Children's Bookwatch articles from April 2005

Children's Bookwatch archives from April 2005

The Easter Island Statues.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Easter Island Statues Deborah Underwood Thomson Gale Box 9081, Farmington Hills, MI 48333 073773065X $23.70 gale.com/kidhaven Adding to the 'Wonders of the World' series is a special focus on the mysterious Easter...

Look at My Book.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Look At My Book Loreen Leedy Holiday House 425 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017 0823415902 $16.95 holidayhouse.com Look At My Book: How Kids Can Write & Illustrate Terrific Books by experienced children's author Loreen...

Charlesbridge.(Bach's Goldberg Variations)(The Bumblebee Queen)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Charlesbridge 85 Main St., Watertown, MA 02472 www.charlesbridge.com April Pulley Sayre's The Bumblebee Queen (1570913625, $14.95) takes a look at the lifestyle of the lowly bumble bee, combining facts with a format which reads...

Search for the Golden Moon Bear.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Search For The Golden Moon Bear Sy Montgomery Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618356509 $17.00 1-800-225-3362 It's unusual to see a specialize blend of science and...

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Pitch And Throw, Grasp And Know Brian P. Cleary & Brian Gable Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Pub. Group 241 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55401 www.carolrhodabooks.com 1575057964 $14.95 1-800-328-4929 Energetically...

Color, Color, Where Are You?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Color, Color, Where Are You? Mary Koski Trellis Publishing PO Box 16141, Duluth, MN 55816 1930650353 $14.95 Trellis2@aol.com How does nature provide us with examples of all the colors of the rainbow in plants and animal...

Everglades Forever.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Everglades Forever Trish Marx & Cindy Karp Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 1584301643 $17.95 leeandlow.com Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland by Trish Marx is impressively presented...

Roaring, Boring Alice.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Roaring, Boring Alice P. K. Merski & Mark Weber Skeezel Press 2624 Lakeside Drive, Erie, PA 16511 www.roaringboringalice.com 0974721700 $16.95 Roaring, Boring Alice written by P. K. Merski and illustrated by Mark...

The Purim Costume.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Purim Costume Peninnah Schram URJ Press 633--3rd Ave., NY, NY 10017-6778 0807408743 $13.95 urjpress.com Many girls have longed to play the part of Queen Esther at the Purim celebration--but she's not the only heroine,...

Simon & Schuster.(Buddy: The Story Of Buddy Holly)(Chicken In The Kitchen)(Wackiest White House Pets)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor New York, NY 10020 1-800-223-2336 simonsayskids.com Three titles are recommended leisure reads for picturebook enthusiasts seeking something different. Anne Bustard's...

What Marion Taught Willis.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... What Marion Taught Willis Brook Berg & Nathan Alberg Upstart Books Box 800, Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538-0800 1932146334 $16.95 1-800-448-4887 Delightfully illustrated by veteran children's artist Nathan Alberg with...

Happy Bees!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Happy Bees Arthur Yorlinks & Carey Armstrong-Ellis Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 100 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 www.abramsbooks.com 081095866X $15.95 1-800-759-0190 Energetically illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis, Happy...

Knopf/Random House.(The Big Ugly Monster And The Little Stone Rabbit)(Good Dog)(Joe-Joe's First Flight)(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 1-800-726-0600 randomhouse.com/kids Three fun titles from Knopf provide whimsical tales kids will relish. Chris Wormell's The Big Ugly Monster And The Little Stone Rabbit...

Wanda and the Wild Hair.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Wanda And The Wild Hair Barbara Azore & Georgia Graham Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 www.tundrabooks.com 0887767176 $15.95 1-800-788-1074 Marvelously and energetically illustrated in full color by...

Will You Carry Me?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Will You Carry Me? Heleen van Rossum Peter van Harmelen Kane/Miller Book Publishers PO Box 8515, La Jolla, CA 92038-8515 www.kanemiller.com 1929132743 $15.95 1-800-968-1930 Enhanced throughout every page by Peter...

It's Quacking Time!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... It's Quacking Time! Martin Waddell Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763627380 $15.99 candlewick.com Jill Barton's zany and comical story, It's Quacking Time!, tells of a young duck who sees...

