2007 Notable Children's books for Younger Readers

The American Library Association (ALA) has released it list of the Notable Children's books for 2007. Here is the list for Younger Readers:


Once Upon a Banana by Jennifer Armstrong, Illus. by David Small. Simon & Schuster,

My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet. Abrams.

Keeper of Soles by Teresa Bateman, Illus. by Yayo. Holiday House.

Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont, Illus. by Jane Dyer. Harcourt.

Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall by Dori Chaconas, Illus. by Lisa McCue. Viking.

Best Best Friends by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Harcourt.

Below by Nina Crews. Holt.

I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakité, Illus. by Baba Wagué Diakité. Scholastic.

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo, Illus. by Chris Van Dusen. Candlewick.

Wolves by Emily Gravett. Simon & Schuster.

The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey. Knopf.

Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow.

Duck & Goose by Tad Hills. Random/Schwartz & Wade.

Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson, Illus. by James E. Ransome. Random/Schwartz & Wade.

Houndsley and Catina by James Howe, Illus. by Marie-Louise Gay. Candlewick.

Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by Laura Mcgee Kvasnosky. Illus. Candlewick.

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look,Illus. by Yumi Heo. Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz.

Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! A Palestinian Folktale by Margaret Read MacDonald, Illus. by Alik Arzoumanian. Marshall Cavendish.

Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, Illus. by Katy Schneider. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler.

Adèle & Simon by Barbara McClintock. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster.

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans. Walker.

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes, Illus. by Yuyi Morales. Holt.

Hippo! No, Rhino! by Jeff Newman. Little, Brown.

The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney. Dial.

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. HarperCollins.

Black? White! Day? Night! A Book of Opposites by Laura Vaccaro Seeger,Roaring Brook/Neal Porter.

Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon. Scholastic/Blue Sky.

Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra, Illus. by

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt. Kids Can.

Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler, Illus. by Kurt Cyrus. Harcourt.

Dizzy by Jonah Winter, Illus. by Sean Qualls. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine.