Books in Brief for Children and Teens

Here you will find brief reviews of new and noteworthy titles. For full book reviews, see the Children's Book Review page.

Number Eighteen »

Fix-It Duck (Board Book) by Jez Alborough
Who Likes the Sun? (Exploring the Elements) by Etta Kaner
How Animals Move (Kids Can Read; Level 3) by Pamela Hickman
Stuff to Hold Your Stuff by Ellen Warwick
Quick Knits by Judy Ann Sadler

Number Seventeen »

Mama: A True Story in which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami...by Jeanette Winter
This Little Piggy and Other Rhymes to Sing and Play by Jane Yolen
On the Way to the Pond (Green Light Readers, Level 2) by Angela Shelf Medearis
Solomon and the Ant and Other Jewish Folktales by Sheldon Oberman
Fireworks (Where's The Science Here?) by Vicki Cobb
Junk Food (Where's The Science Here?) by Vicki Cobb
Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation by Avi

Number Sixteen »

Anthony and the Girls by Ole Könnecke
The Picnic (Green Light Readers, Level 1) by David K. Williams
Sally Jean the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best
City Beats: A Hip-Hoppy Pigeon Poem by S. Kelly Rammell
Iris and Walter and the Substitute Teacher by Elissa Haden Guest
Maggie's Amerikay by Barbara Timberlake Russell
Landed by Milly Lee
Georgia, 1521-1776 (Voices of Colonial America) by Robin Doak
New York, 1609-1776 (Voices of Colonial America) by Michael Burgan
Mandela: The Rebel Who Led His Nation to Freedom by Ann Kramer

Number Fifteen »

Bebé Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya
Lucky Days with Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith Baker
All Aboard the Dinotrain by Deb Lund
Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler
Once Around the Sun by Bobbi Katz
The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman
José! Born to Dance by Susanna Reich
The Flag With Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen by Susan Goldman Rubin
The Cat With the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin by Susan Goldman Rubin
My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary by Nadja Halilbegovich

Number Fourteen »

Sing, Nightingale, Sing (Book and CD Edition) by Francoise de Guibert
Pup and Hound Lost and Found (Kids Can Read, Level 1) by Susan Hood
Franklin's Picnic (Kids Can Read, Level 2) by Sharon Jennings
Discover Space Rocks (Kids Can Read, Level 3) by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Who Likes the Wind? by Etta Kaner
Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? by Stanley Coren
Murder on the Ridge by Ted Stenhouse

Number Thirteen »

Once Upon a Dragon: Stranger Safety for Kids And Dragons by Jean E. Pendziwol
Iris and Walter and the Birthday Party by Elissa Haden Guest
On the Go with Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith Baker
The Web at Dragonfly Pond by Brian "Fox" Ellis
Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison Paintings by Susan Goldman Rubin
Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer

Number Twelve »

A Swim through the Sea: A Board Book by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini
Overboard by Sarah Weeks
No Room for Napoleon by Adria Meserve
Inventor McGregor by Kathleen T. Pelley
Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios
Aftershocks by William Lavender
Four Steps to Death by John Wilson

Number Eleven »

Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley
My Father's Shop by Satomi Ichikawa
Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King by Ellen Galford
Earth Magic by Dionne Brand; Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClafferty

Number Ten »

How to Be a Revolutionary War Soldier (How to Be Series) by Thomas Ratcliff
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance (National Geographic World History Biographies™) by John Phillips
The Emancipation Proclamation (American Documents) by Marianne McComb
The Roaring 20: The First Cross-Country Air Race for Women by Margaret Whitman Blair
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow

Number Nine »

Touch It! Materials, Matter and You (Primary Physical Science) by Adreinne Mason
Could a Tyrannosaurus Play Table Tennis? by Andrew Plant
Squirt! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Blood by Trudee Romanek
in*jean*uity by Ellen Warwick; Illustrated by Bernice Lum
Star Jumper: A Journal of a Cardboard Genius by Frank Asch

Number Eight »

Shapes with Ocean Animals by Mélanie Watt
Opposites with Polar Animals by Mélanie Watt
Ocean Babies by Deborah Lee Rose
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman
Patience, Princess Catherine by Carolyn Meyer
Sneakers (Where's The Science Here?) by Vicki Cobb

Number Seven »

My Mei Mei by Ed Young
Sebastian's Roller Skates by Joan de Déu Prats
This is the Oasis by Miriam Moss
On Stage (Series: Where's the Science Here?) by Vicki Cobb
Montmorency: On the Rocks by Eleanor Updale

Number Six »

Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear by Matt Dray
Why? by Lila Prap
Lucky by Gus Clarke
How High Can We Climb? The Story of Women Explorers by Jeannine Atkins
Galileo: The Genius Who Faced the Inquisition by Philip Steele

Number Five »

I Love Messes! by Robie H. Harris
Count Me A Rhyme: Animals Poems by the Numbers by Jane Yolen
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by A. Bausum
Remember World War II: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories by Dorina Makanaõnalani Nicholson
Freeze Frame : A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics by Sue Macy

Number Four »

Dinosaurs by Bénédicte Guettier
I'm All Dressed! by Robie H. Harris
Flabby Tabby by Penny McKinlay
The Jokers by Chris Inns
Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos by Patricia Santos Marcantonio

Number Three »

Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
Stanley's Wild Ride by Linda Bailey
Harry Houdini: A Magical Life by Elizabeth MacLeod
Animals Migrating: How, When, Where and Why Animals Migrate by Etta Kaner
Media Madness: An Insider's Guide to Media by Dominic Ali

Number Two »

Ask Albert Einstein by Lynne Barasch
The Quiltmaker's Journey by Jeff Brumbeau
The Little, Little House by Jessica Souhami
A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin from Scientist to Diplomat by Joan Dash
American Heroes by Marfé Ferguson Delano

Number One »

Happy Valentine's Day, Dolores by Barbara Samuels
Earth to Audrey by Susan Hughes
Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson by Dolores Johnson
Finding the Forger by Libby Sternberg
Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and Her Family by Barry Denenberg

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