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Barrington Bear On Safari
Click Here To Purchase Barrington Bear On Safari Author & Photographer: Keith SzafranskiISBN: 978-0-9801662-1-7 The first rem
(No rating) 11-4-2008 Views: 4425

Hamster Cheeks
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Hamster Cheeks Author: Cathy DeLittleIllustrator: Adam MilicevicISBN: 13: 978-1-892633-14-9: 10: 1-892733-14-0 Although it has taken ten years since she last published 10 picture books over a span of 2 years, Cathy DeLittle has done it again with her recent, Hamster Cheeks.DeLittle has fine-tuned a story that emanates from her vivid imagination and humorous insights that have been inspired from the antics of her young son Dominic. Turning the pages of this...
(No rating) 11-20-2007 Views: 4097

The Fearful Fairy
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Fearful Fairy Author: Sheri Hood: Illustrator: M. Faith ShaheenISBN: 13:978-0-9793823-0-7: 10: 0-9793823-0-0One of the most striking characteristics of Sheri Hoods’ children’s book The Fearful Fairy is the delicate manner in which it integrates large ideas into story form for the early school crowd. As in most picture books, this one likewise functions on more than one level. The obvious story, which begs to be read aloud with its delightful descriptive...
(No rating) 9-9-2007 Views: 5369

Becoming A Superhero: Adventures of An American Superhero
Click Here To Purchase Becoming A Superhero: Adventures of An American Superhero Author: William D. SmithISBN: 978-1-4327-2071-1 William D. Smith’s Becoming A Superhero presents itself as a semi- autobiography or a series of folksy reminiscences set just before and after the end of World War II.Many young people are pretty fuzzy about the details of the social, political and economic climate of World War II America. Fortunately for youn
(No rating) 10-28-2008 Views: 3786

Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl Author: John FeinsteinISBN: 978-0-375-84247-4John Feinstein’s background as a sports journalist for the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to Sports Illustrated and the National Sports Daily, comes in quite handy in creating a lively and fascinating novel, Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl. The novel focuses on two teenage reporters who stumble across a scandalous cover up on the eve of the Super Bowl involving an...
(No rating) 9-10-2007 Views: 6608

Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly?
Author: Tom McWhirterArt work by Mary MeadeChupp Road PressISBN: 978-0-9761853-0-7Do You Know Why Butterflies Fly? Is beautifully written, the hardback cover is amazing and with the movement of the book you can see the butterflies fly. The author Tom McWhirter has a great imagination and has produced a lovely children's book for all to enjoy and treasure.The story contains bold and vibrant imaginative images of illustrator Mary Meade, the art work is superbly done to ignite the imaginations...
(No rating) 3-31-2007 Views: 4731

Fruit Salad
Author: Ellen WeissISBN: 157791314-0Publisher: Brighter Minds Children’s PublishingYou Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Ellen Weiss’ Fruit Salad is a busy touch and learn board book from one of my favorite publishers. Jason Jourdan’s simply illustrated characters make a yummy fruit salad, the fun way. The focus of each spread is a huge bowl. Cutouts on each page expose all the three-dimensional fruit figures, at first. As the characters cut up the fruit, slices appear in the bowl, and the...
(No rating) 7-21-2007 Views: 3329

I Can Hardly Wait
Author: Judith K. OlsenISBN: 1598009990 According to recent studies and surveys conducted in the USA, children who are overweight have reached epidemic levels. It appears that the number of overweight children between the ages of 6 and 17 has doubled in the last two to three decades and one in five is now overweight. With this in mind, how do you engage and tactfully inform young readers about the health and social ramifications of being overweight? Moreover, how do you present information...
(No rating) 12-1-2006 Views: 5380

Martha Ann’s Quilt for Queen Victoria
Author: Kyra E. HicksIllustrator: Lee Edward FodiISBN: 10: 1933285597: 13-1933285597Martha Ann’s Quilt for Queen Victoria is a wonderful children’s picture book that begs to be read aloud.It is quite a feat to master the skill of employing just the right words that do not aim too high or too low and this is exactly what Kyra E. Hicks has accomplished as she effectively reaches her intended young audience. Her economical narrative presents the right amount of detail that keeps her readers...
(No rating) 1-12-2007 Views: 8487

