Books for Children

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Poetry: Harley, Avis: FLY WITH POETRY: An ABC of Poetry. Il. by author. ISBN 1-56397-798-2. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000. 48 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Susan L. Angstadt

Kennedy, X. J.: ELYMPICS. Il. by Graham Percey. ISBN 0-399-23249-4. New York: Philomel Books, 1999. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Mikki Haas

Medina, Jane: MY NAME IS JORGE. Il. by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. ISBN 1-56397-811-3. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 1999. 48 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Eileen L. Shultz

Nonfiction: Bull, Schuyler: ALONG THE LUANGWA: A Story of an African Floodplain. Il. by Alan Male. ISBN 1-56899-776-0. Norwalk, CT: The Nature Conservancy, 1999. 36 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Irene Allen

Garza, Carmen Lomas: MAGIC WINDOWS: Ventanas Mágicas. Il. by author. ISBN 0-89239-157-X. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1999. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Jeanie Burnett

Jones, Charlotte Foltz: YUKON GOLD: The Story of the Klondike Gold Rush. ISBN 0-8234-1403-5. New York: Holiday House, 1999. 99 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Kathleen Dolgos

Lessem, Don: DINOSAURS TO DODOS: An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals. Il. by Jan Sovak. ISBN 0-590-31684-2. New York: Scholastic, 1999. 112 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Joseph S. Elias

Pringle, Laurence: BATS! Strange and Wonderful. Il. by Meryl Henderson. ISBN 1-56397-327-8. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Terre Sychterz

Simon, Norma: ALL KINDS OF CHILDREN. II. by Diane Paterson. ISBN 0-8075-0281-2. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1999. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Susan A. Miller, Kutztown University of PA

Tallchief, Maria, with Rosemary Wells TALLCHIEF: America's Prima Ballerina. II. by Gary Kelley. ISBN 0-670-88756-0. New York: Viking, 1999. 28 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Jane S. Bray

Trump, Fred: LINCOLN'S LITTLE GIRL: A True Story. II. by Christopher Wray. ISBN 1-56397-375-8. Honesdale, PA: Bell Books, Boyds Mill Press, 1999 (paperback ed.). 184 pp. $8.95. Reviewed by Elsa Geskus

Ward, Jennifer, & T. J. Marsh: SOMEWHERE IN THE OCEAN. II. by Kenneth J. Spengler. ISBN 0-87358-748-0. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, 2000. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Andrea Bartlett

Fiction: Balouch, Kristen: LISTEN TO THE STORYTELLER. II. by author. ISBN 0-670-88054-X. New York: Penguin, 1999. 32 pp. $16.99. Reviewed by Pamela A. Salley

Banks, Sara Harrell ABRAHAM'S BATTLE: A Novel of Gettysburg. ISBN 0-689-81779-7. New York: Atheneum, 1999. 96 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Barbara Foulks Boyd

Blake, Robert J.: YUDONSI. II. by author. ISBN 0-399-23320-2. New York: Philomel Books, 1999. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Lucille Fanger

Carter, Alden: CRESCENT MOON. ISBN 0-8234-1521-X. New York: Holiday House, 1999. 153 pp. $16.95 Reviewed by Joseph McSparran

Chen, Jian Hong: THE LEGEND OF THE KITE: A Story of China. II. by author. ISBN 1-56899-810-4. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1999. Unp. $15.99.

Couloumbis, Audrey: GETTING NEAR TO BABY. ISBN 0-399-23389-X. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 211pp. $17.99. Reviewed by Gayle Roome

Dansiger, Paula: I, AMBER BROWN. II. by Tony Ross. ISBN0-399-23180-3. NewYork: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 140 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Nancy Graber

Esbensen, Barbara Juster: JUMPING DAY. II. by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. ISBN 1-56397-853-9. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1999. Unp. $7.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Tracy Keyes

George, Jean Craighead: FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN. ISBN 0-525-46166-3. New York: Button Children's Books, 1999. 255pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Irene S. Hatzistavrakis

Lasky, Katherine: ELIZABETH I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor. ISBN 0-590-68484-1. New York: Scholastic, 1999. 237 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by J. Robert Dornish

Littlesugar, Amy: THE TREE OF HOPE. II. by Floyd Cooper. ISBN 0-399-23300-8. New York: Philomel, 1999. 40 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Sharon White Williams

Lurie, Alison: THE BLACK GEESE: ABabaYaga Story From Russia. II. by Jessica Souhami. ISBN 0-789-42558-0. New York: DK Publishing, 1999. 32 pp. $14.95.

Mora, Pat: THE RAINBOW TULIP. II. by Elizabeth Sayles. ISBN 0-670-87291-1. New York: Viking, 1999. 26 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Gloria Tansits Wenze

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux: BEYOND MAYFIELD. ISBN 0-399-23355-5. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 138 pp. $15.99.

Schachner, Judith: THE GRANNYMAN. II. by author. ISBN 0-525-46122-1. New York: Button Children's Books, 1999. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Krishna M. Confer

Stier, Catherine: IF I WERE PRESIDENT. II. by DyAnneDiSalvo-Ryan. ISBN 0-8075-3541-9. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1999. Unp. $14.95. Reviewed by Maureen Wildman

Taulbert, Clifton L.: LITTLE CLIFF AND THE PORCH PEOPLE. II. by E. B. Lewis. ISBN 0-8037-2175-7. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999. 29 pp. $15.99.