Children's Bookwatch articles from July 2006

Children's Bookwatch archives from July 2006

When Marion Copied.(When Marion Copied: Learning about Plagiarism)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... When Marion Copied Brook Berg Upstart Books PO Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 1932146571 $16.95 www.amazon.com Written by Brook Berg with illustrations by Nathan Alberg for young students in grades 1 through 4, When...

Kids Need To Be Safe.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Kids Need To Be Safe Julie Nelson Free Spirit Publishing 217-5th Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 1575421925 $9.95 www.freespirit.com Kids Need To Be Safe by Julie Nelson is nicely illustrated with...

Sammy Spider's Shabbat Fun Book.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Sammy Spider's Shabbat Fun Book Sylvia A. Rouss Kar-Ben Publishing 241 First Ave. N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 1580131476 $4.95 www.karben.com Sammy Spider's Shabbat Fun Book by Sylvia A. Rouss with creative illustrations...

Shelley The Hyperactive Turtle.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Shelley The Hyperactive Turtle Deborah M. Moss Woodbine House 6510 Bells Mill Rd., Bethseda, MD 20817 1890627755 $14.95 woodbinehouse.com The newly published second edition of Shelley The Hyperactive Turtle by Deborah M....

Celebrate!(Celebrate!: Connections among Cultures )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Celebrate! Jan Reynolds Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016 1584302534 $16.95 bebopbooks.com Celebrate!: Connections Among Cultures by Jan Reynolds is a superbly illustrated descriptive survey of diverse...

Strange but True Stories.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Strange But True Stories Janice Greene Saddleback Educational Publishing Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618-2767 5 book series $6.95 each sdlback.com The Strange But True Stories series of five paperback books by Janice...

What About Me?(What About Me?: Twelve Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... What About Me? Eileen Kennedy-Moore Parenting Press 11065 5th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98125 1884734863 $14.95 parentingpress.com Enhanced with delightful illustrations by Mits Katayama, What About Me?: Twelve Ways To Get...

Under The Bodhi Tree.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Under The Bodhi Tree Dharma Realm Buddhist Association 3106 Crescent Avenue, Unit 7, Marina, CA 93933 0881393193 $17.95 www.drba.org Under The Bodhi Tree from the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association is an informative and...

Miriam "Ma" Ferguson.(Miriam "Ma" Ferguson: First Woman Governor of Texas )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Miriam "Ma" Ferguson Judy Alter State House Press PO Box 637, Abilene, TX 79697 193333701X $17.95 tamu.edu/upress Miriam "Ma" Ferguson: First Woman Governor Of Texas by Judy Alter is the amazing biography of Miriam...

Tamora Pierce.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Tamora Pierce Donna Dailey Chelsea House 132 West 31st St., 17th Fl, NY, NY 10001 0791087956 $30.00 chelseahouse.com New from the "Who Wrote That?" series from Chelsea House publishers, Tamora Pierce by Donna Dailey is an...

Heart Disease.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)
July 1, 2006... Heart Disease Alvin Silverstein, et al. Twenty-First Century Books 241 1st Ave. N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 0761334203 $27.93 lernerbooks.com Heart Disease by the team of Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura...

I'm Walking, I'm Running, I'm Jumping, I'm Hopping ...(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... I'm Walking, I'm Running, I'm Jumping, I'm Hopping... Richard Harris Hampton Roads Publishing Company 1 Columbus Center, Suite 800, 283 Constitution Drive, Virginia Beach, CA 23462-6782 0970450419 $16.95 www.hrpub.com ...

Water Beds.(Water Beds: Sleeping In The Ocean)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Water Beds Gail Langer Karwoski Sylvan Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Boulevard, Suite 3, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 www.sylvandellpublishing.com 0976494310 $15.95 1-877-958-2600 With illustrations from Connie...

Thunderboom!(Thunderboom!: Poems for Everyone)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Thunderboom! Charlotte Pomerantz Front Street Books/Boyds Mills Press 862 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806 1932425403 $17.95 frontstreetbooks.com Nichely enhanced with illustrations from Rob Shepperson for the enjoyment...

Look! Look! Look!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Look! Look! Look! Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Marshall Cavendish Corporation 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591 0761452826 $16.95 marshallcavendish.us Written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace with the...

Lover Boy/Juanito el Carinoso.(Lover Boy/Juanito el Carinoso: A Bilingual Counting Book )(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Lover Boy/Juanito el Carinoso Lee Merrill Byrd Cinco Puntos Press 701 Texas Ave, El Paso, TX 79901 0938317385 $15.95 cincopuntos.com Lover Boy/Juanito el Carinoso: A Bilingual Counting Book by Lee Merrill Byrd features...

