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Children's Book Press

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Two lovely new titles are top picks from this publisher. Uma Krishnaswami's The Closet Ghosts (0892392088, $16.95) tells of a move to a new home where resident closet ghosts threaten. It's a job for the Hindu monkey monkey, any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order. The term monkey includes all primates that do not belong to the categories human, ape, or prosimian; however, monkeys do have certain common features.  god all right--and Anu is happy when he answers her call for help--until she realizes he too may be powerless against this new home's threat. Lovely drawings invite kids in grades 3-5 to enjoy. Anthony D. Robles' Lakas And The Makibaka Hotel (0892392134, $16.95) presents an unusual bilingual bi·lin·gual  
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a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.

b.
 English-Tagalog story set in the US as a musical with decidedly modern overtones. Lakas' new friends face a crisis when their beloved hotel home is bout to be sold. They have only 30 days to leave--unless they can join forces and neighborhood sentiments to make a different. Carl Angel's lovely and zesty colorful paintings spice spice, aromatic vegetable product used as a flavoring or condiment. The term was formerly applied also to pungent or aromatic foods (e.g., gingerbread and currants), to ingredients of incense or perfume (e.g., myrrh), and to embalming agents.  a pleasing tale based on a real San Francisco event.
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Title Annotation:The Closet Ghosts; Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
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Date:Apr 1, 2006
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