"S.H.MI.L.Y."
Grandmama looked and sounded so weird to me
She always would tell me, "Shmily,...Shmily"
I often reminded her, "It's Billy Gran, Billy."
But she insisted in saying, "Shmily, Shmily."
I saw it a lot, written in gathering dust
0r noted on post it's in the past,
Written in the bathroom mirror full of steam
There's issue really everywhere, I could've screamed!
I asked Grandmama who in the world was Shmily
She just gave me a fondly pat, "oh, Billy... !
Someday you'll know, one day you'll see,
To say that is old, silly Shmily loves me!"
I let it pass, though I was still confused
Meanwhile the years groomed me into a snazzy dude,
Thought I outgrew the mushy, icky sentiments
'Til one day I learned what Shmily really meant.
I chanced upon a box filled with old letters
that Grandmama must have made in past forevers
Each with a lesson and advice on how to be
Then ending with that ubiquitous word, "Shmily."
I further searched through, to find an old tape
Dusty but good, I set it on and played
There was Granny's voice of lullaby, singing to me
See-How-Much-I-Love-You: Oh, that WAS Shmily!
About the Author: WILLIAM BIAGAN RAMOS will always be the small,frail child "Pogie" in the eyes of his Lola Madang,the good-for-nothing kiddo that everybody think so little of,none believing in his potential but she. So much so that she fought so hard to have him educated until her last days on earth.She made sure that before she went to heaven he will be provided for in his college days. Pogie has no riches to brag but to be able to tell the whole world through this poem how much grateful if he is for the woman who 1st believed in him when nobody else did... "Thank you,Nanay...for the roots and the wings!" You are the reason why I'm still standing..& you will be the rison why I'll fly someday!You'll see
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Books For Children - A Reading List
Books For Children - A Reading List
Article Entitled: Books For Children - A Reading List
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Books for Children has been published by the Children’s Literature Center in the Library of Congress since 1964 for parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and those interested in the best of this country’s current children’s literature.
HOW SELECTIONS ARE MADE
The editor and an advisory committee of children’s book specialists meet on an average of once a month during the year to examine newly published titles-well over five thousand hardcover and paperbound books in 1993-to choose about a hundred titles they consider to be the most noteworthy.
Selection criteria have remained constant over the years. Quality of plot, theme, style, pace, characterization, and setting is essential for any story to be satisfying. In addition, for the picture-story book, the art-its harmony with the text-is vital. For nonfiction books, accuracy, organization, timeliness, and clarity of presentation as well as quality of writing and illustration need to be evaluated.
WHAT IS SELECTED AND FOR WHOM
The selected books run the gamut from rhymes, concepts, and picture-stories to adventure, fantasy, natural history, biography, and science. Books are chosen for readers from the toddler stage to the teenage years. Some are to be read aloud; some are for instruction; some are for fun; some are to be borrowed from a school or public library or bought as gifts. All were chosen with the intent of stimulating the imaginations of children and adults alike.
up to 4
CHRISTMAS CAROL A poem by Sara Teasdale. Pictures by Dale Gottlieb. New York: Holt. 1993. unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8050-2695-9 Brightly colored, childlike pictures enhance the appeal of this simple little poem celebrating the birth of Jesus.
DINOSAUR ENCORE (By) Patricia Mullins. (New York): Perlman/HarperCollins (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-06-021069-9 For the youngest, a guide to dinosaurs using fold-out flaps to compare various prehistoric beasts with animals of today while supplying brief facts and a glossary.
JOHN BURNINGHAM’S ABC (By John Burningham) New York: Crown/Random (1993) unp. $13.00 ISBN 0-517-59503-6 An uncluttered fresh-looking alphabet book, with letters, capital and small, representing a wide range of images, from fruits to birds, to people, animals, and flowers.
NOAH’S ARK Retold & illustrated by Lucy Cousins. Cambridge, Mass.: (1993) unp. $14.95 Candlewick Press ISBN 1-56402-213-7 A simple retelling of a favorite Bible story for the youngest features the artist’s bright, cheerful pictures, naive in style.
THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF Retold & illustrated by Glen Rounds. New York: Holiday (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8234-1015-3 Droll, unpretentious pictures and spare text make this work a welcome addition to collections of illustrated nursery favorites.
5 to 7
EVERYTHING HAS A PLACE By Patricia Lillie. Pictures by Nancy Tafuri. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-10082-1 Reminiscent of Jessie Willcox Smith’s work, these clear, uncluttered pictures show various creatures in their natural habitats-the cow in the barn, the bird in the nest, the human baby in a mother’s lap.
GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER By Ed Emberley. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) unp. $12.95 ISBN 0- 316-23653-5 Scraggly purple hair, long blue nose, and little squiggly ears, and a monster is fashioned feature by feature with each turn of the die-cut pages, then quickly banished by its creator, not to return 'until I say so.'
IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND (By) Denise Fleming. New York: Holt (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0- 8050-2264-3 The busy life in frog’s pond as the seasons change is chronicled in exuberant rhyme and vibrant collage.
ADVENTURES OF SNAIL AT SCHOOL Story & pictures by John Stadler (New York): HarperCollins (1993) unp. (An I can read book) $14.00 ISBN 0-06-021041-9 Three funny stories about Snail who manages to find a highly improbable adventure each time his teacher sends him on an errand.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE HALLOWEEN MOON (By) Caroline Stutson. (Illustrations by) Kevin Hawkes. New York: Lothrop/Morrow, 1993 unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-12045-8 A cumulative tale, in which a cat in pursuit of a mysterious tapping toe triggers a procession of wonderfully imagined Halloween creatures.
THE COW WHO WOULDN’T COME DOWN Story & pictures by Paul Brett Johnson. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-531-05481-0 How Miss Rosemary outwits a stubborn cow who takes to flying is told in lively text and pictures.
COYOTE STEALS THE BLANKET: AN UTE TALE Retold & illustrated by Janet Stevens. New York: Holiday (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0-823-409961 Vigorous pictures and rhyming text show trickster Coyote, for once, getting his just desserts.
DARCY AND GRAN DON’T LIKE BABIES By Jane Cutler. Illustrated by Susannah Ryan. New York: Scholastic, 1991. unp. $14.95 ISBN-0-590-445871 A nice twist on the sibling rivalry story, with beguiling pictures and a satisfactory ending.
GRANDADDY AND JANETTA (By) Helen V. Griffith. Illustrated by James Stevenson. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-11226-9 For grandfathers everywhere, this engaging companion to Grandaddy’s Place (1987) reveals new delights that Janetta and her Grandaddy share-fanciful stories, night noises, and a new litter of kittens.
GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY Written & illustrated by Allen Say. Boston: Houghton (1993) 32p. $16.95 ISBN 0-395-57035-2 Elegant paintings and spare text capture the bittersweet emotions of an immigrant grandfather and his grandson whose hearts are divided between two dramatically different countries, Japan and America.
THE FIRE CHILDREN: A WEST AFRICAN CREATION TALE Retold by Eric Maddern. Pictures by Frane Lessac. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.50 ISBN 0-8037-1477-7 Brilliantly colored, primitive paintings complement this West African myth about the creation of the world’s different peoples. Fine for story hour and reading aloud.
FOX ON STAGE (By) James Marshall. New York: Dial/Penguin. 1993. 48p. (Dial easy-to-read) $10.89 ISBN 0-8037-1357-6 Young readers will savor the comic adventures of Fox and his friends, told tongue-in-cheek in text and pictures.
GARTH PIG STEALS THE SHOW By Mary Rayner. New York: Dutton/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.99 ISBN 0-525-45023-8 Another thoroughly satisfying story about the Pig Family in which the ubiquitous Mrs. Wolf, still in pursuit of Garth Pig, disguises herself as a sousaphone player, only to be outwitted by the intrepid William Pig. Beguiling pictures.
HOW YOU WERE BORN (By) Joanna Cole. Photographs by Margaret Miller. New York: Morrow (1993) 48p. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-12059-8 A revision of a 1984 stanby, with fresh, engaging color photographs.
I LIKE MONKEYS BECAUSE.... (By) Peter Hansard. Illustrated by Patricia Casey. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press (1993) unp. (Read and wonder) $14.95 ISBN 1-56402-196-3 An appealing volume, one of six Read and Wonder books, introduces young children to the various species of monkeys found around the world. The series includes Think of a Beaver (Karen Wallace; illustrated by Mick Manning); Think of an Eel (Karen Wallace; illustrated by Mike Bostock); and What is a Wall, after All? (Judy Allen; illustrated by Alan Baron), all published in 1993.
IF ANYTHING EVER GOES WRONG AT THE ZOO (By) Mary Jean Hendrick. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $13.95 ISBN 0-15-238007-8 A fanciful tale, perfect for reading aloud, about a spirited young animal lover whose wish to have the animals at the zoo come to her house comes true.
MATTIE’S LITTLE POSSUM PET By Ida Luttrell. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. (New York: Atheneum, 1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-689-31786-7 Take a sentimental human, a dog and a cat, add a possum, and you have a rollicking tale of misplaced kindness. Bouncy pictures.
NANA’S BIRTHDAY PARTY (By) Amy Hest. Pictures by Amy Schwartz. New York: Morrow (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-07497-9 Two young cousins, Maggie and Brette, pool their talents to make their grandmother the best birthday present ever.
RAVEN: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM THE NORTHWEST Told & illustrated by Gerald McDermott. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-15-265661-8 Geometric pictures in vibrant colors enhance this retelling of a Northwestern trickster tale in which Raven manages to steal the sun for his people.
THE REAL MCCOY: THE LIFE OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTOR By Wendy Towle. Paintings by Will Clay. New York: Scholastic (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-590-43596-5 A well-illustrated, straightforward biography of the Canadian- born African-American, son of runaway slaves, who invents the first successful automatic oil cup for locomotives.
THE OUTSIDE DOG Story by Charlotte Pomerantz. Pictures by Jennifer Plecas. (New York): HarperCollins (1993) 62p. (An I can read book) $13.95 ISBN-0-06-024782-7 A childlike story, flavored with Spanish words, concerns a little Puerto Rican girl and the stray dog she wants her grandfather to adopt.
