Children's Bookwatch articles from December 2004

Children's Bookwatch archives from December 2004

The Everything Seed.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Everything Seed Carole Martignacco & Joy Troyer Beaver's Pond Press 7104 Ohm's Lane, Suite 216, Edina, MN 55439-2129 1592980082 $17.95 1-800-901-3480 www.BeaversPondPress.com With a prose text that is lyrically poetic,...

The Black Regiment of the American Revolution.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Black Regiment Of The American Revolution Linda Crotta Brennan & Cheryl Kirk Noll Moon Mountain Publishing 80 Peachtree Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852 1931659060 $16.95 www.moonmountainpub.com A bit of history...

I Can't Wait To Meet My Daddy.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... I Can't Wait To Meet My Daddy Kathleen Blease & Bruce Fackenthal Niche House Publishing PO Box 1954, Easton, PA 18044-1954 0974647705 $17.95 www.nichehouse.com I Can't Wait To Meet My Daddy by Kathleen Blease is an...

Arnold Gets Angry.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Arnold Gets Angry Lawrence E. Shapiro & Steve Harpster CTC Publishing 10400 Eaton Place, Suite 140, Fairfax, VA 22030 0974778907 $17.95 1-800-440-4003 www.couragetochange.com Specifically written by child psychologist...

Ferris Wheel Fun.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Ferris Wheel Fun Rainey & Karin Huggens DreamDog Press 3686 King Street, Suite 160, Alexandria, VA 22302-1921 0966619986 $14.50 www.DreamDog.org In Ferris Wheel Fun, CiCi and Ace go for a ride on a ferris wheel where they...

Daddy I Wanna Be a Lawyer.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Daddy I Wanna Be A Lawyer Larry Goldfarb Elderberry Press 1393 Old Homestead, 2nd floor, Oakland, OR 97462 1932762086 $12.95 www.elderberrypress.com In Daddy I Wanna Be A Lawyer: And Makes Lots Of Money is witty satire on...

Jenny is Scared!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Jenny Is Scared! Carol Shuman & Cary Pillo American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 1591470021 $14.95 www.apa.org Jenny and her brother Sam are scared! The TV played frightening news...

Young Patriots.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Young Patriots Marcella Fisher Anderson & Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 1590782410 $16.95 1-800-490-5111 The collaboration of Marcella Fisher Anderson and Elizabeth...

Mystery of the Missing Candlestick.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Mystery Of The Missing Candlestick June Weltman Mayhaven Publishing PO Box 557, Mahomet, IL 61853 1878044982 $23.95 www.mayhavenpublishing.com High school senior Miranda Manning and her two friends follow clues to a...

Mountain Cabin Mystery.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Mountain Cabin Mystery Max Elliot Anderson Baker Trittin Press PO Box 277, Winona Lake, IN 46590 0972925635 $10.95 www.gospelstoryteller.com Part of the Baker Trittin Press "Tweener Press Adventure Series" for young...

Beyond the Locket.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Beyond The Locket Alan Saunders Acovian Books PO Box 543, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 1881917126 $24.95 www.acovianbooks.com Beyond The Locket: Surviving Parental Separation is a novel for young adults set in the Middle...

Home to the Sea.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Home To The Sea Chester Aaron Brown Barn Books c/o Pictures of Record, Inc. 119 Kettle Creek Road, Weston, CT 06883 0974648124 $10.95 www.brownbarnbooks.com Award-winning author Chester Aaron, whose books have been...

Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Book.
December 1, 2004... Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Book 215 Park Ave, South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Diana and her little brother have been living in the woods behind a decaying mansion for their lifetimes: a set of rules won't allow them...

Henry Fickle and the Secret Laboratory.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Henry Fickle And The Secret Laboratory Michele Mack The Sorcerer's Press 119 Mertz Road, Martztown, PA 19539 096677471X $18.00 sorcererspress@aol.com Five kids get to wondering about Henry Fickle who up and disappeared...

Scholastic Press.(Singer Of All Songs)(Green Angel)(Splintering)
December 1, 2004... Scholastic Press 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 www.scholastic.com The unexpected lovely beauty of Alice Hoffman's Green Angel (0439443849, $16.95) makes is a haunting novella recommended not just for advanced teen readers, but...

What Do I Do?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... What Do I Do? Hui Hui Su-Kennedy Viking Press/Random House 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 0670058858 $15.95 1-800-726-0600 www.randomhouse.com/kids Charmingly written and beautifully illustrated in watercolors, What Do...

Teddy's TV Troubles.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Teddy's TV Troubles Joanne Cantor & Tom Lowes Goblin Fern Press 3809 Mineral Point Road , Madison, WI 53705 096476637X $16.95 1-88670-2665 www.goblinfernpress.com An authority on media and children, Joanne Cantor draws...

Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Never, Ever Shout In A Zoo Karma Wilson & Doug Cushman Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0316985643 $15.95 1-800-759-0190 www.lb-kids.com Doug Cushman illustrates Never, Ever Shout In A Zoo, a funny...

