Darkroom Magic

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S. D. Schindler (story by Phyllis Krasilovsky), THE FIRST TULIPS IN HOLLAND, Doubleday: New York, 1982, unpaged, $12.95 (boards)

Tomie de Paola, Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi, Holiday House: New York, 1982, unpaged, $14.95

Piero Ventura (story by Gian P. Ceserani), Marco Polo, Putnam: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95 (boards)

Demi, The Adventures of Marco Polo, Holt, Rinehart &; Winston: New York, 1982, unpaged, $6.95 (boards)

Bernice Loewenstein (text by Dan Beekman), Forest, Village, Town, City, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, 40 pages, $9.50

Huck Scarry, Life on a Barge, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1982, 70 pages, $9.95, (boards)

Douglas Florian, The City, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Byron Barton, Airport, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95

Gail Gibbons, Trucks, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1981, unpaged, n.p. i

Robert Quackenbush, City Trucks, Albert Whitman: Chicago, 1981, unpaged, n.p.i. (boards)

John Lim, Merchants of the Mysterious East, Tundra: Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1981, 32 pages, $12.95

Sandra J. Russell, A Farmer's Dozen, Harper: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Mary Azarian, A Farmer's Alphabet, David Godine: Boston, Mass., 1981, 62 pages, $6.95

Victoria Chess, Alfred's Alphabet Walk, Greenwillow: New York, 1979, unpaged, $7.95

Jack Kent (“story” by M. Elting and M. Folson), Q IS FOR DUCK, Clarion Books: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95 ($3.95 paper)

Borje Svensson (paper engineering by James Diaz), BLOCK BOOKS (LETTERS, NUMBERS, COLORS, ANIMALS), Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $2.50 each     

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     

On Your Mark,Get Set…

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Eric Hill, My Pets, The Park, at Home and Up There, (Baby Bear Books), Random House: New York, 1983, unpaged, $1.95 each (board pages)

Dayar Kaur Khalsa, The Baabee Books, Tundra: Montreal, Canada, set of 4, $12.95., (board pages)

Kay Charo, Kate's Car (Box, Quilt and Snowman), Dutton: New York, 1982, unpaged, $3.95 each (boards)

Colin McNaughton, At Playschool, Philomel: New York, 1982, unpaged, $3.95 (boards)

E. H. Shepard (words by A. A. Milne), Pooh's Counting Book, Dutton: New York, 1982, unpaged, $4.95 (board cover)

Arthur Dorros, Alligator Shoes, Dutton: New York, 1982, unpaged, $3.95 (boards)

Tana Hoben, Round & Round & Round, Greenwillow: New York, 1983, unpaged, $9.50

Nicole Rubel, Me and My Kitty, Macmillan: New York, 1983, unpaged, $7.95     

Shearwater Pottery

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Joseph Low, Mice Twice, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

Tony Ross (text by Bernard Stone and Alice Low), The Charge of the Mouse Brigade, Pantheon: New York, 1980, unpaged, $4.95 (boards). $4.95 (boards)

Stephen Gammell (3 stories by Malcolm Hall), And Then The Mouse, Four Winds Press: New York, 1980, 64 pages, $7.95

John Cameron, If Mice Could Fly, Atheneum: New York, 1979, unpaged, $8.95

Yutaka Sugita, The Mouse's Feast, Barron's: Woodbury, N.Y., 1980, unpaged, $6.95

Lillian Hoban (story by Marjorie W. Sharmat), Say Hello, Vanessa, Holiday House: New York, 1979, unpaged, $5.95

Len Norris (story by Jack Richards), Johann's Gift To Christmas, Scholastic: Ontario, Canada, 1980, 48 pages, n.p.i., (paper)

John Goodall's Theater, The Sleeping Beauty, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $3.95 (paper)

And Other Friends: Richard Egieloki (story by Arthur Yorinks), Louis The Fish, Farrar, Strauss &; Giroux: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

