The 2007 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts have been announced.  Book were selected in the following categories:  Poetry, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy/Folklore, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Informational, and Picture Books. 

My favorites on the list are: 

Meow Ruff by Joyce Sidman (in the Poetry category)

The Braid by Helen Frost (in the Historical Fiction category, though it could also have been in the Poetry one)

Rules by Cynthia Lord (in Realistic Fiction)

Gossamer by Lois Lowry (in Fantasy)

And all of the picture book choices! 

I obviously need to branch out into more nonfiction books, because I haven’t read many of the ones on the list at all.