Children's Bookwatch articles from June 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from June 2007

ABC Safari.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... ABC Safari Karen Lee Sylvan Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Boulevard, Suite 3, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 0977742369, $15.95 www.sylvandellpublishing.com 1-877-958-2600 More than just another 'ABC' book for preschool...

Sweet!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Sweet! Ann Love & Jane Drake Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5A 2P9 Canada 0887767524, $19.95 www.tundrabooks.com SWEET! THE DELICIOUS STORY OF CANDY provides a fun story of candy through the...

Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo? Carolyn Beccia Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02166 0618717188, $16.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Many books offer circus insights, but this WHO PUT THE BI N THE BALLYHOO...

Enslow Publishers Inc.(The Good, the Bad, the Slimy: The Secret Life of Microbes; J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Brain Behind the Bomb)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Bacteria, viruses and fungi microbes are everywhere--many might believe them harmful but in fact most microbes are beneficial, as Sara L. Latta's THE...

Midsummer Knight.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Midsummer Knight Gregory Rogers Roaring Brook Press c/o Holtzbrinck Publishing 143 West Street, New Millford, CT 06776 1596431830, $16.95 www.roaringbrookpress.com 1-800-462-4703 Award-winning author and artist...

What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... What to Do When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough Thomas S. Greenspon, Ph.D. Free Spirit Publishing 217 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 1575422344, $9.95 www.freespirit.com Written by licensed...

Feelings Only I Know.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Feelings Only I Know Susan McKenna Wayfarer Press, LLC PO Box 948, Union Lake, MI 48387-0948 097899650X, $14.95 www.wayfarerbooks.com Written by pediatric nurse Susan McKenna, who had difficulty finding appropriate...

Learning Props, LLC.(Dress Up; Patterns; Critters; Where Will You Find Me?; Count on Me!; Shape Land; What Color Is It?; Which Way?; Body Parts; Play Action)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Learning Props, LLC PO Box 774, Racine, WI 53401 www.learningprops.com 1-877-776-7750 Learning Props is a Wisconsin-based publisher of educational books designed for preschool and kindergarten students for the purpose of helping...

Abuelita Full of Life.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Abuelita Full of Life Amy Costales, author Martha Aviles, illustrator Luna Rising PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, Arizona 86002-1389 0873589149, $14.95 www.lunarisingbooks.com Abuelita Full of Life is a bilingual...

Sometimes Smart Is Good.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Sometimes Smart Is Good Dena Fox Luchsinger, author Karen A. Jerome, illustrator Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 0802852157, $16.00 www.eerdmans.com 1-800-253-7521...

Kichi in Jungle Jeopardy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Kichi in Jungle Jeopardy Lila Guzman Blooming Tree Press PO Box 140934, Austin, TX 78714-0934 0976941716, $13.95 www.bloomingtreepress.com Award-winning author Lila Guzman presents Kichi in Jungle Jeopardy, a chapter book...

The Big One-Oh.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Big One-Oh Dean Pitchford G. P. Putnam's Sons 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Terpin Communications Group (publicity) 4333 Admiralty Way, East Tower, Suite 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 0399245472, $15.99...

Scholastic, Inc.(Dragonsdale; Lady Friday; Greetings from Planet Earth; A Friendship for Today)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Scholastic, Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Salamanda Drake's DRAGONSDALE (0439871735, $16.99) is a winning story of a riding school run by Cara's father--a riding school where dragons are the mounts. It's...

Bravo, Max!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Bravo, Max! D.J. Lucas aka Sally Grindley McElderry Books c/o Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020 1416903933, $15.99 www.simonsayskids.com Max is writing...

The Chestnut Soldier.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Chestnut Soldier Jenny Nimmo Orchard Books c/o Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439846773, $9.99 www.scholastic.com Book three in the Magician Trilogy continues the saga of magician Gwyn, who faces...

A Summer to Die.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... A Summer to Die Lois Lowry Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 0385734204, $7.99 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Meg's family moves to a small house in the...

Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse Judith Rossell Walker & Company 104--5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 0802796613, $15.95 www.walkeryoungreaders.com Jack is a regular kid until his great-uncle passes away and he finds out...

Crane.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Crane Jeff Stone Random House 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 0375830774, $15.99 www.randomhouse.com/kids Three companions head down the Yellow River to the underworld of a dangerous city, unaware that their...

