Children's Bookwatch articles from May 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from May 2007

My Body Is Mine!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... My Body Is Mine! Peter Osilaja, author Gary Phillips, illustrator KidSafety of America 17647 Buttercup Court, Chino Hills, CA 91709 1884413846, $8.95 www.mybodyismine.com My Body Is Mine! is a one-of-a-kind...

You Can Write a Story!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... You Can Write a Story! Lisa Bullard, author Deborah Haley Melmon, illustrator Two-Can Publishing c/o T&N Children's Publishing 11571 K-Tel Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343 1587285878, $16.95 www.tnkidsbooks.com...

A Field Guide To The Identification Of Pebbles.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... A Field Guide To The Identification Of Pebbles Eileen Van der Flier-Keller Harbour Publishing PO Box 219, Madeira Park, BC, Canada, V0N 2H0 1550173952, $7.95 www.harbourpublishing.com 1-604-883-2730 "A Field Guide To The...

Abadaba Alphabet.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Abadaba Alphabet Sheila Moore, author Carol Holsinger, illustrator Abadaba Reading LLC PO Box 80, Charlottesville, VA 22902 0978947304, $19.95 abadabaalphabet.com Kindergarten teacher Sheila Moore and her artistically...

The Simplest Zoo to Do.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Simplest Zoo To Do Bill Rivard Vantage Press Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, 18th floor, New York, NY 10016 0533154367, $7.95 1-212-736-1767 "The Simplest Zoo To Do" is a coloring book by Bill Rivard that is quite...

Tundra Books.(Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy; In My Backyard)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Tundra Books P.O. Box 1030, New York NY 12901 www.tundrabooks.com Ann Love and Jane Drake's SWEET! THE DELICIOUS STORY OF CANDY (0887767524, $19.95) provides a fun history of candy makers and candy-making history, covering both...

Inch By Inch.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Inch By Inch Leo Lionni Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NDVD699 $59.95 www.scholastic.com/westonwoods 1-800-290-7531 to keep from being eaten, a resourceful inchworm measures a robin's...

Crabtree Publishing Company.(Company overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Crabtree Publishing Company 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3308, New York, NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com 1-800-387-7650 The Crabtree Publishing Company offer some truly outstanding titles in their 'Sports in Action' series that introduce...

Hiromi's Hands.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Hiromi's Hands Lynne Barasch Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 1584302755, $17.95 www.leeandlow.com Award-winning children's author Lynne Barasch presents Hiromi's Handsm a picturebook the true story...

Behind the Musem Door.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Behind the Musem Door Lee Bennett Hopkins, editor Stacey Dressen-McQueen Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 081091204X, $16.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190 Behind the Museum Door:...

God Is Always with You.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... God Is Always with You Allia Zobel Nolan, author Trace Moroney, illustrator Kregel Publications PO Box 2607, Grand Rapids, MI 49501 0825455316, $13.99 www.kregelpublications.com 1-800-733-2607 God Is Always with You...

Alfie's Bark Mitzvah.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Alfie's Bark Mitzvah Shari Cohen, author Cantor Marcelo Gindlin, songs Nadia Komorova, illustrator 1589850556, $18.00 www.AlfiesBarkMitzvah.com Alfie's Bark Mitzvah is a children's picturebook about the Jewish ritual...

More Saints: Lives & Illuminations.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... More Saints: Lives & Illuminations Ruth Sanderson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 0802852726, $20.00 www.eerdmans.com 1-800-253-7521 Written and beautifully...

Compass Point Books.(Traditional Religious Tales)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Compass Point Books 151 Good Counsel Drive, Minneapolis, MN 56002-0669 www.compasspointbooks.com 1-877-371-1536 'Traditional Religious Tales' is a superbly written and wonderfully illustrated six volume series for young readers...

Hate That Thunder!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Hate That Thunder! William J. Adams, author Tom Stiglich, illustrator Mandy and Andy Books, Inc. 124 Meridian Avenue, Poinciana, FL 34759 097727571X, $10.95 www.mandyandandybooks.com First in a planned series of...

Frog Brings Rain.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Frog Brings Rain Patricia Hruby Powell, author Kendrick Benally, illustrator Peter A. Thomas, translator Salina Bookshelf, Inc. 1254 West University Avenue, #130, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 1893354083, $17.95...

