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SEPTEMBER 2007 CHILDREN'S BOOK
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The Museum Book: A Guide
to Strange and Wonderful Collections 
Written by
Jan Mark
Illustrated by Rickard Holland
Candlewick Press
Ages 8 and up, Grades 3 and up
Children with artistic sensibilities will love
The
Museum Book: A Guide to
Strange and Wonderful Collections.
Inside they will discover a multi-media
extravaganza of art history, unique and utterly
bizarre museum collections as well as
introductions to some of the world's most famous
museums such as the British Museum and the
Louvre.
We especially
appreciate that Mark brings noted attention to
the controversy surrounding museum acquisitions
and cultural looting, but in a fashion suited
for young minds.
The Museum Book
will be best appreciated by children who have
already been thoroughly acquainted with museums.
Or,
The Museum Book
can be effectively used by parents as
a witty, cultured introduction to the vast
history of the arts.
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 Good
Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval
Village
Written by Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrated by Robert Byrd
Candlewick Press
Ages 10 and up, Grades 5 and up
Learning about
Medieval Europe has never been so interesting.
Good Masters! Sweet
Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
is a hearty look into the world of knights,
lords, apprentices, and fair maidens. Using an
Old English tone with detailed references to
historic happenings of the day like the Crusades
and persecution of the Jews, Schlitz draws upon
a cast of English characters to describe a
typical day in the life of varied citizens from
a blacksmith to a miller who live in an English
manor.
Good Masters! Sweet
Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
also includes a map of the manor that young
readers will enjoy using to trace their way
around the village.
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War in the Middle East: A
Reporter's Story: Black
September and the Yom Kippur War
 Written
by Wilborn Hampton
Candlewick Press
Ages 10 and up, Grades 5 and up
Helping kids
understand the deep divisions and cultural riffs
in the Middle East is no easy task, but
journalist Wilborn Hampton does a masterful job
of weaving history and his own recollections of
his time
 as
a journalist during Black September and the Yom
Kippur War to reach a new generation of children
who associate the Middle East with war and
terrorists. Wilborn's first-hand accounts of
these two 1970s wars will keep readers riveted
to the finer details and dangers behind the
business of covering war in
War in the Middle East: A
Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom
Kippur War.
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 Jazz
ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits
Written by Wynton Marsalis
Illustrated by Paul Rogers
Candlewick Press
Ages 0 months and up, Grades 0 and up
Wynton Marsalis and
Paul Rogers, through both of their genius, have
created a children's book, that quite frankly,
any parent would want to keep for themselves.
With poetic, jazzy, riff-like text and big, bold
illustrations so magnificent they should be
featured in any art museum,
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z
Collection of Jazz Portraits
will delight young children as well as adults
who have a deep appreciation for jazz.
Utilizing the alphabet for his guide, Marsalis
features every jazz great from A for Armstrong
to Z for Dizzy. Detailed biographical sketches
of the artists written and compiled by Phil
Schaap and notes on poetic style round out the
book. Plus, there is a music list of suggested
songs to listen to while reading the book to
your children as well as a Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra poster in the back. This is
definitely a book you should get two copies of
-- one for your children and one for you -- to
sit down and read with a nice cup of coffee and
Ella singing some tunes.
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Boasting over three hundred pages with an easy-to-use table
of contents page, thorough index, how-to photographs, and
color coded informational charts, you will turn to
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We are firm believers that no home library can have too
many health, wellness and fitness books. After all, you never know when you will need the right
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The 24-Hour Pharmacist: Advice, Options, and Amazing Cures from America's Most Trusted Pharmacist lays out
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Suzy Cohen, a pharmacy guru and
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natural treatments for all manner of health topics such as
how to pick the best multivitamin, choosing and
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The 24-Hour Pharmacist: Advice, Options, and Amazing Cures from America's Most Trusted Pharmacist is
a perfect addition to any home health library for its depth
of information and for the ease at which you are able to
find it.
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