Children's Bookwatch articles from October 2007

Children's Bookwatch archives from October 2007

Ships.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Ships Anne Jankeliowitch, author John Pendray, illustrator Philip Plisson, photographer Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 9780810916241, $18.95 www.abramsyoungreaders.com For thousands of years ships...

Top 10 Survival Tips for Kids (and Parents) on the Move.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Top 10 Survival Tips for Kids (and Parents) on the Move Chelsea and Cheryl Williams Trafford Publishing 2333 Government Street, Suite 6E, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T 4P4 9781425118501, $10.99 www.trafford.com 1-888-232-4444 ...

Go, Pack, Go!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Go, Pack, Go! Aimee Aryal Mascot Books PO Box 220157, Chantilly, VA 20153-0157 9781932888942, $14.95 www.mascotbooks.com Very nicely illustrated by Miguel De Angel, "Go, Pack, Go!" by Aimee Aryal is the story of a game...

Playdate Kids Publishing.('Growing-Up' series)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Playdate Kids Publishing PO Box 2785, Malibu, CA 90265 www.theplaydatekids.com The 'Growing-Up' series from Playdate Kids Publishing is a charmingly illustrated series of books for young children that focus on commonly encountered...

One Wee World Celebrates Mexico.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... One Wee World Celebrates Mexico Tracy Douglas One Wee World, LLC PO Box 4807, Valley Village, CA 91617-0607 NTSC $19.95, www.oneweeworld.com "One Wee World Celebrates Mexico" is the debut title of a planned four DVD...

The Usborne Book Of Art.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Usborne Book Of Art Rosie Dickins EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 0794512224, $22.95 www.edcpub.com 1-800-475-4522 Deftly designed, engagingly written, and profusely illustrated for young readers,...

Dropping in on Romare Bearden.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Dropping In On Romare Bearden Pamela Geiger Stephens & Jim McNeill Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 www.crystalproductions.com 1-800-255-8629 CP-1919-1, $41.00 Book & DVD Part of the...

PACE Enhance Books.('New Wave Kids' ebook series)(E-book review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
October 1, 2007... PACE Enhance Books PO Box 5081, Bergenfield, NJ 07621-5081 www.NewWaveKids.com An electronic book (ebook) is a book that is 'published' on a CD or a CD-Rom. PACE EnhanceBooks has produced an impressive 'New Wave Kids' series of...

River Roads West.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... River Roads West Connie Roop & Peter Roop Calkins Creek c/o Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 9781590784303, $19.95 www.boydsmillspress.com 1-877-512-8366 It was the many and diverse river...

The History of the Jewish People.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The History of the Jewish People Jonathan D. Sarna & Jonathan B. Krasner Behrman House Inc. 11 Edison Place, Springfield, NJ 07081 9780874411904, $12.95 www.behrmanhouse.com 1-800-221-2755 Professor Jonathan D. Sarna and...

Will It Blow?(Will It Blow?: Become a Volcano Detective at Mount St. Helens)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Will It Blow? Elizabeth Rusch & K.E. Lewis Sasquatch Books 119 South Main Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104-2555 1570615098, $13.95 www.sasquatchbooks.com 1-800-775-0817 Nicely enhanced with the colored artistry of K.E....

Alicia's Happy Day/El Dia Mas Feliz De Alicia.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Alicia's Happy Day/El Dia Mas Feliz De Alicia Meg Star, author Ying-hwa Hu & Cornelius Van Wright, illustrators Star Bright Books 30-19 48th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 9781595721167, $5.95 www.starbrightbooks.com...

101 Favorite Stories from the Bible.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible Ura Miller TGS International PO Box 355, Berlin, OH 44610 9781885270474, $14.99 Featuring beautiful color illustrations, 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible is an anthology of classic...

Erec Rex.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Erec Rex Kaza Kingsley Firelight Press PO Box 15758, Cincinnati, OH 45215 9780978655563, $17.99 www.firelightpress.com 513-646-6803 Writer, artist, singer, and movie buff Kaza Kingsley presents Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye,...

The Heart of the Caveat Whale Book One: The Captives.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Heart of the Caveat Whale Book One: The Captives S. J. R. Smith Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. 28-30 High Street, Guilford, Surrey, GU1 3HY 9781905529937, $8.99 www.grosvenorhousepublishing.co.uk The Heart of the...

Mad Tausig vs The Interplanetary Puzzling Peace Patrol.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Mad Tausig vs The Interplanetary Puzzling Peace Patrol Ben Tausig & Goopymart 4N Publishing 44-73 21st Street, D-6, Long Island City, NY 11101 9780974131948, $7.95 www.4npublishing.com Mad Tausig vs The Interplanetary...

Bobby Bright's Greatest Christmas Ever.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Bobby Bright's Greatest Christmas Ever John R. Brooks Old Farm Press PO Box 20894, Oklahoma City. OK 73156-0894 9780978822705, $16.95 www.bobbybrightbooks.com Bobby Bright's Greatest Christmas Ever is a magical holiday...

