The Divorce Wokbook For Teens
Tree Shaker : the Story of Nelson Mandela
Publisher Weekly Review: Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, offers a balanced, thoughtful account of Mandela's political activism and accomplishments and his pivotal role in South Africa's modern history. The book's title is a translation of Mandela's birth name, Rohihlahla, which, both fittingly and ironically, refers to a troublemaker. As bureau chief for […]
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 1?4?This account of Lincoln's childhood is written in fast-paced, short sentences. St. George, author of So You Want to Be President? (Philomel, 2000), uses a folksy, conversational style and incorporates old-fashioned words such as "ignoramus" and "dunderheads" to add to the period feel. She chose incidents from Lincoln's […]
When Is a Planet Not a Planet? : the Story of Pluto
Children's Literature: Unless you have not been reading the papers, you know that there has been a major controversy about whether Pluto should be considered a full-fledged planet or reclassified as a dwarf-planet. In this book Scott recaps a lot of the history of astronomy, including some of the great names and their discoveries?Ptolemy, Copernicus, […]
Runemarks
Publisher Weekly Review Starred Review. In Norse myth the whole world ended with Ragnar?k, the last battle, at which the gods were defeated and after which eternal winter descended. In her highly successful first children's novel, however, the author of the bestselling Chocolat tells readers what happened next. The supposed end of all things is […]
The Discovery of Dragons :new Research Revealed
In this revised and expanded edition of Bases classic, dragons from around the world are described and catalogued by a group of eccentric Victorian scientists. Fun facts about dragons fill the pages of this humorous picture book. Full color.
Olivia Helps With Christmas
School Library Journal Review: PreS-Gr 2–Children who are familiar with this irrepressible pig will know what kind of help Olivia is likely to provide as her family prepares for the holiday. Her antics seem a little forced in this selection, but the dazzling illustrations, highlighted with green as well as Olivia's signature red, are as […]
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming : a Christmas Story
Publisher Weekly Review Starred Review. Go ahead and cover this book in red, stamp it with gold foil and label it a Christmas story?Lemony Snicket fans won't be fooled. The miraculous birth here is of a potato pancake, which, unlike its less loquacious literary cousin the Gingerbread Man, begins screaming the moment it gets cooked. […]
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate School
School Library Journal Review: Gr 1-3?A nameless girl needs an idea for her science project. Her solution is to go on the Internet, where she comes across Professor Swami's Super Slime?a mutant yeast with just a piece of dragon DNA. Of course, she orders it and doesn't follow the directions on the box: do not […]
Race : a History Beyond Black and White
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 9 Up?In his introduction, Aronson supplies a definition of the word "race" based on four assumptions, or "pillars," and then examines how each of them came into being historically. Then he literally begins at the beginning, starting with prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribes and works his way forward to modern […]