Childrens books

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Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Terrible Terrel by Whoopi Goldberg
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Terrible Terrel by Whoopi Goldberg, Deborah Underwood, and Meryn Roos Hyperion Book CH; $4.99 160 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0786852635 Review by S. Spangler (age 10) Synopsis: Terrel Liu is a normal nine year old girl. She...read more
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Never Take a Shark to the Dentist by Judi Barrett, illustrated by John Nickle
Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (And other things not to do) By Judi Barrett, illustrated by John Nickle Atheneum; $16.99 34 pp; ISBN-13: 978-1416907244 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Every kid knows there's a list of things she's never to do. Most...read more
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Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie, written and illustrated by Laura Rankin
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie Written and illustrated by Laura Rankin Bloomsbury USA Children's Books; $15.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1599900100 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Ruthie learns there's no such thing as a little white lie in this...read more
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Angelmonster and Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives
Angelmonster By Veronica Bennett Candlewick Press, $15.99 240 pages, ISBN 0763629944 Review by Amy Andrews Mary Shelley, the vivacious and headstrong daughter of William Godwin and the late Mary Wollstonecraft, both socially progressive thinkers...read more
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"Yum! Yuck!" and "Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads"
Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds By Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango Charlesbridge Publishing, $9.95 36 pages, ISBN 1570916594 Review by Amy Andrews Like an ice cream cone on a hot summer's day, Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango's Yum! Yuck!...read more
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Lady in the Water
Lady in the Water By M. Night Shyamalan Little, Brown; $17.99 64 pages, ISBN 0316017345 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews M. Night Shyamalan's mysterious storytelling style leaps off the big screen and into Lady in the Water, his first picture book for...read more
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It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters; Miss Mingo and the First Day of School
It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan Seal Press, $14.95 248 pages, ISBN 1580051472 Review by Kim Schmidt It’s a Girl brings together thirty mother-writers who each explore their experiences raising a...read more
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Cookies: Bite-Sized Life Lessons
Cookies: Bite-Sized Life Lessons By Amy Krouse Rosenthal HarperCollins, $12.99 40 pages, ISBN 006058081X Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews It's easy to teach children concrete things like the alphabet, colors, and shapes; they have clearly visible...read more
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Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World; Dooby Dooby Moo
Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World By Linda R. Hirshman Viking Adult, $19.95 112 pages, ISBN 0670038121 Reviewed by Avis Yarbrough Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World is an extension of a 2005 article Ms. Hirshman wrote...read more
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Dashka Slater's "Baby Shoes"
Baby Shoes By Dashka Slater; illustrated by Hiroe Nakata Bloomsbury Children's Books, $15.95 40 pages, ISBN 1582346844 Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews Ever wonder why most babies' walking shoes are white? As every parent knows, the nice white baby...read more
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Chowder by Peter Brown
Chowder By Peter Brown Little, Brown; $15.99 32 pages, ISBN 0316011800 Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews Chowder's a bulldog with a bit of a problem; he's lonely. He has no friends other than his owners, Madge and Bernie Wubbington. It's not that Chowder...read more
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Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth
Naughty Little Monkeys By Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Henry Cole Puffin Books, $6.99 32 pages, ISBN 0142405620 Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews When the parents are away, youngsters will play, as all parents know. For anyone in doubt, it's further...read more
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Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon By Catherine Thimmesh Houghton Mifflin Company, $19.95 80 pp.; ISBN: 0618507574 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Thirty-seven years on, it's tempting to take space travel for granted-- NASA...read more
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New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne; Illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
New York's Bravest By Mary Pope Osborne; illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Dragonfly Books, $6.99 32 pp.; ISBN: 0375838414 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews In Mary Pope Osborne's New York's Bravest, mid-nineteenth century New York City...read more
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Walter Was Worried by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Walter Was Worried By Laura Vaccaro Seeger Roaring Brook Press, $6.95 40 pages, ISBN: 1596431962 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Writer and illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger, already known for her characteristically vibrant and colorful work with The...read more
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The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon, written and illustrated by Mini Grey
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Written and illustrated by Mini Grey Alfred A. Knopf; 32 pp. $16.95; ISBN: 0375836918 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Just about every kid knows what happened the night the cat played a fiddle, the cow took a...read more
