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Recommendations of picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction titles published in 2005

Compiled by Becky Laney

NONFICTION TITLES (2005)

Appelt, Kathi. 2005. MISS LADY BIRD'S WILDFLOWERS. Ill. by Joy Fisher Hein. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060011076.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. 2005. HITLER YOUTH: GROWING UP IN HITLER'S SHADOW. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 0439353793.

Bitton-Jackson, Livia. 2005. HELLO, AMERICA. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0689867557.

Cowley, Joy. 2005. CHAMELEON, CHAMELEON. Ill. by Nic Bishop. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 0439666538.

Dendy, Leslie and Mel Boring. 2005. GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS. Ill. by C.B. Mordan. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN: 0805073167.

Farrell, Jeanette. 2005. INVISIBLE ALLIES. New York: FSG. ISBN 037433083

Giblin, James Cross. 2005. GOOD BROTHER, BAD BROTHER: THE STORY OF EDWIN BOOTH & JOHN WILKES BOOTH. New York: Clarion. ISBN 0618096426.

Ma Yan. 2005. THE DIARY OF MA YAN. Edited by Pierre Haski. Translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi. Translated from the Mandarin by He Yanping. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 006076497X.

Silverman, Erica. 2005. SHOLOM'S TREASURE: HOW SHOLOM ALEICHEM BECAME A WRITER. Ill. by Mordicai Gerstein. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374380554.

Sklansky, Amy E. 2005. WHERE DO CHICKS COME FROM? Ill by Pam Paparone. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0060288922.

POETRY TITLES (2005)

Hopkins, Lee Bennet. 2005. DAYS TO CELEBRATE: A FULL YEAR OF POETRY, PEOPLE, HOLIDAYS, HISTORY, FASCINATING FACTS, AND MORE. New York: Greenwillow. ISBN 0060007656

FICTION TITLES (2005)

Bruchac, Joseph. 2005. CODETALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO. New York: Dial. ISBN 0803729219

Green, John. 2005. LOOKING FOR ALASKA. New York: Dutton. ISBN 0525475060

Hale, Shannon. 2005. THE PRINCESS ACADEMY. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 1582349932

Hautman, Pete. 2005. INVISIBLE. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0689868006

Lester, Julius. 2005. DAY OF TEARS. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0786804904

Pearsall, Shelley. 2005. CROOKED RIVER. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0375823891

Rennison, Louise. 2005. THEN HE ATE MY BOY ENTRANCERS: MORE MAD, MARVY, CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICOLSON. New York: HarperTempest. ISBN 0060589388

Rinaldi, Ann. 2005. THE COLOR OF FIRE. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0786809388

Riordan, Rick. 2005. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF. New York: Miramax (Hyperion). ISBN: 0786856297

Salisbury, Graham. 2005. EYES OF THE EMPEROR. New York: Wendy Lamb Books. ISBN: 0385729715

Westerfeld, Scott. 2005. UGLIES. New York: Simon Pulse. ISBN 0689865384

PICTURE BOOKS (2005)

Anastas, Margaret. 2005. A HUG FOR YOU. Ill. by Susan Winter. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0066236134

Boston Weatherford, Carole. 2005. FREEDOM ON THE MENU: THE GREENSBORO SIT-INS. Ill. by Jerome LaGarrigue. New York: Dial. ISBN 0803728603

Johnson, Angela. 2005. A SWEET SMELL OF ROSES. Ill. by Eric Velasquez. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0689832524

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