OWEN (By) Kevin Henkes. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. col. il. $13.95 ISBN 0-688-11449-0 In this beguilingly pictured, satisfying story with a cast of mice, Owen’s mother finds an ingenious way to separate him from Fuzzy, his treasured yellow blanket, before school begins.
SEVEN CANDLES FOR KWANZAA (By) Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pictures by Brian Pinkney. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.99 ISBN 0-8037-1292-8 Handsome woodcuts and succinct text take a family through the seven days of Kwanzaa, from December 26 through January 2, as they celebrate their African-American heritage, the family, and the harvest.
TEN SLY PIRANHAS: A COUNTING STORY IN REVERSE (A TALE OF WICKEDNESS AND WORSE!) (By) William Wise. Pictures by Victoria Chess. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.50 ISBN 0-8037-1200-6 A tongue-in-cheek counting rhyme featuring ten of nature’s most ravenous creatures who are done in by their nature.
THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG (By) Eugene Trivizas. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. New York: McElderry/Macmillan (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0-689-50569-8 Sly pictures give a nice fillip to this twist on the familiar nursery tale that casts the pig as the sinister villain.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MANYONI? (By) Catherine Stock. New York: Morrow (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-10352-9 Wonderfully detailed paintings take the reader with Manyoni through a peaceful Zimbawe countryside on her way to school. The appended list of unfamiliar words and picture glossary of animals add to the pleasure of the book.
YO! YES? By Chris Raschka. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) unp. (A Richard Jackson book) $14.95 ISBN 0-531-05469-1 Cartoonlike drawings and minimal text depict with humor the beginnings of a friendship between two hip youngsters. Fun for the older reader.
THE CUCKOO CHILD (By) Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman. New York: Hyperion (1993) 127p. $13.95 ISBN 1-56282-350-7 With the unwitting help of his two pet geese, Jack manages to raise an ostrich from the egg, with astonishing results.
DINAH IN LOVE (By) Claudia Mills. New York: Macmillan (1993) 143p. $13.95 ISBN 0-02-766998-X Here Dinah, as impetuous as ever, throws herself into sixth-grade life-the class debate, the class play, a sock hop, and a feud with a boy.
DINOSAURS ALL AROUND: AN ARTIST’S VIEW OF THE PREHISTORIC WORLD By Caroline Arnold. Photographs by Richard Hewett. New York: Clarion/Houghton (1993) 48p. $14.95 ISBN 0-395-62363-4 Numerous photographs and an informative, well-organized text present the work of paleoartists who construct life-size models of dinosaurs for museums and exhibits.
8 to 10
AUTHOR’S DAY Written & illustrated by Daniel Pinkwater. New York: Macmillan (1993) unp. $13.95 ISBN 0-02-774642-9 A hilarious account of the horrors experienced by a celebrated writer during a visit to an elementary school.
THE BOGGART (By) Susan Cooper. New York. McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 196p. $14.95 ISBN 0-689-50576-0 Catastrophe dogs Emily’s heels when the ancient, mischievous Gaelic spirit she has inadvertently transported to Toronto in her suitcase encounters the wonders of modern technology. Funny, fast-paced.
GREEK MYTHS Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. New York: McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 96p. $18.95 ISBN 0-689-50583-3 An attractively illustrated edition of sixteen familiar Greek myths, freely retold.
THE HAPPY HOCKY FAMILY (By) Lane Smith. (New York): Viking/Penguin (1993) 60p. $13.99 ISBN 0-670-85206-6 A glorious spoof of the classic 'Dick and Jane' reader, complete with stilted language and two-dimensional characters.
HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND (By) Jacob Lawrence. New York: Simon & Schuster (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-671-86673-7 The new, enlarged format for this reissue of a 1968 title lends an extra dimension to the full-color paintings and verse that tell the story of Harriet Tubman for young readers.
LADY DAISY (By) Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Jan Naimo Jones. New York: Delacorte Press (1993,c1992) 131p. $14.00 ISBN 0-385-30891-4 A soccer playing nine-year-old boy finds, to the consternation of his family, that his greatest treasure is an antique doll who, unbeknownst to them, is able to communicate with him.
LYDIA, QUEEN OF PALESTINE (By) Uri Orlev. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Boston: Houghton, 1993. 170p. $13.95 ISBN 0-395-65660-5 An engaging narrative about Lydia, a young Romanian Jewish girl and self-proclaimed Queen of Palestine, who remains her
indomitable, ferociously imaginative self despite the hardships of World War II, her parents’ divorce, and the structured life of a kibbutz.
THE MAN IN THE CEILING Written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) 185p. (Michael di Capua books) $14.89 ISBN 0-06-205036-2 Witty and sophisticated, this story focuses on Jimmy, a young cartoonist, and his struggles to win acceptance in a world that ridicules his talents.
MUMMIES & THEIR MYSTERIES (By) Charlotte Wilcox. Winneapolis: Carolrhoda Books (1993) 64p. $22.95 ISBN 0-87614-767-8 A well-organized, profusely illustrated examination of burial customs, concentrating on mummies and the cultures which produced them.
OF SWORDS AND SORCERERS: THE ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS By Margaret Hodges & Margery Evernden. Woodcuts by David Frampton. New York: Scribner (1993) 96p. $14.95 ISBN 0-684-19437-6 Nine well-told stories from the Arthurian cycle, including the coming of Merlin to Wales, the sword in the stone, and the passing of Arthur.
MATTHEW AND THE SEA SINGER (By) Jill Paton Walsh. Illustrated by Alan Marks. New York: Farrar (1993) 46p. $13.00 ISBN 0-374-434869-3 This gem of a fairy tale for young readers tells of staunch young Birdy who cleverly manages to save Matthew, the boy she purchased for a shilling, from the seal people who kidnap him because of his golden voice.
MORE ROOTABAGAS Stories by Carl Sandburg. Pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky. Collected and with a Forward by George Hendrick. New York: Knopf (1993) 94p. $18.00 ISBN 0-679-80070-0 A selection of heretofore unpublished Rootabaga stories, for reading aloud. Illustrated with fanciful pictures.
POW WOW Photographs and text by George Ancona. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $16.95 ISBN 0-15-263268-9 A 'kaleidoscope of feathers, beadwork, fringe and facepaint' characterizes this full-color photographic essay of the biggest annual powwow in the United States.
SCOOTER (By) Vera B. Williams. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) 147p. il., part col. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-09376-0 Spunky, engaging Elana Rosen illustrates a notebook to record the friendships, drama, and pleasures of New York urban life as she explores her new neighborhood by scooter.
WE’RE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY By Maurice Sendak. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) unp. (Michael di Capua books) $20.00 ISBN 0-06-205014-1 Powerful illustrations link two little-known nursery rhymes to tell the story of homelessness and abandoned children.
11 and up
ANN FRANK: BEYOND THE DIARY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC REMEMBRANCE By Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. In association with the Anne Frank House. Translated by Tony Langham and Plym Peters. With an introduction by Anna Quindlen. (New York): Viking/Penguin (1993) 113p. $17.00 ISBN 0-670-84932-4 Captioned photographs from the Frank family album and succinct commentary make a gripping addition to what is known about the girl who kept a diary and died in the Bergen Belsen death camp.
THE CHAMPION (By) Maurice Gee. New York: Simon & Schuster Books (1993. c1989) 212p. $14.00 ISBN 0-671-86561-7 Set in New Zealand during World War II, this tightly constructed, thought-provoking novel tells what befalls a young, black American soldier who is sent to an all-white small town to regain his strength.
CHAMPIONS: STORIES OF TEN REMARKABLE ATHLETES By Bill Littlefield. Paintings by Bernie Fuchs. With a forward by Frank Deford. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) 132p. $21.95 ISBN 0-316-52805-6 An inspiring book about ten men and women who excelled in their chosen sport after overcoming such obstacles as severe poverty, disability, and prejudice.
BEHIND THE SECRET WINDOW: A MEMOIR OF A HIDDEN CHILDHOOD DURING WORLD WAR II By Nelly S. Toll. New York: Dial Penguin (1993) 161p. $17.00 ISBN 0-8037-1362-2 A Jewish child’s experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland are vividly recreated in this memoir, and illustrated with the vibrant pictures she painted while in hiding.
BLACK SHIPS BEFORE TROY: THE STORY OF THE ILIAD (By) Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Alan Lee. (New York): Delacorte (1993) 128p. $19.95 ISBN 0-385-31069-2 An elegant and simple retelling of the siege of Troy and its aftermath.
BULL RUN (By) Paul Fleishman. Woodcuts by David Frampton. (New York): Geringer/HarperCollins (1993) 104p. $13.95 ISBN 0-06-021446-5 These compelling vignettes that lead sixteen fictional characters to their destiny at the Battle of Bull Run give an unusual perspective on the Civil War.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY (By) Russell Freedman. New York: Clarion/Houghton (1993) 198p. $17.95 ISBN 0-89919-862-7 Striking photographs and perceptive text tell the story of a remarkable woman, undaunted by an anguished childhood, who became a successful, albeit controversial First Lady.
FREAK THE MIGHTY By Rodman Philbrick. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic (1993) 176p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-47412-X In this compelling novel, eighth-graders Max and Kevin join forces to overcome their considerable physical and emotional problems, and almost beat the odds.
THE GIVER (By) Lois Lowry. Boston: Houghton, 1993. 180p. $13.45 ISBN 0-395-64566-2 Twelve-year-old Jonas, who is chosen to bear the burden of his society’s memories, must decide whether to accept his destiny or take flight. A thought-provoking, Orwellian novel.
HAVELI By Suzanne Fisher Staples. New York: Knopf (1993) 259p. $18.00 ISBN 0-679-84157-1 Sequel to Shabanu, this powerful novel chronicles the determined struggle of Shabanu to survive and protect her small daughter after the death of her husband puts her, the youngest wife, at the mercy of his other wives.
MAKE LEMONADE (By) Virginia Euwer Wolff. New York: Holt (1993) 200p. $15.95 ISBN 0-8050-2228-7 The lives of two teenagers-one a high school drop-out and single mother with two young children, the other, a fourteen-year-old girl trying to earn money for college by babysitting-connect at a crucial point, with bittersweet results.
