Showing 451–500 of 1122 titles
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I Yam a Donkey!
Correcting a donkey's grammar and pronunciation comically leads to one yam's demise.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780544087200
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I, Juan de Pareja
Behind the great painter Velasquez stands his faithful slave, Juan, ready to prepare a canvas, mix paint, and boost his morale. But, secretly, Juan teaches himself to paint, winning his freedom and the respect of a great master.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1966 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780395775318
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If All the Seas Were One Sea
An old nursery rhyme, its rise-and-fall rhythmic text reminiscent of the action of ocean waves, is treated to splendid etchings boldly filled with swirling, geometric lines of clear colors. The many shapes of each etching make a whole picture and provide the rhyme with even more momentum.- Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780027325409
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If You Didn't Have Me
A boy relates his experiences while living on his grandmother's farm.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1988 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689504068
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If You Plant a Seed
A rabbit and mouse wait patiently for the seeds they planted to grow into delicious vegetables. When some birds want part of the harvest, everyone learns being kind is the most fruitful way to be.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780062298898
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Illegal
Determined preteen Ebo leaves his impoverished Nigerian village to follow his older siblings, all of whom have one dream: to make it to Europe, by any means possible.- Fiction, Graphic Novels
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9781492662143
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Imagine!
A boy's imagination comes alive during his visit to the Museum of Modern Art in this wordless tribute to the power of art.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781481462730
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In the Land of Ur, the Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia
Through archaeological discoveries, the author reconstructs the history of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1971 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780394908076
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In the Night Kitchen
Falling through the night and out of his clothes, Mickey lands in cake batter in the night kitchen. From there he goes to the dough, builds an airplane of it, and flies to the Milky Way. The dream-fantasy is carried out in a chanting rhyme and is illustrated with an adaptation of comic book art.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1971 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780756992989
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In the Small, Small Pond
Bright colors and lively language describe the cycle of pond life. Rhyming alliterative text and vibrant illustrations are filled with movement and fun in a joyous celebration of the natural world.- Fiction, Poetry
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1994 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780805022643
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Inch by Inch
An inchworm saves himself from being eaten because he is able to measure things— a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a hummingbird's body. But when asked to measure the nightingale's song, the inchworm must think fast. The bright green inchworm inches its way out of sight through a collage of grass.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1961 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780688132835
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Incident at Hawk's Hill
Lonely, small, and frail, six-year-old Ben shies away from people but shows deep interest in and affinity toward animals. Lost during a storm, he takes refuge with a badger who has just lost her young. The badger adopts him, and he lives a feral life for three months until he is found. Convincingly written, the incident is based on an actual occurrence in 1870.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316208666
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Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Even though other settlers have been slaughtered by the French and the Indians, Pa refuses to let his family go east to safety. They, too, are captured, and only young, blond-haired Mary survives, forced to become a part of the Seneca people.
- Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1942 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780397300723
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Indian No More
In 1954, Regina and her family move from their reservation to Los Angeles after their tribe is terminated by the U.S. government.
