Fanfare, selected from the books of 1979
From the June 1980 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Why the Tides Ebb and Flow written by Joan Chase Bowden, illustrated by Marc Brown (Houghton)
King Krakus and the Dragon written and illustrated by Janina Domanska (Greenwillow)
How Does it Feel to Be Old? written by Norma Farber, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Dutton/Unicorn)
Ox-Cart Man written by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Viking)
Ben’s Trumpet written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
Pinkerton, Behave! written and illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Dial)
Days with Frog and Toad written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
The Treasure written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
The Wild Washerwomen: A New Folk Tale written by John Yeoman, illustrated by Quentin Blake (Greenwillow)

Fiction
The Robbers by Nina Bawden (Lothrop)
Tulku by Peter Dickinson (Dutton/Unicorn)
The Night of the Comet: A Comedy of Courtship Featuring Bostock and Harris by Leon Garfield (Delacorte)
The Third Eye by Mollie Hunter (Harper)
Throwing Shadows by E. L. Konigsburg (Atheneum)
A Midsummer’s Night Death by K. M. Peyton (Collins)
What Happened in Hamelin by Gloria Skurzynski (Four Winds)
The Devil on the Road by Robert Westall (Greenwillow)
The Sound of the Dragon’s Feet by Alki Zei, translated by Edward Fenton (Dutton)

Nonfiction
Self-Portrait: Erik Blegvad written and illustrated by Erik Blegvad (Addison)
Stonewall written by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Putnam)
Pride of Lions: The Story of the House of Atreus retold by Norma Johnston (Atheneum)
The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian (Greenwillow)
America’s Endangered Birds: Programs and People Working to Save Them written by
Robert M. McClung, illustrated by George Founds (Morrow)
Building: The Fight Against Gravity written by Mario Salvadori, illustrated by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus (Atheneum/McElderry)
The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for Young People by Martin W. Sandler (Little)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1980
From the June 1981 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Anno’s Italy illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno (Philomel)
The Three Little Pigs illustrated by Erik Blegvad (Atheneum/McElderry)
My Friend Jacob written by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Thomas DiGrazia (Dutton)
The Fisherman and His Wife: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm written by Jakob and
Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell, illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)
Fables written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel (Harper)

Fiction
Anywhere Else But Here by Bruce Clements (Farrar)
Conrad’s War by Andrew Davies (Crown)
Footsteps by Leon Garfield (Delacorte)
Chase Me, Catch Nobody! by Erik Christian Haugaard (Houghton)
The People Therein by Mildred Lee (Houghton/Clarion)
Fanny’s Sister written by Penelope Lively, illustrated by Anita Lobel (Dutton)
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (Crowell)
A Child’s Christmas in Wales written by Dylan Thomas, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone (Godine)
When No One Was Looking by Rosemary Wells (Dial)
Fathom Five by Robert Westall (Greenwillow)

Nonfiction
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum)
Memory: How It Works and How to Improve It by Roy A. Gallant (Four Winds)
How the Forest Grew written by William Jaspersohn, illustrated by Chuck Eckart (Greenwillow)
No Way of Knowing: Dallas Poems by Myra Cohn Livingston (Atheneum/McElderry)
Unbuilding written and illustrated by David Macaulay (Houghton)
All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery written by Milton Meltzer, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher (Harper)
The Honey Book written by Lucille Recht Penner, illustrated with photographs and reproductions arranged by Ronnie Ann Herman (Hastings)

Of Interest to Adults
Babies Need Books by Dorothy Butler (Atheneum)
The Art of Maurice Sendak by Selma G. Lanes (Abrams)
A Nursery Companion compiled by Iona and Peter Opie (Oxford)
Edward Ardizzone: Artist and Illustrator by Gabriel White (Schocken)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1981
From the June 1982 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
A Farmer’s Alphabet written and illustrated by Mary Azarian (Godine)
Where the Buffaloes Begin written by Olaf Baker, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Warne)
On Market Street written by Arnold Lobel, illustrated by Anita Lobel (Greenwillow)
Outside Over There written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
The Night After Christmas written and illustrated by James Stevenson (Greenwillow)
Do Not Open written and illustrated by Brinton Turkle (Dutton)
Jumanji written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Fiction
The Stolen Lake by Joan Aiken (Delacorte)
Westmark by Lloyd Alexander (Dutton)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Alan Tiegreen (Morrow)
The Seventh Raven by Peter Dickinson (Dutton/Unicorn)
You Never Knew Her As I Did! by Mollie Hunter (Harper)
The Battle Horse by Harry Kullman (Bradbury)
Save Queen of Sheba by Louise Moeri (Dutton)
The Islanders by John Rowe Townsend (Lippincott)
The Scarecrows by Robert Westall (Greenwillow)
Jeremy Visick by David Wiseman (Houghton)