Who's Not Asleep?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Who's Not Asleep? Shirley Hillard Mamoo House 1626 North Wilcox Avenue, Suite 929, Hollywood, CA 90028 1933014318 $13.95 www.mamoohouse.com Charmingly written and gently illustrated by Shirley Hillard, Who's Not Asleep?...

A Cub Explores.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... A Cub Explores Pamela Love & Shannon Sycks Down East Books PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843-0679 0892725931 $15.95 1-800-685-7962 www.downeastbooks.com A Cub Explores by author Pamela Love follows a day in the life of a black...

Grow Grow Grow.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Grow Grow Grow Barbara Riley & Jaenet Guggenheim Azro Press PMB 342, 1704 Llano Street B, Santa Fe, NM 87505 1929115083 $19.95 www.azropress.com Grow Grow Grow is Jaenet Guggenheim's impressively paper collage illustrated...

Hello Kitty's Graduation Day.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Hello Kitty's Graduation Day Jean Hirashima, illustrator Abrams Books for Young Readers 115 West 18th Street, NY, NY 10011 0810948184 $12.95 www.abramsbooks.com Graduation day has arrived and Hello Kitty delivers a...

Candy Shop.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Candy Shop JanWahl & Nicole Wong Charlesbridge 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 1570915083 $15.95 www.charlesbridge.com Daniel the cowboy is a young boy who has done his chores, counted his money, and is going with his...

Two By Two.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Two By Two John Winch Holiday House 425 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10017 0823418405 $16.95 www.holidayhouse.com Two By Two is a picturebook rendition of the timeless biblical story of Noah and the great flood. Told with very...

Bedtime in the Southwest.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Bedtime In The Southwest Mona Hodgson & Renee Graef Rising Moon PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002-1389 0873588711 $14.95 www.northlandpub.com Delightful told in a rhyming lullaby text by author Mona Hodgson and enhanced...

John Muir and Stickeen.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... John Muir And Stickeen Julie Dunlap & Marybeth Lorbiecki; Bill Farnsworth, illustrator NorthWord Press c/o Creative Publishing International 18705 Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, MN 55317-9384 1559719036 $16.95 1-800-328-0590...

The Story of Mr. Pippin.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Story Of Mr. Pippin Johannah Bluedorn Trivium Pursuit PMB 168, 429 Lake Park Boulevard, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 0974361682 $TBA The Story Of Mr. Pippin is a heartwarming picturebook about the relationship between a...

Eyes in the Night.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Eyes In The Night Jan Ramage & Laura Peterson Cygnet/ISBS, dist. 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 1920694250 $24.25 1-800-944-6190 www.isbscatalog.com Eyes In The Night by Jan Ramage is a...

Making Room.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Making Room Joanne Taylor & Peter Rankin Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 088776651X $15.95 www.tundrabooks.com Illustrated with museum quality paintings by Peter Rankin, Making Room by Joanne Taylor is the...

The Wizard of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Wizard Of Oz And The Magic Merry-Go-Round Roger S. Baum & Victoria Seitzinger Overmountain Press PO Box 1261, Johnson City, TN 37605 1570722455 $14.95 1-800-992-2691 The Wizard Of Oz And The Magic Merry-Go-Round is an...

A Pocket Full of Kisses.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... A Pocket Full Of Kisses Audrey Penn & Barbara Leonard Gibson Child & Family Press 440 First Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20001-2085 0878688943 $16.95 www.cwla.org Chester Raccoon has a problem. His younger...

The Story of Hula.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Story Of Hula Carla Golembe & Vicky Holt Takamine The Bess Press 3565 Harding Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816 www.besspress.com 1573061859 $14.95 1-800-910-2377 Carla Glembe's The Story Of Hula is a picturebook with a...

A Team of One.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... A Team Of One Ila Wallen & Robert Sauber Golden Books/Random House 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 0375827056 $16.95 1-800-726-0600 www.randomhouse.com/kids The latest in the Wollowbe Woods Campfire Series of children's...

Dream.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Dream Susan V. Bosak TCP Press 9 Lobraico Lane, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, L4A 7X5, Canada 1896232043 $17.95 Dream: A Tale Of Wonder, Wisdom, & Wishes is a fantastic picturebook featuring lavish color illustrations...

Flusi, the Sock Monster.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Flusi, The Sock Monster Bine Brandle Kane/Miller Book Publishers PO Box 8515, La Jolla, CA 92038-8515 1929132697 $15.95 1-800-968-1930 www.kanemiller.com Flusi, The Sock Monster is a delightful children's picturebook...

The Legendary Unicorn.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Legendary Unicorn Udo Weigelt & Julia Gukova North-South Books Inc. 875 Avenue of the Americas, Rm. 1901, New York, NY 10001-3507 0735819610 $15.95 www.northsouth.com Udo Weigelt's The Legendary Unicorn is a simple,...

Read a Zillion Books.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Read A Zillion Books Jerry Pallotta Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc. PO Box 585, Katonah, NY 10536 1572745975 $14.95 1-800-336-5588 The latest book in the "Meet the Author" series, Read A Zillion Books is a picturebook...

