Children's Bookwatch articles from December 2005

Children's Bookwatch archives from December 2005

The Sea Monster.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Sea Monster Chris Wormell Jonathan Cape/Trafalgar Square PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257 www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com 0224070258 $16.99 1-800-423-4525 A great sea monster lives at the...

Thomson Gale.(Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)(Issues in Drug Abuse)(Drug Legalization)(Medical Ethics)(Epidemics)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Four drug titles will reach grades 4-7 with important information suitable for reports. The 'At Issue' coverage Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder...

The First Teddy Bear.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The First Teddy Bear Helen Kay Stemmer House Books 4 White Brook Road, Gilsum, NH 03448 www.stemmerhouse.com 088045153X $11.95 1-800-345-6665 The First Teddy Bear is an informative and entertaining read which...

Tsunami: Monster Waves.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Tsunami: Monster Waves Mary Dodson Wade Enslow PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 0766017869 $23.93 www.enslow.com This newly updated edition of a prior classic includes amateur video footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean...

Artificial Intelligence.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Artificial Intelligence Anne Rooney Chrysalis Education 1980 Lookout Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003 1593891237 $29.95 www.amazon.com Plenty of books on this topic have appeared for older readers, so it's refreshing to...

Leopold, The Liar Of Leipzig.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Leopold, The Liar Of Leipzig Francine Prose HarperCollins 1350 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10019 0060080752 $15.99 harpercollins.com Leopold, The Liar Of Leipzig, Einav Aviram's engaging and lively drawings illustrate the...

All Rivers Flow to the Sea.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... All Rivers Flow To the Sea Alison McGhee Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763625914 $15.99 candlewick.com Teen Rose can't help but relive the accident that left her older sister in a coma:...

What Can I Do Today?(What Can I Do Today?: To Make This World a Happier Place)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... What Can I Do Today? Allison Stoutland & Cathy Hofner Inch by Inch Publications PO Box 15, Okemos, MI 48805 0967094135 $16.95 inchbyinchbooks.com The collaborative and highly recommended work of author Allison Stoutland...

Jane on a Crane.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Jane On A Crane Jane Dana & Viktor Bakhtin Green Troubadour Press E8840 McCoy Road, North Freedom, WI 53951 www.janeonacrane.com 0976100002 $25.00 1-800-214-8110 Jane On A Crane introduces the museum quality artwork...

Eldorado Ink.(Decades of the 20th Century, 10 vols.)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Eldorado Ink PO Box 100097, Pitsburgh, PA 15233 1-800-783-6767 eldoradoink.com Decades Of The 20th Century is a simply outstanding ten volume series ($24.95 each) that is especially appropriate for young readers grades 2 through...

Woodshop for Kids.(Woodshop for Kids: 52 Woodworking Projects Kids Can Build )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Woodshop For Kids Jack McKee & Rusty Keeler Hands On Books 1117 Lenora Ct., Bellingham, WA 98225 1884894534 $21.95 www.amazon.com Written by Jack McKee and illustrated by Rusty Keeler, Woodshop For Kids: 52 Woodworking...

All Aboard!(All Aboard! A True Train Story)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... All Aboard! Susan Kuklin Orchard Books 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 0439455839 $16.95 scholastic.com Young train fans who enjoy vivid, bright picturebook stories will find All Aboard! A True Train Story captures...

10,000 Days of Thunder.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... 10,000 Days Of Thunder Philip Caputo Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689862318 $22.95 .simonsays.com/kids Kids in grades 5-7 will find 10,000 Days Of Thunder to be a readily accessible...

A Pioneer ABC.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... A Pioneer ABC Mary Alice Downie & Mary Jane Gerber Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 2P9 www.tundrabooks.com 0887766889 $15.95 1-800-788-1074 Mary Jane Gerber's museum quality...

Richard C. Owen Publishers.(Beach Feet)(Kitty Goes Splash)(The Paper Bag)(How Fox Became Red)(My Mom's Apron)(My Favorite Place)(Trick Rabbit)(My Name is Erica Montoya de la Cruz)(The Coral Reef)(Two Fables of Aesop)(Why Animals Never Got Fire)(Hoops and Me)(Jeepers)(The Legend of Scarface)(The Stone Hat)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Richard C. Owen Publishers PO Box 585, Katonah, NY 10536 1-800-262-0787 www.RCOwen.com There are fifteen inexpensive, consistently charming, and very highly recommended paperback picturebooks for beginning young readers from...

Bee-bim Bop!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Bee-bim Bop! Linda Sue Park Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 0618265112 $15.00 www.hmco.com Bee-bim Bop is a traditional Korean dish: it's also a story about a child cooking with a parent, and it's also a...

