Children’s book reviews – Picture Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult – Publishers Weekly
Patterson Aplenty by Matthew Thornton - 05/05/2008
There's no stopping James Patterson—his appeal, that is. Even when the megaselling thriller writer with a record 39 New York Times bestsellers to his credit is writing for a narrower audience—in this case young adults—his readership has proven so loyal that the YA designation is almost meaningless.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 5/5/2008 05/05/2008
Picture Books Sergio Makes a Splash! Edel Rodriguez . Little, Brown , $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-06616-7 Sergio the penguin isn't afraid of all water—just “the very deep kind.” But with the help of floaties, a snorkel, a life preserver, he discovers that taking the plunge isn't so bad after all.
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Barefoot in Manhattan By Judith Rosen - 04/21/2008
In a move that could push Barefoot Books further up Inc. magazine’s list of the top 5,000 fastest-growing private businesses (which it made for the first time last year), the Cambridge, Mass./Bath, England, children’s book publisher has reached an agreement with FAO Schwarz to create a dedicated Barefoot Books boutique in FAO’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 4/14/2008 04/14/2008
Picture Books Willow Buds: The Tale of Toad and Badger Mary Jane Begin . Little, Brown , $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-01352-9 Begin, who illustrated Chronicle’s 2002 edition of The Wind in the Willows, invades that classic to produce a new series, billed as “friendship stories inspired by The Wind in the Willows”; she rewinds Kenneth Grahame’s narrative chronology and ...
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Children's Book Reviews 04/07/2008
Picture Books The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited Nikki Giovanni , illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick , $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3021-8 “Every year the same thing happens. The Grasshoppers sing, the Ants work in rhythm, the crops come up smoothly, and when winter comes, the Ants turn their backs.
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Notes From the Bookroom Elizabeth Devereaux, , September 25, 2007 Jenna's Story
I’d like to thank HarperCollins for making me a tool of the Bush administrati... More
