* Newbery Medal - (honors writers)

* Caldecott Medal - (honors illustrators)

* National Book Awards

*Coretta Scott King Award

* Margaret A. Edwards Award

* Parents’ Choice

EXCELLENT RESOURCE:

*Toni Buzzeo & Jane Kurtz:
Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers

(Tips for great school visits)

CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING 101:

Major reviewers:
* Publishers Weekly

*School Library Journal

* Kirkus Reviews

* Horn Book Magazine

CHILDREN'S MAGAZINES

*American Girl

*Appleseeds
(8-10 yrs)

*Calliope
(8-14 yrs)

*Campus Life
(13-19 yrs)

*Cicada
(14-21 yrs)

*Clubhouse
(8-12 yrs)

*Cobblestone
(8-14 yrs)

*Cricket
(9-14 yrs)

*Highlights for Children
(2-12 yrs)

*Hopscotch
(6-12 yrs)

*Horsepower
(8-16 yrs)

*Ladybug
(2-6 yrs)

*Odyssey
(10-15 yrs)

*Ranger Rick
(7-12 yrs)

*Spider
(6-9 yrs)

*Seventeen
(12-19 yrs)

*U.S. Kids
(5-10 yrs)

MY FIRST PICTURE BOOK!

SOME OF MY FAVORITE
PICTURE BOOKS

(A) = author (I) = illustrator

*Keiko Kasza:
My Lucky Day

*Norton Juster (A)/Chris Raschka (I):
The Hello, Goodbye Window

*Eileen Spinelli (A)/Geraldo Valerio (I):
When You are Happy

*John J. Muth:
Zen Shorts

*Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt (A)/David Slonim (I):
You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?

*David Wiesner:
Flotsam

*Karma Wilson (A)/Jane Chapman (I):
Bear Snores On

*Lane Smith:
John, Paul, George & Ben

*Chris Riddell:
Platypus and the Lucky Day

*Bill Grossman (A)/ Kevin Hawkes (I):
My Little Sister Hugged an Ape

*Laura Simms (A)/David Catrow (I):
Rotten Teeth

*David Shannon:
A Bad Case of Stripes

*Karen Kaufman Orloff (A)/David Catrow (I):
I Wanna Iguana

*Mary Jane Auch (A)/Herm Auch (I):
The Princess and the Pizza

*Mordicai Gerstein:
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

*Mary Ann Hoberman (A)/Michael Emberley (I):
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy
Tales to Read Together

*Kate McMullan (A)/Jim McMullan (I):
I Stink!

*Barbara M. Joosse (A)/Giselle Potter (I):
Ghost Wings

*Janet Stevens (A/Il)/Susan Stevens Crummel (A):
And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon

*Robie H. Harris (A)/Harry Bliss (I):
Don't Forget to Come Back!

*David Slonim:
He Came With the Couch

*Robert D. San Souci (A)/Rebecca Walsh (I):
The Well at the End of the World

*Tedd Arnold:
Even More Parts

*Rob Scotton:
Russell the Sheep

MY FAVORITE
MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS

*Douglas Evans (A)/John Shelley (I):
MVP*: *Magellan Voyage Project

*Madeleine L'Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time

*Victor Kelleher:
Dogboy

*Deborah Wiles:
Love, Ruby Lavender

*Jerry Spinelli:
Loser