Waking Day.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Waking Day Constance Morgenstern, et al. NorthWord Press c/o T&N Children's Publishing, Inc. Minnetonka, MN 55343 www.tnkidsbooks.com 1559719192 $17.95 1-888-255-9989 The text of Waking Day is a poem by Constance...

There's a Crocodile under My Bed!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... There's A Crocodile Under My Bed! Ingrid & Dieter Schubert Front Street 862 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 www.frontstreetbooks.com 1932425489 $15.95 1-877-512-8366 Mom and Dad are about to go out for the evening and...

The Last Pair of Shoes.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Last Pair Of Shoes Sashi Friedman Merkos Publications 291 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11213 082660031X $13.95 kehotonline.com Seva's realistic, captivating drawings in The Last Pair Of Shoes lend to the lovely story...

Dial/Dutton.(Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper)(Snow White)(Stinky Riddles)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Dial/Dutton c/o Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson, New York, NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders A truly dastardly crime has caused chaos in Ant Hill: some cows are missing and a bunch of ladybugs are surely to blame. Brad...

Mind Your Manners!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Mind Your Manners! Diane Goode Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 0374349754 $16.00 fsgkidsbooks.com Come dine with the Abbotts at their house--but watch out: they speak with mouths full, spit, and...

The Jade Stone.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Jade Stone Caryn Yacowitz Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053 www.pelicanpub.com 1589803590 $15.95 1-800-843-1724 Chan Lo is a stone carver who has a special assignment to carve a...

Isabel's House of Butterflies.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Isabel's House Of Butterflies Tony Johnston Gibbs Smith, Publisher PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041 www.gibbs-smith.com 1578051282 $6.95 1-800-748-5439 Enhanced with Susan Guevara's graceful and lively illustrations,...

Glasses: Who Needs 'em?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Glasses: Who Needs 'em? Lane Smith Viking Press/Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson, New York, NY 10014 0670841609 $16.99 penguin.com "Only dorks wear glasses," maintains the young patient, but it's up to the 'mad...

Knopf/Random House.(Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Women with a Great Big Heart)(Anne Frank)(Joan of Arc)(Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme)(Back to School Is Cool!)(Junie B. First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!)(Kate, the Cat and the Moon)(Theolonius Turkey Lives!: On Felicia Ferguson's Farm)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Good reading skills or parental assistance will lend a wider age range to the lovely tale Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About A Giant Women With A Great Big Heart...

Scholastic Inc.(The Fairytale Cake)(The Deep Blue Sea: A Book of Colors)(Beastly Bath)(Nacho and Lolita)(Cinderella)(If You Decide to Go to the Moon)(The Knight Who Took All Day)(If Dogs were Dinosaurs)(Eating Up Gladys)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Mark Sperring's The Fairytale Cake (04-39683297, $15.95) is decorated by Jonathan Langley and makes an exciting story for readers used to fun: what if your...

Knopf/Random/Delacorte.(Barry, Boyhound)(The Tequila Worm)(Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway)(Billy Clikk: Rogmasher Rampage)(Deception)(Vox)(Book review)(Children's review)
December 1, 2005... Knopf/Random/Delacorte 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Five new titles provide action and adventure for young leisure readers ages 10-13. Andy Spearman's Barry, Boyhound (037-5832645, $15.95) tells of a...

Hubert Invents the Wheel.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Hubert Invents The Wheel Claire & Monte Montgomery Walker & Company 104--5th Avenue, New York, NY 10001 www.walkeryoungreaders.com 0802789900 $16.95 1-800-289-2553 Kids in grades 4-6 will appreciate Hubert Invents The...

Rhymes With Witches.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Rhymes With Witches Lauren Myracle Amulet/Abrams 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011 0810958597 $16.95 abramsbooks.com Jane has been selected by the school to be the freshman recruit at Crestview Academy--and from her...

The Sisters Grimm.(The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detective)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Sisters Grimm Michael Buckley Amulet Books/Abrams 115 W. 18th Street, New York, NY 10001 www.abramsbooks.com 0810959259 $14.95 1-800-759-0190 In The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detective, Sabrina and Daphne...

Candlewick Books.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Candlewick Books 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com Nothing's more important to Simeon Zook than his family and their farm, so when a fire breaks out, he's determined to uncover its cause--even if...

Simon & Schuster.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.simonsyskids.com Bethany's thirteenth birthday is approaching and as it does her parents behave increasingly oddly, until her father leaves Bethany quite suddenly with an...