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Hansel and Diesel, written and illustrated by David Gordon
Hansel and Diesel Written and illustrated by David Gordon Laura Geringer, 32 pp. $15.99, ISBN: 0060581220 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews With its delightfully modern take on one of Grimm's famous fairy tales, David Gordon's Hansel and Diesel is sure...read more
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Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses By J. Patrick Lewis; illustrated by Simon Bartram
Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses By J. Patrick Lewis; illustrated by Simon Bartram Candlewick; $16.99 32 pp.; ISBN: 0763618373 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Tempering the serious subject of death with jokes, puns, and just plain poking fun,...read more
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Pancakes for Supper by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Mark Teague
Pancakes for Supper By Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Mark Teague Scholastic Press; $15.99 40 pp.; ISBN: 0439644836 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews With cleverness and courage, the young heroine of Anne Isaacs' new picture book Pancakes for Supper takes...read more
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Pumpkins
Written and illustrated by Ken Robbins

Pumpkins Written and illustrated by Ken Robbins Roaring Brook Press, $14.95 32 pp.; ISBN 1596431849 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Halloween books are kind of like Halloween candy -- you can only devour so much of the same before you're in the mood...read more
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Wolves, written and illustrated by Emily Gravett
Wolves Written and illustrated by Emily Gravett Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $15.95 40 pp.; ISBN 1416914919 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Every once in a while, a children's picture book comes along that's really surprising -- something...read more
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Welcome, Precious by Nikki Grimes
Welcome, Precious By Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Bryan Collier Orchard Books, $16.99 32 pp.; ISBN 043955702X Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Every now and again, a book comes along that you almost wish you'd written. The writing, the style, the sentiment...read more
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Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures by Jan Reynolds
Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures By Jan Reynolds Lee and Low Books, $16.95 32 pp.; ISBN: 1584302534 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews That time of year is here -- you know, the part where we're on the verge of a cornucopia of religious and cultural...read more
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Off We Go! by Beverley Abramson
Off We Go! By Beverley Abramson Tundra Books, $15.95 24 pp.; ISBN: 0887767281 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews I realize it's a huge generalization, but in my experience, there are far more children's picture books that exhibit and encourage quietude...read more
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C is for Caboose, by Traci N. Todd
C is for Caboose By Traci N. Todd Chronicle Books; $14.95 40 pp.; ISBN-10: 0811856437 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews You'd think that at some point, there would be such an overwhelming number of ABC books published that the audience of kids reading...read more
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While You Are Sleeping, written and illustrated by Alexis Deacon
While You Are Sleeping Written and illustrated by Alexis Deacon Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.50 36 pp.; ISBN: 0374383308 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews If your children are anything like the children I know, then you're already quite familiar with...read more
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Please Play Safe! Penguin's Guide to Playground Safety
Please Play Safe! Penguin's Guide to Playground Safety By Margery Cuyler; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Scholastic Press; $15.99 32 pp.; ISBN 0439528321 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews What's not to love about playgrounds? Running, jumping, sliding,...read more
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Oops, By Arthur Geisert
Oops By Arthur Geisert Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books; $16.00 32 pp.; ISBN: 0618609040 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Spilled milk is a relatively regular occurrence at my house -- we clean off the table, mop it up off the floor, refill the...read more
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Bats at the Beach, written and illustrated by Brian Lies
Bats at the Beach Written and illustrated by Brian Lies Houghton Mifflin, $16.00 32 pp.; ISBN: 061855744X Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews A bright full moon proves irresistible to a colony of bats on a warm summer night. Coming out of their daytime...read more
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The Twelve Days of Winter by Deborah Lee Rose, illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis
The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book By Deborah Lee Rose, illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis Abrams Books for Young Readers; $14.95 32 pp.; ISBN-10: 0810954729 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews A schoolchildren's wintertime adaptation...read more
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You and Me, Baby by Lynn Reiser and Penny Gentieu
You and Me, Baby Lynn Reiser and Penny Gentieu Knopf Books for Young Readers, $15.95 40 pp.; ISBN: 978-0375834011 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews If you have babies and toddlers at home, you know how much they love seeing other babies -- waving hello...read more
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Tools, written and illustrated by Taro Miura
Tools Written and illustrated by Taro Miura Chronicle Books; $15.95 52 pp.; ISBN 978-0811855198 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Introducing young children to the tools of many trades, Japanese illustrator and graphic designer Taro Miura offers readers...read more
