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Children's Books for Fall
Compiled by Sally Lodge -- Publishers Weekly, 7/16/2001
Publishers
A-E |
AAA
Paperback Series
Children's Travel = adds Kid's Travel Games and Kid's Travel Activities = ($3.99=20 each, 4-8) and Kid's Road Atlas ($4.99, 4-up), all illus. by Mike = Wright=20 and Craig McKay.
ABBEVILLE KIDS
Felix's Cookbook by = Annette=20 Langen, illus. by Costanza Droop ($24.95). This globe-trotting rabbit = shares=20 recipes from around the world. (8-12)
Wally's Big Book of = Gardening by=20 Susanne Tommes, illus. by Thea Ross ($14.95). Wally the mole introduces = the=20 world of plants. (8-12)
Series
Funny Fingers continues with = Busy=20 Bears by Brigitte Pokornik, illus. by Sigrid Leberer ($6.95, 3-6). = And=20 Little Pebbles welcomes The Elves and the Shoemaker, = The=20 Gingerbread Man, Sleeping Beauty and The Wolf and the = Seven Little=20 Goats, illus. by Dominique Thibault, Nathalie Novi and Claudine = Routiaux=20 ($6.95 each, 4-7).
ABINGDON PRESS
Paperbacks
Symbols of=20 Faith by Marcia Stoner ($16) explains the meanings of over 60 = Christian=20 symbols. (10-up)
Paperback Series
Oaktree Wood Series=20 offers Badger's Lovely Day, Mouse Can't Sleep, Never Mind = Squirrel=20 and Rabbit Helps Out ($5 each, 2-4).
Elephant Elephant: = A Book=20 of Opposites by Pittau & Gervais ($17.95). Pachyderms = demonstrate the=20 concept of opposites. (3-5)
Portables: Pony, Pig, = Chicken=20 and Cow ($6.95 each) are board books featuring barnyard = animals. (up=20 to 3)
Hello Kitty and Friends: Badtz-Maru, Keroppi, = Pochacco=20 and Hello Kitty ($6.95 each). Sanrio characters star in these = board=20 books. (up to 3)
The Water Hole by Graeme Base ($18.95) is a = counting=20 and puzzle book introducing animals of the world. (4-8)
The Little = Boy's=20 Christmas Gift by John Speirs ($24.95) recounts the first Christmas. = (4-8)
MacMurtrey's Wall by Marc Sutherland ($16.95) tells of a = powerful giant who tries to wall up the sea. (4-8)
The Naughty = Prince=20 by Benoit Debecker ($15.95). A prince from a dark, deserted planet = crashes=20 his rocket into a world of friendly folk. (4-8)
Cinderella: An Art = Deco=20 Love Story, retold by Lynn Roberts, illus. by David Roberts = ($16.95), places=20 this fairytale heroine in an Art Deco setting. (4-8)
Space = Monsters Maze=20 Book: An Intergalactic Adventure by Juliet and Charles Snape = ($12.95) is a=20 maze book starring Theo Starglow and his robot pal. (4-8)
Witch = Zelda's=20 Birthday Cake by Eva Tatcheva ($17.95) is a Halloween book shaped = like a=20 jack-o-lantern. (4-8)
Hello Kitty, Hello Color, illus. by = Sandra=20 Higashi and Byron Glaser ($12.95). Hello Kitty celebrates colors.=20 (4-8)
The Yellow House: Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by = Side=20 by Susan Goldman Rubin, illus. by Jos. A. Smith ($17.95), reveals = how=20 artists work and share ideas. (5-9)
Art Ed Books and Kits: Chuck=20 Close, Robert Ryman and Alberto Giacometti, created by = Janet=20 Boris, edited by Walter Hopps and Deborah Schwartz ($19.95 each), = contain a=20 biography of the featured artist, art reproductions and an activity = book.=20 (8-up)
Hello Kitty, Hello Everything: 25 Years of Fun by Marie = Moss=20 ($17.95) examines the world of this character. (8-up)
Steven = Spielberg:=20 Crazy for Movies by Susan Goldman Rubin ($19.95) is a biography = illustrated=20 with photos. (10-up)
ADAMS MEDIA
Paperbacks
The = Everything Fairy=20 Tales Book by Amy Peters, illus. by Barry Littman ($12.95), collects = classic=20 tales and craft projects. (All ages)
The Everything Kids' Science = Book=20 by Tom Robinson, illus. by Barry Littman ($9.95), rounds up physics, = biology=20 and chemistry experiments. (8-12)
The Everything Kids' Mazes Book = by=20 Beth Blair, illus. by Barry Littman ($9.95), compiles mazes.=20 (8-12)
ADDAX
Series
The Wally Amos Presents Chip = &=20 Cookie series starts up with No More Chocolate Chips by Peg = Kehret,=20 illus. by Leslie Harrington ($15.95, 4-8).
AKADINE=20 PRESS
(Trafalgar Square, dist.)
The Zoom Trilogy by Tim = Wynne-Jones, illus. by Eric Beddows ($35), collects the three picture = books=20 about Zoom, a cat in search of his seafaring uncle. = (4-up)
ALASKA=20 NORTHWEST BOOKS
(Graphic Arts Center, = dist.)
Paperbacks
Lucky=20 Hares & Itchy Bears by Susan Ewing, illus. by Evon Zerbets = ($8.95),=20 presents poems about northern animals. (3-8)
Goodbye, My Island = by=20 Jean Rogers, illus. by Rie Munoz ($9.95). A girl recounts leaving her = island=20 home in the Bering Sea. (8-up)
ALL ABOUT = KIDS
(Bookmasters,=20 dist.)
Magical Thoughts by Arlene Maguire, illus. by Sharon = Lane Holm=20 ($14.95), offers thoughts and ideas to lift children's spirits.=20 (2-8)
Walking with Maga by Maureen Boyd Biro, illus. by Joyce = Wheeler=20 ($16.95). Throughout the seasons, a girl goes on walks with her = grandmother.=20 (4-8)
Spaghetti and Peas by Gary Gautier, illus. by Sheila = Bailey=20 ($16.95). A girl helps a snake find her missing babies. = (4-10)
Just One=20 More by Wendi Silvano, illus. by Ricardo Gamboa ($15.95). Characters = pile=20 into a small bus in the Andes. (4-10)
The Wherewolf? by Jackie = Leigh=20 Ross, illus. by Steve Ko ($16.95). A girl befriends a grumpy old = werewolf.=20 (4-10)
Paperbacks
The Moon Smiles Down by Tony Waters = ($12.95)=20 reveals various animals lying down to rest at night. (2-8)
Swim, = Swam,=20 Swum by Roy Marsaw, illus. by Phyllis Harris ($12.95), introduces a = seal=20 that demonstrates verb conjugation. (4-8)
ALLEN &=20 UNWIN
(Independent Publishers Group, = dist.)
Paperback
Table of=20 Everything by Trudy White ($8.95) collects stories about everyday = places=20 inhabited by curious characters. (13-up)
Paperback = Series
New=20 Minton titles are Minton Goes Driving, Minton Goes = Sailing,=20 Minton Goes Flying and Minton Goes Trucking by Anna = Fienberg,=20 illus. by Kim Gamble ($6.95 each, 2-6).
ANDERSEN=20 PRESS
(Trafalgar Square, dist.)
Paperback = Reprints
Crocodile's=20 Masterpiece by Max Velthuijs ($8.95, 4-7); and That's My Dad = by Ralph=20 Steadman ($8.95, 6-9).
ANNICK PRESS
(Firefly Books,=20 dist.)
The Mole Sisters and the Blue Egg and The Mole = Sisters and=20 the Moonlit Night by Roslyn Schwartz ($14.95 each, paper $4.95). In = these=20 tales, mole sisters find a treasure in a bird's nest; and make a wish on = a=20 shooting star. (2-4)
A Drop of Gold by Vlasta van Kampen = ($18.95,=20 paper $7.95). Mother Nature gives the birds their colors. (2-5)
I = Touched=20 the Moon: Stories and Crafts for Kids, edited by Barbara Mains = ($19.95,=20 paper $12.95), collects five tales and activities. (2-5)
As for = the=20 Princess? by St=C3=A9phanie Jorisch ($19.95, paper $7.95). Three = brothers work=20 together to outwit a greedy princess. (4-6)
Matthew's Midnight = Adventures=20 by Allen Morgan ($9.95) recounts the nighttime fantasies of a = truck-crazy=20 lad. (4-7)
From Daybreak to Goodnight: Poems for Children by = Carl=20 Sandburg ($19.95, paper $7.95) offers poetry with new art. = (5-8)
Nothing=20 Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski ($18.95, paper $7.95) compiles 32 = poems.=20 (5-8)
Mallory and the Power Boy by Pete Marlowe ($19.95, paper = $6.95).=20 When the power goes out before bedtime, Mallory meets the boy who is in = charge=20 of providing the electricity. (5-8)
Growing Up Royal by Jane=20 Billinghurst ($22.95, paper $13.95) traces the stages in a young British = royal's=20 life. (8-12)
Nibbling on Einstein's Brain by Diane Swanson = ($24.95,=20 paper $14.95) outlines how to conduct experiments according to the = scientific=20 method. (8-12)
Big George: A Novel by Eric Pringle ($18.95, = paper=20 $9.95). A gigantic visitor from outer space crashes into medieval = England.=20 (8-12)
Titles in Spanish
La abuela (Grandma) and El = abuelo=20 (Grandpa) by Debbie Bailey ($5.95 each, = 1-4).
Series
Talk-About=20 Books gains Good Night by Debbie Bailey ($5.95, 1-4). And = Bing and=20 Chutney Off to Moscow by Andrea Wayne von K=C3=B6nigsl=C3=B6w is new = to Bing and=20 Chutney Adventures ($18.95, paper $5.95, 2-4).
Paperbacks in=20 Spanish
=C2=A1Tengo que ir! (I Have to Go!) and Algo bueno = (Something Good)=20 by Robert Munsch ($5.95 each, 5-up).
ANNICK PRESS/DOG = HOUSE=20 BOOKS
(Firefly Books, dist.)
Nerves Out Loud: Critical = Moments in=20 the Lives of Seven Teen Girls, edited by Susan Musgrave ($19.95, = paper=20 $9.95). Seven women writers share pivotal moments from their teenage = years.=20 (14-up)
ARIZONA HIGHWAYS
The Silliest Shapes and Colors in = the Wild=20 West by Madeline Bennett, illus. by Gary Bennett ($14.95), = introduces the=20 concepts of shapes and colors. (3-7)
ARTE PUBLICO PRESS/PINATA = BOOKS
The Bakery Lady/La se=C3=B1ora de la panader=C3=ADa by Pat = Mora, trans. by=20 Gabriela Baeza Ventura and Mora, illus. by Pablo Torrecilla ($14.95). A = girl=20 wonders if she has what it takes to be a bakery lady like her beloved=20 grandmother. (3-7)
Dancing Miranda/Baila, Miranda, baila by = Diane de=20 Anda, trans. by Julia Mercedes Castilla, illus. by Lamberto =C3=81lvarez = ($14.95). A=20 girl continues to dance after learning of her mother's childhood = illness.=20 (3-7)
Magda's Pi=C3=B1ata Magic/Magda y la pi=C3=B1ata m=C3=A1gica = by Becky=20 Chavarr=C3=ADa-Ch=C3=A1irez, trans. by Gabriela Baeza Ventura, illus. by = Anne Vega=20 ($14.95). Magda saves the day at her brother's birthday party.=20 (3-7)
Marina's Muumuu/El muumuu de Marina by Evangelina = Vigil-Pi=C3=B1=C3=B3n,=20 illus. by Pablo Torrecilla ($14.95).This bilingual story tells of a = girl's=20 search for a fabric for her dress. (3-7)
Muffler Man/El hombre = mofle=20 by Tito Campos, trans. by Evangelina Vigil Pi=C3=B1=C3=B3n, illus. = by Lamberto =C3=81lvarez=20 and Beto =C3=81lvarez ($14.95). A boy and his family are inspired by = Latino folk art.=20 (3-7)
Uncle Chente's Picnic/El picnic de T=C3=ADo Chente by = Diane Gonzales=20 Bertrand, trans. by Julia Mercedes Castilla, illus. by Pauline Rodriguez = Howard=20 ($14.95). A thunderstorm threatens to interrupt a family's picnic as = they wait=20 for an uncle to arrive. (3-7)
Paperbacks
Lorenzo's Secret = Mission=20 by Rick and Lila Guzm=C3=A1n ($9.95). Lorenzo's adventure transports = him from the=20 docks of New Orleans to the battlefields of the American Revolution.=20 (3-7)
Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales by Viola = Canales=20 ($9.95). Angels, magicians, carousels and a haunted chair appear in = these=20 stories. (3-7)
ASTROLOG PUBLISHING HOUSE
(Independent=20 Publishers Group, dist.)
