| Abraham Lincoln | Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary |
| Alaska | Debby Dahl Edwardson, Whale Snow |
| American Revolution | Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Lane Smith, John, Paul, George, and Ben, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution |
| Brooklyn | Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny |
| Caldecott Honor Book | Donald Crews, Freight Train, Laura Seeger, First the Egg, Leo Lionni, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny |
| Caldecott Medal | Judith St George, So You Want to Be President |
| Canada | Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps |
| Celtic mythology | Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel |
| Chicago | Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| Civil War | Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary |
| Darwin | Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| England | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way |
| Florida | E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place |
| Germany | Jean Little, From Anna |
| Greek mythology | Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief |
| Greenland | Rebecca Stead, First Light |
| Hanukah | Eric Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins |
| Harlem | Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night |
| Holocaust | Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue |
| India | Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment |
| Ireland | Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way |
| Italy | Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
| Jewish life | Anna Olswanger, Shlemiel Crooks, Eric Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night |
| London | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, China Mieville, Un Lun Dun, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere |
| Lower East Side | Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night |
| My America | Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary |
| Native Americans | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes, Debby Dahl Edwardson, Whale Snow |
| New England | Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution, Patricia Clapp, Jane-Emily |
| New York | Delia Sherman, Changeling, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Jeannette Winter, The Tale of Pale Male, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander |
| New Zealand | Margaret Mahy, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence |
| Newberry Honor Book | Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
| Norse mythology | Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel |
| Oklahoma | Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| Passover | Anna Olswanger, Shlemiel Crooks, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue |
| Poland | Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue |
| Russia | Alice McLerran, Secrets |
| San Francisco | Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Black and Blue Magic, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| Sephardim | Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night |
| St. Louis | Anna Olswanger, Shlemiel Crooks |
| UFOs | William Sleator, Into the Dream |
| Vietnam War | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars |
| Virginia | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page |
| Wales | Alan Garner, The Owl Service |
| Washington, D.C. | Judith St George, So You Want to Be President, Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary |
| William Shakespeare | E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, William Shakespeare and His Dramatic Acts |
| World War II | Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb |
| advertising | Amy Schwartz, Bea and Mr Jones |
| alchemy | Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel |
| alcohol | Helen Frost, Keesha's House, Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl, John Green, Looking for Alaska |
| animals | Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Bruce Hale, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, Charles Dickens, The Magic Fishbone, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gregory Maguire, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, Laura Seeger, First the Egg, Lauren Child, I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed, Leo Lionni, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Patricia Polacco, Mrs Katz and Tush, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Wendy Orr, Nim's Island, William Sleator, Into the Dream |
| architecture | Blue Balliett, The Wright 3 |
| art | Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Cecil Castelluci, The Plain Janes, E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place |
| babies | Charles Dickens, The Magic Fishbone, David Almond, Skellig, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Kevin Henkes, Julius, the Baby of the World, Martha Alexander, Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister |
| baseball | Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| bats | Janell Cannon, Stellaluna |
| bedtime | Lauren Child, I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed, Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden |
| beginning chapter books | Bruce Hale, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, The Dragons of Blueland, Sara Pennypacker, Clementine |
| biography | William Shakespeare and His Dramatic Acts |
| birds | Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Alice McLerran, Secrets, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Jeannette Winter, The Tale of Pale Male, Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon |
| blogs | Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| business | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gary Paulsen, Lawn Boy, Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War |
| camp | E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief |
| cats | Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula |
| cerebral palsy | Jean Little, Mine for Keeps |
| chapter books | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Alice McLerran, Secrets, Andrew Clements, Frindle, Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, China Mieville, Un Lun Dun, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, David Almond, Skellig, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gary Paulsen, Lawn Boy, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gregory Maguire, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, Jean Little, Spring Begins in March, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks, John Flanagan, The Icebound Land, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Mark Crilley, Akiko on the Planet Smoo, Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death, Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution, Patricia Clapp, Jane-Emily, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole, Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of this Book is Secret, Rebecca Stead, First Light, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Robert A Heinlein, Tunnel in the Sky, Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Sara Pennypacker, Clementine, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, Wendy Orr, Nim's Island, William Sleator, Into the Dream, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Black and Blue Magic, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eyes in the Fishbowl, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| cheatiing | Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period |
| chores | Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny |
| church | Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| codes | Alice McLerran, Secrets, Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of this Book is Secret |
| colonial America | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Lane Smith, John, Paul, George, and Ben, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution |
| colors | Donald Crews, Freight Train |
| cutouts | Laura Seeger, First the Egg |
| dance | Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change |
| death | Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death, Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra |
| disability | Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, Jean Little, Spring Begins in March, Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
| divorce | E L Konigsburg, (George), Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of this Book is Secret, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| dogs | Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, Jean Little, Spring Begins in March, Rebecca Stead, First Light |
| dragons | Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Delia Sherman, Changeling, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, The Dragons of Blueland |
| drugs | E L Konigsburg, (George), Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl, John Flanagan, The Icebound Land |
| dyslexia | Alan Armstrong, Whittington |
| e-mail | Wendy Orr, Nim's Island |
| early modern England | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard |
| evolution | Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| fairy tales | Delia Sherman, Changeling, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Paul Fleischman, Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella |
| family | Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gregory Maguire, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, Rebecca Stead, First Light, Shaun Tan, The Arrival, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda |
| fantasy | Alan Garner, The Owl Service, China Mieville, Un Lun Dun, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, David Almond, Skellig, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E Nesbit, The Magic City, John Flanagan, The Icebound Land, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, The Dragons of Blueland, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith, William Sleator, Into the Dream, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda |
| farming | Gary D Schmidt, First Boy |
| feminism | Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change |
| flying | Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, The Dragons of Blueland, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Black and Blue Magic |
| food | E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Lauren Child, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Paul Fleischman, Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
| friends | Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gregory Maguire, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks, Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl, John Flanagan, The Icebound Land, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Leo Lionni, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of this Book is Secret, Sam Swope, The Araboolies of Liberty Street, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, William Sleator, Into the Dream, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda |
| ghosts | Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, China Mieville, Un Lun Dun, Patricia Clapp, Jane-Emily, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eyes in the Fishbowl |
| global warming | Rebecca Stead, First Light |
| grandparents | Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Rebecca Stead, First Light, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb |
| graphic novel | Cecil Castelluci, The Plain Janes, Shaun Tan, The Arrival |
| haircuts | Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| historical fiction | Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jean Little, From Anna, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution |
| history | Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Judith St George, So You Want to Be President, Lane Smith, John, Paul, George, and Ben, Terry Deary and Martin Brown, The Wicked History of the World, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead |
| horses | Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider |
| humor | Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, E L Konigsburg, (George), Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gary Paulsen, Lawn Boy, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Lane Smith, John, Paul, George, and Ben, Lauren Child, I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Ruth Stiles Gannett, The Dragons of Blueland, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith |
| immigrants | E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Jean Little, From Anna, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Shaun Tan, The Arrival, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eyes in the Fishbowl |
| insects | Judy Allen, Are You an Ant, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander |
| islands | E Nesbit, The Magic City, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Elmer and the Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon, Wendy Orr, Nim's Island |
| magic | Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Charles Dickens, The Magic Fishbone, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Leo Lionni, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Black and Blue Magic |
| math | Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra |
| moving or changing schools | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Alice McLerran, Secrets, Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Cecil Castelluci, The Plain Janes, David Almond, Skellig, Delia Sherman, Changeling, E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Sam Swope, The Araboolies of Liberty Street, Shaun Tan, The Arrival, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith |
| music | Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eyes in the Fishbowl |
| mystery | Alice McLerran, Secrets, Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Bruce Hale, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts, Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole, Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of this Book is Secret, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, William Sleator, Into the Dream, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| mythology | Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Delia Sherman, Changeling, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith |
| nonfiction | Jeannette Winter, The Tale of Pale Male, Judy Allen, Are You an Ant, Terry Deary and Martin Brown, The Wicked History of the World, William Shakespeare and His Dramatic Acts |
| orphans | Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue |
| owls | Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna |
| parents | Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gregory Maguire, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Linda Urban, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Robert A Heinlein, Tunnel in the Sky, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda |
| physical abuse | Helen Frost, Keesha's House |