TONING THE SWEEP (By) Angela Johnson. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) 103p. (A Richard Jackson book) $13.95 ISBN 0-531-05476-4 Set in the New Mexican desert, this powerful, tender novel concerns the complex relationship between three generations of African-American women who are brought together by the grandmother’s terminal illness.
WINDLEAF (By) Josepha Sherman. New York: Walker (1993) 121p. $14.95 ISBN 8027-8259-0 To rescue the girl he loves from her implacable father, young Count Thierry finds himself engaged in a desperate, bitter contest with the proud Lord of Faerie.
MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY By Walter Dean Myers. New York: Scholastic (1993) 210p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-46484-1 A gripping picture of a controversial figure who, despite great odds, was able to turn his life around and use his considerable intelligence in the struggle for justice.
PLAIN CITY (By) Virginia Hamilton. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic (1993) 194p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-47364-6 A 'mixed' child, twelve-year-old Buhlaire tries to unearth her past and her family history as she learns that the long-missing father who she thought was dead, is alive and homeless.
A SHORT WALK AROUND THE PYRAMIDS & THROUGH THE WORLD OF ART By Phillip M. Isaacson. New York: Knopf (1993) 120p. $20.00 ISBN 0-679-81523-6 A well-organized introduction to the many forms art takes, from sculpture, painting, pottery, and photography to furniture and city shapes.
family fare
A. NONNY MOUSE WRITES AGAIN! Poems selected by Jack Prelusky. Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. New York: Knopf (1993) unp. $13.00 ISBN 0-679-83715-9 This delightful mixture of traditional and original verse is enhanced by the artist’s jaunty pictures. A continuation of Poems of A. Nonny Mouse.
BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE (By) Walter D. Myers. (New York): HarperCollins (c1993) unp. il. $15. ISBN 0-06-022917-9 A nostalgic glimpse of turn-of-the-century African-American children.
CHRISTMAS GIF’: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTMAS POEMS, SONGS, AND STORIES Written by and about African-Americans. Compiled by Charlemae Hill Rollins; illustrated by Ashley Bryan. With a new introduction by Dr. Augusta Baker. New York: Morrow (1993) 106p. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-11667-1 Ashley Bryan’s stunning black-and-white linoleum prints enrich this anthology of African-American Christmas customs, traditions, poems, stories, and recipes.
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A TREASURY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE AND FOLK SONGS. Illustrated by Eleven Caldecott Medal and Four Caldecott Honor Book Artists. Compiled by Amy L. Cohen. New York: Scholastic (1993) 399p. $29.95 ISBN 0-590-42868-3 A fascinating compendium of Americana-stories, songs, legends, and traditions from the various cultures that have shaped the country from its beginnings.
MOOMINPAPPA AT SEA (By) Tove Jansson. Translated by Kingsley Hart. New York: Farrar (1993,c1966) 224p. $17.00 ISBN 0-374-35044-2 A tale that tells what befalls the Moomintrolls after they leave Moominvalley and go to begin their lives afresh in a lighthouse on an island.
PRAISE FOR THE SINGING: SONGS FOR CHILDREN Collected by Madelaine Gill & Greg Pliska. Illustrated by Madelaine Gill; arrangements by Greg Pliska. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) 64p. $18.95 ISBN 0-316-52627-4 An inviting collection of religious Americana, including African- American spirituals, Shaker and Jewish songs, and traditional melodies. All are arranged for singing.
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING (By) James Weldon Johnson. Illustrations by Elizabeth Catlett. Introduction by Jim Haskins. New Yorker: Walker (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8027-8250-7 A celebration of the African-American’s long journey from slavery to liberty, in powerful linocuts and stirring words.
THE STORY OF THE CREATION: WORDS FROM GENESIS (By) Jane Ray. New York: Dutton/Penguin (1993) unp. $16.00 ISBN 0-525-44946-9 Evocative, folk art paintings add to the pleasure of the verses selected from the King James version of the creation of the world. Available in Spanish (ISBN 0-525-45055-6).
Editor: Margaret N. Coughlan Children’s Literature Center
Assistant to the Editor: Divna Todorovich Children’s Literature Team, History and Literature Cataloging Division
Committee members:
Nell Colburn Prince George’s County (Md.) Memorial Library System
Sharon Grover Arlington County (Va.) Public Library
Elizabeth Guldseth Montgomery County (Md.) Department of Public Libraries
Steven Herb Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pa.)
Ilze Long Reston (Va.) Regional Library
Caroline S. Parr Central Rappahannock (Va.) Regional Library
Maria Salvadore District of Columbia Public Libraries
Jewell Stoddard Cheshire Cat Bookstore (Washington, D.C.)
Victoria Velsey Georgetown Day School (Washington, D.C.)
Martha Walke Thomas Jefferson Middle School (Arlington, VA)
Article Entitled: Books For Children - A Reading List
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Books for Children has been published by the Children’s Literature Center in the Library of Congress since 1964 for parents, teachers, librarians, publishers, and those interested in the best of this country’s current children’s literature.
HOW SELECTIONS ARE MADE
The editor and an advisory committee of children’s book specialists meet on an average of once a month during the year to examine newly published titles-well over five thousand hardcover and paperbound books in 1993-to choose about a hundred titles they consider to be the most noteworthy.
Selection criteria have remained constant over the years. Quality of plot, theme, style, pace, characterization, and setting is essential for any story to be satisfying. In addition, for the picture-story book, the art-its harmony with the text-is vital. For nonfiction books, accuracy, organization, timeliness, and clarity of presentation as well as quality of writing and illustration need to be evaluated.
WHAT IS SELECTED AND FOR WHOM
The selected books run the gamut from rhymes, concepts, and picture-stories to adventure, fantasy, natural history, biography, and science. Books are chosen for readers from the toddler stage to the teenage years. Some are to be read aloud; some are for instruction; some are for fun; some are to be borrowed from a school or public library or bought as gifts. All were chosen with the intent of stimulating the imaginations of children and adults alike.
up to 4
CHRISTMAS CAROL A poem by Sara Teasdale. Pictures by Dale Gottlieb. New York: Holt. 1993. unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8050-2695-9 Brightly colored, childlike pictures enhance the appeal of this simple little poem celebrating the birth of Jesus.
DINOSAUR ENCORE (By) Patricia Mullins. (New York): Perlman/HarperCollins (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-06-021069-9 For the youngest, a guide to dinosaurs using fold-out flaps to compare various prehistoric beasts with animals of today while supplying brief facts and a glossary.
JOHN BURNINGHAM’S ABC (By John Burningham) New York: Crown/Random (1993) unp. $13.00 ISBN 0-517-59503-6 An uncluttered fresh-looking alphabet book, with letters, capital and small, representing a wide range of images, from fruits to birds, to people, animals, and flowers.
NOAH’S ARK Retold & illustrated by Lucy Cousins. Cambridge, Mass.: (1993) unp. $14.95 Candlewick Press ISBN 1-56402-213-7 A simple retelling of a favorite Bible story for the youngest features the artist’s bright, cheerful pictures, naive in style.
THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF Retold & illustrated by Glen Rounds. New York: Holiday (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8234-1015-3 Droll, unpretentious pictures and spare text make this work a welcome addition to collections of illustrated nursery favorites.
5 to 7
EVERYTHING HAS A PLACE By Patricia Lillie. Pictures by Nancy Tafuri. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-10082-1 Reminiscent of Jessie Willcox Smith’s work, these clear, uncluttered pictures show various creatures in their natural habitats-the cow in the barn, the bird in the nest, the human baby in a mother’s lap.
GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER By Ed Emberley. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) unp. $12.95 ISBN 0- 316-23653-5 Scraggly purple hair, long blue nose, and little squiggly ears, and a monster is fashioned feature by feature with each turn of the die-cut pages, then quickly banished by its creator, not to return 'until I say so.'
IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND (By) Denise Fleming. New York: Holt (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0- 8050-2264-3 The busy life in frog’s pond as the seasons change is chronicled in exuberant rhyme and vibrant collage.
ADVENTURES OF SNAIL AT SCHOOL Story & pictures by John Stadler (New York): HarperCollins (1993) unp. (An I can read book) $14.00 ISBN 0-06-021041-9 Three funny stories about Snail who manages to find a highly improbable adventure each time his teacher sends him on an errand.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE HALLOWEEN MOON (By) Caroline Stutson. (Illustrations by) Kevin Hawkes. New York: Lothrop/Morrow, 1993 unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-12045-8 A cumulative tale, in which a cat in pursuit of a mysterious tapping toe triggers a procession of wonderfully imagined Halloween creatures.
THE COW WHO WOULDN’T COME DOWN Story & pictures by Paul Brett Johnson. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-531-05481-0 How Miss Rosemary outwits a stubborn cow who takes to flying is told in lively text and pictures.
COYOTE STEALS THE BLANKET: AN UTE TALE Retold & illustrated by Janet Stevens. New York: Holiday (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0-823-409961 Vigorous pictures and rhyming text show trickster Coyote, for once, getting his just desserts.
DARCY AND GRAN DON’T LIKE BABIES By Jane Cutler. Illustrated by Susannah Ryan. New York: Scholastic, 1991. unp. $14.95 ISBN-0-590-445871 A nice twist on the sibling rivalry story, with beguiling pictures and a satisfactory ending.
GRANDADDY AND JANETTA (By) Helen V. Griffith. Illustrated by James Stevenson. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-11226-9 For grandfathers everywhere, this engaging companion to Grandaddy’s Place (1987) reveals new delights that Janetta and her Grandaddy share-fanciful stories, night noises, and a new litter of kittens.
GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY Written & illustrated by Allen Say. Boston: Houghton (1993) 32p. $16.95 ISBN 0-395-57035-2 Elegant paintings and spare text capture the bittersweet emotions of an immigrant grandfather and his grandson whose hearts are divided between two dramatically different countries, Japan and America.
THE FIRE CHILDREN: A WEST AFRICAN CREATION TALE Retold by Eric Maddern. Pictures by Frane Lessac. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.50 ISBN 0-8037-1477-7 Brilliantly colored, primitive paintings complement this West African myth about the creation of the world’s different peoples. Fine for story hour and reading aloud.
