Children's Bookwatch articles from April 2006

Children's Bookwatch archives from April 2006

Pompeii: Lost and Found.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Pompeii: Lost And Found Mary Pope Osborne Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375828893 $16.95 www.amazon.com Frescoes by Bonnie Christensen accompany a lively history of the...

Scholastic Inc.(Catherine: The Great Journey)(Jinx on the Divide)(Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods)(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's Review)
April 1, 2006... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Four new titles provide kids with great leisure choices and variety. Kristiana Gregory's contribution to the 'Royal Diaries' series is Catherine: The Great Journey...

Every Kids Needs a Marshmallow Launcher.(Every Kid Needs a Marshmallow Launcher: A Project-Oriented Guide )(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Every Kids Needs A Marshmallow Launcher Richard & Candice Elton Gibbs Smith PO Box 667, Layton, UT 84041 1586857088 $19.95 gibbs-smith.com Not for library lending but very much recommended for home fun is Every Kid Needs...

Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Anthony And The Magic Picture Frame Michael S. Class Magic Picture Frame Studio PO Box 2603, Issaquah, WA 98027-0119 www.magicpictureframe.com 0974926906 $35.00 1-425-222-7562 Anthony And The Magic Picture Frame is an...

Children's Book Press.(The Closet Ghosts)(Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Children's Book Press 2211 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110 www.childrensbookpress.org Two lovely new titles are top picks from this publisher. Uma Krishnaswami's The Closet Ghosts (0892392088, $16.95) tells of a move to a...

Crabtree Publishers.(Snowshoe the Hare)(The Glowworm Who Lost her Glow)(The Four Franks)(Book review) (Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Crabtree Publishers 350 - 5th Ave., #3308, NY, NY 10118 $19.95 each www.crabtreebooks.com Ages 6-8 seeking guided reading chapter books will find the 'Go Bananas' stories most accessible: each holds about 43 pages of story and...

Farrar Straus Giroux.(Pablo The Artist)(Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Satoshi Kitamura's Pablo The Artist (037-4356874, $16.00) provides a fun new tale from the Hoof Lane Art Club which aspiring young artists will love....

Spin Your Web.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Spin Your Web Mary Kaye Mary Kaye Music 5 Old Mill Rd, South Berwick, ME 03908 MKM3117 CD $15.00 theavcafe.com Spin Your Web featuring the musical talents of child inspiringly gifted and original artist Mary Kaye is an...

Best Friends: Songs from the Heart.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Best Friends: Songs From The Heart Maya & Miguel Madacy Entertainment Group 528 West 49th Street, Miami, FL 33140 MLT251862 $7.98 www.scholastic.com Best Friends: Songs From The Heart from Madacy Latino and PBS KIDS GO!'s...

Reggae Playground.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Reggae Playground Putumaya Kids c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas (publicity) 5505 SW Illinois St., Portland, OR 97221 P246-A $14.99 www.putumayokids.com Showcasing upbeat reggae style songs from the Caribbean and around the world...

Moving Rhymes for Modern Times.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Moving Rhymes For Modern Times Jim Gill Jim Gill Inc. c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas (publicity) 5505 SW Illinois St., Portland, OR 97221 Music CD $15.00 www.jimgill.com Drawn from the mastered works of early childhood...

Divirtamonos Aprendiendo con Hap Palmer.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Divirtamonos Aprendiendo con Hap Palmer Hap Palmer Hap-Pal Music c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas 5505 SW Illinois St. Portland, OR 97221 HP115 $14.95 www.babysongshp.com Divirtamonos Aprendiendo con Hap Palmer (Let's Have Fun...

What a Way to Play!(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... What A Way To Play! Debi Derryberry 4River Records Waldmania! (publicity) PO Box 2726, Toluca Lake, Ca 91610 67735-701762 $12.00 debiderryberry.com Debi Derry berry is the voice of the popular cartoon character Jimmy...

Come and Make a Circle 2.(Sound recording review)
April 1, 2006... Come And Make A Circle 2 Susan Salidor Peachhead Productions c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, S.F., CA 94127 CD $15.00 www.amazon.com Children's performer and musician Susan Saildor has showcased twenty lively tunes...

Paul Cezanne: A Painter's Journey.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Paul Cezanne: A Painter's Journey Robert Burleigh Abrams 115 W. 18th St., New York NY 100111 0810957841 $17.95 abramsbooks.com Paul Cezanne grew up in a rural town and received no family encourage to pursue his art, but...

Robert E. Lee.(Robert E. Lee: First Soldier of the Confederacy)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Robert E. Lee Earle Rice Jr. Morgan Reynolds Inc. 803 South Elam Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27403 1931798478 $24.95 morganreynolds.com Robert E. Lee: First Soldier Of The Confederacy is a biography for young adults about the...

