Children's Bookwatch articles from August 2004

Children's Bookwatch archives from August 2004

What To Expect Baby-Sitters Handbook.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... What To Expect Baby-Sitters Handbook Heidi Murkoff Workman Publishing Company 708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 076112845X $12.95 www.workman.com In What To Expect Baby-Sitters Handbook, Heidi Murkoff informatively surveys...

Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Ray Bradbury Wendy Mass Enslow PO Box 398, 40 Industrial Road Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 0766022404 $26.60 www.enslow.com Young adult and pre-teen audiences alike will relish Ray Bradbury, a strong biographical...

MyReportLinks.com Books.(Reviewer's Choice)
August 1, 2004... MyReportLinks.com Books c/o Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 Books linking Internet web sites and search routines with the solidity of paper publishing are just starting to appear, and MyReportLinks.com's...

Karate For Kids.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Karate For Kids Robin L. Rielly Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 tuttlepublishing.com 0804835349 $11.95 1-802-773-8930 Knowledgeably written by Robin L. Rielly (an expert...

Use Your Words.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Use Your Words Robyn Rogers Five Star Books 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive Waterville, ME 04901 0972640827 $14.95 1-800-223-1244 A critically important addition for school and community libraries, as well as recommended...

Mummies, Pyramids, And Pharaohs.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Mummies, Pyramids, And Pharaohs Gail Gibbons Little, Brown & Company 1271 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.lb-kids.com 0316309281 $16.95 1-800-759-0190 Gail Gibbons' Mummies, Pyramids, And Pharaohs is a...

Scholastic Press.(Reviewer's Choice)
August 1, 2004... Scholastic Press 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Five new titles provide kids in grades 3-5 with excellent picturebook accounts and lasting educational opportunities. Scholastic Atlas Of Weather (0439419026,...

Tree Root And River Rat.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Tree Root And River Rat Faith Richardson Fox Song Books 8721 Santa Monica Boulevard, #619 Los Angeles, CA 90069-4507 0974498955 $12.95 foxsongbooks.com Swimming in the river, basking in the sun, hiking in the forest,...

Hard Times For Jake Smith.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Hard Times For Jake Smith Aileen Kilgore Henderson Milkweed Editions 1011 Washington kAvenue South, #300 Minneapolis, MN 55415-1246 1571316485 $16.95 www.milkweed.org Also available in a paperback edition (1571316493,...

Waiting for Sarah.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Waiting for Sarah Bruce McBay & James Heneghan Orca Book Publishers PO Box 468, Custer, WA 98240-0468 1551422706 $7.95 1-800-210-5277 Mike's parents and sister are dead, his legs are gone, and his life haunts him--yet...

"Goodbye God, I'm Going To Bodie".(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... "Goodbye God, I'm Going To Bodie" Calamity Jan WildWest Publishing PO Box 11658, Olympia, WA 98508 0972180001 $10.00 1-800-462-6420 "Goodbye God, I'm Going To Bodie" by Jan Pierson (a.k.a. Calamity Jan) is the debut title...

Doogie Dork Meets Trouble.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Doogie Dork Meets Trouble Mavis Tofte Creative Quill 460 Myers Street, Salem, Oregon 97302 0970990634 $5.75 www.creativequill.us Doogie Dork Meets Trouble by Mavis Tofte offers young readers an adventure in Dorkland--a...

Christopher Mouse.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Christopher Mouse William Wise Bloomsbury Publishing 175 Fifth Avenue, #300, NY, NY 10010 www.bloomsbury.com/usa/childrens 1582348782 $15.95 www.amazon.com Advanced elementary through middle school readers will...

Under the Watsons' Porch.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Under The Watson's Porch Susan Shreve Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375826300 $15.95 1-800-726-0600 Ellie is bored and looking for action, so when a boy two years older moves in...

Honeysuckle House.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Honeysuckle House Andrea Cheng Front Street 862 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806 www.frontstreetbooks.com 1886910995 $16.95 www.amazon.com Ten year old Sarah misses her best friend Victoria, but finds the forced...

Mallory On The Move.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Mallory On The Move Laurie Friedman Carolrhoda 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 www.carolrhodabooks.com 1575055384 $15.95 1-800-328-4929 Tamara Schmitz provides the engaging black and white cartoon...

