NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts2005

Given by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

30 Works 20,574 Books 1,106 Reviews 4.2
The charge of the seven-member national committee of the Children's Literature Assembly (CLA) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is to select thirty titles each year that best show more exemplify the criteria established for the Notables Award. Books considered for this annual list are works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written for children, grades K-8. The books must meet one or more of the following criteria:

deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;
demonstrate uniqueness in the use of language or style;
invite child response or participation. In addition, books are to:
have an appealing format;
be of enduring quality;
meet generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written. show less
Years:
All, 2023 (26), 2022 (27), 2021 (29), 2020 (25), 2019 (28), 2018 (29), 2017 (30), 2016 (29), 2015 (30), 2014 (30), 2013 (30), 2012 (30), 2011 (30), 2010 (30), 2009 (30), 2008 (29), 2007 (30), 2006 (30), 2005 (30), 2004 (30), 2003 (31), 2002 (30), 2001 (22), 2000 (24), 1999 (29), 1998 (30), 1997 (31)
WorkYear
The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
2005
The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
2005
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
2005
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman
2005
Eager by Helen Fox
2005
Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
2005
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits
2005
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems by Eloise Greenfield
2005
What is Goodbye? by Nikki Grimes
2005
Going North by Janice N. Harrington
2005
Fairytale News by Colin Hawkins
2005
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman
2005
Voices of the Trojan War by Kate Hovey
2005
Powerful Words: More Than 200 Years Of Extraordinary Writings By .... by Wade Hudson
2005
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Paul B. Janeczko
2005
The Mystery of Eatum Hall by John Kelly
2005
Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
2005
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull
2005
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look
2005
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery
2005
If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky
2005
Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven
2005
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford
2005
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2005
Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
2005
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange
2005
Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africe south of the Sahara by Veronique Tadjo
2005
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
2005
Buttermilk Hill by Ruth White
2005
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
2005

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