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The Horn Book fanfare list: our choices for the best books of 2002. (Fanfare best books of 2002).

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A Bit More Bert

(Farrar) written by Allan Ahlberg; illustrated by Raymond Briggs

Our child-man hero is back in six more chapters--and we are right with him as, responding to the author's delightful bossy address, we share Bert's potato chips and give him a really bad haircut. Briggs's sublime illustrations capture Bert in all his noodle-headed affability. Review 9/02.

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(Candlewick) by M. T. Anderson

Anderson's vision of a future in which brain implants provide instantaneous, continuous communication and information is a dystopian tour de force. Disturbing yet wickedly funny, with as brilliant a use of decayed language as Russell Hoban's post-apocalyptic Riddley Walker. Review 9/02.

Little Rat Sets Sail

(Harcourt) written by Monika Bang-Campbell; illustrated by Molly Bang

In an easy reader with the visual impact of a picture book, a mother-daughter author-illustrator team captures the joys of sailing from the point of view of a reluctant--and very sympathetic--participant. Review 7/02.

Matthew A.B.C.

(Jackson/Atheneum) written and illustrated by Peter Catalanotto

Meet the twenty-six Matthews in Mrs. Tuttle's class, including Matthew G., who has trouble with glue, and "nearly naked" Matthew N., who wears only briefs and a superhero cape. The book personifies child-appealing humor and is underscored by an insouciant acceptance of each boy's idiosyncracy. Review 7/02.

Postcards from No Man's Land

(Dutton) by Aidan Chambers

Twin tellings unfold related stories, one a contemporary coming-of-age story and one a WWII love story. Chambers deals powerfully with themes of sexual identity,...

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