Children's Bookwatch articles from September 2004

Children's Bookwatch archives from September 2004

Show; Don't Tell!(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Show; Don't Tell! Josephine Nobisso & Eva Montanari Gingerbread House 602 Montauk Highway Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-1806 www.GingerbreadBooks.com 0940112132 $22.95 1-631-288-5119 Show; Don't Tell!: Secrets Of...

Treasure Bay.(Reviewer's Choice)
September 1, 2004... Treasure Bay 17 Parkgrove Drive South San Francisco, CA 94080 www.webothread.com The "We Both Read" series from Treasure Bay offers hardcover books specifically designed to help parents encourage their children to read. Each...

1000 Games For Smart Kids.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... 1000 Games For Smart Kids Teora USA, LLC KSB Promotions (publicity) 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 870 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 www.teorausa.com 1594960011 $14.95 1-800-431-1579 1000 Games For Smart Kids is an...

Orchard Books.(Reviewer's Choice)
September 1, 2004... Orchard Books 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Michael Molloy's House On Falling Star Hill (0439677403, $16.95) presents a satisfying fantasy story as a boy's new home brings him to a stairway to another world....

Celebrate Cricket.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Celebrate Cricket Marianne Carus, Editor Cricket Books 332 S. Michigan Ave. #110 Chicago, IL 60604 0812626958 $24.95 cricketbooks.net Thirty years of stories and art from the chronicles of the popular children's...

Studio Mouse Inc.(Reviewer's Choice)
September 1, 2004... Studio Mouse Inc. 353 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851 Email: info@studiomouse.com Four quite surprisingly affordable boxed set packages from Studio Mouse pair board books with a CD to provide some exceptional Disney basic learning...

Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary Merriam-Webster Inc.(Reviewer's Choice)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Merriam-Webster' School Dictionary Merriam-Webster Inc. PO Box 281, Springfield, MA 01102 0877795800 $18.95 www.m-w.com Now in a fully revised and illustrated edition specifically designed for students in grades 9 to 11,...

Stella And The Berry Thief.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Stella And The Berry Thief Jane B. Mason & Loek Koopmans Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 www.marshallcavendish.com 0761451234 $16.95 1-800-821-9881 Stella not only likes to eat raspberries,...

Holly the Christmas Collie.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Holly The Christmas Collie Melissa Draper Acres Publishing 2204 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405 AcresPublishing@mn.rr.com 0974108138 $22.95 1-612-374-5531 Nicely illustrated by J. elise Kraveanek, Holly...

Davy In The Middle.(The Picturebook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Davy In The Middle Brigitte Weninger & Eve Tharlet North-South Books Inc. 875 Avenue of the Americas, Rm. 1901 New York, NY 10001-3507 0735819335 $15.95 northsouth.com Davy In The Middle is a delightfully entertaining...

Indy 500.(The Sports Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Indy 500 Nancy Roe Pimm Darby Creek Publishing 7858 Industrial Parkway Plain City, OH 43064 www.darbycreekpublishing.com 1581960212 $17.95 1-614-873-7955 Indy 500: The Inside Track by Indy 500 by Nancy Roe Pimm...

Soccer Dreams.(The Sports Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Soccer Dreams Leah Lauber WCI Press 6967 Sunset Drive South South Pasadena, FL 33707 WWCSoccerDreams@aol.com 0974548006 $19.99 727-347-4440 Twelve year old Leah Lauber was more than an enthusiastic soccer...

Positively For Kids, Inc.(The Sports Shelf)
September 1, 2004... Positively For Kids, Inc. 811 Kirkland Avenue, Suite 200 Kirkland, WA 98033 1-425-285-0428 positivelyforkids.com Positively For Kids has published a new autobiographical series of books for children based on the true life...

The Hidden Alphabet.(The Alphabet Book Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Hidden Alphabet Laura Vaccaro Seeger Roaring Brook Press Two Old New Milford Road Brookfield, CT 06804 0761319417 $17.95 1-800-462-4703 It's hard to peg this presentation: Laura Vaccaro Seeger's The Hidden...

A Is For Ark.(The Alphabet Book Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... A Is For Ark Colleen & Michael Glenn Monroe Storytime Press KSB Promotions (publicity) 427 W. Main Street, Brighton, MI 48116 www.storytimepress.com 1889140171 $17.95 1-866-897-2665 Collaboratively written for...

