Malka Penn Children's Book Collection on Human Rights for 2005

10 Best Picture Books

The forbidden schoolhouse: the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students, by Suzanne Jurmain. ( Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005).

Hidden child, by Isaac Millman. ( New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005).

The journey that saved Curious George: the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey , by Louise Borden, illustrated by Allan Drummond. ( Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005).

Let’s talk about race , by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour. ( New York : HarperCollins, 2005).

Memories of survival , by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz, illustrated by Bernice Steinhardt. ( New York : Hyperion, 2005).

Music for the end of time , by Jennifer Bryant, illustrated by Beth Peck. ( Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2005).

Rosa , by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier. ( New York : Henry Holt, 2005).

Show way , by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott. ( New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2005).

10,000 days of thunder: a history of the Vietnam War , by Philip Caputo. ( New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005).

Understanding the Holy Land: answering questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , by Mitch Frank. ( New York : Viking, 2005).

5 Best Chapter Books

Catch a tiger by the toe , by Ellen Levine. ( New York : Viking, 2005).

Code talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two , by Joseph Bruchac. ( New York : Dial Books, 2005).

Project Mulberry: a novel , by Linda Sue Park. ( New York : Clarion Books, 2005).

Under the persimmon tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples. ( New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005).

Willow Run , by Patricia Reilly Giff. ( New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2005).