Books for Children

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Fiction: Arnold, Katya: THE ADVENTURES OF SNOW-WOMAN. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8234-1390-X. New York: Holiday House, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Tom Trauschke

Binch, Caroline: SINCE DAD LEFT. Il. by author. ISBN 0-7613-0290-5. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Rebecca McMahon

Blackwood, Gary: THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER. ISBN 0-525-45863-8. New York: Dutton, 1998. 216 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Kevin McCloskey

Crowley, Joy: BIG MOON TORTILLA. Il. by Dyanne Strongbow. ISBN 1-56397-601-3. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 1998. Unp. $14.95. Reviewed by Jeanie Burnett

Gerzig, Alison Cragin: BRONCO BUSTERS. Il. by Kimberly Bulcken Root. ISBN 0-399-22917-5. New York: The Putnam and Gosset Group, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Penny Boepple

Gilbert, Barbara Snow: BROKEN CHORDS. ISBN 1-886910-23-5. Asheville, NC: Front Street Books, Inc., 1998. 188 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Elsa Geskus

Gritz-Gilbert, Ona: STARFISH SUMMER. Il. by Yong Chen. ISBN 0-06-027193-0. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. 96 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Patricia Crawford

Heinz, Brian J.: NANUK: Lord of the Ice. Il. by Gregory Manchess. ISBN 0-8037-2194-3. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. 32 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey DeTurk

Henkes, Kevin: CIRCLE DOGS. Il. by Dan Yaccarino. ISBN 0-688-15446-8. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1998. Unp. $15.00. Reviewed by Doris Burkhart

Jackson, Jean: BIG LIPS AND HAIRY ARMS. Il. by Vera Rosenberry. ISBN 0-7894-2521-1. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Cindy Rissmiller

Johnston, Tony: BIG FOOT CINDERRRRRELLA. Il. by James Warhola. ISBN 0-399-23021-1. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Pamela A. Salley

LaFaye, Alexandria: EDITH SHAY. ISBN 0-670-87598-8. New York: Penguin, 1998. 183 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Nicole Lawrence

Morpugo, Michael: ESCAPE FROM SHANGRI-LA. ISBN 0-399-23311-3. New York: Philomel Books, 1998. 178 pp. $16.99. Reviewed by J. Robert Dornish

Padt, Maartje: SHANTI. Il. by Mylo Freeman. ISBN 0-7894-2520-3. New York: DK Publishing, 1998. 32 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Sandra Fisher

Sage, James: SASSY GRACIE. Il. by Pierre Pratt. ISBN 0-525-45885-9. New York: Dutton's Children's Books, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Linda Martin

Scieszka, Jon: SQUIDS WILL BE SQUIDS: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables. Il. by Lane Smith. ISBN 0-670-88135-X. New York: Viking, 1998. 48 pp. $17.99. Reviewed by Elizabeth K. Liddicoat

Shah, Idries: THE FARMER'S WIFE. Il. by Rose Mary Santiago. ISBN 1-883536-07-3. Los Altos, CA: Hoopoe Books, 1998. 32 pp. $17.00. Reviewed by Lucille Fanger

Simon, Francesca: WHERE ARE YOU? Il. by David Melling. ISBN 1-56145-179-7. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publisher, Ltd., 1998. Unp. $12.95. Reviewed by Racquel Holladay

White, Ellen Emerson: VOYAGE ON THE GREAT TITANIC: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady. ISBN 0-590-96273-6. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1998. 197 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Dennis Johnson

Woodruff, Elvira: CAN YOU GUESS WHERE WE'RE GOING? Il. by Cynthia Fisher. ISBN 0-8234-1387. New York: Holiday House, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Maria Nolan and Laurie Trexler

Nonfiction: Carter, Alden R.: SEEING THINGS MY WAY. Photographs by Carol S. Carter. ISBN 0-8075-7296-9. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1998. Unp. $14.95. Reviewed by Heather Hershey

Kuklin, Susan: Bill T. Jones: DANCE. Photographs by Susan Kuklin. ISBN 0-7868-0362-2. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998. Unp. $14.95. Reviewed by Jane Bray

McKeever, Susan (Senior Editor): THE DORLING KINDERSLEY SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA. ISBN 0-7894-2190-9. New York: DK Publishing, 1998. 448 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Karen A. Krumanocker

McNeill, Sarah: THE MIDDLE AGES. Il. by Julien Baker, Chris Forcey and others. ISBN 0-19-521394-7. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 46 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Peter R. Miller

Osborne, Mary Pope: THE LIFE OF JESUS IN MASTERPIECES OF ART. Il. by author. ISBN 0-670-87313-6. New York: Viking, 1998. 48 pp. $17.99. Reviewed by Linda Gibbs

Rankin, Laura: THE HANDMADE COUNTING BOOK. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8037-2309-1. New York: Dial Books, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Debra Kay Lynch

Poetry: Gollub, Matthew: COOL MELONS-TURN TO FROGS! The Life and Poems of Issa. Il. by Kazuko G. Stone. ISBN 1-880000-71-7. New York: Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1998. 36 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Charles Scanzello

Herrera, Juan Felipe: LAUGHING OUT LOUD, I FLY: Poems in English and Spanish. Il. by Karen Barbour. ISBN 0-06-027604-5. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. 46 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Eileen L. Shultz

Myriad: Golding, Kim: ALPHABABIES. Il. by author. ISBN 0-7894-2529-7. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 1998. Unp. $9.95. Reviewed by Susan A. Miller

Koss, Amy Goldman: HOW I SAVED HANUKKAH. Il. by Diane de Groat. ISBN 0-8037-2241-9. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. 88 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Barbara Backer

McCully, Emily Arnold: AN OUTLAW THANKSGIVING. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8037-2197-8. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Terre Sychterz

Medearis, Angela Shelf: POPPA'S ITCHY CHRISTMAS. Il. by John Ward. ISBN 0-8234-1298-9. New York: Holiday House, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Susan Angstadt and Sharon Weigle

Nerlove, Miriam: SHABBAT. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8075-7324-8. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1998. Unp. $13.95. Reviewed by Liane Ford

Steven, Kenneth: THE BEARER OF GIFTS. Il. by Lily Moon. ISBN 0-8037-2374-1. New York: Dial Books, 1998. Unp. $12.99. Reviewed by Karen Houck & Jean Smith