FOX ON STAGE (By) James Marshall. New York: Dial/Penguin. 1993. 48p. (Dial easy-to-read) $10.89 ISBN 0-8037-1357-6 Young readers will savor the comic adventures of Fox and his friends, told tongue-in-cheek in text and pictures.
GARTH PIG STEALS THE SHOW By Mary Rayner. New York: Dutton/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.99 ISBN 0-525-45023-8 Another thoroughly satisfying story about the Pig Family in which the ubiquitous Mrs. Wolf, still in pursuit of Garth Pig, disguises herself as a sousaphone player, only to be outwitted by the intrepid William Pig. Beguiling pictures.
HOW YOU WERE BORN (By) Joanna Cole. Photographs by Margaret Miller. New York: Morrow (1993) 48p. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-12059-8 A revision of a 1984 stanby, with fresh, engaging color photographs.
I LIKE MONKEYS BECAUSE.... (By) Peter Hansard. Illustrated by Patricia Casey. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press (1993) unp. (Read and wonder) $14.95 ISBN 1-56402-196-3 An appealing volume, one of six Read and Wonder books, introduces young children to the various species of monkeys found around the world. The series includes Think of a Beaver (Karen Wallace; illustrated by Mick Manning); Think of an Eel (Karen Wallace; illustrated by Mike Bostock); and What is a Wall, after All? (Judy Allen; illustrated by Alan Baron), all published in 1993.
IF ANYTHING EVER GOES WRONG AT THE ZOO (By) Mary Jean Hendrick. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $13.95 ISBN 0-15-238007-8 A fanciful tale, perfect for reading aloud, about a spirited young animal lover whose wish to have the animals at the zoo come to her house comes true.
MATTIE’S LITTLE POSSUM PET By Ida Luttrell. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. (New York: Atheneum, 1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-689-31786-7 Take a sentimental human, a dog and a cat, add a possum, and you have a rollicking tale of misplaced kindness. Bouncy pictures.
NANA’S BIRTHDAY PARTY (By) Amy Hest. Pictures by Amy Schwartz. New York: Morrow (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-07497-9 Two young cousins, Maggie and Brette, pool their talents to make their grandmother the best birthday present ever.
RAVEN: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM THE NORTHWEST Told & illustrated by Gerald McDermott. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-15-265661-8 Geometric pictures in vibrant colors enhance this retelling of a Northwestern trickster tale in which Raven manages to steal the sun for his people.
THE REAL MCCOY: THE LIFE OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTOR By Wendy Towle. Paintings by Will Clay. New York: Scholastic (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-590-43596-5 A well-illustrated, straightforward biography of the Canadian- born African-American, son of runaway slaves, who invents the first successful automatic oil cup for locomotives.
THE OUTSIDE DOG Story by Charlotte Pomerantz. Pictures by Jennifer Plecas. (New York): HarperCollins (1993) 62p. (An I can read book) $13.95 ISBN-0-06-024782-7 A childlike story, flavored with Spanish words, concerns a little Puerto Rican girl and the stray dog she wants her grandfather to adopt.
OWEN (By) Kevin Henkes. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. col. il. $13.95 ISBN 0-688-11449-0 In this beguilingly pictured, satisfying story with a cast of mice, Owen’s mother finds an ingenious way to separate him from Fuzzy, his treasured yellow blanket, before school begins.
SEVEN CANDLES FOR KWANZAA (By) Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pictures by Brian Pinkney. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.99 ISBN 0-8037-1292-8 Handsome woodcuts and succinct text take a family through the seven days of Kwanzaa, from December 26 through January 2, as they celebrate their African-American heritage, the family, and the harvest.
TEN SLY PIRANHAS: A COUNTING STORY IN REVERSE (A TALE OF WICKEDNESS AND WORSE!) (By) William Wise. Pictures by Victoria Chess. New York: Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.50 ISBN 0-8037-1200-6 A tongue-in-cheek counting rhyme featuring ten of nature’s most ravenous creatures who are done in by their nature.
THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG (By) Eugene Trivizas. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. New York: McElderry/Macmillan (1993) unp. $15.95 ISBN 0-689-50569-8 Sly pictures give a nice fillip to this twist on the familiar nursery tale that casts the pig as the sinister villain.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MANYONI? (By) Catherine Stock. New York: Morrow (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-10352-9 Wonderfully detailed paintings take the reader with Manyoni through a peaceful Zimbawe countryside on her way to school. The appended list of unfamiliar words and picture glossary of animals add to the pleasure of the book.
YO! YES? By Chris Raschka. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) unp. (A Richard Jackson book) $14.95 ISBN 0-531-05469-1 Cartoonlike drawings and minimal text depict with humor the beginnings of a friendship between two hip youngsters. Fun for the older reader.
THE CUCKOO CHILD (By) Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman. New York: Hyperion (1993) 127p. $13.95 ISBN 1-56282-350-7 With the unwitting help of his two pet geese, Jack manages to raise an ostrich from the egg, with astonishing results.
DINAH IN LOVE (By) Claudia Mills. New York: Macmillan (1993) 143p. $13.95 ISBN 0-02-766998-X Here Dinah, as impetuous as ever, throws herself into sixth-grade life-the class debate, the class play, a sock hop, and a feud with a boy.
DINOSAURS ALL AROUND: AN ARTIST’S VIEW OF THE PREHISTORIC WORLD By Caroline Arnold. Photographs by Richard Hewett. New York: Clarion/Houghton (1993) 48p. $14.95 ISBN 0-395-62363-4 Numerous photographs and an informative, well-organized text present the work of paleoartists who construct life-size models of dinosaurs for museums and exhibits.
8 to 10
AUTHOR’S DAY Written & illustrated by Daniel Pinkwater. New York: Macmillan (1993) unp. $13.95 ISBN 0-02-774642-9 A hilarious account of the horrors experienced by a celebrated writer during a visit to an elementary school.
THE BOGGART (By) Susan Cooper. New York. McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 196p. $14.95 ISBN 0-689-50576-0 Catastrophe dogs Emily’s heels when the ancient, mischievous Gaelic spirit she has inadvertently transported to Toronto in her suitcase encounters the wonders of modern technology. Funny, fast-paced.
GREEK MYTHS Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. New York: McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 96p. $18.95 ISBN 0-689-50583-3 An attractively illustrated edition of sixteen familiar Greek myths, freely retold.
THE HAPPY HOCKY FAMILY (By) Lane Smith. (New York): Viking/Penguin (1993) 60p. $13.99 ISBN 0-670-85206-6 A glorious spoof of the classic 'Dick and Jane' reader, complete with stilted language and two-dimensional characters.
HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND (By) Jacob Lawrence. New York: Simon & Schuster (1993) unp. $15.00 ISBN 0-671-86673-7 The new, enlarged format for this reissue of a 1968 title lends an extra dimension to the full-color paintings and verse that tell the story of Harriet Tubman for young readers.
LADY DAISY (By) Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Jan Naimo Jones. New York: Delacorte Press (1993,c1992) 131p. $14.00 ISBN 0-385-30891-4 A soccer playing nine-year-old boy finds, to the consternation of his family, that his greatest treasure is an antique doll who, unbeknownst to them, is able to communicate with him.
LYDIA, QUEEN OF PALESTINE (By) Uri Orlev. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Boston: Houghton, 1993. 170p. $13.95 ISBN 0-395-65660-5 An engaging narrative about Lydia, a young Romanian Jewish girl and self-proclaimed Queen of Palestine, who remains her
indomitable, ferociously imaginative self despite the hardships of World War II, her parents’ divorce, and the structured life of a kibbutz.
THE MAN IN THE CEILING Written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) 185p. (Michael di Capua books) $14.89 ISBN 0-06-205036-2 Witty and sophisticated, this story focuses on Jimmy, a young cartoonist, and his struggles to win acceptance in a world that ridicules his talents.
MUMMIES & THEIR MYSTERIES (By) Charlotte Wilcox. Winneapolis: Carolrhoda Books (1993) 64p. $22.95 ISBN 0-87614-767-8 A well-organized, profusely illustrated examination of burial customs, concentrating on mummies and the cultures which produced them.
OF SWORDS AND SORCERERS: THE ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS By Margaret Hodges & Margery Evernden. Woodcuts by David Frampton. New York: Scribner (1993) 96p. $14.95 ISBN 0-684-19437-6 Nine well-told stories from the Arthurian cycle, including the coming of Merlin to Wales, the sword in the stone, and the passing of Arthur.
MATTHEW AND THE SEA SINGER (By) Jill Paton Walsh. Illustrated by Alan Marks. New York: Farrar (1993) 46p. $13.00 ISBN 0-374-434869-3 This gem of a fairy tale for young readers tells of staunch young Birdy who cleverly manages to save Matthew, the boy she purchased for a shilling, from the seal people who kidnap him because of his golden voice.
MORE ROOTABAGAS Stories by Carl Sandburg. Pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky. Collected and with a Forward by George Hendrick. New York: Knopf (1993) 94p. $18.00 ISBN 0-679-80070-0 A selection of heretofore unpublished Rootabaga stories, for reading aloud. Illustrated with fanciful pictures.
POW WOW Photographs and text by George Ancona. San Diego: Harcourt (1993) unp. $16.95 ISBN 0-15-263268-9 A 'kaleidoscope of feathers, beadwork, fringe and facepaint' characterizes this full-color photographic essay of the biggest annual powwow in the United States.
SCOOTER (By) Vera B. Williams. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) 147p. il., part col. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-09376-0 Spunky, engaging Elana Rosen illustrates a notebook to record the friendships, drama, and pleasures of New York urban life as she explores her new neighborhood by scooter.
WE’RE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY By Maurice Sendak. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) unp. (Michael di Capua books) $20.00 ISBN 0-06-205014-1 Powerful illustrations link two little-known nursery rhymes to tell the story of homelessness and abandoned children.
11 and up
ANN FRANK: BEYOND THE DIARY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC REMEMBRANCE By Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. In association with the Anne Frank House. Translated by Tony Langham and Plym Peters. With an introduction by Anna Quindlen. (New York): Viking/Penguin (1993) 113p. $17.00 ISBN 0-670-84932-4 Captioned photographs from the Frank family album and succinct commentary make a gripping addition to what is known about the girl who kept a diary and died in the Bergen Belsen death camp.
