Children's Bookwatch articles from December 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from December 2007

Waltur Paints Himself into A Corner.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Waltur Paints Himself into A Corner Barbara Gregorich Houghton Mifflin company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0618747966, $15.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Waltur and his friends Matilda and Darwin are back in a...

Follow the Line through the House.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Follow the Line Through the House Laura Ljungkvist Viking c/o Children's Books Publicity--Penguin Readers Group 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780670062256, $16.99 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Open the front...

Random House/Knopf.(children's books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Random House/Knopf c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes' VELMA GRATCH AND THE WAY COOL BUTTERFLY (9780375835971, $16.99) tells of one...

Scholastic.(A Dog Needs a Bone!)(Jazz on a Saturday Night)(Making Science Count: Math Fables Too)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Audrey Wood's A DOG NEEDS A BONE! (054500005X, $16.99) provides a fun story line and pictures by Audrey Wood as it tells of a dog who entreats his mistress to give him...

Playdate Kids Publishing.(The Playdate Kids: Booger Boogie)(The Playdate Kids: Island Potty Party)(The Playdate Kids: The I Like Me Dance)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Playdate Kids Publishing Box 2785, Malibu, CA 90265-9998 $14.95 Each www.theplaydatekids.com Three new Playdate titles are excellent picks for parents seeking multimedia play-oriented books. Tim Friedlander's THE I LIKE ME DANCE...

Got A Notion To Sew?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Got A Notion To Sew? Learning ZoneXpress PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060 1571754687 $49.95 www.learningzonexpress.com 1-888-455-7003 Got A Notion To Sew? is a DVD designed to introduce young people in grades 5-9 to the basics...

Preschool Baby Learns About Computers: Tubby in Computer World.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Preschool Baby Learns About Computers: Tubby in Computer World Galloping Minds payalsarin@gallopingminds.com $14.99 www.gallopingminds.com 1-866-425-5672 Preschool Baby Learns About Computers: Tubby in Computer World is a DVD...

Pocket Snails Potty Adventure.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Pocket Snails Potty Adventure Soaring Star Productions, LLC PO Box 8538, Surprise, AZ 85374 $14.95 www.soaringstar.com www.pocketsnails.com Pocket Snails Potty Adventure: Potty Training in Easy to Follow Steps for Boys & Girls...

Paul Revere: Midnight Ride.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Paul Revere: Midnight Ride Marty Panzer and Don Grady, songs American Animation Studios 715 Sixth Street, Suite 5, Prosser, WA 99350 9780979668128 $19.95 www.americananimationstudios.com www.historysheroes.com Part of the...

Winter Wonderland.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Winter Wonderland Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment c/o Andrea Blain Public Relations (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 $14.98 www.foxmovies.com 20 Century Fox (distribution) Winter Wonderland is a...

Bridge To Terabithia.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2007... Bridge To Terabithia Walt Disney Pictures & Walden Media Disney Educational Productions 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-6307 77D18VL00, $29.95 www.Education.Disney.com Simply stated, "Bridge To Terabithia"...

Wonderstuff.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
December 1, 2007... Wonderstuff Recess Monkey Waldmania Public Relations 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 $20.00, www.recessmonkeytown.com A two-CD collection of superbly performed and flawlessly recorded musical story of Everett...

"Very Derryberry".(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
December 1, 2007... "Very Derryberry" Debi Derryberry Very Derryberry Productions c/o Waldmania Public Relations 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 6773570217-2, $12.99 www.debiderryberry.com The original and lively lyrics of...

Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures George Sullivan Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439416154, $17.99 www.scholastic.com Plenty of books--even picturebooks--have captured Helen Keller's life; but this one...

Out of Line: Growing Up Soviet.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Out of Line: Growing Up Soviet Tina Grimberg Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne St., 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5A 2P9, Canada 9780887768033, $22.95 www.tundrabooks.com Grimberg's collection of memories of life behind the Iron...

George Washington Carver.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... George Washington Carver Elizabeth Macleod Kids Can Press 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150 9781553379072, $6.95 www.kidscanpress.com George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life is a softcover biography of "Peanut...

Signature Lives: Modern America.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Signature Lives: Modern America Compass Point Books 151 Good Counsel Drive, Minneapolis, MN 56002-0669 www.compasspointbooks.com 1-877-371-1536 9780756536015, $766.32 List; $574.80 Library "Signature Lives: Modern America"...

