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~~~ Sneak Preview ~~~ The 1999-2000 Hoosier Award Nominees have been announced. We won't be reading and reviewing them for a while, but we have linked them to the Amazon.com site.

These books can be found in your school library or most public libraries.

Kindergarten through Third Grade

Antarctic Antics: Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra	Counting is for the Birds by Frank Mazzola, Jr.	Doodle Dandies by J. Patrick Lewis	Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
Fanny's Dream by Carolyn Buehner	Flashlight by Betsy James	Library Dragon by Carmen Deedy	Little Oh by Laura K. Melmed
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell	Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy	Moonstruck: True Story of How the Cow Jumped over the Moon by Gennifer Choldenko	The Most Beautiful Kid in the World by Jennifer Ericsson
Nobody Owns the Sky by Reeve Lindbergh	The Pillow War by Matt Novak	Red Racer by Audrey Wood	Shaggy, Waggy Dogs and Others by Stephanie Calmenson
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback	Top Cat by Lois Ehlert	Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull	Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling

Fourth through Sixth Grade

Come Morning by Leslie Guccione	Ghost in Room 11 by Betty Ren Wright	The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr	Journey to Nowhere by Mary Jane Auch
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff	Mean Margaret by Tor Seidler	Out of Darkness: Story of Louis Braille by Russel Friedman	Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack
Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	A Season of Comebacks by Kathy MacKel	Shadow of the Wolf by Gloria Whelan	Spring Break by Johanna Hurwitz
Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes	Toenails, Tonsils, and Tornadoes by Bonnie Pryor	Tornado by Betsy Byars	Tracks in the Snow by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
The Turnabout Shop by Colby Rodowsky	Virtual Cody by Betsy Duffy	When Jessica Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest	White Water by P.J. Petersen

Sixth through Eighth Grade

Another Way to Dance by Martha Southgate	Babcock by Joe Cottonwood	Beasties by William Sleator	Being Youngest by Joe Heynen
Charles Lindbergh: A Human Hero by James Giblin	Ella Enchanted by Gail C. Levine	The Frog Princess of Pelham by Ellen Conford	Ghost Canoe by William Hobbs
I Dream of Murder by Catherine Dexter	Jubilee Journey by Carolyn Meyer	Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story by Wilborn Hampton	Moving Mama to Town by Ronder T. Young
Sacred Shadows by Maxine R. Schur	Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman	Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli	Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Terrorist by Caroline Cooney	Under a Different Sky by Deborah Savage	Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury	Virtual War by Gloria Skurznski

1997-98 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades K-3 1998-99 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades K-3 1997-98 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades 4-6 1998-99 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades 4-6 1997-98 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades 6-8 1998-99 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees, Grades 6-8 Newbery Medal Winners Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, Kindergarten Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, 1st Grade Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, 2nd Grade Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, 3rd Grade Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, 4th Grade Lake County Public Library Recommended Books, 5th Grade Christopher's List of Reviewed Books Kirsten's List of Reviewed George Earle Intermediate Class Required Reading List Christopher's Pick of the Month!

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Updated: January 10, 1999