Children's Bookwatch articles from January 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from January 2007

What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7 Ben Schoen, et. al. Ulysses Press P.O. Box 3440, Berkeley, CA 94703 1569755833 $13.95 www.ulyssespress.com The experts at Mugglenet.com have analyzed the first six Harry Potter titles...

7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids Peter Kuitenbrouwer Lobster Press 1620 Sherbooke Street West, Suites C & D, Montreal, Canada, H3H 1C9 1897073410 $12.95 www.lobsterpress.com Now in a new edition featuring updates...

The kids' Fun Book of Jewish Time.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Kids' Fun Book Of Jewish Time Emily Sper Jewish Lights Publishing PO Box 237, Woodstock, VT 05091 1580233112, $16.99 www.jewishlights.com 1-800-962-4544 Enthusiastically recommended, "The Kids' Fun Book Of Jewish...

Smart Talk: What Kids Say About Growing Up Gifted.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Smart Talk Robert A. Schultz, Ph.D. & James R. Delisle, Ph.D. Free Spirit Publishing 217 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 1575422050 $13.95 www.freespirit.com Written by Professor in Gifted...

Fix.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Fix Leslie Margolis Simon Pulse c/o Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl., New York, NY 10020 1416924566 $6.99 www.simonandschuster.com 1-800-223-2336 The debut novel of social anthropologist and...

The Arctic.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Arctic Wayne Lynch NorthWord Press c/o T&N Children's Publishing 11571 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 978-1-55971-961-2 $8.95 www.tnkidsbooks.com 1-888-255-9989 Featuring miles of ice fields, glaciers as large...

Fins and Grins.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Fins And Grins Johnette Downing Wiggle Worm Records c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 J087 $15.00 www.wigglewormrecords.com Children's musician, singer and songwriter Johnette Downing presents...

Bottle Of Sunsine.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Bottle Of Sunsine Milkshake c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 MSM102 $TBA www.milkshakemusic.com From preschoolers to first graders, "Bottle Of Sunshine" will prove a 'kid friendly' favorite with...

Basic Biology.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Basic Biology Denise Walker Smart Apple Media c/o Black Rabbit Books PO Box 3263, Mankato, MN 56002 $205.50 list; $143.70 school/library 1-507-388-1609 "Basic Biology" is a six volume series specifically written and...

Bold Women in Michigan History (kids/american history).(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bold Women in Michigan History (kids/american history) Virginia Law Burns Mountain Press Publishing Company 1301 South Third Street West, PO Box 2399, Missoula, Montana 59806 087842525X $12.00 www.mountain-press.com...

Legend of the Dragon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
January 1, 2007... Legend of the Dragon BKN International / Genius Products c/o SSA Public Relations (publicity) 16027 Ventura Blvd., Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436 1594442843 $19.95 www.legendofthedragon.com Legend of the Dragon collects the...

I Could Do That!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... I Could Do That! Linda Arms White Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NDVD692, $59.95 www.scholastic.com 1-800-290-7531 "I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women The Vote" is the true...

My Family (picturebook).(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... My Family (picturebook) Sheila Kinkade & Elaine Little Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 1570916918, $6.95 www.charlesbridge.com 1-800-225-3214 Engagingly written by Sheila Kindade and enhanced...

Muskrat Will Be Swimming.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Muskrat Will Be Swimming Cheryl Savageau & Robert Hynes Tilbury House, Publishers 132 Water Street, Gardiner, ME 04345 0884482804, $7.95 www.tilburyhouse.com 1-800-582-1899 "Muskrat Will Be Swimming" is the inspiring story...

Animalations.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Animalations c/o KSB Promotions 55 Honey Creek, NE , Ada, MI 49301 1-877-804-9767 www.animalastions.com 'Animalations' is a series of four brightly colored picturebooks written by Patricia Derrick, illustrated by J-P Loppo...

How To Draw Magnificent Mammals.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... How To Draw Magnificent Mammals Earl R. Phelps Phelps Publishing PO Box 22401, Cleveland, OH 44122 1887627065, $14.95 www.phelpspublishing.com In "How To Draw Magnificent Mammals", artist and illustrator Earl Phelps draws...

