Suggested Reading Lists 2008
The following reading lists include the latest books from the 2008 National Book Festival authors and illustrators.
Children
- Tiki Barber, Kickoff!!, Go Long!
- Jan Brett, Gingerbread Friends, Night Before Christmas (10th anniversary edition)
- Marc Brown, Born to Read, Wild About Books
- David A. Carter, The Big Bug Book: A Pop-up Celebration, Yellow Square
- Doreen Cronin, Thump, Quack, Moo: A Wacky Adventure; Duck for President
- Bob Lanier (NBA/WNBA program), Hey L’il D! series
- Betsy Lewin, Thump, Quack, Moo: A Wacky Adventure; Duck for President
- Kadir Nelson, Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
- Doreen Rappaport, Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
- David Shannon, Too Many Toys
- Judy Sierra, Born to Read, Wild About Books
- Dionne Warwick, Say a Little Prayer
Teens & Children
- Mary Brigid Barrett, Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
- Joseph Bruchac, March Toward the Thunder
- Sharon M. Draper, November Blues, Copper Sun
- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book, The Dangerous Alphabet
- Steven Kellogg, Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
- Katherine Paterson, Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
- Andrea Davis Pinkney, Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
- Matthew Reinhart, Fairies and Other Mythological Creatures (from the Encyclopedia Mythological series)
- Robert Sabuda, Fairies and Other Mythological Creatures (from the Encyclopedia Mythological series)
- Jon Scieszka, Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series, Alice in Wonderland
- Charles R. Smith, Jr., Chameleon, Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
- R. L. Stine, The Scream of the Haunted Mask and Dr. Maniac v. Robby Schwartz (from the Horrorland series)
- Judith Viorst, Nobody Here but Me
Suggested Reading Lists 2007
The following reading lists include recent books discussed by 2007 National Book Festival authors and illustrators.
Children
- María Celeste Arrarás, The Magic Cane
- Ashley Bryan and Jan Spivey Gilchrist, My America
- Carmen Agra Deedy, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
- Mercer Mayer, The Bravest Knight and There's a Nightmare in My Closet
- Megan McDonald, Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday
- Judy Schachner, Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones
- Rosemary Wells, Red Moon at Sharpsburg and Max's ABCs
- David Wiesner, Flotsam
- Jacqueline Wilson, Candyfloss
Teens & Children
- M.T. Anderson, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1
- Holly Black, Ironside
- Jennifer L. Holm, Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf
- Gail Carson Levine, Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
- Patricia MacLachlan, Edward's Eyes
- Patricia McCormick, Sold
- Shelia P. Moses, The Baptism
- Cynthia Leitich Smith, Tantalize
- Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese
Last Updated: 09/02/2008