Children's Bookwatch articles from May 2008

Children's Bookwatch archives from May 2008

The Travel Adventures of Lilly P. Badilly: Costa Rica.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Travel Adventures of Lilly P. Badilly: Costa Rica Debbie Glade Smart Poodle Publishing PO Box 817468, Hollywood, FL 33081 9780980030792, $22.95 www.smartpoodlepublishing.com www.lillybadilly.com The Travel Adventures...

Enslow Publishers Inc.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 Elaine Landau's THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: WOULD YOU DO WHAT LINCOLN DID? (0766028992, $23.95) offers students in grades 3-4 an outstanding opportunity to not just...

The Most Special Bear.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Most Special Bear Bonita Mason, author Sandy Hendricks, illustrator Peach Bandana Studios PO Box 117, Stoughton, WI 53589 9780979871801, $19.95 www.peachbandana.com 1-800-514-0155 Novelist and mother Bonita Mason...

On Those Runaway Days.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... On Those Runaway Days Alison Feigh, author Laura Logan, illustrator Free Spirit Publishing 217 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 9781575422862, $14.95 www.freespirit.com 1-866-703-7322 On Those...

Learn Good Habits with Jessica.(Learn Good Manners with Charles)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Learn Good Habits with Jessica Learn Good Manners with Charles Dominique Agnew, English versions Jacqueline East, illustrator Teora USA LLC 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 870, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 1594961638, $6.95 (Learn...

Forest Fairies.(Forest Fairies: An Enchanted Forest Shadow Story)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Forest Fairies Katherine A. Harris & Steven Mach W.J. Fantasy Inc. 955 Connecticut Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06607-1222 1560214732, $15.00, www.wjfantasy.com 1-800-222-7529 The use of shadows on a wall to tell a story is as...

Silver Dolphin Books.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Silver Dolphin Books 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 www.silverdolphinbooks.com 1-800-788-3123 Activity kits that combine education with entertainment are one of the most effective ways to engage children and stimulate their...

Alice's Birthday Pig.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Alice's Birthday Pig Tim Kennemore, author Mike Spoor, illustrator Eerdmans Books for Young Readers c/o Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 ...

The Treasure of Amelia Island.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Treasure of Amelia Island M.C. Finotti Pineapple Press, Inc. PO Box 3889, Sarasota, FL 34230-3889 9781561644162, $14.95 www.pineapple.com 1-800-746-3275 The Treasure of Amelia Island is a historical fiction novel for...

The Lost Secret of Fairies.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Lost Secret of Fairies Tiffany Turner Trafford Publishing 2333 Government Street, Suite 6E, Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 4P4 9781425146719, $12.99, www.trafford.com Book One of Tiffany Turner's Crystal Keeper Chronicles...

Maggie and the Chocolate War.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Maggie and the Chocolate War Michelle Mulder Second Story Press 20 Maud Street Ste 401 Toronto ON M5V 2M5 9781897187272, $14.95, www.secondstorypress.ca 1947--World War II is done, and Canada's rationing practices put in...

Knopf Delacorte Dell Random House.(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2008... Knopf Delacorte Dell Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids William Durbin's THE WINTER WAR (9780385746526, $15.99) tells of Marko, who volunteers as a messenger on Finland's front line when the...

Sacagawea: Shoshone Explorer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Sacagawea: Shoshone Explorer Michael T. Crosby OTTN Publishing 16 Risler Street, Stockton, NJ 08559 9781595560261, $25.95 www.ottnpublishing.com 1805, a lone Shoshone woman guides Lewis and Clark on their historic...

The Smart Brain Train.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Smart Brain Train Nina Anderson & Frances Mesier (authors), Scott Johnstone (illustrator) Safe Goods Publishing 561 Shunpike Road, Sheffield, MA 01257 9781884820878, $7.95, www.safegoodspub.com Parents encourage...

Harry Goes to the Hospital.(Harry Goes to the Hospital: A Story for Children About What It's Like to Be in the Hospital)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Harry Goes to the Hospital Howard J. Bennett, M.D., author M.S. Weber, illustrator Magination Press PO Box 92984, Washington, DC 20090-2984 9781433803192, $14.95 1-800-374-2721 Harry Goes to the Hospital: A Story for...

Dooby Dooby Moo.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... Dooby Dooby Moo Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 DVD803, $59.95, www.scholastic.com/westonwoods 1-800-290-7531 Originally published as an Atheneum picturebook,...

