Children's Bookwatch articles from August 2005

Children's Bookwatch archives from August 2005

Artus Against the Demon of the Museum.(Audiovisual Review)
August 1, 2005... Artus Against the Demon of the Museum Hachette Multimedia c/o Crystal Productions 1812 Johns Dr., Glenview, IL 60025 $39.95 http://crystalproductions.com Artus Against the Demon of the Museum is an educational CD-ROM...

The ASPCA.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The ASPCA Patricia Miller-Schroeder Weigl Publishers Inc. 350 Fifth Avenue, #3304, NY, NY 10118 www.weigl.com 1590360249 $26.00 1-866-649-3445 The latest volume in the "International Organizations" series, The ASPCA...

Nutrition.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Nutrition Alexandra Powe Allred Perfection Learning Corporation PO Box 500, Logan, Iowa 51546-0500 0756944775 $18.95 www.amazon.com Part of the "Reading Essentials in Science: Healty Living" series, Nutrition is a...

Prufrock Press.(The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide For Kids, The Absolutely Essential Grammar Guide)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Prufrock Press PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813 1-800-998-2208 www.prufrock.com Prufrock Press has newly published two outstanding "how to" manuals for children seeking to write effectively and correctly. Written by Nancy Atlee...

Farm Tales.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Farm Tales Little Golden Golden Books/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.goldenbooks.com 0375831908 $14.95 1-800-726-0600 Farm Tales is a parent/child reader which gathers together some of the best...

Palms to the Ground.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Palms To The Ground Amy Stolls Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com 0374357315 $17.00 1-888-330-8477 An only child, Calman has been seeing a therapist since he was seven, and...

Albert Knopf.(Paisley)(Good Dog)(Mother, Mother, I Want Another)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Albert Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York N 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Three fun stories are fine choices for leisure readers. Maggie Smith's Paisley (03-75821643, $15.95) tells of a paisley elephant toy tired of waiting in the toy...

Florida Lighthouses for Kids.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Florida Lighthouses For Kids Elinor De Wire Pineapple Press, Inc. PO Box 3889, Sarasota, FL 34230-3889 www.pineapple.com 1561643238 $8.95 1-800-746-3275 Florida Lighthouses For Kids is a profusely illustrated...

Tikki Tikki Tembo.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Audiovisual Review)
August 1, 2005... Tikki Tikki Tembo Scholastic Video Collection Beth Blenz-Clucas (publicity) 557 Broadway, NY, NY 10012-3999 www.scholasticlibrary.com NVG-9728 $14.95 1-800-242-7737 Tikki Tikki Tembo And More Favorite Tales showcases...

The Wind in the Willows.(Brief Article)(Audiovisual Review)
August 1, 2005... The Wind In The Willows A&E Home Video c/o Foundry Communications 235 East 45th Street, NY, NY 10017 AAE-71987 $29.95 1-800-423-1212 The Wind In The Willows: The Complete Second Series continues the award-winning,...

Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Audiovisual Review)
August 1, 2005... Pecos Bill Cleans Up The West WGBH Boston Video c/o SSA Public Relations 16027 Ventura Boulevard., Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436 1593753578 $12.95 818-501-0700 As seen on public television Pecos Bill Cleans Up The West...

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds Paula Yoo & Dom Lee Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016 158430247X $16.95 leeandlow.com A Lee & Low New Voices Award Winner, Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee...

Inside the Tomb of Tutankhamun.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Inside The Tomb Of Tutankhamun Jacqueline Morley & John James Enchanted Lion Books 45 Main Street, #519, Brooklyn NY 11201 159270042X $19.95 1-888-330-8477 Inside The Tomb Of Tutankhamun is a children's picturebook that...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling Listening Library, Inc. 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 0307283658 $75.00 1-800-726-0600 At long last, the sixth volume of the Harry Potter series is available both...

Greathall Productions, Inc.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Audiobook Review)
August 1, 2005... Greathall Productions, Inc. Box 5061, Charlottesville VA 22905-5061 1-800-477-6234 www.greathall.com G. A. Henty is a master story writer whose tales of historical adventure fiction will appeal to listeners from 8 to 88. Greathall...

The Magical Monkey King.(The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Magical Monkey King Ji-Li Jiang & Youshan Tang Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Blvd, Freemont CA 94538 1885008252 $6.95 www.shens.com The Magical Monkey King: Mischief In Heaven is an anthology of classic Chinese folk...

Ancient Myths.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Ancient Myths Picture Window Books 7825 Telegraph Road, Minneapolis,MN 55438 www.picturewindowbooks.com 1404809074PG $143.58 1-877-845-8392 Illustrated in a comic book style cartoon format and expertly written to...

