Children's Bookwatch articles from November 2004

Children's Bookwatch archives from November 2004

Why Are You So Sad?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Why Are You So Sad? Beth Andrews & Nicole Wong American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 www.apa.org/books 1557988870 $8.95 1-800-368-5777 Superbly written by family therapist...

Taking Depression To School.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Taking Depression To School Kathy Khalsa & Tom Dineen JayJo Books PO Box 760, Plainview, NY 11803-0760 www.guidancechannel.com 1891383221 $11.95 1-800-999-6884 Developed and written for children ages 5 to 10 by Kathy...

Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name Davene Fahy & Carol Inouye Limerock Books 15 Mechanic Str., Thomaston, ME 04861 0974659901 $12.95 limebks@midcoast.com Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name by ASHA certified speech therapist...

Hamlet Goes to School.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Hamlet Goes To School Garolyn Ashcraft Wordseed Publishing 650 NE 2nd Street, Hermiston, OR 97838 hashcrafts1@charter.net 0975523201 $5.99 1-541-567-0886 Kirby Piper is starting a new school year in the fourth grade....

Hydro's Adventure Through the Water Cycle.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Hydro's Adventure Through The Water Cycle Randi Goodrich & Michael Goodrich GeoQuest Publications KSB Promotions (publicity) Box 1665, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-1212 096511015X $17.95 www.geoquest.net Hydro's Adventure...

Max's Rules.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Max's Rules Sandra J. Philipson Chagrin River Publishing Company PO Box 173, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 www.voiceofkids.com 1929821107 $9.95 1-888-299-8728 Max is a dog who was adopted by a very nice family and who,...

How to Train Your Dragon.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... How To Train Your Dragon Cressuda Cowell Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.lb-kids.com 0316737372 $10.95 1-800-759-0190 In this first volume of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's memoirs, How To...

How Sweet It Is (and Was): The History of Candy.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... How Sweet It Is (And Was) Ruth Freeman Swain Holiday House 435 Madison, New York NY 10017 0823417123 $16.95 holidayhouse.com What would the holidays be without candy--Valentine's Day without the hearts, Hanukkah without...

Words Are Not for Hurting.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Words Are Not For Hurting Elizabeth Verdick & Marieka Heinlen Free Spirit Publishing 217 Fifth Avenue North, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1299 1575421569 $11.95 www.freespirit.com Written by parenting columnist...

Selavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Selavi: A Haitian Story of Hope Youme Cinco Puntos Press 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901 0938317849 $17.95 www.amazon.com Selavi: A Haitian Story of Hope is the story of a homeless child befriended by other street...

Recycled Crafts Box.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Recycled Crafts Box Laura C. Martin Storey Books 210 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247 1580175228 $10.95 storeybooks.com Laura Martin's Recycled Crafts Box is a compilation of forty ecologically-friendly projects and...

Don't Play with Your Food!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Don't Play With Your Food! Brian Rock & John Moerner First Light Publishing 14402 Twickenham Place, Chesterfield, VA 23832 0975441108 $14.99 1-804-639-0659 The collaborative work of author Brian Rock and illustrator John...

Papa's Latkes.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Papa's Latkes Michelle Edwards Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 0763607797 $15.99 www.amazon.com Stacey Schuett provides the warm, realistic drawings to this picturebook story of a family...

Pumpkin Cat.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Pumpkin Cat Ann Turner Hyperion 114--5th Ave., New York NY 10011 www.hyperionchildrensbooks.com 0786804947 $15.99 www.amazon.com On a stormy night just before Halloween a soaked cat finds shelter in a library--and...

There's a Dachshund in My Bed.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... There's A Dachshund In My Bed Paul Epner & Bill Reed Imaginative Publishing PO Box 150008, Fort Worth, TX 76108 www.imaginativepublishing.com 0974333581 $16.95 1-877-246-6436 An interactive picture book specifically...

A Confused Hanukkah.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... A Confused Hanukkah Jon Koons Dutton 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 0525469699 $16.99 www.amazon.com Hanukkah is fast approaching the village of Chelm, but the Rabbi has disappeared and nobody else remembers the rituals...

Carla's Sandwich.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Carla's Sandwich Debbie herman & Sheila Bailey Flash Light Press c/o Independent Publishers Group 814 N. Franklink St., Chicago, IL 60610 FlashlightPress.com www.ipgbook.com 0972922520 $15.95 1-800-888-4741 ...

The Clockmaker of Mullen.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... The Clockmaker Of Mullen Jamison Escott & Esther Escott Papillon Publishing PO Box 8, Nevada City, CA 95959 bluedolphinpublishing.com/Papillon/ 1577331273 $16.95 1-800-643-0765 Mullen is a quaint little village set...

