Children's Bookwatch articles from March 2008

Children's Bookwatch archives from March 2008

Children Of The U.S.A.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Children Of The U.S.A. Maya Ajmera, et al. The Global Fund for Children 1101 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 420, Washington, DC 20005 9781570916151, $23.95 www.globalfundforchildren.org The collaborative work of Maya Ajmera,...

I Wished For You.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... I Wished For You Marianne Richmond Marianne Richmond Studios Inc. 3900 Stinson Boulevard NE, Minneapolis, MN 55421 9781934082065, $15.95 www.mariannerichmond.com 1-800-768-9197 Charmingly written and beautifully...

Willie's Dad.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Willie's Dad Stanley Williams & Naima Abdul-Haqq Williams Publishing Conglomerate c/o Lulu Press 860 Aviation Parkway, Suite 300, Morrisville, NC 27560 9780615191218, $14.95 www.lulu.com All to often when a man is...

Bob the Builder On Site: Roads & Bridges.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2008... Bob the Builder On Site: Roads & Bridges Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Andrea Blain Public Relations (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 DVD, $19.98 www.bobthebuilder.com Bob the Builder On Site:...

Shout Factory LLC.(Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: Recipes for Trouble; Ferocious Beast: Rain Showers and Spring Flowers )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2008... Shout Factory LLC 2042-A Armacost Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 www.shoutfactory.com tchen@shoutfactory.com Two high-rated children's programming DVDs bring the whimsical world of Maggie and her friends, the affable Ferocious Beast...

Courage to Tell.(Now I Can Tell You My Secret)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2008... Courage to Tell Disney Educational Productions 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-6307 DVD $49.95 Each www.EduStation.Disney.com Elementary-level kids facing child abuse issues and educators who want to help them...

Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales Sarah Courtauld, et al. EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 9780794517175, $19.99 www.edcpub.com 1-800-475-4522 Expertly designed by the team of Nancy Leschnifoff and Helen...

Special Kind Of Day.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
March 1, 2008... Special Kind Of Day Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck Big Truck Music c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $15.00 www.amazon.com The fourth children's music CD album by Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck,...

Knopf/Random.(Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission, Thank You, Lucky Stars, Tennyson, 100 Cupboards, Runemarks, How They Met and Other Stories and Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Knopf/Random c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Christopher Paul Curtis's fast-paced sequel to MR. CHICKEE'S FUNNY MONEY, Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission...

Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Hot Sour Salty Sweet Sherri L. Smith Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 9780385734172, $15.99 www.randomhouse.com/teens Ana Shen's biracial family--a...

Enslow Publishers Inc.(Hannah Pritchard: Pirate of the Revolution and Jesse Bowman: A Union Boy's War Story)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Elementary libraries with grades 3-6 readers seeking solid historical fiction with vivid plots based on real-world action will appreciate Bonnie...

Jim Weiss Recording.(Good Luck Duck and A Treasury of Wisdom: Stories of Hope and Inspiration)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Children's review)
March 1, 2008... Jim Weiss Recording Greathall Productions Inc. P.O. Box 5061, Charlottesville, VA 22905-5061 CD $14.95 Each www.greathall.com Jim Weiss creates and tells two fine audio CDs for kids, recommended for elementary-level...

Not Too Small At All.(Not Too Small At All: A Mouse Tale)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Not Too Small At All Stephanie Z. Townsend, author Bill Looney, illustrator Master Books PO Box 726, Green Forest, AR 72638 9780890515242, $12.99 www.masterbooks.net Not Too Small At All: A Mouse Tale is a picturebook...

The Wakame Gatherers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... The Wakame Gatherers Holly Thompson, author Kazumi Wilds, illustrator Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Blvd., Freemont, CA 94538 9781885008336, $16.95 www.shens.com Written by Yokohama City University creative writing...

Yours for Justice.(Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells Philip Dray, author Stephen Alcorn, illustrator Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30318-2112 9781561454174, $18.95 www.peachtree-online.com 1-800-241-0113 ...

Mei Ling in China City.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Mei Ling in China City Icy Smith, author Gayle Garner Roski, illustrator East West Discovery Press PO Box 3585, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 9780970165480, $18.95 www.eastwestdiscovery.com Based on a true story of events...

Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival Icats Nitram, author Pamela McCarville, illustrator All Us All the Time Publishing 9275 S. Fox Fire Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 9780979728501, $16.95...

Jin Jin the Dragon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Jin Jin the Dragon Grace Chang, author Chong Chang, illustrator Enchanted Lion Books 201 Richards Street, Suite #4, Brooklyn, NY 11231 9781592701025, $16.95 www.amazon.com 1-888-330-8477 Jin Jin the Dragon is a...

Little Boy With a Big Horn.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Little Boy With a Big Horn Jack Bechdolt Random House c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 9780375839030, $14.99 www.randomhouse.com Dan Yaccarino provides the moving drawings for...

There's Nothing to Do on Mars.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... There's Nothing to Do on Mars Chris Gill Little, Brown 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 0316166847, $ 16.99 www.lb-kids.com Davey is bored even though his move to Mars from Earth should be exciting. He and his robot dog...

Night Running.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Night Running Eliza Carbone Knopf c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 9780375822476, $16.99 www.randomhouse.com/kids E.B. Lewis provides realistic drawings for this picturebook...

Schwartz & Wade.( Muhammed Ali: Champion of the World and Piano Starts Here)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Schwartz & Wade c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Ages 4-8 will appreciate Jonah Winter & Francois Roca's story Muhammed Ali: Champion of the World...

Martin Luther King, Jr.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Martin Luther King, Jr. Ruchir Shah, editor EZ Comics 12 Pine Top Road, Barrington, RI 02806 9780979588709, $6.95 www.ezcomics.com Using a colorfully illustrated comic book format, "Martin Luther King, Jr." provides young...

Heartfelt Stories.(More Than A Spoonfu and Toby Gets The Brush Off)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Heartfelt Stories 7585 Fairfield Lakes Drive, Powell, OH 43065 www.heartfeltstoriesllc.com Imaginatively created and deftly written by Denise Bloom and Deana Froelich, colorfully illustrated by Kimo Tenorio, and sturdily published...

Saddleback Publishing Inc.(Factastic Journey)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Saddleback Publishing Inc. Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618-2767 www.sdlback.com 1-888-735-2225 Simply outstanding in format and content, 'FACTastic Journey' is a six title, 'High Interest-Low Vocabulary' series of colorful 32-page...

Crabtree Publishing Company.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Crabtree Publishing Company 350-5th Avenue #3308, New York NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com 1-800-387-7650 24 pages of each book in Bobby Kalman's Looking at Nature series provide large color photos and very basic animal facts for...

Enslow Publishers.(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Enslow Publishers Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com 1-800-398-2504 Short biographies written for kids in the upper elementary grades usually are few and far between and focus on major political or historical...

Marshall Cavendish.(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.us 1-800-831-9881 Cavendish produces a host of series titles with excellent subjects for specific grade and age ranges, and pairs consistently solid...