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2000 Awards
(ParentingPacks, 989 Sports $19.95 Score:
) This kit includes a countdown calendar and a book that kids can write or dictate and illustrate. Comes with postcards for sending new address to friends plus a booklet of great ideas for kids of varying ages. (888) 277-2257.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2000.
2000 Awards
(by Robin Ballard, Greenwillow $14 Score:
) Room by room, a child says good-bye to the house she has always lived in. A tender book with an upbeat ending. 3 & up.
Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2000.
2001 Awards
(by Judith Viorst/illus. by Robin P. Glasser, Atheneum $20 Score:
) Now in one volume, three well-loved stories about Alexander, including Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move. 5 & up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2000 Awards
(by Karen Katz, Holt $15.95 Score:
) Exuberant illustrations and a joyful text recount the happy story of anticipating an adoptive baby's birth, the excitement of getting everything ready, and the happiness everyone shares when the baby finally comes home! 3 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2000.
2001 Awards
(by Carol A. Peacock/illus. by Shawn C. Brownell, Albert Whitman $15.95 Score:
) A reassuring story for children who are questioning why their birth mothers gave them up. This picture book deals with issues seemingly unique to multicultural/Chinese adoption, but really universal for adopted children and their families. 6 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
(by Rose Lewis/illus. by Jane Dyer, Little Brown $14.95 Score:
) Heart-melting art blends with prose in this moving celebration of love and adoption. Although the baby is from China, the feeling and mood make this a universal story. 4 & up.
Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Award
(by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks, DK $14.95 Score:
) Many books deal with the new baby in the family, but this one is about a super-little baby and an older sib's reluctance to even hold him. A good choice for families with delicate preemies. 3 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2001.
2000 Award
(by Rebecca Bond, Little Brown $16 Score:
) Each member of the family adds a unique talent to making a cradle ready for the new baby they are waiting to welcome. A joyful celebration. 4 & up.
Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2000.
2001 Awards
(by Robie Harris/illus. by Michael Emberly, Candlewick $16.99 Score:
) Although many big sibs have warm and positive feeling for the new baby, some feel genuinely displaced. No book can solve these feelings, but here's a useful story that helps kids know other kids have felt the same way. 3 & up. Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
(by Judy Sheindlin/illus. by Bob Tore, HarperCollins $14.95 Score:
) Unlike her TV persona, Judge Judy makes no decisions in this thought-provoking book that should lead to some lively family conversations. There are multiple-choice answers to questions like: "You pick up the phone and accidentally hear your sister talking to her boyfriend… You are home alone and someone knocks on the door." You may be surprised by some of your kids' answers! 6 & up. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
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