Fanfare List, selected from the books of 1999
From the January/February 2000 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Benny’s Had Enough! written by Barbro Lindgren, illustrated by Olof Landström (R&S/Farrar)
What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story written by Kate Lum, illustrated by Adrian Johnson (Dial)
Trucks Trucks Trucks written and illustrated by Peter Sis (Greenwillow)
Raising Sweetness written by Diane Stanley, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)
Sector 7 illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Fiction
Skellig by David Almond (Delacorte)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Farrar)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Candlewick)
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper (McElderry)
The Birchbark House written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich (Hyperion)
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt (Holt)
The Trolls by Polly Horvath (Farrar)
Morgy Makes His Move written by Maggie Lewis, illustrated by Michael Chesworth (Houghton)
Monster written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers (HarperCollins)
All Alone in the Universe written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow)
Not My Dog written by Colby Rodowsky, illustrated by Thomas F. Yezerski (Farrar)

Folklore
When the Beginning Began: Stories about God, the Creatures, and Us written by Julius Lester, illustrated by Emily Lisker (Silver Whistle/Harcourt)
The Troll with No Heart in His Body: And Other Tales of Trolls from Norway retold by Lise Lunge-Larsen, illustrated by Betsy Bowen (Houghton)

Poetry and song
Hush, Little Baby illustrated by Marla Frazee (Browndeer/Harcourt)

Nonfiction
William Shakespeare and the Globe written and illustrated by Aliki (HarperCollins)
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong (Crown)
What Do Illustrators Do? written and illustrated by Eileen Christelow (Clarion)
Red-Eyed Tree Frog written by Joy Cowley, illustrated with photographs by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)
26 Fairmount Avenue written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (Putnam)
It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families written by Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley (Candlewick)
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Houghton)

Of interest to adults
Origins of Story: On Writing for Children edited by Barbara Harrison and Gregory Maguire (McElderry)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2000
From the January/February 2001 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Buttons written and illustrated by Brock Cole (Farrar)
A Cake for Herbie written and illustrated by Petra Mathers (Schwartz/Atheneum)
Madlenka written and illustrated by Peter Sis (Foster/Farrar)

Fiction
Inspector Hopper written and illustrated by Doug Cushman (HarperCollins)
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos (Farrar)
Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg (Karl/Atheneum)
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle (Jackson/Atheneum)
24 Hours by Margaret Mahy (McElderry)
145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers (Delacorte)
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (Knopf)
Good Night, Good Knight written by Shelley Moore Thomas, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas (Dutton)
Space Race by Sylvia Waugh (Delacorte)

Folklore
Cold Feet written by Cynthia DeFelice, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (DK Ink)

Poetry
mammalabilia written and illustrated by Douglas Florian (Harcourt)
Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems selected and illustrated by Simon James (Candlewick)

Nonfiction
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa written and illustrated by Don Brown (Houghton)
Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth: The Story of the Central Asiatic Expeditions written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Jackson/DK Ink)
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin written by James Cross Giblin, illustrated by Michael Dooling (Scholastic)
Frank O. Gehry: Outside In by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (DK Ink)
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America by Jim Murphy (Scholastic)
The Wigwam and the Longhouse written and illustrated by Charlotte and David Yue (Houghton)

Toy and movable books
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-up by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2001
From the January/February 2002 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Milo’s Hat Trick written and illustrated by Jon Agee (di Capua/Hyperion)
The Adventures of Bert written by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Raymond Briggs (Farrar)
My Car written and illustrated by Byron Barton (Greenwillow)
Everywhere Babies written by Susan Meyers, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Harcourt)
The Stray Dog written and illustrated by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)

Fiction
The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Levine/Scholastic)
Seek by Paul Fleischman (Marcato/Cricket)
Troy by Adèle Geras (Harcourt)
Runaway Radish written by Jessie Haas, illustrated by Margot Apple (Greenwillow)
Harley written by Star Livingstone, illustrated by Molly Bang (SeaStar/North-South)
A Step from Heaven by An Na (Front Street)
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury (Delacorte)
The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (Holt)
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Atheneum)

