Best Books for Kids & Teens: Annual, 2008

The guide contains over 425 recommended books for kids and teens ages 0-18 and helps parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and children’s literature enthusiasts stock their bookshelves with the very best books Canada has to offer.

All of the titles in Best Books for Kids & Teens have been handpicked and by expert committees of educators, booksellers, school and public librarians from across Canada, so every book included in the guide is guaranteed to be a great read!

Individuals familiar with the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s publications will be pleased to note that Best Books for Kids & Teens is a redesign of its original Our Choice guide. In the new guide, each listing contains a brief summary of the book, the interest level listed by age, reading level listed by grade and thematic links — a simple reference tool to help readers select appropriate books by subject. A supplemental section called “How to Choose Books for Your Children” is also included in the guide. This supplement is filled with great suggestions to help parents, teachers and librarians make the right choices when they are buying or borrowing books for the young people in their lives.

“This magazine is a must-have for anyone who wants to be informed about the best new Canadian children’s and young adult books,” said Maria Martella, owner of Tinlids Inc., a children’s book wholesaler. “What a valuable guide this is!”

2008 Starred Selections

Art, Music, Poetry, Plays Audio Beginning Readers Biography, Memoir and Speaking Out Early Chapter Books

History, Geography and Culture Junior Fiction Middle Years Fiction Nature Picture Books

Professional and Resource Sports Teen Fiction Video and DVD Young Adult Fiction

Art, Music, Poetry, Plays Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous World of Animal Song Shoe Shakes Stones, Bones and Stitches: Storytelling Throught Inuit Art The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer The Owl and the Pussycat The Owl and the Pussycat Two Steps from the Stars	Audio Down at the Sea Hotel What’s the Buzz?!
Beginning Readers Don't Go In There! Don't Go Into the Forest! Don't Go Near the Water Don't Open the Door! Don't Walk Alone at Night!	Biography, Memoir and Speaking Out George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George
Early Chapter Books Cheetah Crazy for Gold Danger, Dinosaurs! Martin Bridge: Out of Orbit! Martin Bridge: Out of Orbit! Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm! Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm! Miskeen: The Dancing Horse Yikes, Vikings!	History, Geography and Culture Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists At Vimy Ridge: Canada’s Greatest World War I Victory Factory Girl Factory Girl In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and Its People Kids Who Rule: The Remarkable Lives of Five Child Monarchs Kids Who Rule: The Remarkable Lives of Five Child Monarchs Mirror with a Memory: A Nation’s Story in Photographs Mission! The Extraordinary Adventures of Sir Wilfred Grenfell The Big Book of Pop Culture: A How-to Guide for Young Artists The Big Book of Pop Culture: A How-to Guide for Young Artists The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations The Siege: Under Attack in Renaissance Europe The Siege: Under Attack in Renaissance Europe When the Spirits Dance
Junior Fiction 4 Kids in 5E and 1 Crazy Year Alex and the Ironic Gentleman Alex and the Ironic Gentleman Baboon Baboon Becca at Sea Elijah of Buxton Eye of the Crow Eye of the Crow Jakeman Just J Sacred Leaf The Moon Children The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary The Thrilling Life of Pauline de Lammermoor Wild Ride	Middle Years Fiction Blazer Drive Manga Touch
Nature Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands Baby Sea Turtle Baby Sea Turtle Birds of Prey Bugs Up Close Bugs Up Close Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous World of Animal Song One Well: The Story of Water on Earth This Is My Planet: The Kids’ Guide to Global Warming	Picture Books Goodnight, Sweet Pig In My Backyard Lily and the Paper Man Mr. Gauguin’s Heart Please, Louise! Ten Old Men and a Mouse The Painted Circus: P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery and Illusion Guaranteed to Beguile and Bamboozle th
Professional and Resource What’ll I Do With the Baby-o? Nursery Rhymes, Songs and Stories for Babies	Sports How Soccer Works
Teen Fiction Bull's Eye I.D. Wave Warrior	Video and DVD Nightmare at School Nightmare at School The Elements The Elements The Sparky Book The Sparky Book
Young Adult Fiction Apart Apart Better than Blonde Dear Jo: The Story of Losing Leah ... and Searching for Hope For Now For Now In the Garage Into the Ravine Mistik Lake Out of Order Safe As Houses The Makeshift Miracle The Space Between This Side of the Sky Walking On Glass