Tobacco: What About It?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... Tobacco: What About It? MarshMedia PO Box 8082, Shawnee Mission, KS 66208 9781559423939, $79.95, www.marshmedia.com 1-800-821-3303 Tobacco is one of the most addictive substances to remain legal in the United States and...

The Character Chronicles.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... The Character Chronicles Live Wire Media 273 Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 www.livewiremedia.com DVD, $69.95 each;, $359.50 series, 1-800-359-KIDS Qualities of ethics, fairness, compassion, honesty, and all the...

Trevor Romain Collection.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... Trevor Romain Collection PorchLight Home Entertainment 11050 Santa Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Greenleaf & Associates (publicity) vicki@greenleafandassociates.com DVD $14.98 each, www.porchlight.com...

The Daydreamer.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... The Daydreamer Anchor Bay Entertainment 1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084 Sayles & Winnikoff Communications (publicity) alan@sayleswinnikoff.com $14.98 www.anchorbayentertainment.com The Daydreamer is a children's DVD...

Some of the Parts.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Some of the Parts Gerry Rzeppa Sunray Publishing 25123 22nd Avenue, St. Cloud, MN 56301 9781934478011, $14.00, http://someofthepartsbook.com Growing up can be a long and confusing process, and "Some of the Parts" is here...

African Dreamland.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... African Dreamland Putumayo Kids 411 Lafayette Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10003 Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 CD, $14.98, www.putumayokids.com The latest in the...

Family Tree.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Family Tree Frances England Paper Bird Records c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 CD, $14.00, www.francesengland.com Frances England is an award-winning children's recording artist whose newest...

11 Planets.(11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... 11 Planets David A. Aguilar National Geographic Society 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688 Media Masters Publicity (publicity) karen@mmpublicity.com 9781426302367, $16.95 www.ngs.org Recently, modern...

Locusts: Insects on the Move.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Locusts: Insects on the Move Sandra Markle The Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1607 9780822572985, $27.93 www.lernerbooks.com 1-800-328-4929 Part of the "Insect World" series, Locusts:...

Alfred Knopf.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Alfred Knopf www.randomhouse.com/kids Grace Lin's BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR (9780375837456, $15.99) tells of a Chinese family who sweeps out the old year and brings spring-happiness poems, lanterns and celebrations in for the New Year....

Great Expectations.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Great Expectations Charles Dickens Papercutz 40 Exchange Place Suite 1308, New York NY 10005 1597070971, $9.95 www.papercutz.com This first volume of the new 'Classics Illustrated' series provides graphic novelist Rick...

Tundra Books.('The Master's Apprentice')('Here a Face, There a Face')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto ON M5A 2P9, Canada www.tundrabooks.com Rick Jacobson's THE MASTER'S APPRENTICE (9780887767838, $18.95) receives Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson's fine drawings and tells of...

Houghton Mifflin Company.(children's books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Houghton Mifflin Company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Etienne Delessert's BIG AND BAD (0618889345, $17.00) tells of a wolf on the loose, who grows bigger and bigger the more creatures he...

Harry N. Abrams.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Harry N. Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 www.abramsyoungreaders.com Sherry North's BECAUSE YOU ARE MY BABY (9780810994829, $15.95) receives Marcellus Hall's lively drawings as it tells of parents who would do...

Emily.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Emily Michael Bedard Doubleday/Random 97803853306973, $16.99 www.randomhouse.com/kids In a yellow house in Massachusetts lives a woman who hasn't left the house and grounds in nearly twenty years. She hides from...

Abraham Lincoln and the Forest of Little Pigeon Creek.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Abraham Lincoln and the Forest of Little Pigeon Creek AmeriTales Entertainment 3525 Del Mar Heights Road, Suite 623, San Diego, Ca 92130 Kern Communication (publicity) merilee@kerncommunications.com 9780979873904, $19.95,...

A Day with Dad.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... A Day with Dad Bo R. Holmberg, author Eva Eriksson, illustrator Candlewick Press 99 Dover Street, Somerville, MA 02144 9780763632212, $15.99 www.candlewick.com 1-800-526-0275 Written by teacher Bo R. Holmberg, A Day...

