Children's Bookwatch articles from July 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from July 2007

Real Samurai.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Real Samurai Stephen Turnball Enchanted Lion Books 45 Main Street, Suite 519, Brooklyn, NY 11201 9781592700608, $15.95 1-888-330-8477 "Real Samurai: Over 20 Stories of Old Japan" by Stephen Turnball is a collection of...

A Bully Grows Up.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... A Bully Grows Up Caryn Sabes Hackler Caryn Solutions, LLC PO Box 635, Naples, FL 34106 9780979104602, $15.95 www.carynsolutions.com Through a recent and continuing series of well-publicized tragedies in American school...

What Else Do I Say?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... What Else Do I Say? Malky Goldberg, author Patti Argoff, illustrator Hachai Publishing 762 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216 9781929628346, $9.95 www.hachai.com What Else Do I Say? is a simple children's book that...

Children's Tea & Etiquette.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Children's Tea & Etiquette Dorothea Johnson, John Harney & Ann Noyes, authors Dawn Peterson, illustrator Bruce Richardson, recipes 9780966347890, $19.95 www.BenjaminPress.com Children's Tea & Etiquette: Brewing Good...

Water Words: Rhymed And Defined.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Water Words: Rhymed And Defined Barbara Shaw McKinney & Carolyn R. Stich Edco Publishing 2648 Lapeer Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 9780971269286, $19.95 www.edcopublishing.com The collaboration of author Barbara Shaw...

Rock With Rodney.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Rock With Rodney Patty Fayerweather Harlow Airleaf Publishing 35 Industrial Drive, Martinsville, IN 46151 160002002X, $16.95 www.airleaf.com 1-800-342-6068 Imaginatively written by Patty Harlow and enthusiastically...

Scholastic Inc.(Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony; Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Lee Miller's ROANOKE: THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST COLONY (0439712661, $18.99) is a wonderful pick for either leisure readers or libraries strong in early American...

Summer Dragons.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Summer Dragons Holly Haggarty Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 4Y8 9781894917520, $7.95 www.napoleonpublishing.com 1-877-730-9052 Creative arts teacher and mother of three...

The Magic Gown.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Magic Crown J.L. Kimmel Spring Tree Press PO Box 461, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716 Sgarlat Publicity PO Box 4204, Charlottesville, VI 22905-4204 0978500709, $21.95 The Magic Crown is fantasy novel written to...

The Discovery of Dragons.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Discovery of Dragons Graeme Base Abrams Books for Young Readers c/o Harry N. Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 9780810959675, $19.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190 The Discovery of Dragons: New...

Saving the Griffin.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Saving the Griffin Kristin Wolden Nitz Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30318-2112 9781561453801, $14.95 www.peachtree-online.com 1-800-241-0113 Written by griffon lover and mother of three...

Adventures on Amelia Island.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Adventures on Amelia Island Jane R. Wood Florida Kids Press 11802 Magnolia Falls Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32258 9780979230400 $7.99 English teacher Jane R. Wood presents Adventures on Amelia Island: A Pirate, A Princess,...

Delacorte Press.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)
July 1, 2007... Delacorte Press 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Tim is followed home by a stray dog and decides to find the owner of the friendly pup--which leds him to an adventure packed with car chases, mystery, and...

Beyond the Billboard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Beyond the Billboard Susan Gates Harcourt Children's Books 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 9780152059835, $16.00 www.harcourt.com 1-800-543-1918 Firebird and her family live in a primitive broken-down...

Knopf/Random House.(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Knopf/Random House c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Marthe Jocelyn's HOW IT HAPPENED IN PEACH HILL (9780837012, $15.99) tells of a mother and daughter...

Scholastic Inc.(Book review)(Children's review)
July 1, 2007... Eleanor Updale's MONTMORENCY'S REVENGE (0439813735, $16.99) tells of Montmorency's determination to exact revenge on killer who have destroyed Queen Victoria--but before he can do this he must stop one Doctor Farcett's slide into insanity--and...

