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    • Not just a summer crush [book review]

    • Not just a summer crush [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Youngest child--Juvenile fiction; Parents--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; First loves--Juvenile fiction; Summer--Juvenile...

    • Adler, C. S. Not Just A Summer Crush. Clarion, 1998. ISBN 0-395-88532-9. $15.00. 117 pp. B 4+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Being the baby of the family is not easy, especially when everyone seems to forget that you’re not a baby anymore. Hanna...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The strength of these arms : life in the slave quarters [book review]

    • The strength of these arms : life in the slave quarters [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Slavery--Southern States--History--Juvenile literature; Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--Juvenile literature; African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--Juvenile literature; African Americans--Southern...

    • Bial, Raymond. The Strength of These Arms: Life in the Slave Quarters. Hougton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 0-395-77394-6. $15.00. 40 pp. A 4-7 PB NF Reviewed by Lanell Rabner The first Africans came to America in chains--snatched from productive lives,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Moby Dick [book review]

    • Moby Dick [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Whaling--Juvenile fiction; Whales--Juvenile fiction; Sea stories--Juvenile fiction;

    • Drummond, Allan. Moby Dick. Illustrated by Allan Drummond. Farrar, Straus,” Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-34997-5. $16.00. Unpaginated. A K-4 PB Reviewed by Donna J. Jorgensen Drummond has told in thirty-two pages a story Herman Melville took eight...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Lives of our own [book review]

    • Lives of our own [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Race relations--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Cities and towns--Juvenile fiction; Interracial dating--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Divorced...

    • Hewett, Lorri. Lives of Our Own. Dutton, 1998. ISBN 0-525-45959-6. $15.99. 214 pp. B 8+ FI Reviewed by Leah Hanson Because of her parents' divorce, Shawna Riley has been uprooted from the only life she has ever known and transplanted to Dessina,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Toot & Puddle [book review]

    • Toot & Puddle [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Swine--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Travel--Juvenile fiction; Postcards--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction;

    • Hobbie, Holly. Toot & Puddle. Illustrated by Holly Hobbie. Little, Brown, 1997. ISBN 0-316-36552-1. $12.95. Unpaginated.” 1+ PB Reviewed by Leah Hanson Toot and Puddle, two endearing pigs who live together in Woodcock Pocket, are the best of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The robber and me [book review]

    • The robber and me [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Honesty--Juvenile fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Holub, Josef. The Robber and Me. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Henry Holt, 1997. ISBN 0-8050-5599-1. $16.95. 213 pp.” 4-6 FI Reviewed by Marsha D. Broadway In 1867, Boniface Schroll, an eleven-year-old orphan, must adjust to a new home...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Grandfather's gold watch [book review]

    • Grandfather's gold watch [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mormon pioneers--Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile fiction; Danish Americans--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction;

    • Hubbard, Louisa Garff. Grandfather's Gold Watch. Illustrated by Louisa Garff Hubbard. Shadow Mountain, 1997. ISBN 1-57345-242-4. $11.95. Unpaginated. A 2-5 PB Reviewed by Marsha D. Broadway Twelve-year-old Peter is leaving Denmark to sail to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Blood and chocolate [book review]

    • Blood and chocolate [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Werewolves--Juvenile fiction; First loves--Juvenile fiction; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Jealousy--Juvenile fiction; Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction;

    • Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. Delacorte, 1997. ISBN 0-385-32305-0. $16.95. 264 pp. B 9+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Beautiful high school student Vivian Gandillon is a student by day and a werewolf by night. As the story opens, her...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • No such thing [book review]

    • No such thing [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction; Beds--Juvenile fiction; Fear--Juvenile fiction; Fear of the dark--Juvenile fiction; Monsters--Juvenile fiction; Night--Juvenile fiction; Sleep--Juvenile fiction; Children--Sleep--Juvenile...

    • Koller, Jackie French. No Such Thing. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Boyds Mill, 1997. ISBN 1-56397-490-8. $14.95. 32 pp. A Pre+ PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Howard and his family have just moved into an old house. Like his family, Howard loves...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Inside the Titanic [book review]

    • Inside the Titanic [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Titanic (Steamship)--Juvenile literature; Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean--Juvenile literature;

    • Brewster, Hugh. Inside the Titanic. Illustrated by Ken Marschall. Madison Press, 1997. ISBN 0-316-55716-1. $18.95. 32 pp.” 5-8 PB NF Reviewed by Lanell Rabner In keeping with our current fascination with the Titanic disaster, Marschall and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Meet the Austins [book review]

    • Meet the Austins [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction;

    • L'Engle, Madeleine. Meet the Austins. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-34929-0. $16.00. 216 pp. B 4-7 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis Meet the Austins does exactly what the title promises. The reader becomes intimately acquainted with a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Stay! : Keeper's story [book review]

    • Stay! : Keeper's story [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Dogs--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Lowry, Lois. Stay! Keeper's Story. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 0-395-87048-8. $15.00. 128 pp. A 3-6 FI Reviewed by Donna J. Jorgensen Lowry has written Stay! Keeper's Story from the point of view of an intellectual dog who not only learns to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Travels with Rainie Marie [book review]

    • Travels with Rainie Marie [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family problems--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction;

    • Martin, Patricia. Travels with Rainie Marie. Hyperion, 1997. ISBN 0-786-82212-0. $15.89. 192 pp. C 4-6 FI Reviewed by Donna J. Jorgensen Travels with Rainie Marie is the story of a young single mother and her six young children. Twelve-year-old...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Hob and the peddler [book review]

    • Hob and the peddler [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fairies--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Ponds--Juvenile fiction; Peddlers and peddling--Juvenile fiction;

    • Mayne, William. Hob and the Peddler. DK Ink, 1997. ISBN 0-7894-2462-2. $15.95. 128 pp. A 3-6 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis Thanks are due to Mayne, who has been kind enough to give us more adventures of Hob, the relatively modern descendant of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Langston Hughes [book review]

    • Langston Hughes [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Juvenile literature; African American poets--20th century--Juvenile literature; African Americans--Juvenile literature;

    • Meltzer, Milton. Langston Hughes. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Millbrook Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7613-0205-0. $39.40. 226 pp. A 10+ BI Reviewed by Janice G. Bunker Meltzer's biography delves deep into the experiences and events that built Langston...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Jigsaw [book review]

    • Jigsaw [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Puzzles--Juvenile literature;

    • Moss, Miriam. Jigsaw. Illustrated by Tony Smith. Millbrook Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7613-0044-9. $16.95. Unpaginated. C K-3 PB Reviewed by Rita Christensen A single jigsaw puzzle piece graces each two-page spread of this book, along with a larger...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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