Make It Pop!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Make It Pop! Joyce Raimondo Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York NY 10003 0823025071 $12.95 www.watsonguptill.com Ages 5-12 and parents and teachers will appreciate this unusual focus: a collection of art activities for...

Deadly Invaders.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Deadly Invaders Denise Grady Kingfisher 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0753459957 $16.95 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Denise Grady is a medical reporter who decided to survey the threats of flu and new illnesses...

Scholastic Inc.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Albert Lamb's endearing SAM'S WINTER HAT (0439793041, $6.99) pairs David McPhail's engaging pictures with the story of a forgetful young bear who has misplaced all...

Delacorte Press.(Akiko: Pieces of Gax)(Nate the Great Talks Turkey)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Nate the Great is back in NATE THE GREAT TALKS TURKEY, with Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell...

Greenwillow/HarperCollins.(Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House)(The White Elephant )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Greenwillow/HarperCollins 1350 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10019 www.harpercollinschildrens.com Can a lovely white elephant actually be a curse in disguise? Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, incurs the fury of a prince and his...

An Elk Dropped In.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... An Elk Dropped In Andreas Steinhofel Front Street/Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 9781932425802 $16.95 www.frontstreetbooks.com While doing a trial run for Santa Claus Mr. Moose gets off course...

Please Write in This Book.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Please Write in This Book Mary Amato Holiday House 425 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10017 0823419320 $16.95 www.holidayhouse.com A notebook hidden in a Writer's Corner of the library entices kids to write their ideas about...

Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook Dr. Seuss/Georgeanne Brennan and Frankie Frankeny Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0679884408 $16.95 www.randomhouse.com/kids Cookbook author Georgeanne Brennan teams up with...

Neighborhood Helpers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Neighborhood Helpers Cecilia Minden The Child's World, Inc. PO Box 326, Chanhassen, MN 55317-0326 1592966098, $273.48 list/$191.40 library www.childsworth.com 1-800-599-7323 Engagingly written at a second grade...

Native Nations Of North America.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Native Nations Of North America Molly Aloian & Bobbie Kalman Crabtree Publishing Company 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3308, New York, NY 10118 $23.92 each www.crabtreebooks.com 1-800-387-7650 Informatively written at a 4th...

Marshall Cavendish Corporation.(Turning Points in American History)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Marshall Cavendish Corporation 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 $20.95 Each 1-800-831-9881 'Turning Points in American History' is a new six volume series by Dennis Brindell Fradin which introduces young readers to...

Picture Window Books.(All About Me)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Picture Window Books 151 Good Counsel Drive, Minneapolis, MN 556001 www.picturewindowbooks.com 1-877-371-1536 Young children have a natural curiosity about themselves and world around them. Two outstanding and recommended series...

Scholastic Inc.(The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with the Squishy Bits Left In!)(The Wicked History of the World: History with the Bastry Bits Left In!)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 $10.99 Each Two very affordable, eye-catching titles are recommended for elementary grades 4-7, offering an eye-catching format and drawings to capture interest. Nick Arnold and Tony...

Morgan Reynolds.(Skeptical Chemist: The Story of Robert Boyle)(Savage Satire: The Story of Jonathan Swift)(Rosalind Franklin and the Structure of Life)(New Elements: The Story of Marie Curie)(Gift of Imagination: The Story of Roald Dahl)(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Morgan Reynolds 620 South Elm Street, Suite 223, Greensboro, NC 27406 $27.95 Each www.morganreynolds.com Della Yannuzzi's NEW ELEMENTS: THE STORY OF MARIE CURIE (1599350238) packs in 144 pages of biographical and scientific facts...

Ottn Publishing.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Ottn Publishing 16 Reisler Street, Stockton, NJ 08559 $23.95 Each www.ottnpublishing.com Numerous elementary-level titles focus on the American Revolution, but the 'Forgotten Heroes of the American Revolution' series is...

