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Dragon's Gate
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental
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Award-Winning Books
Newbery, Caldecott, and Other Award-Winning Books
Sonlight is proud of the many titles that we include in our curriculum that have won the Newbery or Caldecott awards, or other literary awards . . . there are over 100 of them!
The Newbery Medal is awarded each year to that one book that the judges believe is the very finest in American literature for young people. The Newbery Honor may be awarded to as many American-authored children's books each year as the judges believe deserve special recognition.
The Association for Library Service to Children annually awards the Caldecott Medal to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The award was named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott.
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Born the son of an African king, Amos Fortune was captured by slave traders in 1725, brought to America and sold at auction.
Blue Willow
A Depression-era story about a girl who longs for a home of her own.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
An astonishing story about growing up, about love and disappointment.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from home . . . and find themselves caught in a mystery that makes headlines.
A Gathering of Days
A 14-year old girl's life unfolds in journal entries from 1830-1832.
Indian Captive
The Story of Mary Jemison
Delightful Newbery Honor story of what happened to a twelve year old white girl who was captured by Seneca Indians in 1758.
Maniac Magee
After his parents die, Jeffrey Magee awes his friends with unbelievable feats.
My Side of the Mountain
Sam Gribley, tired of living in a crowded New York City apartment, runs away to the Catskill Mountains.
Out of the Dust
Billie Jo, a 14-year-old girl caught in the Oklahoma dust storms of the 1930s, reveals the grim realities of a life lived in that time and place.
Charlotte's Web
A Classic Tale
Heartwarming story about a little girl, a selfless spider and "the world's greatest pig."
The Wheel on the School
Touching classic about citizens of a Dutch town who come to know each other as they "bring back the storks.
Mountain Born
A young farm boy and his sheep grow up together. Touching, beautifully crafted, thought-provoking.
The Gammage Cup
A few citizens of an imaginary village dare to question some long-held but false beliefs in the community...and are ostracized as a result.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, must move her family or face death.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
Joseph Charnetski is under oath to protect the Great Tarnor Crystal.
The Twenty-One Balloons
An inventive scientist lands on Krakatoa only days before the volcano blows.
Strawberry Girl
A proud, poor family overcomes nature and feuding neighbors to become strawberry farmers.
Ginger Pye
Delightful tale of intrigue about an exceptionally intelligent dog and his devoted human owners.
Red Sails to Capri
The mountainous island of Capri has a mystery and it takes the innkeeper's son, Michele, and three foreigners to get to the bottom of it.
The Cricket in Times Square
Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, moves into the Bellinis' Newspaper Stand in New York City.
Kildee House
A warm story about an asocial recluse who finally wins friends when he builds and moves into a cottage in the forest.
Audio Memory® Geography Songs CD Kit
(with cd and workbook)
33 songs teach the names and locations of the continents, oceans, planets, 225 countries, and the states and provinces of Canada and the U.S.
Misty of Chincoteague
Fictional account of a true story about an "uncatchable" mare named Phantom and her colt, Misty.
The Whipping Boy
A prince who has to learn the hard way what makes for true character.
Along Came a Dog
The heartwarming story of a kindly dog's courage in the face of misunderstanding and false accusation.
Children of the River
Multiple award-winner. A stunning tale of cultural pressures felt by a Cambodian girl who finds herself a refugee in late 20th Century United States.
Red Scarf Girl
A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Multiple award-winner. A devastating, first-person story of the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao in the late '60s.
The Road from Home
A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope
The author writes a true-to-life fictionalized autobiography of his mother--a young Armenian girl in Turkey during the "other" 20th century Holocaust that was prelude to Stalin, Hitler, and others.
The Great Gilly Hopkins
A foster girl learns what true love is and what it means to belong.
The Moves Make the Man
Jerome Foxworthy tells the story of his friend, a white boy named Bix.
Walk Two Moons
A deep, exquisitely-textured story, full of symbolism, about a 13-year-old girl, her parents and grandparents, and about relationships, living and dying.
Secret of the Andes
A story of a young Inca boy's initiation into Inca secrets.
The Sign of the Beaver
A white boy in the Maine wilderness is rescued by an Indian chief.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
A girl who was raised in luxury in the Caribbean struggles to adjust to Puritan New England.
Johnny Tremain
A young apprentice silversmith is caught up in the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution. An exciting story, winner of the Newbery Award.
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Fascinating true story of the poor apprentice who, shortly after the American Revolution, transformed navigation from an art to a precise science.
Paddle-to-the-Sea
A modern-day, wooden toy Indian in a canoe travels throughout the Great Lakes region before arriving in the Atlantic.
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
The true story of a young boy who trained the first all-American (but now world-famous) Morgan horse.
Calico Bush
Left an orphan shortly after her family arrives in the New World, young Marguerite is "Bound-out" for six years to serve the Sargent family in exchange for food, shelter and
Swift Rivers
Eighteen-year-old Chris spends a winter with his grandfather in a cabin in Minnesota.
The Matchlock Gun
A ten-year-old boy saves his family from raiding Indians during the French and Indian war.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Award-winning story of a frontier American widower who advertises for a wife . . . and gets Sarah.
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Eight-year old Sarah journeys into the wilderness with her father — and ends up alone!
The Cabin Faced West
Anne is lonely when her family moves to the Pennsylvania frontier . . . until a special evening when a stranger comes to dinner.
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Jonathan goes to get "the biggest pot you ever laid eyes on" — on the other side of Hemlock Mountain.
