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The following books for children are recent publications which have been recommended by one of our members or the Smithsonian magazine. These books are for beginning readers of roughly ages 2-6. Reviews of most of these books may be found on the Smithsonian Magazine web site. (Click here for 2001 selections) (After reviewing Smithsonian site, please return to this page to access Amazon.com). Discounted prices are generally 10%-50% off of given list price. Click here to review older recommended books. Click here for Children's Classics.

• Sally Goes to the Mountains
  written and illustrated by Stephen Huneck
  (Abrams, $17.95)
  
• Henry�s First-Moon Birthday
  by Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo
  (Simon & Schuster, $16)
  
• Circus Girl
  written and illustrated by Tomek Bogacki
  (Farrar Straus Giroux, $17)
  
• First Number Book
  (Kingfisher, $12.95)
  
• "Let�s Get a Pup!" Said Kate
  written and illustrated by Bob Graham
  (Candlewick, $14.99)
  
• Some From the Moon; Some from the Sun: Poems and Songs for Everyone
  selected and illustrated by Margot Zemach
  (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17)
  
• The Snail House
  by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Gillian Tyler
  (Candlewick, $13.99)
  
• A Gift from the Sea
  by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben
  (Farrar Straus Giroux, $16)
  
• Flora�s Blanket
  written and illustrated by Debi Gliori
  (Scholastic, $15.95)
  
• Knitted by Grandma
  written and illustrated by Ruth Hearson
  (Penguin Putnam, $12.99)
  
• Winter Day Play: Activities, Crafts, and Games for Indoors and Out
  by Nancy F. Castaldo
  (Chicago Review Press, $13.95)
  
• The Class Artist
  written and illustrated by G. Brian Karas
  (HarperCollins, $15.95)
  
• When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year
  by Penny Pollock, illustrated by Mary Azarian
  (Little, Brown, $15.95)
  
• The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud
  retold by Hugh Lupton, illustrated by Sophie Fatus
  (Barefoot Books, $18.99)
  
• Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears
  by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jill Pinkwater
  (Houghton Mifflin, $15)
  
• Clarence and the Great Surprise
  written and illustrated by Jean Ekman Adams
  (Rising Moon, $15.95)
  
• Fast Food! Gulp! Gulp!
  written and illustrated by Bernard Waber
  (Houghton Mifflin, $16)
  
• Quilt Alphabet
  by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome
  (Holiday House, $17.95)
  
• Carlo Likes Reading
  written and illustrated by Jessica Spanyol
  (Candlewick, $14.99)
  
• Have You Ever Done That?
  by Julie Larios, illustrated by Anne Hunter
  (Front Street, $15.95)
  
• The Master Swordsman & The Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China
  retold and illustrated by Alice Provensen
  (Simon & Schuster, $16.95)
  

We welcome suggestions on titles which should be on this page.

http://www.kiwassee.org/storecy.html   10/28/01