Capstone Press.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Capstone Press Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002 www.capstonepress.com Elementary-level school libraries will find these titles excellent additions promising attraction from both leisure browsers and students in grades 2-4. The 'Explore...

Enslow Publishers Inc.(When Bears Attack!)(Blood and DNA Evidence: Crime Solving Science Experiments)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Kenneth G. Rainis's BLOOD AND DNA EVIDENCE: CRIME-SOLVING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS (0766019586, $31.93) blends biological insights with...

Chelsea House Publishers.(Maurie Sendak)(Environmental Policy)(Wildlife Protection)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Chelsea House Publishers 132 West 31st Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10001 www.chelseahouse.com Adding to the 'Who Wrote That?' series of biographies is Hal Marcovitz's MAURICE SENDAK (0791087964, $30.00), a fine pick for grades...

From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West Tom DeMund Legends of the West Publishing Co. 174 Santa Rosa Avenue, Sausalito, CA 94965 0978690400 $18.95 www.LegendsOfTheWestPublishing.com From Slave to Superstar of the Wild...

Extraordinary Ordinary People.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Extraordinary Ordinary People Alan Govenar Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763620475 $22.99 www.candlewick.com Each 'ordinary individual' featured herein has received a National Heritage...

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini Sid Fleischman Greenwillow Books 1350 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10019-4703 0060850949 $18.99 www.harperchildrens.com Ages 9 and older will find ESCAPE a vivid story of master...

Andy Warhol: Pop Artist.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Andy Warhol: Pop Artist Susan Goldman Rubin Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 081095477X $18.95 www.abramsyoungreaders.com Andy Warhol took ordinary objects from daily life and transformed them into big...

Color: Awakening the Child Within.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Color: Awakening the Child Within Julianne Bien Spectrahue Light & Sound Inc. PO Box 85507, 842 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5N 0A2 0973483512 $17.95 www.spectrahue.com Color: Awakening the Child...

Gaia Girls.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Gaia Girls Lee Welles Chelsea Green Publishing Company PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001-0428 1933609001 $18.95 www.chelseagreen.com 1-800-639-4099 Written by summer camp nature director and wellness expert Lee...

The Mountain of Marvels.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Mountain of Marvels Aaron Shepard Skyhook Press 1102 Olympia Avenue NE, #18, Olympia, WA 98506 0938497340 $15.00 www.skyhookpress.com American Folklore Society award-winner Aaron Shepard launches a new "Ancient...

Cry of the Goshawk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Cry of the Goshawk Roy W. Bush Elderberry Press LLC 1393 Old Homestead, Second floor, Oakland, OR 97462 1932762639 $19.95 www.elderberrypress.com Academic instructor Roy W. Bush presents Cry of the Goshawk, a novel for...

Shadow Island.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Shadow Island Raymond Bial Blue Horse Books 3147 S Pennsylvania Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207 1883953375 $18.95 www.bluehorsebooks.com Written by award-winning author and photo-illustrator Raymond Bial, Shadow Island: A...

Peace I Ask Of Thee, Oh River.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Peace I Ask Of Thee, Oh River Lyda Phillips iUniverse, Inc. 2021 Pine Lake Road, #100, Lincoln, NE 68512 0595361722, $10.95 www.iuniverse.com "Peace I Ask Of Thee, Oh River" by Lyda Phillips is the story of a young woman...

The Mysterious Jamestown Suitcase.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Mysterious Jamestown Suitcase Linda Salisbury Tabby House PO Box 544, Mineral, VA 23117 1881539431 $8.95 Fourth in the Bailey Fish Adventure series, The Mysterious Jamestown Suitcase is a chapter book for young...

Delacorte Press/Random/Knopf.(A Dog for Life)(Beka Cooper Book One: Terrier: A Tortall Legend)(Little Fur: The Legend Begins)(Maybe)(Puppet Pandemonium)(Shelter)(Star-Crossed)(The Melting Season)(The Pull of the Ocean)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Delacorte Press/Random/Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Isobelle Carmody's LITTLE FUR: THE LEGEND BEGINS (0375838546, $12.95) provides grades 4-6 with a cute story of a half-elf, half-troll girl who...