And Other Friends: Margot Tomes (story by Beatrice S. de Regniers), Everyone Is Good For Something, Houghton Mifflin: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95

And Other Friends: Ann Blades (story by Betty Waterton), A Salmon For Simon, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

And Other Friends: Ann Toulmin-Rothe (story by lanthe Thomas), Willie Blows A Mean Horn, Harper: New York, 1981, unpaged, $7.95

And Other Friends: Anatoly Ivanov (retold by Barbara Cohen), Lovely Vassilisa, Antheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

And Other Friends: Demi, Liang And The Magic Paintbrush, Holt, Rinehart &; Winston: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95     

Books and the Child

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Marion Endicott, Emily Carr: The Story of an Artist, Women's Educational Press: Toronto, Canada, 1981, 64 pages, n.p.i. (paperback)

Jean Lipman with Margaret Aspin-wall, Alexander Calder and his Magic Mobiles, Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1981, 96 pages, $15.00

M. B. Goffstein, Lives of the Artists, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Trina Schart Hyman, Self-Portrait, Addison-Wesley: Reading, Massachusetts, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Andrew Glass, Jackson Makes his Move, Warne: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95

Tom Seidmann-Freud, The Magic Boat, Greenwillow: New York, 1981, unpaged, $5.95

Ernest Nister, Magic Windows, Philomel Books: New York, 1980, unpaged, $6.95

Lothar Meggendorfer, The City Park, Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $10.95

J. F. Schreiber (verses by Anthea Bell), The Great Menagerie, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

Lothar Meggendorfer, International Circus, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

Eric Hill, Spot's First Walk, G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1981, unpaged, $7.95

Robert Crowther and lames R. Diaz (paper engineer), The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Counting Book, Viking: New, York, 1981, 14 pages, $8.95

Demi, Where is Willie Worm? Random House: New York, 1981, unpaged, $3.50

John Goodall and Tor Lokvig (paper engineer), PADDY FINDS A JOB, Atheneum: New York, 1981, unpaged, $6.95

Eric Carle, The Honeybee and the Robber, Philomel: New York, 1981, 15 pages, $10.95     

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.     

Art in the Making

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There's Pigs and Pigs: Erik Blegvad, The Three Little Pigs, Atheneum: New York, 1980, 32 pages, $8.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Joseph Jacobs, The Story of the Three Little Pigs (illust. by Lorinda B. Cauley), Putnam: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Margaret Wise Brown (illust. by Ann Strugnell), Once Upon a Time in a Pigpen, Addison-Wesley: Reading, Mass., 1980, 64 pages, $10.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Miska Miles (illust. by Leslie Morrill), This Little Pig, Dutton: New York, 1980, unpaged, $6.95.

Picture Books: William Steig, Gorky Rising, Farrar, Strauss &; Giroux: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95.

Picture Books: Charles Keeping, Willie's Fire-Engine, Oxford University: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95 (boards).

Picture Books: Lydia Pender (illust. by Judith Cowell), The Useless Donkeys, Warne: New York, 1979, unpaged, $9.95.

Picture Books: Lillie D. Chaffin (illust. by Lloyd Bloom), We Be Warm Till Springtime Comes, Macmillan: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95.

Picture Books: Kate Canning, A Painted Tale, Barrons: Woodbury, N.Y.: 1979, unpaged, $6.95 (boards).

Historical Explorations: Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Joan of Arc, Viking: New York, 1980, 55 pages, $12.95.

Historical Explorations: Mitsumasa, Anno, Anno's Medieval World, Philomel Books: New York, 1980, 48 pages, $9.99.

Historical Explorations: Peter Spier, People, Doubleday: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.00.

Historical Explorations: John S. Goodall, An Edwardian Season, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95.

Historical Explorations: Miriam Schlein (illust. by Erik Hilgert), I, Tut, Four Winds Press: New York, 1979, unpaged, $7.95.     

