CCBC Choices 2024 -- Tweens (ages 9-11)

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

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1. The good hair day

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Author:
Trimmer, Christian
Notes:
Picture Books;4-9
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"With the help from his loving and observant family, a little boy gets a birthday present that gives him the confidence to be himself and let his hair down."--

2. My powerful hair

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Author:
Lindstrom, Carole, 1964-
Notes:
Picture Books;5-10
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Description:
After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.

3. The secret pocket

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Author:
Janicki, Peggy
Notes:
Picture Books;6-9
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Mary was four years old when she was first taken away to the Lejac Indian Residential School. It was far away from her home and family. Always hungry and cold, there was little comfort for young Mary. Speaking Dakelh was forbidden and the nuns and priest were always watching, ready to punish. Mary and the other girls had a genius idea: drawing on the knowledge from their mothers, aunts and grandmothers who were all master sewers, the girls would sew...

4. To the ice

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Author:
Tidholm, Thomas, 1943-
Notes:
Fiction for Children;7-10
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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...

5. Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the rambunctious coming-of-age of children's books

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Author:
Markel, Michelle
Notes:
The Arts;6-10
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"Meet Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture book illustration and for whom the prestigious Caldecott medal is named!" --

6. ¡Vamos! Let's go read

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Author:
Raúl the Third, 1976-
Series:
World of vamos!
Notes:
Picture Books;5-9
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"Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival that the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first"--

7. The walk

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Author:
Bingham, Winsome
Notes:
Contemporary People, Places, and Issues;5-9
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As a little girl accompanies her grandma on a walk to the polling station, members of their community join and the grandmother explains the importance of their journey.

8. You gotta meet Mr. Pierce!: the storied life of folk artist Elijah Pierce

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Author:
Lee, Chiquita Mullins
Notes:
The Arts;7-11
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"A picture book biography about the barber shop of woodcarver Elijah Pierce, recipient of the highest folk art honor in the United States." --