Awesome Ospreys.(Awesome Ospreys: Fishing Birds of the World )(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Awesome Ospreys Donna Love Mountain Press PO Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806 0878425128 $12.00 mountain-press.com Paperbacks tend to lack the durability of library hardcover binding and generally aren't recommended for...

Boa Constrictors Up Close.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Boa Constrictors Up Close Carmen Bredeson Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 0766024989 $21.26 www.enslow.com Kids ages 6-8 in grades 1-3 will find this elementary primer on boa constrictors adds to...

Math Challenge.(Video recording review)
April 1, 2006... Math Challenge Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wyneewood, PA 19096-0580 DVD $19.95 each www.schlessinger.com Deftly presenting mathematics essentials to children, "Math Challenge" is a superbly produced DVD series...

Twenty Trucks.(Video recording review)
April 1, 2006... Twenty Trucks Hammershark Media 411 Video Information (publicity) 8606 North Woodland Court, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 DVD $14.95 www.411videoinfo.com Twenty Trucks is a fun and inventive new DVD video for children ages 1 to...

What Do You Do With the Mad that You Feel?(What do you do with the Mad that you Feel?: Life Lessons, Self-Control, Expression and Healthy Outlets )(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel? Family Communications c/o Anchor Bay Entertainment 1699 Stutz Dr, Troy, MI 48084 DVD $14.98 anchorbayentertainment.com Very highly recommended viewing for young children, What Do...

Hip Hop For Kids.(Hip Hop for Kids: Pop! Lock! and Break! )(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 1, 2006... Hip Hop For Kids Jumping Fish Productions Andrea Blain (publicity) 66 Compo Mill Cove, Westport CT 06880 DVD $24.95 www.hiphop4kids.net Also available in a VHS format ($19.95), Hip Hop For Kids: Pop! Lock! And Break! from...

Mommy Teach Me Spanish.(Mommy Teach Me Spanish: Learn, vol. 2)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Mommy Teach Me Spanish Jeanne Keene Fiesta Friends Productions 17 Meadow Ridge Lane, Purvis, MS 39475 DVD $14.99 each www.fiestafriends.com Mommy Teach Me Spanish: Learn Volume 2 "Que Duermas Bien--Sweet Dreams from...

Mom, Dad and Me Aprendemos Espanol.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Mom, Dad And Me Aprendemos Espanol Gloria Novak La manzana roja 1920 Fox Hollow Circle, Southlake, TX 76092 srgloria@verizon.net DVD $18.99 1-817-793-7939 Mom, Dad And Me Aprendemos Espanol, deftly presented by la...

The Truth About Magic.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Truth About Magic Daver Luckett Bolinda Audio 40 Oxford Woods, Falmuth, ME 04105 www.bolinda.com 1740937473 $40.00 1-888-235-2019 When the usually very nice wizard Mr. Tipkins from the Department of Wishes...

Ulysses and Moore: The Door to Time.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2006... Ulysses & Moore: The Door To Time Brilliance Audio PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 www.brillianceaudio.com 1423313186 $24.95 1-800-854-7859 In an old house in England there's a door two twins discover which is locked...

The Railway Children.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
April 1, 2006... The Railway Children Edith Nesbit Tantor Media, Inc. 114 Mill Rock Road East, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 www.tantor.com 1400101891 $29.99 1-877-782-6867 Renee Raudman excellent narration provides a spirited and involving...

Shadow Play.(Shadow Play: A True Story of Tefillah)(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Shadow Play Leah Pearl Shollar, author Pesach Gerber, illustrator Hachai Publishing 762 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216 1929628218 $11.95 www.hachai.com Shadow Play: A True Story Of Tefillah is a picturebook rendition...

Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Grandma Drove The Garbage Truck Katie Clark & Amy Huntington Down East Books PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843-0679 0892726989 $15.95 downeastbooks.com In Grandma Drove The Garbage Truck by Katie Clark, Grannie isn't a...

Boyds Mills Press.(Solomon and the Ant and Other Jewish Folktales)(Count me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers)(No Boys Allowed: Poems about Brothers and Sisters)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 www.boydsmillspress.com Perfect for read-alouds by parents is Sheldon Oberman's retellings of Jewish folktales in Solomon And The Ant And Other Jewish Folktales (1590783077,...

Dial/Dutton/Penguin.(The Invisible Moose)(Big Chickens)(Grandfather Buffalo)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Dial/Dutton/Penguin 345 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Dennis Haseley's The Invisible Moose (0803728921, $16.99) receives Steven Kellogg's warm illustrations as it provides a picturebook romance for the...

