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Citizen Review: A place for moms, dads, grandparents, or any lover of children’s literature to gush about their favorite finds.* By Deborah Hockenberry Published: April 14, 2009 Willy and the Spider by Rita Hestand (Author), Bonnie Everett-Hawkes (Illustrator) Reading Level: Ages 1 – 7 eBook: 32 pages Publisher: Writer’s Exchange E-Publishing Are you afraid of things that are different? Willy isn’t. He loves to swim in the pond. In fact, he likes to swim more than anything in the world! One hot day, Willie waddled down to the pond but something was wrong! None of the other farm animals would come with…

Celebrate National Library Week, April 12 – 18, 2009. Worlds connect @ your library

By Wave Walton Published: April 12, 2009 Author Showcase: A place for authors and illustrators to gain visibility for their works.* The Wuffle by Wave Walton (Author), Ian Crittenden (Illustrator) Reading Level: Ages 4 – 8 Paperback: 34 pages Publisher: Walton Publishing Group (April or early May through Amazon.com) Language: Dual Language English/Chinese Edition The Wuffle by Wave Walton is an original story about a creature that has remained undiscovered deep in a forest. Hiding in his cave, he ventures out occasionally to watch the forest creatures lounge and play by a nearby river. They have no idea that he exists but…

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 11, 2009 One Brown Bunny by Marion Dane Bauer (Author) and Ivan Bates (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 3-7 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Orchard Books (February 1, 2009) What to expect: Rabbits, animals, play, friendship, and rhyme. Do you celebrate the Bunny at Easter and not just the chocolate? In the event that you are all about the bunny, One Brown Bunny is so sweet – yes, almost as sweet as that chocolate you’ll be eating for breakfast on Sunday. Not a traditional Easter story, but will be appreciated all-year-round. “One brown…

The Children’s Book Review Published: April 10, 2009 Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon (Author) and Tony Ross (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 7 – 10 Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (April 1, 2009) What to expect: Behavior and brothers. Henry was horrid. Everyone said so, even his mother. … Wow! Francesca Simon really knows kids! Clever, witty, and horribly hilarious, Horrid Henry, the first book in an excellent series for young readers, is everything it should be. From the sometimes revolting-but-captivating stories, the large-sized text, the illustrations included on almost every page … this is what reluctant readers have been…

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 10, 2009 Revolting-but-captivating stories, large sized text, illustrations included on almost every page … Horrid Henry is exactly what reluctant readers have been waiting for. You can check out my recent review of the first book in the Horrid Henry series here. Thanks to the publisher of the Horrid Henry series, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, I have five copies of a one story Horrid Henry chapter book to give away to five individual lucky winners. Here is what you have to do to enter (maximum entries, 5): Pick a nickname for yourself (e.g.…

The Children’s Book Review Published: April 9, 2009 I received a well written article about the Kindle 2 (Amazon’s latest generation reading device), by Steve Smith, in a newsletter by Media Post Publications. Steve, the dad of a Stephanie Meyer fan, does a great job of describing the usability of the Kindle 2. Below, I have included a snippet from the article, Back to Kindle-Garten — Media Post welcomes and appreciates forwarding of their newsletters in their entirety or in part with proper attribution — you can read the whole article by following this link: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=103630 … “You are so…

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 8, 2009 Where do I start? I am very upset. Actually, I am more than upset, but to use the honest descriptive words that justify my feelings would be inappropriate for the purpose of this site. Why am I upset? The content of this website, The Children’s Book Review, has been swiped by a ‘blog scraper’! All of my hard work, the work of my team members, and the hours that we dedicate out of the love of “growing readers” has been stolen. What is a blog scraper? A blog scraper…

Author Showcase: A place for authors and illustrators to gain visibility for their works.* Druffles the D.J. by William Hibert (author), Hugh O’Halloran (author), and Richard Bringoli (illustrator) Reading Level:Ages 4 – 8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: A Bear Group Publishing; 1st edition (2008) In December of 2008, A Bear Group Publishing Inc. released its inaugural book entitled Druffles the D.J. (hardcover, children’s fiction, ISBN #978-0-9754892-0-8), co-authored by William Hibert and Hugh O’Halloran and illustrated by Richard Bringoli. Druffles is an upbeat, inspiring canine character whose story will provide young readers with lessons of discovery, self-worth and success in the face of…

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: April 4, 2009 Ivy in Bloom by Vanita Oelschlager (author) and Kristin Blackwood (illustrator) Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Vanitabooks (April 1, 2009) Vanita Oelschlager’s book, Ivy in Bloom, is the perfect choice for the month of April. It introduces children to some of the greatest poets and writers– Dickinson, Longfellow, Browning, Wordsworth, Cummings, A.A. Milne, and Frost — and tells a tale of the change of seasons, winter to spring, through the eyes of a young girl — whose name is Ivy. Vanita has used her own talents…