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    • Gabriella's song [book review]

    • Gabriella's song [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Music--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Singing--Juvenile fiction; Venice (Italy)--Juvenile fiction; Italy--Juvenile fiction;

    • Fleming, Candace. Gabriella's Song. Illustrated by Giselle Potter. Atheneum, 1997. ISBN 0-689-80973-5. $16.00. Unpaginated. A Pre+ PB Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner Venice is known as the city of music. You hear arias in the opera houses, cantatas in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Plants [book review]

    • Plants [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Plants--Juvenile literature; Plants--Experiments--Juvenile literature;

    • Ontario Science Centre. Plants. Photographs by Ray Boudreau. Kids Can Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55074-193-4. $10.95. 32 pp. K-4 NF Reviewed by Annette Van Wagenen This fourth book in the Canadian Starting with Science series has safe, simple experiments...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Sasquatch [book review]

    • Sasquatch [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Sasquatch--Juvenile fiction; Volcanoes--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)--Juvenile fiction; Washington (State)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Smith, Roland. Sasquatch. Hyperion, 1998. ISBN 0-7868-0368-1. $15.95. 188 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Tom Wright With a title like Sasquatch, many readers will pick up this book. The good news is that most of them will keep reading. Smith's background...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The key to the cupboard [book review]

    • The key to the cupboard [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Locks and keys--Juvenile fiction; Witches--Juvenile fiction; Wizards--Juvenile fiction; Night--Juvenile fiction; Flight--Juvenile fiction;

    • Whitcher, Susan. The Key to the Cupboard. Illustrated by Andrew Glass. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-34127-3. $16.00. Unpaginated. B K-4 FI PB Reviewed by Lanell Rabner Alice Snavely lives in a box in a cupboard under the stairs. She's...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The ghost of Fossil Glen [book review]

    • The ghost of Fossil Glen [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ghosts--Juvenile fiction; Diaries--Juvenile fiction; Imagination--Juvenile fiction; Imagination in children--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in...

    • DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1998. ISBN 0- 3743-1787-9. $16.00. 167 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Tom Wright Here is a reincarnation (partial pun intended) of Richard Peck's Blossom Culp character. Modern-day...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Orphan runaways [book review]

    • Orphan runaways [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Runaway children--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Gold mines and mining--Juvenile fiction; Gold mines and mining--California--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile...

    • Gregory, Kristiana. Orphan Runaways. Scholastic, 1998. ISBN 0-590-60366-3. $15.95. 151 pp.” 3+ NF Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Gregory has produced another sharp look at a specific time and place in American history. The time is 1878. Two boys are...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexic children--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexia--Juvenile fiction; Elementary school teachers--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Polacco, Patricia. Thank you, Mr. Falker. Philomel, 1998. ISBN 0-399-23166-8. $16.99. Unpaginated.” K+ PB Reviewed by Nancy C. Evensen Thank You, Mr. Falker is the touching story of a young girl who is taught to read by a caring teacher. Although...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • An outlaw Thanksgiving [book review]

    • An outlaw Thanksgiving [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Railroads--West (U.S.)--Juvenile fiction; West (U.S.)--Juvenile fiction; Brigands and robbers--Juvenile fiction; Thanksgiving Day--Juvenile fiction; Cassidy, Butch, b. 1866--Juvenile fiction;

    • McCully, Emily Arnold. An Outlaw Thanksgiving. Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Dial, 1998. ISBN 0-8037-2197-8. $15.99. Unpaginated. B PB Reviewed by Marsha D. Broadway Clara Maher and her mother are traveling from New York to Utah to meet her...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Your move [book review]

    • Your move [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Gangs--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Single mothers--Juvenile fiction; Firearms--Juvenile fiction; Peer pressure--Juvenile fiction; Trust--Juvenile...

    • Bunting, Eve. Your Move. Illustrated by James Ransome. Harcourt Brace, 1998. ISBN 0-15-200181-6. $16.00. 32 pp. A 3-8 FI PB Reviewed by Rachael W. Galvez Ten-year-old James is excited to prove himself so that he can join a neighborhood club. He...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • When pioneer wagons rumbled west [book review]

    • When pioneer wagons rumbled west [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mormon pioneers--Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile fiction; Christian life--Mormon authors--Juvenile fiction;

    • Graham, Christine. When Pioneer Wagons Rumbled West. Illustrated by Sherry Meidell. Shadow Mountain Press, 1997. ISBN 1-57345-272-6. $14.95. 32 pp.” Pre-2 PB Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer On the surface, this is a very simple, beautiful, picture...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Watch out! Big Bro's coming! [book review]

    • Watch out! Big Bro's coming! [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fear--Juvenile fiction; Size perception--Juvenile fiction; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Mice--Juvenile fiction; Jungle animals--Juvenile fiction;

    • Alborough, Jez. Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming! Illustrated by Jez Alborough. Candlewick Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7636-0130-6. $16.99. Unpaginated. Pre+ PB Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner Big Bro is coming! He's big, tough, and mean. Mouse is scared to death...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Stranger at the window [book review]

    • Stranger at the window [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Friendship in children--Juvenile fiction; Family--London (England)--Juvenile fiction; London (England)--Juvenile fiction; England--Juvenile fiction;

    • Alcock, Vivien. Stranger at the Window. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0-3958-1661- 0. $16.00. 200 pp. B 4+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Caring for an illegal immigrant can be a scary thing, especially when the grownups don't know. Leslie is staying...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Since Dad left [book review]

    • Since Dad left [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Parent and child--Juvenile fiction; Separation (Psychology) in children--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Fathers--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction;

    • Binch, Caroline. Since Dad Left. Illustrated by Caroline Binch. Millbrook Press, 1998. ISBN 0-7613-0357-X. $21.40. Unpaginated. A 1-5 PB Reviewed by Cinda Clement Sid is angry that his mother and father have separated. He is especially angry at his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Cody [book review]

    • Cody [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Hockey--Juvenile fiction; Musicians--Juvenile fiction; Bands (Music)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Brooks, Bruce. Cody: Wolfbay Wings #3. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-027541-3. $14.89. 117 pp. B 3-7 FI Reviewed by Janice G. Bunker In this third book in the Wolfbay Wings series, Cody and his teammates find that performing together as a band...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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