My Teacher for President.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... My Teacher For President Kay Winters Dutton/Penguin Books 345 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 0525471863 $14.99 www.penguin.com Denise Brunkus illustrates a fine story of why a teacher should be president, in the eyes of...

A Team of One.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... A Team Of One Ila Wallen Golden Books/Random House 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375827056 $16.95 1-800-726-0600 Robert Sauber's drawings nicely enhance Ila Wallen's gentle story A Team Of...

Jitterbug Jam.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Jitterbug Jam Barbara Jean Hicks & Alexis Deacon Farrar, Straus & Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 0374336857 $16.00 1-888-330-8477 Alexis Deacon's distinctive artwork offers an impressive visual context for...

Hurray for the Yoder Barn!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Hurray For The Yoder Barn! Catherine Celli Kurchinski Moon Pie Press 53 Faye Drive, Smithfield, VA 23430 0976174405 $9.95 moonpiepress.net Nicely written and engagingly illustrated by Catherine Celli Kurchinski, Hurray...

The Princess and the White Bear King.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Princess And The White Bear King Tanya Robyn Batt & Nicoletta Ceccoli Barefoot Books 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 1841483397 $16.99 barefootbooks.com The Princess And The White Bear King is an...

A Simple Brown Leaf.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... A Simple Brown Leaf L. J. Davis & Lisa Victoria Abovo Publishing PO Box 1321, Bonita, CA 91908 0976200783 $17.95 www.ljdavis.com What could well become a classic children's picturebook for young readers ages 4 to 8, A...

The Big, Blue Lump.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Big, Blue Lump Yetti Frenkel Snow Tree Books 294 Lynn St., Peabody, MA 01960-6533 0974900605 $16.95 snowtreebooks.com Wonderfully written and superbly illustrated by author/artist Yetti Frenkel, The Big, Blue Lump is...

Cassie's Sweet Berry Pie.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Cassie's Sweet Berry Pie Karen B. Winnick Boyds Mills Press Carol Fass (publicity) 815 Church St, Honesdale, PA 18431 1563979845 $16.95 1-877-512-8366 Author/illustrator Karen B. Winnick's original picturebook,...

So Happy!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... So Happy! Kevin Henkes & Anita Lobel Greenwillow/HarperCollins 1350 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10019 0060564830 $15.99 1-800-242-7737 Written in a throughly engaging prose poem style by Newbery Honor Book author Kevin...

The Only One Club.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Only One Club Jane Nailboff & Jeff Hopkins Flashlight Press c/o Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 www.ipgbook.com 0972922529 $15.95 1-800-888-4741 Engagingly written by...

Popsi, the Daughter of Mother Nature.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Popsi, The Daughter Of Mother Nature Geraldine B. Lewis & Randy Jennings GBL & CL jr. Publishing PO Box 3034, San Clemente, CA 2674 0975388428 $16.99 www.gopopsi.com Although a children's picturebook for ages 5 to 10,...

The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Mysterious Collection Of Dr. David Harleyson Jean Cassels Walker & Company 104 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10011 0802789161 $17.95 1-800-289-2553 Specifically written and illustrated by Jean Cassels for young readers ages...

Cyril the Mandrill.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Cyril The Mandrill Francesca Greco Star Bright Books 42-26 28th Street, Suite 2C, Long Island City, NY 11101 www.starbrightbooks.com 193206592X $16.95 1-800-788-4439 With a thoroughly "young reader friendly" text and...

Little Tom Turkey.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Little Tom Turkey Frances Bloxam & Jim Sollers Down East Books PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843 www.downeastbooks.com 0892726717 $15.95 1-800-685-7962 Award-winning artist Jim Sollers' superbly executed illustrations for...

Cooking for Beginners.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Cooking For Beginners Usborne Cooking School EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 www.edcpub.com 0794507344 $7.95 1-800-475-4522 The newest addition to the "Usborne Cooking School" school series,...