Folklore
Bo Rabbit Smart for True: Folktales from the Gullah retold by Priscilla Jaquith, illustrated by Ed Young (Philomel)

Nonfiction
A Snake’s Body by Joanna Cole, illustrated with photographs by Jerome Wexler (Morrow)
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz (Putnam)
The Hospital Book written by James Howe, illustrated with photographs by Mal Warshaw (Crown)
The Weaver’s Gift by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated with photographs by Christopher G. Knight (Warne)
Seeds: Pop, Stick, Glide written by Patricia Lauber, illustrated with photographs by Jerome Wexler (Crown)
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal (Farrar)
The Magic of Color written and illustrated by Hilda Simon (Lothrop)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Inside the American Jury System written by Melvyn Bernard Zerman, illustrated by John Caldwell (Crowell)

Of Interest to Adults
Thursday’s Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children’s Literature by Sheila A. Egoff (American Library Association)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1982
From the June 1983 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Anno’s Britain written and illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno (Philomel)
Shadow written by Blaise Cendrars, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
Miss Rumphius written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Viking)
Alfie Gets in First written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes (Lothrop)
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed written by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Marc Simont (Harper)
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode (Dutton)
Doctor De Soto written and illustrated by William Steig (Farrar)
A Chair for My Mother written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

Fiction
The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander (Dutton)
The Refugee Summer by Edward Fenton (Delacorte)
Homesick: My Own Story written by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Margot Tomes (Putnam)
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (Philomel)
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow)
Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (Harper)
The Borrowers Avenged written by Mary Norton, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush (Harcourt)
Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (Atheneum)
Ask Me No Questions by Ann Schlee (Holt)
The Golem written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
Break of Dark by Robert Westall (Greenwillow)

Poetry
How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear! Edward Lear’s Selected Works written and illustrated by Edward Lear, with an introduction and notes by Myra Cohn Livingston (Holiday)
If I Had a Paka: Poems in Eleven Languages written by Charlotte Pomerantz, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)

Nonfiction
A Cat’s Body written by Joanna Cole, illustrated with photographs by Jerome Wexler (Morrow)
Chimney Sweeps: Yesterday and Today written by James Cross Giblin, illustrated by Margot Tomes (Crowell)
Hiroshima No Pika written and illustrated by Toshi Maruki (Lothrop)
Lobo of the Tasaday written and photographed by John Nance (Pantheon)
Cotton written by Millicent E. Selsam, illustrated with photographs by Jerome Wexler
Sky Watchers of Ages Past by Malcolm E. Weiss, illustrated by Eliza McFadden (Houghton)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1983
From the June 1984 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Baby’s Catalogue written and illustrated by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Atlantic-Little)
The Best Town in the World written by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Ronald Himler (Scribner)
Ten, Nine, Eight written and illustrated by Molly Bang (Greenwillow)
The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale retold by Susan Cooper, illustrated by Warwick Hutton (Atheneum/McElderry)
The Guinea Pig ABC written and illustrated by Kate Duke (Dutton)
Round Trip written and illustrated by Ann Jonas (Greenwillow)
The Railroad Book written and illustrated by E. Boyd Smith (Houghton)
What’s Under My Bed? written and illustrated by James Stevenson (Greenwillow)
The Wreck of the Zephyr written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Fiction
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree written by Bill Brittain, illustrated by Andrew Glass (Harper)
Dear Mr. Henshaw written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Morrow)
A Night in Distant Motion by Irina Korschunow, translated by Leigh Hafrey (Godine)
Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren (Viking)
A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh (Farrar)
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton)
Dan Alone by John Rowe Townsend (Lippincott)
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum)
A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson (Atheneum)

Poetry
The Highwayman written by Alfred Noyes, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak (Lothrop)

Nonfiction
Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World by Polly Schoyer Brooks (Lippincott)
Sugaring Time written by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated with photographs by Christopher G. Knight (Macmillan)
Oak & Company written by Richard Mabey, illustrated by Clare Roberts (Greenwillow)
Mill written and illustrated by David Macaulay (Houghton)
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot July 25, 1909 written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen (Viking)
The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Middle Ages written and illustrated by Sheila Sancha (Crowell)

