Are you meaning picture books? I was going to make some recommendations for chapter books, but as I wondered why you didn't mention the Newbery awards, I realized maybe you didn't want chapter books. Just recently I saw information about a (I think) librarian who compiled a list of the top 100 children's books (which were all picture books). Was the link on this site? I know I followed it from somewhere. (I'll bet a search engine could get you there.) Lots of organizations also recommend good children's books. There's the Coretta Scott King award, which goes to books with an African-American theme (someone can probably correct me on what exactly it is--I just have a general sense of it), and I'm pretty sure it includes picture books. The (free and excellent) Teaching Tolerance magazine usually has book recommendations. I know I've read other magazines that recommend children's books too. Did The Reading Teacher recently (a few months ago?) just publish a list of their top books of the year? And if you go to independent bookstores, they often have a pamphlet titled "Book Sense" with recommendations of books. There is a version specifically for children's books that I always enjoy looking through.
If you actually want chapter books, I think a lot of states have awards--I know Connecticut does (they're called "Nutmeg Awards"), and there are a whole bunch of nominees publicized every year. I know I've seen similar lists for other states. I can't remember which other states, specifically, but I would think a librarian would probably be able to help you find the information pretty easily. I hope this was helpful! Natasha ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:53:31 -0400 From: Shannon Lauer <lau...@aaps.k12.mi.us> Subject: [MOSAIC] best children's book of the year - NOT ILLUSTRATED! To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Message-ID: <3469d034-30cd-402e-93a6-6c8edf707...@aaps.k12.mi.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hi there, I've been looking for some new books for read-alouds and I've noticed that there are a lot of Best Illustrated awards, but no awards for well written books. I understand that most overlap, and that many of the Caldecott winners are wonderful books, but I'm looking for a different type of source. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Shannon _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
