SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1999 Book Awards
Language Arts, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1999 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:

Helmer, Marilyn. Fog Cat. Kids Can Press, 1999.

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Honor Books

Polacco, Patricia. Luba and Wren. Philomel/G. P. Putnam, 1999.

Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!. Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Pendziwol, Jean. No Dragons For Tea--Fire Safety For Kids. Kids Can Press, 1999.

San Souci, Robert D. Cendrillon. Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Grimes, Nikki. My Man Blue. Dial/Penguin Putnam, 1999.

Pomeranc, Marion Hess. The Can-Do Thanksgiving. Albert Whitman, 1998.

Yee, Paul. The Boy In The Attic. Groundwood, 1998.

Gutherie, Woody. This Land Is Your Land. Little Brown, 1998.

Litty, Julie. Dr. White. North-South, 1999.

Language Arts - K-6 Novels

Best Book:

Conford, Ellen. Diary of Monster's Son. Little Brown, 1999.

Honor Books:

Borden, Louise. Good Luck, Mrs. K!. McElderry/Siomon and Schuster, 1999.

Adler, David A. Andy and Tamika series. Gulliver/Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Thomas, Rob. Greenthumb. Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Kimmel, Eric. Sword Of The Samurai. Browndeer Press/Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Kehret, Reg. I'm Not Who You Think I Am. Dutton, 1999.

Brokaw, Nancy. Leading Emma. Clarion, 1999.

Grimes, Nikki. Hopscotch Love. Morrow, 1999.

Clemente, Andrew. The Landry News. Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Rodowsky, Colby. Not My Dog. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999.

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Language Arts - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Bell, William. Zack. Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Honor Books:

Houston, Gloria. Bright Freedom's Song : Story of the Underground Railroad. Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1998.

McLaren, Clemence. Dance For The Land. Atheneum/simon and Schuster, 1999.

Glenn, Mel. Foreign Exchange : A Mystery In Poems. Morrow Junior Books, 1999.

Koss, Amy Goldman. The Ashwater Experiment. Dial Books/Penguin Putnam, 1999.

Myers, Anna. Ethan Between Us. Walker and Co., 1998.

Thesman, Jean. The Other Ones. Viking, 1999.

Patneaude, David. Framed in Fire. Albert Whitman, 1999.

Bauer, Joan. Backwater. GP Putnam's Sons, 1999.

Casely, Gloria. Losing Louisa. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

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