When Heaven Fell.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... When Heaven Fell Carolyn Marsden Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 0763631752, $15.99 www.candlewick.com Nine-year-old Binh sells sodas to schoolgirls whose families can afford to give them...

Fair Has Nothing to Do with It.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Fair Has Nothing to Do With It Cynthia Cotton Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 0374399352, $16.00 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Michael has made regular summer visits to his grandparents' farm where his...

Dog Diaries.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Dog Diaries Betsy Byers, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers Henry Holt 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 0805079572, $15.95 www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com Dogs are gathering for the first annual meeting of the WOOF Society,...

Treasure At Turtle Lake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Treasure At Turtle Lake Peggy Dymond Leavey Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 4Y8 1894917499, $7.95 www.napoleonpublishing.com 1-877-730-9052 Joel Osler is 12 years old and...

Ride the Desperate Trail.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Ride the Desperate Trail Mike Kearby Trails End Books PO Box 201385, Austin, TX 78720-1385 Stephanie Barko Literary Publicist 16100 Crystal Hills, Austin, TX 78737 0978842278, $20.00 The sequel "The Road to a...

Mystery of the Crying Ghost.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Mystery of the Crying Ghost Rita Hsu Syers Bronwen Publishing 4 Colchester Place, Suite 4A, Newton, PA 18940 0977926710, $9.95 The debut novel of author Rita Hsu Syers, Mystery of the Crying Ghost is a novel written for...

The Quest for Qosquo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Quest for Qosquo Hayley Hamilton 1200 Chinaberry Dr., Flower Mound, TX 75028 (author) Lulu Press 860 Aviation Parkway, Suite 300, Morrisville, NC 27560 1430302631, $15.06 www.lulu.com www.qosquo.vox.com Written by...

Zertelo and the Quest for CastleOak.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Zertelo and the Quest for CastleOak D.S. Arnauld Heroes & Leaders Publishing 121 Darcie Drive, Forney, TX 75126 1568705786, $9.95 www.zertelo.com Zertelo and the Quest CastleOak is a charming fantasy novel for ages nine...

The Adventures of Hopper and Other Children's Stories.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Adventures of Hopper and Other Children's Stories Jo-Lynn M. Ward-O'Brien Vantage Press 419 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016 0533147875, $7.95 1-212-736-1767 Freelance writer and anthologized poet Jo-Lynn M....

Runt the Hunted.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Runt the Hunted Daniel Schwabauer, M.A. Clear Water Press PO Box 62, Olathe, KS 66051 0974297232, $17.99 www.clearwaterpress.com The wondrous sequel to "Runt the Brave", Runt the Hunted continues the anthropomorphic...

The Call to Shakabaz.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Call to Shakabaz Amy Wachspress Woza Books PO Box 635, Talmage, CA 95481 0978835026, $15.50 www.wozabooks.com Head Start administrator Amy Wachspress presents The Call to Shakabaz, a fantasy novel for ages eight to...

The World of Penguins.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The World of Penguins Evelyne Daigle Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5A 2P9 Canada 0887767990, $18.95 www.tundrabooks.com Daniel Grenier's fine color illustrations pair well with this oversized...

Fun Facts About Snakes.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Fun Facts About Snakes Carmen Bredeson Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 0766027872, $21.26 www.enslow.com Elementary grades K-4 will find appealing and bright the simple 24-page primer Fun...

The Heart Of The Beast.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Heart Of The Beast Nancy Roe Pimm Darby Creek Publishing 7858 Industrial Parkway, Plain City, OH 43064 1581960549, $18.95 www.darbycreekpublishing.com 1-800-328-4929 "The Heart Of The Beast: Eight Great Gorilla...

Animals in the House.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Animals in the House Sheila Keenan Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439692865, $17.99 www.scholastic.com ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE: A HISTORY OF PETS AND PEOPLE isn't your usual survey of a single kind of pet, but a...

Rourke Publishing Group.(Fighting Forces in the Air)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Rourke Publishing Group PO Box 3328, Vero Beach, FL 32964 www.rourkepublishing.com 1-800-394-7055 The fighter jets of the United States Airforce have a great attraction for young readers (especially boys) with respect to their...

