Children's Bookwatch articles from June 2006

Children's Bookwatch archives from June 2006

Where Does Food Come From?(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Where Does Food Come From? Shelley Rotner & Gary Goss Millbrook Press 241-1st Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 0761329358 $22.60 lernerbooks.com Most kids know foods come from markets--but there did they come from...

Enslow Publishers.(The Transcontinental Railroad And The Great Race To Connect The Nation)(Asian-American Crafts Kids Can Do!)(The 1990s: From The Persian Gulf War To Y2K)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Three excellent coverages will reach grades 5 and older with solid material suitable for either reports or leisure browsing. Wim...

Talk: Teen Art of Communication.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Talk Dale Carlson & Kishore Khairnar Bick Publishing House 307 Neck Road, Madison, CT 06443 1884158323 $14.95 bickpubhouse.com Talk: Teen Art Of Communication by Dale Carlson and Kishore Khairnar is an informative and...

Hurricane Hunters!(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Hurricane Hunters! Chris R. Demarest McElderry Books 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689861680 $17.95 www.simonsays.com Hurricane Hunters! Riders On The Storm by Chris Demarest tells of the men and women who fly...

Ten worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's Review)
June 1, 2006... Ten worlds Ken Croswell Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Hondsdale, PA 18431 1590784235 $19.95 boydsmillspress.com Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits The Sun comers from a Harvard-trained astronomer who provides an...

Schlessinger Media.(Energy for Children, 5 vols.)(Energy in Action, 7 vols.)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiovisual review)
June 1, 2006... Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 www.libraryvideo.com Schlessinger Media has produced two outstanding DVD instructional series on the subject of energy. Energy For Children is a five volume set...

Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Marooned Robert Kraske Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618568433 $15.00 www.amazon.com Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk is marooned on a South Pacific island--and...

John Muir.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... John Muir Kathryn Lasky Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763619574 $16.99 candlewick.com It's a pleasure to see Kathryn Lasky's biography, John Muir: America's First Environmentalist appear...

Creepy Crawlies.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Creepy Crawlies Hans Post & Irene Goede Front Street 862 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806 1932425659 $16.95 frontstreetbooks.com Hans Post is former Head of Education at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands and Irene...

Second Chance.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Second Chance Judy Masrud & Cathy Pool Birdseed Books 520 17th Street, Dallas, WI 54733 www.birdseedbooksforkids.com 0977414205 $9.95 1-715-837-2040 Very nicely enhanced by the black-and-white illustrations of Cathy...

Walker & Company.(Not Afraid Of Dogs)(Hop! Plop!)(The Scarab's Secret)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Walker & Company 104-5th Ave., New York NY 10011 www.walkeryoungreaders.com Susanna Pitzer's Not Afraid Of Dogs (08-02780679, $16.95) tells of a boy who isn't afraid of spiders, snakes nor storms--but he is--just a little--afraid...

Did You Say Pears?(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Did You Say Pears? Arlene Alda Tundra Books 481 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2E9 0887767397 $22.99 tundrabooks.com Very early picturebook readers will relish large, page-sized color photos paired with...

Inventor McGregor.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Inventor McGregor Kathleen P. Pelley Farrar, Straus, Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 0374336067 $16.00 fsgkidsbooks.com Michael Chesworth's engaging drawings lend to a fun story of a zany inventor who can make...

Farrar, Straus, Giroux.(Sally Jean, The Bicycle Queen)(The Room Of Wonders)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Farrar, Straus, Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003 www.fsgkisdbooks.com Sally Jean, The Bicycle Queen (0374363-862, $16.00) by Carl Best features zany drawings by Christine Davenier as it tells of a girl 'born to...

Marshall Cavendish.(Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!)(Hero Cat)(Ten-Gallon Bart)(Dancing Larry)(Look! Look! Look!)(The Louds Move In!)(Stop That Noise!)(Hippo Goes Bananas!)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com Marshall Cavendish has wonderful nonfiction books on the market--but don't forget they also produce gorgeous picturebooks! These new arrivals...

Bloomsbury.(How To Be A Good Dog)(Akimbo And The Crocodile Man )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Bloomsbury 175-5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010 www.bloomsburyusa.com Gail Page's How To Be A Good Dog (15-82346836, $15.95) charts a bad dog's course through the house, from raiding the refrigerator and tracking mud through the...

McElderry/Simon & Schuster.(Bear's New Friend)(Boy Who Loved Words)(Plantzilla Goes To Camp)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... McElderry/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com Bear's New Friend (0689859848, $16.95) by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman presents a rollicking, rhyming story of a bear on his way to a swimming...

Knopf/Random/Doubleday.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Knopf/Random/Doubleday c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 1-800-726-0600 www.randomhouse.com Matteo Pericoli's True Story Of Stellina (0375832734, $14.95) tells of a baby finch who is stranded...