Of Interest to Adults
For Reading Out Loud! A Guide to Sharing Books with Children written by Margaret Mary Kimmel and Elizabeth Segel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Delacorte)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1984
From the May/June 1985 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Spirit Child: A Story of the Nativity translated by John Bierhorst, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Morrow)
How My Parents Learned to Eat written by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say (Houghton)
Buffalo Woman written and illustrated by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
Saint George and the Dragon adapted by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Little)
Jonah and the Great Fish retold and illustrated by Warwick Hutton (Atheneum/McElderry)
Animal Alphabet written and illustrated by Bert Kitchen (Dial)
The Story of Jumping Mouse retold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Fiction
The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander (Dutton)
A Place To Come Back To by Nancy Bond (Atheneum/McElderry)
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (Bradbury)
A Little Love by Virginia Hamilton (Philomel)
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow)
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes (Knopf)
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow)
Unclaimed Treasures by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper)
The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance by Margaret Mahy (Atheneum/McElderry)
The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev, translated by Hillel Halkin (Houghton)
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator (Dutton)

Nonfiction
From Flower to Fruit written and illustrated by Anne Ophelia Dowden (Crowell)
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman (Clarion)
The Tipi: A Center of Native American Life written and illustrated by David and Charlotte Yue

Poetry
The New Kid on the Block written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by James Stevenson

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1985
From the March/April 1986 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Paper Crane written and illustrated by Molly Bang (Greenwillow)
Gorilla written and illustrated by Anthony Browne (Knopf)
The Very Busy Spider written and illustrated by Eric Carle (Philomel)
Rose Blanche written by Christopher Gallaz and Roberto Innocenti, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti, translated by Martha Coventry and Richard Graglia (Creative Education)
1,2,3 written and photographed by Tana Hoban (Greenwillow)
Bathwater’s Hot written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes (Lothrop)
Foolish Rabbit’s Big Mistake written by Rafe Martin, illustrated by Ed Young (Putnam)
Action Alphabet written and illustrated by Marty Neumeier and Byron Glaser (Greenwillow)
The Relatives Came written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Bradbury)
The Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
Max’s Breakfast written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells (Dial)

Fiction
Travelers by Night by Vivien Alcock (Delacorte)
Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars (Viking Kestrel)
Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (Knopf)
The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker (Greenwillow)
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Mary Rayner (Crown)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper)
In Summer Light by Zibby Oneal (Viking Kestrel)

Nonfiction
In Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh 1921–1944 by Linda Atkinson (Lothrop)
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg (Lothrop)
The Milk Makers written and illustrated by Gail Gibbons (Macmillan)
How Much Is a Million? written by David M. Schwartz, illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Lothrop)

Poetry
Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose compiled and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (Putnam)
The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse in America selected and edited by Donald Hall (Oxford)

Folklore
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales retold by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (Knopf)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1986
From the March/April 1986 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Selkie Girl retold by Susan Cooper, illustrated by Warwick Hutton (McElderry)
Not So Fast Songololo written and illustrated by Niki Daly (McElderry)
Pigs from A to Z written and illustrated by Arthur Geisert (Houghton)
Hot Hippo written by Mwenye Hadithi, illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway (Little)
One Day in Paradise retold and illustrated by Helme Heine (McElderry)
Solomon Grundy illustrated by Susan Ramsay Hoguet (Dutton)
Flossie & the Fox written by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Rachel Isadora (Dial)
Sheep in a Jeep written by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple (Houghton)
Brave Irene written and illustrated by William Steig (Farrar)
Who’s Counting? written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
The Stranger written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
Max’s Christmas written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells (Dial)
Cherries and Cherry Pits written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
Rumpelstiltskin retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinksy (Dutton)

Fiction
The Return of the Indian written by Lynne Reid Banks, illustrated by William Geldart (Doubleday)
Midnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks (Harper)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow)
The Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy (McElderry)
The Miracle Tree by Christobel Mattingly (Harcourt/Gulliver)
The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea (Holiday)
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum)

