My favorite titles published this year, skewed by my own odd tastes
and what happens to come by me for review:
2004 Favorites
Picture books
The Beatles. YELLOW SUBMARINE [STAR in Kirkus]. Illus
based on artwork for the movie by Heinz Edelmann Candlewick
(40pp.) August 2004 $17.99
ISBN 0-7636-2440-3
Hodges, Margaret MERLIN AND THE MAKING OF THE KING
Illus by Trina Schart Hyman, calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong Holiday
House (40pp.) September 2004 $16.95
ISBN 0-8234-1647-X
Moss, Marissa. Mighty Jackie, the Strike-out Queen. Illus by C.F.
Payne. Paula Wiseman/S&S. February 2004. $16.95.
Millen, C.M. BLUE BOWL DOWN: an Appalachian rhyme
Illus by Holly Meade Candlewick (32pp.) May 2004 $16.99
ISBN 0-7636-1397-5
Pericoli, Matteo SEE THE CITY The Journey of Manhattan
Unfurled [STAR in Kirkus]
Knopf/Random (64pp.) August 2004 $15.95 ISBN 0-375-82469-3
Sabuda, Robert AMERICAN THE BEAUTIFUL: A Pop-up Book
Little Simon/S&S (16pp.) October 19, 2004 $26.95 ISBN 0-689-
84744-0
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro LEMONS ARE NOT RED Roaring Brook
(32pp.)
October 2004 $14.95 ISBN 1-59643-008-7
Visconte, Guido CLARE AND FRANCIS [STAR Kirkus] Illus by
Bimba Landmann Eerdmans (40pp.) $20 February 2004 ISBN 0-
8028-5269-6
Middle Grade
Maguire, Gregory LEAPING BEAUTY and other animal fairy tales
[STAR in Kirkus]
HarperCollins (197pp.) August 2004$15.99 ISBN 0-06-056417-2
YA
Datlow, Ellen & Terri Windling. THE FAERY REEL Tales from
the Twilight Realm [STAR in Kirkus] Decorations by Charles Vess
Viking/Penguin Putnam (544pp.) $19.99 June 2004 ISBN 0-670-
05914-5
Lee, Tanith PIRATICA: being a daring tale of a singular girl's
adventure upon the high seas [STAR Kirkus] Dutton/Penguin
Putnam (288pp.) September 2004 $16.99 ISBN 0-8037-47324-6
Matthews, Andrew A WINTER NIGHT'S DREAM
Delacorte/Random (150pp.) July 2004 $15.95 ISBN 0-385-73097-7
Wein, Elizabeth E. THE SUNBIRD [STAR Kirkus]
Viking/Penguin (184pp.)
$16.99 April 2004 ISBN 0-670-03691-9
Nonfiction
Bausam, Ann . WITH COURAGE AND CLOTH Winning the
fight for a woman's right to vote [STAR in Kirkus]
National Geographic (112pp.) September 2004 $21.95 ISBN 0-
7922-7647-7
Rector, Anne Elizabeth ANNE ELIZABETH'S DIARY: a young
artist's true story Additional text by Kathleen Krull Megan
Tingley/Little, Brown (64pp.)
$16.95 July 2004 ISBN 0-316-07204-4
GraceAnne A. DeCandido MLS * New York City
Writer * Editor * Consultant
Part-time lecturer, children's literature, Rutgers SCILS
ladyhawk AT well DOT com
http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/gadhome.html
Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of
American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the
cocktail in the other.
~Louis Stanley Jast
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