The Falling Flowers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Falling Flowers Jennifer B. Reed Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538 1885008287 $16.95 www.shens.com Ages 4-8 will love Dick Cole's warm and realistic drawings in The Falling Flowers, a celebration of...

Pasta, Fried Rice, and Matzoh Balls.(Pasta, Fried Rice, and Matzoh Balls: Immigrant Cooking in America )(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Pasta, Fried Rice, And Matzoh Balls Loretta Frances Ichord Millbrook Press 241 1st Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 0761329137 $25.26 lernerbooks.com Pasta, Fried Rice, And Matzoh Balls: Immigrant Cooking In America...

Simon & Schuster.(Milo: The Really Big Bunny)(Duck and Goose)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com In Stephen Krensky's Milo The Really Big Bunny (068967345X $14.95) Milo just wants to be like the other bunnies, but he's the biggest bunny any bunny has...

Nuts.(Brief article)(Children's Review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Nuts Paula Gerritsen Front Street 862 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806 www.frontstreetbooks.com 1932425667 $15.95 www.amazon.com When fall arrives Mouse decides to gather nuts from a distant nut tree she has spotted...

Sky Boys.(Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Sky Boys Deborah Hopkinson & James E. Ransome Schwartz & Wade/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375836101 $16.95 1-800-726-0600 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Empire...

Knopf/Random House.(Nonsense!)(I Can Name 50 Trees Today!)(George and The Dragon)(Aliens are Coming!)(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 1-800-726-0600 randomhouse.com/kids A rhino with wings, a book-reading bunny? Nonsense! Funny rhymes blend with lovely paper-cut illustrations in a compendium of animal and...

The Journey that Saved Curious George.(The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Journey That Saved Curious George Louise Borden Houghton Mifflin 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618339248 $17.00 www.amazon.com Curious George is beloved and known by adults and...

Cause.(Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877)(Brief article)(Children's Review)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Cause Tonya Bolden Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375827951 $19.95 1-800-726-0600 The post-Civil War era in the U.S. was a time of many changes when slavery ended and...

Miriam's Journey.(Miriam's Journey: Discovering a New World)(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's Review)
April 1, 2006... Miriam's Journey Robin K. Levinson Gali Girls 48 Cranford Place, Teaneck, NJ 07666 0977367304 $12.00 www.galigirls.com Miriam's Journey: Discovering A New World by Robin K. Levinson is an encouraging and inspirational...

Guitar Highway Rose.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)
April 1, 2006... Guitar Highway Rose Brigid Lowry St. Martin's Press 175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 0312342969 $8.95 www.stmartin's.com A teenager, Rosie is ready for adventure: she's been an obedient girl most of her life but now...

Off the Crossbar.(Off the Crossbar: One Shot That Made the Difference )(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Off The Crossbar David Skuy The Writer's Collective c/o Gulotta Communications 341 Lexington St, Newton, MA 02466 1594111057 $13.50 www.booktours.com Off The Crossbar: One Shot That Made The Difference by David Skuy...

Honey Bea.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Honey Bea Kim L. Siegelson Hyperion 114 - 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10011-5690 www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com 0786808535 $15.99 www.amazon.com Beatrice is growing up on a Louisiana sugar plantation in the time of slavery...

Knopf/Random House.(Corydon and the Island of Monsters)(El Lector)(A Bad Boy can be Good for a Girl)(Clair De Lune)(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
April 1, 2006... Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Five new titles are top picks for middle to high school leisure readers, offering superior plots and diverse scenarios. Tobias Druitt's Corydon & The...

Thomson-Gale.(Current Controversies)(The Right to a Trial by Jury)(Freedom from Cruel and Unusual Punishment)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Thomson-Gale 2700 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Reaching into high school grade levels with its important survey of issues is the 'Current Controversies' title addition Immigration (0737727802, $23.70),...

Marshall Cavendish.(Projects About The Spanish West)(Projects About the Woodland Indians)(Projects About 19th Century European Immigrants)(Projects About Nineteenth- Century Chinese Immigrants)(Projects About The American Revolution)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 $18.95 each www.marshallcavendish.com Five lovely new titles in the second group of 'Hands-On History' titles by David C. King and Marian Broida will reach kids in grades...

Crabtree Publishers.(Sieur De Salle: New World Adventurer)(Samuel De Champlain: From New France To Cape Cod)(James Cook: The Pacific Coast And Beyond)(Ponce De Leon: Exploring Florida And Puerto Rico)(Marco Polo: Overland To China)(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Crabtree Publishers 350 - 5th Ave., #3308, NY, NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com Crabtree's curriculum-oriented picturebook titles for kids in grades 2-5 are top picks for libraries seeking materials which will see repeat lending and...