Yesterday We Had a Hurricane/Ayer tuvimos un huracan.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Yesterday We Had A Hurricane/Ayer Tuvimos Un Huracan Deirdre McLaughlin Mercier Bumble Bee Publishing PO Box 1757, Chesapeake, VA 23327 www.yesterdaywehadahurricane.com 0975434292 $17.95 1-757-410-9409 Ably written...

Vegetable Dreams/Huerto Sonado.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Vegetable Dreams/Huerto Sonado Dawn Jeffers Raven Tree Press 200 South Washington, Suite 306, Green Bay, WI 54301 097419929X $16.95 raventreepress.com Featuring a bilingual text in both the English and the Spanish,...

Cooking Up A Storm.(Cooking Up A Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook )(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Cooking Up A Storm Sam Stern Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusettes Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 076362988X $16.99 candlewick.com Cooking Up A Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook by Sam Stern (and inspired by great British...

Rabbit Plants The Forest.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Rabbit Plants The Forest Deborah L. Duvall University of New Mexico Press MSC11 6290, 1 University of NM, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 0826336914 $18.95 www.unm.edu Deftly authored for young readers by Deborah L. Duvall and...

The Frog Princess.(The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The Frog Princess Eric A. Kimmel Holiday House, Inc. 425 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017 0823416186 $16.95 holidayhouse.com Expertly retold by Eric A. Kimmel and beautifully illustrated by Rosanne Litzger, The Frog...

The Nature Treasury.(The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The Nature Treasury Lizann Flatt Maple Tree Press c/o Publishers Group West 1700-4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 1897066422 $16.95 mapletreepress.com Featuring the superb illustrations from Allan Cormack and Deborah...

The Money Mammals.(The Money Mammals: Saving Money is Fun)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2006... The Money Mammals Snigglezoo Entertainment c/o 411 Video PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 www.themoneymammals.com MM-01 (DVD) $19.99 1-831-656-0553 The Money Mammals: Saving Money Is Fun from Snigglezoo...

Norwood House Press.(Team Spirit)(Brief article)(Children's review)
July 1, 2006... Norwood House Press PO Box 316598, Chicago, IL 60631 $25.27 (each) norwoodhousepress.com The "Team Spirit series by Mark Stewart is an exciting and thoroughly "kid friendly' collection of historical, biographical, and pictorial...

Tall And Small.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Tall And Small Rebecca Frezza Big Truck Music c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD $15.00 www.bigtruckmusic.com Available online at amazon.com, cdbaby.com, barnesandnoble.com, as well as local...

Eat Every Bean And Pea On Your Plate.(Eat Every Bean and Pea On Your Plate)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Eat Every Bean And Pea On Your Plate Daddy A Go Go Privately Produced c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas 5505 SW Illinois St., Portland, OR 97221 #3669 $12.00 www.daddyagogo.com Eat Every Bean And Pea On Your Plate from the...

Quiet Time.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Quiet Time Raffi Rounder Records One Camp Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 #1166181282 $11.99 www.rounder.com Quiet Time is a collection of lullabies and soothing melodies from Raffi's extensive children's music collection....

Kimbo Educational.(Rockin' Reading Readiness)(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2006... Kimbo Educational PO Box 477, Long Branch, NJ 07740 $14.95 each www.kimboed.com Rockin' Reading Readiness (KIM-9179CD) from Pam Schiller, Beth DeVolder and Ronno, and starring Ronno is a spectacular collection of inspiring and...

Roundup At The Palace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Roundup At The Palace Kathleen Cook Waldron Red Deer Press Mackimmie Library Tower, Room 812, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 www.reddeerpress.com 0889953198 $17.95 1-800-663-5714 ...

Prince Silencio.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Prince Silencio Anne Herbauts Enchanted Lion Books 45 Main St., #519, Brooklyn, NY 11201 1592700551 $14.95 1-718-694-8305 Ably translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick, Prince Silencio is charmingly written and brilliantly...

Chain Letter.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Chain Letter Lucille Lang Day Heyday Books PO Box 9145, Berkely, CA 94709 1597140112 $14.95 heydaybooks.com Chain Letter, written by Lucille Lang Day and illustrated by Doug Dworkin is the fun story of a chain letter and...

Seeing Stars.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Seeing Stars Dandi Daley Mackall Little Simon 1230 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 1416903615 $9.99 simonsayskids.com With superbly drawn illustrations by Claudine Gevry, Seeing Stars by Dandi Daley Mackall is a...

