CCBC Choices 2024 -- Primary School (ages 5-8)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.
 

Showing 1 - 4 of 4  There are a total of 151 valid entries on the list.

1. Elf dog & owl head

Book cover for Elf dog & owl head.
Author:
Anderson, M. T.
Notes:
Fiction for Children;8-11
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, OverDrive eAudiobook
Description:
Quarantined with his family as a global plague ravages the world, Clay retreats to the woods where he meets a special little dog who leads him on surreal adventures where choosing the wrong path could cause them both to lose their way forever.

2. The house of the lost on the cape

Book cover for The house of the lost on the cape.
Author:
Kashiwaba, Sachiko, 1953-
Notes:
Fiction for Children;8-12
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eBook
Description:
"In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled...

3. The lost library

Book cover for The lost library.
Author:
Stead, Rebecca
Notes:
Fiction for Children;8-12
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

4. To the ice

Book cover for To the ice.
Author:
Tidholm, Thomas, 1943-
Notes:
Fiction for Children;7-10
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eBook
Description:
Three children go on a polar expedition in this thrilling adventure for newly independent readers-an epic story that blurs realism and imagination, illustrated in color throughout. An epic story set in a polar wilderness that blurs realism and imagination-fully illustrated for newly independent readers. Ida, Max and Jack go to the creek one winter's day. They play on an ice floe then find themselves floating away-all the way to the polar ice, with...