NEWBERY AWARD WINNER AND HONOR BOOKS
The Librarians Choices 2004 include the Newbery award winner KIRA-KIRA and two of the three Newbery Honor books (THE VOICE
THAT CHALLENGED A NATION and LIZZIE BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY).
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER AND HONOR BOOKS
The Librarians Choices 2004 list includes the Caldecott award winner KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON and one of the three Caldecott
Honor books KNUFFLE BUNNY.
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD AND HONOR BOOKS
The Librarians Choices 2004 include the Printz award winner HOW I LIVE NOW and one of the three Printz Honor books LIZZIE
BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY.
ROBERT F. SIBERT AWARD AND HONOR BOOKS
The Librarians Choices 2004 list includes the Sibert Award winner THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION and one of the three
Sibert Honor books THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST.
NCTE ORBIS PICTUS AWARD WINNER AND HONOR BOOKS
The Librarians Choices 2004 list did not include the award winner (YORK'S ADVENTURE'S WITH LEWIS AND CLARK); however, it did
include three of the five Orbis Pictus Honor books: ACTUAL SIZE, SECRETS OF THE SPHINX, and THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION.
MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD AND HONOR BOOKS
Although our list did not include the Batchelder Award winner, the Librarians Choices 2004 list did include one of the two
Batchelder Honor books THE CROW GIRL.
CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW AWARD AND HONOR BOOKS
Librarians Choices 2004 includes the Zolotow Award Winner KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON and two of the three Zolotow Honor books
POLAR BEAR NIGHT and KNUFFLE BUNNY.
TOP TEN BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Librarians Choices 2004 includes three of YALSA's Top Ten BBYA selections: BUCKING THE SARGE, SAVING FRANCESCA, and SO B.
IT.
BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS (BBYA) COMPLETE LIST
The complete listing of BBYA includes eighty-six titles. The Librarians Choices 2004 list includes eighteen of the eighty-six.
WAKE UP OUR SOULS, BUCKING THE SARGE, THE SEA OF TROLLS, THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION, GOTHIC: TEN ORIGINAL DARK
TALES, WORLD'S AFIRE, MARGAUX WITH AN X, SAVING FRANCESCA, THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS, HERE IN HARLEM, PROMISES TO KEEP:
HOW JACKIE ROBINSON CHANGED AMERICA, HOW I LIVE NOW, LIZZIE BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY, ONE OF THOSE HIDEOUS BOOKS WHERE
THE MOTHER DIES, MONTMORENCY: THIEF, LIAR, GENTLEMAN?, SO B. IT, DOUBLE HELIX, and BEHIND YOU.
NOTABLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
ALA'S Notable Books for Children is broken down into three categories: Younger Readers, Middle Readers, and Older Readers.
YOUNGER READERS (22 BOOKS)
The Librarians Choices 2004 include seven of the twenty-two books recommended for younger readers: THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOTHER
GOOSE, SIDEWALK CIRCUS, KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON, IF NOT FOR THE CAT, WILD ABOUT BOOKS, POLAR BEAR NIGHT, and KNUFFLE BUNNY.
MIDDLE READERS (27 BOOKS)
The Librarians Choices 2004 include six of the twenty-seven titles recommended for middle readers: THE CROW GIRL, TECHNICALLY,
IT'S NOT MY FAULT, THE CATS IN KRASINSKI SQUARE, FISH, THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST, and THE TRAIN OF STATES.
OLDER READERS (28 BOOKS)
The Librarians Choices 2004 list includes eight of the twenty-eight books recommended for older readers: SO B. IT, LIZZIE
BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY, BECOMING NAOMI LEON, HERE IN HARLEM, KIRA-KIRA, THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION, SEA OF
TROLLS, and BUCKING THE SARGE.
INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
The International Reading Association has three awards: Teachers' Choices, Childrens' Choices, and Young Adults' Choices.
TEACHERS' CHOICES
Librarians Choices 2004 has five book matches with Teachers' Choices: HACHIKO: THE TRUE STORY OF A LOYAL DOG, IDA B.,
JIM THORPE'S BRIGHT PATH, THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, and WAKE
UP OUR SOULS: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK AMERICAN ARTISTS.
CHILDREN'S CHOICES
Our list had eight titles in common with Children's Choices: ACTUAL SIZE, BOOM CHICKA ROCK, HOW TO CATCH A STAR, I AM
TOO ABSOLUTELY SMALL FOR SCHOOL, KNUFFLE BUNNY, MISTER SEAHORSE, DUCK FOR PRESIDENT, and SOMETHING TO TELL THE GRANDCOWS.
VOYA 2005 NONFICTION HONOR LIST
LIBRARIANS' CHOICES 2004 includes seven of the nonfiction titles honored by the journal VOYA. These include: WAKE UP OUR
SOULS, THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION, WONDERS AND MIRACLES: A PASSOVER COMPANION, HIROSHIMA: THE STORY OF THE FIRST ATOM
BOMB, THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST, HERE IN HARLEM, and PROMISES TO KEEP: HOW JACKIE ROBINSON CHANGED AMERICA.
HORNBOOK FANFARE; BEST OF 2004
Nineteen books appeared on the Hornbook Fanfare "Best of 2004" list. Of those nineteen, six appeared on Librarians
Choices 2004: KNUFFLE BUNNY, SEA OF TROLLS, THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS, IF NOT FOR THE CAT, HOW I LIVE NOW, and THE VOICE
THAT CHALLENGED A NATION.
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