Nonfiction
The Children We Remember by Chana Byers Abells (Greenwillow)
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes written and photographed by Tana Hoban (Greenwillow)
Being Born written by Sheila Kitzinger, photographed by Lennart Nilsson (Grosset)
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber (Bradbury)
Consider the Lilies: Plants of the Bible written by John and Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Anne Ophelia Dowden (Crowell)
The Pilgrims of Plimoth written and illustrated by Marcia Sewall (Atheneum)

Folklore
Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcom Jones, illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt)

Poetry
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young selected by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Marc Brown (Knopf)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1987
From the March/April 1988 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Moon’s Revenge written by Joan Aiken, illustrated by Alan Lee (Knopf)
Machines at Work written and illustrated by Byron Barton (Crowell)
Grandaddy’s Place written by Helen V. Griffith, illustrated by James Stevenson (Greenwillow)
Crafty Chameleon written by Mwenye Hadithi, illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway (Little)
In Coal Country written by Judith Hendershot, illustrated by Thomas B. Allen (Knopf)
17 Kings and 42 Elephants written by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy (Dial)

Fiction
The Goats by Brock Cole (Farrar)
Roscoe’s Leap by Gillian Cross (Holiday)
The December Rose by Leon Garfield (Viking Kestrel)
Rabble Starkey by Lois Lowry (Houghton)
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy (McElderry)
After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow)
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (Knopf)
Children of Christmas by Cynthia Rylant (Orchard Books/Jackson/Watts)

Folklore
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit retold by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Dial)
Red Riding Hood retold and illustrated by James Marshall (Dial)
Finn Mac Cool and the Small Men of Deeds retold by Pat O’Shea, illustrated by Stephen Lavis (Holiday)
Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit adapted and retold by Van Dyke Parks, illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt)
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale written and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

Poetry
Roomrimes written by Sylvia Cassedy, illustrated by Michele Chessare (Crowell)
Halloween ABC written by Eve Merriam, illustrated by Lane Smith (Macmillan)

Nonfiction
The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark by Rhoda Blumberg (Lothrop)
The Human Body: How We Evolved by Joanna Cole (Morrow)
Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman (Holiday)
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (Clarion/Houghton)
26 Letters and 99 Cents written and photographed by Tana Hoban (Greenwillow)
Dinosaurs Walked Here and Other Stories Fossils Tell by Patricia Lauber (Bradbury)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1988
From the March/April 1989 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Song and Dance Man written by Karen Ackerman, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Knopf)
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau written and illustrated by Jon Agee (Farrar)
Where the Forest Meets the Sea written and illustrated by Jeannie Baker (Greenwillow)
I Want to Be an Astronaut written and illustrated by Byron Barton (Crowell)
John Patrick Norman McHennessy — The Boy Who Was Always Late written and illustrated by John Burningham (Crown)
Island Boy written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Viking Kestrel)
The Scarebird written by Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Peter Sis (Greenwillow)
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz (Orchard Books/Watts)
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap written by Dianne Snyder, illustrated by Allen Say (Houghton)
Spinky Sulks written and illustrated by William Steig (Farrar)
Shy Charles written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells (Dial)
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea written by Vera B. Williams, illustrated by Jennifer and Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

Fiction
The Monster Garden by Vivien Alcock (Delacorte)
The Adventures of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti (Knopf)
Granny Was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty (Orchard Books/Watts)
A Family Project by Sarah Ellis (McElderry)
The Village by the Sea by Paula Fox (Orchard Books/Jackson/Watts)
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow)
Richard Kennedy: Collected Stories written by Richard Kennedy, illustrated by Marcia Sewall (Harper)
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow)
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by Patricia MacLachlan (Harper/Zolotow)
Memory by Margaret Mahy (McElderry)
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
Park’s Quest by Katherine Paterson (Dutton/Lodestar)

Nonfiction
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
Buffalo Hunt by Russell Freedman (Holiday)
Anthony Burns by Virginia Hamilton (Knopf)
Round Buildings, Square Buildings, & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish written and photographed by Philip M. Isaacson (Knopf)
Little by Little: A Writer's Education by Jean Little (Viking Kestrel)
The Way Things Work written and illustrated by David Macaulay (Houghton)

Folklore
In the Beginning retold by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt)
More Tales of Uncle Remus retold by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Dial)

Poetry
Sing a Song of Popcorn compiled by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by nine Caldecott Medal-winning artists (Scholastic)
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices written by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Eric Beddows (Harper/Zolotow)
Cats Are Cats compiled by Nancy Larrick, illustrated by Ed Young (Philomel)
Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)