Uncommonly Good Books for Common Core Instruction

Julie Jurgens School Services CoordinatorArlington Heights Memorial Library

Good Old ALA Awards

Awards Less Familiar

Children’s Literature

• Sarah Beth Durst, Vessel (Margaret K. McElderry)

• Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado, Giants Beware! (First Second)

• Merrie Haskell, The Princess Curse (HarperCollins)

• Christopher Healy, The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (Walden Pond Press)

• Sherwood Smith, The Spy Princess (Viking Juvenile)

Bibliographies & other curated sources

Blogs

Audio/Visual Resources

Questions?

• himissjulie.com

• http://www.pinterest.com/himissjulie/book-awardslists-common-core/

• jjurgens@ahml.info