Children's Bookwatch articles from August 2008

Children's Bookwatch archives from August 2008

Ten Rubber Duckies.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Ten Rubber Duckies Dawn Bentley Random House 9780373840432, $10.99, www.randomhouse.com/kids What's better than one rubber duckie? Ten! A fun counting rhyme accompanies ten rubber duckies in a counting game in which one small...

Abrams Books.(pop-up books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Abrams Books 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 www.abramsyoungreaders.com From lionfish to devil rays and tiger sharks, POP-UP SEA CREATURES (0810958775, $14.95) provides an excellent survey of deep sea animals from giant...

The Sneakiest Pirates.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Sneakiest Pirates Dalton James Outskirts Press, Inc. 10940 South Parker Road, #515, Parker, CO 80134 102 Danbury Lane, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 9781432724771, $10.95, www.outskirtspress.com, 1-888-672-6657 What makes...

I'm Thankful.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... I'm Thankful Sue Lundquist Halo Publishing International MEX 39026, PO Box 025385, Miami, FL 33102-5385 9780979742958, $17.95, www.halopublishing.com Being thankful for what one has is an invaluable virtue. "I'm Thankful:...

Crissy The Cow Pot.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Crissy The Cow Pot Nina Anderson & Scott Johnstone Safe Goods Publishing 561 Shunpike Road, Sheffield, MA 01257 1884820891, $9.95, safe@bcn.net A delightful little story for young readers, "Crissy The Cow Pot" is an...

Eye Witness: Rise of the Apostle.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Eye Witness: Rise of the Apostle Robert James Luedke Head Press Publishing 2201 Long Prairie Road, Suite 107-770, Flower Mound, TX 75022 9780975892435, $13.99 www.headpress.info The third book of the "Eye Witness...

Two Miserable Presidents.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Two Miserable Presidents Steve Sheinkin Roaring Brook Press 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003 9781596433205, $19.95, llwohl@aol.com The American Civil War was a huge conflict that is quite well documented in history...

Fairy Foals.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Fairy Foals Suzanah Sourcebooks Jabberwocky c/o Sourcebooks Inc. 1935 Brookdale Road, #139, Naperville, IL 60563 9781402211669, $19.95 www.sourcebooks.com 1-800-432-7444 Though at first glance Fairy Foals: The Journal...

Monsterology.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Monsterology Dugald A. Steer, editor Candlewick Press 99 Dover Street, Somerville, MA 02144 9780763639402, $19.99 www.candlewick.com 1-800-526-0275 The latest in the popular "ology" series, Monsterology: The Complete Book...

Fun, Fitness, and Skills.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Fun, Fitness, and Skills Howie Weiss Human Kinetics PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61825-5076 9780736068291, $20.00, www.humankinetics.com With today's rising rates of obesity, good fitness ethics have to be instilled at a...

Grammar Wars.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Grammar Wars Tom Ready Meriweather Publishing 885 Elkton Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907-3557 1566080630, $16.95, www.meriweather.com In today's world of text communication and the internet, good grammar is a sign of...

The Cave Book.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Cave Book Emil Silvestru Master Books PO Box 726, Green Forest, AR 72638 9780890514962, $15.99, www.masterbooks.net Many children are enthralled by the existence of caves. "The Cave Book" is an educational book for...

A Little Bit of Faith.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... A Little Bit of Faith Cindy Kenny Precious Moments 2850 West Golf Road, Suite 250, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 BSM Media (publicity) 1904 Schulle Avenue, Austin, TX 78703 9780981715902, $6.99, www.preciousgirlsclub.com...

Marry a Pregnant Virgin.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Marry a Pregnant Virgin Frank G. Honeycutt Augsburg Books PO Box 59304, Minneapolis, MN 55459-0304 9780806680361, $15.99, www.augsburgbooks.com The idea of a "pregnant virgin" is just one of the unusual tales found in the...

