Children's Books Reviews Archive

How Prudence Proovit Proved the Truth About Fairy Tales
by Coleen Murtagh Paratore, Tamara Petrosino
Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
ISBN: 0-6898-6274-1

Fairy Tales are not real. This truth was drummed into the head of Prudence Proovit by her parents, who were teaching her at home instead of sending her to school...[more]

Manuelo the Playing Mantis
by Don Freeman
Viking Books
ISBN: 0-6700-3684-6

Freedman authored the beloved series of children's books that brought a bear called Corduroy into our lives...[more]

The Frog House
by Mark Taylor, Barbara Garrison
Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 0-5254-6174-4

In this story, we find a tree frog is watching a bird family that is building an unusual house in tree...[more]

Crepes by Suzette
by Monica Wellington
Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 0-5254-6934-6

Suzette sells crepes as she pushes her cart to different places in the city of Paris...[more]

Perfectly Martha
by Susan Meddaugh
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine
ISBN: 0-6183-7857-X

This is a fun picture book about a person named Otis Weaselgraft...[more]

The Little Red Hen
by Barry Downard
Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
ISBN: 0-6898-5962-7

This is a wonderful tale that all mothers will like to tell their lazy little ones...[more]

Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power
by Milton Meltzer, Bethanne Andersen
Dutton Children's Books
ISBN: 0-5254-7158-8

Meet ten women who were in power in their day. Queen Esther from the bible is presented here in the story of how she influenced the King of Persia...[more]

Bee Mine: A Pop-Up Book of Valentines
by Olive Ewe, Daniel Moreton
Little Simon
ISBN: 0-6898-4814-5

This is a little gem for Valentine's Day. It is simple and a pleasure...[more]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-up Adaptation
by Robert Sabuda, Lewis Carroll
Little Simon
ISBN: 0-689-84743-2

Mr. Sabuda is faithful to the original tale about Alice and all her adventures...[more]

Everything Cat: What Kids Really Want to Know About Cats
by Marty Crisp
Northword Press
ISBN: 1-55971-865-X

This cat lover thoroughly enjoyed this slim book, and I am long past being a kid...[more]

Imagine You're a Mermaid
by Meg Clibbon, Lucy Clibbon
Annick Press
ISBN: 1-55037-790-6

These two handsome children's books are part of new "Imagine This" series from Canadian publisher Annick Press...[more]

Ten Dragon Tails
by Candy Taylor Tutt
Libris Draconis Press
ISBN: 0-97281240-7

Author Candy Taylor Tutt is a jewelry designer who just loves dragons...[more]

The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame, Inga Moore
Candlewick
ISBN: 0-7636-2242-7

This is a lovely edition of Kenneth Grahame's great tales of the beloved characters from Toad Hall...[more]

A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women
by Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser
Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
ISBN: 0-689-85819-1

Artist Robin Preiss Glasser filled every corner of this book with lovely pictures of her subjects and drew profusely using the illustrates to broaden the words of Lynne Cheney...[more]

Where's Waldo? In Hollywood
by Martin Handford
Candlewick
ISBN: 0-7636-0311-2

By "special size" they mean it's big. The book measures 16-1/2" tall and 13-1/2" wide...[more]

The Dragon Machine
by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson
Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 0525-47114-6

This is a lovely children's picture book that begins with telling us how dragons have been ignored for a long time...[more]

Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Carrie Robbins
Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN: 0-448-43104-1

This small, beautifully illustrated little children's book is filled with good information...[more]

Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures (Smart About Art)
by Jane O'Connor, Jennifer Kalis
Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN: 0448-4315-21

Mary Cassattt was a painter. Her works are called "impressionistic...[more]

Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean
by Ian G. Saunders, Bill Nye
Hyperion
ISBN: 0-7868-17-57-7

According to Bill Nye, the water in the ocean is the same water that the dinosaurs drank, and the oceans were formed over four billion years ago...[more]

The Wright Brothers
by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Hyperion
ISBN: 0-78681951-0

This book celebrates the 100th birthday of manned flight. Wilbur and Orville Wright are the most famous names in this field, of course, since they built the first powered airplane...[more]