Children's Announcements Fall 2005: Clarion to Flashlight Press
Compiled by Sally Lodge -- Publishers Weekly, 7/18/2005
CLARION
Star Baby ($15) by Margaret O’Hair, illus. by Erin Eitter Kono, is a rhyming celebration of babies. (up to 3)Back into Mommy’s Tummy! ($15) by Thierry Robberecht, illus. by Philippe Goossens, reveals a five-year-old’s emotions about the arrival of a new sibling. (3-6)
I Am Dodo: Not a True Story ($15) by Kae Nishimura centers on a smart dodo that has escaped extinction and is living in a big city. (3-6)
Bee-bim Bop! ($15) by Linda Sue Park, illus. by Ho Baek Lee. A hungry child prepares a favorite Korean dish with her mother. (4-7)
Pink Magic ($15) by Donna Jo Napoli, illus. by Chad Cameron. For his birthday, Nick receives some special deliveries—including a flamingo and piglets—all in his favorite color. (4-8)
A Really Good Snowman ($15) by Daniel J. Mahoney. The animal characters from The Saturday Escape return for a romp in the snow. (5-8)
Janey and the Famous Author ($15) by Mary Downing Hahn, illus. by Timothy Bush. A bookworm discovers that her favorite author is not quite the person she imagined. (5-8)
Lizzie Nonsense ($15) by Jan Ormerod. A girl’s imagination brightens her life on the Australian bush. (5-8)
Pete the Sheep-Sheep ($14) by Jackie French, illus. by Bruce Whatley, introduces a sheep shearer who doesn’t have a sheep dog, but a “sheep-sheep.” (5-8)
That’s What Leprechauns Do ($16) by Eve Bunting, illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. Can three leprechauns dig up the pot of gold they buried before the rainbow arrives? (5-8)
Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe ($15) by Robert Kraske, illus. by Robert Andrew Parker, is a biography of the man on whom Daniel Defoe based the character of Robinson Crusoe. (9-14)
The Counterfeit Princess ($15) by Jane Resh Thomas. In the English court, a teenager poses as a princess to save the real royal’s life. (9-14)
Children of the Great Depression ($20) by Russell Freedman focuses on American children whose lives were affected by the Depression. (9-up)
The Bicycle Man ($16) by David Dudley. A girl’s life changes when an elderly man on a bicycle appears at her home. (9-14)
Where the Great Hawk Flies ($16) by Liza Ketchum. After the Revolutionary War, two boys, one half Indian, the other violently anti-Indian, come to terms with their differences. (10-14)
The Amethyst Road ($16) by Louise Spiegler. This fantasy follows a young woman’s quest to reunite her family and right the wrongs suffered by her mother’s tribe. (12-up)
The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence ($20) by Marc Aronson connects aspects of American history to contemporary issues. (12-up)
The Rhyming Season ($16) by Edward Averett. After her brother dies in a car accident, Brenda finds inspiration in poetry. (12-up)
PAPERBACK REPRINTS
Thanksgiving Mice! by Bethany Roberts, illus. by Doug Cushman ($5.95, 3-6); Aunt Minnie McGranahan by Mary Skillings Prigger, illus. by Betsy Lewin ($5.95, 4-8); Matzo Ball Moon by Lesléa Newman, illus. by Elaine Greenstein ($5.95, 5-8); The Great Frog Race: And Other Poems by Kristine O’Connell George, illus. by Kate Kiesler ($5.95, 6-9); The Ghost Children by Eve Bunting ($5.95, 9-12); One True Friend by Joyce Hansen ($5.95, 9-14); and In a Sacred Manner I Live: Native American Wisdom by Neil Philip ($8.95, 10-up).
CONCORDIA
Saint Nicholas ($6.99) by Julie Stiegemeyer, illus. by Chris Ellison, is a board book offering the story of this saint. (2-up)Things I See at Christmas by Julie Stiegemeyer, illus. by Kathy Mitter. This board book introduces symbols of Christmas. (2-up)
My First Bible ($12.99) by Leena Lane, illus. by Gillian Chapman, collects Old and New Testament stories. (4-up)
The Story of Jesus ($9.99) by Christopher Doyle, illus. by Gillian Chapman, describes events in Jesus’ life. (4-up)
Sacred Songs of Christmas ($19.99), illus. by Nicole Wong, Paine Proffitt and Andrea Eberbach. This collection of readings, carols and activities is packaged with a CD. (5-up)
Bethlehem Night ($12.99) by Julie Stiegemeyer, illus. by Gina Capaldi, recounts the birth of Jesus. (5-up)
The Shepherd’s Christmas Story ($12.99) by Dandi Daley Mackall, illus. by Dominic Catalano, centers on the shepherds who received the message of Jesus’ birth. (6-up)
PAPERBACKS
PAPERBACK SERIES
God, I Need to Talk to You About... adds four titles by Susan Leigh, illus. by Bill Clark ($.99 each, 4-up). And Arch Books continues with Star of Wonder and David and His Friend, Jonathan ($1.99 each, 5-9).