Cherry Blossoms in Twilight.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Cherry Blossoms in Twilight Yaeko Sugama Weldon & Linda E. Austin Moonbridge Publications 701 Simmons Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63122 9780977232314, $12.95 www.moonbridgebooks.com Now in a new edition edited for young readers...

Marshall Cavendish.("Myths of the World" and "First Americans" series)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com Kids in grades 5-7 who have been assigned or are just discovering about mythology will welcome Virginia Schomp's 'Myths of the World' series...

Morgan Reynolds Publishing.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Morgan Reynolds Publishing 620 South Elm Street, Suite 223, Greensobo, NC 27406 $27.95 Each www.morganreynolds.com Collections geared to advanced elementary to middle school readers who would include biographies of current, top...

Simple Machines.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Simple Machines Chris Oxlade Smart Apple Media c/o Black Rabbit Books PO Box 3263, Mankato, MN 56002 $135.50 List; $94.75 Library brabbit@hickorytech.net 'Simple Machines' is a five title series by Chris Oxlade...

Gallopade International.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Gallopade International PO Box 2779, Peachtree City, GA 30269 www.gallopade.com 1-800-536-2438 Gallopade is a premier publisher of mysteries by Carole Marsh who specifically writes for young readers who need encouragement and an...

Villager Book Publishing.("Under My Bed" series)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Villager Book Publishing 222 West Las Colina Boulevard, #1650, Irving, TX 75039 www.VillagerDustBunnies.com 'Under My Bed' is an outstanding series of picturebooks, each of which focuses on a particular character trait. Deftly...

Soundprints.(Smithsonian I Love My Board Books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Soundprints 353 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851-1552 www.soundprints.com 1-800-228-7839 Soundprints offers two 'Smithsonian I Love My Board Books' for preschool children. Charmingly written by Laura Gates Galvin, they are "I Love...

Publications International.(interactive karaoke style books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2007... Publications International 7373 North Cicero Avenue, Lincolnwood, IL 60712 Healy & Schulte (publicity) 343 West Erie Street, #440, Chicago, IL 60610 $19.99 each 1-847-676-3470 www.amazon.com Ideal for preschoolers and...

What Color is Your Dream?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... What Color is Your Dream? Kittie Nesius Beletic Kittiebgoods.com 1409 S. Lamar, Box 315, Dallas, TX 75215 9781933285566, $16.95 www.kittiebgoods.com What Color is Your Dream? is a rhyming picturebook sure to delight...

When the Silliest Cat Was Small.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... When the Silliest Cat Was Small Gilles Bachlelet Harry Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 0810994151, $16.95 www.abramsyungreaders.com Gilles Bachlelet's cat is unusual--actually, it's an elephant? thus begins...

Random House/Knopf.("The Snow Goose" and "Sadie the Air Mail Pilot")(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Random House/Knopf c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/teens 1-800-726-0600 Paul Gallico's THE SNOW GOOSE (9781375849787, $17.99) provides a modern World War II classic...

Darlene Halloween and the Great Chicago Fire.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Darlene Halloween and the Great Chicago Fire Peter J. Welling Pelican Publishers 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053 9781589804791, $15.95 www.pelicanpub.com One October day in Chicago Murphy the witch decides to...

Dutton/Penguin.("The Toy Farmer" and "Jack of All Tails")(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Dutton/Penguin 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Scott Nash produces the fun colorful drawings for Andrew P. Pelletier's THE TOY FARMER (9780525476498, $16.99), a fine picturebook tale of a boy...

George and Martha: Two Great Friends.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... George and Martha: Two Great Friends James Marshall Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 061896178X, $15.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Three fine stories of two great friends pack a fun beginner's...

Emma's Turtle.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Emma's Turtle Eve Bunting Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 9781590783504, $15.95 www.boydsmillspress.com Kids ages 4-7 will relish this fun picturebook story of a pet turtle who lives to listen to...

Righty and Lefty: A Tale of Two Feet.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Righty and Lefty: A Tale of Two Feet Rachel Vail Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439636299, $16.99 www.scholastic.com Righty and Lefty can't agree on anything--one wakes up early, the other likes to sleep...

Cha-Cha & Zee Explore San Antonio.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Cha-Cha & Zee Explore San Antonio Indigo Tyler tkPublishing IndigoTyler@tkPublishing.com Perceptive Marketing 13202 Dogwood Blossom Trail Dr., Houston, TX 77065 9780976510031, $16.95 www.tkpublishing.com...

