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A

Joan Abelove,
Go and Come Back.
DK Ink, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, May 1998

Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou, illustrated by Julie Klear Essakalli,
The Butter Man
Charlesbridge, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, April 2008

Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez,
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems - Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, December 2001

Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez,
Laughing Tomatoes, and Other Spring Poems - Jitomates risuenos, y otros poemas de primavera.
Children's Book Press, 1997.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, August 1997

Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Fourney
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Little, Brown, 2007
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, August 2007

Benjamin Alire  Sáenz,
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood.
Cinco Puntos Press , 2004.
reviewed by Hollis  Rudiger

B

Shari Becker, illustrated by Nicole Wong,
Maxwell's Mountain
Charlesbridge, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 2006

Rhoda Blumberg,
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of A Japanese Boy.
HarperCollins, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, January 2002

Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones,
Those Shoes
Candlewick Press, 2007.

C

Lori Marie Carlson,
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States.
Henry Holt, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy,
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World.
Charlesbridge, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Ying Chang Compestine
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Henry Holt, 2007
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Robin Cruise, illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen,
Little Mamá Forgets
Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 2006

E

Louise Erdrich
The Game of Silence.
HarperCollins, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, June 2005

Louise Erdrich
The Birchbark House.
Hyperion, 1999.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, April 1999


F

D.H. Figueredo, illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez,
When This World Was New.
Lee & Low, 1999.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, March 1999

Cathryn Falwell,
Butterflies for Kiri.
Lee & Low, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, September 2003

Nancy Farmer,
The House of the Scorpion.
Atheneum, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 2002

G

Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone,
Cool Melons - Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa
Lee & Low, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, January 1999

Jan Greenberg,
Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, April 2008

Ginger Foglesong Guy, illustrated by Ren? King Moreno,
Siesta.
Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2005.
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren, December 2005

Lucia  Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre,
The Storyteller's Candle
Children’s Book Press, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, June 2008

Alan Gratz,
Samurai Shortstop
Dial, 2006
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren

H

Sheila Hamanaka, author and illustrator,
Grandparents' Song.
Harper Collins, 2003.
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren, May 2003

Sonya Hartnett,
Thursday's Child.
Candlewick Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, July 2002

Yumi Heo, author and illustrator,
The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale.
Houghton Mifflin, 1996
reviewed by Ginnie Moore Kruse, February 1997

Juan Felipe Herrera,
CrashBoomLove: A Novel in Verse.
University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
reviewed by Ginni Moore Kruse, March 1999

Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Anita DeLucio-Brock,
Grandma and Me at the Flea - Los meros meros remateros.
Children's Book Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, February 2002

J

Ann Jaramillo,
La Línea
Roaring Brook Press, 2006
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Paul Jennings,
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare.
Puffin, 2005.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker

Ji-Li Jiang,
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution.
HarperCollins, 1997.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, January 1998

K

Cynthia Kadohata,
Weedflower
Atheneum, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Cynthia Kadohata,
Kira-Kira.
Atheneum, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Derek KirkKim, iIllustrated by Jesse Hamm,
Good as Lily
Minx / DC Comics, 2007.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Laurie Krebs, illustrated by Helen Cann,
We're Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road.
Barefoot Books, 2005.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett

Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran,
The Happiest Tree.
Lee & Low, 2005
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, September 2005

Susan Kuklin,
Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery.
Henry Holt, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 1998

L

Karen Levine,
Hana's Suitcase.
Albert Whitman, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, 2004

Grace Lin,
Fortune Cookie Fortunes.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, 2004

Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo
Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding.
Anne Schwartz / Atheneum, 2006.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, 2006.

Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo,
Henry's First-Moon Birthday.
Anne Schwartz / Atheneum, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, April 2001

M

Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales,
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Henry Holt, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 2006

Yuyi Morales, author and illustrator,
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book.
Chronicle Books, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, December 2003

Jon J Muth,
Zen Shorts.
Scholastic Press, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

N

An Na,
A Step from Heaven.
Front Street Books, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, April 2001

Naomi Shihab Nye,
Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, April 2008

O

Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki, illustrated by Meilo So,
The White Swan Express: A Story about Adoption.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, December 2002

Joanne Oppenheim,
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference.
Scholastic, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, March 2006

P

Linda Sue Park, Illustrated by Julie Downing,
The Firekeeper's Son.
Clarion, 2004.
Reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren, 2004

Linda Sue Park,
A Single Shard.
Clarion, 2001.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, August 2001

Linda Sue Park,
When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, May 2002

Mitali?Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan,
Rickshaw Girl
Charlesbridge, 2007
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, March 2007

R

Anuskha Ravishankar, illustrated by Pulak Biswas,
Tiger on a Tree.
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, 2004

Laura Resau,
Red Glass
Delacorte, 2007
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren, January 2008

Na'ima Bint Robert, illustrated by Derek Brazell,
Chinese translation by Sylvia Denham.
Welcome to the World Baby.
Mantra, 2005.
reviewed by Urmi Chana

Pam Muñoz Ryan,
Esperanza Rising.
Scholastic, 2000.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, October 2000

S

Kasmira Sheth,
Blue Jasmine.
Hyperion, 2004.
Reviewed by Kathleen Horning, 2004

Antonio Skármeta, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado,
The Composition.
Groundwood, 2000.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, March 2001

Stuart Stotts,
Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin
Big Valley Press, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, July 2005

 

T

Shaun Tan,
The Arrival
Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, 2007.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Pamela S. Turner, Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene,
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog.
Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Reviewed by Megan Schliesman

W

Jonah Winter, illustrated by Ana Juan,
Frida.
Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, April 2002

Sam Williams, illustrated by Mique Moriuchi,
Talk Peace.
Holiday House, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, December 2005

Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott,
Show way.
Putnam, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, December 2005

Y

Gene Luen Yang,
American Born Chinese
First Second, 2006
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Lisa Yee,
Millicent Min: Girl Genius.
Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, 2004

Kazumi Yumoto, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano,
The Friends.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman, January 1997

Z Markus Zusak,
Fighting Ruben Wolfe.
Arthur Levine / Scholastic, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning, June 2001
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