Art Work Shops for Children Where they Create Real Toys

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Legends Revisited: Brothers Grimm (illust. by Lisbeth Zwerger), Hansel and Gretel, Morrow. New York, 1979, unpaged, $7.95

Legends Revisited: Errol le Cain (story by James Riordan), The Three Magic Gifts, Oxford University Press: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95 (boards)

Legends Revisited: Harold Berson, Charles And Claudine, Macmillan: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95

Legends Revisited: Walter D. Myers (illust. by Alice and Martin Provensen), The Golden Serpent, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

Legends Revisited: Gerald McDermott, Sun Flight, Four Winds Press: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95

Legends Revisited: P. L. Travers (illust. by Leo and Diane Dillon), Two Pairs of Shoes, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95

Legends Revisited: Airdrie Amtmann (retold by Joseph Jacobs), The Stars In the Sky, Farrar, Strauss &; Giroux: New York, 1979, 25 pages, $6.95

Legends Revisited: Lee Lorenz, Scornful Simkin, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1980, unpaged, $8.95

Assorted Cats &; Friends: Ronald Himler (story by Douglas F. Davis), The Lion's Tail, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95

Assorted Cats &; Friends: Evaline Ness, Fierce: The Lion, Holiday House: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95

Assorted Cats &; Friends: Nadja Maril (paintings by Herman Maril), Runaway Molly Midnight, The Artist's Cat, Stemmer House: Owings Mills, Md., 1980, 25 pages, $5.95 (paper)

Assorted Cats &; Friends: Colin McNaughton, Soccer Crazy, Atheneum: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95 (boards)     

Metaphoric Mirrors on the Wall

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Bary Moser, ALICE's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), University of Calif. Press, 1982, 148 pgs., $24.95.

Richard Floethe, Pinnochio (Carlo Collodi), Philomel Books: New York, 1982, 239 pgs., $3.95, (paper).

Gerald McDermott, Carlo Collodi's Pinnochio, (translated and adapted by Marianne Mayer), Four Winds Press: N. Y., 1981, 122 pgs., $14.95.

Michael Hague, The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum), Holt, Rinehart & Winston: New York, 1982, 219 pgs., $18.95.

Allen Atkinson, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories by Beatrix Potter, Knopf: New York, 1982, 141 pgs., $16.95.

Mercer Mayer, Favorite Tales from Grimm (retelling by Nancy Gardner), Four Winds: New York, 1982, 224 pgs., $15.95.     

Walker Evans: Florida

Six Views of a Greek Village Everyday is not a Feast Day (1980, color, 110 minutes; video sale, $150) Thread of the Needle (1982, color, 22 minutes; video sale, $50) Let's Get Married! (1985, color, 35 minutes; video sale, $60) My Family and Me (1986, color, 65 minutes; video sale, $100) A Hard Life (1988, color, 55 minutes; video sale, $90) Charcoal‐Makers (1990, color, 30 minutes; video sale, $55) Filmmaker‐anthropologist: Colette Piault. All films available in 16mm, 1/2‐in. video. Distributed by Les Films du Quotidien, 5 rue des Saints‐Pères, 75006 Paris, France. Tel: 1–42 60 25 76; fax: 1–42 61 67 92); or Dr. Peter Allen, 98 Transit Street, Providence, R.I. 02906 (Tel: 401/274–2397; fax: 401/456–8379).

The Nehru Dynasty Life and Death of a Dynasty Produced by Anne and Robert Drew; narrated by Cliff Robertson. 1991, 90 minutes, color and black‐and‐white, 1/2” videotape, narration in English. Distributor: Direct Cinema Limited, P.O. Box 10003, Santa Monica, CA, 90410. Tel: (800)525–0000; Fax: (313)396–3233. Institutional sale, $195.00; rental $85.00.     

