Children's Choices for 1995

Books were chosen by U.S. children ages 5-13, from 1994 publications submitted by publishers. An annotated version of this list (with grade levels) will appear in the October 1995 issue of The Reading Teacher

• Aliens for Dinner. Stephanie Spinner. Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman (Random)
• Amazing Anthony Ant. Lorna and Graham Philpot (Random)
• Amazing True Stories. Don L. Wulffson (Scholastic)
• Anansi and the Talking Melon. Eric A. Kimmel. Illustrated by Janet Stevens (Holiday)
• Annie and Cousin Precious. Kay Chorao (Dutton)
• Argo, You Lucky Dog. Maggie Smith (Morrow)
• Armies of Ants. Walter Retan. Illustrated by Jean Cassels (Scholastic)
• Arthur's Chicken Pox. Marc Brown (Little, Brown)
• Arthur's First Sleep-Over. Marc Brown (Little, Brown)
• Attack of the Mutant (Goosebumps). R.L. Stine (Scholastic)
• Barry Sanders: Rocket Running Back. Jack Kavanagh (Lerner)
• Barry Sanders: Star Running Back. Nathan Aaseng (Enslow)
• Baseball Super Stars. David Gowdey. Illustrated by Sam Whitehead (Grosset)
• A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat. John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr. Illustrated by Bruce Degen (HarperCollins)
• Being Bad For The Babysitter. Richard Tulloch. Illustrated by Coral Tulloch (Scholastic)
• The Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors. Stan and Jan Berenstain (Random)
• The Worst/Best School Year Ever. Barbara Robinson (HarperCollins)
• The Blizzard (Survive! series). Jim O'Connor (Grosset)
• A Book About Your Skeleton. Ruth Belov Gross. Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman (Scholastic)
• Call Waiting (Point Thrillers). R.L. Stine (Scholastic)
• Captain Abdul's Pirate School. Colin McNaughton (Candlewick)
• Clifford the Firehouse Dog. Norman Bridwell (Scholastic)
• Courtney. John Burningham (Crown)
• Dance Of The Sacred Circle. Kristina Rodanas (Little, Brown)
• Dinosaur Roar! Paul and Henrietta Stickland. (Dutton)
• Dinosaurs Alive! Shelly Ritthaler.(Avon)
• Discovering Friendship. Sharona Kadish. Illustrated by Dee deRosa (Raintree)
• Doesn't Fall Off His Horse. Virginia Stroud (Dial)
• The Dumb Bunnies. Sue Denim. Illustrated by Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky)
• Duncan The Dancing Duck. Syd Hoff (Clarion)
• Flip-Flop Girl. Katherine Paterson (Lodestar)
• The Great Shaking. Jo Carson. Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Orchard)
• The Great Snake Escape. Molly Coxe (HarperCollins)
• The Grizzly Bear Family Book. Michio Hoshino (North-South)
• The Gym Teacher From The Black Lagoon. Mike Thaler. Illustrated by Jared Lee (Scholastic)
• Halloween Night II (Point Thrillers). R.L. Stine (Scholastic)
• Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm. Jerdine Nolen. Illustrated by Mark Buehner (Lothrop)
• Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body. Todd Strasser (Scholastic)
• Help! I'm Trapped in the First Day of School. Todd Strasser (Scholastic)
• Home Is Where Your Family Is. Katie Kavanagh. Illustrated by Greg Fitzhugh (Raintree)
• Home on the Range: Ranch-Style Riddles. Diane and Andy Burns. Illustrated by Susan Slattery Burke (Lerner)
• The Horrible Spookhouse. Kicki Stridh. Illustrated by Eva Eriksson (Carolrhoda)
• The Hostage (Survive! series) Larry Weinberg (Grosset)
• Hotel Animal. Keith Du Quette (Viking)
• Hotter Than A Hot Dog! Stephanie Calmenson. Illustrated by Elivia Savadier (Little,Brown)
• How Now, Brown Cow? Alice Schertle. Illustrated by Amanda Schaffer (Browndeer)
• Hugger to the Rescue. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Photographs by William Munoz (Cobblehill)
• The Human Body. Heather Amery and Jane Songi (Golden)
• Hunky Dory Found It. Katie Evans. Illustrated by Janet Morgan Stoeke (Dutton)
• The Hurricane (Survive! series) J.B. Watson.(Grosset)
• I Am Wings: Poems About Love. Ralph Fletcher (Bradbury/Simon & Schuster)
