I Have Heard of a Land
by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Ouch!
A Tale from Grimm retold by Natalie Babbitt, illustrated by Fred Marcellino

Pete's a Pizza
by William Steig

Zoom City
by Thacher Hurd

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
by Jack Gantos
(coming in Paperback from HarperTrophy in Winter 2000)

1997 ALA Notable Children's Books

The Story of Little Babaji
By Helen Bannerman
Pictures in full color by Fred Marcellino

The Rooster's Gift
By Pam Conrad
Pictures in full color by Eric Beddows
A Laura Geringer Book

Sabriel
By Garth Nix

Street Music: City Poems
By Arnold Adoff
Pictures in full color by Karen Barbour

The Boy Who Lived With the Bears:
And Other Iroquois Stories
Retold by Joe Bruchac
Pictures in full color by Murv Jacob

The Midwife's Apprentice
By Karen Cushman

When Plague Strikes:
The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS
By James Cross Giblin
Woodcuts by David Frampton

Whistling Dixie
By Marcia Vaughan
Pictures in full color by Barry Moser

When The Wind Stops
By Charlotte Zolotow
Pictures in full color by Stefano Vitale

Catherine, Called Birdy
By Karen Cushman

Golly Sisters Ride Again
By Betsy Byars
Pictures in full color by Sue Truesdell

Seven Spiders Spinning
By Gregory Maguire
Illustrated by Dirk Zimmer

Walk Two Moons
By Sharon Creech

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