Books for Children (1997)

Abstract Fiction Bruchac, Joseph Children Of The Long-House. Designed by Karen Robbins. ISBN 0-80-371-7938. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. 150 pp. $14.99. Reviewed by Theresa Stahler Climo, Shirley A Treasury Of Princesses. Il. by Ruth Sanderson. ISBN 0-06-024532-8. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. 76 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by J. Robert Dornish Conrad, Pam Zoe Rising. ISBN 0-06-027217-1. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 131 pp. $13.95. Cooper, Ilene Star Spangled Summer. Il. by Gino Safflot. ISBN 0-670-85655-X. New York: Viking, 1996. 133 pp. $14.99. Freeman, Suzanne The Cuckoo's Child. ISBN 0-688-14290-7. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996. 256 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Elsa Geskus Kehret, Peg Earthquake Terror. ISBN 0-525-65226-4. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996. 132 pp. $14.99. Schami, Rafik The Crow Who Stood On His Beak. Il. by Els Cools and Oliver Streich. ISBN 1-55858-527-3. New York, NY: North-South Books, 1996. 26 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Richard A. Smith Talbott, Hudson Excalibur. Il. by author. ISBN 0-688-13380-0. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996. 48 pp. $16.00. Vittorini, Domenico The Thread Of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales. Il. by Mary GrandPre'. ISBN 0-517-59594-X. New York: Crown, Inc., 1995. 80 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Kathleen Dolgos Waugh, Sylvia Mennyms Alone. ISBN 0-688-14702-X. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996. 208 pp. $16.00. Whelan, Gloria The Indian School. Il. by Gabriella Dellosso. ISBN 0-06-027077-2. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 89 pp. $13.95. Non-Fiction Adams, Simon Anital Ganeri Ann Kay The Dk Geography Of The World. Il. by Rachael Foster. ISBN 0-7894-1004-4. New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 1996. 304 pp. $39.95. Arnosky, Jim Nearer Nature. Il. by the author. ISBN 0-688-12213-2. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1996. 160 pp. $18.00. Reviewed byJeanie Burnett Bryant, Jennifer Fisher Lucretia Mott: A Guiding Light. Photographs. ISBN 0-8028-5115-0. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1996. 182 pp. $8.00. Reviewed by Susan A. Miller Challoner, Jack The Visual Dictionary Of Chemistry. Il. by Chris Lyon; photos. ISBN 0-78940-0444-3. New York: DK Publishing, Inc. 1996. Unp. $16.95. Reviewed by Joseph Elias Edwards, Chris The Young Inline Skater. Photos by Ray Moller, ISBN 0-7894-1124-5. New York: DK Publishing, 1996. 37 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Dina Hayduk Fleischman, Sid The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life. ISBN 0-688-14859-X. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996. 208 pp. $16.00. George, Jean Craighead The Tarantula In My Purse And 172 Other Wild Pets. Il. by author. ISBN 0-06-023626-4. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 134 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Joan M. Kern Hautzig, David Pedal Power: How a Mountain Bike Is Made. Photographs by author. ISBN 0-525-67508-6. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1996. 31 pp. $15.99. Hirschi, Ron People Of Salmon And Cedar. Il. by Deborah Cooper, photos by Edward S. Curtis. ISBN 0-525-65183-7. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996. 42 pp. $16.99. Mayo, Edith P. (Ed.) The Smithsonian Book Of First Ladies. ISBN 0-8050-1751-8. New York: Henry Holt, 1996. 302 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Michelle Miller Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw Children Save The Rain Forest. Photographs by Dan L. Perlman. ISBN 0-525-65163-2. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996. 44 pp. $15.99. Pet tit, Jayne A Time To Fight Back: True Stories of Wartime Resistance. ISBN 0-395-76504-8. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 163 pp. $14.95. Rinaldi, Ann Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley. ISBN 0-15-200876-4. New York: Gulliver Books; Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. 336 pp. $12.00. Sandler, Martin W. Civil War. Il. provided by the Library of Congress. ISBN 0-06-026027-0. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 91 pp. $21.95. Smith, Miranda Eyewitness Living Earth. ISBN 0-7894-0644-6. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1996. 192 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Paul Ache, III Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk The Cheyennes: A First Americans Book. Il. by Ronald Himler, ISBN 0-8234-1250-4. New York: Holiday House, 1996. 32 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Roberta J. Whitcomb Stanley, Jerry Big Annie Of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution. Il. by photographs. ISBN 0-517-70098-0. New York: Crown Publishing, 1996. 102 pp. $18.00. Vernon, Roland Introducing Gershwin. Il. by photographs. ISBN 0-382-39161-6. Parsippany, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1996. 32 pp. $14.95. Wilson, Anthony Dorling Kindersley Visual Timeline Of Transportation. ISBN 1-56458-880-7. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 48 pp. $16.95.