2017 Lasting Connections
Published each January in Book Links, this is a partner list to Booklist’s Books for Youth Editors’ Choice selections. “Lasting Connections” highlights our top 30 choices for the K–8 classroom, all published in the previous year and all selected for their natural connections across the curriculum and to the Common Core State and Next Generation Science Standards.
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Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece
by Marc Harshman
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Nonfiction Elementary Plus
Feb 2018
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Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpieceby Marc Harshman
In Bear Run, Pennsylvania, a home unlike any other perches atop a waterfall.This is Fallingwater, a masterpiece equally informed by meticulous research and unbounded imagination, designed by the lauded American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. ISBN
9781596437180
Awards & Honors
2018 Golden Kite Award Honor, Picture Book Illustration
Booklist Lasting Connections 2017, Science The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Nonfiction Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R. B. G. vs. Inequality
by Jonah Winter
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Nonfiction Elementary Plus
Dec 2017
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$12.75 Member Price |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R. B. G. vs. Inequalityby Jonah Winter
Structured as a court case in which the reader is presented with evidence of the injustice that Ginsburg faced, this is the true story of how one of America's most "notorious" women bravely persevered to become the remarkable symbol of justice she is today. Glossary. Author's note. Full-color illustrations done with gouache, ink, and Photoshop. ISBN
9781419725593
Awards & Honors
Beehive Award 2019 Nominee
2018 Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Books, Younger Readers 2018 Amelia Bloomer List: Middle Grade, Nonfiction ILA Children's Choices - 2018 ILA Teachers' Choices - 2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Books 2018, Middle The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 Booklilst Lasting Connections 2017, Social Studies Tablet Magazine Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2017, Picture Book Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Gorilla Dawn
by Gill Lewis
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Advanced Readers Plus
May 2017
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Gorilla Dawnby Gill Lewis
Two children captured by a band of rebel soldiers in the Congo vow to protect an orphaned gorilla baby in this powerful, thought-provoking, and vividly compelling novel. Letter from the author. Black-and-white illustrations. ISBN
9781481486576
Awards & Honors
Bookllist 2017 Top 10 Books for Youth, Middle-Grade Animal Stories
Booklilst Lasting Connections 2017, Social Studies Potentially Sensitive Areas
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The Secret Project
by Jonah Winter
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Nonfiction Elementary Plus
Mar 2017
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The Secret Projectby Jonah Winter
Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history—the creation of the atomic bomb—in this powerful and moving picture book. Author's note. Further reading. Full-color illustrations. ISBN
9781481469135
Awards & Honors
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Seven to Ten
ILA Children's Choices - 2018 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Sudents K–12: 2018 Booklist Lasting Connections 2017, Social Studies Potentially Sensitive Areas
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