Science Play.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Science Play Jill Frankel Hauser Williamson Books c/o Ideals Publications Suite 250, 535 Metroplex Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37211 1885593201 $12.95 www.idealpublications.com Kindergarten teacher Jill Frankel Hauser...

Slide and Find Trucks.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Slide and Find Trucks Priddy Books c/o St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 0312499094 $6.95 www.priddybooks.com Slide and Find Trucks is an easy reader board book for very young children with an...

OOOPS!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... OOOPS! Chu Chu Onwuachi-Saunders, MD, MPH & Marie Onwuachi, MS, MPH OOOPS! Publications PMB # 2089 11006 Veirs Mill Road, Ste. L15, Silver Springs, MD 20902-5923 0974691208, $9.99 www.theooopsbook.com Written by...

Fantasy Fair.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Fantasy Fair Barbara Dubrovin Storycraft Publishing Po Box 205, Masonville, CO 80541 0963833960, $17.50 www.storycraft.com Written by award-winning author Barbara Dubrovin, Fantasy Fair: Bright Stories of Imagination is...

Kids Cook!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Kids Cook! Sarah Williamson & Zachary Williamson Williamson Publishing Company PO Box 185, Church Hill Road, Charlotte, VT 05445 0913589616, $12.95 1-800-234-8791 "Kids Cook!: Fabulous Food For The Whole Family" by Sarah...

Thanks Thunderfoot.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Thanks Thunderfoot Dan Bomkamp The Guest Cottage, Inc, PO Box 774, St. Germain, WI 54558 1930596588, $12.95 1-800-333-8122 Written by outdoor enthusiast Dan Bomkamp, Thanks Thunderfoot is the latest novel of the...

Simon & Schuster.(Cupcake; Nature of Jade; The Miner's Daughter)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.simonsaysteen.com Fans of Rachel Cohen's GINGERBREAD and SHRIMP as well as newcomers seeking vividly different leisure fiction will relish the ongoing saga of Cyd...

True Talents.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... True Talents David Lubar Tom Doherty Associates 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 0765309777, $17.95 www.tor.com It's been over a year since teen Eddie and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School have discovered...

Little, Brown.(The God of Mischief; Rubber Shoes)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.lb-kids.com Mog Winter and her long-lost brother Nick are sent to an isolated gothic mansion to live with a distant cousin, only to find themselves in the hands of...

Dancing on the Edge.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Dancing on the Edge Han Nolan Harcourt Inc. 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 0152058842 $6.95 www.harcourtbooks.com 1-800-543-1918 Kids ages 12 an older will find an extraordinary story of survival and...

The Red Thread.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Red Thread Roderick Townley Atheneum c/o Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020 1416908943, $17.99 www.simonsaysteen.com 1-800-223-2336 How do you avenge or forgive your own...

Silverboy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Silverboy N.M. Browning Bloomsbury 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 1562347806, $16.95 www.bloomsburyusa.com Spellgrinders' apprentices rarely survive long enough to become spellgrinders: most dye of an illness before...

Knopf/Random/Delacrote.(Better Than Yesterday; Little Fur: A Fox Called Sorrow; Leap)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Knopf/Random/Delacrote 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Robyn Schneider's BETTER THAN YESTERDAY (0385733453, $15.99) provides a fun coming-of-age story, telling of a competitive elite preparatory school...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012-3999 0439813786, $22.99 www.scholastic.com High-school level leisure readers not put off by the thickness of a book will find an...

Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family! Colby Rodowsky Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 0374306583, $16.00 www.fsgkidsbooks.com It's always been Ben and his father--until they meet Casey and Casey...

A Fast and Brutal Wing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... A Fast and Brutal Wing Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson Roaring Brook Press 2 Old New Milford Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 1596430133, $16.95 www.roaringbrookpress.com 1-800-462-4703 A brother and sister are bonded not just by the...

The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians Carla Morris, author Brad Sneed, illustrator Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30318-2112 1561453919, $16.95 www.peachtree-online.com 1-800-241-0113 ...

