Book/Multimedia Review Stars | October 2013

Web excerpt On Randolph Caldecott, the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program, and the work of paleoartists

Toilet: How It Works (MaCaulay)
©2013by David Macaulay

Fiction

AGEE, Jon. Little Santa. illus. by author. Dial. Oct. p. 68.

FRANCESCHELLI, Christopher. Alphablock. illus. by Peskimo. Abrams/Appleseed. p. 82.

GOLAN, Avirama. Little Naomi, Little Chick. tr. from Hebrew by Annette Appel. illus. by Raaya Karas. Eerdmans. p. 82.

GORBACHEV, Valeri. Me Too! illus. by author. (I Like to Read Series). Holiday House. p. 83.

HOPKINSON, Deborah. The Great Trouble. Knopf. Oct. p. 104.

KIMMEL, Eric A. Hanukkah Bear. illus. by Mike Wohnoutka. Holiday House. Oct. p. 71.

KING, A. S. Reality Boy. Little, Brown. Oct. p. 124.

MCCULLY, Emily Arnold. Pete Won’t Eat. illus. by author. (I Like to Read Series). Holiday House. p. 87.

PENDZIWOL, Jean E. Once Upon a Northern Night. illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood/House of Anansi. p. 90.

ROSOFF, Meg. Picture Me Gone. Putnam. Oct. p. 112.

RYLANT, Cynthia. God Got a Dog. illus. by Marla Frazee. S & S/Beach Lane. Oct. p. 112.

SAX, Aline. The War Within These Walls. tr. from Flemish by Laura Watkinson. illus. by Caryl Strzelecki. Eerdmans. Oct. p. 129.

STIEFVATER, Maggie. The Dream Thieves. Bk. 2. (The Raven Cycle Series). Scholastic. p. 130.

WEIN, Elizabeth. Rose Under Fire. Hyperion/Disney. p. 131.

Nonfiction

DOWNER, Ann. Wild Animal Neighbors. Twenty-First Century. Nov. p. 140.

EHRLICH, Amy, adapt. With a Mighty Hand: The Story in the Torah. illus. by Daniel Nevins. Candlewick. p. 140.

HOPKINS, H. Joseph. The Tree Lady. illus. by Jill McElmurry. S & S/Beach Lane Books. p. 134.

KIDD, Chip. Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design. Workman. Oct. p. 143.

MACAULAY, David with Sheila Kennan. Toilet: How It Works. illus. by David Macaulay. (My Readers Series). Roaring Brook/David Macaulay Studio. p. 135.

MARCUS, Leonard S. Randolph Caldecott. Farrar/Frances Foster. p. 144.

ROTH, Susan L. & Cindy Trumbore. Parrots Over Puerto Rico. illus. by Susan L. Roth. Lee & Low. p. 144.

THIMMESH, Catherine. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? illus. by John Sibbick et al. Houghton Harcourt. Oct. p. 145.

From the Adult Books 4 Teens blog

SLOUKA, Mark. Brewster. Norton. (Aug. 8 post)

EXTENCE, Gavin. The Universe Versus Alex Woods. Redhook. (Aug. 12 post)

BARLOW, Toby. Babayaga. Farrar. (Sept. 9 post)

DVD

Blackout. Weston Woods. p. 49.

Defiant Requiem. PBS Dist. p. 51.

Never Forget to Lie. PBS Dist. p. 51.

Audio

Bunny in the Moon. Performed by DidiPop. AV Café. p. 59.

Divergent. By Veronica Roth. Harper Audio. p. 53.

Fantastico! Performed by Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. Lucky Diaz Music. p. 60.

Permanent Record. By Leslie Stella. Brilliance Audio. p. 56.

Pi in the Sky. By Wendy Mass. Recorded Books. p. 56.

P.S. Be Eleven. By Rita Williams-Garcia. Recorded Books. p 56.

Sugar. By Jewell Parker Rhodes. Brilliance Audio. p. 58.

Summer of the Gypsy Moths. By Sara Pennypacker. Listening Library. p. 58.

Turn Turn Turn.Performed by Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell. Dan Zanes. p. 60.

When the World Was New.Performed by Dean Jones. CDBaby.com. p. 61.

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. By Meg Medina. Brilliance Audio. p. 59.

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