THE CHAMPION (By) Maurice Gee. New York: Simon & Schuster Books (1993. c1989) 212p. $14.00 ISBN 0-671-86561-7 Set in New Zealand during World War II, this tightly constructed, thought-provoking novel tells what befalls a young, black American soldier who is sent to an all-white small town to regain his strength.
CHAMPIONS: STORIES OF TEN REMARKABLE ATHLETES By Bill Littlefield. Paintings by Bernie Fuchs. With a forward by Frank Deford. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) 132p. $21.95 ISBN 0-316-52805-6 An inspiring book about ten men and women who excelled in their chosen sport after overcoming such obstacles as severe poverty, disability, and prejudice.
BEHIND THE SECRET WINDOW: A MEMOIR OF A HIDDEN CHILDHOOD DURING WORLD WAR II By Nelly S. Toll. New York: Dial Penguin (1993) 161p. $17.00 ISBN 0-8037-1362-2 A Jewish child’s experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland are vividly recreated in this memoir, and illustrated with the vibrant pictures she painted while in hiding.
BLACK SHIPS BEFORE TROY: THE STORY OF THE ILIAD (By) Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Alan Lee. (New York): Delacorte (1993) 128p. $19.95 ISBN 0-385-31069-2 An elegant and simple retelling of the siege of Troy and its aftermath.
BULL RUN (By) Paul Fleishman. Woodcuts by David Frampton. (New York): Geringer/HarperCollins (1993) 104p. $13.95 ISBN 0-06-021446-5 These compelling vignettes that lead sixteen fictional characters to their destiny at the Battle of Bull Run give an unusual perspective on the Civil War.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY (By) Russell Freedman. New York: Clarion/Houghton (1993) 198p. $17.95 ISBN 0-89919-862-7 Striking photographs and perceptive text tell the story of a remarkable woman, undaunted by an anguished childhood, who became a successful, albeit controversial First Lady.
FREAK THE MIGHTY By Rodman Philbrick. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic (1993) 176p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-47412-X In this compelling novel, eighth-graders Max and Kevin join forces to overcome their considerable physical and emotional problems, and almost beat the odds.
THE GIVER (By) Lois Lowry. Boston: Houghton, 1993. 180p. $13.45 ISBN 0-395-64566-2 Twelve-year-old Jonas, who is chosen to bear the burden of his society’s memories, must decide whether to accept his destiny or take flight. A thought-provoking, Orwellian novel.
HAVELI By Suzanne Fisher Staples. New York: Knopf (1993) 259p. $18.00 ISBN 0-679-84157-1 Sequel to Shabanu, this powerful novel chronicles the determined struggle of Shabanu to survive and protect her small daughter after the death of her husband puts her, the youngest wife, at the mercy of his other wives.
MAKE LEMONADE (By) Virginia Euwer Wolff. New York: Holt (1993) 200p. $15.95 ISBN 0-8050-2228-7 The lives of two teenagers-one a high school drop-out and single mother with two young children, the other, a fourteen-year-old girl trying to earn money for college by babysitting-connect at a crucial point, with bittersweet results.
TONING THE SWEEP (By) Angela Johnson. New York: Orchard/Watts (1993) 103p. (A Richard Jackson book) $13.95 ISBN 0-531-05476-4 Set in the New Mexican desert, this powerful, tender novel concerns the complex relationship between three generations of African-American women who are brought together by the grandmother’s terminal illness.
WINDLEAF (By) Josepha Sherman. New York: Walker (1993) 121p. $14.95 ISBN 8027-8259-0 To rescue the girl he loves from her implacable father, young Count Thierry finds himself engaged in a desperate, bitter contest with the proud Lord of Faerie.
MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY By Walter Dean Myers. New York: Scholastic (1993) 210p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-46484-1 A gripping picture of a controversial figure who, despite great odds, was able to turn his life around and use his considerable intelligence in the struggle for justice.
PLAIN CITY (By) Virginia Hamilton. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic (1993) 194p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-47364-6 A 'mixed' child, twelve-year-old Buhlaire tries to unearth her past and her family history as she learns that the long-missing father who she thought was dead, is alive and homeless.
A SHORT WALK AROUND THE PYRAMIDS & THROUGH THE WORLD OF ART By Phillip M. Isaacson. New York: Knopf (1993) 120p. $20.00 ISBN 0-679-81523-6 A well-organized introduction to the many forms art takes, from sculpture, painting, pottery, and photography to furniture and city shapes.
family fare
A. NONNY MOUSE WRITES AGAIN! Poems selected by Jack Prelusky. Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. New York: Knopf (1993) unp. $13.00 ISBN 0-679-83715-9 This delightful mixture of traditional and original verse is enhanced by the artist’s jaunty pictures. A continuation of Poems of A. Nonny Mouse.
BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE (By) Walter D. Myers. (New York): HarperCollins (c1993) unp. il. $15. ISBN 0-06-022917-9 A nostalgic glimpse of turn-of-the-century African-American children.
CHRISTMAS GIF’: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTMAS POEMS, SONGS, AND STORIES Written by and about African-Americans. Compiled by Charlemae Hill Rollins; illustrated by Ashley Bryan. With a new introduction by Dr. Augusta Baker. New York: Morrow (1993) 106p. $14.00 ISBN 0-688-11667-1 Ashley Bryan’s stunning black-and-white linoleum prints enrich this anthology of African-American Christmas customs, traditions, poems, stories, and recipes.
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A TREASURY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE AND FOLK SONGS. Illustrated by Eleven Caldecott Medal and Four Caldecott Honor Book Artists. Compiled by Amy L. Cohen. New York: Scholastic (1993) 399p. $29.95 ISBN 0-590-42868-3 A fascinating compendium of Americana-stories, songs, legends, and traditions from the various cultures that have shaped the country from its beginnings.
MOOMINPAPPA AT SEA (By) Tove Jansson. Translated by Kingsley Hart. New York: Farrar (1993,c1966) 224p. $17.00 ISBN 0-374-35044-2 A tale that tells what befalls the Moomintrolls after they leave Moominvalley and go to begin their lives afresh in a lighthouse on an island.
PRAISE FOR THE SINGING: SONGS FOR CHILDREN Collected by Madelaine Gill & Greg Pliska. Illustrated by Madelaine Gill; arrangements by Greg Pliska. Boston: Little, Brown (1993) 64p. $18.95 ISBN 0-316-52627-4 An inviting collection of religious Americana, including African- American spirituals, Shaker and Jewish songs, and traditional melodies. All are arranged for singing.
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING (By) James Weldon Johnson. Illustrations by Elizabeth Catlett. Introduction by Jim Haskins. New Yorker: Walker (1993) unp. $14.95 ISBN 0-8027-8250-7 A celebration of the African-American’s long journey from slavery to liberty, in powerful linocuts and stirring words.
THE STORY OF THE CREATION: WORDS FROM GENESIS (By) Jane Ray. New York: Dutton/Penguin (1993) unp. $16.00 ISBN 0-525-44946-9 Evocative, folk art paintings add to the pleasure of the verses selected from the King James version of the creation of the world. Available in Spanish (ISBN 0-525-45055-6).
Editor: Margaret N. Coughlan Children’s Literature Center
Assistant to the Editor: Divna Todorovich Children’s Literature Team, History and Literature Cataloging Division
Committee members:
Nell Colburn Prince George’s County (Md.) Memorial Library System
Sharon Grover Arlington County (Va.) Public Library
Elizabeth Guldseth Montgomery County (Md.) Department of Public Libraries
Steven Herb Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pa.)
Ilze Long Reston (Va.) Regional Library
Caroline S. Parr Central Rappahannock (Va.) Regional Library
Maria Salvadore District of Columbia Public Libraries
Jewell Stoddard Cheshire Cat Bookstore (Washington, D.C.)
Victoria Velsey Georgetown Day School (Washington, D.C.)
Martha Walke Thomas Jefferson Middle School (Arlington, VA)
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How To Publish The Perfect Ezine
How To Publish The Perfect Ezine
Ezine marketing has come of age.
Beyond argument and controversy today, an ezine is accepted to be the most effective online marketing tool, one with the highest return on investment. In simple terms, ezine marketing gives the biggest bang for your buck.
Ezine publishing is also fairly straightforward. There are many tools and services that help you get started quickly with very little effort or expense. They let you
create an ezine e.g. Ezine Launch - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinelaunch/
provide you with content e.g. Ezine Writer - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinewriter/
find you subscribers e.g. The Amazing List Machine - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/listmachine/
even sell advertising space for you e.g. The Directory of Ezines - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/doe/
Not surprisingly, several hundred ezines are being launched every day. Anyone can do it - and many people do.
Therein lies the problem. Not all these ezines will be marketing successes.
Because too many ezines that are published today are worthless.
I'm sure you've seen them too. Poorly designed and formatted, full of ads and marketing hype, with little useful content and - worst of all - totally lacking in focus, trying to be everything to everyone.
These are the ezines I would unsubscribe from after reading just one or two issues.
And I'm sure you would too.
The sheer number and variety of available ezines is forcing subscribers to be hypercritical and choosy about the ones they finally elect to keep. Limited time and interest spans add to the challenge faced by ezine publishers.
You now need to publish the perfect ezine, one that will capture and retain your reader's attention - atleast until they can be converted into customers.
Which is why you have to learn to do it correctly, differently, better than anyone else.
And you need a guide to hold you by the hand and lead you step by step through the processes involved in ezine publishing - like The Ezine Masters - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinemasters/
But the perfect ezine is not easy to create.
Not impossible, not very difficult, just ... not easy.
You need to know what to do. And then, step by step, you'll move steadily towards that goal.
So where do you begin?
There are four broad stages in ezine publishing:
- Process Planning: creating a blueprint for your ezine including the topic you will write about, frequency of publishing, nature of content, proposed revenue streams, target audience, expected growth rates and more
- Designing: deciding the layout, format and appearance of your ezine and preparing templates
- Creation: getting down to the nuts and bolts of creating content and putting together each edition
- Distribution: setting up a delivery system to sign up new readers, send them each issue of your ezine, handling feedback and list administration
And each of these major steps is made up of dozens and dozens of smaller action steps, each of which is equally important to your business success. It is a lot of work to get these different processes working together like well-oiled machinery.