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781620148396
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The Infamous Ratsos
Two city dwelling rat brothers set out to prove just how tough they are. Yet their every attempt to cause havoc has unintended – and positive – outcomes. More experienced beginning readers will find delightful misadventures told with accessible text, varied sentence structure, and black and white highly humorous illustrations.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Notable Children's Books 2017, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2017 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763676360
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An Innocent Soldier
Betrayed by his farmer, a young farmhand is conscripted into Napoleon's Grande Armée and joins an ill-fated march to conquer Moscow. He becomes the personal servant of a young aristocrat, a life-transforming experience for both of them.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2006 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780439627719
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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
On a dark night in 1242 France, travelers tell the story of three mysterious children: William, Jacob, and Jeanne, and their dog Gwenforte, recently brought back from the dead.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2017 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9780525426165
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Inside Out & Back Again
Hà and her family flee war-torn Vietnam for the American South. In spare yet vivid verse, she chronicles her year-long struggle to find her place in a new and shifting world.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2012 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780061962783
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Interrupting Chicken
Stein's hilarious story presents Little Chicken and her long-suffering Papa, who just wants to get through a bedtime story without his daughter's metafictive disruptions. Exuberant artwork shifts media and style, taking readers into three fairy tales, culminating in Little Chicken's “Bedtime for Papa,” but truly delivering a story for all.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763641689
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls of a train station where he labors to complete a mysterious invention left by his father. In a work of more than five hundred pages, the suspenseful text and wordless double-page spreads narrate the tale in turns. Black-and-white pencil illustrations evoke the flickering images of the silent films to which the book pays homage.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2008 (Medal Winner)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780439813785
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An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
A collection of inter-connected stories about Puerto Rican American teenagers growing up in New Jersey, who struggle daily to make choices that will give meaning to their lives.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 1996 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780531068977
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Accidentally left behind when her tribe flees, Karana spends eighteen years alone on an island off the coast of California. Her courage and resourcefulness help her to survive and to fill her life with moments of beauty and happiness.- Fiction, Action, Adventure
- John Newbery Medal 1961 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780395069622
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The Island on Bird Street
A Jewish boy in an abandoned Warsaw ghetto building must rely on his own wits as he waits for his father's return.- Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1985 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780395616239
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Islandborn
Given a school assignment to draw a picture of her homeland, Lola gathers stories of “the Island” from people in her Dominican neighborhood. -
It Could Always Be Worse
Crowded into one room with his mother, wife, and six children, a man goes to the rabbi for help. The rabbi's answer is to bring one animal after another to live in the house. Dynamic, earth-toned paintings with an eastern European look capture the humor of the rabbi's good advice.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1978 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780374336509
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It Rained Warm Bread: Moishe Moskowitz's Story of Hope
Spare poetry documents Moishe's struggle for survival during the Holocaust.- Fiction, Poetry, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781250165725
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It's Like This, Cat
When his father suggests that owning a dog might be good for him, fourteen-yearold Dave defiantly goes to Aunt Kate the Cat Woman and adopts a stray. The cat ends up leading him to new people and adventures all over Manhattan—and even to an appreciation for his parents.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1964 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780060243906
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Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
As her family deals with the devastating aftermath of a tornado, Ivy loses a sketchbook in which she has drawn pictures that reveal her secret same-sex crushes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780316515467
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Jabari Jumps
Today is the day Jabari is going to jump from the high dive and he is almost, absolutely sure he is ready.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763678388
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Jacob Have I Loved
Although she takes pride in her twin sister's singing talent, Wheeze (Louise) is jealous of the attention Caroline gets on their Chesapeake Bay island. It is only when she leaves and starts a life as a midwife in Kentucky that Wheeze comes to understand that she has always been loved and accepted for herself.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1981 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780064403689
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Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book
Letters of the alphabet are represented by words of the Swahili language. A brief explanation of the word includes cultural information of East African countries. Beautiful full-page illustrations further depict the cultures.- Fiction, General Fiction, Alphabet Books
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1975 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780803743502
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Jane's Island
Ellen, a college freshman, spends the summer with twelve-year-old Jane in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where Jane's father is a marine biologist. The girls enjoy light summer adventures while fishing and picnicking. Jane is a competent naturalist who imparts a good measure of scientific information throughout the story.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1932 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780961137427
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Jazz Baby
