2012-2013 Books
[Preschoolers|Primary|Intermediate|Middle School|High School]
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Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers[top]
2012-2013
September:
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka. Schwartz & Wade, 2011
Back to School Tortoise by Lucy M. George. Illustrated by Merel Eyckerman. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2011
October:
Job Site by Nathan Clement. Boyds Mills Press, 2011
Monday Is One Day by Arthur A. Levine. Illustrated by Julian Hector. Scholastic Press, 2011
November:
Gracias / Thanks by Pat Mora. Illustrated by John Parra. Translated by Adriana Dominguez. Lee & Low, 2009
Loon Baby by Molly Beth Griffin. Illustrated by Anne Hunter. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
December:
Cradle Me by Debby Slier. Star Bright Books, 2012
The Twins’ Blanket by Hyewon Yum. Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011
While You Are Sleeping: A Lift-the-Flap Book of Time Around the World by Durga Bernhard. Charlesbridge, 2011
January:
Stars by Mary Lin Ray. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Beach Lane Books, 2011
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman. Illustrated by Beth Krommes. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
February:
Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobias. U.S. edition: Kane Miller, 2011
Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Tricycle Press, 2010
March:
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano. Illustrated by Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook Press, 2012
Insect Detectives by Steve Voake. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2010
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Beach Lane, 2011
April:
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Sally Mavor. Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
The Rain Train by Elena de Roo. Illustrated by Brian Lovelock. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2011
May:
The Big Baby Book by Guido van Genechten. Translated from the Dutch. Clavis, 2011
Time for a Bath by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Time to Sleep by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2011
Summer (revisiting books from prior years):
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2007
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Harcourt, 2007
Siesta by Ginger Foglesong Guy. Illustrated by René King Moreno. Greenwillow / HarperCollins,
2005
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Primary (Grades K-2)[top]
2012-2013
September:
Cork & Fuzz: Short & Tall by Dori Chaconas. Illustrated by Lisa McCue. Viking, 2006
Dog & Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2007
October:
Mouse & Lion by Rand Burkert. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Michael di Capua Books / Scholastic, 2011
November:
Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood, 2009 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
December:
Little Dog Lost: A True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Mônica Carnesi. Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin, 2012
January:
Crouching Tiger by Ying Chang Compestine. Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene. Candlewick Press, 2011
These Hands by Margaret H. Mason. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Houghton Mifflin, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
February:
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell George. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Clarion, 2011
March:
Let’s Go See Papá! by Lawrence Schimel. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Alba Marina. Groundwood, 2011
April:
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon. Illustrated by Katherine Tillotson. A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum, 2011
May:
Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobia. U.S. edition: Kane/Miller, 2010
Summer (revisiting books from prior years):
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Clarion, 2004
My Dadima Wears a Sari by Kashmira Sheth. Illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi. Peachtree, 2007
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin, 2003
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Intermediate (Grades 3-5)[top]
2012-2013
September:
What Really Happened to Humpty? (from the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective) by Jeanie Franz Ransom. Illustrated by Stephen Axelsen. Charlesbridge, 2009
October:
Eyes on the Goal by John Coy. Feiwel and Friends, 2010
November:
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams, 2011
My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art by Guadalupe Rivera Marín. Children’s Book Press, 2009
December:
Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book by Nikki Grimes. Putnam, 2010
January:
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
February:
Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak. Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Philip Hopman. U.S. edition: Eerdman’s, 2011
March:
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Candlewick Press, 2011
April:
Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka. Illustrated by Nancy Doniger. Roaring Brook Press, 2011
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) by Linda Sue Park. Illustrated by Istvan Banyai. Clarion, 2007
May:
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Bannerjee. Wendy Lamb Books, 2010
Summer (revisiting books from prior years):
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack. Scholastic Press, 2007
Love That Dog: A Novel by Sharon Creech. Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins, 2001
Ruby Lu Brave and True by Lenore Look. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf. An Anne Schwartz Book /
Atheneum, 2004
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Middle School [top]
2012-2013
September:
Hidden by Helen Frost. Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailers!)
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz. Candlewick Press, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
October:
Warp Speed by Lisa Yee. Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Inc., 2011
November:
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Viking, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
December:
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say. Scholastic Press, 2011 (Check out the ROW booktrailers!)
January:
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2009
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming. Schwartz & Wade, 2011
February:
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Illustrated by Jim Kay. Candlewick Press, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
March:
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
April:
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai. HarperCollins, 2011
May:
Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Sean Qualls. Little, Brown, 2011 (Check out the ROW Booktrailer!)
Summer (revisiting books from prior years):
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam, 2000
Red Glass by Laura Resau. Delacorte, 2007
Rules by Cynthia Lord. Scholastic Press, 2006
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High School[top]
2012-2013
September:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Dutton, 2012
October:
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol. First Second, 2011
November:
Up Close: Harper Lee by Kerry Madden. Viking, 2009
December:
Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams. U.S. edition: Little, Brown, 2011
January:
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2011
February:
Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman. Scholastic Press, 2011
March:
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Scholastic Press, 2011
April:
The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf. Candlewick Press, 2011
May:
Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr. Candlewick Press, 2011
Summer (revisiting books from prior years):
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by by Joseph Bruchac.
Dial, 2005
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightttime by Mark Haddon. U.S. edition: Vintage, 2004
Rash by Pete Hautman. Simon & Schuster, 2006
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Summer (revisiting books from prior years)
