Children's Bookwatch articles from November 2006

Children's Bookwatch archives from November 2006

Mr. Quizmee Asks about Our Watery World.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2006... Mr. Quizmee Asks About Our Watery World Wendy Shadpour Quizzendkids Productions c/o Hacienda Blues Publishing PO Box 27176, San Diego, CA 92128 CD $14.95 www.mrquizmee.com 1-866-482-2332 The second CD production in...

Becky and Bear.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Becky And Bear Mary Kelly The Guest Cottage Inc. c/o Amherst Press PO Box 774, St. Germain, WI 54558 1930596641 $9.95 www.theguestcottage.com 1-715-477-0424 Becky is a curious little girl who, with her new friend...

Future Horizons, Inc.(Children's Safety Book)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Future Horizons, Inc. 721 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX 76013 1-800-489-0727 www.FutureHorizons-autism.com Two 24-page books in the Future Horizons 'Children's Safety Book' series for preschool and kindergarten aged children...

Kids Write!: Fantasy and Sci Fi, Mystery, Autobiography, Adventure and More!.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Kids Write! Rebecca Olien & Michael Kline Williamson Books 535 Metroplex Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37211 0824967755 $14.95 1-800-586-2572 www.williamsonbooks.com Written by Rebecca Olien and illustrated by Michael...

Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Welcome to the Bed & Biscuit Joan Carris Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 076362151X $15.99 www.candlewick.com Grampa Bender can't run the Bed and Biscuit animal boardinghouse without the help...

The Winner's Walk.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... The Winner's Walk Nancy Ruth Patterson Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 0374384452 $16.00 www.fsgkids.com Case Callahan isn't a star or champion like others in his talented family--in fact,...

Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Toys Go Out Emily Jenkins Schwartz & Wade c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0375836047 $16.95 www.randomhouse.com/kids 1-800-726-0600 TOYS GO OUT: BEING THE ADVENTURES OF A...

Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe Katy Kelly Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0385733194 $12.95 www.randomhouse.com/kids 1-800-726-0600 Lucy Rose is a precocious...

Houghton Mifflin.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Houghton Mifflin 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Libraries looking to replace tattered old copies of the beloved 'Curious George' titles by Margret and H.A. Rey will welcome these fresh, new...

Jesus Loves Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Jesus Loves Me Joni Walker Concordia Publishing House 3558 South Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63118-3968 0758609140 $4.99 1-800-774-0274 www.cph.com Written and illustrated by Joni Walker, Jesus Love Me is a...

A Little Girl after God's Own Heart.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... A Little Girl After God's Own Heart Elizabeth George & Judy Luenebrink Harvest House Publishers 990 Owen Loop North, Eugene, OR 97402 0736915451 $15.99 Written by Elizabeth George with paintings by Judy Luenebrink, A...

Sing, Little Children, Sing.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Sing, Little Children, Sing Beck Degan Herald Press 616 Walnut Avenue, Scottsdale, PA 15683-1999 661740-09335-8 $15.99 www.heraldpress.com 1-800-759-4447 A welcome and treasured addition to family, Sunday School, and...

Much, Much Better.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Much, Much Better Chaim Kiosk & Jessica Schiffman Hachai Publishing 762 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216 1929628226 $14.95 718-633-0100 www.hachi.com Written by Chaim Kiosk and illustrated by Jessica Schiffman, Much, Much...

Christmas Turtles.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Christmas Turtles Sara Ann Denson & Tara McMillen Purple Sky Publishing PO Box 12013, Parkville, MO 64152 0976901765, $16.95 www.purpleskypublishing.com Children's book illustrator Tara McMillen seamlessly collaborates...

Can Timmy Save Toyland?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Can Timmy Save Toyland? Vincent McDonnell The Collins Press c/o Dufour Editions PO Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007 1905172862 $10.95 www.dufoureditions.com 1-800-869-5677 Written by Vincent McDonnell, Can Timmy...

The King Of Things.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Artemio Rodriguez Cinco Puntos Press 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901 Written by Artemio Rodriguez, The King of Things is an easy reader English/Spanish picturebook that introduces the very young to the famous Mexican game,...

To Dance.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Siena Cherson Siegel Atheneum c/o Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020 TO DANCE: A BALLERINA'S GRAPHIC NOVEL provides a blend of history, drama, and autobiography in...

