I’ve been reading… But that’s not news! I am always reading, but since I am on this Notable Books For Children Committee, I HAVE to read. Fortunately, there are so many great new books for kids published in 2008, I am having a BLAST reading them. Here are just some titles that I gave four or five stars to on my goodreads.com account. The numbers in the parentheses are the grades that I think most suited to enjoy each title.
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson (4-6)
Airman by Eoin Colfer (5-8)
The Battle of the Labyrinthby Rick Riordan (4-6)
Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley (3-5)
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (4-6)
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost (4-6)
Forever Rose by Hilary McKay (4-7)
Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted and Betsy Lewin (3-5)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (5-8)
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park (5-7)
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith (5-8)
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (5-7)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi (5-8)
The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley (4-6)
The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes by Ellen Jackson (4-7)
Runemarks by Joanne Harris (5-8)
Six Innings by James Preller (4-6)
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (6-8)
Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney (4-5)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (5-8)
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (4-8)
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin (4-5)