Bebop rhyme and repeated stanzas are just the right rhythm for young readers in “Jazz Baby,” a nostalgic celebration of dancing, singing and playing music. New words are effortlessly repeated as they bounce into the text and become part of the joyful gouache paintings that swing high and low with the movement of one lucky baby at the center of this loving family.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2008 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780152025229
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The Jazz Man
Night after night Zeke and his mother and father listen to the jazz man play his piano. Then his mother tires of his father not working, and she leaves them. Soon his father goes as well, and Zeke is alone. As the gloomy days and nights pass, Zeke dreams of the jazz man and of better, happier times.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1967 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689717673
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Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
In this novel-in-verse set in 1940's Los Angeles, several Mexican American teens are swept into the chaos of the Zoot Suit Riots.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9781534409439
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
Elizabeth is lonely at her new school until she meets Jennifer, a girl her age who claims to be a real witch. In awe of Jennifer, Elizabeth agrees to become her apprentice and initially finds her boring life full of adventure. But Jennifer is very demanding, and even superficially docile Elizabeth can only be pushed so far.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1968 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689702969
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Jerome By Heart
Raphael loves Jerome and, in spite of the response from his parents, he is not afraid to say that he knows his best friend by heart.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2019 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781592702503
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Joey Pigza Loses Control
Spending the summer with his estranged father, Joey longs for the two of them to be winners together, but their lives gradually spiral out of control. As the old “wired” Joey returns, readers will long to see him regain his balance in an out-of-kilter world. Like many family stories, this is a tale whose pain is generously laced with humor.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 0-374-39989-1
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John Henry
Pinkney's earthy, craggy pencil and watercolor illustrations capture both the power and the humanity of this African-American folk-hero. Masterful use of light and shadow portray the strength and mass of the Allegheny Mountains, which match the magnitude of John Henry, while delicate shading and mottled color suggest the detail of a realistic natural setting enlivened with touches of whimsy.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1995 (Honor Title)
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780803716063
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Johnny Tremain
Fourteen-year-old apprentice silversmith Johnny Tremain has a terrible accident that forces him to give up his work. He becomes involved with Sam Adams and the other Boston patriots, takes part in the Boston Tea Party, and plays a role in the battle of Lexington.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1944 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780395067666
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
A resourceful and resilient tailor transforms his worn-out overcoat into smaller and smaller garments. The patchwork layout of the pages, the two-dimensional paint ings, and the exaggerated perspectives, reminiscent of the folk art tradition, are the very fabric that turn this overcoat into a story.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2000 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780670878550
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The Journey
In the face of war and the loss of her husband, a mother and her children leave everything behind to make a dangerous journey to find safety in a new land.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9781909263994
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Journey
Finding a magical red crayon, a bored and lonely girl draws a new door on her bedroom wall that leads her to a wondrous but perilous new world. Her drab, sepia-toned, humdrum reality gives way to sumptuous, lushly-hued watercolor and pen and ink landscapes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780763660536
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Journey Outside
In a story filled with allegory and symbolism, Dilar's people endlessly travel an underground river, headed for the “better place.” But Dilar, suspecting that they are merely going around in circles, jumps from his raft and accidentally makes his way into the outside world. There, nearly blinded by the light, he tries to learn more about his people and to find a way to bring them aboveground.- Fiction, Science Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1970 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670409532
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Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale
"Juan Bobo Goes to Work" carries on Pura Belpré's tradition of retelling traditional Puerto Rican folktales. Cepeda humorously depicts Juan Bobo's determined but disastrous antics through bold brush strokes, expert use of varied perspectives, and vibrant Caribbean colors.
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Juana & Lucas
Juana, a spirited young girl in Bogotá, Colombia, shares her frustrations and successes in learning English. -
The Judge: An Untrue Tale
Prisoner after prisoner excitedly tells the Judge about the horrible thing that is on its way. The no-nonsense Judge throws them all in jail. When the horrible thing comes, poetic justice is done. Illustrated in watercolors and line drawings, the robust, pinkish characters tell their cumulative rhyming tale.- Fiction, Poetry
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1970 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780374339609
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Julián at the Wedding
Julian's artistic flare for fashion and innovation save the day at a wedding when his friend, Marisol ruins her dress. This celebration of individuality and love welcomes all.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781536212389
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Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián's chance encounter with three mermaids on a subway inspires him to create his own mermaid costume and reveal his inner self to his understanding abuela.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763690458
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Julie of the Wolves
Having run away from a forced marriage, thirteen-year-old Miyax, an Eskimo, becomes lost on the Arctic plain. Her only hope for survival is acceptance by a wolf pack. Imitating their facial expressions and body movements, Miyax slowly becomes one of them, while still trying to get to safety.- Fiction, Action, Adventure
- John Newbery Medal 1973 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780064400589