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Children's and Teen: 6 - 8 years old


Cover art for PANORAMA
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2009
by Fani Marceau, illustrated by Joelle Jolivet

"Watch for children stretching out the whole across a floor, and eagerly turning it over to see the dreams in the world at night. (Picture book. 5-10)"
A sparely beautiful tour of the world. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE CASTAWAY PIRATES
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2008
by Ray Marshall, illustrated by Wilson Swain

"Between the rhyme and the ease of opening, this should prove popular with piratically minded preschoolers. (Pop-up/picture book. 3-6)"
Suitably rollicking verse describes the travails of a crew of pirates whose boat has sprung a leak. Read full book review >
Cover art for MEERKAT MAIL
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 25, 2007
by Emily Gravett, illustrated by Emily Gravett

"Along with humor and suspense, she folds snippets of natural history into the tale—and it's worth noting that meerkats outdo even kittens for cuteness and personality. (Picture book. 6-8)"
A restless meerkat's wanderjahr lasts just six days, but that's long enough to visit as many members of his far-flung clan. Read full book review >
Cover art for SOMEONE IS READING THIS BOOK
CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 1, 1998
by Alice Priestley, illustrated by Alice Priestley

"The whole is a bit too wobbly—a conceit that never flies. (Picture book. 5-8)"
A prince, "handsome as most and almost as clever," sulks because he wants to fly. Read full book review >
Cover art for BANANA MOON
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 1998
by Janet Marshall, illustrated by Janet Marshall

"The pages of the book are thick and coated, making them durable and easy for small fingers to turn. (Picture book. 4-8)"
Marshall (Look Once, Look Twice, 1995, etc.) uses die-cut illustrations as a tease, for objects glimpsed on the other side of a hole are not what they appear: Candy canes turn out to be the sails of sailboats, and salt-water taffy is transformed into the whorls of a turtle's shell. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RESCUE PARTY
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1993
by Nick Butterworth, illustrated by Nick Butterworth

"A cozy little story, distinguished by amiable illustrations and an entertaining foldout of the denouement, with a score of appealing creatures tugging, with varying effectiveness, on the long rope. (Picture book. 3-8)"
 The picnic that Percy the park-keeper and his animal friends are enjoying is interrupted when a little rabbit falls into a deep, empty well. Read full book review >
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