Classic Fairy Tales.(The Fairvtale/Folklore Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Classic Fairy Tales Scott Gustafson Greenwich Workshop Press c/o Workman Publishing Company 708 Broadway, New York NY 10003 086713089X $19.95 workman.com Gustafson's previous books have proven long-time best-seller...

The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter.(The Fairvtale/Folklore Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Magical Worlds Of Harry Potter David Colbert Berkeley Group 375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014 042519891X $12.95 www.penguin.com Now expanded to include the latest Harry Potter title, Order Of The Phoenix, David...

The Answered Prayer.(The Fairvtale/Folklore Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Answered Prayer Sharlya Gold & Mishael Maswari Caspi Jewish Publication Society 2100 Arch Street, 2nd floor Philadelphia PA 19103-1399 www.jewishpub.org 0827607725 $9.95 1-800-234-3151 The Answered Prayer And...

Blow Out The Moon.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Blow Out The Moon Libby Koponen Little, Brown 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0316614432 $16.95 1-800-759-0190 Feisty Libby leaves her New York home to move to the English country with her family, finding herself...

Feed.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Feed M.T. Anderson Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140-1338 www.candlewick.com 0763622591 $7.99 1-800-526-0275 Titus is a teen who can no longer read, write or think for himself: a...

Tyrconnel.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Tyrconnel Charles S. Furtney The Local History Company 112 North Woodland Road Pittsburgh, PA 15232 www.TheLocalHistoryCompany.com 0971183538 $17.95 1-412-362-2294 Enhanced with maps of the area, sketches, and...

Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Emily & The Intergalactic Lemonade Stand Ian Smith & Tyson Smith Amaze Ink/SLG Publishing 577 South Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 0943151961 $12.95 www.slavelabor.com Emily is a little girl with a lemonade stand, a giant...

Fire Runner.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Fire Runner Susie Yakowicz JESSPress PO Box 22521, Eagan, MN 55122 0965254631 $9.95 www.jesspress.com It's 1893 and twelve-year-old Frank Cummings wants to play baseball but a farming accident left him unable to run. Then...

Dreadful Sorry.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Dreadful Sorry Kathryn Reiss Harcourt 525 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101 0152050876 $6.95 harcourtbooks.com Nightmares can't turn real--or can they? Teen Molly has always been plagued with nightmares of drowning--to the...

The Fish in Room 11.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Fish In Room 11 Heather Dyer Chicken House/Scholastic 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 0439579759 $15.95 www.scholastic.com Toby has always lived at the hotel by the sea, where he's grown up as an abandoned child. His...

Dell/Delacorte/Knopf/Random House.(The Fiction Shelf)
September 1, 2004... Dell/Delacorte/Knopf/Random House 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com/teens A number of new leisure read choices will attract teens year-round with notable plots and unpredictable moments. Zilpha Keatley Snyder's...

Jumpman Rule #1: Don't Touch Anything.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Don't Touch Anything James Valentine Simon & Schuster 1230 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689868723 $14.95 simonsayskids.com Playstation and X-box have nothing over the toy of the future: a time-travel device which...

Mystery of the Missing Candlestick.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Mystery Of The Missing Candlestick June Weltman Mayhaven Publishing PO Box 557, Mahomet, IL 61853 www.mayhavenpublishing.com 1878044982 $23.95 1-217-586-4493 Two high school seniors drive to St. Augustine Florida in...

The Black Brothers.(The Fiction Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Black Brothers Lisa Tetzner & Hannes Binder Front Street 862 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806 1932425047 $16.95 frontstreetbooks.com Black and white graphic novels are not typical publications for teens, but Lisa...

Scholastic Inc.(The Fiction Shelf)
September 1, 2004... Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York NY 10012 www.scholastic.com Scholastic has produced a heady stream of wonderful young adult fiction titles perfect for leisure reading: captivating covers draw readers to unusual plots and...

The Pepins And Their Problems.(The Early Reader Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Pepins And Their Problems Polly Horvath Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square W., NY, NY 10003 0374358176 $16.00 fsgkidsbooks.com Polly Horvath's Pepin Family is anything but a usual family group: they get stuck on...

The Aliens Are Coming!(The Early Reader Shelf)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Aliens Are Coming! Lisa Thiesing Dutton 345 Hudson, New York NY 10014 0525472770 $13.99 www.penguin.com In Lisa Thiesing's The Aliens Are Coming!, Peggy the Pig hears increasingly alarming radio reports about aliens...

