Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel
by Leslie Connor

"Instead of a pretty keepsake as a reminder of her homeland, the practical Miss Bridie selects a shovel to accompany her to a new life in America in 1856."

Going North
by Janice Harrington

"Leaving behind Big Mama, loving relatives, and the cotton fields of Alabama, Jessie and her family are going north to Nebraska. But traveling through the segregated South is difficult for an African-American family in the 1960s."

Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes

"A simple, charming story about a naive little kitten who mistakes a round, shining moon for a bowl of milk."

Winner of the Caldecott Medal.

Mr. George Baker
by Amy Hest

"One-hundred-year-old George has decided to learn to read, so he waits for the school bus every morning along with his young neighbor, Harry."

Skin Again
by bell hooks

"Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, this book offers new ways to talk about race and identity."

Actual Size
by Steve Jenkins

"How big is a crocodile? Can you imagine a two-foot-long tongue? Sometimes facts and figures don't tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourself - at their actual size." Jenkins is author/illustrator of last year's Red Clover book, What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

The Red Book
by Barbara Lehman

"This book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she's never met is waiting."

If Not for the Cat
by Jack Prelutsky

"Seventeen haiku ask the reader to think about seventeen favorite residents of the animal kingdom in a new way."

Also one of this year's DCF books.

The Impudent Rooster
by Sabina Rascol

"In this retelling of a classic Romanian tale, the rooster is telling the truth - the greedy nobelman stole the bright little purse the rooster intended for his hungry master. But the nobleman hears only impudence."

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems

"Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind." Includes a teeny cameo appearance by a certain bird from Willems' Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!