COOK COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES/FAITH KIDZ
SERIESGod Is in the Little Things releases A Shiny Red Apple, A Sprig of Parsley and A Child’s Song by Patricia Karwatowicz, illus. by Jane Dippold ($12.99 each, 4-7). And Time Stone Travelers issues Escape from the Volcano by Karla Warkentin ($6.99, 8-12).
CORNELL MARITIME PRESS/TIDEWATER
Suppose ($11.50) by Susan Wigden, illus. by Marcy Dunn Ramsey. Verse and images depict the adventure of reading. (2-7)CREATIVE COMPANY/CREATIVE EDITIONS
A Was an Apple Pie ($18.95), illus. by Etienne Delessert, a 17th-century alphabet book that emphasizes verbs instead of nouns. (2-7)The Enchanted Sled ($16.95) by Jan Wahl, illus. by Monique Felix, a child journeys to destinations in her own imagination. (3-8)
The Adventures of Pinocchio ($19.95) by Carlo Collodi, illus. by Roberto Innocenti is a new unabridged translation of this classic story. (8-up)
Galileo’s Universe ($17.95) by J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Tom Curry, a biography in verse with pop-up art. (9-up)
Vherses: A Celebration of Outstanding Women ($18.95) by J. Patrick Lewis, illus. by Mark Summers is a collection of songs dedicated to women who have changed our world. (10-up)
CRICKET BOOKS
Dream-of-Jade: The Emperor’s Cat ($16.95) by Lloyd Alexander, illus. by D. Brent Burkett, is a tale of friendship between an all-powerful emperor and his cat. (8-up)SERIES
New to the Heroes series is Hercules and Theseus, retold by Geraldine McCaughrean ($15.95 each, 9-14).
CROSSWAy books
I Love My Bible ($9.99) by Debby Anderson underscores the value of the Bible. (4-7)Jesus Is Coming Back ($9.99) by Debby Anderson discusses the return of Jesus. (4-7)
The Something Wonderful ($15.99) by Karen Hill describes the true meaning of Christmas. (4-8)
PAPERBACK SERIES
Young American Patriots welcomes Will Northaway and the Price of Loyalty and Will Northaway and the Gathering Storm by Susan Olasky ($5.99 each, 8-12).
DARBY CREEK
Whitewater Scrubs ($14.99) by Jamie McEwan is a sequel to Willy the Scrub. (8-up)The World According to Kaley ($14.99) by Dian Curtis Regan. A girl’s history essay puts a partly factual, partly personal spin on world history. (9-up)
Eddie and the Jets ($15.95) by John Attanas. Eddie is having trouble calling the right plays—on his football team, at home and with his secret crush. (10-up)
Sports Shorts ($15.99), ed. by Joseph Bruchac. Children’s book authors offer stories based on their own athletic experiences. (11-up)
PAPERBACKS
Funny Money ($4.99) by Florence Temko rounds up money facts, jokes and activities. (8-up)
Lunchroom Laughs ($3.99) by Michael Pellowski serves up puns and riddles about food. (8-up)
DAWN PUBLICATIONS
If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby ($16.95, paper $8.95) by Fran Hodgkins, illus. by Laura Bryant, celebrates the rapport between parents of various species and their offspring. (2-7)SERIES
John Denver & Kids adds John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, adapted and illus. by Christopher Canyon (book and CD $19.95, paper $8.95, all ages).