Stimulating the Need to Know…

Nations, James D. Tropical Rainforest: Endangered Environment . New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. 143 pp. $12.90 hardcover. Reviewed by Jorge Zamacona Evenes.

Sharp, D.W.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry , 2d ed. New York: Penguin, 1990. 434 pp. $9.95 paperback. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Hale, W.G., and J.P. Margham. The HarperCollins Dictionary of Biology. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. 569 pp. $12.95 paperback; $25.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Sparks, John, and Tony Soper. Penguins. New York: Fact On File, 1987. 246 pp. $1995 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Mountfort, Guy. Rare Birds of the World . A Collins/ICBP Handbook. New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1988. 256 pp. $2995 hardcover. Reviewed by John W. McLure.

Woodcock, Martin. Collins Handguide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent . New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 176 pp. $11.95 paperback. Reviewed by James Scheib.

Harris, Michael. The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos . New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 160 pp. $1995 hardcover. Reviewed by Jim Fuller.

Brudenell-Bruce, P. G. C. The Collins Guide to the Birds of New Providence and the Babama Islands. New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 142 pp. $14.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carol A. Thompson.     

Book Review

Buchsbaum, Ralph, Mildred Buchsbaum, John Pearse, and Vicki Pearse. Animals without Backbones. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 592 pp. $17.00 paper; $25.00 cloth Reviewed by Walter L. Gojmerac.

Galison, Peter. How Experiments End. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 330 pp. $14.95 paper Reviewed by Laurence A. Marschall.

Kerrod, Robin. Changing Things. Living Things. All Around. Moving Things. (Science Alive). Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Co., 1987. Each 54 pp. $12.96 hardcover Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Bowman, Keith. Agriculture. (1985) 1987. Gourlay, Carol. Computers and Mathematics. (1982) 1982. Cooper, Alan. Electricity. (1983) 1986. Boyle, Desmond. Energy. (1980) 1986. Kerrod, Robin. Metals. (1981) 1982. Teasdale, Jim. Microbes. (1984) 1986. Stevenson, John. Telecommunications. (1984) 1985. Gunston, Bill. Water. (1980) 1982. (Visual Science Series). First published in Great Britain by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London and Sydney (dates in parentheses). Adapted and published in the United States by Silver Burdett Press, Morristown, NJ. Each 48 pp. $15.96 hardcover; $8.95 soft-cover Reviewed by George G. Mallinson.

Wallace, Diane A., and Philip L. Hershey. How to Master Science Labs (Experimental Science Series). New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 128 pp. $11.90 hardcover.     

Book reviews

Reading National Geographic Lutz, Catherine A., and Jane L. Collins. Reading National Geographic. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993, xvii, 309 pp., illus., 2 appendices, index. Paper, $19.95, hdbk., $59.95.

The Cinema of John Marshall . Edited by Jay Ruby. New York: Harwood Academic Publications, 1992. Photographs. Maps. Charts. Index. 282 pp. Filmography. Index. $58.00 or £30, hardcover; $24.00 or £14, paper.

The Cinematic Griot Stoller, Paul, The Cinematic Griot: the Ethnography of Jean Rouch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. 247 pp., photographs, index. $39.95 hardbound, $16.95 paper.     

Classroom Aids

Tekulsky, Mathew. The Butterfly Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box or Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies. Illustrated by Susanah Brown. Introduction by Robert Michael Pyle. Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 1985–144 pp., plus field notes. $8.95, paper. Reviewed by John W. McClure.

Lauber, Patricia. Dinosaurs Walked Here, and Other Stories Fossils Tell Us. New York: Bradbury Press. 56 pp., $15–95 cloth. Reviewed by Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

Kathlyn Gay. The Greenhouse Effect. Franklin Watts/A Science Impact Book, 1986. 87 pp. $10.90 hardcover. Reviewed by Arthur H. Doerr.

de la Cotardiere, Philippe, ed. Astronomy. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987. 326 pp. $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Alan R. Newman.