First Norsemen Entertainment.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 4705 Laurel Cyn. Boulevard, Suite 400, Valley Village, CA Written and illustrated by Ed Baker, the Knight Lights series are chapter books for young people that blend text and whimsically scribbled black-and-white illustration on each page,...

The Little Rock Nine.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Stephanie Fitzgerald Compass Point Books 3109 West 50th Street, #115, Minneapolis, MN 55410-2102 Written by Stephanie Fitzgerald, The Little Rock Nine: Struggle for Integration is a historical accounting for young adults about the...

Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other Bugdacious Tales.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Tom Turpin Purdue University Press 1207 South Campus Courts, Bldg. E, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Written by Tom Turpin (Professor of Entomology in Purdue's College of Agriculture), Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and...

Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Kenneth Mallory Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 Plenty of kids' books cover life underwater--but how many follow a scientist in his explorations in a research sub? A 'you are there' atmosphere for grades 3-5 is...

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Cheryl Bardoe Abrams 115 W. 18th St., New York NY 10011 How does genetics work? Gregor Mendle was fascinated by passed-along traits all his life, and overcame poverty to found the science of genetics. He lived the life of a friar...

Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Joyce Sidman Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 How do creatures perceive nature? What are the hidden worlds they inhabit? It's unusual to see a book of poetry include a healthy dose of science--but that's what...

My First Book about Dogs.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Kama Einhorn Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 Kids who love Sesame Street will receive a healthy dose of the favorite characters paired with real information in this first primer about dogs....

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish.(Rebus Nature)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 99 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591 Grades K-2 will find very easy readers in Dana Meachen Rau's 'Rebus Nature' series of easy nature books about individual animals in their environments. Each book holds a little over twenty pages of...

Cesar Chaves.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Lila & Rick Guzman Enslow Publishers Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 CESAR CHAVEZ: FIGHTING FOR FAIRNESS joins others in the 'Famous Latinos' series for grades 3-4, offering a little over thirty pages of basic...

Crabtree Publishing Company.(The Biography of Rubber)(The Biography of Cotton)(The Biography of Bananas)(The Biography of Sugar)(The Biography of Spices)(The Biography of Chocolate)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3308, New York, NY 10118 'How Did That Get Here' is an informed and informatively 'kid friendly' series of seven 32-page, illustrated books, each of which focuses on the 'biography' of a particularly important and...

Picture Window Books.(Whose Is It?: Community Workers)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 151 Good Counsel Drive, Minneapolis, MN 556001 'Whose Is It?: Community Workers' is a new six volume series of informative, 24-page, full color, 10" by 10" picturebooks specifically designed to introduce children ages 4 to 8 and in...

Chrysalis Education.(Live Action)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... c/o The Creative Company 123 South Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 'Live Action' is a series of four 32-0age books by Andrew Langley focused on physical activities children are commonly encouraged to participate in. "Jumping"...

Marshall Cavendish.(Books in Series)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... 99 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591 The 'Symbols of America' series by Terry Allan Hicks ($19.95 Each) is a fine series for grades 3-4 studying American history: each book provides some 40 pages of background detail on a popular...

Star Bright Books.(Snail Saves the Day )(Three Cheers for Hippo! )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... The Star Building, 42-26 28th Street, Suite 2B, Long island City, NY 11101 John Stadler presents two easy reader picturebooks for young children just beginning to sound out their first words and sentences. Snail Saves the Day (1595720456,...

Alphabet Explosion!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... John Nickle Schwartz & Wade c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 Teach kids the alphabet with a different kind of picture book: one which invites a treasure hunt through crazy worlds where...

The Beanstalk: The Measure of a Giant.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Ann McCallum & James Balkovek Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street , Watertown, MA 02472 Written with imagination and humor by Ann McCallum and nicely illustrated throughout in full color by James Balovek, "Beanstalk: The...

Pumpkins.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Ken Robbins Roaring Brook Press 143 West Street, New Milford, CT 06776 Written by Ken Robbins, Pumpkins is a picturebook celebration of the edible plant that is cherished as a Halloween symbol. Full-color photography offers a tour...

Princess Madison and the Whispering Woods.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Karen Scalf Linamen & Phyllis Hornung Revell c/o Baker Pub;ishing Group PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 Written by Karen Scalf Linamen and illustrated by Phyllis Hornung, Princess Madison and the Whispering Woods is a...

I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Eileen Spinelli & Lydia Halverson Ideals Childrens Books 535 Metroplex Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37211 Written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Lydia Halverson, I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet is a lighthearted picturebook...

