Books for Children

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Nonfiction: Cleary, Brian P. HAIRY, SCARY, ORDINARY: What Is an Adjective? Il. by Jenya Prosmitsky. ISBN 1-57505-401-9. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2000. Unp. $12.95. Reviewed by Jorie Borden

Hickman, Pamela: ANIMALS IN MOTION. Il. by Pat Stephens. ISBN 1-55074-573-5. New York: Kids Can Press, 2000. Unp. $10.95. Reviewed by Kristin Blenis

Kroll, Steven: WILLIAM PENN: Founder of Pennsylvania. Il. by Ronald Himler. ISBN 0-8234-1439-6. New York: Holiday House, 2000. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Smita Guha

Lingemann, Linda S.: SURVIVAL IN THE SEA: The Story of a Hammerhead Shark. Il. by Stephen Marchesi. ISBN 1-56899769-8. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1999. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Andrea Bartlett

Micklos, Jr., John: DADDY POEMS. Il. by Robert Casilla. ISBN 1-56397-870-9. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong-Boyds Mills Press, 2000. 32 pp. $8.95. Reviewed by Jeanie Burnett

Simon, Seymour: DESTINATION MARS. ISBN 0-688-15770-X. Singapore: Tien Wah Press, HarperCollins, 2000. 29 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Joseph Elias

Trottier, Maxine: NATIVE CRAFTS: Inspired by North America's First Peoples. Il. by Esperanca Melo. ISBN 1-55074854-8. Toronto, Canada: Kids Can Press, 2000. 40 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Gloria Tansits Wenze

Winnick, Karen B.: SYBIL'S NIGHT RIDE. Il. by author. ISBN 1-56397-697-8. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Janet Gernsheimer

Fiction: Arnold, Katya: ME TOO! Two Small Stories About Small Animals. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8234-1483-3. New York: Holiday House, 2000. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Tracy Keyes

Chen, Kerstin: LORD OF THE CRANES. Il. by Jian Jiang Chen. ISBN 0-7358-1192-X. New York: North-South Books, 2000. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Lisa Gaspar

Fazzi, Maura & Peter Kuhner: THE CIRCUS OF MYSTERY. Translated by Rosemary Lanning. Il. by authors. ISBN 0-7358-1168-7. Switzerland: North-South Books, 1999. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Janet S. Munro

Gorbachev, Valeri: PETER'S PICTURE. Il. by Author. ISBN 1-5585-965-1. New York: North-South Books, 2000. 30 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Holly Shaffer

Heidbreder, Robert: I WISHED FOR A UNICORN. Il. by Kady MacDonald Denton. ISBN 1-55074-543-3. New York: Kids Can Press, 2000. 32 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Catherine Laubach

Mack, Tracy: DRAWING LESSONS. ISBN 0-439-11202-8. New York: Scholastic, 2000. 168 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Lucille Fanger

McKissack, Patricia: COLOR ME DARK: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North. Dear America Series. ISBN 0-590-51159-9. New York: Scholastic, 2000. 218 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Terry Stahler

Osborne, Mary Pope: ADALINE FALLING STAR. ISBN 0-439-05947-X. New York: Scholastic, 2000. 170 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Gayle Roome

Pfister, Marcus: THE HAPPY HEDGEHOG. Il. by author. ISBN 0-7358-1164-4. New York: North-South Books, 2000. 24 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Joan Schoch

Philbrick, Rodman: REM WORLD: Where Nothing Is Real and Everything Is About To Disappear. ISBN 0-439-08362-1. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2000. 192 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Barbara F. Backer

Schami, Rafik: ALBERT & LILA. Il. by Els Cools & Oliver Streich. ISBN 0-7358-1182-2. New York: North-South Books, 1999. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Jeffrey Brewster

Scheffler, Ursel: BE BRAVE, LITTLE LION! Il. by Ruth Scholte van Mast. ISBN 0-7358-1264-0. New York: North-South Books, 2000. 48 pp. $13.95.