Farrar Straus Giroux.(Way Down Deep and Falling)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Doug Wilhelm's FALLING (10-374-322511, $17.00) tells of teen Matt,...

Gone.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Gone Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson Roaring Brook Press 143 West Street, New Milford, CT 06776 1596431385, $16.95 www.roaringbrook.com On the first day of class Connor finds an unusual attraction for his history teacher, Ms....

Echo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Echo Kate Morgenroth Simon & Schuster Books 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1418914382, $15.99 www.simonsaysteen.com Justin's younger brother died in a terrible accident and in the year following, Justin's life...

Deep and Dark and Dangerous.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Deep and Dark and Dangerous Mary Downing Hahn Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 0618665455, $16.00 www.clarionbooks.com Just before summer Ali finds an old photo in the attic--one which contains a...

Strays.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Strays Ron Koertge Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 9780763627058, $16.99 www.candlewick.com Teen Ted's parents just died in a fiery car cash and he's stuck with a set of strange foster...

Dreamquest: Tales of Slumberia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Dreamquest: Tales of Slumberia Brent Hartinger Starscape c/o TOR Teen 175--5th Avenue, new York NY 10010 076531979, $16.95 www.tor.com Pre-teen Julie's parents are fighting so much she can't escape even through...

Me, Penelope.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Me, Penelope Lisa Jahn-Clough Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0618773665, $16.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Penelope's like many teens, seeking independence from her family, a driver's license,...

Forever Home.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Forever Home Sandra J. Philipson, author Jenny Campbell, illustrator Cleveland Clinic Press 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA32, Cleveland, OH 44195 9781596240803, $12.95 www.clevelandclinicpress.com 1-216-444-1158 The latest...

The Azura Stones.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Azura Stones Helen D. Bailie American Book Publishing 5442 So. 900 East #146, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-7204 9781589823747, $18.00 The debut novel of Australian teacher Helen D. Bailie, The Azura Stones is a tale of...

Emily & the Captain: A High Seas Adventure.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Emily & the Captain: A High Seas Adventure Noelle Hall, author Mel D'Souza, illustrator Jesperson Publishing 100 Water Street, St. Johns, NL, Canada, A1C 6E6 9781894377157, $8.50 www.jespersonpublishing.nf.net...

Adirondack Nightmare.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Adirondack Nightmare Rebecca Leonard, author Nick Leonard, illustrator Leonard Enterprises, Inc. 240 Champlain Drive, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 9781934383148, $9.95 www.rebeccaleonard.com Written by mother of two Rebecca...

All the Cats in Cairo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... All the Cats in Cairo Inda Schaenen Brown Barn Books 119 Kettle Creek Road, Weston, CT 06883 9780976812654, $8.95 www.brownbarnbooks.com The first novel specifically for young adults by published author Inda Schaenen, All...

Simply in Season Children's Cookbook.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Simply In Season Children's Cookbook Mark Beach & Julie Kauffman Herald Press 616 Walnut Avenue, Scottsdale, PA 15683-1999 0836193369, $21.99 www.heraldpress.com 1-800-759-4447 The collaborative effort of Mark Beach and...

Clara House Books.(How It Happens at the Motorcycle Plant and How It Happens at the Pizza Company)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Clara House Books c/o The Oliver Press, Inc. Charlotte Square, 5707 West 36th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55416-2510 $19.95 each, 1-800-865-4837 Two new installments in the "How It Happens" nonfiction picturebook series are sure...

Stone Arch Books.(Vortex Books series)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Stone Arch Books PO Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002-0669 www.stonearchbooks.com 1-800-421-7731 Stone Arch Books specializes in publishing high-interest fiction designed to engage struggling and reluctant young readers, improving their...

Blue Thistle Press.(The Time Bridge Travelers)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Blue Thistle Press PO Box 652, Van, TX 75790 www.lindaayers.com 1-866-679-7323 'The Time Bridge Travelers' by Linda Ayers is a series of deftly crafted fantasy adventure stories for young readers that hold the distinction of each...