Blue Jasmine.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Blue Jasmine Kashmira Sheth Hyperion 114-5th Avenue, NY, NY 10111-5690 www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com 0786818557 $15.99 1-800-759-0190 Seema's close ties with her entire extended family in India are broken when her...

Madame Squidley And Beanie.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Madame Squidley And Beanie Alice Mead Farrar, Straus, Giroux 19 Union Square West New York NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com 0374346887 $16.00 1-888-330-8477 Something is wrong with Beanie Kingsley's mother:...

The Shamer's Daughter.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Shamer's Daughter Lene Kaaberbol Henry Holt 115 West 18th St., New York NY 10011 www.henryholt.com 0805075410 $16.95 1-888-330-8477 Caution: The Shamer's Daughter is Book 1 of a series. That said, The S hamer's...

Saffey's Angel.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Saffey's Angel Hilary McKay McElderry Books 1230 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com 0689849338 $16.00 1-800-223-2336 While Hilary McKay adds a new adventure of the Casson children to her prior four...

The Courtesan's Daughter.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Courtesan's Daughter Priscilla Galloway Delacorte Press 1540 Broadway, New York NY 10036 0385729073 $16.95 1-800-726-0600 The Courtesan's Daughter appeared in galley form some time ago and finished copies were not...

Time Cat.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Time Cat Lloyd Alexander Puffin 345 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com 014201072 $6.99 1-800-847-5515 Time Cat appeared many years ago and will attract new audiences to its beloved fantasy story with a...

Secret of Belle Meadow.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Secret Of Belle Meadow Mary McVicker Tidewater Publications c/o Cornell Maritime Press PO Box 456, Centreville, MD 21617 0870335545 $9.95 1-800-638-7641 The house at Belle Meadow in Virginia, owned by the Martins for...

Simon & Schuster.(The Fiction Shelf)
August 1, 2004... Simon & Schuster 1230 Ave. of Americas, NY NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com LaFaye's Worth (0689857306, $15.95) comes from a teacher and author who brings to life a new aspect of the orphan train stories, telling of son Nathaniel,...

Knightscares: Voyage To Silvermight.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Knightscares: Voyage To Silvermight David Anthony and Charles David Sigil Publishing PO Box 824, Leland, Michigan 49654 0972846131 $5.99 knightscares.com Knightscares: Voyage To Silvermight is the first volume in The...

Shadowbox Hunt.(The Games/Puzzles Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Shadowbox Hunt Laura L. Seeley All About Kids Publishing 117 Bernal Road, #70 PMB 405, San Jose, CA 95119 0970086385 $17.95 www.amazon.com Shadowbox Hunt: A Search & Find Odyssey is a wondrous "search-and-find"...

Bridge Puzzles For Children.(The Games/Puzzles Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Bridge Puzzles For Children David H. Levin Syllogism Press 875 Emory Shield Rd, Murphy, NC 28906 0963800124 $14.95 spress@dnet.net The card game of contract bridge is often considered as too complicated for children. But...

The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday: An Appalachian Folktale.(The Folklore/Folktale Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Pig Who Went Home On Sunday Donald Davis & Jennifer Mazzucco August House Inc. PO Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203 0874835712 $16.95 1-800-284-8784 The Pig Who Went Home On Sunday is a picturebook rendition of an...

Tales from Old Ireland.(The Folklore/Folktale Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Tales From Old Ireland Malachy Doyle & Niamh Sharkey Barefoot Books 3 Bow Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 190228397X $19.99 barefootbooks.com The collaborative effort of author Malachy Doyle and artist Niamh...

The Magical Monkey King.(The Folklore/Folktale Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Magical Monkey King Ji-Li Jiang Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Blvd, Freemont CA 94538 1885008244 $14.95 www.shens.com Also available in a paperback edition (1885008255, $6.95), The Magical Monkey King is a retelling of...

All Things Bright and Beautiful.(The Judeo/Christian Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... All Things Bright And Beautiful Cecil Frances Alexander & Anna Vojtech North-South Books Inc. 875 Avenue of the Americas, Rm. 1901 New York, NY 10001-3507 0735818924 $15.95 northsouth.com All Things Bright And...

