Children's Bookwatch articles from July 2005

Children's Bookwatch archives from July 2005

The Loathsome Dragon.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Loathsome Dragon David Wiesner & Kim Kahng Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618543597 $16.00 1-800-225-3362 Take a traditional English fairy tale revolving around...

Traction Man.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Traction Man Mini Grey Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0375831916 $15.95 1-800-726-0600 Ages 4-8 will appreciate a fun and original story of an unusual relationship between a child and...

Harcourt Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Harcourt Inc. 525 'B' Street, San Diego, CA 92101 www.harcourtbooks.com Four new easy reader chapter books are recommended picks as lively entertainment for young leisure learners. Elissa Haden Guest's Iris And Walter And The...

Shhhh!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Shhhh! Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross Hyperion Books 114-5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 www.hyperionbooks.com 078685684X $15.99 1-800-759-0190 Everyone's talking too loud, moving to fast, and not listening enough. Can a...

A Book About Design.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... A Book About Design Mark Gonya Henry Holt 115 18th St., New York NY 10011 www.henryholt.com 0805075755 $18.95 1-888-330-8477 A Book About Design: Complicated Doesn't Make It Good is one of the few books to address...

The Lost Candy Bar.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Lost Candy Bar Steve Kihm Goblin Fern Press 3809 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 55705 www.GoblinFernPress.com 159598013X $3.95 1-888-670-2665 When Steve Kihm was nine years old he went fishing with his gruff and...

Scholastic.(Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow)(Shadow Life)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Middle school into high school readers will find Susan Campbell Bartoletti 's Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow (0439353793 $19.95) a captivating close-up...

The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants: The Official Scrapbook.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Sisterhood Of Traveling Pants: The Official Scrapbook Delia Ephron & Elizabeth Chandler Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 www.sisterhoodcentral.com 0553376071 $9.95...

Gareth Stevens.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Gareth Stevens 300 W. Olive St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 $18.50 Each www.garethstevens.com Gareth Stevens' "Historic Civilizations" series offers six 32-page simple introductory coverages to the world's ancient civilizations and will...

The Lace Dowry.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Lace Dowry Andrea Cheng Front Street 862 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806 www.frontstreetbooks.com 1932425209 $16.95 1-877-512-8366 Twelve-year-old Juli doesn't want a dowry nor the dancing lessons her mother...

Henry Holt.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Henry Holt 115 W. 18th St., New York NY 10011 www.henryholt.com Clare B. Dunkle's By These Ten Bones (0805074961, $16.95) will win the attention of any who enjoy castles and eerie stories. A mysterious carver stranger wins the...

Hyperion Books.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Hyperion Books 77 West 66th St., NY, NY 10023-6298 1-800-759-0190 www.hyperionteens.com Three powerful new titles provide teens with strong leisure choices. Most unusual is Julius Lester's Day Of Tears (0786804-904, $15.99), a...

Random House/Delacorte/Knopf.(Trixie Beldon: The Msytery At Bob-White Cave by Kathryn Kenny)(Tiger)(The Center Of The World)(The Chain Letter)(Keep in her latest The Light Of The Oracle)(Angels In Pink: Raina's Story)(Upstream)(Weeds In Bloom: Autobiography Of An Ordinary Man)(Curse Of The Gloamglozer)(I Am The Wallpaper)(The Bridesmaid)(The Convicts)(Other Echoes)(Wings)(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Random House/Delacorte/Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids For summer leisure reading, Random House's group holds an impressive list indeed, packing in everything from mysteries to historical fiction...

Danger Boy: Trail of Bones.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Danger Boy: Trail of Bones Mark London Williams Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763621544 $9.99 candlewick.com Eli Sands and his friends are trapped in 19th century America after an...

Deadly Drive.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Deadly Drive David Patneaude Albert Whitman 6340 Oakton St., Morton Grove, IL 60053 www.albertwhitman.com 0807508446 $15.95 1-800-255-7675 Casey is driven to succeed: not only on her new basketball team, but to find...

The Callahan Cousins: Summer Begins.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Callahan Cousins: Summer Begins Elizabeth Doyle Carey Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 0316736902 $10.99 www.lb-teens.com Perfect for summer leisure reading is this spirited adventure of the...

Luconeth.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Luconeth Naomi Kinsman Authorhouse 1026 West Isola Avenue, #1 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 1420810782 $11.50 www.luconeth.com Oriali feels responsible for the troubles in Luconeth, and the arrival of new girl Sara seems no...