Jorinda and Jorindel.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Jorinda And Jorindel Bernadette Watts North-South Books Inc. 875 Avenue of the Americas, Rm. 1901, New York, NY 10001-3507 0735819874 $15.95 northsouth.com The retelling of a Brothers Grimm fairytale by author and...

The Picture Book Dictionary, English-Spanish Edition.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Picture Book Dictionary, English-Spanish Edition Valerie Laud & Valentin Latushkin Ekadoo Publishing Group Andrea Blain (publicist) Box 2286, North Redondo Beach, CA 90278 0974738700 $12.99 www.ekadoo.com An...

The Mysterious Circus.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Mysterious Circus Jane Langson HarperCollins 1350 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10019 www.harperchildrens.com 0060094869 $15.99 1-800-242-7737 Fans of the prior Diamond In The Window and other stories will find a new...

Delacorte/Knopf Press.(BOOKS)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Delacorte/Knopf Press 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids These summer leisure read choices offer different, absorbing stories for teens. Leslea Newman's Jailbait (0385731981, $15.95) tells of a teen who has...

Underworld.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Underworld Catherine MacPhail Bloomsbury 175--5th Ave., New York NY 10010 1582349975 $16.95 bloomsbury.com Five young cavers who hate each other at school become trapped when a field trip to a desolate island injures...

My Brother's Keeper.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... My Brother's Keeper Patricia McCormick Hyperion 114--5th Avenue, NY NY 10011-5690 www.hyperionteens.com 0786851732 $15.99 1-800-759-0190 Tony's love for his older brother, the cool personality, is affected by his...

Orchard Books/Scholastic Press.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Orchard Books/Scholastic Press 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Older teens will find compelling two readers packed with action and drama. Michael Molloy's Peter Raven Under Fire (0439724546, $17.95) is set in...

The Black Paw.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Spy Mice: The Black Paw Heather Vogel Frederick Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com 0689877536 $9.95 1-800-223-2336 At the Spy Museum creatures of all sizes are always about,...

The Last Universe.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Last Universe William Sleator Amulet/Harry Abrams 100--5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 www.abramsbooks.com 0810958589 $16.95 1-800-759-0190 Susan has been afraid of the garden even before her brother became ill:...

Holiday House.(The Naked Mole-Rat Letters)(Space Station Rat)(Poor is Just a Starting Place)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Holiday House 425 Madison Ave., New York NY 10017 www.holidayhouse.com Three delightful, reads are picks for teens seeking something different. Masry Amato's The Naked Mole-Rat Letters (0823-419274, $16.95) tells of a father who...

Katie Morag and the Birthdays.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Katie Morag And The Birthdays Mairi Hedderwick Bodley Head/Trafalgar Square PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257 www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com 0370328507 $20.00 1-800-423-4525 Birthday celebrations...

Clarion Books.(Because Your Daddy Loves You)(My Daddy Is A Giant)(George's Up!)(Bee-Bim Bop!)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Four new Clarion picks are highly recommended stories for young leisure browsers. First, Andrew Clements' Because Your Daddy Loves You (0618003614,...

Sweep Dreams.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Sweet Dreams Nancy Willard Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.lb-kids.com 0316940008 $16.99 1-800-759-0190 Mary GrandPre illustrates an unusual, fun story of a man and a broom who fall in love....

Candlewick Press.(The Shopping Expedition)(Auction!)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com Andre Amstutz and Allan Ahlberg's original picturebook The Shopping Expedition (0763625868, $16.99) pairs the noted British illustrator with the...

Hyperion.(The Big Race)(The Greatest Potatoes)(McDuff's Wild Romp)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Hyperion 77 West 66th St., NY, NY 10023-6298 www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com 1-800-759-0190 These three fun titles stand out from the leisure picturebook crowd with engaging plots and drawings. Milton Glaser provides the whimsical...

The Cat in the Candle Factory.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Cat In The Candle Factory Barbara L. Johns & Carolyn R. Stich Steeple Ridge Publications 7220 Hillside Drive, Clarkside www.steepleridgepublications.com 0976286203 $15.00 Based on a true story in the life of the...

The Tzedakah Pennies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Tzedakah Pennies Joni Klein-Higger & Tova Leff Hachai Publishing 156 Chester Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 1929628196 $10.95 www.hachai.com The Tzedakah Pennies is a children's picturebook by Joni Klein-Higger...

In God's Kitchen.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... In God's Kitchen James Kavanagh & John Belisle Waterford Press, Inc. 446 North Austin Drive, Suite 2D, Chandler, AZ 85226 www.waterfordpress.com 1583552413 $15.95 1-800-434-2555 In God's Kitchen is a simple Christian...

My Mom's Having a Baby!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... My Mom's Having a Baby! Dori Hillestad Butler & Carol Thompson Albert Whitman & Company 6340 Oakton St, Morton Grove, IL 60053 albertwhitman.com 0807553441 $15.95 1-800-255-7675 My Mom's Having A Baby! is a children's...