Paperback Series
My Sign Is...: = Astrology for=20 Young Adults by Amanda Starr introduces 12 titles, one for each sign = of the=20 Zodiac ($4.95 each, 10-14).
AUGUST HOUSE
Through the = Grapevine:=20 World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell by Martha Hamilton and Mitch = Weiss,=20 illus. by Carol Lyon ($24.95, paper $14.95), compiles folktales from = around the=20 world, plus activities. (7-12)
Series
New LittleFolk = titles=20 are Bear's All-Night Party by Bill Harley, illus. by Melissa = Ferreira;=20 and Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Margaret Read MacDonald, illus. = by=20 Julie Paschkis ($15.95 each, 4-7).
BAKER BOOK HOUSE
God Bless Me, God Bless You
Grandma's=20 Memories and Stories for Little Girls and Boys by Carolyn Larsen, = illus. by=20 Caron Turk ($16.99), collects stories that conclude with biblical = verses.=20 (4-7)
Cracks in the Sidewalk by Crystal Bowman, illus. by Joel = E.S.=20 Tanis ($14.99), presents poems focusing on the trials and adventures of = everyday=20 life. (8-12)
Series
The Cow Adventure series = continues with=20 Cow on the Tracks and Cow Under the Big Top by Todd Aaron = Smith=20 ($7.99 each, 4-7).
Paperback Series
Tracks in the Sand = and=20 Sarah's Secret by Mark Littleton launch the Ally O'Connor = Adventure=20 series ($5.99 each, 8-12). Apple Valley Mysteries continues = with=20 Jeanmarie and the Missing Ring by Lucille Travis ($5.99, 8-12). = And=20 X-Country Adventures adds Mystery in Massachusetts and = Treasure=20 in Texas by Bob = Schaller=20 ($5.99 each, 9-12).
BAKER BOOK HOUSE/FLEMING H. = REVELL
Paperback=20 Series
Wakara of Eagle Lodge by Linda Shands gains White Water = ($5.99, 12-up).
BAREFOOT BOOKS
First Morning: = Poems=20 About Time, compiled by Nikki Siegen-Smith, illus. by Giovanni Manna = ($16.99), collects poems about perceiving time. (All ages)
The = Patient=20 Stone by Margaret Olivia Wolfson, illus. by Juan C=C3=A1neba Clavero = ($16.99),=20 retells a Persian tale about a girl in an enchanted spot in the desert. = (All=20 ages)
Shakespeare's Storybook, retold by Patrick Ryan, illus. = by James=20 Mayhew ($19.99), compiles the original stories at the heart of seven=20 Shakespearean works. (All ages)
Bear at Home by Stella = Blackstone,=20 illus. by Debbie Harter ($14.99). Bear takes readers on a tour of his = home. (up=20 to 4)
Bunbun at Bedtime by Sharon Pierce McCullough ($14.99). = At=20 bedtime, a young bunny wants to play. (up to 4)
Cleo and Caspar = by=20 Stella Blackstone, illus. by Caroline Mockford ($14.99). A cat and a = puppy meet=20 in this tale about facing fears and making friends. (up to 4)
The = House=20 That Jack Built, illus. by Diana Mayo ($15.99). Visual clues = foreshadow=20 which animal will next appear in this classic tale. (up to 4)
The = Story=20 Tree: Tales to Read Aloud by Hugh Lupton, illus. by Sophie Fatus = ($18.99),=20 retells stories from around the world. (up to 4)
Daddy Island = by=20 Philip Wells, illus. by Niki Daly ($15.99), celebrates the love between = a father=20 and son. (3-5)
Playtime Rhymes for Little People, compiled = by=20 Clare Beaton ($18.99). Hand-sewn art illustrates 40 rhymes. = (3-5)
The=20 Story of Noah and the Ark by Michael McCarthy, illus. by Giuliano = Ferri=20 ($16.99), offers an illustrated retelling of this biblical story.=20 (3-5)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, retold by Mary Finch, = illus. by=20 Roberta Arenson ($15.99), presents a version of this tale with collage = art.=20 (4-8)
Fiesta Femenina by Mary-Joan Gerson, illus. by Maya = Christina=20 Gonzalez ($19.99), retells eight tales celebrating Mexican women.=20 (8-up)
The Lady of Ten Thousand Names, retold by Burleigh = Mut=C3=A9n,=20 illus. by Helen Cann ($19.99). A collection of goddess stories.=20 (8-up)
Board Book Reprints
Cleo the Cat and Come Here, = Cleo!=20 by Stella Blackstone, illus. by Caroline Mockford ($6.99 each, up to = 4).
BARRON=E2=80=99S
Christmas Is Coming by Ailie Busby = ($8.95).=20 Animals celebrate the holiday with rhymes and songs. (up to 4)
The = Big=20 Baby Bear Book by John Prater ($16.95) features poems, nursery = rhymes and=20 songs for bedtime reading. (up to 4)
Newton by Rory Tyger = ($13.95). A=20 bear who awakens in the middle of the night tries to discover the source = of=20 mysterious noises. (2-5)
How Much Does God Love Me? by Tim = Wood,=20 illus. by Rory Tyger ($14.95). In this lift-the-flap tale, children on a = family=20 camping trip ask questions about God. (3-5)
The Teddy Bears' = Picnic,=20 illus. by Fran Thatcher ($11.95), is a lift-the-flap, pop-up rendition = of this=20 song. (3-5)
My ABC Dictionary by Irene Yates, illus. by Chris = Fisher=20 ($11.95), is a dictionary for toddlers. (3-5)
Shaggy Dog and the = Terrible=20 Itch by David Bedford and Gwyneth Williamson ($12.95). What is the = cause of=20 a dog's itch? (3-6)
Christmas Activity Fun Pack by Sam = McKendry,=20 illus. by Kathy Couri ($10.95), includes a box with a pull-out drawer, = board=20 book, stationery and gift tags. (3-6)
Hush-A-Bye Babies by = Janet=20 Slingsby, illus. by Andy Beckett ($14.95). All the woodland animals = settle down=20 for the night--except the baby owl. (4-7)
That's Not Fair, Hare! = by=20 Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes ($13.95), retells the tale of the race = between the=20 hare and the turtle. (4-7)
The Hoppameleon by Paul Geraghty = ($13.95).=20 A swamp creature tries to determine what kind of animal he is. = (4-7)
Wish=20 Come True Cat by Ragnhild Scamell, illus. by Gaby Hansen ($13.95). A = girl=20 who wishes for a kitten gets a big, scruffy cat. (4-7)
Creepy = Castle=20 by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins ($10.95) is a lift-the-flap Halloween = tale.=20 (4-9)
First School Dictionary by Jock Grapham and Marie = Lister, illus.=20 by Stephanie Strickland and Sebastian Quigley ($13.95), is a dictionary = for=20 early elementary students. (5-8)
Junior Dictionary by Evelyn = Goldsmith=20 ($16.95) is an illustrated book of words. (7-12)
The Big Box of = Magic=20 by Peter Eldin ($19.95) contains materials and instructions for = performing=20 tricks. (8-up)
Series
First Picture Gallery Books by = Caroline Davis=20 introduces Bunny Book, Cat Book, Duck Book and = Puppy=20 Book ($5.95 each, up to 3). Phone Friends calls up Bedtime = Bear, Partytime Kitten, Playtime Puppy and Teatime = Piglet=20 by Steve Bland ($4.95 each, 18 mos.-4 yrs.). First Flap Books = offers=20 Mice Love Cheese and Pigs Love Mud, illus. by Justine = Williams=20 ($4.95 each, 1-3). New Follow the Trail Board Books are Hurry = Home=20 Spider and Look Out Ladybug, illus. by David Crossley ($5.95 = each,=20 1-4). The "I Am" series gains I Am a Little Bat and I = Am a=20 Little Spider by Marta Prims and Nur=C3=ADa Roca ($9.95 each, 1-5).=20 Storyboards presents As Big As a Pig by Ailie Busby and = Let's=20 Go! by Tania Hurt-Newton ($5.95 each, 2-3). New to the My First=20 Dictionary series are My First French Picture Dictionary and = My=20 First Spanish Picture Dictionary by Irene Yates, illus. by Nick = Sharratt=20 ($12.95 each, 3-up). Refrigerart gains Whose Nose Is This? = and=20 Whose Tail Is This?, illus. by Shelly Meredith ($16.95 each, = 4-up). And=20 Fast Forward greets Castle, Shipwreck, = Volcano and=20 Wild West ($14.95 each, 7-up).
Paperbacks
All Change! = by=20 Ian Whybrow, illus. by David Melling ($6.95). Animal friends hop from = one=20 vehicle to another. (3-6)
Eager Little Beaver by Joan Stimson, = illus.=20 by Meg Rutherford ($5.95). A young beaver comes to appreciate his = skills.=20 (3-6)
Let's Create! ($4.95) presents 48 art projects.=20 (5-up)
Rhyming Dictionary by Sue Graves and Brian Moses, = illus. by Tim=20 Archbold ($9.95), introduces words that rhyme. (6-up)
Amazing = Christmas=20 Mosaics by Sarah Kelly ($8.95) provides 13 templates to help kids = make=20 decorations, greeting cards, etc. (8-up)
Origami Monsters by = Steve and=20 Megumi Biddle ($9.95) offers paper-folding projects with a Halloween = theme.=20 (9-up)
Paperback Series
Flip-the-Flap Rhyme Books by Ana=20 Martin-Larra=C3=B1aga include Guess What I Have! and Guess = Who's Hiding!=20 ($4.95 each, 2-4). New titles by Nur=C3=ADa Roca are Feelings=20 (Sentimientos, Spanish edition) and Friendship = (Tus=20 amigos, Spanish edition) ($6.95 each, 3-6). Games for All Year = Books=20 plays on with 100 Games for Fall and 100 Games for Winter = by=20 Josep M. Allu=C3=A9, illus. by M.W. Sol=C3=A9, N.C. Canals and M.P. Pons = ($7.95 each,=20 4-10). And On the Job hires You Could Be an Architect, = You=20 Could Be an Astronomer, You Could Be a Fire Fighter and = You Could=20 Be a Police Officer by Hallie Warshaw and Jamie Kyle McGillian = ($8.95 each,=20 7-10).
Paperback Reprint
Presidential Elections and Other Cool = Facts=20 by Syl Sobel ($6.95, 9-up).
BEYOND WORDS
Finding = Fairies=20 by Michelle Roehm McCann and Marianne Monson-Burton, illus. by David = Hohn=20 ($17.95), rounds up legends and pictures of fairies. (All ages)
If = the=20 World Ran Out of B's by Bill and Samantha Shireman, illus. by Dean = Stanton=20 ($15.95), imagines what would happen if the letter B disappeared.=20 (4-up)
Gwendolyn Glen-Meadows and the Lunchbox Blues by = Melissa=20 Musick, illus. by Chad Cameron ($15.95), celebrates the differences = among=20 children. (5-up)
Paperbacks
So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book = Artist?=20 by Philip Amara, illus. by Pop Mhan ($9.95), offers advice to = aspiring=20 comic-book artists. (10-up)
BLOOMSBURY U.K.
(Trafalgar = Square,=20 dist.)
Don't Wake the Baby by Dawn Apperley ($16.95) is a = rhyming tale=20 about sibling rivalry. (2-4)
Hey, Scruffy! by Joy Gosney = ($16.95)=20 tells of an independent young pooch. (2-4)
Rhino's Horns by = Michael=20 Terry ($16.95). A rhinoceros learns to appreciate his unique qualities.=20 (3-5)
Paperbacks
Engines, Engines: An Indian Counting Rhyme = by Lisa=20 Bruce, illus. by Stephen Waterhouse ($8.95), is a counting tale set in = India.=20 (2-4)
Please Don't Chat with the Bus Driver by Shen Roddie, = illus. by=20 Jill Newton ($8.95), portrays a riotous bus ride. (3-5)
Paperback=20 Reprint
Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats: The Animal Nonsense of Edward Lear = by=20 Edward Lear, illus. by Matilda Harrison ($9.95, 6-10).
BOB = JONES=20 UNIVERSITY PRESS
Paperbacks
Adoniram Judson: God's Man for Burma = by=20 Sharon Hambrick, illus. by Del Thompson ($6.49), is a biography of this = American=20 missionary. (7-9)
Over the Divide by Catherine Farnes ($6.49). = Circumstances force a brother and sister to lead a group of hikers.=20 (12-up)
Paperback Series
Daniel Colton Under Fire is = a new=20 Colton Cousins Adventure by Elaine Shulte, illus. by Johanna = Ehnis=20 ($6.49, 8-12).
THE BODLEY HEAD
(Trafalgar Square,=20 dist.)
