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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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	Miguel y su valiente caballero: El joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote) by Magarita Engle	Spanish Elementary May 2018	$5.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Spanish Elementary Miguel y su valiente caballero: El joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote) by Magarita Engle This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel. Author’s note. Illustrator’s note. Historical and biographical notes. Full-color illustrations rendered in pen and ink and watercolor. ISBN 9781682630198 Awards & Honors CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2017 Booklilst Lasting Connections 2017, Language Arts Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616). Juvenile poetry. Spanish authors. Don Quixote. American children’s poetry. Spanish language materials. View Details
	Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome	Nonfiction Early Elementary Feb 2018	$12.75 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Nonfiction Early Elementary Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome An evocative poem and richly colored paintings celebrate the diverse accomplishments of Harriet Tubman, as revealed by her many names. ISBN 9780823420476 Awards & Honors 2018 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award Honor, Transitional Nonfiction 2018 Christopher Award Winner, Ages 6 and Up 2018 Coretta Scott King Award Honor, Illustrator 2018 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended 2018 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor, Younger Children Booklist Top 10 Diverse Picture Books: 2018 Capitol Choices 2018, Seven to Ten CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Historical People, Places, and Events ALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018 ILA Teachers' Choices - 2018 MSL Cream of the Crop - 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Picture Books Booklist 2017 Top of the List, Editor’s Choice, Youth Picture Book School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Nonfiction Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Informational Books for Younger Readers CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Nonfiction Younger Readers Booklilst Lasting Connections 2017, Social Studies Potentially Sensitive Areas None View Details
	Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece by Marc Harshman	Nonfiction Elementary Plus Feb 2018	$12.75 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Nonfiction Elementary Plus Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece by 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 None View Details
	Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis	Advanced Readers Plus May 2017	$12.75 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Advanced Readers Plus Gorilla Dawn by 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 Violence: Gun Violence, Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War, Violence: Mild Violence, Violence: Genocide, Violence: Child Abuse, Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism Topics Animals. Apes and monkeys. Social issues. Emotions and feelings. Friendship. Democratic Republic of Congo. Endangered species. Kidnapping. Mining. Rebel groups. View Details
	The Secret Project by Jonah Winter	Nonfiction Elementary Plus Mar 2017	$5.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Nonfiction Elementary Plus The Secret Project by 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 None Topics Manhattan Project. US history. Atomic bomb. New Mexico. History of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Trinity Site (New Mexico). View Details

Miguel y su valiente caballero: El joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote)

by Magarita Engle

May 2018

Spanish Elementary

Language Arts

$5.00 Member Price

This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel. Author’s note. Illustrator’s note. Historical and biographical notes. Full-color illustrations rendered in pen and ink and watercolor.

Before She Was Harriet

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Feb 2018

Nonfiction Early Elementary

Social Studies

$12.75 Member Price

An evocative poem and richly colored paintings celebrate the diverse accomplishments of Harriet Tubman, as revealed by her many names.

Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece

by Marc Harshman

Feb 2018

Nonfiction Elementary Plus

Science

$12.75 Member Price

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.

Gorilla Dawn

by Gill Lewis

May 2017

Advanced Readers Plus

Social Studies

$12.75 Member Price

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.

The Secret Project

by Jonah Winter

Mar 2017

Nonfiction Elementary Plus

Social Studies

$5.00 Member Price

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.

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Before She Was Harriet

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Gorilla Dawn

The Secret Project

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