The Peach Tree.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Norman Pike, Robin & Patricia DeWitt Stemmer House Publishers 4 White Brook Road, Gilsum, NH 03448 Written by Norman Pike and illustrated by Robin & Patricia DeWitt, The Peach Tree is a picturebook story about the delicate balance...

Abrams.(Ninety Three in My Family)(Uno's Garden)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 115 W. 18th St., New York NY 10011 Erica S. Perl's NINETY-THREE IN MY FAMILY (0810957604, $15.95) tells of a little boy's unusual reply to the simple question of how many are in his big family. Not just humans are included: there are 27...

Clarion Books.(Brave Bitsy and the Bear)(Burger Boy)(Flotsam)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 215 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10003 Alan Durant's BURGER BOY (0618714669, $16.00) provides a vivid story of a boy who only eats burgers--and seems to have an unlimited appetite for them. Until one day, when he becomes a boy-sized...

Marshall Cavendish.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Building with Dad)(The Kindness Quilt)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 99 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591 Nancy Elizabeth Wallace's THE KINDNESS QUILT (076145313X, $16.99) tells of a class project--a Kindness Product which involves sharing acts of kindness. Minna and her family do lots of kind things:...

Knopf.(Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara)(The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 Elvira Woodruff's SMALL BEAUTIES: THE JOURNEY OF DARCY HEART O'HARA (0375826866, $15.95) tells of one of the children who live in the cottages of an Irish town in 1845,...

Great Big Guinea Pigs.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Susan L. Roth Bloomsbury 175-5th Avenue, New York NY 10020 During a bedtime story a little guinea pig learns the truth about his very big ancestors: pigs which were as big as buffalo and weighed almost a ton. They also walked...

The Warlord's Alarm.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Virginia Walton Pilegard Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053-2246 Nicholas Debon provides engaging drawings for the seventh book in the 'Warlord's' series. This math adventure encourages kids to use...

The Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Alison Inches Harcourt 525 'B' St. #1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495 Bryan Langdo illustrates a wonderful new story for ages 3-7 in The Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed, in which a girl's stuffed animals are not at all ready to go...

Mama, I'll Give You the World.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Roni Schotter & S. Saelic Gallagher Schwartz Wade c/o Random House Children's Books There are some 13 million single mothers raising kids in America today--so most timely is MAMA, I'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD which tells of a daughter...

Houghton Mifflin.
November 1, 2006... 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 Eva Montanari's A VERY FULL MORNING (0618563180, $16.00) tells of Little Tooth, who faces the first day of school with so many ideas that she just can't sleep. What will be her first impression on viewing...

Big Pig.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Malachy Doyle & John Bendall-Brunello Simon & Schuster UK c/o Trafalgar Square Publishing PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257 A big pig has been comfortably living indoors since small pighood--but now he's...

Walker & Company.(Jake the Philharmonic Dog)(Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe)(Winston the Book Wolf)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 104-5th Avenue, New York NY 10011 Brian Moses' TROUBLE AT THE DINOSAUR CAFE (0802795994, $16.95) tells of dinosaurs at the cafe who do fine until a carnivore interrupts the plant eaters. Will the plant eaters succumb to his insatiable...

Farrar Straus Giroux.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 David Greenberg's DON'T FORGET YOU ETIQUETTE! THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MISBEHAVIOR (0374349908, $16.00) pairs pictures by Nadine Bernard Wescott with twenty hilarious poems stating views on bad...

Candlewick Press.(services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 Barbara Williams' ALBERT'S GIFT FOR GRANDMOTHER (0763620971, $16.99) pairs Doug Cushman's fun drawings with the story of Grandmother Turtle's birthday and Albert's special plan to teach her how...

Marvelous Day!(Sound recording review)(Children's review)
November 1, 2006... SteveSongs Rounder Records c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 Very highly recommended for children ages 2 to 9, "Marvelous Day!" showcases the talent and originality of children's...

My Best Day Trout Fishing In America.(Sound recording review)
November 1, 2006... Trout Fishing In America Trout Records PO Box 914, Prairie Grove, AR 72753 Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 "My Best Day" is the latest CD album of children's music to be released by...

You Are My Little Bird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Elizabeth Mitchell Smithsonian Folkways Recordings c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 Elizabeth Mitchell has a well deserved reputation for her children's music. Her homemade (quite...

