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    • Leah's pony [book review]

    • Leah's pony [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Farm life--United States--History 1933-1945--Juvenile fiction; Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Ponies--Juvenile fiction; Horses--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction; Selflessness...

    • Friedrich, Elizabeth. Leah's Pony. Illustrated by Michael Garland. Boyds Mills, 1996. ISBN 1-56397-189-5. $14.95. 32 pp. *1-6 PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz The daughter of a farmer, Leah becomes aware of the effect of the drought on her father's 1930s...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Desire lines [book review]

    • Desire lines [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Lesbians--Juvenile fiction; Lesbians--Juvenile fiction; Homosexuality--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Sexual ethics--Juvenile fiction; Swearing--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Peer pressure--Juvenile...

    • Gantos, Jack. Desire Lines. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-31772-0. $16.00. 138 pp. B 7+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop “In ancient city planning there was something called a desire line. This was a footpath created by people who wanted to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Wish me luck [book review]

    • Wish me luck [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ships--Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Juvenile fiction; War--Juvenile fiction; Children and war--Juvenile fiction; World War, 1939-1945--Great...

    • Heneghan, James. Wish Me Luck. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0374384533. $16.00. 197 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Tom Bleeker, the “new kid in town,” is hard for Jamie to figure out because he always scowls and tries to prove...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Far North [book review]

    • Far North [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction; Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Juvenile fiction; Old age--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile...

    • Hobbs, Will. Far North. Morrow, 1996. ISBN 0-688-14192-7. $15.00. 226 pp. *6+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz On the cusp of his sixteenth birthday, Gabe and two fellow passengers survive the floatplane crash that takes the life of their bush pilot....
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The seven silly eaters [book review]

    • The seven silly eaters [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mothers--Juvenile fiction; Love, Maternal--Juvenile fiction; Mother and child--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Food habits--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Hoberman, Mary Ann. Seven Silly Eaters. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-14-200096-8. $15.00. 32 pp. A Pre+ PT/PB Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner The small Peters family (mother, father and son) begins this nutty story of food...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The bat poet [book review]

    • The bat poet [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Bats--Juvenile fiction; Animals--Juvenile fiction; Sleep--Juvenile fiction; Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction;

    • Jarrell, Randall. The Bat Poet. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0062050842. $11.95. 43 pp. *4+ PT Reviewed by Jan Staheli A little bat,”the color of coffee with cream in it,” begins waking up in the daytime and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Home on the bayou : a cowboy's story [book review]

    • Home on the bayou : a cowboy's story [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Cowboys--Juvenile fiction; Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction; Anger--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; First day of school--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Karas, G. Brian. Home on the Bayou. Illlustrated by G. Brian Karas. Simon & Schuster, 1996. ISBN 0-689-80156-4. $15.00. 32 pp. *K-3 PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Ned, an elementary-school-age cowboy, is visibly and verbally upset when his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Trouble [book review]

    • Trouble [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Eritrea--Juvenile literature; Children--Eritrea--Juvenile literature;

    • Kurtz, Jane. Trouble. Illustrated by Durga Bernhard. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-200219-7. $15.00. 32 pp. A 1-4 PB Reviewed by Jeanne Gubler This book is about a traditional Eritrean boy. It takes the reader to a new land, where she sees a new...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Water dance [book review]

    • Water dance [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Water--Juvenile literature; Hydrologic cycle--Juvenile literature;

    • Locker, Thomas. Water Dance. Illustrated by Thomas Locker. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201284-2. $16.00. 32 pp. * Pre+ NF/PB Reviewed by Helen Hoopes This wonderful picture book is about the water cycle--starting with the rain, then moving...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Little Red Cowboy Hat [book review]

    • Little Red Cowboy Hat [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature; Grandmothers--Juvenile literature; Wolves--Juvenile literature;

    • Lowell, Susan. Little Red Cowboy Hat. Illustrated by Randy Cecil. Henry Holt, 1997. ISBN 0-8050-3508-7. $14.95. 32 pp. A Pre+ PB Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner Once upon a ranch, out in the wilds of the West, lived Little Red Cowboy Hat. She had red...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • No more nice [book review]

    • No more nice [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Etiquette for children and teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Great-aunts--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Only child--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction;

    • MacDonald, Amy. No More Nice. Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith. Orchard, 1996. ISBN 0-531-09542-8. $14.95. 123 pp. B 3+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Simon knows it's not polite to burp, to ask too many questions, to interrupt, or to speak to an adult...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • These are the rules [book review]

    • These are the rules [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Swimming--Juvenile fiction; Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Summer--Juvenile fiction;

    • Many, Paul. These Are the Rules. Walker, 1997. ISBN 0-8027-8619-7. $15.95. 149 pp. B 6+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Colm makes the rules up as he goes, but he can't figure out the rules for love. In chapter one, Colm meets Carmella, who teaches him...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • A picture of Freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl [book review]

    • A picture of Freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Slavery--Juvenile fiction; Underground railroad--Juvenile fiction; African Americans--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Diaries--Juvenile fiction; Decision making in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Virginia--Juvenile...

    • McKissack, Pat. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-590-25988-1. $9.95. 194 pp. A 3-8 FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Twelve-year-old Clotee, a slave girl on Virginia's Belmont Plantation, keeps a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Edward and the pirates [book review]

    • Edward and the pirates [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Pirates--Juvenile fiction; Books and reading--Juvenile fiction; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Imagination--Juvenile fiction;

    • McPhail, David. Edward and the Pirates. Illustrated by David McPhail. Little, Brown, 1997. ISBN 0-316-56344-7. $15.95. 32 pp. A Pre-3 PB Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Edward, from Santa's Book of Names, returns to show us what great adventures follow...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Shade's children [book review]

    • Shade's children [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mentoring--Juvenile fiction; Master teachers--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction;

    • Nix, Garth. Shade's Children. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0060273240. $15.95. 310 pp. A 7-12 FI Reviewed by Rachel L. Wadham Shade's Children, by Australian native Garth Nix, is a striking science fiction novel for young adults. On an earth emptied...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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