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    • Visiting Miss Caples [book review]

    • Visiting Miss Caples [book review]

    • Old age--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Visiting Miss Caples. Dial, 2000. ISBN 0-9037-2502-7. $16.99. 168pp. B 4-8 FI Reviewed by Sarah Olson Kimmel interweaves two stories about the power and danger of blindly heeding the love of a best friend. Jenna is assigned...
    • 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...
    • Snowfall [book review]

    • Snowfall [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Peyton, K. M. Snowfall. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0-395-89598-7. $16.00. 343 pp. A 9-12 FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Life for the orphaned granddaughter of the town vicar isn’t terribly exciting, and excitement is what sixteen-year-old...
    • Jeremy : the tale of an honest bunny [book review]

    • Jeremy : the tale of an honest bunny [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Rabbits--Juvenile fiction; Toys--Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction; Christian life--Juvenile fiction;

    • Karon, Jan. Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny. Illustrated by Teri Weidner. Viking, 2000. ISBN 0-670-88104-X. $15.99. Not paginated. B Pre-3 PB Reviewed by Nancy Alder Written for the author's little daughter, this is the tale of a bunny,...
    • Blister [book review]

    • Blister [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Resilience (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction; Problem families--Juvenile fiction; Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction; Depression in women--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile...

    • Shreve, Susan. Blister. Levine/Scholastic, 2001. ISBN 0-439-19313-3. $15.95. 151 pp. B 5+ FIReviewed by Vicky M. Turner Aylssa Reed’s life is about to take a change for the worse. Her much anticipated baby sister is still born, and her...
    • Getting near to baby [book review]

    • Getting near to baby [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Sisters--Juvenile fiction; Grief in children--Juvenile fiction; Grief--Juvenile fiction; Children and death--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Infants--Juvenile fiction; Aunts--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction;

    • Coulumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby. Putnam, 1999. ISBN 0-399-23389-X. $17.99. 211 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Lillian Heil Willa and her little sister are on the roof, and their Aunt Patty is trying in vain to get them to come down. The girls...
    • Mandy and The Magus [drama review]

    • Mandy and The Magus [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Children's plays, Canadian; Canadian drama 20th century;

    • Tremblay, Brian, music by Arden, Leslie. Mandy and The Magus. Canada Playwrights, 1984. 47 pp. A- K-3 Mandy is disappointed when it rains falls on her birthday and she cannot go to the zoo. When told to play with her younger brother Michael, she...
    • 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...
    • Paperboy [book review]

    • Paperboy [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Irish Americans--Juvenile fiction; Newspapers--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Money-making projects for children--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Holland, Isabelle. Paperboy. Holiday House, 1999. ISBN 0-8234-1422-1. $15.95. 137 pp. A 4-6 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis The plight of early Irish immigrants is not a new theme, and the hard life of newsboys has also been brought forcibly to...
    • Norman Rockwell : storyteller with a brush [book review]

    • Norman Rockwell : storyteller with a brush [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978--Juvenile literature; Painters--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature; Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978; Artists--Juvenile literature; Art appreciation--Juvenile literature;

    • Gherman, Beverly. Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush. Atheneum, 2000. ISBN 0-689-82001-1. $19.95. 58 pp. A All NF Reviewed by Janice Card Did you know that Norman Rockwell’s middle name was Perceval? That he was called “Mooney” as a...
    • David Copperfield [drama review]

    • David Copperfield [drama review]

    • Drama--Reviews; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield--Juvenile drama;

    • Sodaro, Craig. David Copperfield. Eldridge, 1997. 63 pp. B- 5-9 Reviewed by Tracy Twitchell This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel falls short of its mark. Intended to chronicle the coming-of-age of young David Copperfield in 19th century...
    • Hippety-hop, hippety-hay [book review]

    • Hippety-hop, hippety-hay [book review]

    • Rhyming games; Children's songs; Nursery rhymes; Books--Reviews;

    • Dunn, Opal. Hippety-Hop, Hippety-Hay. Illustrated by Sally Ann Lambert. Henry Holt, 1999. ISBN 0-8050-6081-2. $16.95. 46 pp. * Pre PT PB Reviewed by Lillian Heil This book is a must for parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and babysitters...
    • Understood Betsy [book review]

    • Understood Betsy [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Self-perception--Juvenile fiction; Identity (Psychology) in children--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Country life--Vermont--Juvenile fiction; Country life--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. Understood Betsy. Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root. Henry Holt, 1999. ISBN 0-805-06073-1. $17.95. 229 pp. * 3+ FI Reviewed by Donna J. Jorgensen When Elizabeth Ann was orphaned at six months of age, her Aunt Harriet...
    • Fiddlin' Sam [book review]

    • Fiddlin' Sam [book review]

    • Violin--Juvenile fiction; Music--Juvenile fiction; Sharing--Juvenile fiction; Old age--Juvenile fiction; Ozark Mountains--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Dengler, Marianna. Fiddlin’ Sam. Illustrated by Sibyl Graber Gerig. Rising Moon, 1999. ISBN 0-87358-742-1. $15.95. Not paginated. * 4-9 PB Reviewed by Lanell Rabner Like his pa before him, Sam traveled the back roads,” calling the Ozarks his...
    • Out of the wilderness [book review]

    • Out of the wilderness [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction; Alaska--Juvenile fiction;

    • Vanasse, Deb. Out of the Wilderness. Clarion, 1999. ISBN 0-39591-1421-3. $15.00. 165 pp. A 6-9 FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Fifteen-year-old Josh Harris, who last winter was leading a normal life and playing on his high school ice hockey...
    • Whitechurch [book review]

    • Whitechurch [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction; City and town life--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction;

    • Lynch, Chris. Whitechurch. HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0-06-028330-0. $14.89. 247 pp. B 9-12 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis Oakley, Pauly, and Lilly are far from the ordinary high school run-of-the-mill gang, what with poetry and disconnection,...

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