Books and the Child

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Jutta Ash (from a Crimm tale), RAPUNZEL, Holt, Rinehart & Winston: New York, 1982, unpaged, $10.95

Lorinda B. Cauley, THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN COINS, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: New York, 1981, unpaged, $11.95 ($5.95 paper). Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Graham Percy (adapted from Perrault), SLEEPING BEAUTY, Knopf: New York, 1980, unpaged, $1.75 (boards). Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

George Overlie (story by Pamela Espeland), THE STORY OF BAUCIS AND PHILOMON, Carolrhoda Books: Minneapolis, 1981, unpaged, n.p.i. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Michael Hague (retold by K. & M. Hague), THE MAN WHO KEPT HOUSE, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: New York, 1981, unpaged, $11.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Donald Carrick, HARALD AND THE GIANT KNIGHT, Clarion Books: New York, 1982, unpaged, $10.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Annie Gusman (written by Arthur Crowley), THE WAGON MAN, Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1981, unpaged, $8.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Diane Good (story by Louise Moeri), THE UNICORN AND THE PLOW, Dutton: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Victoria Chess (story by Larry Bograd), LOST IN THE STORE, Macmillan: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Edward Gorey (story by Florence P. Heide), TREEHORN'S TREASURE, Holiday House: New York, 1981, unpaged, $7.95. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.

Ernest Goldstein, EDWARD HICKS: THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM and WINSLOW HOMER: THE GULF STREAM, Garrard Publishers: Champaign, Illinois, 1982, 48 pages, $8.95 (each) from the “Let's Get Lost in a Painting” series. Reviewed by Kenneth Marantz.     

Books and the Child

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Jindra Capek (story by Max Bolliger), The Most Beautiful Song, Little, Brown: Boston, 1980, unpaged, $8.95 (boards)

Maurice Sendak, Outside Over There, Harper &; Row: New York, 1981, unpaged, $12.95

Chris van Allsburg, Jumanji, Houghton Mifflin: Boston, Mass., 1981, unpaged, $9.95

Anita Lobel (words by Arnold Lobel), On Market Street, Greenwillow: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Stephen Gammell (story by Olaf Baker), Where The Buffaloes Begin, Warne: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Nicola Bayley and William Mayne, The Patchwork Cat, Knopf: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95 (boards)

Jan Brett, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1981, 32 pages, $8.95

Guy Billout, Thunderbolt and Rainbow: A Look at Greek Mythology, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1981, unpaged, $9.95 (boards)

Michael Foreman, Trick a Tracker, Philomel Books: New York, 1981, unpaged, $9.99

Monika Beisner (text by Alison Lurie), Fabulous Beasts, Farrar, Straus &; Giroux: New York, 1981, unpaged, $9.95

Leonard Baskin (words by the Baskin family), Hosie's Zoo, Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $10.95     

Science Activities and the Retarded Child

Cobb, Vicki Lots of Rot New York; J. B. Lippincott, 1981 35 pp. $9.95 trade, $9.89 library. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Sheaffer, Robert The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 242 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Taylor, Ron The Story of Evolution New York: Warwick Press, 1981 80 pp. $9.90. Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright.

D'Ignazio, Fred Small Computers: Exploring Their Technology and Future New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 146 pp. $8.90. Reviewed by Judith A. Douville.

Stwertka, Eve, and Albert Stwertka Industrial Pollution: Poisoning Our World (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Claypool, Jane Alcohol and You (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp., $ 7.45. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, 2d ed. Leon Schlossberg, illustrator George D. Zuidema, editor Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980 115 pp. $17.50 hardcover, $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

Harper &; Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, western edition (Assembled by Jay Ellis Ransom) New York: Harper &; Row, 1981 809 pp. $12.95 vinyl, $17.50 cloth. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash.

Houdini Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Exposé Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 240 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Rublowsky, John Born in Fire: A Geological History of Hawaii New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1981 84 pp. $9.95 ($9.89 library ed.). Reviewed by M. Grant Gross.

Lampton, Christopher Meteorology: An Introduction (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Fields, Alice Satellites New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 48 pp. $6.90. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.     

Child and Parent Psychological Problems Influence Child Weight Control

This study used path analytic methods to assess the influence of child psychopathology measured using the Child Behavior Checklist and parent psychiatric symptoms measured using the Cornell Medical Index on changes in child percent overweight in obese 8- to 11-year-old children over 2 years (6 months of treatment, 18 months of follow-up) provided family-based behavioral intervention. Path analysis for the 0–6 month change showed the influence of mother and father psychiatric symptoms and child age on child anxiety/depression scores that in turn influenced child percent overweight change during treatment, accounting for 41 % of the shared variance. The path analysis for follow-up change showed mother and father psychiatric symptoms influenced child social problems at the first stage, and child social problems influenced child percent overweight change, accounting for 68.5% of the shared variance. These results provide the first demonstration that both parent and child problems may influence the short- and long-term success of obese children who participate in family-based behavioral treatment programs.