New Jersey Childrens Writers Guild Favorite Titles

Sheilas Favorites Hush Little Baby (text from traditional lullaby) illustrated by Sylvia Long Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema/illustrated by Beatriz Vidal A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (various publishers) My Mama Had A Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray/illustrated by Ral Coln The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski/illustrated by P.J. Lynch Owl Moon by Jane Yolen/John Schoenherr The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving/illustrated by Will Moses, (great-grandson of Grandma Moses) William Shakespeare and the Globe written and illustrated by Aliki Sadako by Eleanor Coerr/illustrated by Ed Young The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (various publishers)

Gregs Favorites For Boys Kidnapped, by R.L. Stevenson Treasure Island, by R.L. Stevenson King Solomons Mines, by H. Ridder Haggard The Call of the Wild Jack London Just so stories -- Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe The Prince of Omeya Anthony Fon Eisen The Lost World Sir Arthur Connan Doyle

Kathis Favorites The Fox And The Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson illustrated by Tiphane Beeke Theres A Mouse About The House by Richard Fawler Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson illustrated by Jane Chapman Good Night Sun, Hello Moon by Karen Viola illustrated by Chi Chung Little Quacks New Friend by Lauren Thompson illustrated by Derek Anderson Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney All Aboard The Dino Train by Deb Lund illustrated by Howard Fine Wood, Hazel And Little Pip by Elsa Beskow Children Of The Forest by Elsa Beskow How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight by Varsha Bajaj illustrated by Ivan Bajaj Mr. Man Series by Rober Hangreaves

Tonys Favorites Micheles Favorites MG and Y/A Novels Micheles 10 Recommended MG and Y/A Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay (the trilogy) by Suzanne Collins The Underneath by Kathi Appelt When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer The Lord of the Rings trilogy + The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Savvy by Ingrid Law A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling R is for Rhyme A Poetry Alphabet by Judy Young The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill, Travels with R.L. Stevenson by Nancy Williard Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin A Child's Christmas by Douglas Mc Kelvey Japanese Children's Favorite Stories by Florence Sakade A Child's Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas Just So Stories by Rudygard Kipling The Little Prince by Antoine de SaintExup The Illustrated Book of Fairy Tales by Neil Philip Robin Hood, Timeless Classic Stories by Neil Philip The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling

Barbaras Favorites Stellaluna by Janell Cannon The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Stieg Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans One by Kathryn Otoshi Flotsam and The Three Pigs by David Weisner A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Chapter Books Crispin, The Cross of Lead by Avi A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Charlottes Web by E.B. White

Jenns Favorites The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini Crows of Pearblossom by Aldous Huxley, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Emma's Rug by Allen Say Food for Thought by Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann The Enemy by Davide Cali, illustrated by Serge Bloch

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