Mommy Has A Tattoo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Mommy Has A Tattoo Phil Padwe Atlas Books c/o BookMasters, Inc. 30 Amberwood parkway, Ashland, OH 44805 0977023273, $16.95 www.atlasbooks.com James is a little boy who is afraid of his tattooed neighbor until he...

Rock 'n' Roll Dogs.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Rock 'n' Roll Dogs David Davis, author Chuck Galey, illustrator Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053-2246 1589803493, $15.95 www.pelicanpub.com 1-800-843-1724 The companion book to the...

Fiona's Luck.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Fiona's Luck Teresa Bateman, author Kelly Murphy, illustrator Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 1570916519, $15.95 www.charlesbridge.com 1-800-225-3214 Irish-American author Teresa Bateman...

Gray Wolf's Search.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Gray Wolf's Search Bruce Swanson, author Gary Peterson, illustrator Second Story Press 20 Maud Street, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2M5 0977918319, $18.95 www.secondstorypress.on.ca Author Bruce Swanson...

Joy is the Greatest Gift.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Joy is the Greatest Gift Lisa Rey Marks, author Eris Klein, illustrator Focus Friends, LLC PO Box 271757, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527 0978602803, $16.99 www.focusfriends.com The debut children's book of wife, mother,...

Just Imagine.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Just Imagine John M. Thompson & George M. Schultz, authors Wodin, illustrator Illumination Arts Publishing PO Box 1865, Bellevue, WA 98009 0974019062, $16.95 www.illumin.com 1-888-210-8216 Just Imagine is a rhyming...

Kittens! Kittens! Kittens!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Kittens! Kittens! Kittens! Susan Meyers, author David Walker, illustrator Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 081091218X, $15.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190 Cat lover Susan Meyers...

The Bee Tree.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Bee Tree Stephen Buchmann and Diana Cohn, authors Paul Mirocha, illustrator Cinco Puntos Press 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901 0938317989, $17.95 www.cincopuntos.com Entomologist Stephen Buchmann and...

Rudy Rides the Rails.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Rudy Rides the Rails Dandi Daley Mackall, author Chris Ellison, illustrator Sleeping Bear Press c/o Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 1585362867, $17.95 www.thomson.com 1-800-231-5163 ...

Our Story Magic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Our Story Magic Gcina Mhlophe University of KwaZulu-Natal Press c/o International Specialized Book Services (ISBS) 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 1869141113, $29.95 www.isbs.com 1-800-944-6190 ...

Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly? Tom McWhirter Chupp Road Press 6547 Chupp Road, Lithonia, GA 30058 Bisson & Barcelona (distributor) PO Box 458, Barrington, New Hampshire 03825 097618530X, $19.99...

Nana's Big Surprise.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Nana's Big Surprise Amada Irma Perez, author Maya Christina Gonzalez, illustrator The Children's Press 90 Sherman Turnpike, Danbury, CT 06816 0892391901, $16.95 www.scholasticlibrary.com 1-800-621-1115 Award-winning...

Penny Love.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Penny Love Lisa Soares Hale, author Marilee Harald-Pilz, illustrator Winepress Publishing Group 1730 Railroad Street, Enumclaw, WA 98022 157921844X, $16.95 www.winepressgroup.com Hawaiian mother Lisa Soares Hale...

The Miracle of the Bears.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Miracle of the Bears Wolf Erlbruch, author Michael Reynolds, translator Europa Editions 116 East 16th Street, 12th floor, New York, NY 10003 1933372214, $14.95 www.europaeditions.com 1-800-283-3572 Winner of the...

Goodnight, Sweet Pig.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Goodnight, Sweet Pig Linda Bailey, author Josee Masse, illustrated Kids Can Press 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150 155337844X, $18.95 1-800-265-0884 Award-winning children's book author Linda Bailey and...

The Old Man and the C.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Old Man and the C Carole Jean Tremblay, author Angela Donato, illustrator Pineapple Press, Inc. PO Box 3889, Sarasota, FL 34230-3889 1561643548, $15.95 www.pineapple.com 1-800-746-3275 French and English...

Dr. Duncan Dog On Duty!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Dr. Duncan Dog On Duty! Lisa Dunn-Dem & Andrea Yomfob Visikid books PO Box 641831, Los Angeles, CA 90064 1933156201, $16.99 www.visikidbooks.com "Dr. Duncan Dog On Duty!" is the picturebook story of a family where the...