August House.(Story Cove)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... August House PO Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203 www.augusthouse.com 1-800-284-8784 'Story Cove' is a series of very highly recommended stories and folk tales from around the world for beginning readers that combines charming and...

Richard C. Owen Publishers Inc.(Jim Arnosky: Whole Days Outdoors: an Autobiographical Album; George Ancona: Self Portrait; Janet S. Wong: Before It Wriggles Away)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Richard C. Owen Publishers Inc. PO Box 585, Katonah, NY 10536 www.rcowen.com Three new 'kid friendly' additions to the Robert C. Owen 'Meet the Author' series offer a little over thirty pages each to appeal to kids in grades 3-5....

Crabtree Publishing Company.(Energy Revolution; Biography of; Robozones)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Crabtree Publishing Company 350--5th Avenue #3308, New York NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com Crabtree's series titles are excellent picks: they are curriculum-oriented, make for excellent supplemental research and assignment titles,...

Get a Life Cool Careers.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2007... Get a Life Cool Careers Paula Haffner and Kipp Lightburn Janson Media 88 Semmens Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640 9781568392915, $24.95 www.janson.com Get a Life Cool Careers is an award-winning career guide DVD targeted...

Learn Magic with Lyn.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2007... Learn Magic with Lyn Lyn Dillies 15 Laurel Lane, Westport, Massachusetts 02790 (author) Starlight Home Entertainment (dist.) 6222 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc....

Gustafer Yellowgold's Wide Wild World.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2007... Gustafer Yellowgold's Wide Wild World Apple Eye Productions Little Monster Records $16.99 www.littlemonsterrecords.com www.bn.com Gustafer Yellowgold's Wide Wild World is a charming DVD/CD set of tunes for kids age three and...

Curious George Rocket Ride and Other Adventures.(video recording)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2007... Curious George Rocket Ride and Other Adventures William H. Macy, narrator Universal c/o WGBH / SSA Public Relations 148 Madison Avenue, 16th floor PH-1, New York, NY 10016 $16.98 www.universalstudioshomeentertainment.com...

The One and Only Shrek! Plus 5 Other Stories.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Children's review)
June 1, 2007... The One and Only Shrek! Plus 5 Other Stories William Steig, author Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, narrators Audio Renaissance 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 1427201528, $14.95 www.audiorenaissance.com 1-800-221-7945...

Bloody Jack.(book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Bloody Jack L.A. Meyer, author Katherine Kellgren, narrator Listen & Live Audio PO Box 817, Roseland, NJ 07068 1593160941, $29.95 www.listenandlive.com 1-800-653-9400 The debut novel of L.A. Meyer, Bloody Jack is an...

Animal Playground.(sound recording)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
June 1, 2007... Animal Playground Putumayo Kids c/o Putumayo World Music 411 Lafayette St., 4th floor, NY, NY 10003 9781587592010, $15.98 www.putumayokids.com 1-800-995-9588 The latest in the award-winning Playground music CD series,...

Children's Illustrated Bible.(book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Children's Illustrated Bible Eve B. MacMaster Herald Press 616 Walnut Avenue, Scottsdale, PA 15683-1999 083619344X, $22.99 www.heraldpress.com 1-800-759-4447 Simply wonderful and thoroughly 'kid friendly' illustrations by...

Sky Painters.(picturebook)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Sky Painters Kaycee Clancy, author Summer Clancy, illustrator Legacy Publishing Services 602 N. Wymore Rd., Winter Park, FL 32789 0977677788, $11.95 www.LegacyPublishingServices.com Written by Sunday school teacher...

Grumpy Mr. Grady.(picturebook)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Grumpy Mr. Grady Scott Stroud, author Jim Hunt, illustrator Big Tent Books 6066 Shingle Creek Parkway, PMB #186, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 1601310013, $12.95 www.homeschoolkids.com Grumpy Mr. Grady is a children's...

Once upon a Full Moon.(picturebook)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Once Upon A Full Moon Elizabeth Quan Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 2P9 088776813X, $19.95 www.tundrabooks.com 1-800-788-1074 Watercolorist Elizabeth Quan presents Once Upon A...