Terrific Science Press.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Terrific Science Press Miami University, 4200 East University Boulevard, Middletown, OH 045042 www.terrificscience.org 1-513-727-3269 Terrific Science Press is a premier publisher of classroom-tested science resource materials for...

Teen Nutrition: What's the Big Debate?(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Teen Nutrition: What's the Big Debate? Learning ZoneXpress PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060 1571755136, $79.95 www.learningzoneexpress.com 1-888-455-7003 Teen Nutrition: What's the Big Debate? is an educational DVD produced...

The Vegetables We Eat.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Vegetables We Eat Gail Gibbons Holiday House 425 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10017 0825420019, $16.95 www.holidayhouse.com Leaf, root and stem are three of the eight groups of vegetables and here are details about...

Philomena Wonderpen Is A Very Naughty Teacher.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Philomena Wonderpen Is A Very Naughty Teacher Ian Bone Bolinda Publishing, Inc. 48 Oxford Woods, Falmouth, ME 04105-3401 9781740939096, $18.00 www.bolinda.com 1-888-235-2019 Philomena Wonderpen (her best friend George...

Schlessinger Media.(Indians of North America)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 www.schlessinger.com 1-800-843-3620 'Indians of North America' is a new DVD series of three flawless produced historical videos for students in grades 5 through 12...

Mary, Queen of Scotts.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Mary Queen Of Scotts Nancy Lotz & Carlene Phillips Morgan Reynolds, Inc. 620 South Elm Street, Suite 223, Greensboro, NC 27406 9781599350400, $27.95 www.morganreynolds.com 1-800-535-1504 Educators Nancy Lotz and Carlene...

The World Almanac for Kids 2008.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The World Almanac for Kids 2008 World Almanac Books c/o World Almanac Education Group 512 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018 9781600570599, $12.99 www.WAforKids.com Illustrated with full-color photographs on every page,...

Dhegdheer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Dhegdheer Marian A. Hassan, author Betsy Bowen, illustrator Minnesota Humanities Commission 987 East Ivy Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55106 9781931016186, $15.95 www.minnesotahumanities.org Dhegdheer: A Scary Somali...

Wind the World Over.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Wind the World Over Irene Boland & Vanessa Kellogg, authors Tamberley Thomas, illustrator Bright Sky Press 340 South Second Street, Albany, TX 76430 9781931721943, $14.95 www.brightskypress.com 1-866-933-6133 ...

I Must Go Down To The Beach Again.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... I Must Go Down To The Beach Again Karen Jo Shapiro & Judy Love Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 9781580891448, $5.95 www.charlesbridge.com 1-800-225-3214 Nicely enhanced with occasional...

Don't Squash That Bug!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Don't Squash That Bug! Natalie Rompella Lobster Press 1620 Sherbrooke Street, West, Montreal, Quebec, H3H 1C9, Canada 9781897073506, $14.95 www.lobsterpress.com Part of the 'Lobster Learners' series of informational...

Child's Guide To The Holy Days.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Child's Guide To The Holy Days Kathy DellaTorre O'Keefe & Anne Catharine Blake Paulist Press 997 MacArthur Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ 07430 9780809167319, $9.95 www.paulistpress.com 1-800-218-1903 The collaborative work of...

Dream Big!(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
July 1, 2007... Dream Big! Roger Day Roger Day Productions c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $15.00 www.RogerDay.com www.cdbaby.com www.amazon.com "Dream Big!" is the latest CD music album by two-time...

Music Makes Me Happy.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Music Makes Me Happy Robbi K & Friends Balidali Productions c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $14.99 www.hirobbi.com "Music Makes Me Happy" is award-winning independent children's...

Thomas' Trusty Friends.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Thomas' Trusty Friends Anchor Bay Entertainment 1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084 DV14837, $12.98 www.anchorbayentertainment.com The latest in the delightful Thomas the Tank Engine DVD series, Thomas' Trusty Friends offers six...

Kids Love Spanish Volume 1.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Kids Love Spanish Volume 1 Brock Sisters Productions c/o Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 0978575709, $19.99 www.kidslovespanish.com Kids Love Spanish Volume 1: Basic...

