2008 Notable Books for a Global Society

Sponsored by the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group

International Reading Association

Picture Books

Bae, Hyun-Joo. New Clothes for New Year's Day .   La Jolla, CA: Kane-Miller, 2007

Bryan, Ashley.   Let It Shine . New York: Atheneum, 2007.

Fleischman, Paul.   Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis.

  New York: Henry   Holt, 2007.

Judge, Lita.   One Thousand Tracings .   New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Levine, Ellen .   Henry's Freedom Box .   Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.   New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Sis, Peter.   The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain .   New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Stanton, Karen.   Papi's Gift .   Illustrated by Rene King Moreno.   Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2007.

Strauss, Rochelle.   One Well: The Story of Water on Earth. Illustrated by Rosemary Woods. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2007.

Tan, Shaun.   The Arrival .   New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Thompson, Lauren.   Ballerina Dreams: A True Story .   Photographs by James Estrin.   New York: Holtzbrink, 2007.

Williams, Karen Lynn & Mohammed, Khadra.   Four Feet, Two Sandals . Illustrated by Doug Chayka. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007.

Wise, Bill.   Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer.   Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. New York: Lee & Low, 2007.

Historical Fiction

Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is Not a Dinner Party . New York: Henry Holt, 2007.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton .   New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Myers, Walter Dean.   Harlem Summer .   New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Sheth, Kashmira.   Keeping Corner .   New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Toksvis, Sandi.   Hitler's Canary .   New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2007.

Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg .   New York: Penguin, 2007.

Nonfiction

Barakat, Ibtisam.   Tasting the Sky .   New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier .   New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Greenwood, Barbara.   Factory Girl .   Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2007.

Realistic Fiction

Alexie, Sherman.   The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian .   Art by Ellen Forney. Boston: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007.

Marsden, Carolyn.   When Heaven Fell .   Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2007.

O'Connor, Barbara.   How to Steal a Dog .   New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.

Perkins, Mitali.   Rickshaw Girl .   Illustrated by Jamie Hogan.   Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2007.