So You Want to Be President?
By: Judith St. George
Illustrated by: David Small
Medal Winner
NOT REVIEWED
So you want to be President?
That's a big job, and getting bigger. But why not? Presidents have come in just about every variety. They've been generals like George Washington and actors like Ronald Reagan: big like William Howard Taft and small like James Madison; handsome like Franklin Pierce and homely like Abraham Lincoln. They've been born in log cabins like Andrew Jackson and mansions like William Harrison.
From the embarrassment of skinny dipping John Quincy Adams, to the escapades of Theodore Roosevelt's children, to the heroic recovery of John Kennedy's crew. Judith St. George shares the backroom facts, the spit-fire comments, and the comical anecdotes that have been part and parcel of America's White House.
Hilariously illustrated by Caldecott honor-winning artist David Small in the cherished tradition of political commentary, this riproaring celebration of forty-one Presidents shows us the foibles, the quirks, and—most of all—the humanity of those men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world
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Casey at the Bat
By: Ernest Thayer
Illustrated by: Christopher Bing
Honor
NOT REVIEWED
Christopher Bing's magnificent presentation of this immortal ballad of the flailing 19th-century baseball star is rendered as though it had been newly discovered in a hundred-year-old scrapbook. Bing seamlessly weaves real and trompe l'oeil reproductions of artifacts, period baseball cards, tickets, advertisements, and a host of other memorabilia into the narrative to present a rich and multifaceted panorama of a bygone era.
A book to be pored over by children, treasured by aficionados of the game and given as a gift to all ages: a tragi-comic celebration of heroism and of a golden era of sport.
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
By: Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
Honor
NOT REVIEWED
Farmer Brown has a problem.
His cows like to type.
All day long he hears
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Clickety clack, moo.
But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start to leave him notes...
Doreen Cronin's understated text and Betsy Lewin's expressive illustrations make the most of this hilarious situation. Come join the fun as a bunch of literate cows turn Farmer Brown's farm upside down.
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Olivia
By: Ian Falconer
Honor
NOT REVIEWED
It's everyone's favorite pig...it's OLIVIA!
Join Olivia as she...
-dresses up
-sings songs
-builds sand castles
-naps (maybe)
-dances
-paints on walls
-and—whew!—
...finally goes to sleep at last.
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