Houghton Mifflin.(Martha Moth Makes Socks)(Do Lions Live On Lily Pads?)(Zany Zoo)(Bats At The Beach)(Roasted Peanuts)(Borhter Juniper)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Cambria Evans' Martha Moth Makes Socks (0618557458, $16.00) tells of Martha Moth's birthday, when her friends are coming to dinner. She picks up...

Taming Horrible Harry.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Taming Horrible Harry Lili Chartrand Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 0887767729 $16.95 tundrabooks.com Harry is a bad monster who needs to change: but how? Taming Horrible Harry was written originally in...

Lucy Goose Goes to Texas.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Lucy Goose Goes to Texas Holly Bea, author John Boddy, Illustrator HJ Kramer/New World Library 14 Pamaron way, Novato, CA 94949 www.newworldlibrary.com 1932073159 $15.95 www.amazon.com Joe Boddy illustrates the...

Greenwillow/HarperCollins.(Big Day)(Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Greenwillow/HarperCollins 1-800-242-7737 harperchildrens.com Lilly has big plans for Mr. Slinger's wedding in Kevin Henkes's Lilly's Big Day (0060742364, $16.99): she's always wanted to be a flower girl, and is going to be one at last....

Dear Fish.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Dear Fish Chris Gall Little, Brown 1270 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0316058476 $16.99, www.lb-kids.com When a boy writes a letter to the underwater fish inviting them to visit, he doesn't necessarily expect their...

Candlewick Press.(Teacher's Pets)(Captain Abdul's Little Treasure)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com Dayle Ann Dodds' Teacher's Pets (0763-622524, $15.99) receives Marilyn Hafner's warm drawings as it tells of show-and-tell time in class. The kids...

Dutton/Penguin.(Miss Bindergarten Celebrats The Last Day Of Kindergarten )(Pirate Treasure )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Dutton/Penguin 345 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Joseph Slate's Miss Bindergarten Celebrats The Last Day Of Kindergarten (0525477446, $16.99) adds to the Miss Bindergarten series, this ending the...

Python Play and Other Recipes For Fun.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Python Play And Other Recipes For Fun Robert Heidbreder Stoddart Kids 180 Varick Street, 9th Fl, NY, NY 10014 0773732136 $14.95 genpub.com Poems for play cover events as varied as a tire swing and hide and seek to sliding...

My Robot.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... My Robot Eve Bunting Harcourt 525 'B' Street, #1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 0152055932 $12.95 harcourtbooks.com Dagmar Fehlau illustrates this new 'Green Light Reader' for Level 2 readers. Fun activities accent the...

Fitch & Chip.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Fitch & Chip Lisa Wheeler Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 1230 Ave. of the Americas, NY NY 10020 0689849532 $14.95 simonsayskids.com Fitch & Chip: Invasion Of The Pig Sisters is a Level 3 'ready to read' easy book pairs fun...

Marshall Cavendish.(Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny)(Lindy Blues: The Missing Silver Dollar)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com Kids ages 8-11 looking for inviting yet easier readers will relish Patricia Hermes' Emma Dilemma And The New Nanny (0761452869, $15.95), a...

How to Speak Dragonese.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's Review)
June 1, 2006... How To Speak Dragonese Cressida Cowell Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0316156000 $10.99 www.lb-kids.com Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's loyal dragon Toothless has been captured, and it's up to Hiccup...

Blue.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... Blue Joyce Moyer Hostetter Calkins Creek Books Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 1590783891 $16.95 boydsmillspress.com When her father is sent to fight Hitler, Ann Honeycutt puts on the blue...

Day One.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Day One Matthew Dunn iUniverse 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68512 0595368360 $12.95 matthewdunn.net Day One by Matthew Dunn is the adventurous tale of the young man Zeu, and his exciting exploration of the...

High Rhulain.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... High Rhulain Brian Jacques Philomel Books/Penguin Books 375 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders 0399242082 $23.99 www.amazon.com Young Tiria Wildlough is an ottermaid touched with destiny: she...

Braced 2 Bite.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Braced 2 Bite Serena Robar Berkeley Jam Books/Penguin 375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 0425209768 $9.99 www.penguin.com Colby Blanchard seems your normal American teen: a cheerleader, Daddy's girl: but she's also a...

Quit It.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Quit It Marcia Byalick Dell Yearling/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0440418658 $5.50 1-800-726-0600 Marcia Byalick's Quit It is one of the best books on Tourette Syndrome to...

Simon & Schuster.(Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer)(Alice In The Know)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Simon & Schuster 1230 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 1-800-223-2336 simonsays.com/kids Clemency Pogue's recollection of a trick saves her when she's attacked by a wicked fairy: unfortunately, her chant also has killed six other...