Our Favorite Time of the Year.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Our Favorite Time of the Year Imre, Sandy, Kaitlyn, Zachary and Samuel Vitez Sand Dreams Press, LLC PO Box 24, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0024 9780979865602, $17.95 www.sanddreamspress.com Our Favorite Time of the Year...

The Bugguzz: Let There Be Light.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Bugguzz: Let There Be Light Angi Mari Yangas Binx Books 1400 Citation Dr., Orland Park, IL 60467 9780980179606, $19.99 www.bugguzz.com Artist and art teacher Angi Mari Yangas presents The Bugguzz: Let There Be Light,...

Piping Plover Summer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Piping Plover Summer Janet Riegle Raven Productions, Inc. PO Box 188, Ely, MN 55731 9780980104547, $12.95 www.ravenwords.com Piping Plover Summer is children's picturebook featuring singularly beautiful, colored...

The Hand that Scared Jenny.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Hand that Scared Jenny Beverly Rosas, author Jeff Davis, illustrator PublishAmerica PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151 1424191386, $19.95 www.publishamerica.com Written by special education teacher Beverly...

Sparkie Wyk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Sparkie Wyk Dayette J. Zampolin, author Kevin Scott Collier, illustrator Xlibris Corporation International Plaza II, Suite 340, Philadelphia, PA 19113 9781425782658, $21.99 xlibris.com Sparkie Wyk is a charming,...

Penny & Rio.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Penny & Rio Jennifer Swanson, author Rosita Schandy & Neal Wooten, illustrators Mirror Publishing 6434 W. Dixon Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214 9780981590417, $18.99 www.pagesofwonder.com Penny & Rio: The Mysterious...

Mommy's Love.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Mommy's Love Nikki Nia Global Press 2083 Ridge Point Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049 9780979215100, $16.95 www.mommyslove.net Mommy's Love is a simple picturebook celebrating the special relationship between mothers and...

Catch That Crocodile!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Catch that Crocodile! Anushka Ravishankar and Pulak Biswas Tara Publishing publicity@tarabooks.com 9788186211632, $16.95 www.tarabooks.com Created by the award-winning children's book team Anushka Ravishankar and Pulak...

Free Fall.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Free Fall David Wiesner HarperCollins Children's Books 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 9780061567414, $17.99 www.harpercollinschildrens.com 1-800-242-7737 Created by three-time Caldecott Medal winner David...

Hush, Little Dragon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Hush, Little Dragon Boni Ashburn, author Kelly Murphy, illustrator Abrams Books for Young Readers 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 9780810994911, $15.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190 Hush, Little Dragon...

We Both Read: Thumbelina.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... We Both Read: Thumbelina Hans Christian Andersen, author Sindy McKay, adaptor Quentin Greban, illustrator Treasure Bay 40 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, San Anselmo, CA 94960 9781601150073, $14.95 www.webothread.com...

Bambi's First Day.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Bambi's First Day Felix Salten, author Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, illustrator Sleeping Bear Press c/o Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 9781585364220, $15.95 www.thomson.com...

Dino-Why?(Dino-Why?: The Dinosaur Question and Answer Book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Dino-Why? Sylvia Funston Maple Tree Press ewalker@mapletreepress.com c/o Publishers Group West (distributor) 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 9781897349250, $10.95 www.mapletreepress.com Illustrated with...

Rina's Rainy Day.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Rina's Rainy Day Chani Altein, author Jerry Blackman, illustrator Hachai Publishing 527 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11225 9781929628391, $10.95 www.hachai.com Rina's Rainy Day is a picturebook written especially...

The Best Nest.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Best Nest Doris L. Mueller & Sherry Neidigh Sylvan Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Suite 3, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 www.sylvandellpublishing.com 1-877-958-2600 9781934359259, $8.95 (PB); 978193435909,...

The Complete Cat Owner's Manual.(The Complete Cat Owner's Manual: How to Raise a Happy, Healthy Cat)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Complete Cat Owner's Manual Susie Page Fog City Press 814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 9781740893121, $4.99 Now in a compact paperback edition, The Complete Cat Owner's Manual: How to Raise a Happy,...

Little Lions, Bull Baiters & Hunting Hounds.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2008... Little Lions, Bull Baiters & Hunting Hounds Jeff Crosby and Shelley Ann Jackson Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto ON M5A 2P9, Canada 9780887768156, $19.95 www.tundrabooks.com Little Lions, Bull Baiters...

