Henry Holt.Henry Holt 15 W. 18th St., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10011 www.henryholt.com Shirley Mozelle's The Bear Upstairs (08-05068201, $16.95) tells of a very noisy new neighbor who impacts the peace and quiet of the Bear Downstairs. A decision to complain results in some surprises in this appealing story illustrated by Doug Cushman, which any urban dweller will readily relate to. Laurie Keller's Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard (0805052823, $16.95) shows that numbers can have all kinds of uses in a pinch--they aren't just for counting in Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard, but can be used as scoops, hairdryers, scrapers and more. A very zany set of drawings invites kids to think outside the box. Nikki Giovanni's Rosa (08-05071067, $16.95) receives Bryan Collier's gorgeous drawings as it provides a fictionalized dramatization dram·a·ti·za·tion n. 1. The act or art of dramatizing: the dramatization of a novel. 2. A work adapted for dramatic presentation: of the Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks story. By adding dramatic embellishments the underlying meaning and tone of Rosa's experiences come to life for kids with good reading skills. Denise Fleming's The First Day Of Winter (080-5073841, $15.95) uses the '12 Days of Christmas' rhyme scheme rhyme scheme n. The arrangement of rhymes in a poem or stanza. to reveal elements of the first ten days of winter, which bring special gifts for a special friend, the snowman. A whimsical whim·si·cal adj. 1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary. 2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality. , fun story evolves. |
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