January 2004

31 Reviews 

Thanks to the publishers sending books: Abrams, Candlewick, Clarion, Henry Holt, Holiday House, Houghton Mifflin, Hyperion, Knopf, and Mondo.

Entries this month: Picturebooks—Fiction, Nonfiction | Classics | Poetry | Young Readers | Young Adult

Reviewers: Alida Allison, Alexandra Bashkatova, Jerry Griswold, Elizabeth Klug, Devika Kapur, Tammy Mielke, Carole Scott

 

Picturebooks--Fiction

• Gerstein, Mordicai. The Wild Boy. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998. $16.00. ISBN 0-374-38431-2. www.mordicaigerstein.com


• Grey, Mini. The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-Be. New York: Knopf, 2003, $14.95. ISBN 0-375-82828-2.


• Harper, Charise Mericle. The Trouble with Normal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. $15.00. ISBN 0-618-15626-7. www.chariseharper.com


• Hoberman, M.A. Right Outside My Window. New York: Mondo Publishing, 2002. $15.95. ISBN# 1-59034-194-5


• Hort, Lenny. Photos by Tom Arma. We're Going on Safari. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002. $12.95. ISBN# 0-8109-0574-4.


• Lindgren, Astrid. Most Beloved Sister. Illus. Hans Arnold. NY: R&S (FSG), 2002 (reprint of 1949 book). No price. ISBN 9-29-65502-1.


• Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig. Illus. Linda S. Wingerter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. $15.00. ISBN 0-618-07436-8. www.jacquelinebriggsmartin.com


• Numeroff, L.J. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. New York: HarperCollins, 1985. $15.99. ISBN# 0-06-024586-7.


• Osborne, Mary Pope. Moonhorse. Illus. S.M. Saelig. New York: Knopf, 1991. $6.99. ISBN: 0-679-86709-0.


• Schotter, Roni. Room for Rabbit. Illus. Cyd Moore. New York: Clarion, 2003. $15.00. ISBN: 0-618-18183-0.


• Steer, Dugald. Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2003. $18.99. ISBN 0-7636-2329-6.

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Picturebooks—Nonfiction

• Byrd, Robert. Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer. NY: Dutton, 2003. $17.99. ISBN 0-25-47033-6.


• Peters, Lisa. Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story. Illus. Lauren Stringer. San Diego: Harcourt, 2003. $17. ISBN 0-15-201772-0.


• Rappaport, D. Martin's Big Words. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0714-8.


• Ride, Sally and Tom O'Shaughnessy. Exploring Our Solar System. NY: Crown, 2003. $19.99. ISBN 0-375-81204-0.

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Classics

• Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio. Illus. Sara Fenelli. Trans. Emma Rose. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2003. $18.99. ISBN 0-7636-2261-3.


• Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illus. Inga Moore. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2003. $19.99.ISBN 0-77636-2242-7.

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Poetry

• Updike, John. A child's calendar. New York: Holiday House, 1999. $16.95. ISBN# 0-8234-1445-0

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Young Readers

• Ardagh, Philip. Dreadful Acts. Illus. David Roberts. New York: Henry Holt, 2001. $12.95. ISBN: 0-8050-7155-5. www.philipardagh.com


• Ardagh, Philip. A House Called Awful End. Illus. David Roberts. New York: Henry Holt, 2000. $14.95. ISBN: 0-8050-6828-7. www.philipardagh.com


• Ardagh, Philip. Terrible Times. Illus. David Roberts. New York: Henry Holt, 2003. $12.95. ISBN: 0-8050-7156-3. www.philipardagh.com


• DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2003. $19.95. ISBN 0-763617229.


• Ehrenhaft, Daniel. The Last Dog on Earth. NY: Delacorte, 2003. $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73005-5.


• Fleischman, P. Weslandia. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 1999. $5.99. ISBN# 0-7636-1052-6


• Sanvoisin, Éric. The Ink Drinker. Illus. Martin Matje. New York: Delacorte, 1998. $9.95. ISBN 0-385-32591-6.


• Sanvoisin, Éric. A Straw for Two. Illus. Martin Matje. New York: Delacorte, 1999. $9.95. ISBN 0-385-32702-1.


• Sanvoisin, Éric. The City of Ink Drinkers. Illus. Martin Matje. New York: Delacorte, 2002. $9.95. ISBN 0-385-72972-3.

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Young Adult

• Alder, C.S. The No Place Cat. NY: Clarion, 2002. ISBN 0-618-09644-2. $15.


• Deans, Sis. Every Day and All the Time. New York: Henry Holt, 2003. ISBN 0-8050-7337-X $16.95.


• Farber, Erica and J.R. Sansevere. Islands of the Black Moon. New York: Delacorte, 2002. $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32789-7.


• Holeman, Linda. Search of the Moon King's Daughter. Tundra, 2003. $8. 0887766099.


• Hurst, Carol. The Wrong One. Boston,Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 2003. ISBN 0-618-27599-1. $15.00

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