2006-2007 Picture Storybook Nominees

	Bogacki, Tomek (2001) CIRCUS GIRL. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. When a new girl comes to school while the circus is in town, she helps two classmates become friends.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan About the Author/ Illustrator
	Bottner, Barbara & Gerald Kruglick (2004) WALLACE’S LISTS. Illustrated by Olaf Landstrom. New York: HarperCollins. Devoted to making lists about everything in his life, Wallace the mouse discovers the joys of spontaneity and adventure when he becomes friends with his neighbor Albert.	Booktalk Reviews Writing Activity About the Author
	Chandra, Deborah & Madeline Comora (2003) GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TEETH. Illustrated by Brock Cole. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington's lifelong struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows.	Booktalk Reviews Teaching Guide (p.55) Additional Activities
	Chodos-Irvine, Margaret (2003) ELLA SARAH GETS DRESSED. New York: Harcourt. Despite the advice of others in her family, Ella Sarah persists in wearing the striking and unusual outfit of her own choosing.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Get Dressed Author’s Website
	English, Karen (2004) SPEAK TO ME (AND I WILL LISTEN BETWEEN THE LINES). Illustrated by Amy June Bates. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Describes events of one day at a San Francisco Bay Area school as perceived by different second-graders, from the observations of first to arrive on the playground to the walk home.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan
	Harrington, Janice N. (2004) GOING NORTH. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: The Great Migration
	Hicks, Barbara Jean (2005) JITTERBUG JAM. Illustrated by Alexis Deacon. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Grandpa Boo-Dad not only believes that Bobo has seen a pink-skinned boy with orange fur on his head hiding under the bed, he knows exactly how a little monster can scare off such a horrible creature.	Booktalk Reviews Teaching Resources
	Lee, Spike & Tonya Lewis Lee (2002) PLEASE, BABY PLEASE. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York: Simon & Schuster. A toddler's antics keep his mother busy as she tries to feed him, watch him on the playground, give him a bath, and put him to bed.	Booktalk Reviews Activity: Making Faces Author Interview
	MacDonald, Amy (2002) PLEASE, MALESE!: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM HAITI Illustrated by Emily Lisker. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Using his tricky ways, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Folktales Author’s Website
	McPhail, David (2002) THE TEDDY BEAR. New York: Henry Holt & Co. A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: The Giving Game
	O’Neill, Alexis (2002) THE RECESS QUEEN. Illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. New York: Scholastic Press. Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Mix it Up at Recess
	Orloff, Karen Kaufman (2004) I WANNA IGUANA. Illustrated by David Catrow. New York: Putnam. Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Persuasive Writing
	Park, Linda Sue (2004) THE FIREKEEPER’S SON. Illustrated by Julie Downing. New York: Clarion. In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Includes historical notes.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Native American Communications Author Website
	Pinkney, Andrea Davis (2003) FISHING DAY. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. New York: Jump at the Sun (Hyperion). When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.	Reviews About the Author Info on Jim Crow Laws
	Polette, Keith (2004) ISABEL AND THE HUNGRY COYOTE/ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO. Illustrated by Esther Szegedy. Green Bay, WI: Raven Tree Press. Retelling of the classic: Little Red Riding Hood.	Reviews About the Author Media Kit Online Spanish Vocabulary Game
	Recorvits, Helen (2003) MY NAME IS YOON. Illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.	Reviews Teaching Guide Lesson Plan: How Much is a Name Worth?
	Salley, Coleen (2002) EPOSSUMONDAS. Illustrated by Janet Stevens. New York: Harcourt. A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.	Booktalk Reviews Lesson Plan: Writing Noodlehead Stories Author Website Illustrator Website
	Spradlin, Michael P. (2002) THE LEGEND OF BLUE JACKET. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. New York: William Morrow & Company (HarperCollins). The incredible story of a white boy who spent the first sixteen years of his life among white settlers and the rest of his life fighting them.	Booktalk Reviews Blue Jacket Historical Website
	Timberlake, Amy (2003) THE DIRTY COWBOY. Illustrated by Adam Rex. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.	Booktalk Reviews “Scrub Club” Handwashing Website Illustrator Website
	Willems, Mo (2003) DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! New York: Hyperion.	Booktalk Reviews Teacher’s Guide Author/ Illustrator’s Website