Fourth World.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Fourth World Kate Thompson Bloomsbury 175--5th Ave., New York NY 10010 158234540X $16.95 bloomsbury.com Part of the 'Missing Link' trilogy by Kate Thompson, Fourth World introduces one Danny, slower than other kids his...

Lighthousekeeping.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Lighthousekeeping Jeannette Winterson Harcourt 15 E. 26th St., New York NY 10010 www.harcourtbooks.com 0151011176 $23.00 An orphan taken in by a blind lighthouse keeper finds his stories provide keys to find the way...

Penguin Putnam Group.(Fog Magic)(The Whispering Road)(Dusk)(Dark Fusion: Dread Locks)(Ruth Wallace-Brodeur)(A Tour Of Evil)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Penguin Putnam Group 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders The appearance of Julia L. Sauer's Fog Magic in paperback (0140321632, $4.99) promises new audiences will enjoy this Newbery Honor book. Greta has...

Horrible Harry and the Goog.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Horrible Harry And The Goog Suzy Kline Viking Press 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders 0670059927 $13.99 1-800-847-5515 Elementary-grade readers moving into chapter books will find Suzy...

Simon & Schuster.
July 1, 2005... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com Summer's here, and with it a host of wonderful summer leisure reads for teens and pre-teens. Julie Hearn's The Minister's Daughter (0689876904, $16.95)...

Clarion Books.(Taking Wing)(Project Mulberry)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Clarion Books 115 Park Avenue S., NY NY 10003 www.clarionbooks.com Nancy Price Graff's Taking Wing (06185-35918, $15.00) tells of a thirteen-year-old who finds himself caring for orphaned ducklings on his grandparent's Vermont...

Lessons from the Gypsy Camp.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Lessons From The Gypsy Camp Elizabeth Appell Scribes Valley Publishing National Book Network, dist. 6824 Drybrook Lane Knoxville TN 37921 www.scribesvalley.com 0974265217 $20.95 1-800-462-6420 Ten-year-old Lolly...

It's Time for Nana's Stories.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... It's Time For Nana's Stories Veronica E. Cooper Vantage Press, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016 0533149061 $7.95 1-212-736-1767 A mother of eight, grandmother of twenty, and great-grandmother of ten, Veronica...

Don't Blink.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... Don't Blink Parachute Express Trio Lane Records Box 251598, Glendale, CA 91225-1598 www.parachuteexpress.com #10192 $14.98 1-818-548-9246 Parachute Express (Donny Becker, Janice Hubbard, and Stephen Michael Schwartz)...

Jake and Pete.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Jake And Pete Gillian Rubinstein Bolinda Publishing, Inc. 2 Trap Falls Road, Suite 113, Shelton, CT 06484 www.bolinda.com 1740932153 $24.00 1-888-235-2019 Jake And Pete is an audiobook collection of four stories that...

Time Pieces: The Book of Times.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Time Pieces: The Book of Times Virginia Hamilton Blackstone Audiobooks PO Box 969, Ashland, OR 97520 0786182415 $36.00 1-800-729-2665 Deftly written by the talented author Virginia Hamilton (whose Children's Literature...

Monkey Business.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Monkey Business Shirley Climo Henry Holt 115 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011 www.henryholt.com 0805063927 $18.95 1-888-330-8477 Both young adults and younger audiences with parents who like to read aloud will...

The Creative Company.(Ants and Termites)(Bees and Wasps)(Beetles and Other Bugs)(Butterflies and Moths)(Spiders and Scorpions)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Creative Company 123 South Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 5 Volumes $136.50 1-800-445-6209 "Amazing Bugs" is a series of five books by Anna Claybourne that takes a uniquely informative survey at insects and other...

One Night in the Coral Sea.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... One Night In The Coral Sea Sneed B. Collard & Robin Brickman Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 www.charlesbridge.com 1570913897 $15.95 1-800-225-3214 Superbly pictured in marvelous and...

Other Lands/Other People: The Usborne Internet-Linked Introduction to Asia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Other Lands/Other People The Usborne Internet-Linked Introduction To Asia Elizabeth Dalby Usborne Publishing/EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 www.edcpub.com 079450941X $17.95 1-800-475-4522 The...

Read About Martin Luther King Jr.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Read About Martin Luther King Jr. Stephen Feinstein Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 www.enslow.com 0766023001 $16.95 1-800-398-2504 Ages 6-8 will find Read About Martin Luther King Jr. to be a...