Katie Morag and the Riddles by Mairi Hedderwick = ($16.95). This=20 Scots heroine returns to solve a trick riddle. (6-9)
BOYDS = MILLS=20 PRESS
Bernard Goes to School by Joan Elizabeth Goodman, illus. by = Dominic=20 Catalano ($15.95), tells of an elephant who is apprehensive about his = first day=20 of school. (2-5)
Little Granny Quarterback by Bill Martin Jr. = and=20 Michael Sampson, illus. by Michael Chesworth ($15.95), introduces a = grandmother=20 who was once a star football player. (4-8)
Mrs. Goodstory by = Joy=20 Cowley, illus. by Erica Dornbusch ($15.95). A boy explores the world = through the=20 tales of a master storyteller. (4-8)
Nose to Toes by Marilyn = Baillie,=20 illus. by Marisol Sarrazin ($15.95), examines the ways a child's body = works and=20 moves. (4-8)
Aero and Officer Mike: Police Partners by Joan = Plummer=20 Russell, photos by Kris Turner Sinnenberg ($15.95), is a photoessay = about police=20 dogs. (4-up)
Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse by Linda Oatman = High,=20 illus. by Ted Lewin ($15.95). A child shoes his first horse. = (5-8)
If I=20 Had a Snowplow by Jean L.S. Patrick, illus. by Karen Dugan ($14.95). = A boy's=20 imagination turns his toy machines into the real thing. = (5-up)
Caves:=20 Mysteries Beneath Our Feet by David Harrison, illus. by Cheryl = Nathan=20 ($15.95), examines how caves were formed. (6-8)
The Last Chimney = of=20 Christmas Eve by Linda Oatman High, illus. by Kestutis Kasparavicius = ($15.95), imagines the childhood of Nicholas, a chimney sweep who grows = up to be=20 a renowned gift giver. (6-up)
Silent Night: A Christmas Carol Is = Born=20 by Maureen Brett Hooper, illus. by Kasi Kubiak ($15.95), explains = the=20 genesis of this carol. (6-up)
The Mystery of the Maya: Uncovering = the Lost=20 City of Palenque by Peter Lourie ($19.95) is a photoessay on these = Mayan=20 ruins. (7-up)
They Came from the Bronx by Neil Waldman = ($16.95). In=20 Oklahoma in 1907, a Comanche woman and her grandson await the arrival of = a herd=20 of buffalo. (7-up)
How Dogs Came from Wolves by Jack Myers, = illus. by=20 John Rice ($17.95), answers questions about animals. (9-12)
A = Place for=20 Joey by Carol Flynn Harris ($15.95) centers on a family of Italian=20 immigrants in early 20th-century Boston. (10-up)
Charlotte's = Choice by=20 Cathleen Twomey ($15.95) is a novel about a woman in Missouri in 1905 = who is=20 burdened by a terrible secret. (12-up)
Paperbacks
175 = Easy-to-Do=20 Valentine Crafts, edited by Sharon Dunn Umnik ($7.95), collects = holiday=20 activities. (5-10)
Halloween Book of Fun: Puzzles, Games, Jokes, = Ideas,=20 and More, edited by Jeffrey A. O'Hare ($7.95), offers activities and = jokes=20 with a Halloween theme. (7-12)
Paperback Reprints
When Cows = Come Home=20 by David Harrison, illus. by Chris L. Demarest ($7.95, 2-6); = Clams All=20 Year by Maryann Cocca-Leffler ($7.95, 3-7); Haircuts at Sleepy = Sam's=20 by Michael Strickland, illus. by Keaf Holliday ($8.95, 4-8); The = Distant=20 Talking Drum: Poems from Nigeria by Isaac Olaleye, illus. by = Fran=C3=A9 Lessac=20 ($8.95, 6-9); and All the King's Animals by Cristina Kessler = ($11.95,=20 8-12).
BOYDS MILLS PRESS/WORDSONG
A Year Goes Round: Poems = for the=20 Months by Karen Winnick ($15.95). Poetry and paintings depict = activities=20 throughout the year. (4-8)
Leap into Poetry: More ABCs of Poetry = by=20 Avis Harley ($19.95, paper $13.95) collects verse that exemplifies = various=20 poetic forms. (7-up)
Sidewalk Chalk: Poems in the City by = Carole=20 Boston Weatherford, illus. by Dimitrea Tokunbo ($15.95), offers poems = about city=20 life. (8-12)
When Riddles Come Rumbling by Rebecca Kai = Dotlich, illus.=20 by Karen Dugan ($15.95), compiles riddle poems with context clues.=20 (8-up)
Way to Go! by Lillian Morrison, illus. by Susan = Spellman=20 ($16.95), presents poetry focusing on various sports. = (12-up)
BROADMAN=20 & HOLMAN
Series
New Little Children's Bible Books = are=20 Elijah, Esther, John and Paul by Anne de = Graaf,=20 illus. by Jos=C3=A9 P=C3=A9rez Montero ($4.97 each, 3-6). And the = Dove Award Signature=20 series adds The Great Adventure and Thank You by = Stephen=20 Elkins, illus. by Ellie Colton ($14.99 each book and CD,=20 5-10).
Paperback
Famous Jerks of the Bible by Margaret = Brouillette=20 ($7.99) focuses on individuals who ruined their own lives and those of = others.=20 (8-15)
CANDLEWICK
I Love Animals by Flora McDonnell = ($6.99).=20 This board book introduces animals. (up to 3)
Ginger by = Charlotte=20 Voake ($6.99) is a board book about friendship. (up to 4)
Humpty=20 Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, Pussycat Pussycat and Wee = Willie=20 Winkie, edited by Iona Opie, illus. by Rosemary Wells ($4.99 each), = are=20 board books from The Mother Goose Collection. (6 mos.-3 yrs.)
Hug = by=20 Jez Alborough ($6.99) is an almost wordless board book. (18 mos.-3=20 yrs.)
Webster J. Duck by Martin Waddell, illus. by David = Parkins=20 ($13.99). A young duck searches for his mother. (2-4)
My World = and=20 My Week by Josie Firmin ($6.99 each). Pages fold out to reveal a = child's=20 world and activities. (2-5)
Maisy's Favorite Animals, = Maisy's=20 Favorite Clothes, Maisy's Favorite Things and Maisy's = Favorite=20 Toys by Lucy Cousins ($3.99 each) are chunky board books starring = Maisy.=20 (2-5)
Adam, Adam, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., and = Michael=20 Sampson, illus. by Cathie Felstead ($14.99), introduces Christian heroes = and=20 themes. (2-6)
Carlo Likes Reading by Jessica Spanyol ($14.99), = centers=20 on a giraffe who loves to read. (2-6)
Squeak's Good Idea by = Max=20 Eilenberg, illus. by Patrick Benson ($14.99), offers a tale about = setting out on=20 one's own. (2-6)
Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest, illus. by Anita = Jeram=20 ($15.99), is a bedtime tale centering on a boy and his mother. = (2-up)
Big=20 and Little and What's There? by Melanie Walsh ($4.99 each) = are=20 lift-the-flap board books. (2-up)
Pet Wash by Dayle Ann Dodds, = illus.=20 by Tor Freeman ($10.99, paper $3.29). Two children start a pet-washing = business.=20 (2-up)
Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root, illus. by Helen Craig = ($10.99,=20 paper $3.29). In this Bonnie Bumble tale, the rain washes the blue right = out of=20 the sky. (2-up)
Maisy's Morning on the Farm and Doctor = Maisy by=20 Lucy Cousins ($9.99 each, paper $3.29). Maisy spends a morning on the = farm; and=20 plays doctor. (3-5)
Sleepy Pendoodle by Malachy Doyle, illus. = by Julie=20 Vivas ($12.99), is the story of a child and a newborn puppy.=20 (3-6)
Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett, illus. by = Vanessa=20 Cabban ($15.99). A mole is determined to have the moon all to himself.=20 (3-6)
We're in Big Trouble, Blackboard Bear by Martha = Alexander=20 ($10.99) is a new tale starring this character. (3-6)
"Let's Get a = Pup!"=20 Said Kate by Bob Graham ($14.99) introduces a child who longs for a = pet.=20 (3-6)
Pizza! by Jan Pienkowski ($12.99). In this pop-up tale, = a hungry=20 lion comes for lunch. (3-7)
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark = by Jill=20 Tomlinson, illus. by Paul Howard ($15.99), aims to help youngsters = overcome=20 their fear of the dark. (3-up)
The Bold Boy by Malachy Doyle, = illus.=20 by Jane Ray ($15.99), presents a simple folktale. (3-up)
Maisy's = Farm=20 by Lucy Cousins ($16.99) includes a book and 26 press-out pieces.=20 (4-6)
The Friday Nights of Nana by Amy Hest, illus. by Claire = Nivola=20 ($15.99), tells a Sabbath story. (4-7)
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will = Not Go=20 to Bed by Lauren Child ($16.99) is a sequel to I Will Never Not = Ever Eat=20 a Tomato. (4-8)
Baboushka: A Christmas Folktale from Russia = by=20 Arthur Scholey, illus. by Helen Cann ($15.99), relays a tale about = gift-giving.=20 (4-8)
Table Manners by Vladimir Radunsky and Chris Raschka = ($16.99)=20 offers a lesson on how to behave at the table. (4-8)
Katje, the = Windmill=20 Cat by Gretchen Woelfle, illus. by Nicola Bayley ($15.99), is based = on a=20 centuries-old true story from Holland. (4-up)
Ignis by Gina = Wilson,=20 illus. by P.J. Lynch ($16.99), portrays the friendship between a young = dragon=20 and a child. (4-up)
One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies, illus. = by Jane=20 Chapman ($15.99), focuses on a loggerhead turtle. (5-8)
Bat Loves = the=20 Night by Nicola Davies, illus. by Sarah Fox-Davies ($15.99), follows = a=20 pipistrelle bat's journey through the nocturnal world. = (5-8)
Crossing=20 by Philip Booth, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline ($16.99), presents a = poem=20 about the American railroad. (5-9)
Metal Mutz! by Christine = Tagg,=20 illus. by David Ellwand ($17.99). A lonely robot decides to make himself = a=20 canine companion. (5-10)
The Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit, = illus. by=20 Inga Moore ($16.99), is an abridged version of this tale.=20 (5-up)
Crocodile: Disappearing Dragon by Jonathan London, = illus. by=20 Paul Morin ($15.99), centers on the endangered American crocodile.=20 (6-8)
Snow Comes to the Farm by Nathaniel Tripp, illus. by = Kate=20 Kiesler ($15.99), depicts the first snowfall of winter on a Vermont = farm.=20 (6-9)
Judy Moody Gets Famous by Megan McDonald, illus. by = Peter=20 Reynolds ($15.99). In her latest caper, this heroine is in a jealous = mood.=20 (6-10)
Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban, illus. by Ian Andrew = ($15.99). An=20 ill boy searches for strength and courage. (6-10)
The Man Who Wore = All His=20 Clothes by Allan Ahlberg, illus. by Katharine McEwen ($12.99), = portrays a=20 day in the lives of a lively family. (7-9)
Who Built the Pyramid? = by=20 Meredith Hooper, illus. by Robin Heighway-Bury ($15.99), examines the=20 construction of the tomb of Senwosret I. (7-10)
Captain = Slaughterboard=20 Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake ($16.99) is a tale about a pirate.=20 (7-up)
Wild About Dolphins by Nicola Davies ($10.99). The = author=20 chronicles her experiences with dolphins. (8-10)
The Elephant Book = by=20 Ian Redmond ($17.99) is a photoessay on African elephants. = (8-12)
Handel=20 (Who Knew What He Liked) by M.T. Anderson, illus. by Kevin Hawkes = ($16.99),=20 is a biography of this composer. (8-12)
Soccer! by Robert = Crowther=20 ($17.99) is a pop-up book about the sport. (8-up)
Pirate Diary: = The=20 Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt, illus. by Chris Riddell=20 ($17.99), examines life on a pirate ship in 1711. (9-13)
Mahalia: = A Life=20 in Gospel Music by Roxane Orgill ($19.99) traces the life of Mahalia = Jackson. (10-14)
The Calling by Cathryn Clinton ($15.99) is a = novel=20 about a 12-year-old who discovers she has the power to heal.=20 (10-up)
Meltdown by Wilborn Hampton ($19.99) offers an = eyewitness=20 account of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. (10-up)
Joyride = by=20 Amy Ehrlich ($15.99) is a novel that centers on a mother-daughter = relationship.=20 (10-up)
Witch Child by Celia Rees ($15.99) is the fictional = tale of an=20 English girl living in 17th-century Salem. (12-up)
Shakespeare: = His Work=20 and His World by Michael Rosen, illus. by Robert Ingpen ($19.99), = examines=20 the career and times of the Bard. (12-15)
Series
New = Maisy Cloth=20 Books by Lucy Cousins are Bathtime, Maisy!, Bedtime, = Maisy!,=20 Playtime, Maisy! and Snacktime, Maisy! ($6.99 each, up to = 3).=20
Board Book Reprints
Love and Kisses by Sara Wilson, illus. = by=20 Melissa Sweet; and Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale ($6.99 each, 18 = mos.-3=20 yrs.).