Vega and the Stars.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Vega and the Stars Carin Gottlieb, author Mikael Lofstrom, illustrator Vinterhallon Publishers Snarstigen 8, 181 31 Lidingo, Sweden 9789163305085, 10.50 Euro www.vinterhallon.com Vega and the Stars is a Swedish...

Callie Cat, Ice Skater.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Callie Cat, Ice Skater Eileen Spinelli &Anne Kennedy Albert Whitman & Company 6340 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL 60053-2723 9780807510421, $16.95 www.albertwhitman.com 1-800-255-7675 Callie Cat, Ice Skater is a...

Luella.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Luella Melinda Braun Savage Press PO Box 115, Superior, WI 54880 9781886028852, $14.95 Inspired by stories of a pet duck, Luella is a children's picturebook about a family who adopts an orphaned baby duckling into their...

Grandpa's Treasure.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Grandpa's Treasure Rhonda Telfer, author John Ruebartsch, illustrator Visual Generation Press 3118 Springdale Ave., Glenview, IL 60025 9780979602603, $19.95 www.visualgeneration.com Grounded in author Rhonda Telfer's...

Lily and the Paper Man.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Lily and the Paper Man Rebecca Upjohn, author Renne Benoit, illustrator Second Story Press 20 Maud Street, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2M5 9781897187197, $14.95 www.secondstorypress.on.ca The debut...

I Went for a Walk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... I Went for a Walk Shanti Wintergate, author Gregory Attonito, illustrator Hollywood Jersey 164 Silver Fox Trl., McCall, ID 83638 9780979542602, $25.00 I Went for a Walk is a children's picturebook following a...

My Hair Is Too Long!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... My Hair is Too Long! Cindy Kuhlman, author Shelley Hohenecker, illustrator Beaver's Pond Group 7104 Ohms Lane, Suite 216, Edina, MN 55439 9781592981908, $12.95 My Hair is Too Long! is a softcover children's...

The Little Man in the Map.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Little Man in the Map E. Andrew Martonyi & Ed Olson Schoolside Press 20950-40 Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 9780978510046, $19.95 The Little Man in the Map: With Clues to Remember all 50 States is a cheery,...

Fire Up With Reading!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Fire Up With Reading! Toni Buzzeo, author Sachiko Yoshikawa, illustrator Upstart Books c/o Highsmith Inc. W5527 Hwy. 106, PO Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 83538-0800 9781932146912, $17.95 1-800-448-4887 The second...

Sofia and the Heartmender.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Sofia and the Heartmender Marie Olofsdotter Holy Cow Press PO Box 3170, Mount Royal Station, Duluth, MN 55803 9780977945832, $15.95 Sweedish-American artist and author Marie Olofsdotter presents Sofia and the Heartmender,...

Prunes and Rupe.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Prunes and Rupe Lydia Griffin, author Judith Hunt, illustrator Filter Press PO Box 95, Palmer Lake, CO 80133 9780865410862, $16.00 www.filterpressbooks.com Based on true events and a stone monument erected in memory...

Footwork.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Footwork Roxanne Orgill, author Stephane Jorish, illustrator Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1338 9780763621216, $17.99 www.candlewick.com 1-800-526-0275 Footwork: The Story of Fred and...

Give Me That!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Give Me That! Usa Tanaka 4N Publishing 44-73 21st St., D6, Long Island City, NY 11101 9780974131900, $15.95 www.4npublishing.com Author Usa Tanaka has previously been published in Japan and South Korea; she makes her...

The Turtle and the Deep Blue Sky.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Turtle and the Deep Blue Sky Elizabeth and Eric Zimmer Fulcrum Publishing 16100 Table Mountain Parkway, Suite 300, Golden, Colorado 80403 9781555915971, $12.95 www.fulcrumbooks.com 1-800-992-2908 The Turtle and the...

The Adventures of Captain Candy.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Adventures of Captain Candy Ryan Lederer Seven Locks Press 3100 West Warner Avenue, Suite 8, Santa Ana, CA 92704 978097585210, $15.95 www.sevenlockspublishing.com 1-800-354-5348 The Adventures of Captain Candy is a...

BooBoo's Story.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... BooBoo's Story Paula A. Compo-Pratt Ivy House Publishing Group 5122 Bur Oak Circle, Raleigh, NC 27612 9781571974778, $14.95 www.ivyhousebooks.com Floral designer, teacher, artist, and poet Paula A. Compo-Pratt presents...