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Some of our reviewers review young adult and children's books.Click Here to Read these ReviewsHere Are Some Great Children's Gifts For The Holidays. Check Them Out By Clicking On The Image
(No rating) 10-8-2005 Views: 17892

Ready Freddie Getting Ready for Fires
Author: Earl Hicks Jr.Illustrated by Pablo NizISBN: 978-1-4196-6160-0Click Here To Purchase Ready Freddie Getting Ready For Fires
(No rating) 6-8-2008 Views: 4653

Samurai Shortstop
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Alan GratzISBN: 0-8037-3076-6Publisher: Dial Books It’s 1890 and you’re in Tokyo, Japan. Between classes in the most prestigious high school in town and baseball practice, you learn the old ways—the ways of the samurai. That’s Toyo Shimada’s life and we get the pleasure of going along for the ride thanks to Alan Gratz’s brilliant story telling.
(No rating) 7-16-2007 Views: 3508

STRANGE RELATIONS
Click Here To Purchase This Book From Amazon Author: Sonia LevitinISBN: 978-0-375-83751-7Sonia Levitin’s Strange Relations is a book full of friendship, wisdom and Tsedakah (charity). It is the coming of age of a mainstream Jewish young lady, Marne Lewison from California and her very religious Lubavitch family in Hawaii, with whom she spends her summer holiday.
(No rating) 7-18-2007 Views: 3697

Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee Author: Jason AkleyIllustrator: Bobbi SwitzerISBN: 1-4327-0341-2When I picked up Jason Akley’s Sweet Pea and the Bumblebee I couldn’t help wondering about the ambiguity of the book’s target audience, as the language and concepts are certainly not accessible to the 9-12 year old age group, where it has been classified by Amazon.Furthermore, the characters are not memorable nor do they jump off the page in a way that enters the...
(No rating) 9-29-2007 Views: 4660

Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic Title: Tell Me A Story 2: Animal MagicAudio CD: ISBN: 978-0-0790867-1-7 As long as humanity had a language, there existed storytelling where people exchanged myths, history, philosophical musings, etc. In every culture and corner of the world there are storytellers who amuse, educate, entertain, spread knowledge, preserve their traditions and values, and in some cases even mislead with false facts.Amy Friedman’s second in her...
(No rating) 12-5-2007 Views: 5155

The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park. Author: Paul MullenISBN: 978-1-933197-30-2 The world of a 12-year old sixth grade youngster is very often filled with many challenges and is not always a smooth sail, as we learn from Paul Mullen’s debut young adult novel, The Day I Hit a Home Run at Great American Ball Park. Mullen’s story takes us into the life of young Michael “Fuji” Powers, who is the youngest of his family consisting of three...
(No rating) 11-19-2007 Views: 4882

The Sneakiest Pirates
Click Here To Purchase The Sneakiest Pirates Author: Dalton JamesPublisher: Outskirts PressISBN: 978-1-4327-2477-1 How do you begin to review a book that was authored and illustrated by a seven-year old? This was the dilemma I was faced with when I picked up a copy of Dalton James’s first book, The Sneakiest Pirates. Dalton, as mentioned in the book’s press release, is a first grader
(No rating) 8-5-2008 Views: 3563

Where Peace Lives
Author: Debbie Robins Illustrator: Victor RobertPublisher: Cambridge House PressISBN: 0-9787213-7-3Debbie Robins had one wish and that was to ‘inspire the world to choose peace’. Having been an accomplished TV and film producer for more than twenty years, a president of Roland Joffe’s Warner Brothers company Lightmotive, a vice president at Hollywood Pictures/a division of Walt Disney Entertainment and finally a producer partner with director John McTiernan, it is fair to say that Debbie...
(No rating) 5-26-2007 Views: 8889

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