The Littlest Frog.(The Judeo/Christian Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Littlest Frog Sylvia Rouss & Holly Hannon Pitspopany Press 40 East 78th St, Suite 16D, NY NY 10021 www.pitspopany.com 1930143125 $14.95 1-800-232-2931 Based loosely on the Biblical book of Exodus, Holly Hannon's...

The Blackbird's Nest.(The Judeo/Christian Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Blackbird's Nest Jenny Schroedel & Doug Montross St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 575 Scarsdale Road Crestwood, NY 10707-1999 0881412589 $16.95 www.amazon.com The Blackbird's Nest by Jenny Schroedel is a children's...

I'd Be Your Princess.(The Judeo/Christian Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... I'd Be Your Princess Kathryn O'Brien & Michael Garland Standard Publishing 8121 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati OH 45231 0784713502 $15.99 1-800-543-1301 Wonderfully written by Kathryn O'Brien and nicely illustrated by Michael...

I Love The Alphabet.(The Preschool Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... I Love The Alphabet Dar Hosta Brown Dog Books PO Box 2196, Flemington, NJ 08822 0972196714 $16.95 www.amazon.com Dar Hosta's I Love The Alphabet is an alphabet book that combines animal themes for each letter with vibrant...

Hawaiian Alphabet.(The Preschool Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Hawaiian Alphabet Lori Phillips, EdD The Bess Press 3565 Harding Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816 1573062189 $4.95 www.besspress.com Hawaiian Alphabet is a small yet delightful hardcover children's picturebook featuring full...

Butterflies Of North America.(The Pets/Wildlife Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Butterflies Of North America Paul Opler & Susan Strawn Roberts Rinehart Publishers 4501 Forbes Blvd., Lanham MD 20706 1570984352 $9.95 roberts-rinehart.com The effective collaboration of author Paul Opler and artist Susan...

A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient World.(The History Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... A Visitor's Guide To The Ancient World Lesley Sims EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 0794504612 $17.95 www.edcpub.com A Visitor's Guide To The Ancient World is an ideal introduction for young readers to...

Free At Last!(The History Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Free At Last! Doreen Rappaport & Shane W. Evans Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140-1338 0763614408 $19.99 1-800-526-0275 An award-winning team, author Doreen Rappaport and illustrator...

The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch.(The Bi-Lingual Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch Ethriam Cash Brammer & D. Nina Cruz Arte Publico Press University of Houston 452 Cullen Performance Hall Houston, TX 77204-2004 1558854096 $14.95 artepublicopress.com Written by Ethriam...

The Good Rainbow Road.(The Bi-Lingual Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Good Rainbow Road Simon J. Ortiz & Michael Lacapa University of Arizona Press 355 South Euclid Avenue, Suite 103 Tucson, AZ 85719-6654 www.uapress.arizona.edu 0816523401 $16.95 1-800-426-3797 The Good Rainbow...

If Roast Beef Could Fly.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... If Roast Beef Could Fly Jay Leno Simon & Schuster 1230 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689867670 $17.95 simonsayskids.com dIn If Roast Beef Could Fly, The Tonight Show's Jay Leno uses a story from his childhood to tell of...

Shy Sherman.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Shy Sherman Linda Marchus Wee Read Publishing 2269 Ginger Hill Loop, Lincoln, CA www.weereadpublishing.com 0972312226 $15.95 www.amazon.com Award-winning author and illustrator Linda Marchus presents Shy Sherman, a...

Dewey Doo-It.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Dewey Doo-It Brahm Wenger & Allan Green The Helpful Doo-its Project 2082 Business Center Drive, #163 Irvine, CAQ 92612 0974514314 $14.95 1-866-339-3999 Colorfully illustrated by Jean Gillmore, Dewey Doo-It: Helps...

A Heart Alone In The Land Of Darkness.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... A Heart Alone In The Land Of Darkness Beti Rozen & Graca Lima Sem Fronteiras Press 1530 Palisade Avenue, Suite 2 F Fort Lee, NJ 07024 www.semfronteiraspress.com 0964233320 $15.95 1-201-461-1617 Written by...

Orchard Books/Scholastic.(The Picturebook Shelf)
August 1, 2004... Orchard Books/Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Marisa Montes' Get Ready For Gabi! (0439517117, $12.95) receives fine drawings by Joe Cerpeda as it presents preteens with a satisfying story of new...