Cecil's New Year's Eve Tail.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Cecil's New Year's Eve Tail Marie Fritz Perry Buttonweed Press, LLC 204 Seventh Street West, #125, Northfield, MN 55057 9780975567524, $19.95 www.buttonweedpress.com Set on the east side of Manhattan, Cecil's New Year's...

The Adventures of Cali.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Adventures of Cali Michele Lallouz Fisher, author Ginger Nielson, illustrator Cali Publishing 13580 S.W. 51st Street, Miramar, FL 33027 9780979300400, $4.95 The Adventures of Cali is a bittersweet children's...

The Magic In You!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Magic In You! Sally H. Taylor Outskirts Press, Inc. 10940 S. Parker Rd., 515, Parker, CO 80134 9781432703240, $24.95 1-888-672-6657 www.outskirtspress.com The Magic In You! is a softcover children's picturebook about...

I Like Gum.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... I Like Gum Doreen Tango Hampton, author Gina Pfleegor, illustrator Shenanigan Books 129 West End Ave., Summit, NJ 07901 9780972661423, $15.95 I Like Gum is a rhyming picturebook recounting a young girl's likes and...

Adventures of Countess Pigula.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Adventures of Countess Pigula Karen Freysinger Aha! Elora Danan Productions PO Box 928, Estero, FL 33928 9780978672904, $15.95 Adventures of Countess Pigula: "Her Royal Imagination" is a picturebook intended for young...

Full Mouse Empty Mouse.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Full Mouse Empty Mouse Dina Zeckhausen, author Brian Boyd, illustrator Magination Press PO Box 92984, Washington, DC 20090-2984 9781433801327, $14.95 1-800-374-2721 Written by Dina Zeckhausen, an expert in the field...

One Million Men and Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... One Million Men and Me Kelly Starling Lyons, author Peter Ambush, illustrator Just Us Books 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07017 9781933491073, $16.95 One Million Men and Me is a children's picturebook inspired...

Meerkats Don't Fly.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Meerkats Don't Fly Mark Miller, author Cathy Butterfield, illustrator Good Turn Publishing 1 Bancroft Road, Wellesley, MA 02481 9780979439308, $16.95 www.goodturnpublishing.com Meerkats Don't Fly is a charming...

Sunny and Wondrous Cat Cousins.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Sunny and Wondrous Cat Cousins Mary Hochenauer & Louis (Suji) Hochenauer-Fox, authors Diane Lucas, illustrator Gnatcatcher Children's Books 1451 E. Armando Drive, Long Beach, CA 90807 9780977800506, $16.95 Set during...

Little Eagle.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Little Eagle Chen Jiang Hong Enchanted Lion Books, LLC 45 Main Street, Suite 519, Brooklyn, NY 11201 9781592700714, $16.95 1-888-330-8477 Set in 15th century China, Little Eagle is a children's picturebook about a boy,...

John Denver's Grandma's Feather Bed.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... John Denver's Grandma's Feather Bed Christopher Canyon Dawn Publications 12402 Bitney Springs Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959 9781584690962, $8.95 www.dawnpub.com 1-800-545-7475 John Denver's Grandma's Feather Bed is a...

Yatandou.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Yatandou Gloria Whelan, author Peter Sylvada, illustrator Sleeping Bear Press c/o Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 9781585362110, $17.95 www.thomson.com 1-800-231-5163 Award-winning...

Remember Beauty and Songs For a Blue Time.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Remember Beauty and Songs For a Blue Time Janie Johe Webster and Nila J. Webster, authors George M. Ulrich, illustrator StarMist Books PO Box 12640, Rochester, NY 14612 9780961829254, $20.00 Remember Beauty and Songs...

Where's Nat?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Where's Nat? Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes, authors Susan Arciero, illustrator VSP Books Inc. 7402-G Lockport Place, Lorton, VA 22079 9781893622197, $17.95 www.vspbooks.com Where's Nat? A Nat, Nat, the...

Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away Svetlana Konnikova, author Anatoli Smishliaev, illustrator Aurora Publishers 5970 S.W. 18th Street, Suite 117, Boca Baton, FL 33433 KSB Promotions (publicity) 55 Honey Creek, NE,...

Millie Waits for the Mail.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Millie Waits for the Mail Alexander Steffensmeier Walker Publishing Company, Inc. 104 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 9780802796622, $16.95 www.walkerbooks.com 1-800-289-2553 Millie Waits for the Mail is a laugh-out-loud...

Why Won't Anyone Play With Me?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Why Won't Anyone Play With Me? Joy V. Smith, author Andrea Gradidge, illustrator PublishAmerica PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151 9781424186341, $19.95 http://journals.aol.com/pagadan/JoysJournal Why Won't Anyone...