Paperbacks
Has Anyone Here Seen William? and The = Red=20 Woolen Blanket by Bob Graham ($4.99 each). These tales tell of a = toddler's=20 first steps; and the life span of a child's blanket. = (2-4)
Paperback=20 Series
Brand New Readers adds Beep Beep! It's Beeper by = Carole=20 Lexa Schaefer, illus. by Julie Lacome; Kazam's Magic by Amy = Ehrlich,=20 illus. by Barney Saltzberg; and Hurray for Rosa! by Sheila White = Samton=20 ($4.99 each slipcase set, 4-7). And new Read and Wonder titles = are A=20 Field of Horses by Peter Hansard, illus. by Kenneth Lilly; and I = Love=20 Guinea Pigs by Dick King-Smith, illus. by Anita Jeram ($5.99 each, = 4-8).=20
Paperback Reprints
Off to School, Baby Duck! and You're = the=20 Boss, Baby Duck! by Amy Hest, illus. by Jill Barton ($5.99 each, = 3-6); On=20 Christmas Day in the Morning, foreword by John Langstaff, illus. by = Melissa=20 Sweet ($5.99, 3-7); Show and Tell Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky, = illus. by=20 Marylin Hafner ($5.99, 4-8); Making Friends with Frankenstein by = Colin=20 McNaughton ($4.99, 6-12); Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo = ($5.99,=20 8-up); The History News: In Space by Michael Johnstone and The = History=20 News: Revolution by Christopher Maynard ($6.99 each, 9-14); = Castle Diary=20 by Richard Platt, illus. by Chris Riddell ($7.99, 9-up); Kennedy=20 Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story by Wilborn = Hampton=20 ($8.99, 10-15); and Burger Wuss by M.T. Anderson ($5.99,=20 14-up).
CANDY CANE PRESS
Jack-O'lantern by Nancy = Skarmeas,=20 illus. by Pamela Levy ($6.95), is a board book offering a Halloween = story.=20 (3-5)
One Baby Jesus, a New Twelve Days of Christmas by = Patricia A.=20 Pingry, illus. by Wendy Edelson ($6.95). In this board book tale, a = mother gives=20 her child a new piece of the Nativity scene each day. (3-5)
Follow = That=20 Star! by Elizabeth Raum, illus. by Meredith Johnson ($12.95), tells = of a=20 lamb in a Christmas pageant. (3-6)
Series
"The Story of..."=20 continues with The Story of Zacchaeus by Patricia A. Pingry, = illus.=20 by Stacy Venturi-Pickett ($6.95, 3-5). And a series on famous Americans = debuts=20 with Meet George Washington, Meet Abraham Lincoln and = Meet=20 Benjamin Franklin by Patricia A. Pingry, illus. by Stephanie = McFetridge=20 Britt ($9.95 each, 5-8).
Paperbacks
The Story of Christmas/La = historia=20 de la Navidad by Patricia A. Pingry, illus. by Lorraine Wells; and = The=20 Story of Noah/La historia de No=C3=A9 by Pingry, illus. by Stacy = Venturi-Pickett=20 ($3.25 each), are bilingual biblical tales. (3-5)
JONATHAN=20 CAPE
(Trafalgar Square, dist.)
Masterthief: Catch the Cook = and=20 Solve the Crime by Richard Burnie ($16.95). Readers search for clues = and=20 follow a thief through mazes. (8-11)
MARSHALL CAVENDISH
A = Place to=20 Sleep by Holly Meade ($15.95) shows where different animals choose = to=20 snooze. (4-7)
A Safe Place Called Home by Eileen Spinelli, = illus. by=20 Christy Hale ($15.95), reveals how home is the best place to be. = (5-8)
Big=20 Dog by Lois Grambling, illus. by Andy San Diego ($15.95). Is a boy's = new dog=20 really a dinosaur? (5-8)
Dance Y'All by Bettye Stroud, illus. = by=20 Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu ($15.95). An African-American = family=20 celebrates the autumn harvest. (5-8)
It's Vladimir! by Deborah = Noyes,=20 illus. by Christopher Mills ($15.95). A young vampire wants to learn the = spell=20 that will change him into a bat. (5-8)
Jack Quack by Lucy = Nolan,=20 illus. by Andrea Wesson ($15.95). A clumsy duck saves his fellow ducks.=20 (5-8)
Moon Rooster by Phillis Gershator, illus. by Megan = Halsey=20 ($15.95). Rooster thinks his crowing makes the moon rise. = (5-8)
Noko and=20 the Night Monster by Fiona Moodie ($15.95). A porcupine helps his = aardvark=20 friend overcome his fear of a night monster. (5-8)
Black Earth, = Gold Sun=20 by Patricia Hubbell, illus. by Mary Newell DePalma ($15.95), = collects nature=20 poems. (6-9)
Rufus & Magic Run Amok by Marilyn Levenson = ($14.95).=20 Rufus discovers that he, like his mother, is a witch. = (7-11)
Harvest=20 by George Ancona ($15.95) is a photoessay about migrant farm = workers.=20 (8-12)
MARSHALL CAVENDISH/BENCHMARK BOOKS
Series
Viva = Mexico!=20 by George Ancona presents The Fiestas, The Folk Arts, = The=20 Foods, The Past and The People ($16.95 each, 8-up). = Great=20 Explorations introduces Ferdinand Magellan: First to Sail Around = the=20 World and Captain James Cook: Three Times Around the World by = Milton=20 Meltzer, La Salle: Down the Mississippi and Lewis and Clark: = From=20 Ocean to Ocean by Harold Faber and Robert E. Peary: To the Top of = the=20 World and Daniel Boone: Beyond the Mountains by Patricia = Calvert=20 ($19.95 each, 11-up). Gary Blackwood's Bad Guys includes=20 Gangsters, Highwaymen, Outlaws, Pirates and=20 Swindlers ($19.95 each, 11-up). Great Journeys adds = Bound for=20 America: The Story of the European Immigrants by Milton Meltzer,=20 Following Freedom's Star: The Story of the Underground Railroad = by James=20 Haskins and Kathleen Benson, North Across the Border: The Story of = the=20 Mexican Americans by L. Perl and The Trails of Tears: The Story = of the=20 Cherokee Removal by D. Elish ($21.95 each, = 11-up). New to=20 Cultures of the Past are Japan in the Days of the Samurai = by=20 Virginia Schomp, Medieval England and Venice and Its Merchant = Empire=20 by Kathryn Hinds and The Phoenicians by Elsa Marston ($19.95 = each,=20 11-up). And Rulers and Their Times welcomes Elizabeth I and = Tudor=20 England and Ghenghis Khan and the Mongol Empire by Miriam = Greenblatt,=20 Isabel, Ferdinand and Fifteenth-Century Spain by Kenny Mann and = Louis=20 XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution by Nancy Plain = ($19.95 each,=20 12-up).
CHARLESBRIDGE
The Official "M&M's" Brand = History of=20 Chocolate, illus. by Karen Pellaton ($16.95, paper $6.95), = chronicles the=20 history of chocolate. (All ages)
Red Riding Hood's Math Adventure = by=20 Lalie Harcourt and Ricki Wortzman, illus. by Capucine Mazille ($14.95). = How many=20 cookies does this character give away en route to Grandma's? = (5-10)
The=20 Egg by Shelley Gill, illus. by Jo-Ellen Bosson ($16.95, paper = $6.95),=20 examines eggs of various species. (5-10)
Series
It's a Kid's = World=20 offers Back to School by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko = ($15.95,=20 paper $6.95, 3-7). Chalk It Up to Learning introduces I = Like=20 Numbers and I Like Writing by Stephanie Weeks ($8.95 each, = 3-8). New=20 Face-to-Face titles are Face-to-Face with the Ant by Luc = Gomel,=20 photos by R=C3=A9my Amann and Dominique Stoffel; and Face-to-Face = with the Horse=20 by Val=C3=A9rie Tracqui, photos by Gilles Delaborde ($9.95 each, = 3-7). And=20 Animals with Amazing Abilities adds Did You Hear That? by = Caroline=20 Arnold, illus. by Cathy Trachok ($16.95 each, paper $6.95, 5-10).=20
Paperback in Spanish
M=C3=A1s matem=C3=A1ticas con los = chocolates de "M&M's"=20 (More "M&M's" Brand Math) by Barbara Barbieri McGrath, trans. by = Teresa=20 Mlawer, illus. by Roger Glass ($6.95, 7-up).
Paperback=20 Series
Joining Animal Close-Ups is The Orangutan by = Christine Sourd, photos by Albert Visage and Jean-Paul Ferrero ($6.95,=20 7-10).
CHARLESBRIDGE/TALEWINDS
Looking Out for Sarah by = Glenna=20 Lang ($15.95). A dog leads his blind owner on a journey from Boston to = New York.=20 (3-8)
Paperback Reprints
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin = ($6.95,=20 3-8); and The Barn Owls by Tony Johnston, illus. by Deborah Kogan = Ray;=20 and Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell ($6.95 each,=20 4-9).
CHARLESBRIDGE/WHISPERING COYOTE
Scatterbrain Sam = by Ellen=20 Jackson, illus. by Matt Faulkner ($15.95), tells of a fellow who tries = to gather=20 his scattered brains. (All ages)
Baa Baa Black Sheep, illus. = by Iza=20 Trapani ($16.95, paper $6.95), presents this children's rhyme.=20 (2-7)
Blizzard by Carole Gerber, illus. by Marty Husted = ($15.95). In=20 this poem, a boy watches the snow fall outdoors. (3-8) =
CHELSEA=20 HOUSE
Series
Latinos in the Limelight adds eight titles, = including=20 Pedro Martinez by Steve Krasner, Freddie Prinze Jr. by = Liesa=20 Abrams and Carlos Santana by Henna Remstein ($19.75 each, 8-up). = Women=20 Who Win has six additions, among them Lindsay Davenport by = John=20 McCann and Marion Jones by Vicki Cox ($19.75 each, 8-up). The = Horse=20 Library starts up with eight books, including The Horse in = War=20 by Bill Felber, Horse Care and Health by Brent Kelley and = Jumping=20 by Betty Bolte ($19.75 each, 10-up). Famous Figures of the = American=20 Frontier debuts with 10 titles, among them Davy Crockett by = Daniel=20 Harmon, Sitting Bull by Hal Marcovitz and Annie Oakley by = Charles=20 Shields ($20.85 each, paper $8.95, 10-up).
Nine titles launch = Religions=20 of Mankind, among them The Features of Protestantism and = The=20 Religious Tradition of Judaism by Lawrence Sullivan and The World = of=20 Islam by Julien Ries ($19.75 each, 10-up). Ten titles join Black=20 Americans of Achievement, including Terry McMillan by Bruce = Fish and=20 Becky Durost Fish, Aretha Franklin by Jim McAvoy and Wesley = Snipes=20 by Rose Blue and Corinne Naden ($21.95 each, paper $9.95, 10-up). = And Pro=20 Wrestling Legends welcomes eight new volumes, among them Pro = Wrestling:=20 The Early Years by Matt Hunter, Billy Kidman by Jacqueline = Mudge and=20 The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Chyna" by Johanna Brindisi = ($19.75=20 each, paper $8.95, 10-up). Ten titles join Explorers of New = Worlds,=20 including Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Struggle Against Antarctica = by=20 Hal Marcovitz and Sir Walter Raleigh and the Search for El Dorado = by Neil=20 Chippendale ($19.75 each, 10-up).
Famous Figures of the Civil War = Era=20 gains 10 volumes, including Stephen A. Douglas--Senator by = Mike=20 Bonner, John Brown--Abolitionist by Virginia Brackett and = David=20 Farragut--Union Naval Hero by Bruce Adelson ($20.85 each, paper = $8.95,=20 10-up). Galaxy of the Superstars shines on with six new books, = among them=20 Gwyneth Paltrow by Anne Hill and Will Smith by Meg Greene = ($19.75=20 each, 10-up). There are 10 additions to Revolutionary War = Leaders,=20 including Samuel Adams--Patriot by Veda Boyd Jones, Lord=20 Cornwallis--British General by Dan Harmon and Molly = Pitcher--Heroine=20 by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti ($20.85 each, paper $8.95, 10-up). = And=20 among the five new Overcoming Adversity titles are Mohandas K. = Gandhi=20 by Charles Shields and J.K. Rowling by Lisa Chippendale = ($21.95 each,=20 10-up).
