Aardema, Verna. (1996). The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale. Ill. Yumi Heo. Knopf. [BKL 11/15/96, p. 589; HB 7/1/96, p. 99; SLJ 12/1/96, p.110]
Adler, David A. (1999). The Babe & I. Ill. Terry Widener. Harcourt. [BKL 3/15/99, p. 1327; HB 1/1/99, p. 275; SLJ 5/1/99, p. 97]
Bunting, Eve. (1998). So Far from the Sea. Ill. Chris Soentpiet. Clarion. [BKL 5/1/98, p1522; HB 1/1/98, p. 316; SLJ 6/1/98, p. 97]
Crow, Joe Medicine. (1998). Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird. Ill. Linda Martin. Abbeville Press. [BKL 12/1/98, p. 668; HB 7/1/98, p. 97; SLJ 9/1/99, p. 668]
Crummel, Susan Stevens. (1999). Cook-A-Doodle-Doo. Ill. Janet Stevens. Harcourt. [BKL 4/15/99, 1530; HB 1/1/99, p. 268; SLJ 4/1/99, p. 110]
Dabcovich, Lydia. (1997). The Polar Bear Son. Clarion [HB 1/1/97, p. 332; SLJ 6/1/97, p. 106]
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. (1998). Stella Louella’s Runaway Book. Simon & Schuster. [BKL 8/1/98, p. 2014; HB 7/1/98, p. 28; SLJ 9/1/98, p. 172]
Feiffer, Jules. (1999). Bark, George. HarperCollins. [BKL 8/1/99, p. 2052; HB, 7/1/99, p15; SLJ 9/1/99, p. 182]
Golembe, Carla. (1997). Dog Magic. Houghton Mifflin. [BKL 11/1/98, p 481; HB 7/1/97, p31; SLJ 9/1/97, p. 182]
Henkes, Kevin. (2000). Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow. [BKL, 8/1/00, p. 2146; HB, 9/1/00, p. 550; SLJ 8/1/00, p. 156]
McCully, Emily Arnold. (1998). Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu. Scholastic. [BKL 2/1/98, p. 922; HB 1/198, p. 321; SLJ 12/1/98, p. 26]
Meddaugh, Susan. (1997). Cinderella's Rat. Houghton Mifflin. [BKL 10/1/98, p. 337; HB 7/1/97, 40; SLJ 10/1/97, p. 104]
Polacco, Patricia. (1998). Thank You, Mr. Falker. Philomel. [BKL 5/1/98, p. 1522; HB 1/1/98, p. 322; SLJ 6/1/98, p. 118]
Rohmann, Eric. (1997). The Cinder-Eyed Cats. Crown. [HB 7/1/97, p. 45; NY Times 11/23/97, p. 97; SLJ 11/1/97, p. 98]
Rosales, Melodye Benson. (1999). Leola and the Honeybears. Scholastic. [BKL 11/1/99, p. 536; HB 7/1/99, p. 114; SLJ 11/1/9, p. 147]
Rylant, Cynthia. (1996). The Old Woman Who Named Things. Ill. Kathryn Brown. k: Voyager/Harcourt. [BKL 5/1/96, p. 1503; HB 11/1/96, p. 274; SLJ 10.1.96, p. 105]
Turner, Ann. (1998). Marching to the Civil War: Drummer Boy. Ill. Mark Hess. HarperCollins. [HB 7/1/98, p. 46; NY Times 11/15/98, p. 40; SLJ 11/1/98, p. 98]
Wiles, Deborah. (2001). Freedom Summer. Ill. Jerome Lagarrigue. Atheneum. [Kirkus 1/1/01, p. 60; PW 12/4/00, p. 72]
Woodson, Jacqueline. (2001). The Other Side. Ill. E. B. Lewis. Putnam. [BKL 9/15/99, p. 270; HB 7/1/99, p. 59; SLJ 9/1/99, p. 209]
Wiesner, David. (1999). Sector 7. Clarion. [BKL 9/15/99, p270; HB 7/1/99, p. 59; SLJ 9/1/99, p. 209]
Alternates (alternates become nominees if we find that any of the nominees are ineligible or out of print)
1. Greenfield, Eloise. (1997). For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me. Ill. Jan Spivey Gilchrist. HarperCollins. [BKL 2/15/97, p. 1024; PW 12/30/96, p. 66; SLJ 3/1/97, p. 174]
2. Ehlert, Lois. (1997). Cuckoo/Cucú. Voyager/Harcourt. [BKL 4/1/97, p. 1330; Kirkus 4/1/97, p. 553; SLJ 3/1/97, p. 174]
