Recently added articles from The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books:
PRESCHOOL
Oct 01, 2008; ... Alberts, Nancy Markham Just One More? 24 pp. Handprint ISBN 978-1-59354-195-8 $14.95 (4) Illustrated by John Butler. Published fall 2007. One evening, Mama leniently grants all her cub's bedtime requests because, unbeknownst to him, the bears are about to begin their winter hibernation ....
EASY READERS
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ada, Alma Flor Daniel's Pet / Daniel y su mascota 32 pp. Harcourt/Green Light ISBN 978-0-15-206237-8 $12.95 PE ISBN 978-0-15-206243-9 $3.95 (4) Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Colección Luz Verde series. In this very simple story, Daniel takes care of his pet, a baby chick. Warm ...
PICTURE BOOKS
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ackerley, Sarah Patrick the Somnambulist 32 pp. Blooming ISBN 978-1-933831-07-7 $14.95 (3) Late at night, six-year-old penguin Patrick's parents find him with a plunger on his head, outside in the mailbox, etc. A doctor determines that he's normal: he's just a sleepwalker. The diagnosis ...
YOUNGER FICTION
Oct 01, 2008; ... Asch, Frank Time Twister: Journal #3 of a Cardboard Genius 144 pp. Kids Can ISBN 978-1-55453-230-8 $14.95 PE ISBN 978-1-55453-231-5 $5.95 (3) Alex is a genius when it comes to building with cardboard. He's made a time machine, but it doesn't work quite as expected, and Alex's little ...
INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abbott, Tony The Postcard 359 pp. Little ISBN 978-0-316-01172-3 $15.99 (4) Before his grandmother's funeral, Jason finds a postcard whose clues lead him to chapters of a pulp mystery stashed at local Florida landmarks. The mystery's similarities to his grandmother's life make Jason ...