LIBR 271A Top Ten

These are my selections for the Top Ten Picturebooks for Older Readers (5th-12th grades) from my readings this term.

In no particular order:

The 9/11 Report, by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

The 9/11 Report: a graphic adaptation
by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
128 pages
©2006
New York: Hill and Wang
ISBN 9780809057382

Sita’s Ramayana, by Samhita Arni

Sita’s Ramayana
by Samhita Arni
illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar
152 pages
©2011
Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books
ISBN 9781554981458

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, by Jack Prelutsky

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems
by Jack Prelutsky
illustrated by Carin Berger
40 pages 
©2006
New York: Greenwillow Books
ISBN 9780060543174

The Wall, by Peter Sis

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sis
56 pages
©2007
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 9780374347017

Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll and Christopher Myers

Jabberwocky
reimagined and illustrated by Christopher Myers
32 pages
©2007
New York: Jump At The Sun
ISBN 9781423103721

How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum, by Jessie Hartland

How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum

by Jessie Hartland

40 pages

©2011

Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books

ISBN 9781609050900

Mister Wonderful, by Daniel Clowes

Mister Wonderful : a love story

by Daniel Clowes

80 pages

©2011

New York: Pantheon

ISBN 9780307378132

The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman

The Wolves in the Walls
by Neil Gaiman
illustrated by Dave McKean
56 pages
©2003
New York: HarperCollins
ISBN 9780380978274

After the Kill, by Darrin Lunde

After the Kill
by Darrin P. Lunde
illustrated by Catherine Stock
32 pages
©2011
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge
ISBN 9781570917448

Mirror, Mirror, by Marilyn Singer

Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
by Marilyn Singer
illustrated by Josee Masse
32 pages
©2010
New York: Dutton
ISBN 9780525479017

Play It Again, Mozart!, by Geronimo Stilton

Play It Again, Mozart!
by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
56 pages
©2011
New York: Papercutz
ISBN 9781597072762

The Meaning of Life... and Other Stuff

Amelia Rules : The Meaning of Life... and Other Stuff

by Jimmy Gownley

160 pages

©2011

New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

ISBN 9781416986126

Twilight: the graphic novel, by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim

Twilight: the graphic novel, vol. 2
by Stephenie Meyer
art and adaptation by Young Kim
240 pages
©2011
New York: Yen Press
ISBN 9780316133197

The Arrival, by Shaun Tan

The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
128 pages
©2007
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN 9780439895293

Love to Langston, by Tony Medina

Love to Langston
by Tony Medina
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
40 pages
©2006
New York: Lee & Low
ISBN 9781584302834

Us and Them, by Jim Carnes

Us and Them: A History of Intolerance in America
by Jim Carnes
136 pages
©1999
New York: Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780195131253

Half Spoon of Rice, by Icy Smith

Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide

by Icy Smith
illustrated by Sopaul Nhem
44 pages
©2010
Manhattan Beach, CA: East West Discovery Press
ISBN 9780982167588

Same Difference, by Derek Kirk Kim

Same Difference
by Derek Kirk Kim
96 pages
©2011 (new deluxe edition)
New York: First Second
ISBN 9781596436572

Yeh Shen, by Ai-Ling Louie

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China
retold by Ai-Ling Louie
illustrated by Ed Young
32 pages
©1996
New York: Puffin
ISBN 9780698113886