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    • Books to banish the boggarts [feature article]

    • Books to banish the boggarts [feature article]

    • Fear of the dark; Bedtime; Children's stories; Children's poetry; Children's literature; Rowling, J. K.;

    • Books to Banish the Boggarts, By Nancy Alder, Parent. Ahh!-the halcyon days of childhood! The nights, however, could be another thing entirely. Didn't we all have to fend off the scary things that went bump in the night? At age four, my best friend...
    • 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. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-68-816717-9. $15.95. 40 pp. 5+ F Reviewed by Nancy Alder Grandpa’s neighborhood market is one of many little shops that formed the hub of the community. When threatened...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Cinderella Skeleton [book review]

    • Cinderella Skeleton [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Skeleton--Juvenile fiction; Dance--Juvenile fiction; Halloween--Juvenile fiction;

    • San Souci, Robert. D. . Cinderella Skeleton. Illustrated by David Catrow. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-15-20200-39. $16.00. 4+ Reviewed by Nancy Alder Yet another Cinderella story, but this one’s a dandy. San Souci always weaves a good tale, and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Emily's first 100 days of school [book review]

    • Emily's first 100 days of school [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Counting--Juvenile fiction; First day of school--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile fiction; Elementary school teachers--Juvenile fiction; Elementary schools--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction;

    • Wells, Rosemary. Emily’s First 100 Days of School. Illustrated by Rosemary Wells. Hyperion, 2000. ISBN 0-78-682443-3. $16.99. 32 pp. PreK-1 Reviewed by Nancy Alder It’s a counting book-no, it’s a don’t be scared to go to school book-no,...
    • 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
    • Cinderella Skeleton [book review]

    • Cinderella Skeleton [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Skeleton--Juvenile fiction; Halloween--Juvenile fiction;

    • San Souci, Robert D. Cinderella Skeleton. Illustrated by David Catrow. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-152-02003-9. $16.00. 32 pp. A Pre-3 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder Yet another Cinderella story, but this one’s a dandy. San Souci always weaves a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Blizzard : the storm that changed America [book review]

    • Blizzard : the storm that changed America [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Blizzards--Juvenile literature; Blizzards--New York (State)--New York--History 19th century--Juvenile literature; New York (N.Y.)--History 1865-1898--Juvenile literature;

    • Murphy, Jim. Blizzard: The Storm That Changed America. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0-590-67309-2. $18.95. 136 pp. A 3+ NF Reviewed by Nancy Alder Talk about March coming in like a lion! New York City, lulled by a spat of unseasonably warm winter days,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • But I waannt it! [book review]

    • But I waannt it! [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Avarice--Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction;

    • Schlessinger, Laura. Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s But I Waannt It! Illustrated by Daniel McFeeley. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-028775-6. $15.95. 40 pp. NR Pre-K PB?? Reviewed by Nancy Alder Hard on the heels of her Why Do You Love Me? comes...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The fungus that ate my school [book review]

    • The fungus that ate my school [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fungi--Juvenile fiction; Science--Experiments--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile fiction; Elementary school teachers--Juvenile fiction; Elementary schools--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction;

    • Dorros, Arthur. The Fungus That Ate My School. Illustrated by David Catrow. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0-590-47704-8. $15.95. 32 pp. B 1-3 PB?? Reviewed by Nancy Alder Over spring vacation the school’s science experiment runs amuck, and fungus takes...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Across America, I love you [book review]

    • Across America, I love you [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Parent and child--Juvenile fiction; United States--Juvenile fiction; Natural history--United States--Juvenile fiction;

    • Loomis, Christine. Across America, I Love You. Illustrated by Kate Kiesler. Hyperion, 2000. ISBN 0-7868-0366-5. $15.99. 32 pp. 2+ PB?? Reviewed by Nancy Alder Splendidly enhanced by Kiesler’s arresting illustration, this is Loomis’ homage to a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Otis [book review]

    • Otis [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Swine--Juvenile fiction; Hygiene--Juvenile fiction; Frogs--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction;

    • Bynum, Janie. Otis. Illustrated by Janie Bynum. Harcourt Brace, 2000. ISBN 0-15-202153-1. $14.00. 36 pp. A Pre-2 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder Otis yearns to be one of the gang, but being an extraordinarily tidy pig, he just can't bring himself to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Daisy and the Beastie [book review]

    • Daisy and the Beastie [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ducks--Juvenile fiction; Domestic animals--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Curiosity in children--Juvenile fiction; Kittens--Juvenile fiction; Animals--Infancy--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile...

    • Simmons, Jane. Daisy and the Beastie. Illustrated by Jane Simmons. Orchard, 2000. ISBN 0-316-79785-5. $12.95. Not paginated.” Pre-1 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder This latest story in the award-winning Daisy saga is a charming tale that children...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The very first Easter [book review]

    • The very first Easter [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Jesus Christ--Resurrection--Juvenile literature; Easter--Juvenile literature;

    • Maier, Paul L. The Very First Easter. Illustrated by Francisco Ordaz. Concordia, 1999. ISBN 0-570-07053-8. $16.95. 32 pp. A K-4 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder This scripture-based presentation of the Agreatest story ever told@ features no bunnies or...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Francie [book review]

    • Francie [book review]

    • African Americans--Juvenile fiction; Race relations--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • English, Karen. Francie. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 19999. ISBN 0-374-32456-5. $16.00. 199 pp. * 4-7 FI Reviewed by Nancy Alder Twelve-year-old Francie lives in segregated Alabama in the 1940s. Her life is a narrow one of laundry and housecleaning...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The amah [book review]

    • The amah [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family--Juvenile fiction; Ballet dancing--Juvenile fiction; Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction;

    • Yep, Laurence. The Amah. Putnam, 1999. ISBN 0-399-23040-8. $15.99. 181 pp. A 4-7 FI Reviewed by Nancy Alder At age twelve, Amy Chin is a budding ballerina, very serious about her avocation. Her widowed mother has to take a job as an amah (nanny)...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Folk Keeper [book review]

    • The Folk Keeper [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Selkies--Juvenile fiction; Deception--Juvenile fiction; Children's secrets--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Fairies--Juvenile fiction; Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction; Decision making--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Billingsley, Franny. The Folk Keeper. Antheneum, 1999. ISBN 0-689-82876-4. $16.00. 162 pp. B 5-7 FI Reviewed by Nancy Alder A young orphan girl disguises herself as a boy and creates for herself a reputation as a Afolk keeper@Cone who keeps the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Joseph : a rumble of war, 1861 [book review]

    • Joseph : a rumble of war, 1861 [book review]

    • Slavery--Juvenile fiction; Stepfathers--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Pryor, Bonnie. Joseph: 1861Rumble of War. Illustrated by Bert Dodson. Morrow, 1999. $15.00. 170 pp. * 3-6 FI Reviewed by Nancy Alder Third in the American Adventures series, Joseph follows a young boy's struggle to understand the conflict between...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Miranda's last stand [book review]

    • Miranda's last stand [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Juvenile fiction; Dakota Indians--Juvenile fiction; Indians of North...

    • Whelan, Gloria. Miranda's Last Stand. HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0-06-028252-5. $14.89. 131 pp. A 3-7 FI Reviewed by Nancy Alder Eleven-year-old Miranda and her mother sign on as laundry workers with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the 1880s....
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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