| For Children
Eight and Up |
| Choose books for gifts with the emphasis on enjoyment. Choosing clothes for children becomes harder as they grow and so does choosing books. If you don’t know the child well, try a selection of paperbacks. Shorter and funnier may be better for a child who is not yet an enthusiastic reader. A gift certificate and/or a post-holiday trip to a bookstore are also good solutions. For the truly reluctant reader include a book as a part of another gift--a new digital camera and a book on photography makes a great combination. Or provide a book that matches a child's passionate interests. Your local librarian can help locate good titles on any subject. Books from your childhood can be tricky. Memory isn’t always accurate. Maybe you were older than you remember when you read and enjoyed it. Such books are good candidates for reading aloud. Then you can share your remembered enjoyment and help with the hard parts. |
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Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith with pictures by Leuyen Pham. Bloomsbury. ISBN: 1582346860. $9.95. On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers. Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt with pictures by Tom Leigh. HarperCollins. ISBN: 0060745827. $15.99. Two puppies, adopted from an animal shelter, try hard to find their place in the world of a Maine sheep farm. Cartooning: The Only Cartooning Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be by Art Roche. Lark. ISBN:1579906230. $17.95. Any child who can make a stick figure can learn to create funny cartoons--and this illustrated guide tells them exactly how. Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child. Candlewick. ISBN:0763628131. $15.99. Quirky Clarice Bean is in for a spell of trouble - and shares a poignant lesson about kindness - in this hilarious follow-up novel to Utterly Me Clarice Bean. The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carmen. Orchard. ISBN: 0439700930. $11.95. Inquisitive twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell but this year, she is set on solving the mystery of an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests beyond the walls. Egyptology by Emily Sands . ISBN:0763626384. $19.99. Candlewick. Includes mummy cloth touch and feel patch, lift-the-flap map and illustrations, a folded Farncombe Papyrus, an Understanding Hieroglyphs booklet, Senet Egyptian game pieces and rules, and postcards, and lift-the-flaps. For fantasy fans, try the similar Wizardology. Fairy Dust Quest for the Egg by Gail Caron Levine with pictures by David Christiana. Disney Press ISBN: 0786834919 $16.99. Prilla, the newest fairy, is so odd that Neverland itself isn't certain whether to let her in. Can Mother Dove, the wisest creature in the land, convince the others of her talent? The Haunting of Granite Falls by Eva Ibbotson. Puffin. ISBN:0142403717. $5.99. Take some homesick Scottish ghosts, a millionaire and his sickly daughter, the last scion of the Clan MacBuff, and a trio of malefactors, and you get a terrifically tongue-in-cheek outing. Jumpman Rule #1: Don't Touch Anything by James Valentine. Aladdin. ISBN: 0689868774. $5.99. In the 51st century, kids no longer play with Game Boys, but with Jumpman time machines. When a prototype malfunctions, Theo lands in the forbidden 21st century,. Will he ever make it home? The Kids' Guide to Digital Photography: How To Shoot, Save, Play With And Print Your Digital Photos by Jenni Bidner. Lark. ISBN:1579906044. $14.95. Exciting new tips for digital photography are presented in this book, which includes sections on digital basics, the camera, taking great pictures, software magic, the internet, printing pizzazz, and fun ideas and projects. The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse by Audrey Couloumbus. Random House. ISBN: 0375832459. $17.99. Fleeing from a wicked guardian, Sallie, a devotee of western adventure novels, and her sister, Maude, head for the wilds of the frontier and an adventure the likes of which Sallie has only read about. Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis. Wendy Lamb. ISBN: 0385327722. $15.95. Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall. Knopf Books. ISBN: 0375831436. $15.95. While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. The Scarecrow and
His Servant by Philip Pullman. Knopf. ISBN: 0375915311. $17.99.
The Scarecrow has been stolen so often that, by the time it comes to life,
it's nowhere near its home in Spring Valley. Together with clever orphan
Jack, whom he hires as a servant, the Scarecrow quests for his home.
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