Showing 1–7 of 7 titles

• Audience: Middle
• Award year: 2006

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  Becoming Naomi León

  By Pam Muñoz Ryan

  In “Becoming Naomi León,” Muñoz Ryan writes convincingly about the love that binds an extended family together. Characters are well-drawn and balanced, relationships are honest, and Naomi's growing awareness of her cultural heritage and sense of self will keep readers engrossed.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: 9780439269698
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  César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!

  By Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, David Diaz (Illustrator)

  Bernier-Grand's poems on César Chávez flawlessly intertwine Spanish words into the English text, which includes prayers, folk sayings, and César's own words.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2006 (Honor Title), Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780761451723
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  Nicholas

  By René Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator), Anthea Bell (Translator)

  A favorite among French school children for nearly a half century, the Nicholas stories relay the hilarious escapades of a boy and his classmates in an all-boys school.

  • Fiction, Action, Adventure
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780714844824
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  Rosa

  By Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

  From the arresting cover through the endpapers, Rosa, with Giovanni's spare, elegant prose and Collier's iconic illustrations, celebrates the quiet courage of Rosa Parks. Radiant watercolors of faces and hands highlighted against the edges of richly colored collages create a distinguished work of art.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780805071061
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  Show Way

  By Jacqueline Woodson, Hudson Talbott (Illustrator)

  Jacqueline Woodson's magnificent poem “Show Way” tells the story of slavery, emancipation, and triumph for each generation of her maternal ancestors. She pays tribute to the creative women who guided their “tall and straight-boned” daughters to courage, self-sufficiency, and freedom. Whether with quilts or stories, poems or songs, these women discovered and shared the strength to carry on.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 0-399-23749-6
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  Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems

  By Joyce L :Sidman, Beckie Prange (Illustrator)

  Eleven joyful songs of everyday pond life throughout the seasons are celebrated through this elegant and satisfying combination of visual drama, poetry, and scientific facts. The organic lines of Prange's exceptionally executed, hand-colored woodblock illustrations enlarge upon Sidman's expressive nature-themed poems.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780618135479
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  Whittington

  By Alan Armstrong, S.D. Schindler (Illustrator)

  Armstrong creates a glorious barnyard fantasy that seamlessly weaves together three tales: Whittington the cat's arrival on Bernie's farm, his retelling of the traditional legend of his fourteenth-century namesake, and one boy's struggle to learn to read. The tales unite the disparate citizens of the barn community in a celebration of oral and written language, the support of friends, the healing power of humor, and the triumph of life.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 0-375-82864-8