Singing Towards the Future.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Singing Towards The Future Lian Goodall Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 4Y8 1894917081 $16.95 1-877-730-9052 Singing Towards The Future: The Story Of Portia White is the...

Thomson-Gale.
December 1, 2004... Thomson-Gale 274500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Three new additions to the 'Immigrants in America' ($27.45 each) series provide in-depth focus on different immigrant experiences. Joan Schur's The Arab...

Morgan Reynolds.(Waging Peace: The Story Of Jane Addams)(Woman's Work: The Story Of Betty Friedan)(Johann Sebastian Bach And The Art Of Baroque Music)(Antonio Vivaldi And The Baroque Tradition)(Queen Victoria And The British Empire)(Catherine The Great)(Catherine De Medici And The Protestant Reformation)(Queen Isabella And The Unification Of Spain)(Marie Antoinette And The Decline Of The French Monarchy)
December 1, 2004... Morgan Reynolds 620 South Elm Street, #223, Greensboro, NC 27406 $21.95 Each www.morganreynolds.com Peggy Cervantes' Waging Peace: The Story Of Jane Addams (1931798400) provides well over a hundred pages covering the life and...

Ten Holiday Jewish Children's Stories.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Ten Holiday Jewish Children's Stories Barbara Goldin & Jeffrey Allon Pitspopany Press 40 East 78th St, #16D, NY, NY 10021 0943706475 $16.95 1-800-232-2931 www.pitspopany.com Barbara Goldin's Ten Holiday Jewish Children's...

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Barefoot Book Of Ballet Stories Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Rebecca Guay, illustrator Barefoot Books 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 1841482293 $19.99 www.barefootbooks.com Co-authored by Jane...

Irish Legends for Children.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Irish Legends For Children Yvonne Carroll & Lucy Su Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053 1589802780 $15.95 1-800-843-1724 www.pelicanpub.com Six legends are brilliantly retold by Yvonne...

Enslow Publishers.
December 1, 2004... Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 1-800-398-2504 www.enslow.com A new series from Enslow Publishers is specifically designed to showcase six major "kid friendly" holidays through a series of do-it-yourself...

Gareth Stevens.
December 1, 2004... Gareth Stevens 330 W. Olive Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212 www.garethstevens.com Not to be outdone, Gareth Stevens also holds two age-adjusted collections of geography basics for young learners. The 'Welcome to My Country' series...

Benchmark Books/Cavendish.
December 1, 2004... Benchmark Books/Cavendish www.marshallcavendish.com Benchmark's imprint happily holds geography sets for a variety of ages and interests; so if your school is geared at a particular reading level, chances are Benchmark has the same...

Chrysalis Education.
December 1, 2004... Chrysalis Education 2140 Howard Drive West, North Mankato, MN 56003 1-800-445-6209 Two new series features from this publisher will appeal to elementary grade collections seeking to refresh stock on popular topics. Angela...

Weekly Reader.
December 1, 2004... Weekly Reader 330 West Olive Street, #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 $14.50 each www.earlyliteracy.cc Plenty of books cover wild animals and others pack all the domestic animals under one general 'farm' cover, so it's pleasing to find...

The Christmas Tractor.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Christmas Tractor Jane Aumann & Cindy Ladage Roots & Wings 20114 Rt. 16, Nokomis, IL 62075 0970331924 $8.95 www.rootwings.com Beautifully illustrated with the artwork of Charles Freitag, The Christmas Tractor written...

Christ's Santa.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Christ's Santa Glenn R. Elion Life's Journey of Hope Publications PO Box 1277, Groton, MA 01450 0974781509 $19.95 1-978-448-1252 www.lifesjourneyofhope.com Christ's Santa by Glenn R. Elion is an original and delightful...

The Kingfisher Book of Classic Christmas Stories.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The Kingfisher Book Of Classic Christmas Stories Ian Whybrow, Editor Kingfisher/Houghton Mifflin Company 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 0753457326 $19.95 1-800-225-3362 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com The Kingfisher Book...

Matt the Rat and His Magic Cloud.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Matt The Rat And His Magic Cloud Lorenzo Liberto & Irving Torres Harvest Sun Press PO Box 826, Fairacres, NM 88033 0974366803 $20.00 www.harvestsunpress.com Matt the Rat takes young readers ages 5 to 8 on an enhanced...

Arroro, Mi Nino.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Arroro, Mi Nino Lulu Delacre Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016 1584301597 $16.95 www.leeandlow.com Compiled and illustrated by Lulu Delacre, Arroro, Mi Nino: Latino Lullabies And Gentle Games is a bilingual...

Birthday in the Barrio.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Birthday In The Barrio Mayra L. Dole & Tonel Children's Book Press 2211 Mission St, San Francisco CA 94110 0892391944 $16.95 www.cbookpress.org Birthday In The Barrio/Cumpleanos en el Barrio is the collaborative bilingual...