DIAL
There Are Monsters Everywhere ($15.99) by Mercer Mayer. Monsters run scared after a boy learns karate. (4-up)Axle Annie and the Speed Grump ($16.99) by Robin Pulver, illus. by Tedd Arnold. A school bus driver tames speed grump Rush Hotfoot. (4-up)
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands ($16.99) by Kadir Nelson offers an interpretation of this song. (4-up)
Snowmen at Christmas ($16.99) by Caralyn Buehner, illus. by Mark Buehner. Snowmen celebrate Christmas in this companion to Snowmen at Night. (4-up)
Hiding Hoover ($16.99) by Elise Broach, illus. by Laura Huliska-Beith. After two siblings find a dragon in their backyard, they try to hide it from their father. (4-up)
Turkey Surprise ($15.99) by Peggy Archer, illus. by Thor Wickstrom. A turkey’s animal pals help him escape from two Pilgrim brothers searching for Thanksgiving dinner. (4-up)
Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper ($16.99) by Brad Sneed. Deputy Harvey attempts to uncover a cow thief. (4-up)
The Dragon Snatcher ($16.99) by M.P. Robertson. George and his dragon outwit a wizard in this follow-up to The Egg. (4-up)
The Boy Who Ran with the Gazelles ($16.99) by Marianna Mayer, illus. by Leonid Gore, tells of a boy raised by gazelles in the desert. (5-up)
Stinky Riddles ($14.99) by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg, illus. by Renée Andriani, compiles jokes and riddles about skunks. (6-up)
The Real Lucky Charm ($16.99, Puffin paperback $4.99) by Charisse Richardson, illus. by Eric Velasquez, is a sequel to The Real Slam Dunk. (7-up)
The Old African ($19.99) by Julius Lester, illus. by Jerry Pinkney, is a novella that addresses slavery through a combination of realism and fable. (9-up)
I, Coriander ($16.99) by Sally Gardner. A girl in 17th-century London learns that she has inherited magical powers from her mother. (10-up)
Making It Home ($17.99, Puffin paperback $6.99), intro. by Beverly Naidoo. Twenty-two children share personal accounts of losing home, family—or both—to war and conflict. (10-up)
Lionboy: The Truth ($16.99) by Zizou Corder concludes the Lionboy trilogy. (10-up)
Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy ($16.99), ed. by Nancy Mercado, features fiction by Walter Dean Myers, Mo Willems and others. (14-up)
DISCOVERY PRESS
The Monster Solution ($16.95) by Sara Goodman Zimet, illus. by Shannon Parish. A boy discovers how to get rid of three monsters. (2-5)Hannah and the Perfect Picture Pony—Story of the Great Depression ($16.95) by Sara Goodman Zimet, illus. by Sandy Ferguson Fuller. In this true story set in 1934, a photographer and his pony create memories for Hannah and her friends. (5-9)
DISNEY EDITIONS
Chicken Little Unplucked! ($19.95) by Monique Peterson recounts the making of this film. (All ages)The Kingdom Keepers ($17.99) by Ridley Pearson. In this thriller, five teens are pitted against Disney villains. (10-up)
DISNEY PRESS
Walt Disney’s Cinderella Special Ed. ($12.99) retells this classic tale. (3-7)Disney Princess Time for the Ball Clock & Storybook ($18.99) includes a working clock and a Cinderella storybook. (3-7)
Disney Princess May I Have This Dance? ($14.99) stars dancing Disney heroines. (3-7)
Disney Princess Jewelry Box ($16.99) includes stories from Disney princesses. (3-7)
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ($12.99). This retelling features a sparkly, padded cover. (3-7)
Disney 5-Minute Stories: Friendship ($12.99) presents tales of friendship drawn from classic stories. (3-7)
Disney Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales ($15.99) collects nursery rhymes and 12 fairy tales. (3-8)
Chicken Little Who’s That Chicken? and Chicken Little Sticky Situations ($14.99 each) are interactive books based on this film. (3-up)
Disney Learning: Disney Magic Math Machine Addition & Subtraction ($14.99) challenges readers to solve math problems. (4-6)
Disney Villains The Top-Secret Files ($15.99) provides information on various villains. (5-up)
Disney Splashtacular Cartoon Tales ($14.99) collects comic strips and stories. (6-up)
Disney Learning: Our World ($14.99). Disney characters host a tour of the world’s cultures. (6-9)
Disney Magic Spanish: My First Spanish Dictionary ($14.99) is a bilingual dictionary. (6-9)
DISNEY PRESS/VOLO
SERIESSons of the Dark issues Night Sun by Lynne Ewing ($9.99, 12-up).