Tundra Books.(Wanda and the Frogs; Lily and the Mixed-up Letters; Ten Old Men and a Mouse)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Tundra Books Box 1030, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 www.tundrabooks.com Barbara Azore's WANDA AND THE FROGS (0887767613, $18.95) tells of the resourceful Wanda, who is fascinated by tadpoles and who gives them to her class as a gift. But...

Harcourt Children's Books.(Imaginary Harry; Big Brown Bear's Birthday Surprise; Hurry, Hurry!)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Harcourt Children's Books 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 www.harcourtbooks.com 1-800-543-1918 Kate and M. Sarah Klise's IMAGINE HARRY (0152057048, $16.00) tells of Little Rabbit's very best friend Harry--who is...

The Gulps.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Gulps Rosemary Wells Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 0316014605, $16.99 www.lb-kids.com The Gulps love junk food and lots of it--but hate anything green. Papa Gulp revs up a big RV, Mama packs...

Front Street Press.(Honey Badgers; The Surprise)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Front Street Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 www.frontstreetbooks.com Jamison Odone's HONEY BADGERS (1932425519, $16.95) tells of a boy brought up by mammals considered the most fearless creatures in the world--and so...

The Wonderful Thing about Hiccups.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Wonderful Thing About Hiccups Cece Meng Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 0618595449, $16.00 www.clarionbooks.com A case of hiccups during story time in the library is the worst case...

The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds Marisabina Russo Schwartz & Wade c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 0375839615, $15.99 www.randomhouse.com/kids 1-800-726-0600 Night has arrived...

Atheneum Books.(The Snack Smasher and Other Reasons Why It's Not My Fault; Lightship)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Atheneum Books c/o Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com Andrea Perry and Alan Snow's THE SNACK SMASHER AND OTHER REASONS WHY IT'S NOT MY FAULT (0689854692, $16.99) spins a funny...

Farrar Straus Giroux.(Two Sticks; Leaving the Nest)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Orel Protopopescu's TWO STICKS (0374380228, $16.00) features whimsical alligator drawings by Anne Wilsdorf as it tells of Maybelle, who wants some...

Cowlick!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Cowlick! Christin Ditchfield Golden Books c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 0375835407, $14.99 www.goldenbooks.com 1-800-726-0600 Rosalind Beardshaw provides large-sized, fun...

I've Got An Elephant.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... I've Got An Elephant Anne Ginkel Peachtree Publishers 1700 Chatahoochee Avenue, Altanta, GA 30318-2112 1561453730, $16.95 www.peachtree-online.com A child loves his comforting elephant which seems to him better than the...

Adventures of the Treasure Fleet.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Adventures of the Treasure Fleet Ann Bowler, author Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard, illustrator Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 0804836736, $19.95 www.tuttlepublishing.com If you've...

Road by the Road.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Road by the Road Joanne Ryder Henry Holt and Company 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 080507354X, $16.95 www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com Toads are small and often hidden, but they inhabit rich natural worlds--worlds...

Picture Window Books.(Way to Be! Manners)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Picture Window Books 5115 Excelsior Blvd., Suite 232, Minneapolis, MN 55416 www.picturewindowbooks.com 1-877-371-1536 The collaborative work of accomplished children's author Carrie Finn and gifted illustrator Chris Lensch, 'Way to...

The Child's World, Inc.(Doodle Books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... The Child's World, Inc. PO Box 326, Chanhassen, MN 55317-0326 www.childsworth.com 1-800-599-7323 With an informative commentary and quite nicely illustrated by Rob Court, 'Doodle Books' is an eight volume series of instructional...

Chelsea House Publishers.(Database Transportation)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Chelsea House Publishers c/o Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street, 17th floor, New York, NY 10001-2006 www.factsonfile.com 1-800-322-8755 'Database Transportation' is an informative and superbly illustrated six volume...

Sea-to-Sea Publications.(Get Dancing)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Sea-to-Sea Publications c/o Black Rabbit Books PO Box 3263, Mankato, MN 56002 www.amazon.com 1-507-388-1609 'Get Dancing' is an outstanding and enthusiastically recommended four volume series by Rita Storey showcasing popular...