Children's Bookwatch articles from August 2006

Children's Bookwatch archives from August 2006

Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Seeing The Blue Between Paul B. Janeczko Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 076362909X $7.99 www.candlewick.com Seeing The Blue Between: Advice And Inspiration For Young Poets compiled and...

Let's Get Ready for First Grade!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Let's Get Ready For First Grade! Linda Desimowich & Stacey Kannenberg Cedar Valley Publishing N6854 Cedar Valley Road, Fredonia, WI 53021 www.cedarvalleypublishing.com 1933476109 $19.00 1-920-994-9906 Let's Get Ready...

Fairy Tale Feasts.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Fairy Tale Feasts Jane Yolen & Heidi Stemple Crocodile Books/Interlink Books 46 Crosby St., Northampton, MA 01060 1566566436 $24.95 interlinkbooks.com Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook For Young Readers & Eaters...

Dropping in on Grant Wood.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Dropping In On Grant Wood Pamela Geiger Stephens Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025 www.crystalproductions.com 1562903489 $15.95 1-800-255-8629 Part of the Crystal Productions "Dropping In On..."...

It's Your Room.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... It's Your Room Janice Weaver & Frieda Wishinsky Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, Fifth Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 2P9 0887767117 $14.95 tundrabooks.com Expertly co-authored by Janice Weaver and Frieda Wishinsky,...

Kimbo Educational.(Everyday Play Songs)(Basic Skills For Kids)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Kimbo Educational PO Box 477, Long Branch, NJ 07740 $14.95 each www.kimboed.com Everyday Play Songs (KIM-9118CD) by William Janiak is a fantastic collection of simple and easy-to-follow songs for everyday use in exercises...

Snowdance.(Sound recording review)
August 1, 2006... Snowdance Erin Lee & Marci Gotta Play Publishing c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD $TBA www.gottaplay.org Snowdance is a "calendar" collection of twelve original songs (one for each month...

A Swim through the Sea.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... A Swim Through The Sea Kristin Joy Pratt Dawn Publications 12402 Britney Springs Road, Nevada City, CA 95959 1584690801 $7.95 www.dawnpub.com Written and illustrated by sixteen year old Kristin Joy Pratt, A Swim Through...

"L" is for Library.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... "L" Is For Library Sonya Terry Upstart Books PO Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 193214644X $16.95 www.amazon.com Featuring charming illustrations by Nicole Wong, "L" Is For Library by Sonya Terry is an unusual alphabet...

Ram the Demon Slayer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Ram The Demon Slayer Vatsala Sperling Bear and Company/Inner Traditions PO Box 388, Rochester, VT 05767-0388 1591430577 $15.95 innertraditions.com With remarkably impressive artwork from Pieter Welteverde, Ram The Demon...

Chinese Fables Remembered.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Chinese Fables Remembered Miwa Kurita Heian PO Box 8208, Berkely, CA 94707 0893469459 $16.95 stonebridge.com A perfect choice for school and community library Folklore & Mythology picturebook collections for children,...

The Honey Jar.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Honey Jar Rigoberta Menchu Groundwood Books 1700 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 www.groundwoodbooks.com 0888996705 $16.95 1-800-893-5777 Written by Noble Peace Prize winner and Mayan activist Rigoberta Menchu...

The Little Platypus and the Fire Spirit.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Little Platypus And The Fire Spirit Mundara Koorang Aboriginal Studies Press/ISBS 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213-3786 085575494X $24.95 www.isbs.com Authored and illustrated by Australian aboriginal...

Hiding in Hawk's Creek.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Hiding In Hawk's Creek Brenda Chapman Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 4Y8 www.napoleonpublishing.com 1894917243 $8.95 1-877-730-9052 Hiding In Hawk's Creek by Brenda...

The Riddle of the Missing Puppies.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Riddle Of The Missing Puppies Carole Marsh Gallopade International PO Box 2779, Peachtree City, GA 30269 www.carolemarshmysteries.com 0635061708 $3.99 1-800-536-2438 The Riddle Of The Missing Puppies from the...

Stay With Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Stay With Me Garrett Freymann-Weyr Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618605711 $16.00 www.amazon.com A girl's dyslexia, relationships with a father and stepmother,...

A Small Boat at the Bottom of the Sea.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... A Small Boat At The Bottom Of The Sea John Thomson Milkweed Editions 1011 Washington Ave. S. #300, Minneapolis, MN 55415 1571316566 $6.95 www.milkweed.org Deserving of ongoing mention is John Thomson's novel Small Boat At...

Scholastic Inc.(Hard Hit)(The Road of The Dead)(Dirty Liar)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Ann Turner's novel Hard Hit (0439296-803, $16.99) presents Mark, who has an enviable life as the star pitcher in school, with a new girlfriend, best friend and...

Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Inside The Mind Of Gideon Rayburn Sarah Miller St. Martin's Press 175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 0312333757 $16.95 www.stmartins.com What would happen if you could see inside the mind of a boyfriend? A mystery girl...

Delacorte Press/Random House.(Hit the Road)(King Dork)(The Mystery of the Emeralds)(Mystery on the Mississippi)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Delacorte Press/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Brittany is supposed to spend the first few weeks of her summer vacation with her elderly grandmother while her parents are in Alaska--but her...

McElderry/Simon & Schuster.(Sand Dollar Summer)(Victory)(Two Steps Forward)(Room One: A Mystery or Two)(Caddy Ever After)(Young adult review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... McElderry/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.SimonSaysKids.com Kimberly K. Jones' Sand Dollar Summer (1416903623, $15.95) tells of a daughter facing changes when her independent mother is injured in a car...

Putnam/Dutton/Penguin.(Wait for Me)(Duckling Ugly)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Putnam/Dutton/Penguin 375 Hudson St., NY, NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders. An Na's novel Wait For Me (03992-42759, $15.99) comes from the Printz Award Winning writer of A Step From Heaven, and tells of perfect daughter Mina,...

Almost Eden.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Almost Eden Anita Horrocks Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 2P9 0887767427 $9.95 tundrabooks.com Elsie is twelve, convinced her mother's mental illness is her fault, finds...

Laurel Leaf Dell/Random House.(Finding Miracles)(Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Laurel Leaf Dell/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/teens Milly is an ordinary Vermont teen affected by immigrant Pablo's arrival in her high school in Julia Alvarez's Finding Miracles (0553494066,...

HarperTrophy.(Ramona the Pest)(Beezus and Ramona)(Ramona Forever)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... HarperTrophy 1350 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10019 www.harpercollinschildrens.com You may recall Beverly Cleary's winning titles about Ramona and her family from your own childhood: well, these reissues in paper with contemporary...

Harcourt Books.(Elidor)(Now You See It)(A Well-Timed Enchantment)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Harcourt Books 525 "B" St., #1900, San Diego, CA 92101 www.HarcourtBooks.com Any who have not enjoyed Alan Garner's long-time classic Elidor (0132056246, $6.95) are in for a treat: four ordinary siblings looking for fun find...

Felix and the Blue Dragon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Felix And The Blue Dragon Angela McAllister Trafalgar Square Publishing PO Box 257, N. Pomfret, VT 05053 www.trafalgarsquarebooksw.com 1842251825 $16.99 www.amazon.com Felix is a lonely prince who has only his shadow...

My Daddy and Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... My Daddy And Me Jerry Spinelli Alfred Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0375706067 $15.95 randomhouse.com Fathers and sons are celebrated in Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's latest, joining with graphic designer...

Wake Up, Henry Rooster!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Wake Up, Henry Rooster! Margriet Ruurs, author Sean Cassidy, illustrator Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited 121 Harvard Avenue, Suite 2, Allston, MA 02134 1550419528 $16.95 www.fitzhenry.ca Wake Up, Henry Rooster! by...

Hippo! No, Rhino.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Hippo! No, Rhino! Jeff Newman Little, Brown 1271 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 031615573X $15.99 www.lb-kids.com Rhino is content with his zoo life, until one day the zookeeper gives Rhino a new--and wrong--sign. Now...

Evan Early.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Evan Early Rebecca Hogue Wojahn Woodbine House 6510 Bells Mill Rd, Bethseda, MD 20817 1890627712 $15.95 woodbinehouse.com Evan Early is written by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn and features illustrations from Ned Gannon. An...

Cat Balloon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Cat Balloon Palo Morgan Simply Read Books 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6M 3W6 1894965353 $16.95 simplyreadbooks.com Authored and illustrated by Palo Morgan, Cat Balloon is the picturebook tale of a...

The Best Winds.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Best Winds Laura E. Williams Boyds Mills Press 862 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806 www.boydsmillspress.com 1590782747 $16.95 www.amazon.com Eujin Kim Neilan illustrates this classic Korean folk story of a...

Snow Princess.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Snow Princess Susan Paradis Front Street Books/Boyds Mills Press 862 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806 1932425314 $16.95 frontstreetbooks.com Beautifully illustrated and imaginatively authored by Susan Paradis, Snow...

Walker & Company.(Backbeard and the Birthday Suit)(Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind)(Brief article)(Children's Review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Walker & Company 104 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 www.walkeryoungreaders.com Matthew McElligott's Blackbeard And The Birthday Suit (0802780652, $16.95) tells of the hairiest pirate who ever lived, and a rowdy birthday which...

Ant, Ant, Ant!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Ant, Ant, Ant! April Pulley Sayre Northword Press 11571 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 1559719222 $15.95 tnkids.books.com Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant) receives Trip Park's fun drawings as it follows up on the...