PAPERBACK
The Ultimate Dragon Booster Scrapbook ($4.99) by James Gelsey includes info on Dragon Booster gear, crews, dragons and riders. (7-10)
PAPERBACKS SERIES
The Cheetah Girls return in XOXO, The Cheetah Girls ($6.99, 5-up); and Cheetah Chatter: A Dictionary of Diva-licious Lingo ($4.99, 5-up). Disney’s Kim Possible stars in two new Pick a Villain books and a chapter book, Cloned ($3.99 each, 7-10). Dragon Booster Chapter Books debuts with five titles adapted by James Gelsey ($4.99 each, 7-10). Captain Fact adds two books by Knife and Packer ($4.99, 7-10). W.I.T.C.H. continues with W.I.T.C.H. Crushes, Path of Revenge, The Darkest Dream and Keeping Hope; plus two W.I.T.C.H. Adventures and two W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novels ($4.99 each, 8-12). Phil of the Future debuts with Stuck in Time, The Great Fake-out and Blasts from the Past ($4.99 each, 8-12). That’s SO Raven adds six novels ($4.99 each, 8-12). Lizzie McGuire is back in Lizzie McGuire My Secret Journal Part II ($6.99, 8-12); High Five and two new Lizzie McGuire Mysteries ($4.99 each, 8-12). And From the Files of Madison Finn adds two titles ($4.99 each, 8-12).
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My Basketball Touch and Feel Board Book ($9.99) introduces the game of basketball. (2-5)Mom and Me Cookbook ($10.99) by Annabel Karmel presents cooking techniques and recipes. (3-5)
Barbie Princess Tales: The Essential Guide , Chicken Little: The Essential Guide and Wallace & Gromit: The Essential Guide ($12.99 each) tie in to these films. (5-8)
The Baking Book ($12.99) by Jane Bull compiles simple baking recipes. (5-8)
The Merry Christmas Activity Book ($12.99) by Jane Bull rounds up holiday crafts and activities. (5-8)
I Love Gymnastics and I Love Yoga ($12.99 each) depict children learning gymnastics and yoga. (5-8)
Spongebob Squarepants: The Essential Guide ($12.99) portrays this character’s underwater world. (5-8)
Digital Photo Magic ($19.99) explains the principles and techniques of digital photography. (8-up)
Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide ($24.99) by Ryder Windham focuses on this movie saga. (8-up)
The Complete Locations of Star Wars ($39.99) reveals the planets visited in each Star Wars film. (8-up)
Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers ($15.99) by Johnny Ball uncovers math facts. (8-up)
A Faith Like Mine ($19.99) describes religions practiced by children around the world. (8-up)
Body ($19.99) by Robert Winston takes a tour of the human body. (8-up)
Cool Stuff and How It Works ($24.99) explores modern technology and inventions. (8-up)
Avengers: The Ultimate Guide ($24.99) by Tom Defalco centers on such heroes as Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk. (8-up)
SERIES
Baby Genius Lift-the-Flaps introduces Animals and Things That Go ($6.99 each, 2-5). There are four additions to Touch & Feel Flash Cards ($9.99 each, 2-5). ...Use the Potty! offers Big Boys and Big Girls ($6.99 each, 2-5). ...For a Day welcomes Astronaut and Ballerina ($12.99 each, 2-5). Bathtime and Playtime join Peekaboo! ($6.99 each, 2-5). New DK Readers are Let’s Make Music, Petting Zoo, I Want to Be a Ballerina and Let’s Go Riding ($12.99 each, paper $3.99, 2-5). My Little Church Books offers Bible Animals and Bible Stories ($5.99 each, 2-5). Machines at Work has two additions ($8.99 each, 5-8). Look Closer issues four revised and updated volumes ($9.99 each, 5-8). Eye Wonder greets Pirate ($9.99, 5-8). Tales of the Dead travels to Ancient Rome by Stewart Ross ($14.99, 8-up). Ancient Greece by Peter Ackroyd is new to Voyages Through Time ($19.99, 8-up). e.encyclopedia adds animal ($29.99, 8-up). DK Biography continues with Albert Einstein and Harry Houdini ($14.99 each, paper $4.99, 8-up). And Navigator explores Pyramid and Volcano ($14.99 each, 8-up).
PAPERBACKS
It’s My Life: Digital Camera Kit and Book ($29.99) offers a camera and handbook. (8-up)
Ultimate Car Kit ($29.99) by David Eckold includes a miniature engine and cars to assemble and guide. (8-up)
PAPERBACK SERIES
Play Stickers visits Kitchen and Garage ($6.99 each, 2-5). Glitter Stickers adds six titles ($6.99 each, 2-5). There are six new Sticker Activity Books ($6.99 each, 5-8). And 10 titles join Ultimate Sticker Books ($6.99 each, 8-up).
PAPERBACK REPRINTS
Learn to Ride and Pony Care ($9.99 each, 5-8); and The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories ($19.99, 5-8).
PAPERBACK SERIES REPRINTS
Voyages Through Time reprints Cities of Blood by Peter Ackroyd ($9.99 each, 8-up).
DOGTOOTH BOOKS
(NBN, dist.)
