Children's Bookwatch articles from October 2008

Children's Bookwatch archives from October 2008

Over in the Arctic Where the Cold Winds Blow.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Over in the Arctic Where the Cold Winds Blow Marianne Berkes Illustrations by Jill Dubin Dawn Publications 12402 Bifney Springs Rd., Nevada City, CA 95059 800-545-7475 1584691105 $8.95 www.dawnpub.com "Over in the...

A Musical Journey In The Footsteps Of Lewis & Clark.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... A Musical Journey In The Footsteps Of Lewis & Clark Anne Enslow & Ridley Enslow Enslow Publishers, Inc. PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 9780766032880, $31.93, www.enslow.com, 1-800-398-2504 The Lewis & Clark...

I'm Not Too Busy.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... I'm Not Too Busy Jodi Hills Tristan Publishing 2355 Louisiana Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN 55427 9780931674921, $14.95, www.tristanpublishing.com Friendship means much more than anyone would tell you. "I'm Not Too...

Bee & Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Bee & Me Elle J. McGuinness & Heather Brown Accord Publishing c/o Andrews & McMeel 4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 9780740777349, $16.99, www.andrewsmcmeel.com A unique and ground-breaking children's book,...

X Doesn't Mark the Spot.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... X Doesn't Mark the Spot Ed Butts Tundra Books P. O. Box 1030, Plattsburgh, New York 12901 9780887768088, $11.95 1-800-788-1074 www.tundrabooks.com "X Doesn't Mark the Spot: Tales of Pirate Gold, Buried Treasure, and Lost...

Gus is a Tree.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Gus is a Tree Claire Babin Illustrated by Olivier Tallec Enchanted Lion Books 201 Richards Street, Studio 4, Brooklyn, NY 11231 9781592700783 $14.95 enchantedlionbooks@yahoo.com "Gus is a Tree" is the latest book in a...

The Cat Who Invented Bebop.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Cat Who Invented Bebop Marshall Arisman Illustrated by Marshall Arisman Creative Editions c/o The Creative Company P. O. Box 227, Mankato, Minnesota 56002 9781568461526 $17.95, www.thecreativecompany.us...

Who's Jim Hines?(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Who's Jim Hines? Jean Alicia Elster Wayne State University Press 4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309 9780814334027, $12.95, www.wsupress.wayne.edu Based on a true story, "Who's Jim Hines?" is a story of old...

The Everything Kids' Cookbook.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Everything Kids' Cookbook Sandra K. Nissenberg Adams Media Corporation 57 Littlefield Street, 2nd floor, Avon, MA 02322 9781598695922, $7.95, www.adamsmedia.com, 1-800-872-5627 Instill in a child a love of cooking and...

The Yoga Zoo Adventure.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Yoga Zoo Adventure Helen Purperhart Hunter House PO Box 2914, 1515 1/2 Park Street, Alameda, CA 94501 9780897935050, $14.95, www.hunterhouse.com Yoga is too often depicted as something for crazed new age adults who...

Bad Kitty Gets a Bath.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Bad Kitty Gets a Bath Nick Bruel Roaring Brook Press 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003 9781596433410, $13.95 www.roaringbookrpress.com 1-800-462-4703 Written by the author of the "Bad Kitty" children's books, Bad Kitty...

Preschooler Learns Spanish / Aprendamos Espanol.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Preschooler Learns Spanish / Aprendamos Espanol Galloping Minds 20266 Vista Court, Cupertino, CA 95014 $14.99 www.gallopingminds.com Intended for children four years old and up, Preschooler Learns Spanish / Aprendamos Espanol...

Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks? Kayo Media, LLC 1700 Seventh Ave., Suite 2100, Seattle, WA 98101 Andrea Blain Public Relations, Inc. (publicity) 9750 Crawford Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076 $29.95 www.billybluehair.com Why...

Teen Safety: Dating & Relationships.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Teen Safety: Dating & Relationships Learning ZoneXPress PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060 $79.95 www.learningzoneexpress.com 1-888-455-7003 Teen Safety: Dating & Relationships is a brief yet vital DVD that all teenagers and...

The Case of the Coin Purloined.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... The Case of the Coin Purloined WGBH Boston Video SSA Public Relations 16027 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436 9781593758387, $12.95 www.ssapr.com The Case of the Coin Purloined is a children's DVD of two...

Physical Science.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Physical Science Rock 'N Learn PO Box 3595, Conroe, TX 77305-3595 9781934312049, $19.99 www.rocknlearn.com 1-800-348-8445 Physical Science is an educational DVD designed to teach young people in grade 5 and up about lab...

Arthur Season 11.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Arthur Season 11 WGBH Boston Video c/o SSA Public Relations 16027 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436 9781593758592, $49.95 www.ssapr.com Arthur Season 11 collects the latest season of the Parents' Choice...

Cybele's Secret.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2008... Cybele's Secret Juliet Marillier, author Justine Eyre, narrator Listening Library, Inc. 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 9780739379349, $57.50 www.listeninglibrary.com 1-800-726-0600 Cybele's Secret is the unabridged...

Best of Broadway & Beyond.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Best of Broadway & Beyond Pennie Sempell's Place c/o Brickman Marketing (publicity) 395 Del Monte Center #250, Monterey, CA 93940 $15.95 each www.healthierhappierlife.com 1-877-431-BEST Children's entertainer, attorney,...