Kali and the Rat Snake.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Kali And The Rat Snake Zai Whitaker & Srividya Natarajan Kane/Miller Book Publishers PO Box 8515, La Jolla, CA 92038-8515 www.kanemiller.com 1933605103 $15.95 1-800-968-1930 Set in India, Kali And The Rat Snake is the...

The Mystery of the Ancient Pyramid.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Mystery Of The Ancient Pyramid Carole Marsh Gallopade International PO Box 779, Peachtree City, GA 30269 0635034700 $5.95 1-800-536-2438 The Mystery Of The Ancient Pyramid by Carole Marsh is "Passport #4" in the...

Enchanted Lion Books.(Medicine in the Industrial World)(Prehistoric and Egyptian Medicine)(Greek and Roman Medicine)(Medicine in the Middle Ages)(Renaissance Medicine)(Medicine in the 20th Century and Beyond)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Enchanted Lion Books 45 Main St., #519, Brooklyn, NY 11201 159270039X $19.95 www.amazon.com A part of the outstanding John D. Clare's "The History Of Medicine" series from Enchanted Lion Books, Medicine In The Industrial World is...

The Kane Press.(New Dog in Town)(Palapalooza)(Sally's Big Save)(Check It Out!)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... The Kane Press 240 West 35th St., #300, NY, NY 10001 $4.99 (each) www.kanepress.com The "Social Studies Connects" series from Kane Press offers readers a wealth of informed perspectives as well as research ideas and projects for...

Enslow Publications.(A Student's Guide to Edgar Allan Poe)(The Asthma Update)(Dating, Relationships, and Sexuality: What Teens Should Know)(The New Deal: Pulling America Out of the Great Depression)(Colonial America: Building Toward Independence)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Enslow Publications PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 $23.95/Each www.enslow.com Grades 5 and up have some fine new titles to choose from, which promise to be lasting lending references for school libraries. Debra McArthur's...

Smithsonian.(Sharks)(Whales)(Oceans)(The Heart)(The Brain)(Weather)(Lightning)(Earthquakes)(Volcanoes)(Destination: Space)(Stars)(The Universe)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Smithsonian c/o HarperCollins Children's Books 1350 Ave. of the Americas, NY NY 10019 $16.99 each www.harperchildrens.com Award-winning author Seymour Simon and the Smithsonian Institution present a series of science education...

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... A Place Where Sunflowers Grow Amy Lee-Tai Children's Book Press 2211 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 www.childrensbookpress.org 0892392150 $16.95 1-415-821-3080 A lovely bilingual picturebook (English/Japanese), A...

Two-Can Publishing.(Ocean Life)(Reptiles and Amphibians)(Bugs and Spiders)(Mammals)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Two-Can Publishing 11571 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 $18.95 each www.tnkidsbooks.com "Blue Zoo Guides" from Two-Can Publishing is a series of four, full color, 96-page, hardcover books by Dee Phillips (who lives on an...

A Place for Butterflies.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... A Place For Butterflies Melissa Stewart & Higgins Bond Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30318-2112 www.peachtree-online.com 1561453579 $16.95 1-800-241-0113 Award-winning children's...

Tot-a-Doodle-Do!(Brief article)(Video recording review)
August 1, 2006... Tot-a-Doodle-Do! Tot-a-Doodle-Do 3525 Del Mar Heights Road, #290, San Diego, CA 92130 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 DVD $14.95 www.totadoodledo.com Also available in...

Kiddie Village.(Mom and Tot Workout)(Let's Play Music)(Fun with Dance)(Video recording review)
August 1, 2006... Kiddie Village 524 San Anselmo Avenue, Suite 107, San Anselmo, CA 94960 411 Video Information (publicity) PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 $14.99 each www.kiddievillage.com Three superbly produced DVDs for use with...

Hitting Drills & Techniques.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Hitting Drills & Techniques Marty Schupak Youth Sports Club 9 Florence Ct., Valley Cottage, NY 10989 www.YouthSportsClub.com 0974851795 $24.95 1-800-511-2101 Coach Marty Schupak applies his 16 years of youth baseball...

Story Watchers Club: Christmas.(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
August 1, 2006... Story Watchers Club: Christmas Sax Media Group c/o Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 www.storywatchersclub.com 0977034348 $19.95 1-877-786-7996 Story Watchers Club: Christmas...

Schlessinger Media.(Inventors of the World)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiovisual review)
August 1, 2006... Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 $39.95 each www.LibraryVideo.com "Inventors Of The World" is a 12 volume DVD series designed and produced for students in grades 4-8 and showcasing the stories of...

Prisoners under Glass.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Prisoners Under Glass R. Patrick Scroll Press 14300 Allison Crescent, Prince George, BC, Canada, V2N 5B2 0973542225 $17.95 scrollpress.com Prisoners Under Glass is a suspenseful young adult fantasy novel about Rachel, a...