2008 Favorites

Boxes for Katje / Candace Fleming ; pictures by Stacey Dressen-McQueen.

Our tree named Steve / Alan Zweibel ; illustrated by David Catrow. 

A couple of boys have the best week ever / Marla Frazee. 

I, Jack / by Jack the dog, as told to Patricia Finney ; illustrated by Peter Bailey. 

The fabled fourth graders of Aesop Elementary School / Candace Fleming. 

The seer of shadows / Avi. 

Found / Margaret Peterson Haddix.

The maze of bones / Rick Riordan.

Knucklehead : tall tales & mostly true stories of growing up Scieszka / Jon Scieszka. 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell

Bees, snails, & peacock tails : patterns & shapes … naturally / Betsy Franco ; illustrated by Steve Jenkins.

The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean. 

How many ways… can you catch a fly? / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page.

Stinky : a toon book / by Eleanor Davis.

Traction Man meets Turbodog/ by Mini Grey

Late for school! / by Stephanie Calmenson ; illustrations by Sachiko Yoshikawa.

Little Hoot / by Amy Krouse Rosenthal ; illustrated by Jen Corace.

Duel! : Burr and Hamilton’s deadly war of words / Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrated by Larry Day.

Manfish : a story of Jacques Cousteau / by Jennifer Berne ; illustrated by Éric Puybaret.

The worst best friend / by Alexis O’Neill ; illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith.

Spuds / by Karen Hesse ; illustrated by Wendy Watson.

How to heal a broken wing / Bob Graham.

Princess Peepers / by Pam Calvert ; illustrated by Tuesday Mourning.

Abe Lincoln crosses a creek : a tall, thin tale (introducing his forgotten frontier friend) / Deborah Hopkinson ; pictures by John Hendrix.

Bats at the library / by Brian Lies.

Big Smelly Bear / Britta Teckentrup.

In a blue room / Jim Averbeck ; illustrated by Tricia Tusa.

Round like a ball! / Lisa Campbell Ernst.

Kid tea / by Elizabeth Ficocelli ; illustrated by Glin Dibley.

No! That’s wrong! / by Zhaohua Ji and Cui Xu.

Our library / by Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Maggie Smith.

Big yellow sunflower / Frances Barry.

The Big Splash / Jack Ferraiolo

Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin Airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky / by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen.

That Book Woman / Heather Henson ; pictures by David Small.

Two Bobbies : a true story of Hurricane Katrina, friendship, and survival / Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery ; illustrated by Jean Cassels.

Yoko writes her name / Rosemary Wells ; [Japanese calligraphy by Masako Inkyo].

Graceling / Kristin Cashore.

Rapunzel’s revenge / Shannon Hale and Dean Hale ; illustrated by Nathan Hale.

Trout are made of trees / April Pulley Sayre ; illustrated by Kate Endle.

Old Bear / by Kevin Henkes.

Cowboy & Octopus / Jon Scieszka & [illustrations by] Lane Smith.

Maybelle Goes to Tea / Katie Speck

Cesar Takes a Break / Susan Collins Thoms

The Golden Rule / Ilene Cooper

I’m Bad / the McMullens

The Last Lecture / Randy Pausch

The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins

Knights of the Lunch Table #1: The Dodgeball Chronicles / Frank Cammuso

So you want to be president? / by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small. 

Big plans / Bob Shea ; illustrations by Lane Smith.

What to do about Alice? : how Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy! / by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. 

Chester / written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt. 

The Gingerbread Girl / Lisa Campbell Ernst. 

Wolf’s coming! / Joe Kulka. 

Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew / Ursula Vernon

Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson

Shift / Jennifer Bradbury

In Defense of Food: an Eater’s Manifesto / Michael Pollan

Upstair Mouse, Downstairs Mole / Wong Herbert Yee

Otto’s Orange Day / Frank Cammuso and Jay Lynch

The Cat on the Mat is Flat / Andy Griffiths 

Wildwood Dancing / Juliet Marillier

The Off Season / Catherine Gilbert Murdoch

Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery / David Adler

Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It / Sundee Frazier

Pa Lia’s First Day / Michelle Edwards

Maybelle in the Soup / Katie Speck

Princess Ben / Catherine Gilbert Murdoch

Audrey, Wait! / Robin Benway

Waiting for Normal / Leslie Connor

The Adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary Pearson

Skunkdog / Emily Jenkins ; pictures by Pierre Pratt. 

Daisy Dawson is on her Way! / Steve Voake

The Magic Thief / Sarah Prineas

The Crossroads / Chris Grabenstein

The Blue Castle / L. M. Montgomery

The Underneath / Kathi Appelt

The Mystery of the Third Lucretia / Susan Runholdt

Exodus / Julie Bertagna

Unwind / Neal Shusterman

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart

Miss Spitfire / Sarah Miller

The London Eye Mystery / Siobhan Dowd

Marley and Me / John Grogan

Lily’s Ghosts / Laura Ruby

The Willoughbys / Lois Lowry

On Meadowview Street / Henry Cole

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation / Lauren Willig

The World According to Humphrey / Betty Birney

We Are the Ship: the Story of Negro League Baseball / Kadir Nelson

The Night Tourist / Katherine Marsh

When Randolph Turned Rotten / Charise Mericle Harper

Do Unto Otters : a Book about Manners / Laurie Keller

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly / Alan Madison

There’s a Bird on Your Head! / Mo Willems

Vulture View / April Pulley Sayre

First the Egg / Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Spiderwick Chronicles / Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

Black Duck / Janet Taylor Lisle.

Middle school is worse than meatloaf : a year told through stuff / by Jennifer L. Holm ; [illustrations by Elicia Castaldi].

Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley’s journal / by Jeff Kinney.

Tamar / Mal Peet.

American Gods / Neil Gaiman.

Fred Stays with Me / Nancy Coffelt.

Silverwing / Kenneth Oppel.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian / Sherman Alexie.

Hawaii / James Michener.

Knut / Craig Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Dr. Gerald R. Uhlich

Henry’s Freedom Box / Ellen Levine.


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