The CCBC Choices presentation was held on Thursday, May 21. If you were unable to attend, you can listen to the audio podcast below of Megan and Tessa!
The following books were presented:
The Natural WorldWolfsnail: A Backyard Predator – Sarah C. Campbell
Big Brown Bat – Rick Chrustowski
Loon Summer – Sandy Gillum
Historical People, Places and Events:Comic Book Century: The History of American Comic Books – Stephen Krensky
Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse – Meghan McCarthy
Biography and AutobiographyPhillis’s Big Test - Catherine Clinton
Up Close: Thurgood Marshall – Chris Crowe
Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw – Deborah Kogan Ray
Contemporary people, places and eventsPlanting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai – Claire A. Nivola
Issues in Today’s World50 Simple Things You Can do to Save the Earth – John Javna, Sophie Javna and Jessie Javna
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures– In Association with Amnesty International
Understanding Oneself and OthersMy Two Grannies – Floella Benjamin
An Artist’s America – Michael Albert
Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How-To Guide for Punk , Underground, DIY and Indie Bands – Travis Nichols
Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane – Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers Round like a Ball! – Lisa Campbell Ernst
Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp – Denise Fleming
Giorgio and His Star Crane Train – Jessica Spanyol
How to Heal a Broken Wing – Bob Graham
Picture Books for School-Age ChildrenThe Chicken of the Family – Mary Amato
The Cow That Laid an Egg – Andy Cutbill
The Scrambled States of America Talent Show- Laurie Keller
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad – James Rumford
Growing up with Tomales = Los tamales de Ana – Gwendolyn Zepeda
Fiction for ChildrenThe London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd
Diamond Willow – Helen Frost
Rapunzel’s Revenge – Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Every Soul a Star – Wendy Mass
Greetings From Nowhere – Barbara O’Connor
Fiction for Young AdultsThe Savage – David Almond
The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness
Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories – Deborah Ellis
How They Met, and Other Stories – David Levithan
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath – Steven Goldman
The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary E. Pearson
DS400027.WMA -Click here to listen to the podcast!