Volume I, Issue 7
September 2006
 


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

Picture Books

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
Dance, written by Bill T. Jones and Susan Kuklin
A Day at the Market, by Sara Anderson
Ellen's 11-Star Spectacular Superdeluxe Hotel, by Larry Schwarz. Illustrated by Kelly Denato.
Every Single Night, by Dominique Demers. Illustrations by Nicolas Debon
A Gathering of Garter Snakes, by Bianca Lavies
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
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
Scaredy Squirrel, by Melanie Watt. Kids Can Press, 2006
Sosu’s Call, by Meshack Asare
The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination, by Jimmy Liao

Middle Grade Fiction

Clair-de-Lune, by Cassandra Golds
Dawn Undercover, written by Anna Dale
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
The Kingdom Keepers, written by Ridley Pearson
Penny From Heaven, by Jennifer L. Holm
Pond Scum, by Alan Silberberg
Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything, by Lenore Look. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
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
A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life, by Dana Reinhardt
Crushed, b y Laura and Tom McNeal
Fringe Girl, by Valerie Frankel
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
Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), by Justina Chen Headley
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.

Non Fiction

Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii, by James H. Deem
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
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical "Rent", by Anthony Rapp

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
Grim Tuesday, by Garth Nix
The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
Ingo, by Helen Dunmore
Ingo, by Helen Dunmore
Lady Wednesday, by Garth Nix
Lirael, by Garth Nix
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
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