The Drowned Violin.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2006... The Drowned Violin Mel Malton Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 4Y8 1891917235 $9.95 www.hmelmalton.com The Drowned Violin: An Alan Nearing Mystery by Mel Malton is the...

Getorix: The Eagle And The Bull.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Getorix: The Eagle And The Bull Judith Geary High Country Publishers 197 New Market Center, #135, Boone, NC 28607 www.ingallspublighinggroup.com 193215874X $24.95 1-828-297-7127 Judith Geary's debut novel, Getorix:...

Daisy Chains.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Daisy Chains Sandra Byrd Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55438 0764200232 $10.99 bethanyhouse.com Part of the "Friends For A Season" series, Daisy Chains by Sandra Byrd is the...

Front Street.(Long Gone Daddy)(By The River)(The Winter Road)(Mark Of The Horse Lord)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Front Street 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431 www.frontstreetbooks.com Helen Hemphill's Long Gone Daddy (19-32425381, $16.95) tells of Harlan Q, ready to bring his dead father to Las Vegas to be buried. His religious father...

Marshall Cavendish.(Penelope Bailey Takes The Stage)(Yellow Star)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com Susanna Reich's Penelope Bailey Takes The Stage (0761452877, $16.95) tells of a pre-teen with dreams of becoming an actress: but in 1889 San...

Treasure Hunt.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Treasure Hunt Eunice Geil Smith Herald Press 616 Walnut Avenue, Scottdale, PA 15683 0836193326 $9.99 www.heraldpress.com The debut novel Eunice Geil Smith, Treasure Hunt is a fun and creative mystery story of...

Candlewick Press.(Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker)(The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com Megan McDonald's Stink And The Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (07-63621587, $12.99) tells of Stink Moody, who gets a ten-pound box of 23,280...

Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.(Dead Guys Talk)(Gossamer)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Clarion/Houghton Mifflin 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Barbara M. Joosse's new Wild Willie mystery Dead Guys Talk (0618306668, $15.00) enjoys fun cartoon-like drawings by Abby Carter as it...

Knopf/Delacorte/Random.(Pieces of Georgia)(Being Bindy)(Sweet Thang)(Toad Away)(Shooting Stars Everywhere)(Gender Blender)(Bhangra Babes)(Counting on Grace)(The Five Ancestors: Snake)(Space Dogs)(Scout)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Knopf/Delacorte/Random 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Pieces Of Georgia by Jen Bryant (037-5832599, $15.95) tells of a girl who can't seem to get anywhere in life: she's not popular at school, she can't...

Team: Bravo Bears.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Team: Bravo Bears Sam L. Siragusa Electric Bear Studios c/o 411 Video Information PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 www.teambravobears.com $14.95 Produced, directed, and written by Sam L. Siragusa, Team: Bravo...

Nursery Tap Hip To Toe.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2006... Nursery Tap Hip To Toe Nursery Tap, LLC c/o Andrea Blain (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 837101143721 19.95 nurserytap.com Produced to entertain young viewers ages 2 to 7, Nursery Tap Hip To Toe: Volume...

Lon Po Po.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Lon Po Po Ed Young Weston Woods/Scholastic 143 Main St, Norwalk, CT 06851 0439873711 DVD690 scholastic.com Translated and illustrated by Ed Young and narrated by B. D. Wong, this flawlessly produced ten-minute DVD of Lon...

Time Out Tot.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Time Out Tot Ann Brazil Pausitive Programs 2385 Sherwood Road, San Marino, CA 91108 0977458601 $19.99 www.timeouttot.com Volume One of Ann Brazil's Time Out Tot: The Behavior Coach offers preschool children and their...

The Toy Castle: Twinkle Twinkle.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2006... The Toy Castle: Twinkle Twinkle American Public Television c/o Questar Inc. PO Box 11345, Chicago, IL 60611-0345 www.questarentertainment.com 1594642265 $14.99 1-847-933-9884 The Toy Castle: Twinkle Twinkle is a...

Grandma's Magic Scissors.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Grandma's Magic Scissors Linda S. Day Day To Day Enterprises 1721 Cabie Creek Rd., Oviedo, FL 32766 1890905682 $14.95 grandmasmagic.com Grandma's Magic Scissors: Paper Cut-ting From A-Z by Linda S. Day (a.k.a. Grandma) is...

How Mother Nature Flowered The Fields Of Earth And Mars.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... How Mother Nature Flowered The Fields Of Earth And Mars Tom Schwartz Reagent Press 1265 Palm Garden Place, Melbourne, FL 32940 1575451026 $18.95 www.amazon.com A welcome addition to family, school and community library...