Chloe's Prayer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Chloe's Prayer Leasa Brouillard, author Tyrrie Solheim, illustrator AuthorHouse 1663 Liberty Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403 9781434364210, $12.99, www.authorhouse.com Children have a tough time interpreting God, and...

Floating Zoo and the Whale Motel.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Floating Zoo and the Whale Motel Danice E. Sweet Pearson Publishing Company 555 S. Shoreline Blvd. Suite 104, Corpus Christi, TX 78401 0976808382, $26.95, www.pearsonpub.us Two charming children's picturebooks for the...

The Capitol Mystery Ghost.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Capitol Mystery Ghost Michelle M. Barone Purple Sky Publishing PO Box 12013, Parkville, MO 64152 9780976901778, $16.95, www.purpleskypublishing.com Everyone has fantasized about being a detective at one time or...

The Explorer's Bible Volume 2.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Explorer's Bible Volume 2 Scott E. Blumenthal Behrman House Publishers 11 Edison Place, Springfield, NJ 07081 0874417937, $12.95, www.behrmanhouse.com A helpful introduction to the Old Testament, "The Explorer's Bible...

Roots for Kids, second edition.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Roots for Kids, second edition Susan Provost Beller Genealogical Publishing Company 3600 Clipper Mill Rd., Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211-19453 9780806317779, $19.95 Where do we come from? The answer is more than a story...

Aesop's Fables.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Aesop's Fables Chandra Dorai, author Vignesh, illustrator Ram Publications 105, North Hall Drive, Sugar Land, TX, 77478 9788190587969, $7.00, ramstechnologies@gmail.com "Aesop's Fables" are simple stories with...

Mothello.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Mothello Dilan MacHardy Phakespeare Productions PO Box 14287, San Francisco, CA 94114-0287 9780978523701, $15.00, www.phakespeare.com Being able to speak in "thees" and "thous" is not required to understand the art of...

Shakespeare with Children.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Shakespeare with Children Elizabeth Weinstein Smith and Kraus Publishers 76 Ayer Road, North Stratford, NH 03590 9781575255736, $19.95, www.smithandkraus.com It's never too early to introduce children to the greatness...

Moo Juice.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
August 1, 2008... Moo Juice Krista Eyler Funky Mama Music c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $12.00, www.funkymamamusic.com Independent recording artist Krista Eyler, known to her legions of young fans as...

Two Flowers.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
August 1, 2008... Two Flowers Danielle Sansone Azalea Street Records c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $14.00, www.daniellesansone.com, www.cdbaby.com Danielle Sansone is an Atlanta-based singer-songwriter...

Ulysses Moore: The Isle of Masks.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
August 1, 2008... Ulysses Moore: The Isle of Masks Edizioni Piemme, author Michael Page, narrator Brilliance Corporation PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 9781423313427, $24.95 www.brillianceaudio.com 1-800-854-7859 Featuring the...

A Voweller's Bestiary.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... A Voweller's Bestiary Jon Arno Lawson--The Porcupine's Quill c/o Timinkster, RGD 68 Main St., Erin Ontario N0B IT0 9780889843004, $14.95, www.sentex.net/~pql Award winning poet Jon Arno Lawson presents his second...

I Go to a Wedding.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... I Go to a Wedding Rikki Benenfeld Hachai Publishing 527 Empire Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11225 9781929628407, $10.95, www.hachai.com Seeing something through the eyes of a child reveals a whole smorgasbord of new experiences. "I...

Dinosaurs!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Dinosaurs! Gail Gibbons Holiday House 425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 9780823421435, $16.95, www.holidayhouse.com Massive in size, lizard-like, and armed with horns and teeth; it's no wonder dinosaurs capture...

Veggie Friends.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Veggie Friends Anne Legge Privately Published 4325 W. Sarah Rd., Prescott, AZ 86305 (author) 9781419697067, $16.99, annelegge@gmail.com Healthy eating habits are a vital thing to teach one's children at a young age....