Scholastic Inc.(Desperate Journey)(Gregor and the Marks of Secret)(Lights, Camera, Amalee)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Suzanne Collins' GREGOR AND THE MARKS OF SECRET (0439791456, $16.99) is the 4th volume of the Underland Chronicles: here Gregor is drawn into a deepening crisis as...

Stink City.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Stink City Richard W. Jennings Houghton Mifflin Company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0618663580 $16.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Fishing stinks--and it isn't just Cade's family's best-seller catfish bait,...

Hearts of Iron.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Hearts of Iron Kathleen Benner Duble McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416908501 $15.95 www.simonsayskids.com Ages 10-14 will find Hearts of Iron totally engrossing; from its...

Side Effects.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Side Effects Amy Goldman Koss Roaring Brook Press 143 West Street, New Milford, CT 06776 1596432942 $16.95 www.roaringbrookpress.com Izzy has cancer--and is back in school trying to catch up. Her descent into illness--and...

Simon & Schuster.(A Mama for Owen)(Birdsongs)(No Dessert)(Once Upon a Banana)(Wind Flyers)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.SimonSaysKids.com Jennifer Armstrong's ONCE UPON A BANANA (0689842511, $16.95) will appeal to ages 4-8 with its story of how one banana turns a town upside down....

The King's Chorus.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The King's Chorus Linda Hayward Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 0618516182 $16.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Kadoodle is king of the barnyard and likes to strut his stuff, including crowing all...

Amazing Mr. Zooty!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Amazing Mr. Zooty! Emma Chichester Clark Andersen Press/Trafalgar Square Publishing Box 257, Howe Hill Road, N. Pomfret, VT 05053 184270480X $15.99 www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com The amazing Mr. Zooty's motto is 'get out,...

Albert Whitman & Company.(Alfie the Apostrophe)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Albert Whitman & Company 6340 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL 60053-2723 www.albertwhitman.com Kathi Ember's warm drawings enhance the story from Pat Miller, Substitute Groundhog (0807576433), telling of a young groundhog who gets...

Ella Sets the Stage.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Ella Sets the Stage Carmela & Steven D'Amico Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439831520 $16.99 www.arthuralevinebooks.com The school on Elephant Island is holding a talent show and everyone's excited and...

Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement Mark Rogalski Running Press 125 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 9762426725 $15.95 www.runningpress.com TICKETS TO RIDE comes from first time author Mark Rogalski and offers...

I'm Dirty!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... I'm Dirty! Kate & Jim McMullan HarperCollins 0060092939 $16.99 www.harpercollinschildrens.com Who's making all that noise? It's heavy equipment, moving dirt and counting down what is being cleaned up. Boys especially in...

The Old Red Tractor.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Old Red Tractor Andreas Dierssen PMB 248, 455 Sam Ridley Parkway West, Smyrna, TN 38167 0735820880 $16.95 www.northsouth.com Daniel Sohr lends his whimsical drawings to the story THE OLD RED TRACTOR, telling of a boy who...

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Fletcher and the Falling Leaves Julia Rawlinson Greenwillow Books 0061134015 $16.99 www.harpercollinschildrens.com It's autumn and Fletcher's favorite tree is changing colors and losing its leaves, worrying him. All his plans...

The Day the Dragon Dances.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Day the Dragon Dances Kay Haugaard Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94538 1885008309 $16.95 www.shens.com Carolyn Reed Barritt's lovely drawings spice the story of a Chinese New Year's Day parade that...

Batter Up Wombat.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Batter Up Wombat Helen Lester Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0618737847 $16.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com It's a new baseball season and the Champs have new uniforms and new determination--even...

Matilda's Humdinger.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Matilda's Humdinger Lynn Downey Knopf Group 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0375724939 $15.95 www.randomhouse.com/kids Matilda's nearly the worst waitress Burt's Diner has ever had: her talents lie not in food serving,...

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury USA 175-5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 1599900041 $17.95 www.bloomsburyusa.com Bob's been abandoned by his mother and raised by a bunch of dogs, so is bashful...