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Picture Storybook Nominees (K-4)

	I Love Saturdays y Domingos Alma Flor Ada. Ill. Elivia Savadier. Atheneum. 2002. A young girl enjoys the similarities and the differences between her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking grandparents.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Author Study Publisher's Information
	Roadrunner's Dance Rudolfo Anaya. Ill. David Diaz. Hyperion. 2000 Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake.	Teaching Activities About the author About the Illustrator Publisher's information
	Stanley's Party Linda Bailey. Ill. Bill Slavin. Kids Can Press. 2003 Stanley is a good dog, but one night when his humans are out, he can't help throwing a wild party.	Teaching Activities About the Author About the Illustrator Publisher's Information
	Emily's Art Peter Catalanotto. Atheneum. 2001. Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.	Teaching Activities Art Connections About the Author Publisher's Information
	The King's Secret: The Legend of King Sejong Carol Farley. Ill. Robert Jew. HarperCollins. 2001. With the help of a scholar and a young gardener, the wise king of Korea introduces an alphabet that will enable his people to read and write in their own language. Based on Korean legends.	Teaching Activities About the Author
	The Hickory Chair Lisa Rowe Fraustino. Ill. Benny Andrews. Arthur A. Levine Books. 2001. A blind boy tells of his warm relationship with his grandmother and the gift she left for him after her death.	Teaching Activities About the Author About the Illustrator
	Mystic Horse Paul Goble. HarperCollins. 2003. After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.	Teaching Activities About the Author Publisher's Information
	Danitra Brown Leaves Town Nikki Grimes. Ill. Floyd Cooper, HarperCollins. 2002. Recounts, in a series of poems and letters, Danitra's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her best friend Zuri's summer at home in town.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site About the Illustrator Publisher's Information
	Water Hole Waiting Jane and Christopher Kurtz. Ill. Lee Christiansen. Greenwillow. 2002. A thirsty monkey waits as the larger animals drink from the water hole on the African savanna.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site About the Author Publisher's Information
	Painting the Wind Patricia & Emily MacLachlan. Ill. Katy Schneider. HarperCollins. 2002. Several artists who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Illustrator's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Edward in the Jungle David McPhail. Little, Brown. 2002. Edward loves to read about Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, and one afternoon he becomes so absorbed in his book that he finds himself deep in Tarzan's jungle.	Teaching Activities About the Author Publisher's Information
	New York's Bravest Mary Pope Osborne. Ill. Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. Knopf. 2002. Tells of the heroic deeds of the legendary New York firefighter, Mose Humphreys.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site About the Illustrator Publisher's Information
	Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia Paye, Won-Ldy & Margaret Lippert. Ill. Julie Paschkis. Henry Holt. 2002. In this tale from the Dan people of Liberia, Head, Arms, Body, and Legs learn that they do better when they work together.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site (Paye) About the Author (Lippert) Illustrator's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Snow Music Lynne Rae Perkins. Greenwillow. 2003. When a dog gets loose from the house on a snowy day, his owner searches for him and experiences the sounds of various animals and things in the snow.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Goldie and the Three Bears Diane Stanley. HarperCollins. 2003. In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to "love with all her heart," makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Jackalope Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Grummel. Ill. Janet Stevens. Harcourt. 2003 A jackrabbit who wishes to be feared asks his fairy godrabbit for horns and becomes the first jackalope, but there's one condition: he must not tell lies.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Bippity Bop Barbershop Natasha Tarpley. Ill. E.B. Lewis. Megan Tingley. 2002. A story celebrating a young African-American boy's first trip to the barbershop.	Teaching Activities Author Interview Illustrator's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Little Cliff's First Day of School Clifton L. Taulbert Ill. E.B. Lewis. Dial. 2001. Little Cliff is terrified of starting school, but with Mama Pearl's encouragement, he is able to overcome his fears.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Illustrator's Web Site Publisher's Information
	Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School Mark Teague. Scholastic. 2002. Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home.	Teaching Activities About the Author Publisher's Information
	Yoko's Paper Cranes Rosemary Wells. Hyperion. 2001. When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.	Teaching Activities Author's Web Site Publisher's Information