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ABC
of ECOLOGY written & illustrated by Frances Wosmek. Personal, poetic
comments are alphabetized with the essence translated in French and Spanish.
Fun to read aloud and to color, though the decorative illustrations may be a
challenge to kindergartners; 26 pgs., 1st edition paper, grs. PS-3; US $3.50
(ISBN 0-943864-00-3). |
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BOUDREAU
OF DE BAYOU written and illustrated by Philip Stonecipher. A "Loosiana"
crawfish named Boudreau planned a hippety-hoppin' Zydeco musical concert, and
when the swamp critters heard strange plink plink sounds and felt the rhythmic
beats, they followed each other until they found themselves at Boudreau's restaurant.
After being fed and entertained, the swamp critters forgot to eat each other;
and Boudreau was happy he had a place where friends could meet; 24 pgs., 1st.
edition, paper, grs. PS-3; US $6.95 (ISBN 0-9943864-92-5). |
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CHARLIE
AND CHAMP by Allison Wagoner, illustrated by Taylor and May Davenport.
Reading humorous stories with hilarious illustrations is a fun way to learn
phonics. If children are too young to read, they can listen to one who does
to hear the consonant blends ch, th, and sh. They can repeat the blends
to themselves as they color the comical drawings of Charlie, his dog Champ,
and elderly characters solving problems. Story is translated in Spanish;
24 pgs., 1st. edition, grs. PS-2; US$4.95 (ISBN 0-943864-57-7). |
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DARBY
by James McCoy and illustrated by James T. Walker. When a young dragon named
Darby couldn't snort fire at his initiation to dragonhood, he contemplated running
away. But an omen—a rainbow—appeared. Magically, Darby swallowed the
rainbow and his life became hectic not only to his parents, but to a colorless
wicked wizard in the Land of Grey; 32 pgs., lst. edition, paper, grs. 2-4; US
$3.95 (ISBN 0-943864-52-6). |
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THE FANCY FISH
COLORING BOOK written and illustrated by Julie Donohue. The beauty
of fish can be realized by reading the text and coloring with numbers—i.e.
The colors of the CLOWN FISH are very bright. His scales are colors of
orange and white. He lives in a place that's as safe as can be, So long
as he stays inside the sea anemone; 24 pgs. 1st edition, paper, grs. 2-5;
US $3.95 (ISBN 0-943864-61-5). |
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GRANDPA
MCKUTCHEON'S KANGAROOMATIC ROCKING CHAIR written and illustrated by Jonathan
Middleton. Grandma bought a solar-powered, spring-loaded rocking chair for Grandpa,
but Grandpa—a retired member of the Time-honored Association of Bronco-Busters
and Cantankerous Horse Owners—didn't trust the rocker after he fell asleep
in it one sunny day. The action illustrations are comical to color; 24 pgs.,
lst edition, paper, grs. PS-2; US $4.95 (ISBN 0-943864-90-9). |
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LEROY
THE LIZARD written by Claudia Cherness and illustrated by Tina Ellingwood.
Leroy, a champion insect-catching lizard, admired a boy doing so many things
on two feet, that he wanted to walk tall, too. And he did. But one day, Leroy
saw a big furry cat ready to pounce on him. Leroy ran to his favorite place—a
hole under a brick wall—and crashed. Thus, his walk-a-thon came to an end
and he liked being himself thereafter. Story is translated in French and in
Spanish; 24 pgs. 1st edition, grs. PS-3; US $3.95 (ISBN 0-943864-66-6). |
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ORIGINAL
ANIMALS is Michael Horton's children's stories about animals left behind
after mankind was kicked out of paradise. There are delightful bunny stories
to read aloud at bedtime, an imaginative story of flying with butterflies, and
a few lectures besides a legendary dragon who lived in the woods‹meant for older
children to read alone. "How each story will be read and interpreted," this
author wrote, "is solely in the province of the reader. Each of us will get
a different message, a different moral, and will take them to heart in our own
ways. After all, each of us is an original animal." 183 pgs., 1st. ed., paper,
ages 4-senior citizens; U.S. $13.95. (ISBN 0-943864-49-6). |
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SUMO, THE WRESTLING
ELEPHANT by Esther Mok, illustrated by Roberto Sabas and Paul Bosak. Imaginative
elephants in Malaysia were happy, dancing, playing soccer, wrestling until
bulldozers demolished their rain forest. When Sumo's family returned to raid
the farmed land, Sumo was captured, put to work and life seemed hopeless,
until his friends—a cricket and an orangutan— gave him hope to wrestle
on. Story is translated in Spanish; 24 pgs., 1st edition, grs. PS-2; U.S.
$4.95 (ISBN 0-943864-68-2). |
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