 14 years and up.
     • Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction edited by Sharon November,        Penguin/Firebird, 12 years and up.

Middle-grade menagerie
     • The Cats of Roxville Station written by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Tom Pohrt,
       Dutton, 8–12 years.
     • Highway Robbery by Kate Thompson, Greenwillow, 8–12 years.
     • Horse Diaries series: Elska written by Catherine Hapka, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson; Bell’s
       Star written by Alison Hart, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, both Random, 7–11 years.
     • Poppy and Ereth written by Avi, illustrated by Brian Floca, HarperCollins, 8–12 years.

Pictures of summer
     • Thunder-Boomer! written by Shutta Crum, illustrated by Carol Thompson, Clarion, 5–8 years.
     • Pond Circle written by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Stefano Vitale, McElderry, 5–8 years.
     • Farley Follows His Nose written by Lynn Johnston and Beth Cruikshank, illustrated by Lynn
       Johnston, HarperCollins, 5–8 years.
     • Flotsam written and illustrated by David Wiesner, Clarion, 5–8 years.

Things that go
     • Machines Go to Work written and illustrated by William Low, Holt, 2–5 years.
     • Go! Go! Go! written and illustrated by Roxie Munro, Sterling, 3–6 years.
     • Down by the Station written by Jennifer Riggs Vetter, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz, Tricycle,
       2–5 years.
     • Dinotrux written and illustrated by Chris Gall (Little Brown), 3–6 years.

Audiobooks
     • Friend or Fiend: With the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, read by Kathleen McInerney,        Listening Library, 7–10 years.
     • Dominic by William Steig, read by Peter Thomas, Listening Library, 7–10 years.
     • The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne Duprau, read by Katherine Kellgren, Listening Library,
        9–12 years.
     • The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, read by Jesse Bernstein, Listening Library, 9–12 years.
     • The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich, read by Christina Moore, Recorded Books, 9–12 years.
     • Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis, read by Lynn Redgrave, Harper Children's Audio, 9 years and up.
     • Nation by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs, Harper Children's Audio, 10 years and up.

July 2009  read this issue

Five questions for Rebecca Stead
     • When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Random/Lamb, 9–12 years.

New York, New York
     • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, Atheneum,
       9–12 years.
     • Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, Delacorte, 9–12 years.
     • Morning in a Different Place by Mary Ann McGuigan, Front Street, 10–14 years.
     • Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of The Death and Life of Great American
       Cities by Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch, Godine, 12 years and up.
     • A Walk in New York written and illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino, Candlewick, all ages.
     • Storied City: A Children’s Book Walking-Tour Guide to New York City by Leonard S. Marcus,
       Dutton, adults.

Summer reading for middle schoolers
     • Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger, HarperTeen, 12–16 years.
     • The Big Game of Everything by Chris Lynch, HarperTeen, 12–16 years.
     • Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass, Little Brown, 11–15 years.
     • Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French, Abrams/Amulet, 9–12 years.

Snack attack!
     • The King’s Taster written by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher,        HarperCollins, 5–8 years.
     • Where Is the Cake Now? written and illustrated by T. T. Khing, Abrams, 5–8 years.
     • The Three Little Tamales written by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Valeria Docampo, Cavendish,
        5–8 years.
     • Egg Drop written and illustrated by Mini Grey, Knopf, 5–8 years.

Coretta Scott King Book Awards
     • We Are the Ship written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Hyperion/Jump, 9 years and up.
     • The Blacker the Berry written by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper,        HarperCollins/Amistad, 5–8 years.
     • Bird by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Shadra Strickland, Lee & Low, 9–12 years.
     • The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes, illustrated by E. B. Lewis, Jump/Hyperion,
        5–8 years.
     • Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson, Putnam, 9–12 years.
     • Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers, Amistad/HarperTeen, 14 years and up.
     • Coretta Scott written by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, HarperCollins/Amistad,
        5–8 years.

August 2009 read this issue

Five questions for Ken Roberts
     • Thumb in a Box, Thumb on a Diamond, and Thumb and the Bad Guys all written by Ken
      Roberts, illustrated by Leanne Franson, Groundwood, 9–12 years.

Back to school novels
     • Best Friends and Drama Queens by Meg Cabot, Scholastic, 8–11 years.
     • Piper Reed Gets a Job by Kimberly Willis Holt, Holt, 8–11 years.
     • Babymouse: Dragonslayer by Jennifer and Matthew Holm, Random, 8–11 years.
     • Frindle, No Talking, and Extra Credit all by Andrew Clements, Atheneum, 10–13 years.

School daze
     • Tyrannosaurus Math by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Doug Cushman, Tricycle, 6–9 years.
     • Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder, illustrated with photos by Katherine Feng,
      Collins/HarperCollins, 3–6 years.
     • Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: And Other School Poems for Two Voices by Betsy
      Franco, illustrated by Jessie Hartland, Candlewick, 6–10 years.
     • Two of a Kind by Jacqui Robbins, illustrated by Matt Phelan, Atheneum, 6–9 years.

Summer shorts
     • Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci,
      illustrated by Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O’Malley, Little Brown, 14 years and up.
     • Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical
      edited by Deborah Noyes, Candlewick, 12 years and up.
     • The Ghosts of Kerfol by Deborah Noyes, Candlewick, 14 years and up.
     • The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows edited by Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 14 years and up.

Beyond Goodnight Moon (all 0–3 years)
     • And If the Moon Could Talk, written by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georges Hallensleben,
      Foster/Farrar.
     • Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury,
      Harcourt.
     • Clap Hands, Tickle Tickle, All Fall Down and Say Goodnight written and illustrated by Helen
      Oxenbury, Little Simon.
     • Barnyard Dance, Moo Baa La La La, Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs, and Hippos Go Berserk!
      all written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton, Little Simon.
     • Global Babies by the Global Fund for Children, Charlesbridge.
     • Look Baby! Books (Baby Faces, Baby Food, What’s on My Head?) written and illustrated
      with photos by Margaret Miller, Little Simon.
     • The Baby Goes Beep written by Rebecca O’Connell, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max,
      Roaring Brook. (out of print)