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Members of the Committee presented the twenty books selected for the 2009 reading list and also gave background information about the award. (3-6)
 * RICBA Committee: 2009 RHODE Island Children's Book Award Reading List (3-6)**

Please post your reflections and notes from the RICBA Committee presentation here:

Here are the nominated titles for the 2009 Rhode Island Children's Book Award:

by Mills, Claudia. - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
 * Being Teddy Roosevelt**

by Rumford, James, 1948- - Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
 * Beowulf : a hero's tale retold**

by Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- - Wordsong, 2007.
 * Birmingham, 1963**

by Florian, Douglas. - Harcourt, c2007.
 * Comets, stars, the moon, and Mars : space poems and paintings**

by Hahn, Mary Downing. - Clarion Books, c2007.
 * Deep and dark and dangerous : a ghost story**

by Thomson, Sarah L. - Greenwillow Books, c2007.
 * Dragon's egg**

by Tarshis, Lauren. - Dial Books for Young Readers, c2007.
 * Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree**

by De Guzman, Michael. - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
 * Finding Stinko**

by Stead, Rebecca. - Wendy Lamb Books, c2007.
 * First light**

by Applegate, Katherine. - Feiwel And Friends, 2007.
 * Home of the brave**

by O'Connor, Barbara. - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
 * How to steal a dog : a novel**

by Funke, Cornelia Caroline. - Chicken House/Scholastic, 2007.
 * Igraine the brave**

by Harper, Charise Mericle. - Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
 * Just Grace**

by Casanova, Mary. - Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
 * The klipfish code**

by Wilson, N. D. - Random House, c2007.
 * Leepike Ridge**

by Davies, Jacqueline, 1962- - Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
 * The lemonade war**

by Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.) - Puffin Books, 2007, c2006.
 * My name is Sally Little Song**

by Bishop, Nic, 1955- - Scholastic Nonfiction, c2007.
 * Nic Bishop spiders.**

by Crowe, Ellie. - Lee & Low Books, c2007.
 * Surfer of the century : the life of Duke Kahanamoku**

by Fleischman, Sid, 1920- - Greenwillow Books, c2006.
 * The white elephant**