Riddle in the Mountain ($16.95) by Daryl Burkhard, illus. by Frank Riccio. Transported back in time to 1879, three children solve a mystery in a Rocky Mountain frontier town. (9-12)
DORCHESTER/SMOOCH
PAPERBACKSSmart Boys & Fast Girls ($5.99) by Stephie Davis is a novel about a female cross-country runner who is buddies with all the guys. (11-up)
The Moon Key ($5.99) by J.K. Stampfl. A locket changes the life of a girl who was raised by foster families and had given up hope of ever knowing her real parents. (11-up)
Senses Working Overtime ($5.99) by Naomi Nash. When a girl cuts a day of summer school, she is stranded in the middle of a Manhattan blackout. (12-up)
Sk8ter Boy ($5.99) by Mari Mancusi tells of a teenage girl who gets involved with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. (12-up)
Obsessing Orlando ($5.99) by Kassy Taylor centers on a teen who is obsessed with Orlando Bloom. (12-up)
PAPERBACK REPRINT
Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets by Libby Sternberg ($5.99, 11-up).
DOWN EAST BOOKS
The Cat of Strawberry Hill ($15.95) by Fran Hodgkins, illus. by Lesia Sochor. The owners of a coastal inn adopt an abandoned kitten. (3-up)Wake Up, Bertha Bear ($15.95) by Chad Mason, illus. by Chad Wallace. Forest friends guide back home a bear cub that has been separated from its hibernating mother. (3-up)
Finding a Friend in the Forest ($15.95) by Dean Bennett tells the true tale of a beagle that befriended a crippled whitetail doe. (4-up)
Time for the Fair ($15.95) by Mary Train, illus. by Karel Hayes. Impatient for the return of the annual county fair, a child comes to understand the length of a year. (5-up)
DUTTON
The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF’s 40th Anniversary ($19.99) by Reading Is Fundamental, foreword by Leonard S. Marcus. In art and essays, 40 children’s book illustrators share their childhood experiences with books that sparked their creativity. (All ages)Skating with the Bears ($15.99) by Andrew Breakspeare. With the help of friends, a boy learns to ice skate on a moonlit night. (All ages)
The Wild Little Horse ($15.99) by Rita Gray, illus. by Ashley Wolff. A young horse explores the world beyond his barn for the first time. (1-up)
Peek-a-Boooo! ($9.99) by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illus. by Stephanie Peterson, is a Halloween lift-the-flap tale. (2-up)
Slippers at School ($12.99) by Andrew Clements, illus. by Janie Bynum. A puppy nuzzles his way into school-bound Laura’s backpack. (2-up)
Snow White ($16.99) by Melinda Cooper presents this classic with an animal cast and art inspired by master paintings. (3-up)
We’re Off to Find the Witch’s House ($14.99) by Mr. Krieb, illus. by R.W. Alley. Will four children find the witch’s house on Halloween night? (3-up)
The Christmas Hat ($15.99) by A.J. Wood, illus. by Maggie Kneen, centers on an adopted baby owl and his red Christmas hat. (3-up)
The Twelve Days of Christmas Dogs ($15.99) by Carolyn Conahan offers a canine spin on this carol. (3-up)
The Grandma Cure ($15.99) by Pamela Mayer, illus. by John Nez. Becky uses lessons learned from her kindergarten teacher to help her grandmothers get along with each other. (3-up)
Sylvia Jean, Drama Queen ($16.99) by Lisa Campbell. How will a girl famous for her inventive costumes top her previous performances to win the town costume contest? (4-up)
Tiny Tortilla ($15.99) by Arlene Williams, illus. by G. Brian Karas. A boy makes creative use of a small piece of masa. (4-up)
A Dark and Noisy Night ($13.99) by Lisa Thiesling. The scary noises Peggy the pig hears are actually her trick-or-treating friends. (4-up)
Snowball Fight! ($15.99) by Jimmy Fallon, illus. by Adam Stower, is a winter tale based on a song from this actor’s album. (4-up)
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! ($15.99) by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, illus. by S.D. Schindler, examines various theories about dinosaurs. (4-up)
Look What the Cat Dragged In! ($15.99) by Gary Hogg, illus. by Mike Wohnoutka. A resourceful cat gives the members of a lazy family what they deserve. (4-up)
Chico : A True Story from the Childhood of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice ($16.99) by Sandra Day O’Connor, illus. by Dan Anderson. Sandra learns an important lesson after encountering a rattlesnake while riding her horse. (5-up)
