Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Books for Children

1998; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 75; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00094056.1998.10521978

2162-0725

Jeanie Burnett,

Themes in Literature Analysis

Abstract Fiction: Baillie, Allan: SECRETS OF WALDEN RISING. ISBN 0-670-87351-9. New York: Penguin, 1997. 164 pp. $13.99. Reviewed by Elsa Geskus Birchman, David: A GREEN HORN BLOWING. Il. by Thomas B. Allen. ISBN 0-688-12388-0. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1997. 32 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Lucy Colon-Dong Brown, Ruth: CRY BABY. Il. by author. ISBN 0-525-45902-2. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1997. Unp. $14.00. Reviewed by Susan A. Miller Cadnum, Michael: THE LOST AND FOUND HOUSE. Il. by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. ISBN 0-670-84884-0. New York: Viking, 1997. Unp. $15.99. Reviewed by Allyson Ziemba Cummings, Priscilla: AUTUMN JOURNEY. ISBN 0-525-65238-8. New York: Cobblestone Books, 1997. 144 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Nancy H. Stevens Downes, Belinda: EVERY LITTLE ANGEL'S HANDBOOK. Il. by author. ISBN 0-8037-2264-8. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. 1997. 28 pp. $14.99. Findon, Joanne: AULD LANG SYNE. Il. by Ted Nasmith. ISBN 0-773730060. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1997. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Robert A. Gray Fox, Paula: RADIANCE DESCENDING. ISBN 0-7894-2467-3. New York: DK Publishing, 1997. 101 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Mark Ricketts Hughes, Shirley: ALL ABOUT ALFIE. Il. by author. ISBN 0-688-151868. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1997. 128 pp. $18.00. Reviewed by Doris Burkhart Jones, J. Sydney: FRANKIE. ISBN 0-5256-7574-4. New York: Dutton Children's Books. 1997. 192 pp. $16.99. Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie: AS LONG AS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS. ISBN 0-525-65236-1. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1997. 144 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Patty Greth Lasky, Kathryn: DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant Girl of New York, 1903. ISBN 0-590-02973-8. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1998. 176 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Theresa Stahler London, Jonathan: ALI, CHILD OF THE DESERT. Il. by Ted Lewin. ISBN 0-688-12560-3. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1997. 32 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Barbara N. Kupetz McCully, Emily Arnold: BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu. Il. by the author. ISBN 0-590-37487-7. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. 40 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by J. Robert Dornish Napoli, Donna: STONES IN WATER. ISBN 0-525-45842-5. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1997. 209 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Maria Piscitelli Osborne, Mary Pope: FAVORITE MEDIEVAL TALES. Il. by Troy Howell. ISBN 0-590-60042-7. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. 96 pp. $17.95. Pringle, Laurence: NAMING THE CAT. Il. by Katherine Potter. ISBN 0-8027-8621-9. New York: Walker and Company, 1997. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Barbara Backer Repchuk, Caroline: THE SNOW TREE. Il. by Josephine Martin. ISBN 0-525-45903-0. New York: Dutton, 1997. 32 pp. $13.99. Reviewed by Patricia A. Crawford Ruurs, Margriet: EMMA'S EGGS. Il. by Barbara Spurll. ISBN 0-7737-29720. Buffalo, NY: Stoddart Kids, 1997. 24 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Joseph S. Elias Schur, Maxine Rose: SACRED SHADOWS. ISBN 0-8037-2295-8. New York: Dial Books, 1997. 213 pp. $15.99. Reviewed by Irene S. Hatzistavrakis Stewart, Sarah: THE GARDENER. Il. by David Small. ISBN 0-374-32517-0. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1997. Unp. $15.00. Trafuri, Nancy: I LOVE YOU, LITTLE ONE. Il. by author. ISBN 0-590-92159-2. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Vagin, Vladimir: THE ENORMOUS CARROT. Il. by author. ISBN 0-590-45491-1. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Rebecca McMahon Voight, Cynthia: BAD, BADDER, BADDEST. ISBN 0590-60136-9. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. 266 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Shirley Feyers Wagener, Gerda: THE GHOST IN THE CLASSROOM. Il. by Uli Waas. ISBN 1-558-58-799-3. New York: North-South Books, 1997. 48 pp. $13.95. Watts, Jeri Hanel: KEEPERS. Il. by Felicia Marshall. ISBN 1-880000-58-X. New York: Lee & Low Books, 1997. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Lori Palka Wells, Rosemary: READ TO YOUR BUNNY. Il. by the author. ISBN 0-590-30284-1. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Unp. $7.95. Weninger, Brigitte: LUMINA. Translated by Anthea Bell. Il. by Julie Wintz-Litty. ISBN 1-55858-790-X. New York: North-South Books, 1997. Unp. $15.95. Reviewed by Gina Lucchese Williams, Suzanne: LIBRARY LIL. Il. by Steven Kellogg. ISBN 0-8037-1698-2. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. Unp. $14.99. Reviewed by Jeanie Burnett Yep, Laurence: THE KHAN'S DAUGHTER. Il. by Jean Tseng and Mou-Sien. ISBN 0-590-48389-7. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. 32 pp. $16.95. Nonfiction: Aliki: A VISIT TO THE ZOO. Il. by the author. ISBN 0-06-024939-0. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 32 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Eileen L. Shultz Chiarelli, Brunetto: Anna Lisa Bebi: THE ATLAS OF WORLD CULTURES. Il. by Paola Ravaglia. ISBN 0-87226-499-8. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1997. 64 pp. $19.95. Polk, Milbry: EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: A Pop-Up Book. Il. by Robert Stewart. ISBN 0-525-45839-5. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1997. Unp. $16.99. Reviewed by Peter Miller Spinelli, Jerry: KNOTS IN MY YO-YO STRING. Photographs of author's childhood. ISBN 0-679-98791-6. New York: Knopf, 1998. 148 pp. $16.99. Poetry: Greenfield, Eloise: FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: Michael Jordan and Me. Il. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. ISBN 0-06-027298-8. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Unp. $14.95. Reviewed by Marcia Norton Harris, Peter: MOUSE CREEPS. Il. by Reg Cartwright. ISBN 0-8037-2183-8. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. 32 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Wendy Hill Merriam, Eve: WHAT IN THE WORLD? Il. by Barbara J. Phillips-Duke. ISBN 0-8037-2143-9. New York: Harper Growing Tree, 1998. Unp. $9.99. Nichol, Barbara: BISCUITS IN THE CUPBOARD. Il. by Philippe Beha. ISBN 0-7737-3025-7. Toronto, CA: Stoddart Kids, 1998. 32 pp. $12.95. Ogburn, Jacqueline K.: THE REPTILE BALL. Il. by John O'Brien. ISBN 0-8037-1731-8. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. Unp. $14.99. Reviewed by Tracy Berry Otten, Charlotte F.: JANUARY RIDES THE WIND: A Book of Poems for Children. Il. by Todd L. W. Doney. ISBN 0-688-12556-5. New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1997. 32 pp. $16.00.