Children's Books Reviews Archive

Yoko Writes Her Name
by Rosemary Wells
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-078680371-2

Yoko is a small kitten who attends Kindergarden. She's very proud because she can write her name...[more]

Madam President
by Lane Smith
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-142310846-7

Lane Smith gives us another wonderful children's book that follows the dreams of a young girl who imagines herself as President of the United States...[more]

The Prince, The Princess, and The Bee
by David Kirk
Callaway
ISBN: 978-0-448-44690-5

David Kirk gives us another in the series "Miss Spider's Suny Patch Friends" books...[more]

The Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 978-142310836-8

This latest chapter in the Artemis Fowl series begins when Artemis' mother has become sick, and the cure requires the brain of a lemur...[more]

The Talented Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-078683871-4

Clementine is a third-grader who thinks that teachers just don't make sense...[more]

The Taker
by J.m. Steele
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-078684931-4

Carly Biels is a high school senior who longs to go to college at Princeton like her dad did, and his father before him...[more]

The Retired Kid
by Jon Agee
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-142310314-1

Six year-old Brian has had enough and tells his parents he needs a break...[more]

Lots of Bots (Wall-E)
by Kiki Thorpe
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423110528

Based on the hit movie from Disney/Pixar, Wall-E, "Lots of Bots" is a picture book for preschool children that shows dozens of mechanical marvels in amusing shapes and sizes, all doing marvelous things...[more]

Animal Alphabet
by Thea Feldman
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423110013

From the creators of the Baby Einstein comes this fun book for preschool children that helps introduce the alphabet...[more]

Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World
by Jay Leno
Aladdin
ISBN: 978-1-4169-3963-4

Tonight Show host Jay Leno brings his wisecracking skills to the aid of children who want to learn how to be funny...[more]

Smile, Principessa!
by Judith Ross Enderle, Stephanie Jacob Gordon
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN: 978-1-4169-1004-6

First there was Bina, and then came Pasquale, and Papa was taking pictures of them every day! It's an amusing story of a growing family and how the parents felt that both of their children were so wonderful that Papa wants to enter their pictures in a photo contest! The pastel and pencil illustrations add to the charm and humor of this story...[more]

Don't Say That Word!
by Alan Katz
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN: 978-0-689-86971-6

Written in a style that's a cross between Dr. Seuess and third grade limericks, we have the story of Michael who comes home and tries his best to asnwer his mother who had asked him about his schoolday...[more]

How to Bake an American Pie
by Karma Wilson
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN: 978-0-689-86506-0

Just in time for the Fourth of July, this book is an ode to patriotic themes...[more]

Because . . .
by Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ginee Seo Books
ISBN: 978-0-689-87582-3

Legendary ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov tells the story of a small boy whose grandmother often embarasses him with her eccentric behavior, starting with the Monday when she jumped over the next-door neighbor...[more]

WALL-E A Book and Magnetic Play Set
by Annie Auerbach
Disney Press
ISBN: 978-142311053-8

Based on the Disney/Pixar movie, we follow the cute little robot Wall-E and his friend Eve...[more]

Moonpowder
by John Rocco
Hyperion Book CH
ISBN: 978-142310011-9

This gorgeous picture book tells the story of Eli Treebuckle, a young boy who loves to fix things...[more]

Ghost Ship
by Mary Higgins Clark
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 978-1-4169-3514-8

Young Thomas is visiting his grandmother's house on Cape Cod...[more]

If I Were a Lion
by Sarah Weeks
Aladdin
ISBN: 978-1-4169-3837-8

When a little girl starts to ponder her situation, having been sat down in her "time out chair" in a corner by her mother for being "wild", she imagines what she could do if she really was a wild creature like a lion with an enormous roar and flowing mane, or a fierce black bear with teeth flashing...[more]

Bunnicula: Creepy-Crawly Birthday
by James Howe
Atheneum
ISBN: 978-0-689-85728-7

Chester the cat and Harold the dog are on another adventure. It's Toby's birthday and the pets are all shooed into the basement to keep them away from the presents...[more]

The Mother-Daughter Book Club
by Heather Vogel Frederick
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-689-86412-4

Young Emma's mother is the middle school librarian who came up with the idea of the mother-daughter book club...[more]