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Max's Words by Kate Banks, illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Max's Words By Kate Banks, illustrated by Boris Kulikov Farrar, Straus and Giroux; $16.00 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0374399498 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews When you're the youngest in the family, it's natural to want to be just like your older siblings,...read more
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Don't Forget Your Etiquette! The Essential Guide to Misbehavior By David Greenberg, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Don't Forget Your Etiquette! The Essential Guide to Misbehavior By David Greenberg; illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott Farrar, Straus and Giroux; $16.00 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0374349905 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Every kid goes through it, that...read more
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Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage, written and illustrated by Jeff Weigel
Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage Written and illustrated by Jeff Weigel Albert Whitman & Company, $15.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0807504840 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews While the caped Atomic Ace may have super powers, he's really just a regular...read more
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There Was a Little Girl, She Had a Little Curl by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Elliot Kreloff
There Was a Little Girl, She Had a Little Curl By Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Elliot Kreloff Blue Apple Books, $15.95 36 pp., ISBN 978-1593541613 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Opening with the familiar nursery rhyme about the little girl with...read more
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Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement By Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Shane W. Evans Candlewick Press; $19.99 63 pp.; ISBN 978-0763619275 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Recounting civil rights experiences...read more
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Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss by Georgeanne Brennan, photography by Frankie Frankeny
Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss By Georgeanne Brennan, photography by Frankie Frankeny Random House; $16.95 64 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0679884408 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews With an inventive eye for creativity and cooking,...read more
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Priscilla Superstar! written by Nathaniel Hobbie, illustrated by Jocelyn Hobbie
Priscilla Superstar! Written by Nathaniel Hobbie, illustrated by Jocelyn Hobbie Little, Brown and Company; $16.99 32 pp.; ISBN 9780316013864 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews More than just a pretty face, the eponymous Priscilla learns to revel in what...read more
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Polo: The Runaway Book By Regis Faller
Polo: The Runaway Book By Regis Faller Roaring Brook Press, $16.95 80 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1596431898 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews When Polo the dog receives a book from a friend for his birthday, he's thrilled. He falls asleep reading it, only to be...read more
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Duck, Duck, Goose written and illustrated by Tad Hills
Duck, Duck, Goose Written and illustrated by Tad Hills Schwartz & Wade; $15.99 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0375840685 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews In this sweet tale of the challenges of friendship, kids will easily recognize the situation poor Goose...read more
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Uno's Garden, written and illustrated by Graeme Base
Uno's Garden Written and illustrated by Graeme Base Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.95 40 pp; ISBN-13: 978-0810954731 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews When Uno finds a magical place in the forest so special he decides to spend the rest of his life...read more
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Champions on the Bench By Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated Leonard Jenkins
Champions on the Bench By Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated Leonard Jenkins Dial, $16.99 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0803729872 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Fifty years ago sounds like ancient history when you're a kid. But the reality of life in...read more
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One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes! A Very Grimm Fairy Tale written by Aaron Shepard; illustrated by Gary Clement
One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes! A Very Grimm Fairy Tale Written by Aaron Shepard; illustrated by Gary Clement Atheneum Books for Young Readers; $16.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0689867408 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews In this clever re-telling of a classic...read more
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Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery by David A. Adler; illustrated by Susanna Natti
Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery By David A. Adler; illustrated by Susanna Natti Viking Juvenile; $13.99 64 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0670060924 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Cam Jansen and her classmates have a big day ahead of them. The state governor...read more
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Not a Box written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis
Not a Box Written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis HarperCollins; $12.99 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0061123221 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Brimming with imagination and as close as you can get to the fun of playing with an empty box yourself without...read more
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Gator, written and illustrated by Randy Cecil
