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    • Race [drama review]

    • Race [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews;

    • Pachino, Jamie. Race. 19 pp. A- 8-12 Alternating between dialogue and testimonial, fiction and fact, Race addresses the American “national obsession.” The cast comprises of a black man and woman and a white man and woman. The characters mix...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Princess Dinosaur [book review]

    • Princess Dinosaur [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Toys--Juvenile fiction; Stuffed animals (Toys)--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Dinosaurs--Juvenile fiction; Dogs--Juvenile fiction;

    • Kastner, Jill. Princess Dinosaur. Illustrated by Jill Kastner. Greenwillow, 2001. ISBN 0060287403. $15.95. 32 pp. B PreS-2 PB Reviewed by Donna Cardon Princess Dinosaur likes to play with the other toys in the bedroom. She ambushes Cowboy Tex and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Woolly Mammoth: Life, Death, and Recovery [book review]

    • Woolly Mammoth: Life, Death, and Recovery [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Woolly mammoth--Russia (Federation)--Taymyr Peninsula--Juvenile literature; Buigues, Bernard--Juvenile literature; Prehistoric animals--Juvenile literature; Paleontology--Juvenile literature;

    • Chorlton, Windsor. Woolly Mammoth: Life, Death, and Recovery. Scholastic, 2001. ISBN 0-439-24134-0. $15.95. 40 pp. * 4-8 NF Reviewed by Sharon Kuttler In 1997, nomadic reindeer herders in Siberia discovered a pair of woolly mammoth tusks buried in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Down in the Dumps [drama review]

    • Down in the Dumps [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Junk trade--Juvenile drama;

    • Roberts, Dan. Down in the Dumps. I. E. Clark Publications, 2000. 17 pp. B+ K-5 Reviewed by Kathy Bruderer. Walter M. Pinkle, known as Mr. Pink, is astonished to discover that “Pink’s Salvage,” his beloved junkyard, will be shut down by the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Crafts to Celebrate God’s Creation [book review]

    • Crafts to Celebrate God’s Creation [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Bible crafts--Juvenile literature; Creation--Study and teaching (Primary)--Activity programs--Juvenile literature; Christian education--Activity programs--Juvenile literature; Handicraft--Juvenile literature;

    • Ross, Kathy. Crafts to Celebrate God’s Creation. Illustrated by Sharon Holm. Millbrook, 2001. ISBN 0761316213. A K-6 NF Reviewed by Annette Van Wagenen Craft lovers will delight in this book designed to help readers appreciate the wonders and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Sam Samurai [book review]

    • Sam Samurai [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Juvenile fiction; Time travel--Juvenile fiction; Samurai--Juvenile fiction; Haiku--Juvenile fiction;

    • Scieszka, Jon. Sam Samurai. Illustrated by Adam McCauley. Viking, 2001. ISBN 0670899151. $14.99. 85 pp. A 3-6 FI Reviewed by Keith R. Westover In this, the tenth appearance of the Time Warp Trio, our intrepid travelers find themselves trapped in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Handel: Who Knew What He Liked [book review]

    • Handel: Who Knew What He Liked [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759--Messiah--Juvenile fiction; Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759--Juvenile fiction; Composers--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction; Obstinacy--Juvenile...

    • Anderson, M.T. Handel: Who Knew What He Liked. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Candlewick Press, 2001. ISBN 0763610461. $16.99. 48 pp. * K-3 PB NF Reviewed by Donna Cardon This biography is a witty and whimsical look at the life and personality of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Rocks in his Head [book review]

    • Rocks in his Head [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Rocks--Collection and preservation--Juvenile fiction;

    • Hurst, Carol Otis. Rocks in his Head. Illustrated by James Stevenson. Greenwillow, 2001. ISBN 0060294035. $15.95. 32 pp. A 2-5 PB Reviewed by Laura Wadley Rocks in his Head is the story of Hurst’s father who supported his family by running the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Ted [book review]

    • Ted [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Imaginary playmates--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction;

    • DiTerlizzi, Tony. Ted. Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-689-83235-4. $23.50. 40 pp. A Pre+ F Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner A father and son are having trouble communicating, understanding one another, and even getting...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Girlhearts [book review]

    • Girlhearts [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Grief in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers and death--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Problem families--Juvenile fiction;

    • Mazer, Norma Fox. Girlhearts. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-688-06866-9. $15.89. 210 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Janet Francis When Sarabeth’s mother dies without warning, she is left in an almost indescribable loneliness, an “alone without an...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Minor Leagues [drama review]

    • Minor Leagues [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Young adult drama;

    • Ott, Gustavo. Minor Leagues. B+ 7-10 Vanessa, a fourteen-year-old in a nondescript South American country, is selling a very rare baseball card to Goosy, an American dealer. Vanessa moves in with Goosy and demands that he get a Christmas tree and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Circus Caravan [drama review]

    • Circus Caravan [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Circus--Juvenile drama;

    • Abela, Donna. Circus Caravan. 25 pp. A 1-9 When Adele’s mother passes away, her father, hoping to lift Adele from her subsequent depression, arranges for her to spend the summer with her Aunt Marichka, a traveling circus performer. Adele tells...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Salmonberry: A West Coast Fairy Tale [drama review]

    • Salmonberry: A West Coast Fairy Tale [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Cinderella (Tale)--Adaptations--Juvenile drama; Canada--Juvenile drama; Fishers--Juvenile drama;

    • Hoogland, Cornelia. Salmonberry: A West Coast Fairy Tale. 32 pp. B+ 3-9 Salmonberry lives along the western coast of Canada. When she is young, her mother gives her a glass fishing float and tells her it will bring good luck. Soon after, her mother...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • A Pair of Wings [book review]

    • A Pair of Wings [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Wings--Juvenile fiction; Animal flight--Juvenile literature;

    • Singer, Marilyn. A Pair of Wings. Illustrated by Anne Wertheim. Holiday House, 2001. ISBN 0823415473. $16.95. 32 pp. A 1-6 NF Reviewed by Annette Van Wagenen If humans had wings, what kind would they be? Would they be long and transparent like a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Stopping to Home [book review]

    • Stopping to Home [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Maine--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction; Widows--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction;

    • Wait, Lea. Stopping to Home. Margaret M. Elderry, 2001. ISBN 0689838328. $16.00. 150 pp. B 4-6 FI Reviewed by Laura Wadley Eleven-year-old Abbie and her four-year-old brother, Seth, are left alone when their mother dies of smallpox while their...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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