BCCB-1993 Blue Ribbons

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	Blue Ribbons are chosen annually by the Bulletin staff and represent what we believe to be the best of the previous year's literature for youth. See the Blue Ribbon Archive for other lists from 1990 through the pre sent. Please feel free to copy, download, or link to these lists. We ask only that you cite the source.
	1993 Blue Ribbons

A list of bestsellers is easy to compile: count the sales and go figure. The Bulletin Blue Ribbons list is a little harder to come by. Only the staff's inherent civility restricts our warfare to codes of chivalry as we read, argue, reread, defend, attack, and finally agree on a selection of children's books that goes beyond the standard criteria for excellence exemplified by many of the approximately six thousand children's books published this year. What characterizes a book for this list are special qualities of innovation, energy, or craft-the extra element it takes to imprint a book on three reviewers who have seen too many books in too short a time. Inherent in the process of selection is our knowledge that three other reviewers would make different choices. Ideally, every reader makes his or her own list. Here are some possibilities for yours...

Picture Books

Emberley, Michael. Welcome Back Sun; written and illus. by Michael Emberley. Little. (October)
Farber, Norma. When It Snowed That Night; illus. by Petra Mathers. Geringer/HarperCollins. (November)
Goble, Paul, ad. The Lost Children: The Boys Who Were Neglected; ad. and illus. by Paul Goble. Bradbury. (June)
Johnson, Paul Brett. The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down; written and illus. by Paul Brett Johnson. Jackson/Orchard. (July/August)
McDermott, Gerald. Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest; written and illus. by Gerald McDermott. Harcourt. (June)
Pomerantz, Charlotte. The Outside Dog; illus. by Jennifer Plecas. HarperCollins. (October)
Stevens, Janet, ad. Coyote Steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale; ad. and illus. by Janet Stevens. Holiday House. (May)
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey; written and illus. by Allen Say. Houghton. (September)
Sis, Peter. Komodo! ; written and illus. by Peter Sis. Greenwillow. (June)
Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig; illus. by Helen Oxenbury. McElderry. (September)
Wolff, Ashley. Stella & Roy; written and illus. by Ashley Wolff. Dutton. (July)

Fiction

Alcock, Vivien. Singer to the Sea God. Delacorte. (February)
Anderson, Rachel. Paper Faces. Holt. (November)
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Wind Blows Backward. Clarion. (May)
Hodge, Merle. For the Life of Laetitia. Farrar. (March)
Johnson, Angela. Toning the Sweep. Jackson/Orchard. (June)
Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love. Houghton. (October)
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's Daughter. Holt. (May)
Napoli, Donna Jo. The Magic Circle. Dutton. (April)
Qualey, Marsha. Revolutions of the Heart. Houghton. (May)
Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? ; illus. by Neal Hughes. Random House. (February)
Walker, Kate. Peter. Houghton. (June)
Walsh, Jill Paton. Matthew and the Sea Singer; illus. by Alan Marks. Farrar. (May)
Williams, Vera B. Scooter; written and illus. by Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow. (October)
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade. Holt. (July)

Non-fiction

Appelbaum, Diana. Giants in the Land; illus. by Michael McCurdy. Houghton. (September)
Booth, David. Doctor Knickerbocker and Other Rhymes; illus. by Maryann Kovalski. Ticknor. (September)
Brandenburg, Jim To the Top of the World: Adventures with Arctic Wolves; written and illus. with photographs by Jim Brandenburg. Walker. (November)
Carrick, Carol. Whaling Days; illus. by David Frampton. Clarion. (July)
Cohn, Amy L., comp. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs. Scholastic. (January 1994)
Freedman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. Clarion. (October)
Gardner, Jane Mylum. Henry Moore: From Bones and Stones to Sketches and Sculptures. Four Winds. (April)
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom; illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Knopf. (March)
Kuklin, Susan. Speaking Out: Teenagers Take on Race, Sex, and Identity; written and illus. with photographs by Susan Kuklin. Putnam. (October)
Marrin, Albert. Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters: The Story of the Cattle Kingdom. Atheneum. (September)
San Souci, Robert D., ad. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale; illus. by Brian Pinkney. Philomel. (June)
Turner, Ann. Grass Songs; illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt. (June)
Van der Rol, Ruud. Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary; written by Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. Viking. (November)
Wallace, Karen. Think of an Eel; illus. by Mike Bostock. Candlewick. (May)
Westray, Kathleen. A Color Sampler; written and illus. by Kathleen Westray. Ticknor. (September)

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