The G.I. Series--The Illustrated History of the American = Soldier,=20 His Uniform and His Equipment welcomes eight volumes ($21.95 each, = 10-up).=20 Ten titles join Great Disasters: Reforms and Ramifications = by=20 Chris Higgins ($21.95 each, 10-up). Women of Achievement gains = six books,=20 among them Joan of Arc by Dwayne Pickels and Katherine Graham = by=20 Sandy Asirvatham ($21.95 each, 10-up). Modern Arab World debuts = with=20 Iraq: From the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Present and = Turkey:=20 From the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Present by Heather Wagner = ($29.95=20 each, 12-up). Eight books launch Economics, including Money = and=20 Banking by Norman Macht, World Trade by John Burgess and = Personal=20 Finance by Doris Valliant ($19.75 each, 12-up). There are seven = titles added=20 to Exploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations ($29.95 each, = 12-up).=20 Crime, Justice, and Punishment gains three titles ($21.95 each, = 13-up).=20 Henry James by Grace Kim and Virginia Woolf by Aaron = Tillman are=20 among the nine additions to Bloom's Major Novelists ($21.95 each, = 13-up).=20 And 10 books join Bloom's Major Dramatists by Tara Mohr = ($21.95=20 each, 13-up).
CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS
(Independent = Publishers=20 Group, dist.)
Paperbacks
Winter Day Play: Activities, Crafts, = and Games=20 for Indoors and Out by Nancy Castaldo ($13.95) rounds up more than = 70=20 activities. (3-up)
Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries = of Our=20 Past, with 25 Activities by Richard Panchyk ($14.95) outlines = projects for=20 aspiring archaeologists. (9-up)
The Young Investor: Projects and=20 Activities for Making Your Money Grow by Katherine Bateman ($13.95) = explains=20 the concepts of investing and saving. (9-up)
CHILDREN'S BOOK=20 PRESS
Series
The Magical Cycle of the Seasons concludes with=20 Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/Iguanas en la nieve y = otras poemas=20 de invierno by Francisco Alarc=C3=B3n, illus. by Maya Christina = Gonzalez ($15.95,=20 6-up).
CHILDREN'S PRESS
Paperback Series
Celebrations=20 celebrates with five new titles by Joanne Winne, including Let's = Get=20 Ready for Halloween and Let's Get Ready for Hanukkah ($4.95 = each,=20 4-7). My Family at Work offers six volumes, among them My Dad = Works on=20 a Farm and My Uncle Owns a Deli by Sarah Hughes ($4.95 each, = 4-7).=20 Real People welcomes six additions by Pamela Walker, including = Abraham=20 Lincoln and Laura Ingalls Wilder ($4.95 each, 4-7). Cate = Foley has=20 written six new Weekend Fun books, among them Let's Go on a = Picnic=20 and Let's Go to the Museum ($4.95 each, 4-7). Rookie = Readers=20 has nine additions, including So Many Sounds by Dana Meachen = Rau=20 ($4.95, 5-6); and Got You! by Anna Grossnickle Hines ($4.95 each, = 6-7).=20 Nature Upclose offers A Mealworm's Life and A Mouse's = Life=20 by John Himmelman ($6.95 each, 5-7). Rookie Read-About Geography=20 gains four titles by Allan Fowler ($5.95 each, 6-7), as does = Rookie=20 Read-About Science ($4.95 each, 6-7); and Rookie Read-About = Holidays=20 continues with four new volumes ($5.95 each, 6-7). And Raphael = by=20 Mike Venezia joins Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists = ($6.95,=20 8-9).
True Books: American Indians greets four titles by = Andrew=20 Santella; True Books: Animals has six additions by Melissa = Stewart;=20 True Books: Buildings and Structures adds four titles by Elaine = Landau;=20 True Books: Geography: Bodies of Water continues with two volumes = by=20 David Peterson and Christine Peterson and one by David Peterson; True = Books:=20 National Parks presents four new books by David Peterson; and = True Books:=20 Holidays gains four titles by Dana Meachen Rau ($6.95 each, 8-10). = Joining=20 Cornerstones of Freedom are Angel Island by Larry Dane = Brimner,=20 Exploring and Mapping the American West by Judy Alter, The = Tuskegee=20 Airmen by Linda and Charles George and The War of 1812 by = Andrew=20 Santella ($5.95 each, 9-11). Among the five new After School = titles are=20 Ballet Dancing by Cheryl Tobey and School Band by Kristine = Hooks=20 ($6.95 each, 9-12). There are five new Celebrity Bios, including = Katie=20 Holmes by Kristin McCracken and Ricky Martin by Judy Parker = ($6.95=20 each, 9-12). Sports Clinic plays on with five new volumes, among = them=20 Great Soccer: Team Defense by Suzanne Cope and Track and = Field: Track=20 Events by Luke Thompson ($6.95 each, 9-12). Cities of the World=20 visits Atlanta by Deborah Kent and Los Angeles by R. = Conrad=20 Stein ($9.95 each, 9-14). And Judy Alter's Extraordinary Explorers = and=20 Adventurers is new to Extraordinary People ($6.95,=20 11-up).
CHILD'S PLAY
Mrs. Honey's Tree by Pam Adams = ($24.99 Big=20 Book edition, paper $3.99) is a tale about environmental choices.=20 (3-8)
Series
Great Pals greets Lion, Tiger,=20 Elephant and Hippo ($8.99 each, 2-6). New Classic Books = with=20 Holes are Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, The Farmer = in the=20 Dell, The Wheels on the Bus and Ten Little Monkeys, = illus. by=20 Pam Adams, Tina Freeman and Annie Kubler ($6.99 each, Big Book edition = $19.99,=20 board book edition $4.99, 3-8).
CHOUETTE
The Gift, = illus. by=20 Tip=C3=A9o ($14.95), packages a rag doll with a bath book. (All=20 ages)
Series
New board books starring Caillou are = A Visit=20 to the Doctor and Bath Time by Joceline Sanschagrin, illus. = by Tip=C3=A9o=20 ($5.95 each, 2-up). New Caillou Peek-a-Boo books are Where Is = It?=20 and What's Missing? by Fabien Savary and Isabelle = Vadeboncoeur,=20 illus. by Tip=C3=A9o ($4.95 each, 2-up).
Paperback = Series
Caillou North Star=20 adds Just Like Daddy and Play with Me by Christine = L'Heureux,=20 illus. by Claude Lapierre ($3.95 each, 2-up). Caillou Backpack = titles,=20 all illus. by Claude Lapierre, are Caillou Plans a Surprise and=20 Caillou Sends a Letter by Joceline Sanschagrin, Caillou Makes = a=20 Snowman by Roger Harvey and Caillou and Rosie's Doll by = Francine=20 Allen ($3.95 each, 3-up).
CHRONICLE
Little Mermaids = and=20 Ugly Ducklings, illus. by Gennady Spirin ($19.95), presents six Hans = Christian Andersen tales with new art. (All ages)
Everlasting = Stories: A=20 Family Bible by Lois Rock, illus. by Christina Balit ($24.95), = collects=20 biblical stories. (All ages)
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, = compiled by=20 Cooper Edens ($19.95), offers the original tale and art by various 19th- = and=20 20th-century illustrators. (All ages)
The Nutcracker, based on = the=20 story by E.T.A. Hoffman, illus. by Julie Paschkis ($19.95), includes a = music CD.=20 (All ages)
Milton Goes to the Vet by Hayd=C3=A9 Ardalan = ($7.95). Milton the=20 cat takes a trip to the vet. (All ages)
Mama, Do You Love Me? = Nesting=20 Blocks, based on the book by Barbara M. Joosse, illus. by Barbara = Lavallee;=20 and Sylvia Long's Mother Goose Nesting Blocks, based on the book = by=20 Sylvia Long ($19.95 each), are sets of blocks inspired by these tales. = (up to=20 3)
Learning Block Books, illus. by Susan Estelle Kwas = ($24.95), is a=20 companion to ABC Block Books. (up to 3)
Twinkle, Twinkle = Little=20 Star by Sylvia Long ($13.95) gives this song new art. (up to = 5)
I Spy=20 in the Jungle and I Spy in the Ocean by Damon Burnard, illus. = by=20 Julia Cairns ($6.95 each) are board books that play the game "I Spy."=20 (2-5)
Will You Still Love Me? by Noris Kern ($15.95) features = the=20 polar bear from I Love You with All My Heart. (2-6)
The = Christmas=20 Surprise by A.J. Wood, illus. by Maggie Kneen ($14.95), is a = lift-the-flap=20 holiday tale. (2-6)
Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner ($15.95). = Collage art=20 features dinosaur skeletons. (2-8)
Mama, Do You Love Me? 10th = Anniversary=20 Commemorative Edition by Barbara M. Joosse, illus. by Barbara = Lavallee=20 ($17.95), includes a limited-edition print. (4-8)
Red Is a Dragon = by=20 Roseanne Thong, illus. by Grace Lin ($13.95). A girl discovers color in = everyday=20 objects. (4-8)
Bintou's Braids by Sylviane Diouf, illus. by = Shane=20 Evans ($14.95), is a tale set in a West African village. (4-8)
The = Fairy=20 Tale Catalog by Sally Gardner ($15.95) offers a guide to fairy life. = (4-8)
Hanukkah Lights by Dian G. Smith, illus. by JoAnn = Kitchel=20 ($12.95), is based on a traditional song. (4-8)
The Bookmaking Kit = by=20 Ann Morris, illus. by Peter Linenthal ($19.95), provides instructions = for making=20 25 books. (6-up)
Extreme Dinosaurs by Luis Rey ($16.95) = compiles=20 visions of dinosaurs. (7-10)
Cool Crafts for Creative Kids by = Jennifer=20 Knapp ($14.95) outlines 25 craft projects. (7-12)
The Inflatable = Crown=20 Balloon Hat Kit by Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert ($22.95). Photos=20 illustrate this guide to making hats from balloons. (8-up)
Seeing = Stars:=20 An Introduction to the Night Sky by Charles Hobson ($14.95) includes = star-punched cards, a flashlight and facts about constellations.=20 (8-up)
Board Book Reprint
Christmas Is Coming! by Claire = Masurel,=20 illus. by Marie H. Henry ($6.95, up to 3).
CINCO PUNTOS = PRESS
Nico=20 Visits the Moon by Honorio Robledo ($15.95). Balloons carry a boy to = the=20 moon. (4-7)
Efra=C3=ADn of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard's Life = Among the Seri=20 Indians by Amalia Astorga as told to Gary Paul Nabhan, illus. by = Janet=20 Miller ($15.95). A Seri Indian elder describes her friendship with a = lizard.=20 (7-10)
Title in Spanish
Nico visita la luna (Nico Visits the = Moon)=20 by Honorio Robledo ($15.95, 4-7).
CLARA HOUSE/THE OLIVER=20 PRESS
Series
How It Happens adds At the Boat Factory = and At=20 the Post Office by Dawn Frederick and At the Candy Company = and At=20 the Truck Plant by Jenna Anderson, all with photos by Bob and Diane = Wolfe=20 ($19.95 each, 7-10).