The Christmas Bell.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Christmas Bell Rolf Krenzer McGraw Children's 8787 Orion Place, Columbus, OH 43240 1577684109 $15.95 www.mhkids.com Maja Dusikova's simple and compelling drawings lend to this story of Rachel, who finds a beautiful...

Dingles & Company.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Dingles & Company PO Box 508, Sea Grit, NJ 08750 Judy Zocchi and Rebecca Wallis provide a lovely set of holiday books which will appeal to young learners with bilingual editions and very basic facts. On Thanksgiving Day/El Dia De...

The Bird In Santa's Beard.(The Bird in Santa's Beard: How a Christmas Legend Was Forever Changed )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... The Bird In Santa's Beard Jeffery L. Schatzer, et al. Mitten Press 2500 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 1587262886 $18.95 www.amazon.com Written by Jeffery L Schatzer with the assistance of Mark Bush and Don Rutt, The...

Gareth Stevens.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Gareth Stevens 330 W. Olive St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 $20.67 Each www.garethstevens.com Pair the vivid drama of fiction written by Rebecca Johnson with the true facts of nonfiction and add engaging photos by Steve Parish and you...

Firefly Books.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Firefly Books 155 East 34th St., #5B, NY, NY 10016 $9.95 Each www.fireflybooks.com Dan Bortolotti's 'Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife' series offers two lovely 64-page coverages of animal rescue focus on specific wild...

Lerner Publishing.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Lerner Publishing 241 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 $25.26 Each lernerbooks.com The 'Animal Scavengers' series by Sandra Markle is one of the best we've seen in elementary-level nature books. For one thing, the series...

Crabtree Publishing.( )(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Crabtree Publishing 350--5th Ave., #3308, NY, NY 10118 $22.60/Each www.crabtreebooks.com Crabtree's titles are geared to curriculum needs and thus make excellent choices for schools who face regular report needs. These recent...

Young Person's Guide to the Prairie.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Young Person's Guide To The Prairie Wendy Munson Scullin South River Press PO Box 392, Indianola, IA 50125-0392 0977076407 $11.95 1-800-350-6680 Young Person's Guide To The Prairie is an introduction to what constitutes a...

Stargazer/Creative Company.(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Stargazer/Creative Company 123 S. Broad St., Mankato, MN 56001 1-800-445-6209 www.amazon.com Filled with a profusion of full-page color photos and a facing page of information make this 32-page presentation by Michael George,...

Midnight Forests.(Midnight Forests: A Story of Gifford Pinchot and Our National Forests )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Midnight Forests Gary Hines Boyds Mills Press 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431 1563971488 $16.95 boydsmillspress.com Few biographies for kids survey Gifford Pinchot and his role as the father of the conservation...

Inkspell.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2005... Inkspell Cornelia Funke, author Brendan Fraser, narrator Listening Library, Inc. 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 0307281620 $60.00 1-800-726-0600 The sequel to "Inkheart", Cornelia Funke's Inkspell is an unabridged...

Greenhaven Press.( )(Company overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Greenhaven Press 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com These medical and health titles are recommended for teen audiences, as well as many an adult or ESR students who will find them equally important....

The Happy Elf.(Video recording review)
December 1, 2005... The Happy Elf Anchor Bay Entertainment 1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084 $19.98 www.anchorbayentertainment.com Featuring the voice and music of Harry Connick Jr., as well as the talents of Carol Kane, Lewis Black, Rob Paulsen,...

Firefighter George and the Florida State University Flying High Circus Teach Nutrition.(Video recording review)
December 1, 2005... Firefighter George & The Florida State University Flying High Circus Teach Nutrition Start Smarter PO Box 421194, Atlanta, Georgia 30342 www.startsmarter.com 404-944-1351 Firefighter George & The Florida State University...

World Almanac Library.(World Almanac Library of the Holocaust)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... World Almanac Library 330 West Olive Street, #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 www.worldalmanaclibrary.com $30.00 Each 1-800-848-2928 The "World Almanac Library Of The Holocaust" series by David Downing is recommended as basic library...

Weekly Reader/WRC Media.(Company overview)
December 1, 2005... Weekly Reader/WRC Media 330 W. Olive #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 $19.33 Each www.earlyliteracy.cc The 'Early Learning Library' titles published by Weekly Reader are 24-page easy readers for the very young, published in sets offering...

Kids' Container Gardening.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2005... Kids' Container Gardening Cindy Krezel Ball Publishing PO Box 9, Batavia, IL 60510 1883052432 $14.95 ballpublishing.com Gardening is lots of fun, especially with this project-oriented introduction that offers 17 different...