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    • COLUMBUS! [drama review]

    • COLUMBUS! [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Columbus, Christopher--Juvenile drama;

    • Cosentino, Joe and Susan Mondzak. COLUMBUS! Encore Performance Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-57514-174-4. 34 pp. A 1-6 Reviewed by Jetta Halladay This play is a crisp, musical romp through the life of Christopher Columbus from adolescence to his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Hiding from the Nazis [book review]

    • Hiding from the Nazis [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Baer, Lore, 1938- --Juvenile literature; Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Biography--Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands--Juvenile literature; Jews--Netherlands--Biography--Juvenile...

    • Adler, David A. Hiding from the Nazis. Illustrated by Karen Ritz. Holiday House, 1997. ISBN 0-8234-1288-1. $15.95. Unpaginated. A 4-6 BI PB Reviewed by Lanell Rabner Lore Baer was born August 1938, to Jewish parents in Amsterdam, Holland. Hitler...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Christmas we moved to the barn [book review]

    • The Christmas we moved to the barn [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Letters--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Single-parent families--Juvenile fiction; Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Cooperativeness--Juvenile...

    • Day, Alexandra. The Christmas We Moved to the Barn. Illustrated by Alexandra Day. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-205149-0. $14.95. 32 pp. A K+ PI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz On Christmas Eve, Taffy MacDonald, a single mother with two daughters and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Daughter of the sea [book review]

    • Daughter of the sea [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Infants--Juvenile fiction; Selkies--Juvenile fiction; Seals (Animals)--Juvenile fiction; Supernatural--Juvenile fiction; Islands--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Doherty, Berlie. Daughter of the Sea. Illustrated by Sian Bailey. Dorling Kindersley, 1997. ISBN 0-7894-2469-X. $14.95. 114 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop The night creeps in on a calm sea, and Munroe is just about to turn back home when...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Window [book review]

    • The Window [book review]

    • Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction; Racially mixed children--Juvenile fiction; Parent and child--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Aunts--Juvenile...

    • Dorris, Michael. The Window. Hyperion, 1997. ISBN 0-7868-0301-0. $14.95. 106 pp. A 5-7 FI Reviewed by Nancy C. Evensen When Rayona's mother, a Native American woman, enters an alcohol treatment program, Rayona is left in the care of her estranged...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Meanwhile-- [book review]

    • Meanwhile-- [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Obedience--Juvenile fiction; Imagination--Juvenile fiction; Magic--Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile fiction; Caricatures and cartoons--Juvenile fiction; Pirates--Juvenile...

    • Feiffer, Jules. Meanwhile.” Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-0620-5156-3. $14.89. 32 pp. A 1-4 PB Reviewed by Rachel Wadham Realizing that comic books use the word “meanwhile.” to change the scene, Raymond tries his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt [book review]

    • The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Gods, Egyptian--Juvenile literature; Goddesses, Egyptian--Juvenile literature; Mythology, Egyptian--Juvenile literature;

    • Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. Holiday House, 1997. ISBN 0-8234-1286-5. $16.95. Unpaginated.” 5+ PB NF Reviewed by Lanell Rabner In this concise, clear presentation of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The veil of snows [book review]

    • The veil of snows [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Good and evil--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Helprin, Mark. The Veil of Snows. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Viking, 1997. ISBN 0-670-87491-4. $24.00. 120 pp. C 6-8 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis It is difficult to evaluate an adult work written to a juvenile level, and the natural...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Out of the dust [book review]

    • Out of the dust [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Dust storms--Juvenile poetry; Farm life--Oklahoma--Juvenile poetry; Depressions--1929--Juvenile poetry; Oklahoma--Juvenile poetry;

    • Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust: A Novel. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-5903-6080-9. $15.95. 227 pp.” 5-9 FI Reviewed by Rachel L. Wadham Billie Jo hates living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression-all she wants to do is leave. Her talent at...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • A Christmas Star [book review]

    • A Christmas Star [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction;

    • High, Linda Oatman. A Christmas Star. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. Holiday House, 1997. ISBN 0-8234-1301-2. $15.95. 32 pp. A Pre+ PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz One Christmas Eve during the Great Depression, someone steals a church's mitten tree and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • An angel just like me [book review]

    • An angel just like me [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Race awareness in children--Juvenile fiction; Race awareness in children--Juvenile fiction; African Americans--Juvenile fiction; Angels--Juvenile fiction; Santa Claus--Juvenile fiction; Babysitters--Juvenile fiction;

    • Hoffman, Mary. An Angel Just Like Me. Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Dial, 1997. ISBN 0-8037-2265-6. $14.99. Unpaginated. A Pre-2 PB Reviewed by Marsha D. Broadway As Tyler's family decorate their home for Christmas, his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Red-Eared Ghosts [book review]

    • The Red-Eared Ghosts [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ghosts--Juvenile fiction; Space and time--Juvenile fiction;

    • Alcock, Vivien. The Red-Eared Ghosts. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 0-395-81660-2. $15.95. 264 pp. B 5+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop It's not easy being the only one who can see ghosts. Mary's friends and even her school teacher think she is crazy,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Littlejim's dreams [book review]

    • Littlejim's dreams [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Mountain life--Juvenile fiction; North Carolina--Juvenile fiction;

    • Houston, Gloria. Littlejim's Dream. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-1520-1509-4. $16.00. 128 pp. C 3+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer This historical fiction piece is set in the hills of rural America in the 1920s....
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The woman in the wall [book review]

    • The woman in the wall [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Bashfulness--Juvenile fiction; Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction;

    • Kindl, Patrice. The Woman in the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 0-395-83014-1. $14.95. 185 pp. B 7+ FI Reviewed by Helen Hoopes Anna is a young girl who is “small and thin with a face like a glass of water” and she likes to hide. When she...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Anne Frank [book review]

    • Anne Frank [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Biography--Juvenile literature; Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Biography--Juvenile literature; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945--Juvenile literature;

    • McDonough, Yona Zeldis. Anne Frank. Illustrated by Malchah Zeldis. Henry Holt, 1997. ISBN 0-8050-4924-X. $16.95. Unpaginated. B 5+ PB BI Reviewed by Helen Hoopes It is very hard to write a picture book for children about Anne Frank and the world in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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