Volume I, Issue 10
December 2006
 


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Books reviewed by The Edge of the Forest.
Vol.I (2006)

Picture Books

Alphabet Explosion!: Search and Count from Alien to Zebra, by John Nickle
Bee-bim Bop!, written by Linda Sue Park. Illustrations by Ho Baek Lee
The Boy Who Loved Words, by Roni Schotter. Illustrations by Giselle Potter
Broken Beaks, by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer. Illustrations by Robert Ingpen
Dance, written by Bill T. Jones and Susan Kuklin
A Day at the Market, by Sara Anderson
A Dragon on the Doorstep, by Stella Blackstone. Illustrations by Debbie Harter
Ellen's 11-Star Spectacular Superdeluxe Hotel, by Larry Schwarz. Illustrated by Kelly Denato.
Every Single Night, by Dominique Demers. Illustrations by Nicolas Debon
The Extinct Files: My Science Project, by Wallace Edwards
Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia, by Carmen Lomas Garza
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, by Julia Rawlinson. Illustrations by Tiphanie Beeke
A Gathering of Garter Snakes, by Bianca Lavies
Hippo! No, Rhino!, by Jeff Newman
Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems, by Joan Horton. Illustrations by Joann Adinolfi
I’m a Pill Bug, by Yukihisa Tokuda. Illustrations by Kiyoshi Takahashi.
Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish, by Twig C. George
José! Born to Dance, by Susanna Reich. Illustrations by Raúl Colón
Learning to Fly, written by Sebastian Meschenmoser
Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas, by Carmen Lomas Garza
Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams, by Michael Foreman
Mr. and Mrs. God in the Creation Kitchen, by Nancy Wood. Illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering
Museum Trip, by Barbara Lehman
Pinkalicious, by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
The Prince's Bedtime, by Joanne Oppenheim. Illustrations by Miriam Latimer
Scaredy Squirrel, by Melanie Watt. Kids Can Press, 2006
Singing Shijimi Clams, by Naomi Kojima
Sosu’s Call, by Meshack Asare
The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination, by Jimmy Liao
What is Peace?, by Etan Boritzer

Middle Grade Fiction

Clair-de-Lune, by Cassandra Golds
Dawn Undercover, written by Anna Dale
Donutheart, by Sue Stauffacher
The Exiles, by Hilary McKay
Framed, by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Half Moon Investigations, by Eoin Colfer
Happy Kid!, by Gail Gauthier
Hugging the Rock, by Susan Taylor Brown
Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906,by Deborah Hopkinson
The Kingdom Keepers, written by Ridley Pearson
The Legend of Zoey, by Candie Moonshower
The Loud Silence of Francine Green, by Karen Cushman
Penny From Heaven, by Jennifer L. Holm
Pond Scum, by Alan Silberberg
Rickshaw Girl, by Mitali Perkins
Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything, by Lenore Look. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
Rules, by Cynthia Lord
Scout, by Christine Ford.
Shakespeare's Secret, by Elise Broach
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, by Lisa Yee

Young Adult Fiction

Being Bindy, by Alyssa Brugman
Behind The Curtain: An Echo Falls Mystery, by Peter Abrahams
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Brand X: The Boyfriend Account, by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life, by Dana Reinhardt
Crushed, b y Laura and Tom McNeal
Fringe Girl, by Valerie Frankel
Haters, by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
House of the Red Fish, by Graham Salisbury
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You, by Ally Carter
Just in Case, by Meg Rosoff
Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), by Justina Chen Headley
Out of Focus, by Margaret Buffie
Out of Patience, by Brian Meehl
A Room on Lorelei Street, by Mary E. Pearson.
The Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin
Storm Thief, by Chris Wooding.
The Unresolved, by T.K. Welsh
Victory, by Susan Cooper

Non Fiction

The American Story, by Jennifer Armstrong. Illustrations by Roger Roth
Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii, by James H. Deem
Celebrate Hanukkah with Light, Latkes, and Dreidels, by Deborah Helligman
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Turkey, Family, and Counting Blessings, by Deborah Helligman
Encyclopedia of Animals, by Karen McGhee and George McKay, Ph.D.
Exploratopia, by Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the staff of the Exploratorium. Illustrations by Jason Gorski
The Forbidden Schoolhouse, by Suzanne Jurmain
George vs. George: The Revolutionary War as Seen by Both Sides, by Rosalyn Schanzer
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War, by Thomas B. Allen
Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music, by Holly George-Warren. Illustrations by Laura Levine
Let Me Play : The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America, by Karen Blumenthal
Liftoff: A Photobiography of John Glenn, by Don Mitchell
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical "Rent", by Anthony Rapp

Graphic Novels

The Courageous Princess Volume 1, by Rod Espinosa
Gray Horses, by Hope Larson
Neotopia Book 1, by Rod Espinosa

Fantasy

Anatopsis, by Chris Abouzeid
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword, by Robin Mc Kinley
Calypso Dreaming, by Charles Butler
The Courageous Princess Volume 1, by Rod Espinosa
The Creature in the Case, by Garth Nix
The Darkling, by Charles Butler
Death of a Ghost, by Charles Butler
Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
The Door in the Hedge, by Robin McKinley
Drowned Wednesday, by Garth Nix
Eight Days of Luke, by Diana Wynne Jones
Elementals: Water, by Robin McKinley
Endymion Spring, by Matthew Skelton
The Fetch of Mardy Watt, by Charles Butler
The Foreshadowing, by Marcus Sedgwick
Gifts, by Ursula Le Guin
Grim Tuesday, by Garth Nix
The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
Hood, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
Ingo, by Helen Dunmore
Ingo, by Helen Dunmore
The Intruders, by E.E. Richardson
Lady Wednesday, by Garth Nix
Lirael, by Garth Nix
The Lurkers, by Charles Butler
Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld
Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld
Midnighters #3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld
Mister Monday, by Garth Nix
Neotopia Book 1, by Rod Espinosa
The Prophet of Yonwood, by Jeanne DuPrau
Sabriel, by Garth Nix
Sir Thursday, by Garth Nix
Spindle's End, by Robin McKinley
Star Dancer, by Beth Webb
The Stones Are Hatching, by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Tide Knot, by Helen Dunmore
The Time of the Ghost, by Diana Wynne Jones
Timon's Tide, by Charles Butler
Voices, by Ursula Le Guin