Fitch & Chip: Who's Afraid Of Granny Wolf?(The Early Reader Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Fitch & Chip: Who's Afraid Of Granny Wolf? Lisa Wheeler Atheneum 1230 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10020 0689849524 $14.95 simonsayskids.com Lisa Wheeler's Fitch & Chip: Who's Afraid Of Granny Wolf? is a Level 3 'Ready to...

Majesty From Assateague.(The Early Reader Shelf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Majesty From Assateague Harvey Hagman Tidewater Publishers c/o Cornell Maritime Press PO Box 456, Centreville, MD 21617 0870335529 $8.95 1-800-638-7641 Fans of Henry's Misty and other horse stories won't want to miss...

The Wee Free Men (Read by Briggs, Stephen).(The Audiobook Shelf)(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2004... The Wee Free Man Terry Pratchett Harper Audio 10 East 53rd St, NY, NY 10022-5299 0060566256 $29.95 1-800-242-7737 Stephen Briggs performs The Wee Free Man, a fine unabridged story of Discworld in an engaging audio...

Listening Library, Inc.(The Audiobook Shelf)
September 1, 2004... Listening Library, Inc. 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 1-800-726-0600 www.amazon.com Two excellent new guides from this Simon & Schuster audiobook imprint are recommended picks for a wide age range from audio cd fans in grades...

The Creative Company.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... The Creative Company 123 S. Broad St., Mankato, MN 56001 1-800-445-6209 fax 507-388-2746 A new "What in the World?" series from The Creative Company debuts two simply outstanding titles highlighted by a lyrical text enhanced with...

Morgan Reynolds Publishers.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Morgan Reynolds Publishers 620 S. Elm St. #223 Greensboro, NC 27406 1-800-535-1504 morganreynolds.com Kids in grades 5-8 will find these fine biographical sketches suitable for report material, containing plenty of detail and...

Lerner Publications.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Lerner Publications 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401-1607 1-800-328-4929 www.lernerbooks.com Three outstanding nonfiction series for young readers from Lerner Publications are strongly recommended as core additions...

Capstone Press.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Capstone Press PO Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002-0669 1-800-747-4992 www.capstonepress.com The "World Mythology" series (0736825622, $149.50) from the Capstone Press' Bridgestone Books imprint is written at a second to third grade...

Crabtree Publishing Company.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Crabtree Publishing Company 350 Fifth Avenue, #3308, NY, NY 10118 1-800-387-7650 www.crabtreebooks.com "Disaster Alert" is a new series from the Crabtree Publishing Company specifically designed to appeal to young readers ages 7...

Weigl Publishers Inc.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Weigl Publishers Inc. 350-5th Avenue, #3304, NY, NY 10118 1-866-649-3445 www.weigl.com The new and illustrated "Zoo Life" series (1590361482, 496.60) from Weigl Publishers is based on National Science Education Standards with each...

Picture Window Books.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Picture Window Books 5115 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 232 Minneapolis, MN 55416 1-877-845-8392 picturewindowbooks.com The "Growing Things" series (1404801065, $95.70) from Picture Window Books is hallmarked by colorful,...

D. W. Ink Publishing, Inc.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... D. W. Ink Publishing, Inc. PO Box 5470, Huntsville, AL 35814 1-256-837-7788 Cwest200@aol.com Written and illustrated by the team of C. Denise West Jones and Stephania Pierce Darby, the first two volumes of a planned six...

Rosen Publishing Group.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Rosen Publishing Group 29 East 21st Street, NY, NY 10010 1-800-237-932 www.powerkidspress.com Under the Rosen Publishing Group's "Power Kids Press" imprint, three informative American History series are ideal acquisition choices...

Mitchell Lane Publishers.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Mitchell Lane Publishers 1104 Kelly Drive, Newark, DE 19711 1-800-814-5484 www.mitchellane.com There are now forty titles in the Mitchell Lane Publishers "Unlocking the Secrets of Science" (1584151633, $718.00) series of books...

Goblin Fern Press.(Books in Series)
September 1, 2004... Goblin Fern Press 3809 Mineral Point Road Madison, WI 55705 1-888-670-2665 GoblinFernPress.com Illustrated with simple, watercolor drawings by Tom Lowes, the new "Casey's World" series by Kate Stormer is a trilogy of original...