George Did It ($16.99) by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain, illus. by Larry Day, is a tale that reveals the personal side of George Washington. (5-up)
The Hero and the Minotaur ($17.99) by Robert Byrd relays Theseus’s adventures in ancient Greece. (6-up)
Bartleby of the Big Bad Bayou ($16.99) by Phyllis Shalant. A turtle and an alligator encounter new challenges after they swim up the Mississippi to their bayou home. (7-up)
Lowthar’s Blade Trilogy: The True Blade of Power ($15.99) by R.L. LaFevers concludes this fantasy trilogy. (8-up)
Julep O’Toole: Confessions of a Middle Child ($15.99) by Trudi Trueit. A girl must choose between being the popular girl she longs to be and the plain old middle child others need her to be. (8-up)
Snow Treasure ($10.99) by Marie McSwigan, illus. by Mary Reardon, tells of Norwegian children who saved their town’s gold and outwitted invading Nazis. (8-up)
Horses of Myth ($19.99) by Gerald and Loretta Hausman, illus. by Robert Florczak, pays tribute to the horse. (8-up)
The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life ($15.99) by Lauren Myracle. A seventh grader’s journal chronicles her attempts to figure out where she fits in and what it means to be a real friend. (9-up)
Beyond the Dragon Portal ($16.99) by Melissa Glenn Haber. When Sadie’s sister is kidnapped and taken to a hostile world, only Sadie can save her. (9-up)
The Day Joanie Frankenhauser Became a Boy ($15.99) by Francess Lantz. A girl reinvents herself in this novel about friendship and self-discovery. (10-up)
The Ghost’s Grave ($16.99) by Peg Kehret. Josh makes an unexpected discovery after he meets the ghost of a coal miner who asks him to dig up his leg and rebury it with the rest of his bones. (10-up)
The Treasure of Savage Island ($16.99) by Lenore Hart. An escaped slave and the girl who rescues him from a shipwreck work together to save her village from pirates. (10-up)
What Mr. Mattero Did ($16.99) by Priscilla Cummings. In this novel told from two perspectives, three seventh-grade girls accuse their music teacher of improper behavior. (10-up)
Sweetgrass Basket ($15.99) by Marlene Carvell centers on two Mohawk sisters who are sent to an off-reservation school after their mother dies. (10-up)
Shapeshifter’s Quest ($16.99) by Dena Landon. A shape-shifter races against time to obtain medicine that can save her mother from the disease that is killing their people. (12-up)
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie ($15.99) by David Lubar. In his first year of high school, a boy deals with bullies, romance and impending brotherhood. (12-up)
Second Sight ($16.99) by Gary Blackwood. In Civil War–era Washington, D.C., a boy meets a clairvoyant girl who has had a frightening premonition involving President Lincoln. (12-up)
The Goodness Gene ($16.99) by Sonia Levitin. A teen learns the shocking truth about his role in a futuristic, morally questionable society. (12-up)
Make Me Over: 11 Original Stories About Transforming Ourselves ($16.99), collected by Marilyn Singer, offers tales about our culture’s fascination with beauty. (12-up)
Chicks with Sticks (It’s a purl thing) ($15.99) by Elizabeth Lenhard presents a story about four friends who share a love of knitting. (12-up)
LoveSick ($16.99) by Jake Coburn. Ted falls in love after losing his college basketball scholarship in a crippling drunk driving accident. (14-up)
SERIES
Dark Fusion continues with Red Rider’s Hood by Neal Shusterman ($15.99, 10-up).
EERDMANS
The Song of Francis and the Animals ($16) by Pat Mora, illus. by David Frampton. St. Francis and the animals sing praises to God. (3-up)Good King Wenceslas ($16) by John Neale, illus. by Tim Ladwig, illustrates this carol. (5-up)
The Jesse Tree ($20) by Geraldine McCaughrean, illus. by Bee Willey. Stories about Christ unfold as a carpenter tells a boy about the Jesse tree he is carving. (5-up)
Music for the End of Time ($17) by Jen Bryant, illus. by Beth Peck. While in a German prison camp, a French composer is able to write music again. (9-up)
Not Exactly Normal ($15) by Devin Brown. A sixth-grader has a mystical experience and learns valuable lessons about himself. (9-up)
Dancing with Elvis ($16) by Lynda Stephenson. In late 1950s Texas, a teenage girl deals with a devious foster sister and a community divided over school integration. (12-up)
PAPERBACK REPRINTS
I Wonder As I Wander by Gwenyth Swain, illus. by Ron Himler ($8, all ages); and Brigid’s Cloak by Bryce Milligan, illus. by Helen Cann ($8, 5-up).
