June 2006

37 new reviews

Thanks to The Parents' Choice Foundation for permission to post these reviews. Additional reviews by SDSU faculty and students can be found at this outstanding national site for evaluation of children's culture: parents-choice.org.

Entries this month: Picturebooks- Fiction and Non-fiction || Myth, Legend, Epic || Classics || Poetry || Beginning Readers-Fiction and Non-fiction || Midde-grades Fiction and Non-fiction || Young Adult

Book Reviewers: Alida Allison, Shelley Moreno

Picturebooks- Non-fiction

• Aston, Dianna. An Egg Is Quiet. Illus. Sylvia Long. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8118-4428-5. $16.95.

• Collard, Sneed B. III Beaks! Illus. Robin Brickman. Watertown , MA : Charlesbridge, 2002. ISBN 1-57091-388-9. $6.95.

• Dooley, Norah. Everybody Cooks Rice. Illus. Peter J. Thornton. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda, 1991. ISBN 0-87614-412-1. $15.95

• Lehn, Barbara. What Is a Scientist? Photos by Carol Krauss. Minneapolis : First Avenue , 1998. ISBN 0-7613-1298-6. $7.95.

• Raczka, Bob. No One Saw: Ordinary Things through the Eyes of an Artist. Minneapolis: First Avenue ( www.lernerbooks.com), 2002. ISBN 0-7613-1648-5. $9.95.

• Spinelli, Eileen. Hero Cat. Illus. Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen. Tarrytown NY : Marshall Cavendish, 2006. ISBN 0-7614-5223-0. $16.95.

• Zilber, Jeremy. Why Mommy Is a Democrat. Illus. Yuliya Firsova. Available at www.littledemocrats.net.

Picturebooks- Fiction

• Cleary, Brian P. Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay. Illus. J.P. Sandy. Minneapolis : Millbrook, 2006. ISBN 1-57505-849-9. $15.95.

• Gibfried, Diane. Brother Juniper. Illus. Meilo So. New York : Clarion, 2006. ISBN 0-618-54361-9. $16.

• Laube, Sigrid. The Flower Ball. Illus. Silke Leffler. Columbus OH : Pumpkin House, 2005. ISBN 0-9646010-2-8. $15.95. Ages 5-10.

• Rathmell, Donna and Doreen. Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud. Illus. Connie McLennan. Mt. Pleasant, SC: Sylvan Dell, 2006. ISBN0-9764943-5-3. $15.95.

• Thermes, Jennifer. Sam Bennett's New Shoes. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda, 2005. ISBN 1-57505-822-7. $15.95

• Trapani , Iza. Froggie Went-a-Courtin'. Watertown , MA : Charlesbridge, 2002. ISBN 1-58089-029-6. $6.95.

• Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth with Linda Friedlaender. Look! Look! Look! Tarrytown , NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2006. ISBN 0-7614-5282-6. $16.95.

• Wlodarski, Loran. If a Dolphin Were a Fish. Illus. Laurie Klein. Mt. Pleasant, SC: Sylvan Dell, 2006. ISBN 0-9768823-2-9. $15.95.

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Myth, Legend, Epic

• On My Own Folklore series, Millbrook Press via Lerner Books www.lernerbooks.com, 48 pp. hardbacks, six so far, outstanding classroom free- reading material.

• John Henry, adapted by Stephen Krensky, illus. Mark Oldroyd. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2006. ISBN 1-57505-887-1

• Paul Bunyan, adapted by Stephen Krensky, illus. Craig Orback. Minneapolis: Millbrook, 2006. ISBN 1-57505-888-X.

• Llewellyn, Claire. Saints and Angels. Illus. by great artists. Boston : Kingfisher, 2006. ISBN0-7534-5906-X.

• Weitzman, David. Rama and Sita. Boston: David Godine, 2002. ISBN 1-56792-151-5. $19.95.

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Classics

• White, T.H. Mistress Masham's Repose. Illus. Franz Eichenberg. New York :Berkeley , 1979 (still in print). ISBN 0-425-04205-7. 234 pp.

Poetry

• Sidman, Joyce. Meow/ Ruff A Story in Concrete Poetry. Illus. Michelle Berg. New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 0-618-44894-2. $16.

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Beginning Readers-Fiction

• Johansen, Hanna. Henrietta and the Golden Egg. Illus. Kathi Bhend. Trans. John H. Barrett. Boston : David Godine, 2002. First soft-cover 2004. $9.95. ISBN 1-56792-288-0. 32 pp.

Midde-grades Fiction and Non-fiction

• Bateman, Katherine R. The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2001. ISBN 1-55652-396-3. $14.95. Ages 9+. 120 pp.

• Cobb, Mary. The Quilt-Block History of Pioneer Days, with Projects Kids Can Make. Illus. Jan Davey Ellis. Minneapolis : Millbrook, 1995. ISBN 1-=56294-692-7. $8.95.

• Lawson, Kristan. Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2004. ISBN 1-55652-502-8. $16.95. 146 pp. Soft-cover.

• Miller, Ron. Special Effects: An Introduction to Movie Magic. Minneapolis : Twenty First Century (Lerner), 2006.

• Rasmussen, R. Kent. Mark Twain for Kids: His Life and Times. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2004. ISBN 1-55652-527-3. $14.95. 146 pp. Soft-cover.

Young Adult

• Bateman, Katherine R. The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2001. ISBN 1-55652-396-3. $14.95. Ages 9+. 120 pp.

• Dessen, Sarah. The Truth about Forever. New York : Viking, 2004.

• Halse Anderson, Laurie. Speak. New York : Penguin Books. 1999

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