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Children's Literature

Guide to several aspects of children's literature, including award winning, multicultural, folklore, etc.

Modern Fantasy

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Flotsam by David Wiesner
Call Number: JUV - PIC WIESNER FLOT 2006
ISBN: 0618194576
Publication Date: 2006-09-04
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC CRONIN CLIC 2000
ISBN: 9780689832130
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC COFFELT FRED 2007
ISBN: 9780689845062
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen; Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC NOLEN HARV 1994
ISBN: 0688078877
Publication Date: 1994-04-29
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Call Number: JUV - YOUTH LIN WHER 2009
ISBN: 9780316114271
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - YOUTH GAIMAN GRAV 2008
ISBN: 9780060530938
Publication Date: 2008-09-30
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - YOUTH ROWLING TALE 2008
ISBN: 0545128285
Publication Date: 2008-12-01

Historical Fiction

Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC LEVINE HENR 2007
ISBN: 9780439777339
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC MARTINEZ-NEAL ALMA 2018
ISBN: 9780763693558
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC MOCHIZUKI BASE 1993
ISBN: 9781880000014
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC WOODSON COMI 2004
ISBN: 9780399237485
Publication Date: 2004-10-07
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson; Hudson Talbott (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC WOODSON SHOW 2005
ISBN: 9780399237492
Publication Date: 2005-09-08
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone; Ted Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC BARTONE PEPPE 1993
ISBN: 9780688102685
Publication Date: 1993-04-26
What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack; April Harrison
Call Number: JUV PIC MCKISSACK ALLI 2007
ISBN: 9780375936159
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
All-Of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC JENKINS ALLO 2018
ISBN: 9780399554193
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ8.3.W374 FRE 2016
ISBN: 9781499801033
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons; Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.L995545 ELL 2012
ISBN: 9780399250033
Publication Date: 2012-01-05
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams; Carole Byard (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC WILLIAMS WORK 1992
ISBN: 9780152996246
Publication Date: 1992-09-15
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC ENGLE DRUM 2015
ISBN: 9780544102293
Publication Date: 2015-03-31
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Colin Bootman (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC NELSON ALMO 2003
ISBN: 9781575053424
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg; Colin Bootman (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC UHLBERG DADJ 2005
ISBN: 1561453293
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Calling the Doves Spanish / English by HERRERA & SIMMONS
Call Number: JUV PIC HERRERA CALL 1995
ISBN: 0892391669
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman; Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PIC PITMAN THIS 2014
ISBN: 9781433816581
Publication Date: 2013-10-01

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