The Thanksgiving Story
Caldecott Honor Book recounts the story of the Pilgrims from the time they left England on the Mayflower through the first Thanksgiving celebration.
Belle Prater's Boy
When Belle Prater disappears, her son Woodrow moves in with his grandparents, right next door to his cousin Gypsy and her family.
Bud, Not Buddy
Set against the backdrop of the Depression, ten-year-old Bud's search for his father creates laugh-out-loud humor, hits the high notes of jazz, and sounds the deeper this challenging era.
Crazy Lady!
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, a "crazy" lady named Maxine and her retarded
Jacob Have I Loved
Louise knows that she should be proud of her beautiful twin Caroline.
Julie of the Wolves
This is the compelling story of Myax, a girl searching for answers in a bleak landscape that at first glance would seem to hold nothing.
The View from Saturday
Four friends from a class of social outcasts attempt to win an Academic Bowl with the help of their encouraging teacher.
Caddie Woodlawn
The adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
Miracles on Maple Hill
Dad has returned from World War II a changed man: withdrawn, touchy, unable to work. The family moves back to the family farm where dad gets the healing he needs.
The Great Wheel
Engrossing story about the first—and largest—Ferris Wheel ever built.
Moccasin Trail
A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man's culture.
All Sail Set
Fascinating, overwhelmingly realistic fictional story of a boy who helped build the greatest clipper ship ever — The Flying Cloud#&151;and then helped sail her around the Horn.
Abraham Lincoln's World
An interesting look not only at Lincoln, but at the broader 19th century world in which he lived.
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Beautifully written text combined with photos bring Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War President, very much to life.
The Perilous Road
A realistic story of a Tennessee mountain boy who, during the Civil War, comes to realize that war is terrible no matter where one's sympathies lie.
Old Yeller
The touching Newbery Honor story about a boy and the dog he loves. Set during frontier days in the Texas hill country.
Thimble Summer
A winner about a mid-American farm family in the early 20th century.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
In 1947, a Chinese girl comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Gone Away Lake
Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.
Sing Down the Moon
Beautifully written Newbery Honor story of a teen aged girl who is confronted by the challenges of life as a female member of the Navaho nation in the mid-1860s.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
A moving and unforgettable story inspired by the true story of an Indian girl who spent 18 years alone on a rocky island far off the coast of California in
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
An award winning story of a young boy who lived in China during the perilous 1920s.
The Land I Lost
Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
Multiple award-winner. The loving memories of the author's childhood in a Vietnamese hamlet.
All the Small Poems
And Fourteen More
Award-winning collection of poems presents everyday objects in a thought-provoking new light.
Daughter of the Mountains
Momo, a young Tibetan girl, chases the man who stole her Lhasa terrier--from high in the Himalayas to the Bengal plains and the city of Calcutta.
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Amazing true story of how one man's diplomacy and cultural sensitivity opened the doors of a previously impermeable culture.
Call it Courage
A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hibueru, a Polynesian people, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward.
The Big Wave
A Japanese boy must face life after escaping a tidal wave that destroys his family and village.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
A little cat and his master, a compassionate artist, bring about a special Buddhist miracle.
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
Five traditional Nigerian tales retold and beautifully illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings.
King of the Wind
The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
A winning story of an Arabian horse from North Africa and his adventures in France and England.
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
A touching story about a Chinese boy who fails his fishing village's traditional test of manhood.
The Golden Goblet
An orphan in ancient Egypt, wants to follow in his father's footsteps as a goldsmith.
The Westing Game
Sixteen players are possible heirs to Sam Westing's fortune.
Banner in the Sky
The exciting story of a 16-year-old boy who is determined to conquer the last unconquered summit in the Alps — the very mountain on which his father died fifteen years
The Second Mrs. Giaconda
The riddle of the Mona Lisa is solved in a most ingenious reconstruction of the middle years of Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance Man.
Number the Stars
The story of a Danish family's role in subverting their Nazi oppressor's evil designs.
George Washington's World
This classic not only provides the reader with a true biography of the great American, but a view of the world in which he lived.
The Bronze Bow
A young Jewish rebel is won over by the gentle teachings of Jesus.
Adam of the Road
Son of a traveling minstrel forced to live by his wits and music.
Shadow of a Bull
The son of the greatest bullfighter in Spain must decide his own future.
The Beduins' Gazelle
Story of a Beduin boy and girl pledged to be married in 1302.
The Dark Frigate
Philip Marsham flees London and joins the Rose of Devon, a frigate bound for Newfoundland.
The Good Master
Jancsi, a Hungarian boy in the early 1900s, is overjoyed that his cousin is coming to spend the summer at his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains.
Homeless Bird
Married and promptly widowed at 13, Koly finds herself in the grim position of being cast out by a society that has no place for girls like her.
The King's Fifth
Awaiting trial for withholding gold from the king, 17-year-old cartographer
Esteban recalls his adventures with a band of ruthless conquistadors.
My Father's Dragon
A delightful story about a boy who rescues a sweet young dragon from her enemies through the judicious use of the unlikely items he has stored in his knapsack.
The Light at Tern Rock
Ronnie and his aunt tend the Tern Rock lighthouse while the keeper takes a vacation.
The Hundred Dresses
Two girls repent of "making fun" of the poor girl in their class who says she has a hundred dresses.
Family Under the Bridge
Set in Paris, the story of an old hobo whose heart and life become entangled with a fatherless family in search of a home.
The Incredible Clay Book
Usually used by Grade 3 to Adult.
This book shows how to make more than 150 fantastic permanent clay projects using the new polymer-based clay.
