SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1997 Book Awards
Language Arts, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1997-98 best books awards. Other awards will be found at SSLI Book Awards. Please visit the SSLI Home Page for information about the organization.


[Language Arts - Picture Books] [Language Arts - Novels, K-6] [Language Arts - Novels, 7-12]

Language Arts - Picture Books

Best Book:

Kroll, Virginia. Butterfly Boy. Boyds Mills, 1997.

Honor Books:


Smalls-Hector, Irene. Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade : The Johnkankus. Little, Brown, 1996.

Rahaman, Vashanti. Read for Me, Mama. Boyds Mills, 1997.

Alarcon, Karen. Louella Mae, She's Run Away. Henry Holt, 1997.

Koller, Jackie. No Such Thing!. Boyds Mills, 1997.

Lasky, Kathryn. Lunch Bunnies. Little, Brown, 1996.

Milich, Melissa. Miz Fannie Mae's Fine New Easter Hat. Little, Borwn, 1997.

Riggio, Anita. Secret Signs Along the Underground. Boys Mills, 1997.

Gage, Amy. Pascual's Magic Picturues. Carolrhoda, 1997.

Heinz, Brian. The Monster's Test. Millbrook, 1996.

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Language Arts - K-6 Novels

Best Book:

Peter, Ann. How Do You Spell Geek? Little, Brown, 1996.

Honor Books:

Cottonwood, Joe. Babcock. Scholastic, 1996.

Eth, Clifford. Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Schoolhouse. Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

Houston, Gloria. Littlejims Dreams. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Dalkey, Kar. Little Sister. Harcourt Brace, 1996.

McKissack, Patricia. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl. Scholastic, 1997.

Mowry, Jess. Ghost Train. Henry Holt, 1996.

Shrive, Susan. The Goalie. Tambourine/Morrow, 1996.

Hurwitz, Johanna. Spring Break. Morrow Junior Books, 1997.

Willis, Patricia. Danger Along the Ohio. Clarion, 1997.

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Language Arts - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Shusterman, Neal. The Dark Side of Midnight. Little, Brown, 1997.

Honor Books:

Many, Paul. These Are the Rules. Walker & Co., 1997.

Singer, Marilyn. Deal With a Ghost. Henry Holt, 1997.

DeFelice, Cynthia. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker. Farrar Straus Girous, 1996.

Morris, Winifred. Liar. Walker & Co., 1996.

Hobbs, Will. Far North. Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

Savage, Deborah. Under a Different Sky. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

Wersba, Barbara. Whistle Me Home. Henry Holt & Co., 1997.

Conford, Ellen. The Frog Prince of pelham. Little, Borwn, 1997.

Tolan, Stephanie S. Welcome to the Ark. Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

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