The upside, of course, is that the profits are high.
Sure, it's hard work to get started. You'll need to plan your ezine, create content, set up an ezine management process, and grow your readership with smart effective promotion. All of this can take two or three months.
But soon you'll have a large, devoted group of readers who trust you - and to whom you can market your business over and over, for a long time.
At no extra cost !
To help you get started, here are some useful ezine publishing resources:
Website Tutorials
- Brian Alt's Email Publishing Digest at http://www.epdigest.com/
- Mark Brownlow's Keeping The Key report at http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/brownlow/
- M
Ezine marketing has come of age.
Beyond argument and controversy today, an ezine is accepted to be the most effective online marketing tool, one with the highest return on investment. In simple terms, ezine marketing gives the biggest bang for your buck.
Ezine publishing is also fairly straightforward. There are many tools and services that help you get started quickly with very little effort or expense. They let you
create an ezine e.g. Ezine Launch - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinelaunch/
provide you with content e.g. Ezine Writer - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinewriter/
find you subscribers e.g. The Amazing List Machine - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/listmachine/
even sell advertising space for you e.g. The Directory of Ezines - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/doe/
Not surprisingly, several hundred ezines are being launched every day. Anyone can do it - and many people do.
Therein lies the problem. Not all these ezines will be marketing successes.
Because too many ezines that are published today are worthless.
I'm sure you've seen them too. Poorly designed and formatted, full of ads and marketing hype, with little useful content and - worst of all - totally lacking in focus, trying to be everything to everyone.
These are the ezines I would unsubscribe from after reading just one or two issues.
And I'm sure you would too.
The sheer number and variety of available ezines is forcing subscribers to be hypercritical and choosy about the ones they finally elect to keep. Limited time and interest spans add to the challenge faced by ezine publishers.
You now need to publish the perfect ezine, one that will capture and retain your reader's attention - atleast until they can be converted into customers.
Which is why you have to learn to do it correctly, differently, better than anyone else.
And you need a guide to hold you by the hand and lead you step by step through the processes involved in ezine publishing - like The Ezine Masters - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinemasters/
But the perfect ezine is not easy to create.
Not impossible, not very difficult, just ... not easy.
You need to know what to do. And then, step by step, you'll move steadily towards that goal.
So where do you begin?
There are four broad stages in ezine publishing:
- Process Planning: creating a blueprint for your ezine including the topic you will write about, frequency of publishing, nature of content, proposed revenue streams, target audience, expected growth rates and more
- Designing: deciding the layout, format and appearance of your ezine and preparing templates
- Creation: getting down to the nuts and bolts of creating content and putting together each edition
- Distribution: setting up a delivery system to sign up new readers, send them each issue of your ezine, handling feedback and list administration
And each of these major steps is made up of dozens and dozens of smaller action steps, each of which is equally important to your business success. It is a lot of work to get these different processes working together like well-oiled machinery.
The upside, of course, is that the profits are high.
Sure, it's hard work to get started. You'll need to plan your ezine, create content, set up an ezine management process, and grow your readership with smart effective promotion. All of this can take two or three months.
But soon you'll have a large, devoted group of readers who trust you - and to whom you can market your business over and over, for a long time.
At no extra cost !
To help you get started, here are some useful ezine publishing resources:
Website Tutorials
- Brian Alt's Email Publishing Digest at http://www.epdigest.com/
- Mark Brownlow's Keeping The Key report at http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/brownlow/
- M
THE KEY TO PUBLISHING FICTION IN EZINES
THE KEY TO PUBLISHING FICTION IN EZINES
This list is slanted toward creative writing, such as fiction and personal essays, although many of these publications also call for articles, graphics, poetry, or other material. A well-written story or essay that adheres to their guidelines is likelier to be accepted, and more quickly.
Put yourself in the place of the editor. For the editor, the zine itself is the creation, the work of art: What she or he chooses to include in the zine displays this artistry. Especially when the guidelines are vague or unspecific (�high-quality fiction and non-fiction� for example) it is important to read some of the work the zine has already published. When literary journals were exclusively in print, the rule of thumb was three issues. Now with most online publications, you have the advantage of being able to read their entire archives.
Editors keep reminding writers to weed out bad grammar and incorrect spelling in their manuscripts, and they mean it. So watch your grammar! Correct your spelling and punctuation! Mistakes in these areas continue to be big turnoffs. It�s tempting to get lazy when all you have to do is paste your work in the body of an email. Just remember who�s on the receiving end.
Another turnoff�the major turnoff, in fact�are submissions that don�t fall within guidelines. When a publication states �no poetry� they mean it. And when they state �up to 3,000 words� don�t send them a 4,000-word story you�re sure will knock their socks off. It won�t.
You�ll notice that some of these markets pay but most of them�usually the literary zines�don�t. Yet they ask for your best work. Why submit to them? Several reasons: For the editors, this is a labor of love. Most frequently they have degrees in English and/or experience in traditional publishing. They love to read; moreover, their greatest desire is to make their own contribution to Literature. If you�re good, one of their life�s thrills will be to have discovered you. Also, ezines are growing in prestige, and the best of them are being read by agents and major publishers. Check out the contributors� bios in some of the zines here. You�ll see novelists, columnists, professors. When they place a story in a webzine their colleagues and agents will read it and probably take a look at the other pieces too.
But more importantly, placement in online zines is the best way to build up your list of credits quickly. You don�t have to be a careerist to understand that writing is a career, too, as well as a vocation and a passion. The more you place, the more you�re seen. And the more your work is accepted, the likelier you are to be regarded as a serious writer to bank on by higher tiers in the publishing world.
And remember why you write in the first place. To express, to communicate�to be READ.
About the Author
You can find the author at her virtual home, http://www.cantarachristopher.com, where she publishes and edits the literary ezines Novelists Abroad, Postmodern Lives, and CityFables.
This list is slanted toward creative writing, such as fiction and personal essays, although many of these publications also call for articles, graphics, poetry, or other material. A well-written story or essay that adheres to their guidelines is likelier to be accepted, and more quickly.
Put yourself in the place of the editor. For the editor, the zine itself is the creation, the work of art: What she or he chooses to include in the zine displays this artistry. Especially when the guidelines are vague or unspecific (�high-quality fiction and non-fiction� for example) it is important to read some of the work the zine has already published. When literary journals were exclusively in print, the rule of thumb was three issues. Now with most online publications, you have the advantage of being able to read their entire archives.
Editors keep reminding writers to weed out bad grammar and incorrect spelling in their manuscripts, and they mean it. So watch your grammar! Correct your spelling and punctuation! Mistakes in these areas continue to be big turnoffs. It�s tempting to get lazy when all you have to do is paste your work in the body of an email. Just remember who�s on the receiving end.
Another turnoff�the major turnoff, in fact�are submissions that don�t fall within guidelines. When a publication states �no poetry� they mean it. And when they state �up to 3,000 words� don�t send them a 4,000-word story you�re sure will knock their socks off. It won�t.
You�ll notice that some of these markets pay but most of them�usually the literary zines�don�t. Yet they ask for your best work. Why submit to them? Several reasons: For the editors, this is a labor of love. Most frequently they have degrees in English and/or experience in traditional publishing. They love to read; moreover, their greatest desire is to make their own contribution to Literature. If you�re good, one of their life�s thrills will be to have discovered you. Also, ezines are growing in prestige, and the best of them are being read by agents and major publishers. Check out the contributors� bios in some of the zines here. You�ll see novelists, columnists, professors. When they place a story in a webzine their colleagues and agents will read it and probably take a look at the other pieces too.
But more importantly, placement in online zines is the best way to build up your list of credits quickly. You don�t have to be a careerist to understand that writing is a career, too, as well as a vocation and a passion. The more you place, the more you�re seen. And the more your work is accepted, the likelier you are to be regarded as a serious writer to bank on by higher tiers in the publishing world.
And remember why you write in the first place. To express, to communicate�to be READ.
About the Author
You can find the author at her virtual home, http://www.cantarachristopher.com, where she publishes and edits the literary ezines Novelists Abroad, Postmodern Lives, and CityFables.
Timeless Classics - A Reading List
Timeless Classics - A Reading List
Article Entitled: Timeless Classics - A Reading List
Timeless Classics
An old Chinese proverb says, 'A book is like a garden in the pocket.' Many of us who have valued reading in our early years derive enjoyment from reading to our children, and now, as I do, to our grandchildren. Books are voyages of discovery and transforming instruments to all of us.
A few years ago, the National Endowment for the Humanities asked schools around the country to send reading lists of their favorite books. Noticing how often books that other generations have enjoyed appear on these lists, we decided to make this compilation of tried-and- true titles. The works herein, published in 1960 or earlier, have delighted generations of readers.
Some have asked, 'Is the book dead?' as we move into new computer technologies. Not at all. Print text will co-exist with these new mediums.
As concerned parents, educators, and counselors, we must continue to emphasize the importance of access to good reading in order to shape our students’ learning process, enhance their understanding of American heritage, and open up a new world of self-fulfillment. As Aldous Huxley said, 'The proper study of mankind is books.'
There are some excellent older books that are missing from the list, because they appeared too infrequently in the school selections: Kate Douglas Wiggin’s Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, for example; Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales; Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Despite the absences, we hope this compilation will nevertheless bring hours of pleasure and enlightenment.
The titles presented for suggested extracurricular reading provide a solid foundation and hours of enjoyment for students and scholars of all ages.
We at NEH hope that the 'Timeless Classics' booklist will continue to be a rich source of material for everyone.
Sheldon Hackney Chairman
'Books are humanity in print' ...Barbara Tuchman
'Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.' ...John Burroughs
'All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.' ...Thomas Carlyle
### Kindergarten through Grade 6 ###
Adamson, Joy Born Free
Aesop Fables*
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy tales
Atwater, Richard and Florence Mr. Popper’s Penguins*
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin Miss Hickory
* Recommended for K-3, either for reading by children or for reading to them.