Create Your Own Paper-craft Cards: Flowers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Create Your Own Paper-craft Cards: Flowers Anne Akers Johnson Klutz c/o Scholastic, Inc. 557 Broadway, 8th floor, New York, NY 10012-3999 www.scholasticlibrary.com 9781591745709, $16.95, www.klutz.com, 1-800-242-7737...

Pucca: Spooky Sooga Village.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Pucca: Spooky Sooga Village Shout! Factory 2042-A Armacost Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 9781603991087, $14.99 shoutfactory.com Pucca: Spooky Sooga Village is an award-winning animated children's DVD celebrating Halloween with a...

Gathering Grace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Gathering Grace Victoria Newcomb Hanford Mean PO Box 8051, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 9781592750092, $15.95, www.hanfordmead.com Growing up brings a lot of new things including new responsibilities, new privileges--and new...

The Legend of the Kukui Nut.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Legend of the Kukui Nut Robert Brandon Henderson illustrations by Mark McKenna Cedar Fort, Inc. 2373 W. 700 S., Springville, UT 84663 9781599551197 $15.99 www.cedarfort.com "The Legend of the Kukui Nut" is a...

The Little Big Thinkers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Little Big Thinkers Patrick A. Davy Vantage Press Inc. 419 Park Ave., South, New York, NY 10016 9780533155231, $7.95 www.vantagepress.com Story time is a valuable time between parent and child for bonding. "The Little...

The Diary of Laura's Twin.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Diary of Laura's Twin Kathy Kacer Second Story Press 20 Maud Street, Suite 401 Toronto, ON M5V 2M5 9781897187395, $14.95, www.secondstorypress.ca A Bat Mitzvah is something many young Jewish girls relish, but some...

Random House/Knopf/Delacorte.(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Random House/Knopf/Delacorte c/o Random House Children's Books 1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600 Judy Sierra's BEASTLY RHYMES TO READ AFTER DARK (9780375837470, $12.99) sports a zany,...

Oddest of All.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Oddest of All Bruce Coville Harcourt Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003 9780152058081, $16.00 www.harcourtbooks.com Ages 12 and up will relish this fine gathering of nine magical stories by Bruce Coville, who...

Walker & Company.(Lily Dale: Believing)(Neptune's Children)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Walker & Company 175--5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.walkeryoungreaders.com Wendy Corsi Staub's LILY DALE: BELIEVING (0802796567, $15.99) tells of Calla, whose gift of sight attracts the attention of a killer of teen girls who...

Savvy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Savvy Ingrid Law Dial c/o Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780803733060, $16.99 www.walden.com Mibs Beaumont is about to become a teen--and thirteen is when a Beaumont's latent powers...

The Midnight Twins.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Midnight Twins Jacquelyn Mitchard Razorbill c/o Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9781595141606, $16.99 www.penguin.com/teens Two twins have visions after battling a fire on the night...

My Tiki Girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... My Tiki Girl Jennifer McMahon Dutton c/o Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780525479437, $16.99 www.penguin.com/youngreaders Maggie Keller used to be popular--before the accident she...

Simon & Schuster.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.simonsays.com/kids Lin Oliver's ATTACK OF THE GROWLING EYEBALLS: WHO SHRUNK DANIEL FUNK? BOOK 1 (1416909516, $14.99) tells of a regular boy stuck living a house full...

Knights & Castles.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Knights & Castles Philip Steele Kingfisher Books c/o Macmillan 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/kingfisher 9780753462287, $10.95, 1-800-225-3362 The knights, castles, kings and the...

Sweet Dreams.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Sweet Dreams Jonathan Koshar Broad Reach Publishing 117 East Louisa Street, Suite 378, Seattle, WA 98102 9780979457708, $14.95 Dreams are something every child cherishes. "Sweet Dreams" is a children's picturebook telling...

It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle Christopher Harder Shenanigan Books 129 West End Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 0972661492, $5.95 Where is the best place to go to sleep? "It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle" is a charming children's...

Atheneum/Simon & Schuster/McElderry Books.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Atheneum/Simon & Schuster/McElderry Books c/o Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 www.simonsayskids.com Nancy Van Laan and George Booth's NIT-PICKIN (0689839980, $15.99) tells of a lice attack and the...

Harcourt Books.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Harcourt Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003 www.harcourtbooks.com Adam Rex's FRANKENSTEIN TAKES THE CAKE (9780152062354, $16.00) provides a zany story in telling of Frankenstein, who just wants to marry his undead...

Scholastic Inc.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 $28.00 each 'Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists' are 32-page biographies by Mike Venezia and are perfect for grades 2-4: they offer large print, a blend of...

Marshall Cavendish.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Any elementary-level collection strong in teaching about family interactions will welcome the 'Families' set by Debbie Gallagher ($19.95 each). Each book holds 32 pages of...

Rapunzel's Revenge.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Rapunzel's Revenge Shannon and Dean Hale Bloomsbury 175--5th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York NY 10010 1599902685, $14.99 www.bloomsburyusa.com Nathan Hale's full-color cartoons enhance this graphic novel adventure of outlaw...