White Owl, Barn Owl by Nicola Davies

White Owl, Barn Owl by Nicola Davies Illustrated by Michael Foreman Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: April 2007 ISBN-13: 9780763633646 Sales Rank: 429,812 Age Range: 5 to 8 Red Clover Nominee: 2008-2009 Synopsis (from bn.com) An award-winning author and illustrator swoop into the wondrous world of the barn owl. A young girl and her grandfather [...]

Dadblamed Union Army Cow, by Susan Fletcher

Dadblamed Union Army Cow by Susan Fletcher ilustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root Red Clover Nominee:  2009-2008 school year Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: June 2007 ISBN-13: 9780763622633 Sales Rank: 416,772 Age Range: 5 to 7 32pp Synopsis (from bn.com) She just won’t git! A Union army soldier can’t shake his dadblamed cow in this uplifting [...]

Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope, by Nikki Grimes

Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes illustrated by Bryan Collier Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Pub. Date: August 2008 ISBN-13: 9781416971443 Sales Rank: 340 Age Range: 5 to 10 48pp Synopsis (from bn.com) Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii [...]

The Story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles

The Story of Ruby Bridges Author: Robert Coles Illustrator: George Ford Publisher and date: Scholastic, 1995 Genres: biography Age/Grade: 1-3 Author’s perspective: According to Scott London: Coles describes himself variously as a doctor, child psychiatrist, oral historian, social anthropologist, teacher, friend, storyteller, busybody, and nuisance. Interviewers, journalists, and reviewers often seize on the apparent contradictions [...]

Martin’s Big Words: The LIfe of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport

Author: Doreen Rappaport Illustrator: Bryan Collier Publisher and date: Scholastic, 2001 Genres: biography Age/Grade: 1-5 Author’s perspective: Doreen Rappaport, although not African American, does have an insider’s perspective on the fight for civil rights. She participated in the March on Washington in 1963. She then taught in a Mississippi freedom school during the summer of [...]