Our Three Bears.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Our Three Bears Ron Hirschi, author Thomas D. Mangelsen, photographer Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 9781590780152, $16.95, www.boydsmillpress.com Bears are more than just soft plush objects...

Animal Poems of the Iguazu.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Animal Poems of the Iguazu Francisco X. Alarcon, author Maya Christina Gonzalez, illustrator Children's Book Press 965 Mission St., Suite 425, San Francisco, CA 94103 9780892392254, $16.95, www.childrensbookpress.org ...

Flamingo Sunset.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Flamingo Sunset Jonathan London, author Kristina Rodanas, illustrator Marshall Cavendish Children's Books 99 White Plaines Road, Tarrytown, New York, 10591 9780761453840, $16.99, www.marshallcavendish.com With its...

Noah Didn't It Rain.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Noah Didn't It Rain William Lee Golden, author Bill Looney, illustrator New Leaf Press PO Box 726, Green Forest, AR 72638 PLA Media 1303 16th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 9780892216833, $13.99,...

Jadyn and the Magic Bubble.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Jadyn and the Magic Bubble Brigitte Benchimol, author Mark W. Adams, illustrator East West Discovery Press PO Box 3585, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 9780979933974, $24.95, www.eastwestdiscovery.com A boy and his magic...

Whistling Wings.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Whistling Wings Laura Goering, author Laura Jacques, illustrator Sylvan Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Suite 3, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 9781934359129, $16.95, www.sylvandellpublishing.com One thousand...

Can't Catch a Butterfly.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Can't Catch a Butterfly Michelle Zimmerman Rainbow Star Books PO Box 422, Centereach, NY 11720 9780980236309, $16.95, www.rainbowstarbooks.com There's a point where you can't get any more, which a young boy learns in...

North Star.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... North Star Dorrie Papademetriou St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 575 Scarsdale Road, Crestwood, NY 10707 0881412236, $17.00, www.svpress.com To cross the Bering Strait and spread the word of Christianity--that's what a small...

Mommy, Do You Love Me?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Mommy, Do You Love Me? Teres Lambert, author Cindy Coleman, illustrator 1093 Deertrail Court, Antioch, IL 60002 (author) Publish America P.O. Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705 1604419113, $16.95, www.publishamerica.com ...

Boy in Motion.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Boy in Motion Ainslie Manson, author Renne Benoit, illustrator Greystone Books c/o Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group 2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201 Vancouver, BC V5T 4S7 9781553652526, $16.95, www.greystonebooks.com...

Shine Moon Shine.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Shine Moon Shine David Conway, author Dubravka Kolanovic, illustrator Tiger Tales 202 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897 9781589250734, $15.95 What if the moon stopped shining over the night sky? "Shine Moon...

Grandpa, What's That Sound in the Middle of the Night?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Grandpa, What's That Sound in the Middle of the Night? Naomi Singlehurst, author Victoria Jamieson, illustrator Trellis Publishing PO Box 16141, Duluth, MN 55816 9781930650244, $14.95, www.trellispublishing.com Things...

How Cleaning My Room Changed My Life.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... How Cleaning My Room Changed My Life Huma Gruaz & Mark Rosenzweig, authors Timothy Young, illustrator Alpaytac Inc. 415 North LaSalle Street, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60654 9780981788500, $19.75, www.cleaningforkids.com ...

Knopf/Random.('The Ballad of Wilbur and the Moose', 'Astronaut Handbook', 'Peg Leg Peke')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Knopf/Random c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids John Stadler's THE BALLAD OF WILBUR AND THE MOOSE (9780375841743, $14.99) provides an outrageous cowboy lullaby...

Harry Abrams/Amulet.('Babar's USA', 'Babar Comes to America')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Harry Abrams/Amulet 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 www.abramsyoungreaders.com Babar the Elephant books by Laurent de Brunhoff have captured a wide imagination and these new reprints of classics promise librarians the...

