March 2006 Children's Books Reviews

Baby Days : A Quilt of Rhymes and Pictures
by Belinda Downes

Candlewick
children's Books
ISBN# 0763627860
Suggested Retail Price: $14.99 or as low as $7.49 from Amazon.com!

This is a book of quilts and Rhymes. The artwork is all done in quilt style and the information is. specially for teaching words and thoughts to a small child who loves to be read to every night. One of the quilt pictures is a map of a small town where you can point out various places to teach about. The nice little picture book is filled with songs and rhymes that go with the charming pictures of embroidery. This one is good for very small non-readers.

Who Built the Pyramids?
by Phil Roxbee Cox

Usborne Publishing Ltd
Childrens Books
ISBN# 0-7460-5387-8
Suggested Retail Price: $7.10 or as low as $10.39 from Amazon.com!

Big and lightweight, this paperback book is full of information for the youngster who can read. We are all at some point fascinated with the culture of Ancient Egypt. This childrens book presents the history of the people and the workers who left us these monuments behind. The illustrations are big and quite bright. The small reader will discover the various types of people and skills that it took to build these monuments, who designed the pyramid and who ordered it built, and best of all, just who had to do the hard work of constructing the monumental tombs for thew King.

The Show-and-Tell Lion
by Barbara Abercrombie, Lynne Avril Cravath

Margaret K. McElderry

ISBN# 0-6898-6408-6
Suggested Retail Price: $16.95

This is a picture book about a boy named Matthew. This is "Show and Tell" day at school it's Mathew's turn. He tells the class they have gotten a baby lion at home. He means to tell the class that it is just a story, but he finds that the baby lion has become real for him. He names the lion Larry and every week he writes adventures for his lion. Cute story.

Five for a Little One
by Chris Raschka

Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

ISBN# 0-6898-4599-5
Suggested Retail Price: $16.95

With big, fun drawings, and a rabbit to enjoy, this is the tale about being a bunny. The story tells us about the five senses all creatures like us have. Our rabbit has a nose that is noble and can sniff and smell. The tale goes through the five senses with the rabbit in mind. The simple drawings are easy to enjoy, and every child will learn and love this rabbitty tale.

If I Had a Dragon
by Amanda Ellery, Tom Ellery

Simon & Schuster Children's Pub

ISBN# 1-4169-0924-9
Suggested Retail Price: $14.95

Didn't you always want a dragon for a pet? Well, Morton's brother is way too young to be any fun... But if he were a dragon, they could have great playtime. Wouldn't it be terrific? The dragon idea is perfect. They romp around and have fun until Morton finds out about dragon breath. Very cute with simple big artwork to enjoy.

Castaway Cats
by Lisa Wheeler, Ponder Goembel

Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

ISBN# 0-6898-6232-6
Suggested Retail Price: $16.95 or as low as $16.95 from Amazon.com!

Here is a really big picture book that is supposed to be for kids, but its really for those of us who love cats and good tales. The tale is told in verse about fifteen cats that were shipwrecked. This is all about how they live and survive, and also how they do not always get along. It's a good story to enjoy with lots of cats and artwork that really adds to the cats' personalities and the story of their lives.

Flames! (Book with fire hovercraft)
by Pete Franks

Little Simon
Book and Toy
ISBN# 1416905006
Suggested Retail Price: $6.99 or as low as $6.61 from Amazon.com!

Here is a little board book that is sure to warm the hear of a young boy or a big collector of Matchbox cars. The book and the little fireboat are on a heavy card. This is a special little boat called a hovercraft. In the book you will find out what these little boats with its firemen can do to save a ship on fire. I would bet that a lot of young imaginations would happily play with this set for hours and hours.

The Ladder
by Marilan Nelson

Candlewick
Book
ISBN# 076361837-3

here isd a unique plot for a very attractive picture book. It seems that one day a younng man set up a bright red ladder in a quet spot. He went away but he came back and climbed the ladder. up and up he went. What he foun and if he brought it bac. this plot is very different and it is delightful. Small ones will find this little tale full of imagination and I( bet they would climb up a mysterous ladder if one showed up;/ You better warn them about fiction.