Tall And Small.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Rebecca Frezza Big Truck Music c/o Waldmania! 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 With the help of guest artists on cajon, bvodhran, electric violin, and trombone, singer, dancer and actress Rebecca Frezza and her...

Baby Loves Jazz.(Baby Loves Jazz: Go Baby Go)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Verve Music Group c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 "Baby Loves Jazz: Go Baby Go" is the debut CD album of children's music from The Verve Music Group and the first of a planned series...

We've Got Harmony.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Kimbo Educational PO Box 477, Long Branch, NJ 07740 "We've Got Harmony!" is a new CD music release from Kimbo Educational that showcases twelve lively, entertaining, technically impressive, and confidently recommended as being a...

Children are the Sunshine: Asheba's Caribbean Music for Children .(Sound recording review)
November 1, 2006... Asheba COV Productions c/o Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 Asheba is David Asheba Wilson and "Children Are The Sunshine: Asheba's Caribbean Music For Children showcases his impressive...

Dance with the Animals.(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
November 1, 2006... Rock 'N Learn PO Box 3595, Conroe, TX 77305-3595 Designed for the enjoyment and active 'dance along' participation of children ages 3 to 6, "Dance With The Animals is a superbly produced and presented 45 minute DVD in which young...

Cathy and Marcy's Song Shop: Live In Concert.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2006... Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Community Music Inc. PO Box 5778, Takoma Park, MD 20913 Beth Blenz-Clucas Publicity 5505 SW Illinois Street, Portland, OR 97221 Recorded before a live audience of children and their parents,...

The Free Press.(Williams-Sonoma Kids in the Kitchen)(Brief article)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Two new cookbooks for kids comprise the 'Williams-Sonoma Kids in the Kitchen" series and are especially recommended for family and community library children's cookbook collections. "Fun...

Animals.(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
November 1, 2006... Tot-a-Doodle-Do! 3525 Del Mar Heights Road, #290, San Diego, CA 92130 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 "Animals" is a active and fun 30 minute, full-color DVD that...

Schlessinger Media.(United States Government)(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
November 1, 2006... 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 "United States Government" is a new educational eleven volume ($39.95 each) series from Schlessinger Media for students in grades five through twelve. Each individual program is 23 minutes...

Exploring Our Past: Comparing The Lives Of Native Peoples.(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
November 1, 2006... Mazzarella Media, LLC PO Box 86, Bristol, CT 06011 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 Professionally narrated by Joanne Senandoah, "Exploring Our Past: Comparing The Lives Of Native...

ThingamaKid.(Toddler Toons)(Action Bible Toons)(Brief article)(Audiovisual review)
November 1, 2006... 809 Highgrove Circle, Franklin, TN 37069 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 ThingamaKid has released two new attention engaging, family-value enhancing, inexpensive, wholesome, DVD/CD combo...

Random/Knopf/Delacorte.(Corby Flood)(Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters)(Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906)(Pure Dead Batty)(Runaway)(The Book of One Hundred Truths)(The Legend of Bass Reeves)(The Legend of Zoey)(Who Won the War)(Wide Awake)(Wolfcry: The Kieshara, vol. 4)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's CORBY FLOOD (0385750900, $14.95) provides the second installment to 'Far Flung Adventures'--but no previous familiarity with the series is required to enjoy this, unrelated...

Wings.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... William Loizeaux Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 Nick's discovery of a helpless little bird begins an unusual friendship between the bird 'Marcy' and Nick, who learns to care for her and views her...

Best Shorts.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Avi Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley, Boston, MA 012116 Avi draws on her Newberry credentials and years of writing experience to select short stories old and modern ranging from mysteries and science fiction to adventure and more,...

Lunchbox and the Aliens.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Bryan W. Fields Henry Holt 175--5th Ave., New York NY 10010 Lunchbox is a basset hound who's been stolen by aliens, who change him into a garbage-machine-making machine. His new task is to change Earth's trash into a food adored...

Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the Past.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Kate Klise Harcourt 525 'B' St., San Diego, CA 92101-4495 Ages 9-12 will appreciate REGARDING THE BATHROOMS, a fun story of a middle school in the process of renovating disgusting basement bathrooms. Summer school students are...

The Dark-Thirty.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Patricia C. McKissack Alfred A. Knopf c/o Random House 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 Excellent for either middle school readers or parental read-alouds with the family is a chilling gathering of supernatural...