Ehrlich, Anne H. and Paul R. Ehrlich. Earth. New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 285 pp., $19.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Elisa Malcohn.

Branley, Franklin M. Star Guide. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987. 51 pp. $11.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Joseph S. Tenn.

Ontario Science Centre. Foodworks: Over 100 Science Activities and Fascinating Facts That Explore the Magic of Food. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1987. 90 pp. $7.95 paper. Reviewed by Mary S. Duru.

Danks, Hugh. The Bug Book and the Bug Bottle , illustrated by Joe Weissman. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1987. 64 pp. and bottle, $7.95 paper. Reviewed by Arnold E. S. Gussin.

Bruno, Leonard C. The Tradition of Science: Landmarks of Western Science in the Collection of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1987, xi and 351 pp. $30.00 paper. Reviewed by G. F. Kohlbach.

Davis, Phillip J. and Reuben Hersh. Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. xviii and 321 pp. 812.95 paper. Reviewed by Edwin Halfar.

Barash, David P. The Hare and the Tortoise. New York: Penguin Books, 1987. 351 pp. $7.95 paper. Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Terres, John K. How Birds Fly. New York: Perennial library (Harper &; Row), 1987. 177 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by C. Bruce Hunter.

Dorros, Arthur. Ant Cities , a This Is a Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Book. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987. 32 pp. $12.70 hardcover. Reviewed by John W. McClure.     

‘Seeing’ Atomic Radiations

Miller, Christina G., and Louise A. Berry. Coastal Rescue: Preserving Our Seashores. New York: Atheneum (Macmillan), 1989. 120 pp. $12.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Marschall, Laurence A. The Supernova Story. New York: Plenum Press, 1988. 296 pp. $22.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Julian R. Brandou.

Young, Steven B. To the Arctic: An Introduction to the Far Northern World. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1989. 354 pp. $24.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph.

Eldredge, Niles. Life Pulse: Episodes from the Story of the Fossil Record. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1987. 246 pp. $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Robert G. Hoehn.

Langhorne, M. J., J. O. Donham, J. F. Gross, and D. Rehmke. Teaching with Computers: A New Menu for the 90's. Phoenix, Ariz.: The Oryx Press, 1988. 218 pp. 822.50 paperback. Reviewed by John M. Newell.

VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Chemistry for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1989. 232 pp. $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Edward L. Shaw, Jr.

Smithsonian Family Learning Project. Science Activity Book: 20 Exciting Experiments for Parents and Kids To Do, (More Science Activities: 20 Exciting Experiments To Do, Still More Science Activities: 20 Exciting Experiments To Do). New York: Galison Books, 1987, (1988, 1989). 96 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Susan McCarthy.

Summerlin, Lee R., and James L. Ealy, Jr. Chemical Demonstrations: A Source Book for Teachers, Vol. 1 (2d Ed.). 1988. Reviewed by Ann C. Howe and Alice D. Anderson.

Summerlin, Lee R., Christie L. Borgford, Julie B. Ealy. Chemical Demonstrations: A Source Book for Teachers, Vol. 2 (2d Ed.). 1988. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. 197 pp., 233 pp. each $19.95 paperback. Reviewed by Ann C. Howe and Alice D. Anderson.

Berger, Melvin. Atoms, Molecules and Quarks. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. 79 pp. $9.99 hardcover. Reviewed by Harold H. Jaus.

Hersey, Robert L. How to Think with Numbers. Providence, R.I.: Janson Publications, 1982. 133 pp. $795 paperback. Reviewed by C. Bruce Hunter.

Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary People: Understanding “Idiot Savants.” New York: Harper &; Row, 1989. 291 pp. $17.95 hardcover Reviewed by Elissa Malcohn.     

Dinosaurs

Wild Cactus. Photos by George H. H. Huey, text by Rose Houk. New York: Artisan, 1996. $25. ISBN 1-885183-20-8. Reviewed by John W. McLure.

