Notable Children's Books in 2006

Better than a plate of cold peas, AbeBooks is delighted to serve up some suggested children's books. As recommended by the Association for Library Service to Children, this list of top books has something to please even the most finicky of readers.

Younger Readers

• Terrific, Jon Agee
  
• Elephants Can Paint Too!, Katya Arnold
  
• Hi! Fly Guy, Tedd Arnold
  
• I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!, Karen Beaumont
  
• A Splendid Friend, Indeed, Suzanne Bloom
  
• Willa and the Wind, Janice Del Negro
  
• Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Kate DiCamillo
  
• Leaf Man, Lois Ehlhert
  
• Oscar's Half Birthday, Bob Graham
  

• Traction Man is Here!, Mini Grey
  
• Siesta, Ginger Foglesong Guy
  
• Jitterbug Jam: A Monster Tale, Barbara Jean Hicks
  
• The Hello, Goodbye Window, Norton Juster
  
• On Earth, G. Brian Karas
  
• You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids Around the World, Barbara Kerley
  
• Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, Pat Mora
  
• Zen Shorts, Jon J. Muth
  
• Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds, Linda Sue Park and Julie Durango
  
• Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, Marjorie Priceman
  

• And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
  

• Clara and Asha, Eric Rohmann
  
• Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas, Cynthia Rylant
  
• Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust, April Pulley Sayre
  
• Walter was Worried, Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  
• White is for Blueberry, George Shannon
  
• Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, Erica Silverman
  
• Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day, Jean van Leeuwen
  
• Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Mo Willems
  
• Squashed in the Middle, Elizabeth Winthrop

Middle Readers

• Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos, Francisco X Alarcón
  
• Whales on Stilts, M.T. Anderson
  
• Whittington, Alan Armstrong
  
• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, Jeanne Birdsall
  
• The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, Louise Borden
  
• Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light, Robert Burleigh
  
• The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands, Sneed B. Collard
  
• Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein, Marfé Ferguson Delano
  
• The Game of Silence, Louise Erdrich
  
• Rosa, Nikki Giovanni
  

• Nicholas, René Goscinny
  
• Queen Sophie Hartley, Stephanie Greene
  
• The Trouble Begins, Linda Himelblau
  
• Babymouse: Queen of the World!, Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
  
• Goha the Wise Fool, Denys Johnson-Davies
  
• Martin Bridge, Ready for Takeoff!, Jessica Scott Kerrin
  
• A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms, Paul B. Janeczko, Ed.
  
• Precious and the Boo Hag, Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss
  

• The Girl from Chimel, Rigoberta Menchú with Dante Liano
  
• The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli
• Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II, Marisabina Russo
  
• Dinosaurs: Encyclopedia Prehistorica, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
  
• Kamishibai Man, Allen Say
  
• Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, Joyce Sidman
  
• Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth, Marilyn Singer
  
• Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me, Simms Taback
  
• Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes, Pamela S. Turner
  
• Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Mary Williams
  
• The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq, Jeanette Winter
  
• Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Jonah Winter