Children's Bookwatch articles from October 2005

Children's Bookwatch archives from October 2005

My Librarian Is a Camel.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... My Librarian Is A Camel Margriet Ruurs Boyds Mills Press 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431 1590780930$16.95boydsmillspress.com How are books brought to children around the world? We're used to a library consisting of a...

Jerusalem Sky.(Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses, and Crescents)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Jerusalem Sky Mark Podwal Doubleday/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 038574689X$15.95randomhouse.com Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses, And Crescents celebrates the holy city through paintings, observations and...

Chrysalis Education/Creative Company.(Medicine Now)(Racism)(Animal Rights)(World Issues)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Chrysalis Education/Creative Company 123 S. Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 1-800-445-6209www.amazon.com Medicine is advancing all the time, bringing with it new questions of ethical treatments, payment issues, and progress for...

Simon & Schuster.(The Three Silly Billies)(Pig Tale)(While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat)(Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep In 60 Seconds))(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.SimonSaysKids.com The three billy goats don't have enough money to cross the troll bridge: they'll have to pool their pennies with the Three Bears and a host of other...

Rose and Riley Come and Go.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Rose And Riley Come And Go Jane Cutler Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003 www.fsgkids.com 0374363412 $15.00 1-888-330-8477 Thomas F. Yezerski provides the engaging color drawings throughout the...

The Best Worst Brother.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Best Worst Brother Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, author Charlotte Fremaux, illustrator Woodbine House 6510 Bells Mill Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 1890627682 $14.95, 1-800-843-7323 The Best Worst Brother is an engaging...

Little, Brown.(Sakes Alive! A Cattle Drive)(Home to Me, Home to You)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.lb-kids.com Two deftly written and enthusiastically recommended reads invite kids and parents alike. Karma Wilson's Sakes Alive! A Cattle Drive (0316988413, $15.99) receives...

Usborne Stories from Shakespeare.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Usborne Stories From Shakespeare Anna Claybourne & Elena Temporin Usborne/EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 www.edcpub.com 0794509126 $24.95, 1-800-475-4522 Usborne Stories From Shakespeare pre-sents...

Dropping in on Picasso.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Dropping In On Picasso Pamela Geiger Stephens & Jim McNeill Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 www.crystalproductions.com 156290325X $15.95 1-800-255-8629 Readers old and young will enjoy Pamela...

Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Guinea Pig Scientists Leslie Dendy & Mel Boring Henry Holt 115 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 0805073167 $19.95 henryholt.com Self-experimenters in science and medicine often fostered discoveries and advancements which...

Sources of Forces.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Sources Of Forces Vicki Cobb Millbrook Press 2 Old New Milford Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 0761315748 $24.90 millbrookpress.com Steve Haefele provides zany, fun drawings to pair cartoon attraction with real science facts...

Go Figure!(Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Go Figure! Johnny Ball DK Publishing, Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 0756613744 $15.99, www.dk.com Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers is a book specifically designed to show young readers that the...

Music: Rock and Pop.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Music: Rock And Pop Nicolas Brasch Smart Apple Media/Creative Education 123 S. Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 1583405461 $27.10 1-800-445-6209 Rock and pop music developed in the 1950s and 60s and is the most popular...

Music Time.(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... Music Time Johnette Downing Wiggle Worm Records c/o Waldmania! Publicity 130 Maywood Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127 www.johnettedowning.com JD02 $15.00 wigglewormrecords.com Johnette Downing draws upon Cajun,...

Making Music.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Making Music Ann Sayre Wiseman & John Langstaff Storey Kids 210 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247 1580175120 $9.95 storeybooks.com From tambourines to trumpets, walnut castanets to homemade drums, there's a wealth of...

Animal Watch.(On The Job: Animal Watch)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Animal Watch Susan Ring Chelsea House 1974 Sproul Road, #400, Broomall, PA 19008-0914 0791074099 $23.00 chelseahouse.com Youngsters are invited to hone their observational skills to become new young scientists in On The...

Centipedes, Millipedes, Scorpions and Spiders.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Centipedes, Millipedes, Scorpions & Spiders Daniel Gilpin Compass Point Books 3109 West 50th Street, #115, Minneapolis, MN 55410-2102 0756512549 $26.60 1-877-371-1536 The latest in the impressively presented and highly...

Owls.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Owls Gail Gibbons Holiday House 425 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10017 0823418804 $16.95 holidayhouse.com There are well over a hundred different kinds of owls living on every continent except Antarctica, and details on twenty...

Face-To-Face With The Duck.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Face-To-Face With The Duck Pascale Hedelin Charlesbridge Publishing 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 www.charlesbridge.com 1570914575 $9.95 1-800-225-3214 Face-To-Face With The Duck by Pascale Hedelin is an...

Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecindario De Quinito.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito Ina Cumpiano & Jose Ramirez Children's Book Press 2211 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1811 0892392096 $16.95, cbookpress.org Quinito's Neighborhood is a bilingual...

