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JLG Premier Selections Spring 2008 (April - September)

BL=Booklist	BCCB=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
CL=Children's Literature	H=Horn Book
HG=Horn Book Guide	K=Kirkus
KL=KLIATT	PW=Publishers Weekly
SLJ=School Library Journal	*Starred Review

PS Level (Grades K-3)

Colors! ¡Colores! [BL, SLJ]

Terror Bird [CL]

K Level (Grades PK-K)

Dog and Bear: Two’s Company[BCCB, BL*, HG*, K*, PW*, SLJ]

The House in the Night [BL*, K*, PW*, SLJ*]

Sergio Makes a Splash [BL, K, PW*, SLJ]

Trainstop [BL, HG, K, PW*]

P/P+ Levels (Grades K-1)

Baby Brains and RoboMom [BL, K*, SLJ]

Doctor Ted [BCCB, CL, H, K, PW*, SLJ]

In a Blue Room [BL, K, PW*]

Little Blue Truck [BL, H, K, PW*]

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! [BCCB, K]

The Retired Kid [BL]

Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach [K, SLJ]

The Sea Serpent and Me [K]

E/E+ Levels (Grades 1-3)

The Art of Freedom [BL, CL]

Before John Was a Jazz Giant [BL, H, K*, SLJ]

The Brook Book [BL, CL, HG, K*, SLJ]

The Chicken of the Family [BCCB*, BL, K, PW*, SLJ]

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine [BL, SLJ]

Sisters of Scituate Light [BL, K, PW]

Twenty Heartbeats [K, PW*, SLJ]

I/I+ Levels (Grades 2-4)

Annie and Simon [BL, SLJ]

Buffalo Music [BL, K*]

Clementine’s Letter [BL, K*]

Elizabeth Leads the Way [BL*, H, PW, SLJ]

Silent Music [BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW*, SLJ*]

Way Up and Over Everything [BL]

The Wolves Are Back [BL*, SLJ]

Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers [BL, K*]

A/A+ Levels (Grades 3-5)

Martin Bridge: In High Gear [BL, CL, SLJ]

My Dad’s a Birdman [BL, H, K, SLJ]

My Dog May Be a Genius [BCCB, BL, CL, HG, PW*, SLJ]

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street [BL*, K, PW*, SLJ*]

The Puzzle of the Platypus and Other Explorations of Science in Action [BL]

United Tweets of America [BL, K, SLJ*]

ME Level (Grades 2-6)

The 100-Year-Old Secret [BL, K]

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great [K*]

The Seer of Shadows [BCCB, BL, H, K, KL, PW*, SLJ*]

NE Level (Grades 2-6)

A Boy Named Beckoning [CL, BL*, SLJ*]

Keep Your Eye on the Kid [BCCB, BL, K*, PW*, SLJ]

A Man for All Seasons [K]

SE Level (Grades 2-6)

Balls! Round 2 [CL]

Keeping Score [BL, HG, K*, KL, PW*, SLJ]

B/B+ Levels (Grades 5-7)

Bird Lake Moon [BL*, H, K, PW*, SLJ*]

The Buddah’s Diamonds [BL, K, PW]

The Dragon’s Child [BL, K, PW*]

Elvis & Olive [BL, K, PW]

She Touched the World [BL, K*, SLJ*]

Twice Upon a Marigold [BL, K, PW*]

Waiting for Normal [BL, HG, K*, KL*, PW*, SLJ*]

Wild Cats [BL, CL]

The Willoughbys [BL*, HG, K*, PW*, SLJ]

C/C+ Levels (Grades 6-9)

The Boy Who Dared [BL*, CL, K, PW*, SLJ]

The Dead and the Gone [BL*]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules [BCCB, CL, BL, H, K, PW*, SLJ]

Fortune’s Fool [BL, K]

The Last of the High Kings [BL, H*, PW*]

The Missing: Found [BL, K, PW*]

Smiles to Go [BL, H, K, PW*, SLJ]

The Surrender Tree [BL*, K]

The Truth about My Bat Mitzvah [BL, SLJ]

GM Level (Grades 7-11)

Chiggers [BL]

Skim [BCCB, K]

Thoreau at Walden [K*, SLJ]

MM Level (Grades 7-11)

The Postcard [BL, SLJ]

Standard Hero Behavior [BL*, HG, KL]

NM Level (Grades 7-11)

I Am Scout [BL, CL, K, SLJ]

The Great Race [K]

The Iranian Revolution [BL, SLJ]

SM Level (Grades 7-11)

The Big Field [K, PW, SLJ]

Football Hero [K]

Game [BCCB, BL, CL, K*, KL*, SLJ]

Jim & Me [KL*]

Y/Y+ Levels (Grades 9 & UP)

The Boxer and the Spy [BL, K, SLJ]

Chanda’s Wars [BCCB, BL, HG, K*, KL, SLJ]

A Curse Dark as Gold [BL, HG, K, SLJ]

The Disappeared [BL]

The Fold [BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ]

Frozen Fire [BL]

Generation Dead [K*, PW]

Honeybee [K, SLJ*]

Lock and Key [BL, HG, PW*]

Noman [BL]

Trouble [BCCB, H, KL*, SLJ*]

YM Level (Grades 11 & Up)

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks [BL*, H, K*, PW*, SLJ*]

Skim [PW]

The Starry Rift [BCCB, BL*, H]

Streams of Babel [H, K*]

Sunrise over Fallujah [BL, H*, K*, PW*, SLJ*]