Elephant Prince.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Elephant Prince Amy Novesky & Belgin K. Wedman Mandala Publishing 17 Paul Dr., San Rafael, CA 94903 www.mandala.org 1886069166 $16.95 1-800-688-2218 Elephant Prince: The Story Of Ganesh will serve to entertainingly...

Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip Denia Lewis Hester & Jackie Urbanovic Albert Whitman & Company 6340 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL 60053-2723 www.albertwhitman.com 0807530271 $15.95 1-800-255-7675 Grandma Lena's Big...

My Name Is Celia.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... My Name Is Celia Monica Brown & Rafael Lopez Rising Moon/Northland Publishing PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 087358872X $15.95 1-800-346-3257 The debut title in Rising Moon's "Luna Rising" series of bilingual Latino...

Earthquake!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Earthquake! Shelley Tanaka & David Craig Hyperion Books 77 West 66th St., NY, NY 10023-6298 www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com 0786818824 $16.99 1-800-759-0190 The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 usually is written up...

O, Say Can You See? America's Symbols and Landmarks (Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... O Say Can You See? Sheila Keenan Scholastic 557 Broadway, NY, NY 10012-3999 www.scholasticlibrary.com 043942450X $16.95 1-800-242-7737 The many symbols of American liberty are part of our culture but rarely receive...

Knights & Castles.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Knights & Castles Alex Martin Two-Can Publishing c/o Creative Publishing International Media Masters (publicity) 18705 Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, MN 55317-9384 www.creativepub.com 1587284413 $19.95...

Ancient Egyptians.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Ancient Egyptians Fiona MacDonald Collins/Trafalgar Square PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257 www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com 0007153767 $17.99 1-800-423-4525 While Fiona MacDonald's Ancient...

Eyewitness: Photography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Eyewitness: Photography DK Publishing 375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 0756605423 $19.99 www.dk.com DK's best-selling Eyewitness series for kids republishes classics with new covers and eight pages of brand new material to...

Silly Critter Talk.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Silly Critter Talk Dawnie Schoolhouse Records 201 South Second Avenue, Suite 22, Highland Park, NJ 08904 SHR 0025-2 $10.98 www.pbjmusic.net With original compositions by the multi-talented artist Dawnie who provides an...

Smart Apple.(Looking After Your Pets: Cat)(Looking After Your Pets: Dogs)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Smart Apple 1980 Lookout Dr, N. Mankato, MN 56003 Two fine new "Looking After Your Pets" guides by Claire Hibbert combine very bright, contemporary color photos with practical advice on how to care for pets. Cat (1583404317, $27.10)...

Zoo Album.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Zoo Album Richard Morecroft & Alison Mackay Karen Lloyd-Diviny, illustrator Enchanted Lion Books 115 West 18th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10011 1592700322 $17.95 1-888-330-8477 Karen Lloyd-Diviny's artwork...

ABC: Letters in the Library.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... ABC: Letters In The Library Bonnie Farmer & Chum McLeod Lobster Press 1620 Sherbrooke Street, West, Montreal, Quebec, H3H 1C9, Canada www.lobsterpress.com 1894222873 $15.95 1-800-565-9523 In Bonnie Farmer's ABC:...

The 1, 2, 3 Bees.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The 1, 2, 3 Bees Nicole Wheldon & Diana Zourelias-Noro Acmon Blue Publishing PO Box 475, Tujunga, CA 91043 0976679217 $17.95 acmonblue.com Conceived and written by Nicole Wheldon, with illustrations by Diana...

My Grandma Could Do Anything.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... My Grandma Could Do Anything Ric Dilz Rein Designs, Inc. 2450 Central Avenue, Suite C, Boulder, CO 80301 0975870408 $6.95 1-800-432-7346 Written and illustrated by Rick Dilz (and preschool tested for entertainment...

The Alphabet Dance.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Alphabet Dance Pauline Guy Golden Eagle Publishing House 9201 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 205, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 www.canyceleb-staffing.com 0975353373 $15.99 Brightly illustrated and written for toddlers and...

