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Reviews from
CCBC - Cooperative Children's Book Center
 
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June
2008

Lucia  Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre,
The Storyteller's Candle
Children’s Book Press, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

April
2008

Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou, illustrated by Julie Klear Essakalli,
The Butter Man
Charlesbridge, 2008.
reviewed by Jan Greenberg

Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Naomi Shihab Nye,
Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2008.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

January
2008

Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones,
Those Shoes
Candlewick Press, 2007.

Ying Chang Compestine
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Henry Holt, 2007
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Laura Resau,
Red Glass
Delacorte, 2007
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren, January 20089

December
2007

Derek KirkKim, iIllustrated by Jesse Hamm,
Good as Lily
Minx / DC Comics, 2007.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

November
2007

Shaun Tan,
The Arrival
Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic, 2007.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

August
2007
Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Fourney
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Little, Brown, 2007
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning
March
2007
Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan,
Rickshaw Girl
Charlesbridge, 2007
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
January
2007

Alan Gratz,
Samurai Shortstop
Dial, 2006
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren

Ann Jaramillo,
La Línea
Roaring Brook Press, 2006
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Gene Luen Yang,
American Born Chinese
First Second, 2006
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

October
2006

Shari Becker, illustrated by Nicole Wong,
Maxwell's Mountain
Charlesbridge, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Robin Cruise, illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen,
Little Mamá Forgets
Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales,
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Henry Holt, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

June
2006

Cynthia Kadohata,
Weedflower
Atheneum, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

March
2006

Joanne Oppenheim,
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference.
Scholastic, 2006.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo
Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding.
Anne Schwartz / Atheneum, 2006
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

December
2005

Ginger Foglesong Guy, illustrated by Ren? King Moreno,
Siesta.
Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2005.
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren

Sam Williams, illustrated by Mique Moriuchi,
Talk Peace.
Holiday House, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott,
Show way.
Putnam, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran,
The Happiest Tree.
Lee & Low, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Stuart Stotts,
Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin.
Big Valley Press, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Louise Erdrich
The Game of Silence.
HarperCollins, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Lori Marie Carlson,
Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States.
Henry Holt, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Benjamin Alire  Sáenz,
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood.
Cinco Puntos Press , 2004.
reviewed by Hollis  Rudiger

Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy,
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World.
Charlesbridge, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Cynthia Kadohata,
Kira-Kira.
Atheneum, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Jon J Muth,
Zen Shorts.
Scholastic Press, 2005.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

D.H. Figueredo, illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez,
When This World Was New.
Lee & Low, 1999.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning


2004 Grace Lin,
Fortune Cookie Fortunes.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Yuyi Morales, author and illustrator,
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book.
Chronicle Books, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Linda Sue Park, Illustrated by Julie Downing,
The Firekeeper's Son.
Clarion, 2004.
Reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren

Anuskha Ravishankar, illustrated by Pulak Biswas,
Tiger on a Tree.
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2004.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Kasmira Sheth,
Blue Jasmine.
Hyperion, 2004.
Reviewed by Kathleen Horning

Pamela S. Turner, Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene,
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog.
Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Lisa Yee,
Millicent Min: Girl Genius.
Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

September 2003 Cathryn Falwell,
Butterflies for Kiri.
Lee & Low, 2003.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
May
2003
Sheila Hamanaka, author and illustrator,
Grandparents' Song.
Harper Collins, 2003.
reviewed by Merri V. Lindgren
December 2002 Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki, illustrated by Meilo So,
The White Swan Express: A Story about Adoption.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
October 2002 Nancy Farmer,
The House of the Scorpion.
Atheneum, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
July
2002
Sonya Hartnett,
Thursday's Child.
Candlewick Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
May
2002

Linda Sue Park,
When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

April
2002

Jonah Winter, illustrated by Ana Juan,
Frida.
Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

February 2002

Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Anita DeLucio-Brock,
Grandma and Me at the Flea - Los meros meros remateros.
Children's Book Press, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

Karen Levine,
Hana's Suitcase.
Albert Whitman, 2003.

reviewed by Megan Schliesman

January 2002

Rhoda Blumberg,
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of A Japanese Boy.
HarperCollins, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning

December 2001 Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez,
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems - Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno.
Clarion, 2002.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
August 2001 Linda Sue Park,
A Single Shard.
Clarion, 2001.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
June
2001
Markus Zusak,
Fighting Ruben Wolfe.
Arthur Levine / Scholastic, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning
April
2001
Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo,
Henry's First-Moon Birthday.
Anne Schwartz / Atheneum, 2001.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning
March 2001 Antonio Skármeta, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado,
The Composition.
Groundwood, 2000.
reviewed by Kathleen T. Horning
October 2000 Pam Muñoz Ryan,
Esperanza Rising.
Scholastic, 2000.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
March 1999 Juan Felipe Herrera,
CrashBoomLove: A Novel in Verse.
University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
reviewed by Ginni Moore Kruse

Louise Erdrich,
The Birchbark House.
Hyperion, 1999.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

January 1999 Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone,
Cool Melons - Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa
Lee & Low, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
October 1998 Susan Kuklin,
Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery.
Henry Holt, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
May
1998
Joan Abelove,
Go and Come Back.
DK Ink, 1998.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
January 1998 Ji-Li Jiang,
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution.
HarperCollins, 1997.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman
August 1997

Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez,
Laughing Tomatoes, and Other Spring Poems - Jitomates risuenos, y otros poemas de primavera.
Children's Book Press, 1997.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

   
January 1997

Kazumi Yumoto, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano,
The Friends.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996.
reviewed by Megan Schliesman

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