ENCHANTED LION BOOKS
(FSG, dist.)
SERIES
Inside... adds Inside Ancient Athens by Fiona Macdonald, illus. by John James, Mark Bergin and David Antram; and Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin by Macdonald, illus. by Bergin ($19.95 each, 10-up).
PAPERBACK REPRINTS
Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers by Philip Stokes and Science: 100 Scientists Who Changed the World by Jon Balchin ($12.95 each, 12-up).
FAIR WINDS PRESS
PAPERBACKHow to Be a Teen Fashionista ($12.95) by Chase Koopersmith is a guide to putting together outfits and accessories. (14-up)
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Carl’s Sleepy Afternoon ($12.95) by Alexandra Day presents a new tale featuring this Rottweiler. (All ages)The Baby on the Way ($16) by Karen English, illus. by Sean Qualls. In an urban rooftop garden, an African-American boy asks his grandmother about when she was a baby. (3-6)
This Rocket ($16) by Paul Collicutt celebrates rockets. (3-6)
Igor, the Bird Who Couldn’t Sing ($16) by Satoshi Kitamura. With the right inspiration, a tone-deaf bird finds his voice—and a friend. (4-8)
A Pipkin of Pepper ($16) by Helen Cooper. Duck, Cat and Squirrel go shopping for salt in this companion to Pumpkin Soup. (4-8)
Ziggy’s Blue-Ribbon Day ($16) by Claudia Mills, illus. by R.W. Alley. A boy who excels at art is given his schoolmates’ sports ribbons in exchange for his drawings. (4-8)
Mind Your Manners! ($16) by Diane Goode offers a sendup of a 19th-century etiquette primer. (5-8)
Rose and Riley Come and Go ($15) by Jane Cutler, illus. by Thomas F. Yezerski. This follow-up to Rose and Riley features three new stories about friendship. (6-8)
A Subway for New York ($17) by David Weitzman chronicles the building of New York City’s first subway. (7-10)
Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates ($16) by M.D. Usher, illus. by William Bramhall, is a biography of Socrates. (8-up)
The Bamboozlers ($16) by Michael de Guzman describes a boy’s adventure with his con artist grandfather. (10-up)
How High Can We Climb? The Story of Women Explorers ($17) by Jeannine Atkins, illus. by Dusan Petricic, provides partly fictionalized profiles of 12 women explorers. (10-up)
The Vacation ($16) by Polly Horvath. On a cross-country trip with his eccentric aunts, a boy gains insight into his family and himself. (10-up)
The Vanishing Point ($18) by Susan Bonners is a novel about a first summer away from home. (10-up)
The Blood Stone ($18) by Jamila Gavin. In the 17th century, a teen journeys from Venice to Hindustan to free his kidnapped father. (12-up)
Elsewhere ($16) by Gabrielle Zevin. After her death, a teen lands in a place where she will age backward before returning to earth. (12-up)
What Erika Wants ($16) by Bruce Clements centers on a teenage girl who is caught in the middle of her parents’ custody battle. (12-up)
Full Service ($17) by Will Weaver. In this novel set during the Vietnam War, a teenage boy learns much about life when he takes a job at the local gas station rather than work on his family’s farm. (12-up)
The Phoenix Dance ($17) by Dia Calhoun. Inspired by a fairy tale, this novel tells of a teen who puts her life at risk to solve a mystery. (14-up)
SERIES
Best in Show for Rotten Ralph is a new Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader by Jack Gantos, illus. by Nicole Rubel ($15, 6-8).