CLARION
Mouse Colors: A Very First = Book=20 and Mouse Shapes: A Very First Book by Jim Arnosky ($5.95 = each) are=20 concept books featuring a little mouse. (up to 2)
Happy to You! = by=20 Caron Lee Cohen, illus. by Rosanne Litzinger ($15). A preschooler enjoys = a=20 birthday party. (1-4)
Don't Go! by Jane Breskin Zalben ($15). = An=20 elephant overcomes his fear of separating from this mother on the first = day of=20 school. (2-4)
Book! by Kristine O'Connell George, illus. by = Maggie=20 Smith ($9.95), is a poem celebrating a child's encounter with a book.=20 (2-4)
Perfect Puppy by Stephanie Calmenson, illus. by Thomas = Yezerski=20 ($15), introduces a mischievous puppy. (3-6)
Ants in My Pants = by Wendy=20 Mould ($15). A boy also finds a fox in his socks and kittens in his = mittens.=20 (3-6)
Thanksgiving Mice! by Bethany Roberts ($13). Mice put on = a play=20 about the first Thanksgiving. (3-6)
Nursery Classics: A Galdone = Treasury=20 by Paul Galdone ($22) combines The Three Pigs, The Three=20 Bears, The Little Red Hen and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee.=20 (4-8)
We Were There: A Nativity Story by Eve Bunting, illus. = by=20 Wendell Minor ($16), is a Christmas tale featuring a snake, scorpion, = bat and=20 other creatures. (4-8)
Cowboy Sam and Those Confounded Secrets = by=20 Kitty Griffin and Kathy Combs, illus. by Mike Wohnoutka ($15), tells of = a cowboy=20 with a hat full of secrets. (4-8)
The Great Pig Search by = Eileen=20 Christelow ($15). Bert and Ethel find their runaway pigs in unexpected = places.=20 (5-8)
Noah and the Devil: A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania = by Neil=20 Philip, illus. by Isabelle Brent ($16), retells this biblical folktale.=20 (5-8)
The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Davis, Henry Otorati = and=20 Harry Simeone, illus. by Kristina Rodanas ($15), presents this Christmas = carol=20 with new art. (5-up)
Owen Foote, Super Spy by Stephanie = Greene, illus.=20 by Martha Weston ($14), depicts Owen as aspiring spy. (6-8)
Weave = Little=20 Stars into My Sleep, compiled by Neil Philip, photos by Edward = Curtis ($16),=20 compiles lullabies from various Native American peoples. = (6-9)
Dinosaurs=20 with Feathers by Caroline Arnold, illus. by Laurie Caple ($15), = explores=20 fossil evidence that birds are descendents of dinosaurs. = (8-11)
One True=20 Friend by Joyce Hansen ($14). Amir tells of his search for his = younger=20 siblings, from whom he was separated when his parents died. = (8-12)
In the=20 Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman ($18) traces the American = cowboy=20 tradition back to 16th-century Mexico. (8-12)
Slave Spirituals and = the=20 Jubilee Singers by Michael Cooper ($16) focuses on this group of = singers=20 from Fisk University, who in 1871 conducted a tour spotlighting = spirituals.=20 (9-14)
The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy by Donald = Hettinga=20 ($22) offers a biography of these storytellers. (9-14)
Magellan = and the=20 First Voyage Around the World by Nancy Smiler Levinson ($19) = chronicles this=20 16th-century expedition. (9-14)
Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony = 1636=20 by Paul Erickson ($20, paper $9.95) is a photoessay focusing on a = family in=20 this colony. (9-14)
A Long Way Home by Nancy Price Graff = ($15). After=20 moving to Vermont in 1980, a boy makes discoveries about his family that = challenge his notions of war and its heroes. (10-14)
Zazoo by = Richard=20 Mosher ($16) centers on a Vietnamese girl who is growing up in France.=20 (12-up)
The Great Mystery: Myths of Native Americans by Neil = Philip=20 ($25) is a guide to North American myths and legends. = (12-up)
Paperback=20 Reprints
Boo! It's Halloween by Wendy Watson; and The Pumpkin = Fair=20 by Eve Bunting, illus. by Eileen Christelow ($5.95 each, 3-6); = Tell Me a=20 Season by Mary McKenna Siddals, illus. by Petra Mathers ($4.95, = 3-6); Ms.=20 MacDonald Has a Class by Jan Ormerod ($6.95, 4-6); Dorrie and the = Haunted=20 Schoolhouse by Patricia Coombs; Carlos, Light the Farolito by = Jean=20 Ciavonne, illus. by Jean Clair; and The Gingerbread Doll by Susan = Tews,=20 illus. by Megan Lloyd ($5.95 each, 5-8); Owen Foote, Second Grade = Strongman=20 by Stephanie Greene, illus. by Dee deRosa; and Greene's Owen = Foote,=20 Soccer Star, illus. by Martha Weston ($4.95 each, = 6-8).
PETER=20 COLLIN
(Independent Publishers Group, dist.)
Children's = English=20 Dictionary by P.H. Collin ($9.95) is geared for children who have = progressed=20 beyond picture dictionaries. (5-10)
CONCORDIA
Christmas = Gems=20 ($5.99) is a set of six mini board books with biblical themes.=20 (2-5)
Follow the Star ($9.99) collects five mini board books = that tell=20 the Christmas story. (2-5)
That Special Starry Night by Jeff = Carnehl=20 ($10.99). A father tells his children about the night Jesus was born.=20 (4-7)
The Very First Christians by Paul Maier, illus. by = Francisco=20 Ordaz ($14.99). A boy's grandfather tells him about Pentecost and the = first=20 Christians. (5-10)
First Festivals: Christmas ($11.99) = collects=20 holiday projects. (5-10)
Series
Weather Windows offers=20 Autumn--Poems, Songs, Prayers and Winter--Poems, Songs, = Prayers,=20 compiled by Wendy Mass ($6.99 each, 4-7). And The Adventures of = Beatrice=20 adds Beatrice's New Clothes and Beatrice Loses Her = Doll=20 by Pam Halter, illus. by Kim Sponaugle ($6.99 each, = 5-8).
Paperback=20 Series
New Arch Books are Good News for Naaman, = Elijah=20 Helps the Widow, Baby Jesus Visits the Temple and Stephen = Stands=20 Strong ($2.29 each, 5-9).
COOKIE BEAR PRESS
(Baker = &=20 Taylor, dist.)
Board Book Reprint
I Love You All the Time = by=20 Jessica Elin Hirschman and Jennifer Elin Cole ($5.95, up to=20 5).
CRABTREE
Paperback Series
Blue Bananas welcomes = Here=20 I Am! Said Smedley by Simon Puttock, illus. by Martin and Ann = Chatterton;=20 Magic Lemonade by Joyce Dunbar, illus. by Jan McCafferty; = Colin and=20 the Curly Claw by Jan Fearnley; Peg by Maddie Stewart, illus. = by Bee=20 Willey; Follow the Swallow by Julia Donaldson, illus. by Martin = Ursell;=20 The Magnificent Mummies by Tony Bradman, illus. by Martin = Chatterton;=20 Bradman's Midnight in Memphis, illus. by Martin and Ann = Chatterton;=20 Horrible Haircut by Alison Ritchie, illus. by Ian Newsham; Big = Dog and=20 Little Dog Go Sailing and Big Dog and Little Dog Visit the Moon = by=20 Selina Young; Dexter's Journey by Chris d'Lacey, illus. by David = Roberts;=20 and Shoot! by Sue Mayfield, illus. by Ken Cox ($5.95 each, 5-7). = And=20 Colonial People offers six new titles, including A Slave = Family by=20 Bobbie Kalman, The Milliner by Niki Walker and Colonial Women = by=20 Kalman and Deanna Brady ($7.95 each, 5-up).
The Life Cycle = presents=20 six titles by Kalman, including The Life Cycle of a Whale and = The Life=20 Cycle of a Bird ($5.95 each, 6-12). New to Science of Living = Things=20 are What Is Hibernation?, What Is Migration? and What = Is an=20 Elephant? by Kalman and John Crossingham ($5.95 each, 7-8). = Science=20 Alive! introduces six books by Darlene Lauw and Lim Cheng Puay, = among them=20 Motion, Heat and Magnets ($7.95 each, 7-12). New=20 Megatech titles by David Jefferis are Into Infinity--From = Earth to the=20 Stars, Bio-Tech--Frontiers of Medicine, = Internet--Electronic=20 Global Village and Super Subs--Opening up Undersea Frontiers = ($8.95=20 each, 9-14). And Lands, Peoples, and Cultures continues with 11 = volumes,=20 including El Salvador--The People and Culture by Greg Nickles,=20 Spain--The Land by Noa Lior and Canada--The People (Rev. Ed.) = and=20 Mexico--The Culture (Rev. Ed.) by Bobbie Kalman ($7.95 each,=20 9-14).
CREATIVE COMPANY
The Fisherman and His Wife by = Jason and=20 Wilhelm Grimm, illus. by John Howe ($17.95), is the story of an = enchanted fish=20 and a fisherman's greedy wife. (9-up)
Hansel and Gretel by = Jason and=20 Wilhelm Grimm, illus. by Monique Felix ($17.95), includes the original = text of=20 this tale and new art. (9-up)
The Seven Dwarfs by Etienne = Delessert=20 ($17.95) gives this classic tale a new twist. (9-up)
Shoe Tree of = Chagrin=20 by J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Chris Sheban ($17.95), tells of a = woman=20 cobbler and her mile-high horse. (9-up)
Paperbacks
Lucas by = Alistar=20 Highet, illus. by Etienne Delessert ($9.95). A young man's faithful dog = saves=20 him. (9-up)
Winnie Mae by H.B. Lewis ($9.95). A boy builds a = plane=20 and, with the help of his imagination, learns to fly it. = (9-up)
Paperback=20 Reprints
Butterflies by Nancy Shaw, Jeff Gordon by Julie = Bach,=20 Shaquille O'Neal by Michael Goodman and Tree Frogs by = Diana=20 Loiewski Weir ($9.95 each, 9-up).
CRICKET BOOKS
(PGW,=20 dist.)
Robert and the Great Pepperoni by Barbara Seuling, = illus. by=20 Paul Brewer ($14.95). Robert is determined to train a stray dog.=20 (7-10)
How I Became an American by Karin G=C3=BCndisch, trans. = by James=20 Skofield ($15.95). In 1902, a boy and his family emigrate from Germany = to the=20 U.S. (9-12)
Scorpio's Child by Kezi Matthews ($15.95) is a = Southern=20 coming-of-age novel set in the 1940s. (11-14)
Time Out by = David Hill=20 ($15.95). A cross-country runner is catapulted into a parallel universe. = (12-15)
CRICKET BOOKS/MARCATO
(PGW, dist.)
Taf = by=20 Annie Callan ($16.95) is a novel about a girl who follows her heart--at = any=20 cost. (11-15)
Seek by Paul Fleischman ($16.95) centers on a = high=20 school senior determined to find his missing father. = (12-15)
W=C3=A1chale!=20 Poetry and Prose About Growing Up Latino, edited by Ilan Stavans = ($16.95),=20 is an anthology of essays, folktales, stories and bilingual poems.=20 (12-15)
Paperback Reprint
Patak=C3=ADn: World Tales of Drums = and Drummers=20 by Nina Jaffe ($10.95, 10-14).
CROSSWAY = BOOKS
I'll Love=20 You Anyway and Always by Bryan Chapell, illus. by Tim Jonke = ($14.99). When=20 Katy is disobedient, her father explains that her parents love her=20 unconditionally. (All ages)
A Treasure Beyond Measure by = Melody=20 Carlson, illus. by Steve Bj=C3=B6rkman ($9.99), retells Jesus's parable = of the=20 Kingdom of Heaven. (3-6)
Series
Beary Patch Bears adds = Hi! I'm=20 Cranbeary, Hi! I'm Strawbeary and Hi! I'm Elderbeary = by Melody=20 Carlson, illus. by Ben Mahan ($6.99 each, 3-6).
DIAL
Moley Gets Dressed for All Weather by Sue Hendra = ($12.99).=20 Readers select from 16 magnetized outfits to help Moley get dressed.=20 (3-6)
Knitted by Grandma by Ruth Hearson ($12.99). This = lift-the-flap,=20 pull-the-tab tale reveals what Grandma has been working on. = ($12.99)
His=20 Mother's Nose by Peter Maloney and Felicia Zekauskas ($15.99). Tired = of=20 being compared to his relatives, Percival sets out to prove he is his = own man.=20 (4-8)
More Parts by Tedd Arnold ($15.99). This sequel to = Parts=20 depicts silly figures of speech. (4-8)
A Penguin Pup for = Pinkerton=20 by Steven Kellogg ($15.99). Pinkerton dreams of adopting a penguin.=20 (4-8)
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, illus. by Alex = Scheffler=20 ($15.99). A witch's new friends help save her from a dragon. = (4-8)
Strike=20 Two by Amy Goldman Koss ($16.99). A newspaper strike tears Gwen's = town in=20 two. (10-up)
The Tower at the End of the World by Brad = Strickland,=20 illus. by S.D. Schindler ($16.99), is a sequel to John Bellairs's The = House=20 with a Clock in Its Walls. (10-up)
Fair Weather by Richard = Peck=20 ($16.99). In 1893, Rosie and her family visit the World's Fair in = Chicago.=20 (10-up)
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin ($16.99). An adolescent = girl=20 fights to learn the truth about her brother's apparent suicide.=20 (12-up)
Reissue
James Marshall's Cinderella, retold by = Barbara=20 Karlin, illus. by James Marshall ($15.99, Puffin paperback, $6.99,=20 4-8).
DISNEY PRESS
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon = Book=20 ($15.99) is a board book introducing the concepts of counting and = colors.=20 (18 mos.-5 yrs.)
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Busy Book ($15.99) = is an=20 oversized, interactive board book. (1-4)
Disney's Pop-Up Animals = and=20 Pop-Up Adventures ($12.99) is a pop-up tale featuring Disney = characters.=20 (2-5)
Read-to-Me Treasury, Vol. Two ($19.99) collects six = Disney=20 stories. (3-7)
5-Minute Princess Stories by Liza Baker, illus. = by=20 Robbin Cuddy ($12.99) compiles tales about Disney princesses.=20 (3-7)
Disney's Princess Treasury ($19.99) collects six tales,=20 including Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. = (3-up)
Disney's=20 Christmas Crafts ($12.99) outlines more than 50 Disney-themed = holiday=20 crafts. (4-7)
Disney's Princess Magic: Words from the Heart = ($13.99)=20 contains quotations from princesses and heroines. (4-up)
Walt = Disney's=20 Classic Storybook ($15.99) features artwork from the 1950s and '60s. = (5-10)
Series
The Rolie Polie Olie Busy Book series = offers=20 Peekaboo, You!, Rolie Polie Shapes, Zowie's 123 and = Rocket Up, Rolie ($6.99 each, 18 mos.-3 yrs.). And The Book of = Pooh=20 introduces Pooh's Perfect Picnic and Rhyme Time ($5.99 = each,=20 2-5); Pooh's Magic Wishes and Picture Poems ($9.99 each, = 3-6); and=20 Match-the-flaps: Beginning Sounds and Letters ($7.99 each, = 3-6).