Marshall Cavendish.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com Frankie Stein comes into the world different from his parents: they are scary, he's cute--and they can't change him. Can Frankie ever become...

Scholastic Inc.('The World: The Life of Jesus for Children'; 'Timothy and the Strong Pajamas')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York New York 10012 www.scholastic.com Jesus was born in a stable, grew up in a village, and performed many miracles not to mention harboring a love which changed his world. Katherine Paterson...

Frunk the Skunk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Frunk the Skunk Samia Mounts 4N Publishing 44-73 21st St. D6, Long Island City, NY 11101 9780979884108, $9.95, www.4npublishing.com Moving to a new school is never easy to adapt to. "Frunk the Skunk" follows Tarryn Frunk...

The Chinese Fortune Cookie.(Ramblin' Rose series)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Chinese Fortune Cookie John E. Carson & Marlene R. Carson Aspirations Media 7755 Lakeview Lane, Spring Lake Park, MN 55432 9780980003413, $8.99, www.aspirationsmediainc.com Every story has some root in reality, no...

What the Storyteller Brings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... What the Storyteller Brings Robyn Y. Demby Privately Published 108 Woodcroft Dr., Goldsboro, NC 27534 9781601452054, $16.95, www.myspace/demby6 Scary stories around the fire are nothing new, but what if it was more than...

Becoming a Superhero.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Becoming a Superhero William D. Smith Outskirts Press 10940 S. Parker Rd--515, Parker, CO 80134 9781432720711, $13.95, www.outskirtspress.com Every child has at one point or another grabbed a bath towel and pretended to...

Buggy Crenshaw & The Bungler's Paradox.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Buggy Crenshaw & The Bungler's Paradox RM Wilburn Gabby Cat Publishing gcp@buggycrenshaw.com 9780981736501, $14.95, www.buggycrenshaw.com The great warrior for the forces of good is never expected to be an eleven year old...

Fashion Fighter.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Fashion Fighter Deborah O' Dowd iUniverse 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68512 9780595442676, $11.95, www.iuniverse.com A seven year old bears the weight of the world, in her own way. "Fashion Fighter:...

Libba Bray.(young adult fiction)(Young adult review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Libba Bray Delacorte/Random/Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com Libba Bray's conclusion to Libba Bray's 'Gemma Doyle' trilogy The Sweet Far Thing (9780385730303 $17.99) requires familiarity with the...

Scholastic Inc.(children's literature)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Guillaume Prevost's THE BOOK OF TIME (043988375X, $16.99) tells of Sam's discovery of a hidden room ten days after his father vanishes--a room which holds the key...

Icecore.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Icecore Matt Whyman Atheneum Books c/o Simon and Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416949070 $16.99 www.simonsays.com Carl Hobbes is not your usual criminal mastermind: he's a teen British computer...

Turn Up the Heat.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Turn Up the Heat Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant Berkeley Prime Crime 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780425219478 $23.95 www.penguin.com Recommended for older teens who love complex mysteries and are moving into...

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 0374349460 $17.00 www.fsgkidsbooks.com If Naomi had picked tails she wouldn't have had the accident which lead to...

Crabtree Publishing Company.(picture books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Crabtree Publishing Company 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3308, New York, NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com 1-800-387-7650 The Crabtree Publishing Company is a premier publisher of non-fiction 'books in series' titles for school and...

Chelsea House.(non-fiction)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Chelsea House 132 West 31st Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10011 www.chelseahouse.com Two fine book sets provide colorful examinations, presenting geography through the topics of world costumes and culinary traditions. The...

Enslow Publishers.(non-fiction)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Enslow Publishers Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Grades 5 and up will appreciate Robert Gardner's EASY GENIUS SCIENCE PROJECTS WITH THE HUMAN BODY: GREAT EXPERIMENTS AND IDEAS (0766029271, $31.93), which...