Children’s Books for Fall: U
Compiled by Sally Lodge -- Publishers Weekly, 7/16/2007
UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PRESS/BISON BOOKS
Paperbacks
Lana’s Lakota Moons ($12.95) by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. In this novel, two Lakota girls learn about their culture. (8-up)
Adventures in the West: Stories for Young Readers ($19.95), ed. by Susanne George Bloomfield and Eric Melvin Reed, compiles 26 tales from The Youth’s Companion and St. Nicholas. (8-up)
UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
The Key to Grandpa’s House ($14.95) by Cristina Ortega, illus. by Luis Armando Ortega. This story of a family home in New Mexico underscores the importance of respect, friendship and community. (6-up)
Rabbit Goes to Kansas ($16.95) by Deborah Duvall, illus. by Murv Jacob, is a Cherokee tale recounting Rabbit’s adventure with Wildcat. (6-up)
Powwow’s Coming ($16.95) by Linda Boyen centers on contemporary American Indian culture. (8-up)
The Voyage of the Beetle: A Journey Around the World with Charles Darwin and the Search for the Solution to the Mystery of Mysteries, as Narrated by Rosie, an Articulate Beetle ($16.95) by Anne H. Weaver, illus by George Lawrence, tells of a beetle that assisted Darwin on his trip around the world. (10-up)
UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BOOKS
Germ Stories ($20) by Arthur Kornberg, illus. by Adam Alaniz, photos by Roberto Kolter, are rhyming tales of the little creatures in the germ parade. (6-12)