• I Saw You That Night (Point Thrillers). R.L. Stine (Scholastic)
• Incredible Edible Science. Tina Lynn Seelig. Illustrated by Lynn Brunelle (Scientific American)
• It's Pumpkin Time! Zoe Hall. Illustrated by Shari Halpern (Blue Sky)
• Just One Tear. K.L. Mahon (Lothrop)
• King Kenrick's Splinter. Sally Derby. Illustrated by Leonid Gore (Walker)
• Let Me Tell You How I Died. Sinclair Smith (Scholastic)
• Let's Go, Froggy! Jonathan London. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz (Viking)
• The Librarian Who Measured The Earth. Kathryn Lasky. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Little, Brown)
• The Lion King: Morning At Pride Rock. Teddy Slater. Illustrated by Robin Cuddy and David Pacheco (Disney)
• Little Pink Pig. Pat Hutchins (Greenwillow)
• The Mad Scientist's Secret (Amazing Adventure Puzzle Thrillers). Marvin Miller (Scholastic)
• Making Friends With Frankenstein. Colin McNaughton (Candlewick)
• Miss Spider's Tea Party. David Kirk (Scholastic)
• My Grandmother's Patchwork Quilt. Janet Bolton (Doubleday)
• My Working Mom. Peter Glassman. Illustrated by Tedd Arnold (Morrow)
• Nature's Green Umbrella. Gail Gibbons (Morrow)
• The Night I Followed The Dog. Nina Laden (Chronicle)
• A Night in the Dinosaur Graveyard. A.J. Wood. Illustrated by Wayne Andersen (HarperCollins)
• Old Macdonald Had a Farm. Traditional. Illustrated by Holly Berry (North-South)
• The Penny Doll. Jennifer Hennings. Illustrated by Chi Chung (Raintree)
• Pete's Chicken. Harriet Ziefert. Illustrated by Laura Rader (Tambourine)
• Pigsty. Mark Teague (Scholastic)
• Pop-Up Theater Proudly Presents Cinderella. David Wood. Illustrated by Richard Fowler (Kingfisher)
• Post Card Passages. Susan Joyce. Illustrated by Doug DuBosque (Peel)
• The Princess And The Lord of Night. Emma Bull. Illustrated by Susan Gaber (Harcourt)
• The Rattlebang Picnic. Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Dial)
• A Regular Flood Of Mishap. Tom Birdseye. Illustrated by Megan Lloyd (Holiday)
• Rescue Mission: Planet Earth. Peace Child International (Kingfisher)
• Riddle City, USA. Marco and Giulio Maestro (HarperCollins)
• Secret Santa (The Baby-Sitters Club). Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
• Shaquille O'Neal: Center of Attention. Brad Townsend (Lerner)
• Sheep Take A Hike. Nancy Shaw. Illustrated by Margot Apple (Houghton)
• Six Snowy Sheep. Judith R. Enderle and Stephanie G. Tessler. Illustrated by John O'Brien (Boyds Mills)
• A Snake In The House. Faith McNulty. Illustrated by Ted Rand (Scholastic)
• So Many Dynamos! and Other Palindromes. Jon Agee (Farrar)
• Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections: Castle. Richard Platt. Illustrated by Stephen Biesty (Dorling)
• Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case Of The Missing Marble. Ann LeMieux (Avon)
• That Terrible Baby. Jennifer Armstrong. Illustrated by Susan Meddaugh (Tambourine)
• Three Cheers For Tacky. Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (Houghton)
• Three Terrible Trins. Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Mark Teague (Crown)
• Thurman Thomas: Star Running Back. Jeff Savage (Enslow)
• The Tickleoctopus. Audrey Wood. Illustrated by Don Wood (Harcourt)
• Time For Andrew. Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion)
• Troy Aikman: Quick-Draw Quarterback. Joel Dippold (Lerner)
• Ugly Puss. Caroline Gregoire (Holt)
• Vanilla, Chocolate, And Strawberry: The Story Of Your Favorite Flavors. Bonnie Busenberg (Lerner)
• The War Of The Wizards: A Magical Hologram Book. Stephen Wyllie. Illustrated by Julek Heller (Dial)
• When Cows Come Home. David L. Harrison. Illustrated by Chris L. Demarest (Boyds Mills)
• When The Fly Flew In... Lisa Westberg Peters. Illustrated by Brad Sneed (Dial)
• White Rabbit's Color Book. Alan Baker (Kingfisher)
• The Wimp. Kathy Caple (Houghton)
• The Winter Solstice. Ellen Jackson. Illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis (Millbrook)