Even the Dead Get Up for Milk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Even the Dead Get Up for Milk Chris Holaves (author); John Goomas (illustrator) Astakos Publishing P.O. Box 227, Roscoe, Illinois, 61073 9780979299100, $15.95, www.astakospublishing.com Turning a funeral home into a just...

Goin' To The Zoo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Goin' To The Zoo William J. Adams & Tom Tiglich Mandy and Andy Books, Inc. 124 Meridian avenue, Poinciana, FL 34759 9780977275724, $10.95 mandyandandybooks.com Engagingly written by William J. Adams and illustrated in a...

Solita and the Purple Moon.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Solita and the Purple Moon Miriam Isabel Elliot, author Carlos E. Elliott, illustrator Author House 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403-5161 9781434349323, $11.49 www.authorhouse.com 1-800-280-7715 ...

Joey Gonzalez, Great American.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Joey Gonzalez, Great American Tony Robles, author Jim Pryor, illustrator Kids Ahead Books/WND Books c/o Midpoint Trade Books (distributor) 27 West 20th Street, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10011 9780976726937, $15.95...

One Watermelon Seed.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... One Watermelon Seed Celia Barker Lottridge, author Karen Patkau, illustrator Fitzhenry & Whiteside 311 Washington Street, Brighton, MA 02135-3303 9781554550340, $17.95 www.fitzhenry.ca 1-800-387-9776 First published...

Counting in the Crazy Garden.(Chipper Kids: Counting in the Crazy Garden)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Counting in the Crazy Garden Margarette Burnette, author Brooke Henson, illustrator JenPrint Publications 12195 Highway 92, Suite 114-162, Woodstock, GA 30188 9780965379137, $15.95 www.jenprint.com www.chipperkids.com ...

An A to Z Walk in the Park.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... An A to Z Walk in the Park R. M. Smith Clarence Henry Books 4135 Teton Place, Alexandria, VA 22312 9780615195728, $7.95 www.atozwalk.com An A to Z Walk in the Park is a charming, softcover children's alphabet picturebook...

Drita: An Albanian Girl Discovers Her Ancestors' Faith ...(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Drita: An Albanian Girl Discovers Her Ancestors' Faith... Renee Ritsi, author Cameron Thorp, illustrator Conciliar Press PO Box 76, Ben Lomond, CA 95005-0076 9781888212945, $10.95 www.conciliarpress.com 1-800-967-7377 ...

Marshall Cavendish.(Life in Elizabethan England)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 9780761425458, $22.95 each www.marshallcavendish.us The 4-book 'Life in Elizabethan England' set by Kathryn Hinds is wonderful for students in grades 4-6, offering up...

The Child's World, Inc.('Welcome to the World')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Child's World, Inc. 1980 Lookout Drive, Mankato, MN 56003 www.childsworth.com 1-800-599-7323 Children around the world have as much in common as their cultures have diversity in custom. 'Welcome to the World' is a superbly...

Capstone Press.(children's political books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Capstone Press 7825 Telegraph Road, Bloomington, MN 55438 www.capstonepress.com 1-800-747-4992 The current political season has exposed children to television and radio political advertisements, campaign debates and rallys, and...

Crabtree Publishing.(children's books)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Crabtree Publishing 350-5th Avenue, Suite 3308, New York NY 10118 www.crabtreebooks.com Crabtree's 'Tadpoles' series is directed to emergent readers and offers words and phrases repeated to help build reading skills. Pair this...

Schlessinger Media.('Algebra for Students')(Brief article)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2008... Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 www.schlessinger.com 1-800-843-3620 Algebra is a valuable tool for representing, analyzing and generalizing all manner of situations both in mathematics and in...

Baby Animals.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Baby Animals Metropolitan Museum of Art Abrams Books for Young Readers 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 9780810994577, $14.95 www.abramsyoungreaders.com Twenty works of animal art from DaVinci's drawings to Japanese...

The Oliver Press, Inc.(Art Masters)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... The Oliver Press, Inc. 5707 West 36th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55416-2510 www.oliverpress.com 1-800-865-4837 'Art Masters' is a superbly illustrated six volume series showcasing some of the best-known and most popular artists in the...

Sow And Grow.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Sow And Grow Tina Davis Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. c/o Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 115 West 18th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10011 9781584796732, $19.95 www.abramsbooks.com 1-800-759-0190 Children are curious about...