Black Bear, Loon & Walleye.(picturebook)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Black Bear, Loon & Walleye Sara Button, author P.A. Lewis, illustrator Beaver's Pond Press 7104 Ohms Lane, Suite 216, Edina, MN 55439 1592981631, $23.00 BeaversPondPress.com 1-952-829-8818 Black Bear, Loon & Walleye:...

Do Re Mi.(book)(sheet music records; Guido d'Arezzo)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Do Re Mi Susan L. Roth Houghton Mifflin Company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 0618465723, $17.00 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com If you can read musical notes you can sing or play any piece--but there was a time when...

I.Q. Gets Fit.(book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... I.Q. Gets Fit Mary Ann Fraser Walker & Company 104--5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 0802795587, $15.95 www.walkeryoungreaders.com It's Heath Month in I.Q.'s classroom, but I.Q. is worried that because he can't run as long...

The Three Swingin' Pigs.(book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Three Swingin' Pigs Vicky Rubin Henry Holt & Company 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 0805073353, $16.95 www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com Satch, Mo and Ella are cool pigs, so when Wolfie shows up for the Big pig Gig...

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy.(book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy Jane O'Connor HarperCollins Publishers 1350 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10019 0060542136, $16.99 www.harpercollinschildrens.com When Fancy Nancy's family decides to get a dog, she's...

Scholastic Inc.(books)(The Swing)(The Flying Bed)(Pierre In Love)(Catching The Moon)(When Gorilla Goes Walking)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com What would you do if your parents lost everything, from borrowed items from the neighbors to the family dog and the time they promised they'd spend with Josey...

Polo: The Runaway Book.(book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Polo: The Runaway Book Regis Faller Roaring Brook Press 143 West Street, New Milford, CT 06776 259643189X, $16.95 www.roaringbrookpress.com 1-800-462-4703 Polo is thrilled with his present, a new book--but after reading it...

Candlewick Press.(book)(Gator)(One Frog Sang)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com Randy Cecil's GATOR (9780763629526, $15.99) tells of a carousel animal who loves his job--but fewer and fewer people come to the amusement park,...

Houghton Mifflin.(Gooney the Fabulous; Joe on the Go; Detective Small in the Amazing Banana Caper; Hugo & Miles in I've Painted Everything!; The Pink Refrigerator; Bats at the Beach; Bad Bears Go Visiting)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Lois Lowery's GOONEY THE FABULOUS (061876691x, $15.00) presents grades 2-5 with a fine easy reader telling of Mrs. Pidgeon, who has been reading...

Alfred Knopf.(Good Sports; Please Don't Upset P.U. Zorilla!)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Alfred Knopf c/o Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Jack Prelutsky and Chris Raschka's GOOD SPORTS (9780375837005, $16.99) is by the nation's first poet laureate and provides a fun series...

A Box Full of Kittens.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... A Box Full of Kittens Sonia Manzano Atheneum c/o Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020 0689830890, $16.99 www.simonsayskids.com 1-800-223-2336 Ages 3-7 will...

Henry Holt and Company.(Fabian Escapes; Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Henry Holt and Company 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com Peter McCarty's FABIAN ESCAPES (0805077138, $16.95) tells of Fabian the cat, who escapes out the window to leave his friend Hondo at home...

How Santa Knows.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... How Santa Knows Grampa Ralph PublishAmerica PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151 1424122848, $12.95 www.publishamerica.com Written by devoted great-grandfather Grampa Ralph, How Santa Knows is an enchanting picturebook...

To Market! To Market!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... To Market! To Market! Anushka Ravishankar & Emanuele Scanziani Tara Publishing, Ltd. No. 38GA, Shoreham, V Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai--600 090 India 8186211993, $16.95 www.tarabooks.com Written by East Indian children's...

The Summer of the Marco Polo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Summer of the Marco Polo Lynn Manuel, author Kasia Charko, illustrator Orca Book Publishers PO Box 468, Custer, WA 98240-0468 1551433303, $17.95 www.orcabook'.com 1-800-210-5277 Beautifully illustrated in...

The Christmas Westie.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Christmas Westie Patricia A. Bremmer Windcall Publishing 75345 Road 317, Venango, NE 69168 9780974588452, $17.99 www.windcallenterprises.com The Christmas Westie is a holiday picturebook especially for puppy lovers....