Folklore
Mara’s Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness by Gary Schmidt (Holt)
Clever Beatrice written by Margaret Willey, illustrated by Heather Solomon (Atheneum)

Poetry
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street)
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

Nonfiction
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked written by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen (Knopf)
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose (Kroupa/Farrar)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2002 annotations
From the January/February 2003 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

*Before 2003, with a couple of early exceptions, the date of the Fanfare list indicates the year the Horn Book Magazine published the list. But starting in 2003, the date of the Fanfare list indicates the year the books were published. Consequently, we have two 2002 Fanfare lists: the first, which appeared in our January/February 2002 issue, recognizes books published in 2001; the second, which appeared in our January/February 2003 issue, recognizes books published in 2002.

Picture Books
A Bit More Bert written by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Raymond Briggs (Farrar)
Little Rat Sets Sail written by Monika Bang-Campbell, illustrated by Molly Bang (Harcourt)
Matthew A.B.C. written and illustrated by Peter Catalanotto (Jackson/Atheneum)
Gossie and Gossie and Gertie written and illustrated by Olivier Dunrea (Houghton)
Benny and the Binky written by Barbro Lindgren, illustrated by Olof Landstrom, translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard (R&S/Farrar)
Dahlia written and illustrated by Barbara McClintock (Foster/Farrar)
I Stink! written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by Jim McMullan (Cotler/HarperCollins)
The Broken Cat written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow)
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps written and illustrated by Chris Raschka (Jackson/Atheneum)

Fiction
Feed by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick)
Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers (Dutton)
Mary Ann Alice by Brian Doyle (Groundwood)
Sonny’s War by Valerie Hobbs (Foster/Farrar)
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (HarperCollins)
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay (McElderry)
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)

Folklore
Can You Guess My Name?: Traditional Tales around the World selected and retold by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Stefano Vitale (Clarion)

Poetry
Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by June Otani (Clarion)
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye(Greenwillow)
Peacock and Other Poems written by Valerie Worth, illustrated by Natalie Babbitt (Farrar)

Nonfiction
Abraham Lincoln written by Amy L. Cohn and Suzy Schmidt, illustrated by David A. Johnson (Scholastic)
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman (Houghton)
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos (Farrar)
What Charlie Heard written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein (Foster/Farrar)
Action Jackson written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Roaring Brook)
Talkin’ about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman written by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by E. B. Lewis (Orchard/Scholastic)
Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Houghton)
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey written and illustrated by Maira Kalman (Putnam)
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Putnam)

Of Interest to Adults
Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book by Leonard S. Marcus (Dutton)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2003 annotations
From the January/February 2004 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Shape Game written and illustrated by Anthony Browne (Farrar)
Snow Music written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow)
The Day the Babies Crawled Away written and illustrated by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Big Momma Makes the World written by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Candlewick)
What James Likes Best written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz (Jackson/Atheneum)
Mary Smith written and illustrated by Andrea U’Ren (Farrar)
Hi, Harry! written by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Barbara Firth (Candlewick)

Fiction
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks(Kroupa/Farrar)
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath (Farrar)
Circle of Doom by Tim Kennemore, illustrated by Tim Archbold (Farrar)
Heart’s Delight by Per Nilsson, translated by Tara Chace (Front Street)
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)

Poetry
blues journey written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers (Holiday)
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant (HarperTempest)

Nonfiction
Strange Mr. Satie written by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Petra Mathers (Viking)
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman (Holiday)
The Man Who Walked between the Towers written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook)
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker written and illustrated by Peter Sis (Foster/Farrar)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2004 annotations
From the January/February 2005 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Home illustrated by Jeannie Baker (Greenwillow)
Where Is the Green Sheep? written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (Harcourt)
Baby Brains written and illustrated by Simon James (Candlewick)
The Red Book written and illustrated by Barbara Lehman (Houghton)
Swing Otto Swing! written and illustrated by David Milgrim (Atheneum)
Tiny’s Big Adventure written by Martin Waddell, illustrated by John Lawrence (Candlewick)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

