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

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

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

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

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

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

Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng,
Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup
Groundwood Books, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia,
Anna Hibiscus
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus
Kane/Miller 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Kate Aver Avraham, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien,
What Will You Be, Sara Mee?
Charlesbridge, 2010.
reviewed by Carling Febry

Anjali Banerjee,
Seaglass Summer
Wendy Lamb Books, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

Durga Bernhard,
While You Are Sleeping: A Lift-the-Flap Book of Time Around the World
Charlesbridge, 2010.

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

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

Monica Brown, illustrated by Magaly Morales,
Chavela and the Magic Bubble
Clarion, 2010.

Ashley Bryan,
Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
Antheneum, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Gina  Capaldi,
A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
Carolrhoda, 2008.
reviewed by Tessa Michaelson

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

Winifred Conkling,
Sylvia and Aki
Tricycyle Press, 2011.

Frank Cottrell Boyce,
The Unforgotten Coat
Candlewick Press, 2011.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sundee T. Frazier,
The Other Half of My Heart
Delacorte Press, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Fawzia Gilani-Williams, illustrated by Proiti Roy,
Nabeel's New Pants: an Eid Tale
Marshall Cavendish, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Linda Glaser, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola,
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist,
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Amistad / HarperCollins, 2010.

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

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

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

Sheila Hamanaka,
Grandparents' Song
Harper Collins, 2003.
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren

Avis Harley, photographed by Deborah Noyes,
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgewise
Candlewick Press, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

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

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

Langston Hughes, photographed by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
My People
Ginny Seo Books / Atheneum, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Amy Ignatow,
The Popularity Pages: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
Abrams, 2010.

Isol, translated by Elisa Amado,
Petit, the Monster
Groundwood Books, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

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

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

Kimiko Kajikawa, illustrated by Ed Young,
Tsunami!
Philomel, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall,
Big Red Lollipop
Viking, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Ken Kimura, illustrated by Yasunari Murakami,
999 Tadpoles
North-South, 2011 (US Edition).

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

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

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

Karen Levine,
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Albert Whitman, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Moying Li,
Snow Falling on China: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

Grace Lin,
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same
Little, Brown, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

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

Guadalupe Rivera Marín, illustrated by Diego Rivera,
My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art / Mi papa Diego y yo: Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte
Children’s Book Press, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Lauren McNeil,
Dark Water
Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

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

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

Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye,
Time You Let Me In
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney,
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
Disney / Jump at the Sun Books, 2009.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Gwen Strauss, illustrated by Floyd Cooper,
Ruth and the Green Book
Carolrhoda, 2010.

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

Jane Ray,
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Candlewick Press, 2011.

Laura Resau,
Star in the Forest
Delacorte Press, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

Jewell Parker Rhodes,
Ninth Ward
Little, Brown, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth,
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
Lee & Low, 2011.

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

Paula Young Shelton, illustrated by Raul Colón,
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Schwartz & Wade, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Kashmira Sheth,
Boys Without Names
Balzer & Bray, 2010.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

Kashmira Sheth,
Blue Jasmine
Hyperion, 2004.
Reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

Uri  Shulevitz,
How I Learned Geography
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

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

Stuart Stotts, illustrated by Terrance Cummings,
We Shall Overcome: A Song that Changed the World
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

Gwen Strauss and Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper,
Ruth and the Green Book
Carolrhoda, 2010.

Mariko  Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki,
Skim
Groundwood, 2008.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

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

Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth, illustrated by Susan L. Roth,
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
Lee & Low, 2011.

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

Karen Lynn Williams, illustrated by Floyd Cooper,
A Beach Tail
Boyds Mills Press, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Michael Williams,
Now Is the Time for Running
Little, Brown, 2011.

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

Rita Williams-Garcia,
One Crazy Summer
Amistad / HarperCollins, 2010.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

Jeanette Winter,
Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
Beach Lane Books, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Jeanette Winter,
The Librarian of Basra: A True Iraq Story
Published by Harcourt, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Jeanette Winter,
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
Harcourt, 2008.
reviewed by Tessa Michaelson

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

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

Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim,
Prime Baby
Roaring Brook Press, 2010.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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

Paula  Yoo,
Good Enough
HarperTeen, 2008.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

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