Learning Zone Xpress.(Extreme Etiquette)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Learning Zone Xpress PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060 www.learningzonexpress.com Two titles in the "Extreme Etiquette" series by Learning Zone Xpress instruct viewers from grade six to adult in the basics of human courtesy and...

Ivar, The Short But Brave Viking.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Ivar, The Short But Brave Viking Annie Jacobsen & Susan Jo Hanson Pickled Herring Press 2380 West Hill Drive, Fitchburg, WI 53711 9780977827619, $16.95 www.pickledherringpress.com In "Ivar, The Short But Brave Viking",...

Goldie Socks And The Three Libearians.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Goldie Socks And The Three Libearians Jackie Mims Hopkins & John Manders Upstart Books c/o Highsmith Inc. PO Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800 9781932146684, $17.95 1-800-448-4887 Combining an imaginative...

Where In The World Is Henry?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Where In The World Is Henry? Lorna Balian & Lecia Balian Star Bright Books 30-19 48th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 1595720359, $15.95 www.starbrightbooks.com 1-800-788-4439 "Where In The World Is Henry?" by the...

The Cave Painter Of Lascaux.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Cave Painter Of Lascaux Roberta Angeletti Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 CP1346, 1562903233, $16.95 www.crystalproductions.com 1-800-255-8629 When Anna and her classmates go on tour to see...

The Story Of Pepper.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Story Of Pepper Scott L. Olsen & Heather Leigh Olsen AuthorHouse 1663 Liberty Drive Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403 10268 South Buttercup Drive, Sandy, UT, 84092 (author) 9781425979645, $15.75 www.authorhouse.com...

The Great, Great, Great Chicken War.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Great, Great, Great Chicken War David de la Garza with Joyce Rosner and Gene de la Garza Anchorage Press No. 10 Waverly Court, Houston, TX 77005 9780979526602, $15.95 Written by parents struggling to explain the...

Bed Head.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Bed Head Nancy Bennetts, author Lance Bowen, illustrator Kesterson & Associates 516 North Chinowth, Visalia, CA 93291 9780972600415, $16.95 Retired public school nurse Nancy Bennetts presents Bed Head, a rhyming...

A Fishing Surprise.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... A Fishing Surprise Rae A. McDonald, author Kathleen Kemly, illustrator NorthWord Press c/o T&N Children's Publishing 11571 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 9781559719773, $16.95 www.tnkidsbooks.com 1-888-255-9989 ...

Animal Tales.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Animal Tales Golden Books c/o Random House Children's Books 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 9780375841781, $10.99 1-800-726-0600 Animal Tales is an omnibus collection of nine classic "Little Golden Book" stories...

Families Change.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Families Change Julie Nelson, author Mary Gallagher, illustrator Free Spirit Publishing 217 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 1575422093, $9.95 www.freespirit.com Written by Julie Nelson, who...

The Color Pets.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... The Color Pets Seth Lehman, author Randy Jennings, illustrator 4All Ages LLC 5 Murdock Road, Suite 100, East Rockaway, NY 11518 9780978798604, $10.95 www.colorpets.com The debut self-published book of author Seth...

Scholastic Inc.(Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad; Lily Brown's Paintings; Half a World Away; If You're Happy and You Know It)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com THE END by David LaRochelle and Richard Egielski is different: usually a story ends with 'the end' but here it's the beginning, moving backward from Happily Ever...

Knopf/Random House.(Never Tease a Weasel; Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World; The Secret Life of Walter Kitty)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Knopf/Random House c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Jean Conder Soule's NEVER TEASE A WEASEL (9780375834202, $15.99) receives George Booth's drawings...

Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest John Lechner Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 9780763630546, $15.99 www.candlewick.com Sticky Burr is a little forest burr who sets off on an...

Once upon a Full Moon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Once Upon a Full Moon Elizabeth Quan Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2P9, Canada 9780887768132, $19.95 www.tundrabooks.com Lovely watercolors accompany a fine first-person story set in...