Ancient Rhymes: a Dolphin's Lullaby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Ancient Rhymes: A Dolphin's Lullaby John Denver & Christopher Canyon Dawn Publications 12402 Bitney Way, Nevada City, CA 95959 www.dawnpub.com 1584690658 $8.95 1-800-545-7475 Deftly adapted and beautifully illustrated...

DreddieLocks & the Three Slugs.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DreddieLocks & The Three Slugs Margaret E. Hyde Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster St., Gretna, LA 70053 1589802314 $16.95 1-800-843-1724 When a very tired ant named DreddieLocks visits the very slimy home of three...

Molly Meets Mona and Friends.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Molly Meets Mona And Friends Denise B. Minnerly & Gladys Walker Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 www.crystalproductions.com 1562903241 $17.95 1-800-255-8629 Molly likes to visit the art museum...

Versatile Tractors: a Farm Boy's Dream.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Versatile Tractors: A Farm Boy's Dream Jarrod Pakosh Boston Mills Press/Firefly Books 155 East 34th Street, #5B, NY, NY 10016 1550464167 $29.95 fireflybooks.com In 1993 the Equipment Manufacturers Institute honored author...

Morgan Reynolds.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Morgan Reynolds 620 South Elm Street #223, Greensboro, NC 27406 $21.95 Each www.morganreynolds.com These new biographical sketches of key literary figures for readers in grades 5-8 each provide a little over a hundred pages of...

History of Our World.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... History Of Our World Steck-Vaughn PO Box 26015, Austin, TX 78755 0739860879 $41.95 steck-vaughn.com The bright inlay pictures and colorful cover of History Of Our World enhance an imposing historical reference book for young...

The Beginning.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... The Beginning Peter Ackroyd DK Publishing 375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 0789498367 $19.99 www.dk.co Ages 8 and older will relish this first addition to DK's projected 'Voyages Through Time' series telling of life from...

Atlas of the World.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Atlas Of The World Gareth Stevens Inc. 330 West Olive Street, Suite 100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 www.garethstevens.com 0836840917 $29.95 1-800-542-2595 In order for an atlas to be useful for middle school grades, it should be...

Ancestor Hunt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Ancestor Hunt Nancy Shepherdson Franklin Watts 90 Old Sherman Turnpark, Danbury CT 06816 0531154548 $29.50 www.scholastic.com Plenty of genealogy titles are written with adult searchers in mind, but few provide the middle...

Forest Explorer.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Forest Explorer Nic Bishop Scholastic Press 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439174805 $17.95 www.scholastic.com This slightly oversized field guide may prove a shelving challenge but its bright color and encouragement to...

Saving the Rain Forest with Cammie and Cooper.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Saving The Rain Forest With Cammie And Cooper Toni Albert & Carol Bowles Trickle Creek Books 500 Andersontown Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 www.TrickleCreekBooks.com 192943202X $7.95 1-800-353-2791 Can Seven-year-old...

To Establish Justice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... To Establish Justice Patricia McKissack & Arlene Zarembka Knopf 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids 0679892083 $18.95 www.amazon.com The pairing of Newbery Honor winning author McKissack with...

Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Horrible Harry And The Locked Closet Suzy Kline Viking Children's Books 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 www.penguin.com 0670059447 $13.99 1-800-847-5515 After four days of indoor recess Miss Mackle's students...

Delacorte Press.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Delacorte Press 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Three excellent new titles are fun leisure choices for kids in grades 4-6. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's 'girls against boys' series returns with the new Girls...

The Empty Mirror.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... The Empty Mirror James Lincoln Collier Bloomsbury 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 1582349495 $16.95 bloomsburyusa.com Nick Hodges grew up an orphan in his uncle's care in a small town and has always spelled trouble,...

Putnam/Philomel.
November 1, 2004... Putnam/Philomel 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com When G.P. Taylor's Shadowmancer was first published in England, it rose quickly to best-seller lists and received critical acclaim, reaching to young audiences who were...

Random Publishing Group.
November 1, 2004... Random Publishing Group 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids These powerful new novels are recommended picks for advanced middle school through high school grade levels: all over leisure reading with a touch...

11,000 Years Lost.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... 11,000 Years Lost Peni R. Griffin Amulet/Abrams Books 100--5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 0810948222 $18.95 abramsbooks.com Texas history, time travel, and lessons on family trees blend in the engrossing novel by Penni R....

Mildew on the Wall.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Mildew On The Wall Suzanna E. Henshon Royal Fireworks Printing Company First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988 0880924845 $9.99 1-845-726-4444 Mildew On The Wall by Suzanna E. Henshon is the story of Millie, a fifth grader...

Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist Stephanie Greene Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618430164 $14.00 www.amazon.com Owen wants to be a real scientist and has high hopes of...

Judy Moody, MD: the Doctor is in!(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Judy Moody, MD: The Doctor is In! Megan McDonald Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com 0763620246 $15.99 1-800-526-0275 Peter Reynolds' engaging cartoon drawings once again...

Abolitionists and Slave Resistance.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Abolitionists And Slave Resistance Judith Edwards Enslow Publishers, Inc. PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 www.enslow.com 0766021556 $20.95 1-800-398-2504 Grades 6 and up will find Judith Edwards' Abolitionists...

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish.
November 1, 2004... Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish 99 Whiet Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 $23.95 Each marshallcavendish.com The 'American Voices' series from Benchmark Books gathers real 'voices' from primary source materials to bring history...

Animal Predators.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Animal Predators Sandra Markle Lerner Publications 1251 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1036 www.lernerbooks.com 1575050210 $176.82 1-800-328-4929 With Animal Predators, science writer nd wildlife...

The Kids' Guide to Zoo Animals.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... The Kids' Guide To Zoo Animals Michelle Gilders Red Deer Press Mackimmie Library Tower, Room 813 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4 www.reddeerpress.com 0889953015 $12.95 1-800-663-5714 The...

Baby Seal.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Baby Seal Aubrey Lang & Wayne Lynch Fitzhenry & Whiteside 121 Harvard Avenue, Suite 2, Allston, MA 02134 1550417266 $5.95 www.fitzhenry.ca Baby Seal by author Aubrey Lang and photographer Wayne Lynch is the story of a...

Take A Walk with Butterflies and Dragonflies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Take A Walk With Butterflies And Dragonflies Jane Kirkland Stillwater Enterprises PO Box 500, Lionville, PA 19353 0970975422 $9.95 www.takeawalk.com The third book in the outstanding Stillwater Enterprises "Take A Walk...

Creative Education.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Creative Education 125 South Broad St., Mankato, MN 56001 1-800-445-6209; Fax 1-507-388-2746 Two gorgeous books are part of the Creative Education series 'Natural Wonders of the World' are specifically designed and published for...

Chelsea House Publishers.
November 1, 2004... Chelsea House Publishers 1974 Sproul Road, Suite 400, Broomall, PA 19008-0914 1-800-848-2665 www.chelseahouse.com Four new titles in the "American Mosaic: African-American Constributions" series from Chelsea House Publishers are...

Thomson-Gale.
November 1, 2004... Thomson-Gale 274500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Thompson/Gale has a number of imprints readers in grades 6-9 will find important, and these are some of the historical overviews particularly recommended...

Tibetan Tales For Little Buddhas.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Tibetan Tales For Little Buddhas Naomi C. Rose Clear Light Publishign Corporation 823 Don Diego, Santa Fe, NM 87508 www.clearlightbooks.com 1574160818 $16.95 1-505-989-9590 Featuring a brief foreword by His Holiness...

Djomi Dream Child.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Djomi Dream Child Christopher Fry Delphine Sarago-Kendrick Magabala Books/ISBS 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 www.isbscatalog.com 1875641823 $17.00 1-800-944-6190 Djomi Dream Child is...

Letters From Around the World: Pakistan.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Letters From Around The World: Pakistan David Cumming Cherrytree Books 1980 Lookout Dr. N. Mankato, MN 56001 www.nutshellmedialtd.co.uk 1842342436 $27.10 www.amazon.com Meet Tunweer: he's eight and lives in a Pakistan...

Smart Apple Media.
November 1, 2004... Smart Apple Media 1980 Lookout Dr., N. Mankato MN 56003 $27.10 each www.amazon.com Two fine new additions to the eye-catching 'Country File' series from Smart Apple Media are anything but ordinary geography titles: the covers of...

Travel Through India.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Travel Through India Elaine Jackson QEB Publishing 23062 La Canda Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 1595660607 $27.10 www.amazon.com Any child who has wondered what it's like to live in India now has an answer with Elaine...

Children's Press.
November 1, 2004... Children's Press $35.00 Each www.scholastic.com The gorgeous 'Enchantment of the World' series from Children's Press is a winner in more than one way: each book holds well over a hundred pages of facts, each provides a focus on a...

Crabtree Publishing.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Crabtree Publishing 350 5th Ave. #3308, New York NY 10118 $16.95 Each 1-800-387-7650 Crabtree typically produces three books per country for added emphasis on the different topics: thus Jamaica for example receives separate books...