Paperback Series
Woody's Roundup lassos Cowboy=20 Christmas; and Abracadabra joins Mickey Mysteries=20 ($4.99 each, 7-10).
DK
The Christmas Story = Shaped Board=20 Book, illus. by Julie Downing ($7.95), is an oversized volume = recounting the=20 Nativity story. (2-5)
Going Home by Ann and Reg Cartwright = ($15.95).=20 Animal friends escape from the zoo. (2-5)
Mama's Little Baby = by Kate=20 Banks, illus. by Karin Littlewood ($15.95). A mother shows her child the = sights=20 and sounds of the world. (2-5)
Silver Shoes by Caroline Binch = ($15.95)=20 spotlights a child's dreams and wishes. (2-5)
A First Book of = Fairy=20 Tales, retold by Mary Hoffman, illus. by Julie Downing = ($14.95),=20 offers bedtime stories. (3-6)
Barbie Fun to Cook and Barbie = Word=20 Book ($12.95 each) present recipes; and objects to identify. = (5-8)
Big=20 Book of Race Cars ($14.95) reveals poster-like images of cars, = bikes, etc.=20 (5-8)
The Christmas Book by Jane Bull ($12.95) rounds up = holiday=20 projects. (5-8)
The Story of the Titanic, illus. by Steve Noon = ($17.95), covers the Titanic's construction, maiden voyage and = sinking,=20 as well as the recovery of the wreck. (5-8)
Brer Rabbit and = Friends by=20 Karima Amin, illus. by Eric Copeland ($14.95), retells this classic = tale.=20 (5-9)
Smithsonian Kids' Field Guides: Birds of North America = East/West=20 ($17.95, paper $9.95) is a volume created in association with the=20 Smithsonian Institution. (6-9)
Action Man ($12.95) offers a = tale based=20 on this toy character. (8-up)
Atlas of Ancient Worlds by Anne = Millard,=20 illus. by Russell Barnett ($19.95), examines the daily life of past = cultures.=20 (8-up)
Batman: The Ultimate Guide ($19.95) is an illustrated = guide to=20 the world of this DC Comics character. (8-up)
Bible Atlas, = illus. by=20 Brian Delf ($17.95), offers readers a tour of the lands of the Bible.=20 (8-up)
The Coolest Cross-Sections Ever! by Richard Platt, = illus. by=20 Stephen Biesty ($24.95), features cross-section art and annotated = pullouts.=20 (8-up)
Creation Story, illus. by Norman Messenger ($15.95),=20 illustrates the seven days of creation as told in Genesis. = (8-up)
DK=20 Amazing Pop-Up Pull-Out T-Rex Book by David Hawcock ($19.95) unfolds = to form=20 a pop-up poster. (8-up)
DK Guide to the Savage Earth ($15.95). = Photos=20 and text document such phenomena as volcanoes and earthquakes.=20 (8-up)
Dinosaur Encyclopedia ($29.95) examines the evolution = of=20 dinosaurs over 400 million years. (8-up)
A Farm Through Time = by Angela=20 Wilkes, illus. by Eric Thomas ($17.95), traces the history of farming = from=20 medieval times to the present. (8-up)
Favorite Bible Stories, = retold=20 by Libby Purves, illus. by Eric Thomas ($17.95), collects 29 tales.=20 (8-up)
Great Events That Changed the World by Brian Delf and = Richard=20 Platt (17.95), offers an illustrated look at events that have shaped our = world.=20 (8-up)
A Journey Through Time, illus. by Richard Bonson = ($17.95), is=20 an historical, geological and archeological examination of earth.=20 (8-up)
Monster Jam: The Amazing Guide ($14.95) spotlights = big-wheel=20 vehicles. (8-up)
Monsters, Inc. Essential Guide ($12.95) = includes=20 stills from this Disney film. (8-up)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate = Guide=20 ($19.95) examines this superhero's world. (8-up)
Visual = Timeline of=20 Inventions by Richard Platt ($15.95) traces the history of various=20 inventions. (8-up)
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts by Tim = Haines=20 ($29.95). Computer graphics and simulated photos explore giant = prehistoric=20 mammals. (12-up)
Series
DK Readers adds My Cat's = Secret=20 by Karen Wallace ($12.95, paper $3.95, 2-5); The Story of = Columbus by=20 Anita Ganeri ($12.95, paper $3.95, 5-7); Extreme Sports by = Richard Platt=20 and NFL Peyton Manning by James Buckley, Jr. ($12.95 each, 7-8); = and=20 Buckley's NFL Rumbling Running Backs, Crime Busters by = Andrew=20 Donkin and Spider-Man: Amazing Powers and The Story of = Spider-Man=20 by Michael Teitelbaum ($12.95 each, $3.95 paper, 8-9). DK = Readers: Jobs=20 People Do introduces four titles by Linda Hayward ($12.95 each, = paper $3.95,=20 2-5). Early Learners welcomes My Busy Day and My = Lift-the-Flap=20 Book ($9.95 each, 2-5). It's OK! offers six volumes by Beth = Robbins,=20 illus. by Jon Stuart, including Tom and Ally Visit the Doctor and = Tom's First Day at School ($12.95 each, paper $3.95, 2-5). = Dinosaurs=20 and Trains are new Jumbo Sound Board Books ($7.95 = each, 2-5).=20 There are four additions to My First Books ($9.95 each, 2-5).=20 Christmas and Halloween are new Scratch & Sniff = titles=20 ($6.95 each, 2-5). And Share-A-Story issues Don't Rock the = Boat by=20 Sally Grindley, illus. by Sarah Battle; Elemeno P by Sam = McBratney and=20 Catharine O'Neill; and You're a Big Bear Now, Winston Brown by = Paul May,=20 illus. by Selina Young ($9.95 each, paper $5.95, 2-5).
Toddler = Books=20 introduces Goodbye, Hello by Shen Roddie, illus. by Carol = Thompson;=20 Silly Goose and Dizzy Duck by Sally Grindley, illus. by Adrian = Reynolds;=20 and Ten in a Bed by Jan Ormerod ($9.95 each, paper $5.95, 2-5). = Jungle=20 Animals and Pets are new Touch & Feel titles = ($6.95 each,=20 2-5). Experiments in Science offers How Do Things Grow?, = How=20 Does It Work? and What Is It Made Of? ($24.95 each, 5-7). = Eye=20 Wonder gains Dinosaurs, Ocean, Rain Forest and = Space=20 ($9.95 each, 5-8). DK Discoveries issues Christopher = Columbus=20 by Peter Chrisp, illus. by Peter Dennis; and Cleopatra by = Fiona=20 MacDonald, illus. by Chris Molan ($14.95 each, 8-up). Wild West = and=20 World War I by Simon Adams are new Eyewitness Books = ($15.95 each,=20 8-up). Protecting Our Planet adds Animal Watch by Roger = Few and=20 Food Watch by Martyn Bramwell ($16.95 each, 8-up). Secret = Worlds=20 has eight additions, including Apes, Explorers and=20 Tornadoes ($14.95 each, paper $7.95, 8-up). And Science Series = by=20 Chris Maynard offers Backyard Science and Kitchen Science = ($12.95=20 each, 8-up).
Paperbacks
Pocket Reference Library ($19.95). = This=20 slipcovered set includes a dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus.=20 (8-up)
Top 10 Quiz Book by Russell Ash ($7.95) compiles facts = and=20 trivia on a variety of topics. (8-up)
Visual Encyclopedia of = Animals=20 ($16.95) examines more than 2000 animal species. = (8-up)
Paperback=20 Series
New DK BIG Readers are A Day at Greenhill Farm = by=20 Sue Nicholson ($19.95, 2-5); Bugs! Bugs Bugs! by Jennifer = Dussling and=20 Dinosaur by Lee Davis ($19.95 each, 5-7); and Spacebusters = by=20 Philip Wilkinson and Titanic by Mark Debowski ($19.95 each, = 7-8). Read=20 & Listen gains A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, = illus. by=20 Andrew Wheatcroft ($7.95, 2-5). There are six new Math Workbooks = ($12.95=20 each, 4-11). And Walking with Prehistoric Beasts introduces 3D = Beasts, Photo Journal and Sticker Book ($6.95 each,=20 8-up).
Paperback Reprints
Five Trucks by Brian Floca = and=20 Like Likes Like by Chris Raschka ($6.95 each, 2-5); Everything = to=20 Spend the Night from A to Z by Ann Whitford Paul, illus. by Maggie = Smith=20 ($6.95, 2-7); How to Catch an Elephant by Amy Schwartz ($6.95, = 3-6);=20 The Cowboy ABC by Chris Demarest ($6.95, 3-7); Farmer Brown = Goes Round=20 and Round by Teri Sloat, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott ($6.95, = 4-7);=20 Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne ($6.95, 7-11); and Lucy = Dove=20 by Janice Del Negro, illus. by Leonid Gore ($6.95, = 8-11).
DK HOME=20 LEARNING
Baby's Book of the Body ($9.95). Photos and text=20 introduce parts of the body and the five senses. (2-5)
Baby's = Little=20 Library ($9.95) contains four concept chunky board books. = (2-5)
The=20 Lifesize Animal Counting Book ($12.95) features photos of animals.=20 (2-5)
Read Along Boxed Set ($19.95) collects five books = introducing=20 animal characters. (2-5)
Mouse in the House by Henrietta = ($12.95)=20 tells of a mouse who plays hide-and-seek. (3-6)
Where Do Babies = Come From?=20 ($9.95) discusses how life begins. (3-6)
My First Encyclopedia = by=20 Carol Watson ($16.95) includes color pictures. (4-8)
Dazzling = Disguises=20 and Clever Costumes by Angela Wilkes ($14.95) explains how to design = and=20 make 50 costumes. (5-8)
Human Body Explorer ($16.95). A = skeleton=20 teaches a lesson on human anatomy and health. (5-8)
My First = Mathbook=20 by David and Wendy Slemson ($16.95) introduces basic math concepts.=20 (6-9)
The Amazing Outdoor Activity Book by Angela Wilkes = ($15.95)=20 rounds up more than 50 projects. (7-11)
Series
Pajama Bedtime = Bear=20 Board Books debuts with Colors, Numbers, Shapes = and=20 Words ($3.95 each, 1-3). Launching Pajama Bedtime Bear Shaped = Board=20 Books are Good Morning and Time for Bed ($6.95 each, = 1-3).=20 There are four new Pajama Bedtime Bear Read Alongs ($4.95 each, = 2-5).=20 Pajama Bedtime Bear Books welcomes three titles ($12.95, 3-6).=20 Scarecrow and Spooky Game are Pajama Bedtime Bear Read = Alones=20 ($6.95 each, 3-6). Pajama Bedtime Bear Sticker Activity Books = starts=20 up with Picnic and Shopping ($6.95 each, 3-6). Young = Classics=20 adds Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, adapted by Jane Fior, illus. = by=20 Simon Bartram; The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, = adapted by=20 Shona McKellar, illus. by Tony Kerins; Wind in the Willows by = Kenneth=20 Grahame, adapted by Sally Grindley, illus. by Eric Copeland; and The = Wizard=20 of Oz by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Kimberly Morris, illus. by Mauro=20 Evangelista ($9.95 each, 5-9). And new Action Books are = Discover the=20 Titanic and Fly the Space Shuttle ($16.95 each, = 8-up).
DODO=20 BOOKS
(713-228-6156)
Series
The Adventures of Dodie the = Dodo=20 Bird by Jesse Abarca Jr. debuts with Who's Dodie ($4.95, all = ages);=20 and The Magic Glass and El Vidrio Magico (The Magic=20 Glass) ($12.95 each, all = ages).
DOLPHIN
(Trafalgar=20 Square, dist.)