Gator Written and illustrated by Randy Cecil Candlewick Press; $15.99 40 pp.; 978-0763629526 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews The old adage "you can't go home again" is turned inside out in Randy Cecil's new picture book Gator. As one of the...read more
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17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore, written by Jenny Offill; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore Written by Jenny Offill; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter Schwartz & Wade; $15.99 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0375835964 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews What kid hasn't had grand schemes, only to have them shot down...read more
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3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet, written and illustrated by Bob Raczka
3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet Written and illustrated by Bob Raczka Millbrook Press; $23.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0761394563 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Alphabet picture books are a staple of children's reading lives, but most of them feature everyday...read more
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Mars Needs Moms written and illustrated by Berkeley Breathed
Mars Needs Moms Written and illustrated by Berkeley Breathed Philomel Books; $16.99 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0399247361 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews It's a rare occurrence that I'll ever come right out and tell you in so many words that you need to go...read more
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The Serif Fairy: Explorations in the World of Letters written and illustrated by Rene Siegfried; translated by Joel Mann
The Serif Fairy: Explorations in the World of Letters Written and illustrated by Rene Siegfried; translated by Joel Mann Mark Batty Publisher; $15.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0979048623 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews The Serif Fairy's lost her wing --...read more
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Bossy Bear, written and illustrated by David Horvath
Bossy Bear Written and illustrated by David Horvath Hyperion Books for Children; $12.99 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1423103363 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Sometimes, it's hard to recognize a certain behavior pattern in yourself until you experience it...read more
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Princess Justina Albertina: A Cautionary Tale, by Ellen Dee Davidson; illustrated by Michael Chesworth
Princess Justina Albertina: A Cautionary Tale By Ellen Dee Davidson; illustrated by Michael Chesworth Charlesbridge; $15.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1570916526 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Ellen Dee Davidson's debut picture book, Princess Justina Albertina:...read more
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The Giant of Seville: A "Tall" Tale Based on a True Story written and illustrated by Dan Andreasen
The Giant of Seville: A "Tall" Tale Based on a True Story Written and illustrated by Dan Andreasen Abrams Books for Young Readers; $15.95 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0810909885 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews When Captain Martin Van Buren Bates arrives...read more
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Hickory Dickory Dock, written and illustrated by Keith Baker
Hickory Dickory Dock Written and illustrated by Kevin Baker Harcourt Children's Books; $16.00 32 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0152058180 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Everyone knows the familiar nursery rhyme about the mouse that ran up the clock. Sure, the...read more
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Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews
Out of the Egg Written and illustrated by Tina Matthews Houghton Mifflin Co. (2007); $12.95 ISBN-13: 978-0618737413 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Let's admit it: as parents, we like to think we know best. And maybe (okay, probably) we do, most...read more
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Leaving the Nest, written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein
Leaving the Nest Written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein Farrar, Straus and Giroux; $16.00 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0374343699 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Just when you think you're ready to tear your hair out working through another mark of independence...read more
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Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker; illustrations by Petra Mathers
Pierre in Love By Sara Pennypacker; illustrations by Petra Mathers Orchard Books; $16.99 40 pp; ISBN-13: 978-0439517409 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews With all the makings of a classic love story, Sara Pennypacker's Pierre in Love both entertains and...read more
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New Socks written and illustrated by Bob Shea
New Socks Written and illustrated by Bob Shea Little, Brown Young Readers; $12.99 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0316013574 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews My sister is a firm believer in the idea that looking good will make you feel good. In general, I agree,...read more
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The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Admiral Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter By Katherine Kirkpatrick
The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Admiral Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter By Katherine Kirkpatrick Holiday House (2007), $16.95 48 pp; ISBN-10: 0823419738 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews With warmth and enthusiasm Katherine Kirkpatrick introduces...read more
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The Police Cloud, written and illustrated by Christoph Niemann
The Police Cloud Written and illustrated by Chrisoph Niemann Schwartz & Wade Books (2007); $15.99 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-0375839634 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews Christoph Niemann's The Police Cloud proves that dreams really can come true, even...read more
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