Fiction
The Fire-Eaters by David Almond (Delacorte)
King of the Middle March by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Levine/Scholastic)
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer(Jackson/Atheneum)
The Pepins and Their Problems written by Polly Horvath, illustrated by Marylin Hafner (Farrar)
Indigo’s Star by Hilary McKay (McElderry)
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty (Levine/Scholastic)
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (Lamb/Random)

Poetry
If Not for the Cat written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Ted Rand (Greenwillow)

Nonfiction
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (Clarion)
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 by Diane McWhorter (Scholastic )
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing written and illustrated by James Rumford (Houghton)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2005 annotations
From the January/February 2006 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Terrific written and illustrated by Jon Agee (di Capua/Hyperion)
A Crash Course for Molly written and illustrated by Eva Eriksson, translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard (R&S/Farrar)
Traction Man Is Here! written and illustrated by Mini Grey (Knopf)
The Witch’s Walking Stick written and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh (Lorraine/Houghton)
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book written by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake (Candlewick)

Fiction
The Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice, Book One) written by Joseph Delaney, illustrated by Patrick Arrasmith (Greenwillow)
The Game of Silence written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)
The Minister’s Daughter by Julie Hearn (Seo/Atheneum)
An Innocent Soldier written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann (Levine/Scholastic)
Martin Bridge, Ready for Takeoff! written by Jessica Scott Kerrin, illustrated by Joseph Kelly (Kids Can Press)
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan (Eos/HarperCollins)
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay (McElderry)
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow)
Full Service by Will Weaver (Farrar)
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar)

Poetry
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Chris Raschka (Candlewick)
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton)

Nonfiction
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic)
Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives by Jeannette Farrell (Farrar)
Prehistoric Actual Size written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Houghton)
If You Decide to Go to the Moon written by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Scholastic)
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2006 annotations
From the January/February 2007 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Keeper of Soles written by Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Yayo (Holiday)
Hardworking Puppies written and illustrated by Lynn Reiser (Harcourt)
Emily’s Balloon written and illustrated by Komako Sakai (Chronicle)
Flotsam illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Fiction
Clay by David Almond (Delacorte)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick)
The Last Dragon written by Silvana De Mari, translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside (Miramax/Hyperion)
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Dutton)
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages (Viking)
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad/HarperCollins)
Aggie and Ben: Three Stories written by Lori Ries, illustrated by Frank W. Dormer (Charlesbridge)
Thumb on a Diamond written by Ken Roberts, illustrated by Leanne Franson (Groundwood)
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)
Ptolemy’s Gate: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three by Jonathan Stroud (Miramax/Hyperion)
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Knopf)

Nonfiction
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman (Holiday)
The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus (Candlewick)
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar)
Wildfire written and illustrated by Taylor Morrison (Lorraine/Houghton)
Ballet of the Elephants written by Leda Schubert, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Brodie/Roaring Brook)
John, Paul, George, and Ben written and illustrated by Lane Smith (Hyperion)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun)
Mama: A True Story in which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama during a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter (Harcourt)
Dizzy written by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Sean Qualls (Levine/Scholastic)

Fanfare List, selected from the books of 2007 annotations
From the January/February 2008 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
At Night written and illustrated by Jonathan Bean (Farrar)
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County written by Janice N. Harrington, illustrated by Shelley Jackson (Kroupa/Farrar)
A Good Day written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Pictures from Our Vacation written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow)
First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Porter/Roaring Brook)
The Arrival illustrated by Shaun Tan (Levine/Scholastic)

Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney (Little)
Becca at Sea by Deirdre Baker (Groundwood)
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron (Foster/Farrar)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic)
Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan (Knopf)
A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve (Eos/HarperCollins)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret written and illustrated by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson (Greenwillow)

Folklore
Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold retold and illustrated by James Rumford (Houghton)
The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm retold by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Max Grafe (Candlewick)

Poetry
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings written and illustrated by Douglas Florian (Harcourt)
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) written by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Istvan Banyai (Clarion)

Nonfiction
May I Pet Your Dog? written by Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion)
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman (Clarion)
The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sís (Foster/Farrar)