Norbert Nipkin.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Norbert Nipkin Robert McConnell & Steve Pilcher Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 4Y8 www.napoleonpublishing.com 1894917294 $7.95 1-877-730-9052 Charmingly written by...

The Live Bale of Hay.(The Live Bale of Hay: A Real Maine Adventure )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Live Bale Of Hay Carol Shorey Dean & Sandra Dunn Down East Books PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843 www.downeastbooks.com 0892726741 $15.95 1-800-685-7962 The Live Bale Of Hay: A Real Maine Adventure is a picturebook...

Borya and the Burps.(Borya And The Burps: An Eastern European Adoption Story )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Borya And The Burps Joan McNamara & Dawn W. Majewski Perspectives Press, Inc. Box 90318, Indianapolis, IN 46290-0318 0944934315 $18.00 Written by adoptive parent, advocate, and activist Joan McNamara, Borya And The Burps:...

Penguin Young Reader's Group.(Faucet Fish)(That's What Friends Are For)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Penguin Young Reader's Group 345 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com If you haven't seen Fay Robinson's Faucet Fish (0525471669, $15.99), now's the time: a desire for a guppy turns into much more as Elizabeth finds her...

Madagascar: The Essential Guide.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Madagascar: The Essential Guide Stephen Cole DK Publishing, Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 075661175X $12.99 www.dk.com Madagascar: The Essential Guide is a picturebook offering backstory information...

Silver Threads.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Silver Threads Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author Michael Martchenko, illustrator Fitzhenry & Whiteside 121 Harvard Ave., #2, Allston, MA 02134 1550419013 $16.95 www.fitzhenry.ca Written by the grandchild of one of many...

The Magic of Color.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Magic Of Color Tracy Kane Light-Beams Publishing 10 Toon Lane, Lee, NH 03824 0976628902 $17.95 light-beams.com The Magic Of Color is a wondrous picturebook that imagines what the discovery of color would be like, and...

Squirt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Squirt Stacy A. Nyikos & Shawn Sisneros Stonehorse Publishing 10632 South Memorial Avenue, #245, Tulsa, OK 74133 www.stonehorsepublishing.com 0976419904 $15.95 Imaginatively written by Stacy Nyikos and charmingly...

Georgia's Bones.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Georgia's Bones Jen Bryant & Bethanne Andersen Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 255 Jefferson Avenue, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.eerdmans.com 0802852173 $16.00 1-800-253-7521 Georgia's Bones by Jen Bryant is a...

Capstone Press.(Fact Finder)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Capstone Press 7825 Telegraph Road, Bloomington, MN 55438 1-800-747-4992 www.capstonepress.com Two new non-fiction books in series from Capstone Press are especially recommended for school and community library Biography, Black...

Child's World Press.(Mighty Math)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Child's World Press PO Box 326, Chanassen, MN 55317 1-800-599-7323 www.childsworld.com "Mighty Math" (1567663230, $145.26) is a superbly presented, six volume series of instructional books for children grades 1 through 3. The...

Carolrhoda Books.(Meet the Dinosaur)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Carolrhoda Books c/o The Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55401 1-800-328-4929 www.lernerbooks.com Don Lessem has earned his nickname of "Dino" Don through having authored more than 30 dinosaur books for...

PowerKids Press.(Technology that Changed the World)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... PowerKids Press c/o Rosen Publishing Group 29 East 21st Street, NY, NY 10010 1-800-237-9932 powerkidspress.com Written and compiled by Joanne Mattern, the "Technology that Changed the World" series (0823972879, $103.50...

Grolier/Franklin Watts, Inc.(Flash Focus )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Grolier/Franklin Watts, Inc. 90 Sherman Turnpike, Danbury CT 06816 1-800-621-1115 scholasticlibrary.com "Flash Focus" (0717259358, $279.00) is a four volume series of books written and recommended for students in grades 9 through...

My First Horse and Pony Book.(My First Horse And Pony Book: From Breeds And Bridles To Jodhpurs And Jumping )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... My First Horse And Pony Book Judith Draper Kingfisher/Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0753458780 $9.96 www.amazon.com A thoroughly "kid friendly" introduction and guide...

Shark Life.(Shark Life: True Stories about Sharks and the Sea)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Shark Life Peter Benchley Delacorte Press 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0385731094 $15.95 1-800-726-0600 Though intended for a young adult audience, Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks &...

Delicious Desserts.(Delicious Desserts: Sweet Treats from the Premier Children's Cooking School)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Delicious Desserts Barbara Beery Gibbs Smith PO Box 667, Layton, UT 94041 www.gibbs-smith.com 1586853651 $19.95 1-800-748-5439 Barbara Beery's kids' cooking school Batter Up Kids provides the foundation for tested...