Bored Bill.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Bored Bill Liz Pichon Tiger Tales 202 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT 06897 1589250532 $15.95 www.amazon.com Imaginatively authored and charmingly illustrated by Liz Pichon, Bored Bill is the picturebook story Bill who...

Katherine Stinson Otero High Flyer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Katherine Stinson Otero High Flyer Neila Skinner Petrick Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster St., Grenta, LA 70053 158980368X $15.95 amazon.com Katherine Stinson Otero High Flyer by Neila Skinner Petrick (with...

Crossing Bok Chitto.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Crossing Bok Chitto Tim Tingle Cinco Puntos Press 701 Texas Ave, El Paso, TX 79901 0938317776 $17.95 cincopuntos.com Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale Of Friendship And Freedom, by Tim Tingle and featuring illustrations...

Totem Tale.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Totem Tale Deb Vanasse Paws IV/Sasquatch Books 119 South Main Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104 1570614393 $10.95 sasquatchbooks.com Totem Tale: A Tall Story From Alaska by Deb Vanasse combines a lively and original...

Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure Kim Kennedy Amulet Books/Harry A. Abrams 115 W 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 0810959658 $15.95 www.hnabooks.com Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure by Kim Kennedy and featuring the illustrations...

Your Special Gift.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Your Special Gift Maz Lucado Crossway 1300 Crescent St, Wheaton, IL 60187 1581346980 $15.99 www.crossway.com The sequel to You Are Special, Max Lucado's Your Special Gift features illustrations by David Wenzel and is a...

Don't Eat The Babysitter!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Don't Eat The Babysitter! Nick Ward David Fickling Books/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 0385750625 $9.95 randomhouse.com Cleverly authored and colorfully illustrated by Nick Ward, Don't Eat The Babysitter!...

Written Anything Good Lately?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Written Anything Good Lately? Susan Allen & Jane Lindaman Millbrook Press 241 1st Ave. N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 0761324267 $15.95 lernerbooks.com Co-authored by Susan Allen and Jane Lindaman, Written Anything Good Lately?...

Lucy Goose Goes To Texas.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Lucy Goose Goes To Texas Holly Bea Starseed Press/H.J. Kramer PO Box 1082, Triburon, CA 94920 New World Library, dist. 14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949 1932073159 $15.95 newworldlibrary.com A clever and original...

The Adventures Of Pelican Pete.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The Adventures Of Pelican Pete Frances Keiser Sagaponack Books 7324 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL 32080 www.sagaponackbooks.com 096688454X $17.00 1-904-471-5376 With museum art gallery quality illustration artwork from...

Tapicero Tap Tap.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Tapicero Tap Tap Warabe Aska Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 0887767605 $16.95 tundrabooks.com Superbly illustrated and authored by Warabe Aska, Tapicero Tap Tap is the colorful tale told by grandfather...

The Outback.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The Outback Annaliese Porter Magabala Books/ISBS, dist. 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213-3786 1875641866 $20.95 www.magabala.com The Outback by the eleven--year-old author Annaliese Porter is enhanced...

Little Sap And Monsieur Rodin.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Little Sap And Monsieur Rodin Michelle Lord Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 1584302488 $16.95 www.leeandlow.com Little Sap And Monsieur Rodin combines Michelle Lord's engaging text with impressive...

Piper's Great Adventures.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Piper's Great Adventures Mark Lowry Howard Publishing Company 3117 N. 7th St., West Monroe, LA 71291 www.howardpublishing.com 1582294747 $11.99 www.amazon.com Piper's Great Adventures combines under one cover four...

Thank You Aunt Tallulah!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Thank You Aunt Tallulah! Carmela LaVigna Coyle Rising Moon PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002-1389 0873588916 $15.95 risingmoonbooks.com Thank You Aunt Tallulah! featuring a "kid friendly" story by Carmela LaVigna Coyle,...

Sing Praise.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Sing Praise Rhonda Gowler Greene Augsburg Fortress PO Box 59304, Minneapolis, MN 55459 0806651202 $16.99 augsburgbooks.com Rhonda Gowler Greene's thoroughly "kid friendly" text combines perfectly with the joyous...

Truman's Loose Tooth.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Truman's Loose Tooth Kristine Wurm Spirited Publishing PO Box 1796, Appleton, WI 54912-1796 www.spiritedpublishing.com 097685130X $16.95 crashbangboom.com Cleverly authored by Kristine Wurm with creative illustrations...