Exploring with the Microscope. Werner Nactigall. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1995. 160 pp. $19.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8069-0066-1. Reviewed by Robert G. Hoehn.

The Encyclopedia of Snakes. Chris Mattison. New York: Facts On File, 1995. 256 pp. $35.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8160-3072-3. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

The Friendly Guide to the Universe. Nancy Hathaway. New York: Penguin, 1995. 462 pp. $13.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-14-015381-0. Reviewed by Lawrence A. Marschall.

One Small Square: Woods. Donald M. Silver, illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1995. 48 pp. $14.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-7167-6610-8. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Naturalists, Conservationists, and Environmentalists. Eileen Lucas. New York: Facts On File, 1996. 150 pp. $16.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8160-2919-0. Reviewed by Clarence J. Murphy.

Astronomy for All Ages. Philip Harrington and Edward Pascuzzi. Old Saybrook, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 1994. 210 pp. $17.95 (paperback). ISBN 1-56440-388-2. Reviewed by Kristine Larsen.

Intermediate Science through Children's Literature. Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press, 1994. 194 pp. ISBN 0-87287-946-1. Reviewed by Jacqueline V. Mallinson.     

Takarazuka

Turning Leaves Chalfen, Richard M., Turning Leaves: The Photograph Collections of Two Japanese American Families. Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, 1991, 269 pp., illus., $39.95 hardbound, $19.95 paper.     

Book Reviews

The Monthly Sky Guide, Fifth Edition. Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1999. 64 pp. $16.95 (paperback). ISBN: 0-521-66771-2.

The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Planet Earth. Martin Redfern. New York: Kingfisher Publications. 1999. 96 pp. $19.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-7534-5180-8.

The Talking Tree. Rita McKenzie. Champaign, Ill.: International Society of Arborculture. 28 pp. ISBN: 1-88195-622-9.

The Inventive Mind in Science: Creative Thinking Activities. Christine Ebert and Edward S. Ebert II. Engle-wood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 241 pp. (paperback). ISBN: 1-56308-387-6.

Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots. Sharon Lovejoy. New York: Workman Publishing. 1999. 159 pp. $13.95 (paperback). ISBN: 0-7611-1056-9.     

Blast off!

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Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Past with 25 Activities . Richard Panchyk. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 2001. 146 pp. $14.95 (paperback). ISBN: 1-55652-395-5.

Teaching about Climate Change . Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, eds. New Society Publishers/Green Teacher. 2001. iv + 74 pp. $12.95 (paperback). ISBN: 086571-437-1.     

BOOK REVIEW

Xingú: Body and soul Body and Soul (O Corpo e os Espímtos). Directed by Mari Corréa; camera, Dado Aguiar; sound, Myaú Kayabi. 1996; 54 mins., color. Portuguese narration; English subtitles. Distributor: Les Films du village, 24–26 rue des Prairies, 75020, Paris, France.

Emancipation Efforts of African Women: Two Activist Films I Have a Problem, Madam. Directed by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele. 1995, 59 minutes, VHS, color. Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 153 Waverly Place, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10014. Tel: (212) 727–1711. Video rental $75, video sale $390.

These Girls are Missing: The Gender Gap in African Schools. Directed by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. 1996, 60 minutes, VHS, color. Distributed by Filmmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016. Tel: (212) 808–4980. Fax: (212) 808–4983. Video rental $75, video sale $295.

Bury Me Twice Bury Me Twice—Tiwah: A Ngaju Dayak Death Ritual. Directed by Hanno Kampfmeyer and Sri Kuhnt Saptodewo; produced by Beate Engelbrecht for Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, 1993; 120 mins., color; subtitles in German or English; narration in English. Distributed by IWF, Nonnenstieg 72, D‐37075 Göttingen, Germany; sale prices: 16 mm., DM 4960.80; VHS‐NTSC or VHS‐PAL, US $360.00.