Nefertiti.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Nefertiti Michelle Moran, author Cassandra Campbell, narrator Books On Tape, Inc. 400 Hahn, Westminister, MD 21157 9781415939406, $129.00 www.booksontape.com 1-800-541-5525 Nefertiti: A Novel is the unabridged...

Zan-Gah.(Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric Adventure)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Zan-Gah Allan Richard Shickman Earthshaker Books PO Box 300184, St. Louis, MO 63130 9780979035708, $9.95 www.earthshakerbooks.com Written by artist, teacher, and historian Allan Richard Shickman, Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric...

Parrotfish.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Parrotfish Ellen Wittlinger Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1318815228, $16.99 www.simonandschuster.com The struggles of a transgender teen usually are not explored by youth audiences or in...

Random House.('Secret of a Painted House' and 'Mondays With A Mad Genius')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Emily's family moved from the city to the country and she's not happy: there's nothing to do in the woods--or so she thinks. Her explorations reveal a locked...

Delacorte Press.(children's books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Delacorte Press c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris in 1330 and centuries later is an acknowledged Alchemyst said to...

Edward's Eyes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Edward's Eyes Patricia MacLachlan Atheneum 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416927433, $15.99 www.simonsayskids.com Jake lives a life packed with music, art and baseball--and he has brother Edward, who is...

The Ghost of Popular Point.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Ghost of Popular Point Cynthia DeFelice Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 0374325405, $16.00 www.fsgkidsbooks.com Summer is finally here and 'ghost magnet' Allie is tired of dealing with...

Dial/Dutton Books.('Missing Magic' and 'The Bad Luck Chair')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Dial/Dutton Books 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Emma Laybourn tells of Ned, who's gotten into a fancy new school where everyone can do magic except him. MISSING MAGIC (9780803732193, $16.99)...

The Big One-Oh.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Big One-Oh Dean Pitchard G.P. Putnam's Sons 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780399245473, $15.99 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Charley has never been one for parties but turning ten seems a milestone and he...

My First Book about Reptiles.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... My First Book About Reptiles Kama Einhorn Random House c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 9780375836855, $7.99 www.randomhouse.com/kids Sesame Street's My First Book About...

Reference Point Press.('Compact Research' series)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Reference Point Press PO Box 27779, San Diego, CA 92198 www.referencepointpress.com 'Compact Research' is a series dedicated to providing elementary school students with an informed and informative introduction to contemporary...

Enslow.('The Man Who Invented Basketball: James Naismith and His Amazing Game' and 'The Coral Reef: A Colorful Web of Life')(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Enslow Box 39, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 www.enslow.com Grades 3-4 will find appealing and well detailed these fine new books, and libraries will find them lasting lends. Edwin Brit Wyckoff's THE MAN WHO...

Marshall Cavendish.('Animals Animals' and 'Turning Point in American History' series )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.us Cavendish's 'Animals Animals' series ($23.95 each) offers a little under 50 pages of basic animal facts, expanding the series with Group 6...

Franklin The Fly.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Franklin The Fly R. O. Blechman Creative Editions 123 South Broad Street, Mankato, MN 56001 9781568461489, $17.95 www.thecreativecompany.us Imaginatively written and nicely illustrated by award winning artist and animator...

The Serif Fairy.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Serif Fairy Rene Siegfried, author Joel Mann, translator Mark Batty Publisher LLC 36 West 37th Street, Penthouse, New York, NJ 10018 9780979048623, $15.95 www.markbattypublisher.com 1-866-407-6302 The Serif Fairy:...

Knopf/Random House.(children's books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Knopf/Random House c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Meghan McCarthy's STRONG MAN: THE STORY OF CHARLES ATLAS (9780375829406, $15.99) blends humor and...

Viking/Penguin/Philomal/Dial/Dutton.(children's books)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Viking/Penguin/Philomal/Dial/Dutton c/o Penguin Readers Group 345 Hudson Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10014 www.penguin.com/youngreaders 1-800-847-5515 Bradford Morrow's DIDN'T DIDN'T DO IT (9780399244803, $16.99) pairs...

The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder Little, Brown c/o Hachette Group 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 0316011797, $15.99 www.lb-kids.com Chowder the dog is off to the Fabu Pooch Boot Camp--but he just doesn't fit in--until he...

A Child's Guide to Common Household Monsters.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... A Child's Guide to Common Household Monsters James Otis Thach Front Street c/o Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 1932425586, $16.95 www.frontstreetbooks.com What's a girl to do when she realizes...

All Afloat on Noah's Boat!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... All Afloat on Noah's Boat! Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees Orchard c/o Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439873975, $16.99 www.scholastic.com Life on Noah's Ark is busy and noisy--and close quarters are...

Saladin: Sultan of Egypt and Syria.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Saladin: Sultan of Egypt and Syria Richard Worth Enslow Publishers Inc. Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 0766027120, $34.60 www.enslow.com SALADIN is an excellent biography for ages 11 and older, holding over 150...

Woe Is I Junior.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Woe Is I Junior Patricia T. O'Conner G.P. Putnam's Sons 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780399243318, $16.99 www.penguin.com/youngreaders The junior version of Patricia O'Conner's WOE IS I, the best-selling grammar...