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    • The Sound That Jazz Makes [book review]

    • The Sound That Jazz Makes [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Jazz--History and criticism--Juvenile literature;

    • Weatherford, Carole Boston. The Sound That Jazz Makes. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Walker, 2000. ISBN 0-8027-8720-7. $16.95. 32 pp. * 1-3 PB PT Reviewed by AnnMarie Hamar Jazz is often considered the quintessential American musical art form. In...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Dream freedom [book review]

    • Dream freedom [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Slavery--Sudan--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Sudan--Juvenile...

    • Levitin, Sonia. Dream Freedom. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-15-20204-2. $17.00. 288 pp. * 5+ FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Marcus, through his fifth grade teacher Miss Hazel, is gaining an understanding of the real needs of the Dinkas in Sudan,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Esperanza rising [book review]

    • Esperanza rising [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mexican Americans--California--Juvenile fiction; Migrant labor--Juvenile fiction; Children of migrant laborers--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Agricultural laborers--Juvenile fiction; Determination...

    • Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0-439-12041-1. $15.95. 262 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz In 1924 Mexico, Esperanza is the pampered only child of a wealthy landowner. After bandits kill her father, Esperanza’s...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Savion : My Life in Dance [book review]

    • Savion : My Life in Dance [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Glover, Savion--Juvenile literature; Dancers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature; Choreographers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature; Tap dancing--United States--History--Juvenile literature;

    • Glover, Savion and Bruce Weber. Savion: My Life in Dance. Morrow, 2000. ISBN 0-688-15629-0. $19.95. 80 pp. * 4-6 BI PB Reviewed by AnnMarie Hamar Yvette Glover believes her son Savion was born to dance. She was working as a judge’s assistant when...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Grandpa’s Corner Store [book review]

    • Grandpa’s Corner Store [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Grocery trade--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; Neighborhood--Juvenile fiction; Neighborliness--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction;

    • DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne. Grandpa’s Corner Store. Illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-688-16717-9. $15.95. 40 pp. A Pre-3 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder A supermarket moving in nearby threatens Grandpa’s neighborhood market,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The missing mitten mystery [book review]

    • The missing mitten mystery [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Lost articles--Juvenile fiction; Mittens--Juvenile fiction;

    • Kellogg, Steven. The Missing Mitten Mystery. Illustrated by Steven Kellogg. Dial, 2000. ISBN 0-803-72566-3. $15.99. 40 pp. A K-2 PB Reviewed by Carla Morris Ralph has just lost his fifth mitten during the winter season. He knows that he is in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Squanto's journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving [book review]

    • Squanto's journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Squanto--Juvenile fiction; Wampanoag Indians--Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America--Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Bruchac, Joseph. Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving. Illustrated by Greg Shed. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-152-01817-4. $16.00. 32 pp. A Pre-3 BI PB Reviewed by Carla Morris My story is both strange and true, recounts Squanto...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Homeless Bird [book review]

    • Homeless Bird [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Courage in children--Juvenile fiction; Courage--Juvenile fiction; Marriage--Juvenile fiction; Widows--Juvenile fiction; India--Juvenile fiction;

    • Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-028452-8. $15.89. 216 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by AnnMarie Hamar Koly’s family is so poor they can barely afford to feed her, so, at the age of thirteen, she becomes engaged to a boy she...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Shaping the earth [book review]

    • Shaping the earth [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Geology--Juvenile literature; Geodynamics--Juvenile literature;

    • Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Shaping the Earth. Illustrated by William Munoz. Clarion, 2000. ISBN 0-395-85691-4. $18.00. 88 pp. A 4-8 NF Reviewed by Sharon Kuttler Earth’s beginnings, plate tectonics, mountain formation, volcanoes, the ice age, and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • At the Sign of the Star [book review]

    • At the Sign of the Star [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Booksellers and bookselling--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction; Remarriage--Juvenile fiction; Cousins--Juvenile fiction; London...

    • Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. ISBN 0-374-30449-1. $16.00. 137 pp. A 4-6 FI Reviewed by Laura Wadley Meg Moore is the only child of her widowed father, a well-off Restoration England bookseller, and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Nobody Heard Me Cry [drama review]

    • Nobody Heard Me Cry [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Young adult drama;

    • Harden, Vern. Nobody Heard Me Cry. Pioneer Drama Service, 1999. 34 pp. B- 9-12 Reviewed by Elneeta Timmons An interesting, but depressing play about Justin, a teenage boy, who feels he doesn’t have any friends other than his father. His jock...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Watcher [book review]

    • The Watcher [book review]

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

    • Buffie, Margaret. The Watcher. Kids Can Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55074-829-7. $16.95. 260 pp. B- 5-7 FI Reviewed by Sarah Olson This disconcerting fantasy novel centers on Emma, the oldest daughter of a beekeeper and an environmental artist, who...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Cyrano [drama review]

    • Cyrano [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews;

    • Roets, Jo, adapted from the play by Edmund Rostand, with translation by Audrey Van Tuyckom. Cyrano. 1996, Translation: 1999. 26 pp. * This stunning adaptation strips the classic story down to the essential triangle between Cyrano, Roxanne, and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe [book review]

    • Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Restaurants--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Nevada--Juvenile fiction; humorous stories;

    • Cox, Judy. Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe. Illustrated by Diane Kidd. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-15202-134-5. $15.00. 72 pp. B 2-4 FI Reviewed by Laura Wadley Ten-year-old Sam is spending the summer with his Uncle Clem, who just bought a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type [book review]

    • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Animal rights--Juvenile fiction; Cows--Juvenile fiction; Domestic animals--Juvenile fiction; Typewriters--Juvenile fiction;

    • Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-689-83213-3. $15.00. 32 pp. * All PB Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner Farmer Brown can't believe his ears--cows that type! These cows not only...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Adaline Falling Star [book review]

    • Adaline Falling Star [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Juvenile fiction; Arapaho Indians--Juvenile fiction; Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction; Survival skills--Juvenile fiction; Runaway children--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Osborne, Mary Pope. Adaline Falling Star. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0-439-05947-X. ISBN 0-439-05947-X. $16.95. 169 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner Adaline is her father’s name for her; Falling Star is what her mother calls her because she...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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