Our Choice: Annual, 2003

Our Choice (now known as Best Books for Kids & Teens) is your guide to the best new Canadian books, magazines, audio and video for children and teens. Whether you’re stocking a bookshelf in a classroom, library or at home, every title in this guide has been given the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s stamp of approval.

Below you will find the Starred Selections from Our Choice. While each book in the guide is considered to be the cream of the crop, Starred Selections are titles of exceptional calibre.

Expert committees of educators, booksellers, school and public librarians from across Canada have handpicked the materials listed below. Committees look for excellence in writing, illustration or performance. Most importantly, these committees focus on selecting materials that will appeal to children and young adults.

2003 Starred Selections

Art, Music, Poetry, Plays Biography, Memoir and Speaking Out Early Chapter Books Fairy Tales, Folktales, Legends & Myth Young Adult Fiction

History, Geography and Culture Junior Fiction Nature Picture Books

Professional and Resource Science and Technology Sports Video and DVD

Art, Music, Poetry, Plays Much Ado About Nothing: For Kids Much Ado About Nothing: For Kids	Biography, Memoir and Speaking Out Rapid Ray: The Story of Ray Lewis The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat What's the Matter with Albert?: A Story of Albert Einstein What's the Matter with Albert?: A Story of Albert Einstein
Early Chapter Books Buffalo Hunt A Season of Sorrow	Fairy Tales, Folktales, Legends & Myth Three Tales of Enchantment
History, Geography and Culture Attack on Pearl Harbor Hana's Suitcase If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People In the Time of Knights: The Real-Life Story of History's Greatest Knight In the Time of Knights: The Real-Life Story of History's Greatest Knight New France and the Fur Trade Only in Canada: From the Colossal to the Kooky Only in Canada: From the Colossal to the Kooky The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories	Junior Fiction A Company of Fools A Dirty Deed A Dirty Deed Camp X Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories Firewing Flood Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott Jeannie and the Gentle Giants Noses Are Red Noses Are Red Parvana's Journey Parvana's Journey Ricky Sparks Spitfire The Word for Home What a Story!
Nature Ice Age Mammoth Under the Ice	Picture Books A Day With Nellie A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book Alphabeasts As Long as the Rivers Flow Busy Little Mouse Courage to Fly Emily's Eighteen Aunts Jasper's Day Mister Got To Go and Arnie Salmon Creek Solomon's Tree The Chinese Violin The Kite The Klondike Cat The Mole Sisters and the Question The Mole Sisters and the Question Under a Prairie Sky When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island Why is an Orange Called an Orange? Down at the Seaweed Caf
Professional and Resource The New Dramathemes	Science and Technology Canada Invents Canada Invents First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane I Zzz Zzz
Sports How Hockey Works How Hockey Works	Video and DVD Learning Peace: A Big School With a Big Heart Lights for Gita Ludovic: A Crocodile in My Garden Ludovic: The Snow Gift Roses Sing on New Snow Shinny: The Hockey in All of Us The Friends of Kwan Ming
Young Adult Fiction And in the Morning And in the Morning Generals Die in Bed: A Story from the Trenches Generals Die in Bed: A Story from the Trenches Lord of the Nutcracker Men Losing Forever Losing Forever Messenger Messenger One More Step Search of the Moon King's Daughter Stones Surviving Sam The Lottery The Popsicle Journal True Confessions of a Heartless Girl