The Ultimate Guide to Collecting.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Ultimate Guide To Collecting Frances Karnes & Kristen Stephens Prufrock Press PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813 www.prufrock.com 1593630115 $12.95 1-800-998-2208 Professional educators Frances Karnes and Kristen...

Just for Today.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Just For Today Jan Phillips & Alison Bonds Shapiro H.J. Kramer PO Box 1082, Tiburon, CA 94920 1932073078 $15.95 www.amazon.com Alison Bonds Shapiro illustrates the radical story of a Bear family who decides to defy an...

Bedtime in the Southwest.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Bedtime In The Southwest Mona Hodgson & Renee Graef Rising Moon PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 www.risingmoonbooks.com 0873588711 $14.95 1-800-346-3257 Renee Graef provides the beautiful Southwest influenced...

Shapesville.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Shapesville Andy Mills & Becky Osborn Gurze Books PO Box 2238, Carlsbad, CA 92018 0936077476 $14.95 www.gurze.com Erica Neitz illustrates an engaging story by Andy Mills and Becky Osborn of a small town where five very...

Golden Books.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Golden Books 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.goldenbooks.com Two wonderful picturebook titles are recommended picks for elementary libraries. Dan Yaccarino's Mother Goose (037582-8494, $14.95) brings Yaccarino's original...

Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! Eric Carle & Kazuo Iwamura Orchard Books 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com 0439416590 $19.95 1-800-242-7737 In Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!, Eric Carle...

Piggy and Dad Go Fishing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Piggy And Dad Go Fishing David Martin Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com 076362506X $14.99 1-800-526-0275 Frank Remkiewicz's drawings comes from an artist who has loved...

Trafalgar Square Publishing.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Trafalgar Square Publishing PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257 1-800-423-4525 trafalgarsquarebooks.com Simon Puttock and Alison Bartlett's Pig's Prize (1405205385, $17.99) tells of a pig who goes wild over a...

The Hero Beowulf.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Hero Beowulf Eric A. Kimmel, author Leonard Everett Fisher, illustrator Farrar, Straus & Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 www.fsgbooks.com 0374306710 $16.00 1-888-330-8477 The Hero Beowulf is a...

The Child's World.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... The Child's World Box 326, Chanhassen, MN 55317-0326 1-800-599-7323 www.childsworld.com A new and thoroughly "kid friendly" series, "The Timeline Library" (1592963-96X, $162.42) is a very special six volume set dedicated to...

Rourke Publishing Group.(Healthy Kids)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Rourke Publishing Group PO Box 3328, Vero Beach, FL 32964 1-800-394-7055 rourkepublishing.com Sylvia Goulding's "Healthy Kids" (15951-52008, $171.00) is an ideal series for teaching children in grades 3 through 6 about health and...

Crabtree Publishing.(Flora The Fairy)(The Magic Footprints)(Happy Birthday, Jo-Jo!)(Shout, Show And Tell!)(Dragon Boy)(Pa Jinglebob the Fastest Knitter in the West)(The Wrong Kind Of Bark)(Samantha Cardigan And The Genie's Revenge)(The Surprise Party(Children's Review))(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Crabtree Publishing PMB 16A, 360--5th Avenue, #3308, New York NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com The 'Green Bananas' and 'Red Bananas' series of books for guided reading for ages 4-6 (Green) and 6-8 (red) provides kids with targeted...

The Louvre Art for Kids.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... The Louvre Art For Kids Gallimard Jeunesse c/o Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 CP5379 $39.95 1-800-255-8629 Fully compatible with PC and Macintosh computers, The Louvre Art For Kids is an...

Rainy Day Art 2.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Rainy Day Art 2 Cherie Lynn Vat19.com 11783 Borman Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146 $19.95 www.vat19.com Art educator Cherie Lynn hosts Rainy Day Art 2, an art adventurefor parents and kids brimming with colorful, inexpensive,...

Disney's World of Music Discovery.(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... Disney's World Of Music Discovery Disney Educational Productions 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-6307 www.edustation.com 1-800-295-5010 1932644725 $59.95 (volume 1) 1932644733 $59.95 (volume 2) ...

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Anchor Bay Entertainment 1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084 $16.98 www.anchorbayentertainment.com Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Adventures In Friendship presents two episodes of the widely beloved...

Peep's New Friends.(Video Recording Review)
July 1, 2005... Peep's New Friends WGBH Boston Video c/o SSA Public Relations 16027 Ventura Blvd., Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436 1593753330 $12.95 818-501-0700 Narrated by the award-winning actress Joan Cusack, the "Peep and the Big Wide...