The Greeks.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Greeks Rachel Wright Sea to Sea/Creeative Company 1980 Lookout Dr, N. Mankato, MN 56003 1932889019 $27.10 1-800-445-6209 Take an ancient history topic very common, such as The Greeks, blend facts with activities and...

Travel through Egypt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Travel Through Egypt Elaine Jackson QEB Publishing 23062 La Caneda Drive Laguna Hills/Irvine, CA 92653 1595660593 $27.10 Kids in grades 2-5 will love the bright, contemporary look of Elaine Jackson's Travel Through...

The Night Before Christmas.(The Night Before Christmas: The Anniversary Edition )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, author Christian Birmingham, illustrator Running Press 125 South Twenty-Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4399 www.runningpress.com 0762424168 $9.98 1-800-345-5359 ...

Stargazer/Creative Company.(Mastering Art: Drawing)(Mastering Art: Painting)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Stargazer/Creative Company 123 S. Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 1-800-445-6209 www.amazon.com Budding young picturebook artists have two wonderful 'Mastering Art' beginner's guides by Anthony Hodge to choose from: Drawing...

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)(Children's Review)
October 1, 2005... Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince J.K. Rowling Listening Library, Inc. 1745 Broadway, NY, NY 10019 www.listeninglibrary.com 030728365 $75.00 1-800-726-0600 Jim Dale provides a riveting performance in this latest...

Cairo Jim And Doris In Search Of Martenarten.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Audiobook Review)
October 1, 2005... Cairo Jim And Doris In Search Of Martenarten Geoffrey McSkimming Bolinda Publishing, Inc. 2 Trap Falls Rd, #113, Shelton, CT 06484 www.bolinda.com 1740931173 $32.00 1-888-235-2019 Expert archaeologist, fearless...

Kate's Castle.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Kate's Castle Julie Lawson & Frances Tyrrell Fitzhenry & Whiteside 121 Harvard Ave., #2, Allston, MA 02134 1550051415 $7.95, www.fitzhenry.ca Kate's Castle is a softcover children's picture book by Julie Lawson about a...

Shanghai Messenger.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Shanghai Messenger Andrea Cheng & Ed Young Lee & Low Books 95 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016 1584302380 $17.95, leeandlow.com Shanghai Messenger is a book of poetry by Andrea Cheng and pictures by Ed Young describing an...

Know What I Saw?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Know What I Saw? Aileen Fisher, author Deborah Durland DeSaix, illustrator Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press 2 Old New Milford Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 1596430559 $16.95, 1-800-462-4703 Written in simple poetic...

Flying Feet: A Story Of Irish Dance.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Flying Feet: A Story Of Irish Dance Anna Marlis Burgard & Leighanne Dees Chronicle Books 85 Second Street, 6th floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-3441 www.chroniclebooks.com 0811844315 $15.95, 1-800-722-6657 Written by...

Auction!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Auction! Tres Seymour Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 www.candlewick.com 0763612421 $16.99 1-800-526-0275 When Aunt Lou hears about the county auction she is so excited--until she...

The Lost Thing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Lost Thing Shaun Tan Simply Read Books 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6M 3W6 1894965108 $16.95 simplyreadbooks.com The Lost Thing is a picturebook about a young boy who, when scavenging for...

Child & Family Press.(Pinky Promise )(Party Princess )(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Child & Family Press c/o Child Welfare League of America 440 First Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 2001-2085 1-800-407-6273 www.cwla.org Vanita Braver is the Psychiatric Medical Director at Bonnie Brae, a residential...

A Really Good Snowman.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... A Really Good Snowman Daniel J. Mahoney Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com 0618475540 $15.00, 1-800-225-3362 Written and illustrated by Daniel J. Mahoney, A Really Good...

Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes Demian Elaine Yumei, author Nicole Tamarin, illustrator Illumination Arts Publishing PO Box 1865, Bellevue, WA 98009 www.illumin.com 097401902X $15.95, 1-888-210-8216 Inspired by Zen...

Sebastian's Roller Skates.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Sebastian's Roller Skates Joan de Deu Prats & Francesc Rovira Kane/Miller Book Publishers PO Box 8515, La Jolla, CA 92038-8515 www.kanemiller.com 1929132816 $15.95, 1-800-968-1930 Sebastian's Roller Skates is an...

Knopf/Random House.(Harry And The Dinosaurs At The Museum)(Schoolyard Rhymes)(Punk Farm)(The Best Time To Read)(Rodeo Ron And His Milkshake Cows)(The Squishiness Of Things)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Bright new picturebooks promise hours of leisure enjoyment for young readers. Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds' Harry And The Dinosaurs At The Museum...

The Honest-to-Goodness Story of Raggedy Andy.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Honest-to-Goodness Story of Raggedy Andy Patricia Hall, author Joni Gruelle Wannamaker, illustrator Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053 www.pelicanpub.com 1589802513 $15.95,...