FSG/FOSTER
The Great Blue House ($16) by Kate Banks, illus. by Georg Hallensleben, reveals a summer house that welcomes all kinds of guests in the off-season. (4-8)The Perfect Friend ($15) by Yelena Romanova, illus. by Boris Kulikov. A pet dog is uncertain about his role in the family when a new baby arrives. (4-8)
Ask Albert Einstein ($16) by Lynne Barasch is a story inspired by reports that Einstein helped a child with her homework. (5-8)
Defiance ($16) by Valerie Hobbs. A boy battling cancer draws inspiration from an elderly woman and an emaciated cow. (10-up)
Friends of the Heart/Amici del Cuore ($16) by Kate Banks. During a summer at her grandparents’ Italian home, a teen deals with her changing rapport with her best friend and with personal tragedy. (10-up)
Hidden Child ($18) by Isaac Millman. The author recounts his experiences as a Jewish child in hiding in Nazi-occupied France. (10-up)
Introducing... Sasha Abramowitz ($17) by Sue Halpern. A classmate helps Sasha come to terms with her brother’s Tourette’s syndrome. (10-up)
Dark Angel ($17) by David Klass. A teen must confront his family’s secret when his older brother is released from prison unexpectedly. (12-up)
Under the Persimmon Tree ($17) by Suzanne Fisher Staples. In this novel set in Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan girl and a young American woman each try to survive under Taliban rule. (12-up)
FSG/KROUPA
Are You Going to Be Good? ($16) by Cari Best, illus. by G. Brian Karas. A boy attends his first grown-up party—his great-grandmother’s 100th birthday celebration. (3-6)Happy Valentine’s Day, Dolores! ($16) by Barbara Samuels. When Dolores sneaks into her older sister’s room, she finds a heart-shaped box with a necklace inside. (4-8)
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote ($16) by Linda Arms White, illus. by Nancy Carpenter, is a picture-biography of Morris, the first woman to hold public office in the U.S. (5-up)
Sunny Boy! The Life and Times of a Tortoise ($16) by Candace Fleming, illus. by Anne Wilsdorf, is a tale based on the true story of a tortoise that went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. (5-8)
Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse ($18) by Carolyn Lehman. Nine survivors of sexual abuse speak about their experiences and healing. (12-up)
FSG/R&s BOOKS
Four Hens and a Rooster ($16) by Lena Landström, trans. by Joan Sandin, illus. by Olof Landström. A barnyard bully learns that there is no pecking order. (4-8)PAPERBACK REPRINT
Benny’s Had Enough! by Barbo Lindgren, trans. by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard, illus. by Olof Landström ($5.95, 3-6).
FSG/SUNBURST
PAPERBACK REPRINTSAnd If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks, illus. by Georg Hallensleben ($5.95, 3-6); Fenwick’s Suit by David Small and Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper ($6.95 each, 4-8); Leap, Frog by Jane Cutler, illus. by Tracey Campbell Pearson ($6.95, 8-12); The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto ($6.95, 10-up); The Canning Season by Polly Horvath ($6.95, 12-up); and First French Kiss by Adam Bagdasarian ($5.95, 14-up).
FIREFLY BOOKS
Easy Origami ($19.95, paper $9.95) by Didier Boursin presents 24 origami projects. (7-12)SERIES
New to Firefly Animal Rescue is Turtle Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife by Pamela Hickman ($19.95, paper $9.95, 10-up). And Explore Your World adds eight titles ($15.95 each, 3-6).
PAPERBACK
Easy for You to Say: Q&As for Teens Living with Chronic Illness or Disability ($19.95) by Miriam Kaufman, offers advice for youngsters. (14-18)
FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE
Emma at the Fair ($15.95) by Margriet Ruurs, illus. by Barbara Spurll. A chicken discovers how other creatures win ribbons at the country fair. (4-6)Baabaasheep Quartet ($16.95) by Leslie Elizabeth Watts. After moving to the city, four sheep attempt to blend in with the urban folk. (5-7)
The Long White Scarf ($16.95) by Maxine Trottier, illus. by David Craig. Traveling on the breeze, a scarf is claimed by various people before finding its way back to its owner, Queen Victoria. (6-8)
The Sower of Tales ($16.95) by Rachna Gilmore. Calantha, an aspiring Gatherer of Tales, must find the Sower of Tales, the only one who can bring back seeds to the Story Pod fields. (11-13)
Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children ($18.95) by Deborah Ellis. Children who have lost family members to the AIDS pandemic tell their stories. (12-up)
PAPERBACK
Meyers’ Rebellion ($9.95) by Connie Brummel Cook centers on a boy during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. (8-11)
PAPERBACK REPRINTS
Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes by Sally Fitz-Gibbon, illus. by Farida Zaman ($7.95, 4-6); Baby Dreams by E. Fernandes ($7.95, 4-8); Big Ben by Sarah Ellis, illus. by Kim LaFave; and Next Stop by Ellis, illus. by Ruth Ohi ($7.95 each, 5-7); Old Bird by Irene Morck, illus. by Muriel Wood ($8.95, 5-8); When the Giant Stirred by Celia Godkin ($8.95, 7-9); Flight from the Fortress by Lyn Cook ($9.95, 9-up); and Blaine’s Way by Monica Hughes, Messenger by Virginia Frances-Schwartz and Edge by Diane Tullson ($9.95 each, 12-up).
FLASHLIGHT PRESS (IPG, dist.)
Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick ($15.95) by Roz Rosenbluth, illus. by Maurie Manning. David is worried about how the coolest kid in his class will react when he meets David’s grandmother, who experiences senile moments. (5-9)
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