The latest reviews of fiction and nonfiction titles-- including picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, and information books--for a preschool and elementary grade audience from School Library Journal.
Preschool to Grade 4 12/01/2008
Fiction ANDRES, Kristina . Good Little Wolf . illus. by author. unpaged. NorthSouth . 2008. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-0-7358-2210-8 . LC number unavailable. PreS-Gr 1—A toy wolf tries to dispel the "big and bad" myth by showing how good he is. Each spread features a short sentence about the qualities that make him so.
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Preschool to Grade 4 11/01/2008
Fiction AHLBERG, Allan . The Baby in the Hat . illus. by André Amstutz. unpaged. Candlewick . Nov. 2008. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-3958-7 . LC 20070525029. K-Gr 2—The fortuitous catch of a baby falling from a window into a young boy's hat triggers a romp through London and beyond. The boy and his best friend spend his half-crown reward on a railway ride to the city.
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Preschool to Grade 4 10/01/2008
Fiction ANDERSON, Brian . Nighty Night, Sleepy Sleeps . illus. by author. unpaged. CIP. Roaring Brook/A Neal Porter Bk. Oct. 2008. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59643-356-4 . LC 2008007505. PreS-K–The shenanigans from the comic strip "Dog Eat Doug" continue in Anderson's first book for children. Baby Sophie and her dog spend the entire story raising havoc and avoiding Mom until they finally fal...
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Preschool to Grade 4 09/01/2008
Fiction ADDASI, Maha . The White Nights of Ramadan . illus. by Ned Gannon. unpaged. glossary. Boyds Mills . 2008. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59078-523-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 1–4—This story is centered around Girgian, a Muslim celebration observed mostly in the Arabian Gulf states during the middle of the month of Ramadan.
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Preschool to Grade 4 08/01/2008
Fiction ANDER . Me and My Bike . illus. by author. unpaged. Heryin . 2008. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-9787-5502-7 . LC 2007005817. Gr 2–5—A boy in an unnamed Asian setting wishes for a new bicycle, but his family cannot afford one. He tries everything from magic wishes to riding double on a friend's bike, but finally reconciles himself to keeping his old clunker.
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Preschool to Grade 4 07/01/2008
Fiction ALTMAN, Alexandra Jessup . Waiting for Benjamin: A Story about Autism . illus. by Susan Keeter. unpaged. CIP. Albert Whitman . 2008. RTE $15.95. ISBN 978-0-8075-7364-8 . LC 2007024248. PreS-Gr 2—Alexander tells about his life with his two-year-old brother, who is not yet verbal and who won't play with him.
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Preschool to Grade 4 06/01/2008
Fiction AGEE, Jon . The Retired Kid . illus. by author. unpaged. Hyperion . June 2008. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-0314-1 . LC number unavailable. Gr 1–4—"It's hard work being a kid," what with school, and sports, and music lessons, and babysitting, and… and…. So Brian heads to Florida where he takes up residence at the Happy Sunset Retirement Community.
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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