Half a Pig.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Half a Pig Allan Ahlberg Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 0763623733 $16.99 1-800-526-0275 A contented little brown pig Esmeralda loves her life--except her divorced owners share custody...

Supersnouts!(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Supersnouts! Steve Bjorkman Holiday House 425 Madison, New York NY 10017 0823418103 $16.95 holidayhouse.com It's a peaceful evening on the farm, until till dangerous characters decide to burgle the joint, leading three...

The Path Winds Home.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Path Winds Home Janie DeVos & Nancy Marsh River Road Press Box 1214, Kimberling City, MO 65686 0974375802 $16.95 1-417-739-3452 An appropriate picture book for children ages 4-8, The Path Winds Home is part of The...

Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove (The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Brother Bartholomew And The Apple Grove Jan Cheripko & Kestutis Kasparavicius Boyds Mills Press 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431 www.boydsmillspress.com 1590780965 $15.95 1-877-512-8366 Kids ages 6 and older will...

Where Do the Balloons Go?(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Where Do The Balloons Go? Elena Davis & Anna Jurinich Red Rock Press 459 Columbus Avenue, Suite 114 New York, NY 10024 0971437238 $16.95 www.amazon.com Where Do The Balloons Go? is a charming children's picturebook...

The Bramble Thicket.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Bramble Thicket Deborah E. Thomas & James Seward The Bramble Thicket Company c/o Gypsy Hill Publishing 101 Gillespie Drive, Suite 16105 Franklin, TN 37067 097428050X $27.95 1-800-854-0717 Composed from an...

The Adventures Of Melon And Turnip.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Adventures Of Melon And Turnip Trisha Adelena Howell & Paul Lopez Howell Canyon Press 5929 151st Avenue SE Snohomish, WA 98290 1931210047 $15.95 1-888-252-0411 The collaborative effort of author Trisha Adelena...

The Ring Bear.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Ring Bear David Michael Slater & S. G. Brooks Flashlight Press 3709 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 wwww.FlashlightPress.com Independent Publishers Group, distributor 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610 ...

Clarion Books.(The Picturebook Shelf)
August 1, 2004... Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Kids who enjoy rhymes will delight in Neil Philip's Hot Potato Mealtime Rhymes (0618315543, $16.00): food-inspired poems come from well-known poets...

The Bora Boys And The Last Big Door.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Bora Boys And The Last Big Door Michael J. Feeney & John Devaney M. J. Feeney & Sons 38 Orange Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 0974626600 $16.99 www.amazon.com The Bora Boys And The Last Big Door is fantastic children's...

Dial/Dutton/Putnam.(The Picturebook Shelf)
August 1, 2004... Dial/Dutton/Putnam 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com This publisher's summer reading list will involve even the most reluctant kid with gorgeous, appealing picturebooks. Little Loon And Papa (0803729588, $15.99) by...

Toto In Candy Land Of Oz.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Toto In Candy Land Of Oz Roger S. Baum & Ronit Berkovitz Overmountain Press PO Box 1261, Johnson City, TN 37605 1570722242 $14.95 1-800-992-2691 An original and wonderfully written tale by Roger S. Baum (the...

The Lost Kachina.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Lost Kachina Heather Irbinskas & Robert Albert Kiva Publishing, Inc. 21731 E. Buckskin Dr, Walnut, CA 91789 1885772335 $15.95 www.amazon.com The Lost Kachina is a charming children's picturebook written by Heather...

Balancing on a Rock.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Balancing On A Rock Diane Y. Donlon & Duane Huismann Olly Publishing Company 4335 Lake Michigan Drive, N.W., #H Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 0972042717 $16.95 ollypublishing.com The third title in the Ollykazoo...

Wash Day.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Wash Day Barbara H. Cole & Ronald Himler Star Bright Books 42-26 28th Street, Suite 2C Long Island City, NY 11101 1932065369 $16.95 1-718-784-9112 Set during the hard times of the Great Depression, Wash Day is a very...

My Daddy Makes the Best Motorcycle in the Whole Wide World--the Harley-Davidson.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... My Daddy Makes The Best Motorcycle In The Whole Wide World--The Harley-Davidson Jean Davidson & Theresa Hammerquist The Guest Cottage, Inc. PO Box 848, Woodruff, WI 54568 193059626X $16.95 1-800-333-8122 Written by Jean...