Enslow Publishers.(Anne Frank: Hope In The Shadows Of The Holocaust)(Rosa Parks: Tired Of Giving In)(Roberto Clemente: Baseball Legend)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 www.enslow.com Three excellent biographies are highly recommended picks for pre-teens and early teens in grades 4-8, offering lasting value through feature of famous...

Immigrant Kids.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Immigrant Kids Russell Freedman Puffin Books 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 0140375943 $8.99 penguin.com If your family came to America 100 years ago, what was life like for them? Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman provides...

Thomson Gale.(E.B. White)(Daniel Handler: The Real Lemony Snicket)(Robert Boyle: The Father Of Chemistry)(J. Robert Oppenheimer: Father Of The Atomic Bomb)(Joan Of Arc)(Alexander The Great)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Three different grade levels are aptly served by Thomson's fine biographical sketches. Elementary grades 2-4 will find the 'Kidhaven Press' imprint of...

Leonardi Da Vinci.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Leonardi Da Vinci Kathleen Krull Viking Press 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 067005920X $15.99 penguin.com For over thirty years Leonardi Da Vinci was obsessive about investigating everything in the natural world, from the...

Lerner/Carolrhoda.(Sojourner Truth)(Bessie Coleman)(Ariel Sharon)(Cesar Chavez)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Lerner/Carolrhoda 211 First Avenue N., Minneapolis, MN www.lernerbooks.com Four biographies will reach different age ranges with excellent overviews. The very young will find appropriate Gwenyth Swain's Sojourner Truth...

Morgan Reynolds Publishing.(Empire In The East: The Story Of Genghis Khan)(John Kerry: Senator From Massachusetts)(Fighting Wars Planning For Peace: The Story Of George C. Marshall)(Freedom Cannot Rest: Ella Baker And The Civil Rights Movement)(Uh Huh! The Story Of Ray Charles)(Nikola Tesla And The Taming Of Electricity)(Best Of Times: The Story Of Charles Dickens)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Morgan Reynolds Publishing 620 S. Elm, #223, Greensboro SC 27406 www.morganreynolds.com Earle Rice Jr.'s Empire In The East: The Story Of Genghis Khan (1931798621, $24.95) is a fine survey of a young Asian steppes lad born to a...

Feathers.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Feathers Heather Forest & Marcia Cutchin Littlefolk/August House Inc. PO Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203 0874837553 $16.95 1-800-284-8784 Written by Heather Forest and illustrated by Marcia Cutchin, Feathers is an...

The Prince's Diary.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Prince's Diary Renee Ting & Elizabeth O. Dulemba Shen's Books 40951 Fremont Blvd, Freemont CA 94538 1885008279 $16.95, www.shens.com The Prince's Diary by Renee Ting is a picturebook retelling of the classic...

The Socksnatchers.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Socksnatchers Lorna Balian Star Bright Books 42-26 28th Street, Suite 2C, Long Island City, NY 11101 www.starbrightbooks.com 1595720030 $15.95, 1-800-788-4439 The Socksnatchers is a charming picturebook story...

America's Seashores Guide To Plants And Animals.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... America's Seashores Guide To Plants And Animals Marianne D. Wallace Fulcrum Publishing 16100 Table Mountain Parkway, #300, Golden, Colorado 80403 www.fulcrum-books.com 1555914837 $11.95, 1-800-992-2908 The latest in...

Seeds.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Seeds Ken Robbins Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689850417 $15.95 simonsayskids.com Young readers receive a clear primer on how seeds grow, how they differ in size and shape, and how they...

Blackbirch Press/Thomson-Gale.(The Planet's Most Extrem: Biters)(The Planet's Most Extrem: Stinkers)(Jeff Corwin Experience: Into Wild Australia)(Jeff Corwin Experience: Into Wild Costa Rica)(Jeff Corwin Experience: Into Wild Tasmania)(Science On The Edge: Nanotechnology)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Blackbirch Press/Thomson-Gale 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 www.gale.com Six new guides provide high drama and interest for even the most reluctant young reader, adding action and adventure and many colorful...

Crabtree Publishers.(Insects That Work Together)(Insect Bodies)(Helpful And Harmful Insects)(Camouflage: Changing To Hide)(Metamorphosis: Changing Bodies)(Changing Seasons)(Photosynthesis: Changing Sunlight Into Food)(Coral Reef Food Chains)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Crabtree Publishers 350--5th Avenue, #3308, NY, NY 10118 www.crabtree.com Crabtree's 'Bobbie Kalman' books are gorgeous productions overall, and these science and nature new arrivals will reach grades 2-5 with lovely photos,...

World Almanac Library.(Environmental Disasters: Los Alamos)(Environmental Disasters: Bhopal)(Environmental Disasters: Chernobyl)(Environmental Disasters: Danube)(Environmental Disasters: Exxon Valdez)(Environmental Disasters: Love Canal)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... World Almanac Library 330 West Olive Street, #100, Milwaukee, WI 53212 www.worldalmanaclibrary.com Six 'Environmental Disasters' titles in a colorful, contemporary series are geared for grades 5 and up each offer 48 pages of...