A Touch of Passover.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... A Touch of Passover Ari Sollish Merkos Publications 291 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11213 $8.00 Each www.kehotonline.com Ari Sollish's A Touch Of Passover holds the unusual distinction of being a board book presented in...

Enslow Publishers.(Francisco Pizarro: Explorerer Of South America)(La Salle: Explorer Of The Mississippi)(Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz)(Robert Boyle: Pioneer Of Experimental Chemistry)(Stephen Hawking: Breaking The Boundaries Of Time And Space)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 $18.95 Each www.enslow.com Three new series biographies blend history with facts to provide full-faceted biographical sketches of major figures. New...

Marshall Cavendish.(Explorers And Exploration)(Peoples Of Eastern Asia)(Gods, Goddesses and Mythology, 11 vols.)(Encyclopedia Of Family Health)(History Of World War II)(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 1-800-831-9881 marshallcavendish.com It's multi-volume reference sets for grades 4-6 where Cavendish really shines, providing references promising lasting value to...

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish.(Marijuana)(Alcohol)(Steroids)(Ecstasy)(Inhalants)(Roe V. Wade: A Woman's Choice?)(Brown V. Board Of Education: Separate But Equal?)(Pentagon Papers: Natl Security Or The Right To Know)(Marbury V. Madison: Court's Foundation)(Dred Scott: Person Or Property?)(Book Review)(Children's Review)
April 1, 2005... Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 1-800-831-9881 marshallcavendish.com Benchmark provides high-quality sets promising lasting library references to kids in grades 4-6, and these new arrivals...

Ozark Publishing.(Broken Cinch)(Buying Heifers)(Branding Time)(The Drought)(Colorado Blizzard)(The Chuck Wagon)(Cattle Rustlers)(Calving Time)(Young Peggy)(Young Tunnel King)(Young Amy)(Young Bandit)(Young Bobby)(Young Chrissy)(Young White Thunder)(Young Dawn)(Young Sammy)(Young Big Jake)(Missouri)(Kansas)(The Cheetah)(Fierce Warriors)(Truth, Power And Freedom)(Bundle Keeper)(Tattoos Of Honor)(Summer Milky Way)(Rays Of The Sun)(On The Banks Of The Wallowa)(Ladder At The Door)(Valley Oak Acorns)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Ozark Publishing PO Box 228, Prairie Grove, AR 72753 1-800-321-5671 Sargent, Pat Sargent, Dave Lenoir, Jane Ozark's character development books represent something new for very early readers: each book uses animals...

Gareth Stevens.(Washington Irving)(Mark Twain)(Edith Wharton)(Edgar Allan Poe)(Willa Cather)(Nathaniel Hawthorne)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Gareth Stevens 330 W. Olive #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 $17.50 Each www.garethestevens.com Various writers re-tell the works of major authors in the new Gareth Stevens 'Great American Short Stories series, placing each of them in an...

Greenhaven Press/Gale San Diego.(Muslims In America)(The Arabs)(Free Speech Movement)(Club Drugs)(Antidepressants)(Bipolar Disorder)(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
April 1, 2005... Greenhaven Press/Gale San Diego 10911 Technology Place, San Diego, CA 92127 1-800-231-5163 www.gale.com The Greenhaven "Contemporary Issues Companion" series of nonfiction discussions holds plenty of detailed arguments and...

Crabtree Books.(Nations Of The Eastern Great Lakes)(Life Of The Powhatan)(Life Of The California Coast Nations)(Life In Ancient Egypt)(Life In Ancient China)(Life In Ancient Mesoamerica)(Life In Ancient Greece)(Life In Ancient Mesopotamia)(Life In A Medieval Monastery)(Medieval Towns, Trade And Travel)(Life On A Medieval Manor)(Science And Technology)(Food And Feasts In The Middle Ages)(Children And Games In The Middle Ages)(Arts And Literature)(Iraq: The Culture)(The People)(Book Review)(Children's Review)
April 1, 2005... Crabtree Books 350 5th Avenue, #3308, NY, NY 10118 $16.95 Each www.crabtreebooks.com Four new series batches of titles are recommended for discriminating elementary-level library holdings seeking curriculum-based materials for...