Ned's New Home
By Kevin Tseng
Call Number: E TSEN

A worm tries out a variety of new homes when the apple he has been living in starts to rot, but none-from a lemon to a watermelon-is satisfactory.

Bears on Chairs
By Shirley Parenteau ; illustrated by David Walker
Call Number: E PARE

Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up-what a stare-and wants a seat. Can these clever bears put their heads together (among other things) and make space for one more?

Pouch!
By David Ezra Stein
Call Number: E STEI

A baby kangaroo takes his first tentative hops outside of his mama’s pouch, meeting other creatures and growing bolder each time.

Bedtime in the Jungle
By [written and illustrated by] John Butler
Call Number: E BUTL

As dusk falls in the jungle, animal babies and their parents prepare for bedtime.

An Eye for Color : The Story of Josef Albers
By Natasha Wing ; art by Julia Breckenreid
Call Number: E 709.2 A33W

The painter Joseph Albers saw art in simple things. Late in his career, he began painting squares of solid, unmixed color, one within another.

The Little Dump Truck
By Margery Cuyler ; illustrated by Bob Kolar
Call Number: E CUYL

A happy little dump truck, driven by Hard Hat Pete, hauls stones, rocks, and debris from a construction site to a landfill.

Crow Call
By Lois Lowry ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Call Number: E LOWR

Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.

Woof : A Love Story
By by Sarah Weeks ; illustrated by Holly Berry
Call Number: E WEEK

Despite a language barrier, a dog and cat fall in love with the help of a buried trombone.

Where Else in the Wild? : More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed--and Revealed
By by David Schwartz and Yael Schy ; eye-tricking photographs by Dwight Kuhn
Call Number: J 590 S39W2

Did you find the sneaky orchid mantis hiding on the cover? This book is full of similarly sly species-and they’re all hiding in plain sight. Think you’ve spotted one? Lift the flap to find out!

The Adventures of Benny
By Steve Shreve
Call Number: J SHRE

A resourceful young boy’s adventures introduce him to a host of characters, including Bigfoot, a mummy, pirates, and his very own Booger-Man.

Saving the Ghost of the Mountain : An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia
By text bt Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
Call Number: J 599.7555 M78S

A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia’s Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.

Operation Yes
By Sara Lewis Holmes
Call Number: J HOLM

In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.

Half-Minute Horrors
By edited by Susan Rich
Call Number: J HALF

An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.

The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance
By Glenn Dakin
Call Number: J DAKI #1

Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch.

Powerless
By Matthew Cody
Call Number: J CODY

Soon after moving to Noble’s Green, PA, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.

Cookie
By Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt
Call Number: J WILS

Beauty Cookson and her mother run away from her father, whose temper was out of control, and find a new lease on life at a seaside resort where they learn to cook and start to become more self-confident.

Book Awards 2009
Further award information

Caldecott Award Page
Caldecott Medal:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
      by Susan Marie Swanson





Caldecott Honors:
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
      by Marla Frazee
How I Learned Geography
      by Uri Shulevitz
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
      by Jen Bryant




(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award Page
Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal:

Are You Ready to Play Outside?
      by Mo Willems




Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors:
Chicken said, "Cluck!"
      by Judyann Ackerman Grant
One Boy
      by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Stinky : A Toon Book
      by Eleanor Davis
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator
      by Sarah C. Campbell




Newbery Award Page
Newbery Medal:

The Graveyard Book
      by Neil Gaiman



Newbery Honors:
The Underneath
      by Kathi Appelt
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
      by Margarita Engle
Savvy
      by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster
      by Jacqueline Woodson

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