The Leaping Grasshopper.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Leaping Grasshopper Jeanne Archambault & Dwight Smith Jitterbug Books 25 Whale Rock Road, Jamestown, RI 02835 0976303124, $15.95 The Leaping Grasshopper is a simple, rhyming children's picturebook with a moral about...

Tyger! Tyger!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Tyger! Tyger! Elizabeth Stanley Enchanted Lion Books 45 Main Street, Suite 519, Brooklyn, NY 11201 1592700683, $16.95 1-888-330-8477 Award-winning children's book creator Elizabeth Stanley presents Tyger! Tyger!, a...

Grandpa for Sale.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Grandpa for Sale Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, authors T. Kyle Gentry, illustrator Flashlight Press 3709 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 097292258X, $15.95 www.FlashlightPress.com Co-authored by Vicki Sansum and...

Snowff & the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Snowff & the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch Carolyn M. White AARO Publishing, Inc. PO Box 1281, Palisade, CO 81526 1893563057, $24.95 www.snowff.com Book two in the Snowff series, Snowff & the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch is an adventurous...

Piper.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Piper Emma Chichester Clark Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 0802853145, $17.00 www.eerdmans.com 1-800-253-7521 Award-winning author and illustrator Emma Chichester...

The Lizard Gang.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Lizard Gang Kirra Somerville, author; Grace Fielding, illustrator Magabala Books c/o International Specialized Book Services, dist. (ISBS) 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 1875641890, $17.95...

The Man Who Put Words On Birds.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Man Who Put Words On Birds Julian Borra Beautiful Books Limited 117 Sugden Road, London SW11 5ED 1905636008, $19.95 www.beautiful-books.co.uk The Man Who Put Words On Birds is a whimsically delightful picturebook...

Gwynne Fair & Shining.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Gwynne Fair & Shining Stephanie Lisa Tara, author Lee Edward Fodi, illustrator Brown Books Publishing Group 16200 North Dallas Pkwy., Suite 170, Dallas, TX 75248 1933285621, $16.95 www.BrownBooks.com Gwynne Fair &...

We.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... We Alice Schertle, author Kenneth Addison, illustrator Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 1584300604, $16.95 www.leeandlow.com Award-winning author Alice Schertle presents We, a singularly amazing...

Baby Loves You So Much!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Baby Loves You So Much! Eileen Spinelli, author; David Wenzel, illustrator Ideals Children's Books c/o Ideals Publications 535 Metroplex Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, Tennessee 37211 0824955501, $16.99 www.idealsbooks.com...

Don't You Feel Well, Sam?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Don't You Feel Well, Sam? Amy Hest, author Anita Jeram, illustrator Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1338 076362408X, $4.99 www.candlewick.com 1-800-526-0275 Don't You Feel Well, Sam? is...

Even Sharks Need Friends.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Even Sharks Need Friends Elaine Pease with Kerry Lee MacLean and Natalie Pease PeasePod Books LLC 4334 Vinca Court, Boulder, CO 80304 0970227515, $15.95 Even Sharks Need Friends is a charming children's picturebook...

The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit Werner Holzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch Abrams Image c/o Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 081094457X, $9.95 www.abramsbooks.com...

Pasta Pazoo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Pasta Pazoo Lp Camozzi, author Marielle Lorraine Camozzi, illustrator LP Creative Box 425, Stn B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3J7 0973736704, $9.99 www.lpkids.ca Songwriter and father of three Lp Camozzi presents...

America's Real First Thanksgiving.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... America's REAL First Thanksgiving Robyn Gioia Pineapple Press, Inc. PO Box 3889, Sarasota, FL 34230-3889 1561643890, $14.95 www.pineapple.com 1-800-746-3275 America's REAL First Thanksgiving is a picturebook about a feast...

The Charcoal Forest.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Charcoal Forest Beth A. Peluso Mountain Press Publishing Company PO Box 2399, Missoula, Montana 59806 0878425322, $12.00 www.mountain-press.com 1-800-234-5308 Written by avid birder, day camp counselor, and substitute...

Cooking With Max.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Cooking With Max Max Nania Five Star Publications PO Box 6698, Chandler, AZ 85246-6698 1589850599, $14.95 www.FiveStarPublications.com "Cooking With Max: 45 Really Fun And Kinda Messy Recipes Kids Can Make" is a small,...