| picture books | Amy Schwartz, Bea and Mr Jones, Anna Olswanger, Shlemiel Crooks, Charles Dickens, The Magic Fishbone, Debby Dahl Edwardson, Whale Snow, Donald Crews, Freight Train, Eric Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Janell Cannon, Stellaluna, Jeannette Winter, The Tale of Pale Male, Judith St George, So You Want to Be President, Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Kevin Henkes, Julius, the Baby of the World, Lane Smith, John, Paul, George, and Ben, Laura Seeger, First the Egg, Lauren Child, I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed, Lauren Child, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, Leo Lionni, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Margaret Mahy, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, Martha Alexander, Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny, Patricia Polacco, Mrs Katz and Tush, Paul Fleischman, Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella, Sam Swope, The Araboolies of Liberty Street |
| pirates | Margaret Mahy, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda |
| poetry | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Helen Frost, Keesha's House |
| political activism | E L Konigsburg, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead |
| politics | Alan Armstrong, Raleigh's Page, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change |
| pollution | China Mieville, Un Lun Dun |
| pregnancy | Helen Frost, Keesha's House |
| psychic abilities | Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Rebecca Stead, First Light, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead, William Sleator, Into the Dream, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Eyes in the Fishbowl, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| psychologists and psychiatrists | E L Konigsburg, (George) |
| puzzles | Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett, The Wright 3, Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game |
| rabbits | Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula |
| race | Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead |
| reading | Alan Armstrong, Whittington |
| religion | Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| robots | Mark Crilley, Akiko on the Planet Smoo |
| romance | Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Patricia Clapp, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution, Patricia Clapp, Jane-Emily, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole |
| school | Amy Schwartz, Bea and Mr Jones, Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Bruce Hale, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, First Boy, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Spring Begins in March, Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Kate McMullan, New Kid at School, Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole, Robert A Heinlein, Tunnel in the Sky, Sara Pennypacker, Clementine, Wendy Lichtman, Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, William Sleator, Into the Dream |
| science | E L Konigsburg, (George), Judy Allen, Are You an Ant, Robin Brande, Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature |
| science fiction | Robert A Heinlein, Tunnel in the Sky, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind, William Sleator, Into the Dream |
| sea | Debby Dahl Edwardson, Whale Snow, John Flanagan, The Icebound Land, Margaret Mahy, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate |
| sex | John Green, Looking for Alaska |
| sexual abuse | E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, Helen Frost, Keesha's House, Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl |
| short stories | Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| siblings | Alan Armstrong, Whittington, Alan Garner, The Owl Service, Alice McLerran, Secrets, Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, The Proof that Ghosts Exist, Charles Dickens, The Magic Fishbone, Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, David Almond, Skellig, E L Konigsburg, (George), E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, E Nesbit, The Magic City, Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard, Gail Carson Levine, Dave at Night, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gennifer Choldenko, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War, Jean Little, From Anna, Jean Little, Mine for Keeps, Jean Little, Spring Begins in March, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Kevin Henkes, Julius, the Baby of the World, Lauren Child, I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed, Lauren Child, I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Martha Alexander, Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister, Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy, Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Michael Scott, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, Robert A Heinlein, Tunnel in the Sky, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men |
| skiing | Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Magic Nation Thing |
| slavery | Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
| soccer | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole |
| space | Mark Crilley, Akiko on the Planet Smoo, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind |
| sports | Bruce Hale, The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole |
| suburbia | Cecil Castelluci, The Plain Janes, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Gary Paulsen, Lawn Boy, Mitali Perkins, The Sunita Experiment, Sam Swope, The Araboolies of Liberty Street |
| template | Book Review Template |
| the 60s | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars |
| theater | Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole |
| time | Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic, Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb |
| time travel | Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic |
| toys | Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too, Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny |
| trading places | Amy Schwartz, Bea and Mr Jones, Delia Sherman, Changeling |
| trains | Donald Crews, Freight Train |
| vampires | Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula, Delia Sherman, Changeling |
| visual impairment | Gary D Schmidt, Straw into Gold, Jean Little, From Anna, Sharon Creech, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
| war | China Mieville, Un Lun Dun, Gary D Schmidt, Anson's Way, Gary D Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, Jean Hiatt Harlow, Midnight Rider, Jean Little, From Anna, Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin, Jacob's Rescue , Mary Pope Osborne, After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Patricia Clapp, I'm Deborah Sampson: A Soldier in the War of the Revolution, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander, Terry Deary and Martin Brown, The Wicked History of the World, Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb, Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind |
| weddings | Cynthia Leitich Smith, Indian Shoes |
| whales | Debby Dahl Edwardson, Whale Snow, Gary D Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, M T Anderson, Whales on Stilts |
| witches | Ann Petry, Tituba of Salem Village, E L Konigsburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth, Joseph Delaney, Revenge of the Witch, Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith |
| work | Amy Schwartz, Bea and Mr Jones |
| writing | Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer, Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks |
| young adult | E L Konigsburg, Silent to the Bone, Helen Frost, Keesha's House, Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl, John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Margaret Mahy, The Other Side of Silence, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Peter Abrahams, Behind the Curtain, Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole |
