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Salmon Creek Annette LeBox & Karen Reczuch Groundwood Books 720 Bathurst Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2R4 www.groundwoodsbooks.com 0888996446 $8.95 1-800-667-6902 Presenting accurate information about the life cycle [...]

Child's World Press PO Box 326, Chanassen, MN 55317 www.childsworld.com 159296611X $239.44 1-800-599-7323 Very highly recommended reading, 'The World of Reptiles' is a new eight volume nature set by Sophie [...]

Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NDVD685, $59.95 www.scholastic.com 1-800-290-7531 When Trixie, Daddy and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood laundromat, [...]

I Could Do That! Linda Arms White Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NDVD692, $59.95 www.scholastic.com 1-800-290-7531 'I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women The Vote' [...]

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands Kadir Nelson Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NDVD800, $59.95 www.scholastic.com 1-800-290-7531 Original published as a popular picturebook deftly [...]

Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it! ZUK, Bill The Avro Arrow Story: The Impossible Dream (Amazing Stories Junior Edition) Altitude Publishing, 2006. 96p. Illus. Gr. 4-6. 978-1-55439-703-7. Pbk. $9.95 In [...]

Chelsea House Publishers c/o Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street, 17th floor, New York, NY 10001-2006 www.factsonfile.com 1-800-322-8755 Chelsea House Publishers has taken the 'Seven Wonders of the [...]

The Little Drummer Boy Katherine Davis, et al. Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic 143 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06851 NMPV124VCC, $49.95 www.scholastic.com/westonwoods The collaborative work of Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and harry [...]

Playdate Kids Publishing PO Box 2785, Malibu, CA 90265 www.theplaydatekids.com The 'Growing-Up' series from Playdate Kids Publishing is a charmingly illustrated series of books for young children that focus on [...]

Gallopade International PO Box 2779, Peachtree City, GA 30269 www.gallopade.com 1-800-536-2438 Gallopade is a premier publisher of mysteries by Carole Marsh who specifically writes for young readers who need encouragement [...]

Mind Over Basketball Jane Weierbach, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Phillips-Hershey, Ph.D., authors Charles Beyl, illustrator Magination Press c/o American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 9781433801365, $8.95 www.maginationpress.com [...]

A Musical Journey In The Footsteps Of Lewis & Clark Anne Enslow & Ridley Enslow Enslow Publishers, Inc. PO Box 398, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 9780766032880, $31.93, www.enslow.com, 1-800-398-2504 The [...]

The Self-Help Shelf Nobody's Perfect Ellen Flanagan Burns, author Erica Pelton Villnave, illustrator Magination Press PO Box 92984, Washington, DC 20090-2984 9781433803796, $14.95 www.maginationpress.com 1-800-374-2721 Though written for young people [...]

Books in Series Maren Green Publishing Inc. 5525 Memorial Ave. North, #6, Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 www.marengreen.com 1-800-287-1512 Children by nature seek to please, to be helpful, to be [...]

The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010 www.rosenpublishing.com, 1-800-237-9932 The martial arts has never been more widespread throughout American communities, nor as popular with [...]

Picture Window Books c/o Capstone Press PO Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002-0669 www.capstonepress.com, 1-800-747-4992 Two outstanding series from Picture Window Books provide young readers ages 5 to 9 with colorfully [...]

Black Rabbit Books PO Box 3263, Mankato, MN 56002 www.blackrabbitbooks.com Children are not immune to the social issues and cultural concerns that afflict their parents. Often by giving children a [...]

Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it! ANDREKSON, Judy Brigadier: Gentle Hero (True Horse Stories Series) Tundra Books, 2009. 88p. Gr. 5-9. 978-0-88776-904-7. Pbk. $8.99 'There are times in this life [...]

MCCALLUM, Arnot Eanie, Meanie, Hate Zucchini [Average, all right, has its applications] Illustrated by Charles Checketts Palimpsest Press, 2009. 32p. Illus. Gr. 1 -4. 978-0-9784917-5-8. Pbk. $10.50 Eanie, Meanie, Hate [...]

Kate, Ghost Dog Wayne L. Wilson, author Soud, illustrator Magination Press American Psychological Association P.O. Box 92984, Washington, D.C. 20090 9781433805547, $14.95, www.amazon.com 'Kate, Ghost Dog: Coping With the Death [...]

HISTORY IS RIFE with disheartening tales of devastation and loss, and our personal family histories are no exception. At one time or another we all come across an ancestor (or [...]

[Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it!] BATEMAN, Robert with Nancy Kovacs Vanishing Habitats Madison Press/Scholastic Canada, 2009. 48p. Illus. Gr. 3-6. 978-0-545-98621-2. Hdbk. $19.99 Author Robert Bateman spent his childhood [...]

YOUR ANCESTORS LIVED in Amsterdam in 1810. You live in Albuquerque, and it's 2010. How do you learn about their world if you don't have the luxury of hopping a [...]

IN 1953, NEWLYWEDS Frank and Drema Riser shared a home with Frank's parents in a small West Virginia coal town. His father and brothers had been miners, and Frank was [...]

GROWING UP, I found that all school libraries seemed pretty much the same: gum under the tables and something good to read on the shelves. As a genealogist, I frequent [...]

Forced Journey Rosemary Zibart Kinkajou Press c/o Artemesia Publishing 9 Mockingbird Hill Road, Tijeras, NM 87059 9781932926323, $12.95, 188 pp., www.amazon.com 'Forced Journey: The Saga Of Werner Berlinger' by Rosemary [...]

WHEN YOU TALK FAMILY HISTORY in Wilmington, Del., it's hard to escape the long shadow of one particular family--the Du Ponts--whose company, first with gunpowder and then with chemicals, became [...]

Puffer Learns About Ceramics Written by Pam Stephens Animated by Jim McNeill Crystal Productions 1812 Johns Drive Glenview, IL 60025-1581 9781562907112 $29.95 www.crystalproductions.com Part of the 'Dropping in on ...' [...]

EVERY REGION PRIZES its local foods: crisp Washington apples, grain-fed Iowa beef, fresh Maine lobster, sweet Vermont maple syrup. Homegrown favorites like these are proudly offered at roadside stands and [...]

LEVINE, Shar & Leslie Johnstone Dirty Science: 25 Experiments with Soil Good, even great at times, generally useful!/Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it! Illustrated by Lorenzo del Bianco. Scholastic Canada, [...]

LITTLE, Jean On a Snowy Night Illustrated by Brian Deines. North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada, 2013. 30p. Illus. Gr. K-3. 978-1-4431-1359-5. 1-1dbk. $19.99 On a Snowy Night is a beautifully written [...]

NEWSPAPERS RANK AMONG the top sources for information on key events in your ancestors' lives. Birth and marriage notices, anniversary celebrations and obituaries provide facts that form the framework of [...]

FOR MANY PEOPLE, a dream summer vacation includes white sand beaches, mountain breezes or dazzling cityscapes. But if you're a genealogist, your dream vacation is more likely to entail cemeteries [...]

Neil Flambe series Kevin Sylvester kevinsylvesterbooks.com Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor New York, NY 10020 $7.99 each kids.simonandschuster.com Award-winning writer Kevin [...]

Rory's Promise Michaela MacColl & Rosemary Nichols Calkins Creek c/o Highlights 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 9781620916230, $16.95, www.amazon.com Twelve-year-old Rory and her little sister, Violet are, at least, [...]

EVER WISH YOU could find out what your family was doing between the decennial US census enumerations? You can. City directories and similar listings provide a regular--usually, annual or biannual-glimpse [...]

BECKER, Helaine Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells [E] Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann. North Winds Press, 2014. 30p. Illus. Gr. K-3. 978-1-4431-2452-2. Hdbk. $16.99 A true delight for [...]

COTE, Genevieve Bob's Hungry Ghost [G] Tundra Books, 2014. 32p. Illus. Gr. K-2. 978-1-77049-713-9. Hdbk. $19.99 Bob got a ghost for his birthday, though he really wanted a dog. He [...]

The Opal Crown Jenny Lundquist Running Press c/o Perseus Book Group 250 W. 57th St., Suite 1500, New York, NY 10107 www.runningpress.com 9780762454228, $9.95, 368pp, www.amazon.com A year after her [...]

Smile & Succeed for Teens Kirt Manecke Solid Press LLC PO Box 145, Milford, MI 48381 9780985076214, $9.95, 144pp, www.amazon.com 'Smile & Succeed for Teens: A Crash Course in Face-to-Face [...]

Desolation Canyon Jonathan London WestWinds Press c/o Graphic Arts Books PO Box 3225, Duranto, CO 81302-3225 www.graphicartsbooks.com 9781941821299, $12.99, www.amazon.com 'Desolation Canyon' by Jonathan London is a solidly entertaining action/adventure [...]

My World is Over Bridget Hoolihan Budig Brighton Publishing LLC 435 North Harris Drive, Mesa, AZ 85203 www.BrightonPublishing.com 9781621832201, $12.95, 200pp, www.amazon.com 'My World is Over: The Day it All [...]

Mistake Wisconsin Kersti Niebruegge Privately Published www.kerstiniebruegge.com 9780990871019, $6.99, 160pp, www.amazon.com Twenty-four musky mailboxes are missing in the small town of Mistake, Wisconsin. One crooked politician blames the local teenagers, [...]

Mom's Big Catch Marla McKenna Tate Publishing 127 East Trade Center Terrace, Mustang, OK 73064 www.tatepublishing.com SoCal Public Relations 9781617777615, $9.99, www.amazon.com Ashley's dream was to catch a ball hit [...]

Juliette Kinzie: Frontier Storyteller Kathe Crowley Conn Wisconsin Historical Society Press 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53575 www.wi sconsinhi story. org 9780870207013, $12.95, 123pp, www.amazon.com Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie (September [...]

Birdology Monica Russo Chicago Review Press 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 www.chicagoreviewpress.com 9781613749494, $15.95, www.amazon.com Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation [...]

Junk Drawer Chemistry Bobby Mercer Chicago Review Press 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 www.chicagoreviewpress.com 9781613731796, $14.95, www.amazon.com Bobby Mercer has been sharing the fun of science for more [...]

BOZIK, Chrissy The Ghosts Go Spooking [E] Illustrated by Patricia Storms. Scholastic Canada, 2015. Unp. Illus. Gr. Preschool--K.. 978-1-4431-3904-5. Pbk. $7.99 The Ghosts Go Spooking is a colourful and whimsical [...]