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan
Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline series*
Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington
Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe
Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn
Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight, Moon*
Brunhoff, Jean de The Story of Babar*
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Burton, Virginia Lee Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel*
Butterworth, Oliver The Enormous Egg
Clark, Ann Nolan Secret of the Andes
Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins series
Coatsworth, Elizabeth The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Dalgliesh, Alice The Bears on Hemlock Mountain* The Courage of Sarah Noble*
De Angeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall
De Jong, Meindert The House of Sixty Fathers The Wheel on the School
Dodge, Mary Mapes Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Du Bois, William Pene The Twenty-One Balloons
Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun
Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye Moffats series
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion
Field, Rachel Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Fritz, Jean The Cabin Faced West
Gilbreth, Frank B. and Ernestine G. Carey Cheaper By the Dozen
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller
Godden, Rumer The Mousewife*
Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon* The Wind in the Willows f
Gray, Elizabeth Janet Adam of the Road
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Hawes, Charles The Dark Frigate
Haywood, Carolyn Betsy series*
Henry, Marguerite King of the Wind Misty of Chincoteague
Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie
Kelly, Eric The Trumpeter of Krakow
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous Just So Stories for Little Children* The Jungle Books
Kjelgaard, Jim Big Red
Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home
Krumgold, Joseph ...and Now Miguel Onion John
LaFarge, Oliver Laughing Boy
Lamb, Charles and Mary Tales from Shakespear
Latham, Jean Lee Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Lawson, Robert Ben & Me Rabbit Hill
Leaf, Munro The Story of Ferdinand*
Lear, Edward Book of Nonsense*
Lenski, Lois Strawberry Girl
Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia series
Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking series
Lofting, Hugh Doctor Doolittle series
London, Jack The Call of the Wild White Fang
MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle*
MacGregor, Ellen Miss Pickerell series
McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal* Homer Price Make Way for Ducklings*
McSwigan, Marie Snow Treasure
Meigs, Cornelia Invincible Louisa
Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner* Now We Are Six* When We Were Very Young* Winnie-the-Pooh*
Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Mukerji, Dhan Ghopal Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
Norton, Mary The Borrowers series
O’Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka
Pearce, Philippa Tom’s Midnight Garden
Perrault, Charles Cinderella*
Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit*
Pyle, Howard The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Rey, H.A. Curious George series*
Richter, Conrad The Light in the Forest
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square*
Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat*
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Sorenson, Virginia Miracles on Maple Hill
Speare, Elizabeth George The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Steinbeck, John The Red Pony
Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child’s Garden of Verses* Kidnapped Treasure Island
Travers, Pamela L. Mary Poppins series
Van Loon, Hendrik The Story of Mankind
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web Stuart Little
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House series
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit*
Wyss, Johann Swiss Family Robinson
Zion, Gene Harry the Dirty Dog*
### Grades 7 and 8 ###
Alcott, Louisa May Little Men
Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
Blackmore, Richard D. Lorna Doone
Boulle, Pierre The Bridge over the River Kwai
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine Fahrenheit 451 The Illustrated Man Martian Chronicles
Buchan, John The Thirty-Nine Steps
Bunyan, John The Pilgrim’s Progress
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass
Clark, Walter The Ox-Bow Incident
Cooper, James Fenimore The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans
Curie, Eve Madame Curie: A Biography
Dana, Richard Henry Two Years before the Mast
Day, Clarence Life with Father
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol
Douglas, Lloyd C. The Robe
Doyle, Arthur Conan Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Dumas, Alexander The Count of Monte Christo The Three Musketeers
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca
Edmonds, Walter D. Drums along the Mohawk
Ferber, Edna Cimarron
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
Forester, C.S. The African Queen The Hornblower series
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl
Frost, Robert Poems
Gallico, Paul The Snow Goose
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud
Guthrie, A.B. The Big Sky
Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon’s Mines
Hansberry, Lorraine Raisin in the Sun
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
Hersey, John A Bell for Adano Hiroshima The Wall
Heyerdahl, Thor Kon-Tiki
Hilton, James Goodbye, Mr. Chips Lost Horizon
Hudson, W.H. Green Mansions
Hughes, Richard A High Wind in Jamaica
Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Keller, Helen Story of My Life
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage
Kipling, Rudyard Kim
Knowles, John A Separate Peace
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
London, Jack The Sea Wolf
Lord, Walter A Night to Remember
Malory, Sir Thomas Le Morte d’Arthur
Maxwell, Gavin Ring of Bright Water
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
Michener, James The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind
Nordhoff, Charles and J.N. Hall Mutiny on the Bounty
O’Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Orczy, Baroness Emma The Scarlet Pimpernel
Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country
Pyle, Howard Men of Iron
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Renault, Mary The King Must Die
Roberts, Kenneth Northwest Passage
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de The Little Prince Wind, Sand and Stars
Saki Stories
Schaefer, Jack Shane
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Steinbeck, John The Pearl Tortilla Flat
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Black Arrow The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Thurber, James The Thurber Carnival
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Innocents Abroad Life on the Mississippi The Prince and the Pauper
Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days Journey to the Center of the Earth Mysterious Island 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Wallace, Lewis Ben-Hur
Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine War of the Worlds
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Wilder, Thornton The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wister, Owen The Virginian
Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man
### Grades 9 through 12 ###
Agee, James A Death in the Family
Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio
Austen, Jane Emma Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility
Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain
Balzac, Honore de Pere Goriot
Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot
The Bible Old Testament New Testament
Bolt, Robert A Man for All Seasons
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Browning, Robert Poems
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth
Butler, Samuel The Way of All Flesh
Camus, Albert The Plague The Stranger
Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop My Antonia
Cervantes, Miguel Don Quixote
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Chekhov, Anton The Cherry Orchard
Chopin, Kate The Awakening
Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Secret Sharer Victory
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Dante The Divine Comedy
Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders
Dickens, Charles Bleak House David Copperfield Great Expectations Hard Times Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities
Dickinson, Emily Poems
Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Dostoevski, Fyodor Brothers Karamazov Crime and Punishment
Dreiser, Theodore An American Tragedy Sister Carrie
Eliot, George Adam Bede Middlemarch Mill on the Floss Silas Marner
Eliot, T.S. Murder in the Cathedral
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Emerson, Ralph Waldo Essays
Faulkner, William Absalom, Absalom! As I Lay Dying Intruder in the Dust Light in August The Sound and the Fury
Fielding, Henry Joseph Andrews Tom Jones
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby Tender Is the Night
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Forster, E.M. A Passage to India A Room with a View
Franklin, Benjamin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Galsworthy, John The Forsyte Saga
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Goldsmith, Oliver She Stoops to Conquer
Graves, Robert I, Claudius
Greene, Graham The Heart of the Matter The Power and the Glory
Hamilton, Edith Mythology
Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd Jude the Obscure The Mayor of Casterbridge The Return of the Native Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of the Seven Gables The Scarlet Letter
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls The Sun Also Rises
Henry, O. Stories
Hersey, John A Single Pebble
Hesse, Hermann Demian Siddhartha Steppenwolf
Homer The Iliad The Odyssey
Hughes, Langston Poems
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Ibsen, Henrik A Doll’s House An Enemy of the People Ghosts Hedda Gabler The Master Builder The Wild Duck
James, Henry The American Daisy Miller Portrait of a Lady The Turn of the Screw
Joyce, James Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Dubliners
Kafka, Franz The Castle Metamorphosis The Trial
Keats, John Poems
Kerouac, Jack On the Road
Koestler, Arthur Darkness at Noon
Lawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers
Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee Inherit the Wind
Lewis, Sinclair Arrowsmith Babbitt Main Street
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Machiavelli The Prince
MacLeish, Archibald J.B.
Mann, Thomas Buddenbrooks The Magic Mountain
Marlowe, Christopher Dr. Faustus
Maugham, Somerset Of Human Bondage
McCullers, Carson The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Melville, Herman Billy Budd Moby-Dick Typee
Miller, Arthur The Crucible Death of a Salesman
Monsarrat, Nicholas The Cruel Sea
O’Neill, Eugene The Emperor Jones A Long Day’s Journey into Night Mourning Becomes Electra
Orwell, George Animal Farm 1984
Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago
Poe, Edgar Allan Short stories
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth
Rostand, Edmond Cyrano de Bergerac
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Sandburg, Carl Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Saroyan, William The Human Comedy
Sayers, Dorothy The Nine Tailors
Shakespeare, William Plays and sonnets
Shaw, George Bernard Arms and the Man Major Barbara Pygmalion Saint Joan
Sheridan, Richard B. The School for Scandal
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Sinclair, Upton The Jungle
Sophocles Antigone Oedipus Rex
Steinbeck, John East of Eden The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Thackeray, William M. Vanity Fair
Thoreau, Henry David Walden
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina War and Peace
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sons
Twain, Mark Pudd’nhead Wilson
Updike, John Rabbit Run
Vergil The Aeneid
Voltaire Candide
Warren, Robert Penn All the King’s Men
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited A Handful of Dust
Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence
White, T.H. The Once and Future King The Sword in the Stone
Wilde, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilder, Thornton Our Town
Williams, Tennessee The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire
Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel
Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway To the Lighthouse
Wouk, Herman The Caine Mutiny
Wright, Richard Black Boy Native Son
Article Entitled: Timeless Classics - A Reading List
Timeless Classics
An old Chinese proverb says, 'A book is like a garden in the pocket.' Many of us who have valued reading in our early years derive enjoyment from reading to our children, and now, as I do, to our grandchildren. Books are voyages of discovery and transforming instruments to all of us.
A few years ago, the National Endowment for the Humanities asked schools around the country to send reading lists of their favorite books. Noticing how often books that other generations have enjoyed appear on these lists, we decided to make this compilation of tried-and- true titles. The works herein, published in 1960 or earlier, have delighted generations of readers.
Some have asked, 'Is the book dead?' as we move into new computer technologies. Not at all. Print text will co-exist with these new mediums.
As concerned parents, educators, and counselors, we must continue to emphasize the importance of access to good reading in order to shape our students’ learning process, enhance their understanding of American heritage, and open up a new world of self-fulfillment. As Aldous Huxley said, 'The proper study of mankind is books.'