Paperbacks
The Real Fairy Storybook: Stories the = Fairies=20 Tell Themselves by Georgie Adams, illus. by Sally Gardner ($9.95), = is a=20 collection of tales. (7-10)
A Book of Princesses: Five Favorite = Stories=20 by Sally Gardner ($9.95) offers tales about familiar heroines.=20 (7-10)
DOVER
Paperbacks
Big Book of Animal = Stories by=20 Thornton W. Burgess ($6.95) collects tales about Peter Cottontail, Reddy = Fox and=20 others. (5-up)
Flower Fairies in Full Color by Walter Crane = ($8.95).=20 Watercolors illustrate verses about fairies. (6-up)
The Book of = Dragons:=20 Tales and Legends from Many Lands, selected and edited by O. Muiriel = Fuller=20 ($6.95), compiles 20 stories. (7-up)
Paperback Series
There = are=20 five new Little Activity Books, including Favorite Wildflowers = Stickers by Dot Barlowe and Invisible Zoo Animals Magic Picture = Book=20 by Lisa Bonforte ($1 each, 2-up). The Learning About series = adds=20 Learning About Farm Animals, Learning About Reptiles, = Learning=20 About Spiders and Learning About Turtles by Jan Sovak ($1 = each,=20 2-up). There are five additions to the Tattoos series ($1.50 = each, 2-up).=20 Among the 10 new Coloring Books are Life in Colonial America = by=20 Peter Copeland, Mars Exploration: Fact and Fantasy by Bruce = LaFontaine=20 and Fashions of the First Ladies by Ming-Ju Sun ($3.50 each, = 6-up). The=20 Paper Doll series gains six titles, including High Victorian = Fashions=20 Paper Dolls and Marie Antoinette Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney = ($5.95=20 each, 7-up). And new Dover Juvenile Classics are Little Men = by=20 Louise May Alcott ($3, 8-up); Racketty-Packetty House and Other = Stories=20 by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Favorite Fairy Tales by the = Brothers=20 Grimm and The Fables of Aesop, edited by Joseph Jacobs ($2 each, = 8-up);=20 Jewish Fairy Tales by Gerald Friedlander ($1.50, 8-up); and = The Black=20 Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson ($2.50,=20 8-up).
DUTTON
The Snow Bear by Miriam Moss, = illus. by=20 Maggie Kneen ($15.99). Separated from his mother, a polar bear cub = builds a bear=20 out of snow to keep him company. (All ages)
Winnie-the-Pooh = Anniversary=20 Edition by A.A. Milne, illus. by Ernest H. Shepard ($30). This = slipcased set=20 of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner celebrates = Pooh's=20 75th anniversary. (All ages)
The Complete Tales and Poems of=20 Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, illus. by Ernest H. Shepard ($40), = collects=20 the stories featuring Pooh. (All ages)
Pooh Book-in-a-Book: = Piglet's=20 Rescue and Pooh Goes Visiting, inspired by A.A. Milne and = Ernest H.=20 Shepard ($7.99 each), are board books with a mini board book tucked into = the=20 back cover. (All ages)
Winnie-the-Pooh Easy Readers: Eeyore Has a = Birthday=20 and Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees by A.A. Milne, adapted by = Stephen=20 Krensky, illus. by Ernest H. Shepard ($13.99 each, paper $3.99), adapt = two=20 classic tales. (All ages)
Three Cheers for Pooh by Brian = Sibley=20 ($22.95) chronicles Pooh's creation and career. (All ages)
Little = Ones Do!=20 by Jana Novotny Hunter, illus. by Sally Anne Lambert ($14.99), = follows a day=20 in the life of a dragon family. (2-5)
A Slide-and-Find Book: Where = Is=20 Pooh's Honey? and Where Is Eeyore? by A.A. Milne, illus. by = Ernest H.=20 Shepard ($6.99 each), are interactive tales. (2-5)
Ruby's Potty = by=20 Paul and Emma Rogers ($12.99). Ruby learns how to use her potty.=20 (2-5)
What Will You Wear, Claude? and Whatever the Weather, = Claude! by David Wojtowycz ($7.99 each). Readers dress Claude in=20 weather-appropriate outfits; and select toys for seasonal activities.=20 (2-5)
Winnie-the-Pooh's ABC: Sign Language Edition by A.A. = Milne,=20 illus. by Ernest H. Shepard ($15.99), introduces the American Sign = Language=20 Alphabet. (2-6)
Going to Grandpa's by Hiawyn Oram, illus. by = Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric=20 Joos ($12.99). Big Bear and Little Bear travel by train to visit = Grandpa.=20 (2-6)
Big, Small, Little Red Ball and Yellow, Blue, and = Bunny,=20 Too by Emma Dodd ($11.99 each). Animals introduce opposites; and a = bunny=20 performs color-changing magic tricks. (2-6)
Joseph Wants to Read = by=20 Fabienne Teyss=C3=A8dre ($10.99). A monkey's animal friends help him = learn to read.=20 (3-6)
Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten = by Joseph=20 Slate, illus. by Ashley Wolf ($16.99). This teacher tours the = neighborhood with=20 her class. (3-6)
Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington = ($14.99).=20 Farmer Annie makes cider, applesauce and other treats from her apple = crop.=20 (3-7)
Trick or Treat?: A Not-too-Scary Window Surprise Book = and=20 Deck the Halls: A Christmas-Window Surprise Book by Keith = Faulkner,=20 illus. by Manhar Chauham ($10.99 each). Children mistake benign images = for scary=20 ones; and mistake shadows for Christmas objects. (3-7)
Blabber = Mouse=20 by True Kelley ($15.99). A mouse's friends fear he can't keep = secrets.=20 (3-7)
Not Me! by Nigel McMullen ($12.99). When a boy who gets = blamed=20 for everything learns to say his older brother's name, he finally = reveals the=20 real troublemaker in the family. (3-7)
Christmas Magic by = Michael=20 Garland ($16.99). On Christmas Eve, Emily spies strange goings-on.=20 (3-8)
The Tin Forest by Helen Ward, illus. by Wayne Anderson = ($15.99).=20 A lonely old man turns a wasteland of scrap metal into a beautiful = forest.=20 (3-9)
My Most Favorite Thing by Nicola Moon, illus. by Carol = Thompson=20 ($15.99). When Grandpa's dog must stay at the vet, Katie lends him her = stuffed=20 bunny. (4-8)
One Enchanted Christmas by Colleen Charleston, = illus. by=20 Sally Onopa ($15.99). A girl's coat grows until it is large enough for = her to=20 give to Santa. (4-8)
The Hugs & Kisses Contest by Paul = Kortepeter,=20 illus. by Susan Wheeler ($14.99). Emily and Oliver try to decide which = of them=20 their mother loves the most. (4-up)
Paint Yourself Wild!: An = Animal=20 Face-Painting Kit ($13.99). This spiral-bound volume presents 12 = face=20 designs and facts about the featured animals. (5-10)
Mystery = Mansion: A=20 Look-Again Book by Michael Garland ($15.99). Tommy solves puzzles = and finds=20 hidden objects as he searches for his aunt. (5-11)
Pumpkin Moon = by Tim=20 Preston, illus. by Simon Bartram ($16.99), reveals what goes on = when the=20 townsfolk go to bed on Halloween night. (6-10)
Hidden Under the = Sea: The=20 World Beneath the Waves by Peter Kent ($17.99) examines underwater = life.=20 (6-10)
Be My Valenslime by J.K. Arden, illus. by Joy Allen = ($6.99).=20 Greta seeks revenge for Harris's Valentine's Day practical joke.=20 (6-10)
Jimmy Dabble by Frans Vischer ($16.99). A boy teaches = farm=20 animals to sing. (7-10)
A Rumpus of Rhymes: A Book of Noisy Poems = by=20 Bobbi Katz, illus. by Susan Estelle Kwas ($15.99), collects poetry = celebrating=20 noises of all kinds. (7-10)
The Website of the Cracked Cookies = by Eric=20 Kimmel, illus. by Jeff Shelley ($15.99). Jessica and Matt are = transported into a=20 cyberworld. (7-10)
The Case of the Gasping Garbage: Doyle and = Fossey,=20 Science Detectives by Michelle Torrey, illus. by Barbara Johansen = Newman=20 ($14.99). Two young detectives use science to solve four mysteries.=20 (8-11)
Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader Book One by = Lawrence=20 David, illus. by Barry Gott ($14.99). A boy searches for crime to fight. = (8-11)
Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson, illus. by Kevin Hawkes = ($15.99).=20 Oliver joins forces with ghosts who were ordered to frighten him.=20 (8-12)
My Brother the Robot by Bonny Becker ($15.99). Chip = comes to=20 terms with feeling inferior to his robot brother. (8-2)
Benno's = Bear=20 by N.F. Tucker ($16.99). A boy's father is thrown in jail in this = novel set=20 in 19th-century Austria. (9-12)
The Kid Who Invented the = Trampoline by=20 Don Wulfson ($15.99) describes the invention of 50 products. = (9-up)
Three=20 Days by Donna Jo Napoli ($15.99). After her father suffers a heart = attack=20 while driving, Jackie is picked up by two men who then disappear.=20 (10-14)
The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for = Children=20 by Katherine Paterson ($24.99) collects speeches and essays by this = author.=20 (10-up)
Piracy & Plunder: A Murderous Business by Milton = Meltzer,=20 illus. by Bruce Waldman ($24.99), presents tales of actual pirates.=20 (10-up)
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, illus. by = Kevin=20 Hawkes ($17.99). An English orphan and her governess venture into the = heart of=20 the Amazon. (10-up)
The Beguilers by Kate Thompson ($16.99). = Rifka=20 attempts to capture one of the dangerous creatures known as Beguilers.=20 (12-up)
EDC/USBORNE
Christmas Treasury by = Heather Amery=20 ($18.95) compiles holiday stories, activities and songs.=20 (4-up)
Series
Farmyard Tales offers Farmyard Tales First = Word=20 Book by Heather Amery, illus. by Stephen Cartwright ($10.95, 9 = mos.-up).=20 Touchy-Feely Board Books adds That's Not My Tractor by = Fiona Watt,=20 illus. by Rachel Wells ($7.95, 9 mos.-up). Rhyming Board Books = gains=20 Find the Teddy by Phil Roxbee-Cox, illus. by Stephen Cartwright = ($3.95, 9=20 mos.-up). People by Jo Litchfield joins First Words Board = Books=20 ($4.95, 9 mos.-up). Children's Bibles presents Mini = Children's=20 Bible by Heather Amery ($8.95, 4-9). New Kid Kits are = Science with=20 Light & Mirrors ($14.95, 8-10), Trick Photography = ($16.95, 8-up)=20 and How to Draw Horses ($13.95, 9-up). And joining World = History=20 is The Last 500 Years by Jane Bingham, Finon Chandler and Sam = Taplin=20 ($21.95, 8-up).
Paperback Series
New to Spotter's Guides = is=20 Wild Animals by Rosamund Kidman Cox, ($5.95, all ages). Easy = Words to=20 Read issues Ted's Shed by Phil Roxbee-Cox, illus. by Stephen=20 Cartwright ($7.95, 4-up). First Encyclopedias welcomes First=20 Encyclopedia of Space by Paul Dowswell ($9.95, 4-up). Christmas = Puzzles=20 by Michelle Bates is new to Young Puzzles Sticker Books = ($6.95,=20 5-up). Sticker Math gains Subtracting, Fractions = and=20 Times Tables by Rachel Wells ($6.95 each, 6-7). Discovery Program = continues with Snakes by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller and = Dinosaurs=20 by Rachel Firth ($8.95 each, 7-up). Encyclopedia of Peoples of = the World=20 by Gillian Doherty and Anna Claybourne is new to the Encyclopedia = series ($14.95, 9-up). And two Easy Design on Your Computer = titles by=20 Anna Claybourne join Software Guides ($9.95 each,=20 10-up).
EERDMANS
Glory by Nancy White Carlstrom, = illus.=20 by Debra Reid Jenkins ($17), celebrates the beauty and diversity of the = world's=20 creatures. (3-8)
A Humble Life: Plain Poems by Linda Oatman = High,=20 illus. by Bill Farnsworth ($17). Poetry and paintings depict = Pennsylvania Dutch=20 farm life. (3-8)
The Shine Man: A Christmas Story by Mary = Quattlebaum,=20 illus. by Tim Ladwig ($17). A Depression-era shoeshine man experiences a = miracle=20 after he shows kindness to a poor child. (5-up)
Secrets in the = House of=20 Delgado by Gloria Miklowitz ($16) is a novel centering on a Catholic = girl=20 who works for a Jewish family during the Spanish Inquisition.=20 (9-up)
Maggie in the Morning by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk ($16) = tells of=20 a girl's summer of self-discovery just before the U.S. enters WWII.=20 (9-up)
Paperback Reprints
I See the Moon by Kathi Appelt, = illus. by=20 Debra Reid Jenkins ($7.50, 2-7); and Silent Night: The Song and Its = Story=20 by Margaret Hodges, illus. by Tim Ladwig ($8, 5-up).=20
ENSLOW
Series
Great African Americans issues = revised=20 editions of Booker T. Washington: Leader and Educator, Louis=20 Armstrong: Jazz Musician, Madam C.J. Walker: Self-Made = Millionaire,=20 Marian Anderson: A Great Singer, Martin Luther King Jr.: Man = of Peace=20 and Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher by Patricia and = Fredrick=20 McKissack ($14.95 each, 6-9). Super Sports Star Grant Hill by = Felicia=20 Lowenstein is a new Super Sports Star title ($18.95, 6-9). And=20 Transportation and Communication continues with Bridges by = Melinda=20 Farbman, Motorcycles by Dee Stuart, Television by Kathy = Feeney and=20 Trains by Phyllis J. Perry ($18.95 each, 6-9).
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