Books for Children

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Fiction: Appelt, Kathi Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives. Il. Arthur Howard. ISBN 0-15-216630-0. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 2004. 30 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Isabel Killoran

Borden, Louise The Greatest Skating Race. ISBN 0-689-84502-2. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 43 pp. $28.50. Reviewed by Laura Wiseman

Gerber, Carole Leaf Jumpers. Il. by Leslie Evans. ISBN 1-57091-497-4. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Cynthia Lynn-Garbe

Gunning, Monica A Shelter in our Car. Il. by Elaine Pedlar. ISBN 0-89239-189-8. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2004. 32 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Isabel Killoran

Hodgson, Mona Bedtime in the Southwest. Il. Renee Graef. ISBN 0-87358-871-1. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon Books/First Impression, 2004. 30 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Melissa Clark

Kuskin, Karla Under My Hood i have a Hat. Il. by Fumi Kosaka. ISBN 0-06-057242-4. New York: Laura Geringer Books, 2004. 32 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Cynthia Lynn-Garbe

Lasky, Kathryn Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine. Il. by John Manders. ISBN 0-15-216235-6. New York: Harcourt, 2004. Unp. $16.00. Reviewed by Terre Sychterz

McAllaster Weaver, Katie Bill in a China Shop. Il. by Tim Raglin. ISBN 1-58234-832-4. New York: Bloomsbury Children's Press, 2003. Unp. $16.95. Reviewed by Nicole Vosper

Rumson, B. The Silent Shriek. ISBN 1-59129-663-3. Baltimore: Publish-America, 2003/2004. 125 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Wanda Boyer

Schwartz, Amy A Glorious Day. Il. by author. ISBN 0-689-8402-1. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004. 36 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Jerry Worley

Sendak, Jack The Happy Rain. Il. by Maurice Sendak. ISBN 0-06-028785-3. New York: HarperCollins, 1956/1984. 42 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Gayle Roome

Spinelli, Eileen Something to Tell the Grandcows. Il. by Bill Slavin. ISBN 0-8028-5236-X. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004. 32 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Rose B. Jones

Wallace, Bill No Dogs Allowed. ISBN 0-823418-18-9. New York: Holiday House, 2005. 214 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Lenore Sandel

Weinstock, Robert Gordimer Byrd's Reminder. ISBN 0-15-204903-7. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004. Unp. $16.00. Reviewed by Terre Sychterz

Wood, Audrey The Napping House. Il. by Don Wood. ISBN 0-15-2-5080-9. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Children's Books, 2004. 32 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Isabel Killoran

Nonfiction: McDonnell, Kathleen Putting on a Show … Theater for young People. ISBN 1-896764-89-4. Toronto, ON: Second Story Press, 2005. $14.95 CAN/$11.95 US. Reviewed by Lynda Pogue

Myers, W. D. I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Il. by L. Jenkins. ISBN 0-06027703-3. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 40 pp. $23.99 CDN/$19.95 US. Reviewed by Michelle Woollam

Wakim, Dennis Y. & Hirschfelder, A. Children of Native America Today. ISBN 1-57091-499-0. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2003. 64 pp. $32.95 CDN/$19.95 U.S. Reviewed by Michelle Woollam

Watters, Debbie, with Haydn & Emmett Watters Where's Mom's Hair? A Family's Journey Through Cancer. Photos by Sophie Hogan. ISBN 1-896764-94-0. Toronto, ON: Second Story Press, 2005. 32 pp. $12.95 CAN/$10.95 U.S. Reviewed by Isabel Killoran