There are some excellent older books that are missing from the list, because they appeared too infrequently in the school selections: Kate Douglas Wiggin’s Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, for example; Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales; Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Despite the absences, we hope this compilation will nevertheless bring hours of pleasure and enlightenment.
The titles presented for suggested extracurricular reading provide a solid foundation and hours of enjoyment for students and scholars of all ages.
We at NEH hope that the 'Timeless Classics' booklist will continue to be a rich source of material for everyone.
Sheldon Hackney Chairman
'Books are humanity in print' ...Barbara Tuchman
'Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.' ...John Burroughs
'All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.' ...Thomas Carlyle
### Kindergarten through Grade 6 ###
Adamson, Joy Born Free
Aesop Fables*
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy tales
Atwater, Richard and Florence Mr. Popper’s Penguins*
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin Miss Hickory
* Recommended for K-3, either for reading by children or for reading to them.
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan
Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline series*
Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington
Boston, L.M. The Children of Green Knowe
Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn
Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight, Moon*
Brunhoff, Jean de The Story of Babar*
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Burton, Virginia Lee Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel*
Butterworth, Oliver The Enormous Egg
Clark, Ann Nolan Secret of the Andes
Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins series
Coatsworth, Elizabeth The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Dalgliesh, Alice The Bears on Hemlock Mountain* The Courage of Sarah Noble*
De Angeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall
De Jong, Meindert The House of Sixty Fathers The Wheel on the School
Dodge, Mary Mapes Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Du Bois, William Pene The Twenty-One Balloons
Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun
Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye Moffats series
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion
Field, Rachel Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Fritz, Jean The Cabin Faced West
Gilbreth, Frank B. and Ernestine G. Carey Cheaper By the Dozen
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller
Godden, Rumer The Mousewife*
Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon* The Wind in the Willows f
Gray, Elizabeth Janet Adam of the Road
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Hawes, Charles The Dark Frigate
Haywood, Carolyn Betsy series*
Henry, Marguerite King of the Wind Misty of Chincoteague
Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie
Kelly, Eric The Trumpeter of Krakow
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous Just So Stories for Little Children* The Jungle Books
Kjelgaard, Jim Big Red
Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home
Krumgold, Joseph ...and Now Miguel Onion John
LaFarge, Oliver Laughing Boy
Lamb, Charles and Mary Tales from Shakespear
Latham, Jean Lee Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Lawson, Robert Ben & Me Rabbit Hill
Leaf, Munro The Story of Ferdinand*
Lear, Edward Book of Nonsense*
Lenski, Lois Strawberry Girl
Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia series
Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking series
Lofting, Hugh Doctor Doolittle series
London, Jack The Call of the Wild White Fang
MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle*
MacGregor, Ellen Miss Pickerell series
McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal* Homer Price Make Way for Ducklings*
McSwigan, Marie Snow Treasure
Meigs, Cornelia Invincible Louisa
Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner* Now We Are Six* When We Were Very Young* Winnie-the-Pooh*
Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Mukerji, Dhan Ghopal Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
Norton, Mary The Borrowers series
O’Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka
Pearce, Philippa Tom’s Midnight Garden
Perrault, Charles Cinderella*
Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit*
Pyle, Howard The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Rey, H.A. Curious George series*
Richter, Conrad The Light in the Forest
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square*
Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat*
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Sorenson, Virginia Miracles on Maple Hill
Speare, Elizabeth George The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Steinbeck, John The Red Pony
Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child’s Garden of Verses* Kidnapped Treasure Island
Travers, Pamela L. Mary Poppins series
Van Loon, Hendrik The Story of Mankind
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web Stuart Little
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House series
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit*
Wyss, Johann Swiss Family Robinson
Zion, Gene Harry the Dirty Dog*
### Grades 7 and 8 ###
Alcott, Louisa May Little Men
Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
Blackmore, Richard D. Lorna Doone
Boulle, Pierre The Bridge over the River Kwai
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine Fahrenheit 451 The Illustrated Man Martian Chronicles
Buchan, John The Thirty-Nine Steps
Bunyan, John The Pilgrim’s Progress
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass
Clark, Walter The Ox-Bow Incident
Cooper, James Fenimore The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans
Curie, Eve Madame Curie: A Biography
Dana, Richard Henry Two Years before the Mast
Day, Clarence Life with Father
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol
Douglas, Lloyd C. The Robe
Doyle, Arthur Conan Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Dumas, Alexander The Count of Monte Christo The Three Musketeers
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca
Edmonds, Walter D. Drums along the Mohawk
Ferber, Edna Cimarron
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
Forester, C.S. The African Queen The Hornblower series
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl
Frost, Robert Poems
Gallico, Paul The Snow Goose
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud
Guthrie, A.B. The Big Sky
Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon’s Mines
Hansberry, Lorraine Raisin in the Sun
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
Hersey, John A Bell for Adano Hiroshima The Wall
Heyerdahl, Thor Kon-Tiki
Hilton, James Goodbye, Mr. Chips Lost Horizon
Hudson, W.H. Green Mansions
Hughes, Richard A High Wind in Jamaica
Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Keller, Helen Story of My Life
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage
Kipling, Rudyard Kim
Knowles, John A Separate Peace
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
London, Jack The Sea Wolf
Lord, Walter A Night to Remember
Malory, Sir Thomas Le Morte d’Arthur
Maxwell, Gavin Ring of Bright Water
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
Michener, James The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind
Nordhoff, Charles and J.N. Hall Mutiny on the Bounty
O’Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Orczy, Baroness Emma The Scarlet Pimpernel
Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country
Pyle, Howard Men of Iron
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Renault, Mary The King Must Die
Roberts, Kenneth Northwest Passage
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de The Little Prince Wind, Sand and Stars
Saki Stories
Schaefer, Jack Shane
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Steinbeck, John The Pearl Tortilla Flat
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Black Arrow The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Thurber, James The Thurber Carnival
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Innocents Abroad Life on the Mississippi The Prince and the Pauper
Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days Journey to the Center of the Earth Mysterious Island 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Wallace, Lewis Ben-Hur
Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine War of the Worlds
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Wilder, Thornton The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wister, Owen The Virginian
Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man
### Grades 9 through 12 ###
Agee, James A Death in the Family
Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio
Austen, Jane Emma Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility
Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain
Balzac, Honore de Pere Goriot
Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot
The Bible Old Testament New Testament
Bolt, Robert A Man for All Seasons
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Browning, Robert Poems
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth
Butler, Samuel The Way of All Flesh
Camus, Albert The Plague The Stranger
Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop My Antonia
Cervantes, Miguel Don Quixote
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Chekhov, Anton The Cherry Orchard
Chopin, Kate The Awakening
Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Secret Sharer Victory
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Dante The Divine Comedy
Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders
Dickens, Charles Bleak House David Copperfield Great Expectations Hard Times Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities
Dickinson, Emily Poems
Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Dostoevski, Fyodor Brothers Karamazov Crime and Punishment
Dreiser, Theodore An American Tragedy Sister Carrie
Eliot, George Adam Bede Middlemarch Mill on the Floss Silas Marner
Eliot, T.S. Murder in the Cathedral
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Emerson, Ralph Waldo Essays
Faulkner, William Absalom, Absalom! As I Lay Dying Intruder in the Dust Light in August The Sound and the Fury
Fielding, Henry Joseph Andrews Tom Jones
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby Tender Is the Night
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Forster, E.M. A Passage to India A Room with a View
Franklin, Benjamin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Galsworthy, John The Forsyte Saga
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Goldsmith, Oliver She Stoops to Conquer
Graves, Robert I, Claudius
Greene, Graham The Heart of the Matter The Power and the Glory
Hamilton, Edith Mythology
Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd Jude the Obscure The Mayor of Casterbridge The Return of the Native Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of the Seven Gables The Scarlet Letter
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls The Sun Also Rises
Henry, O. Stories
Hersey, John A Single Pebble
Hesse, Hermann Demian Siddhartha Steppenwolf
Homer The Iliad The Odyssey
Hughes, Langston Poems
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Ibsen, Henrik A Doll’s House An Enemy of the People Ghosts Hedda Gabler The Master Builder The Wild Duck
James, Henry The American Daisy Miller Portrait of a Lady The Turn of the Screw
Joyce, James Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Dubliners
Kafka, Franz The Castle Metamorphosis The Trial
Keats, John Poems
Kerouac, Jack On the Road
Koestler, Arthur Darkness at Noon
Lawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers
Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee Inherit the Wind
Lewis, Sinclair Arrowsmith Babbitt Main Street
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Machiavelli The Prince
MacLeish, Archibald J.B.
Mann, Thomas Buddenbrooks The Magic Mountain
Marlowe, Christopher Dr. Faustus
Maugham, Somerset Of Human Bondage
McCullers, Carson The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Melville, Herman Billy Budd Moby-Dick Typee
Miller, Arthur The Crucible Death of a Salesman
Monsarrat, Nicholas The Cruel Sea
O’Neill, Eugene The Emperor Jones A Long Day’s Journey into Night Mourning Becomes Electra
Orwell, George Animal Farm 1984
Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago
Poe, Edgar Allan Short stories
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth
Rostand, Edmond Cyrano de Bergerac
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Sandburg, Carl Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Saroyan, William The Human Comedy
Sayers, Dorothy The Nine Tailors
Shakespeare, William Plays and sonnets
Shaw, George Bernard Arms and the Man Major Barbara Pygmalion Saint Joan
Sheridan, Richard B. The School for Scandal
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Sinclair, Upton The Jungle
Sophocles Antigone Oedipus Rex
Steinbeck, John East of Eden The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Thackeray, William M. Vanity Fair
Thoreau, Henry David Walden
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina War and Peace
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sons
Twain, Mark Pudd’nhead Wilson
Updike, John Rabbit Run
Vergil The Aeneid
Voltaire Candide
Warren, Robert Penn All the King’s Men
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited A Handful of Dust
Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence
White, T.H. The Once and Future King The Sword in the Stone
Wilde, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilder, Thornton Our Town
Williams, Tennessee The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire
Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel
Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway To the Lighthouse
Wouk, Herman The Caine Mutiny
Wright, Richard Black Boy Native Son
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