The Frog who Wanted to See the Sea.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Frog who Wanted to See the Sea Guy Billout The Creative Company 123 South Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 9781568461885 17.95 1-800-445-6209 "The New Yorker" illustrator Guy Billout presents his latest children's...

Now ... For My Next Number!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Now... For My Next Number! Margaret Park, author Sophia Esterman, illustrator Troy Lennerd Nielsen, Bruce Lambson, & Ahti Mohala, musicians Great River Books 161 M Street, Salt Lake City, UT84103 9780915556380,...

My Name is Gabito.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... My Name is Gabito Monica Brown, author Raul Colon, illustrator Northland Publishing PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 9780873589086, $15.95 www.northlandpub.com 1-800-346-3257 Award-winning author Monica Brown presents...

A Great Time.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... A Great Time Masha Shurin, author Valentin Ginukov, illustrator White Stag Press c/o Publishers Design Group, Inc. PO Box 37, Roseville, CA 95678 KSB Promotions (publicity) 55 Honey Creek NE, Ada, MI 49301-9768...

Cool Cat Goes Biodiesel.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Cool Cat Goes Biodiesel Derek Savage, author Robert Rooch, illustrator Blue Thunder Books 2375 E. Tropicana Ave., #8-155, Las Vegas, NV 89119 9780967300009, $7.95 www.coolcatlovesyou.com Endorsed by the "Biodiesel...

Dinosaurs.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Dinosaurs Nigel Marven, author Kingfisher c/o Houghton Mifflin Company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 9780753461020, $12.95 www.hmco.com 1-800-225-3362 Part of the Kingfisher Knowledge series for young people,...

The Mystery of the Round Rocks.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Mystery of the Round Rocks Mark Meierhenry & David Volk, authors Jason Folkerts, illustrator South Dakota State Historical Society Press 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SC 57501-2217 9780977795536, $13.95...

Beaser the Bear's Rocky Mountain Christmas.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Beaser the Bear's Rocky Mountain Christmas Patricia Derrick, author Doug Hoch, illustrator Animalations Publishing 4186 Melodia Songo Court, Las Vegas, NV 89135 KSB Promotions (publicity) 55 Honey Creek, NE, Ada, MI...

Percy & the Plan.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Percy & the Plan T.B. Dockter FWE Publishing PO Box 1532, Soquel, CA 95073 9780971220157, $9.95 www.percyveerance.com Book three in the Percy Veerance Adventure Series, Percy & the Plan is as whimsical as its...

Quest for the Dragon Stone.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Quest for the Dragon Stone Ami Blackford Red Cygnet Press 11858 Stoney Peak Drive, #525, San Diego, CA 92128 9781601080080, $18.95 www.redcygnet.com The debut children's book by author and illustrator Ami Blackford, Quest...

The Wild Tales of a Curious Princess.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Wild Tales of a Curious Princess Heather McGhee, author Shari Lynn Myers, illustrator A Better Be Write Publisher PO Box 1577, Millville, NJ 08332 9780978898595, $19.95 www.abetterbewrite.com The Wild Tales of a...

In the Land of the Jaguar.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... In the Land of the Jaguar Gena K. Gorrell, author Andrej Krystoforski, illustrator Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Pittsburgh, NY 12901 9780887767562, $22.95 www.tundrabooks.com In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and...

The Great Race.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... The Great Race Dawn Casey, author Anne Wilson, illustrator Barefoot Books 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 9781905236770, $16.99 www.barefootbooks.com1-866-215-1756 The Great Race: The Story of the...

In Search of the Thunder Dragon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... In Search of the Thunder Dragon Sophie & Romio Shrestha Mandala Publishing 17 Paul Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903 9781601091000, $16.95 www.mandala.org 1-800-688-2218 Set in the mountainous and isolated kingdom of Bhutan, In...

Scholastic Inc.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Book 6 of Jeff Smith's graphic novel Bone series, Bone: Old Man's Cave (0439706289, $18.99 ) features a showdown between the Hooded One and the valley folk--and...

Knopf/Delacorte/Dell/Random.(Young adult review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Knopf/Delacorte/Dell/Random c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids J.M. Trewellard's BUTTERFINGERS (9780385751230, $15.99) tells of Princess Bella, snatched from her secret...

Simon & Schuster.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... Simon & Schuster c/o Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com 1-800-223-2336 Lucy & Stephen Hawking's George's Secret Key To The Universe...