A Century of Children's Books Part V

Part V—1967-77

This annotated list of classics and favorites was compiled by Sally Epp, children's librarian at the Belle Isle Library (part of the Metropolitan Library System).

Every book listed is still in print and available for check out through Interlibrary Loan.

Please choose books for your children thoughtfully, as books for a wide range of ages, interests, and developmental levels have been included.

Key— E=Easy Reader - T=Tween - JF=Juvenile Fiction - YA=Young Adult - TNF=Tween Nonfiction - JNF=Juvenile Nonfiction

1972	George, Jean Craighead	Julie of the Wolves	JF
	After escaping an arranged marriage, a young Inuit girl befriends a wolf pack, survives in the Arctic wilderness, and deals with conflicting feelings about her native heritage.
	Adams, Richard	Watership Down	JF
	In an award-winning adventure filled with stark realism, symbolism and suspenseful action, a group of rabbits begins a dangerous journey as they flee the destruction of their home.
1973	Wells, Rosemary	Noisy Nora	E
	When her brother and sister get all the attention, middle-child Nora gets very noisy, but no one notices until everything becomes very quiet and they realize she might be missing.
	Macaulay, David	Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction	JNF
	Macaulay uses award-winning pen-and-ink drawings and cross-sections, as well as lively text to explain every curious detail about the building of a magnificent medieval cathedral.
1974	Silverstein, Shel	Where the Sidewalk Ends	JNF
	Silverstein turned the world of children’s poetry upside-down with this outrageous, hilarious, unpredictable, irreverent and beloved collection of poems and simple illustrations.
	Cormier, Robert	The Chocolate War	YA
	Things spiral out of control when Jerry refuses to sell chocolates for his school fundraiser in this controversial novel for young adults that deals with violence, cruelty and intimidation.
	Hamilton, Virginia	M. C. Higgins the Great	JF
	M.C. wants what is best for his family, and he also dreams of saving his family’s home — a strip mine endangered mountain where his great-grandmother arrived as a runaway slave.
	Hoban, Lillian	Arthur's Honey Bear	R
	The first famous Arthur, a young chimpanzee, realizes just how much he still loves his old Honey Bear when he sells it along with other old toys, and his little sister buys it.
1975	De Paola, Tomie	Strega Nona	E
	Strega Nona, the friendly "grandma witch" in an Italian village, leaves Big Anthony alone with her magic pasta pot, and the situation quickly boils over when he lets the pot overflow.
	Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck Everlasting	JF
	When Winnie discovers that the Tuck family is secretly guarding a spring that can grant eternal life, she must reconsider the benefits of immortality and the motives of a stranger.
	Yep, Lawrence	Dragonwings	YA
	In this historical fantasy, a Chinese man and his son, Moon Shadow, immigrate to San Francisco in the early 1900’s where they realize their dream of building a flying machine.
1976	Taylor, Mildred D.	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	JF
	Cassie’s close-knit, African American family faces prejudice and discrimination as they try desperately to hold onto their land in the South during the depression.
	Brown, Marc Tolon	Arthur's Nose	E
	Arthur the Aardvark begins his phenomenal entry into the hearts of school children everywhere in this first story about accepting who you are…even if you have a huge nose.
	Rawls, Wilson	Summer of the Monkeys	JF
	When 29 monkeys escape from the circus, young Jay tries every clever and humorous way imaginable to capture them in the woods behind his family’s Oklahoma homestead.
1977	Paterson, Katherine	Bridge to Terabithia	YA
	Jess was the fastest boy in 5^th grade until Leslie, a GIRL who is even faster, arrives, but they become friends and escape reality in a secret and imaginary world called Terabithia.
	Allard, Harry	Miss Nelson is Missing	E
	The kids in Room 207 treat their super-nice teacher, Miss Nelson, very badly, until one day she disappears and is replaced by the despicable Viola Swamp.

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