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JUNE 2004

June is Perfect for a Summer Reading
Adventure—Beat the Heat & Read!
by Selene Vasquez

Picture Books: Ages 5 thru 8: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow, 32 pp., $15.99). A suspense filled story of a poor kitten mistaking the moon for a bowl of milk. Delightful charcoal and a palette of colors compliment the irresistible rhythmic text of this kitty’s irrepressible spirit of survival.

Picture Books: Ages 8 thru 12: Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric Kimmel. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. (Farrar, 32 pp., $16.00). The human need for passion and meaning is captured in Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, maddened by the excessive reading of chivalric romances. Fisher’s dramatic signature illustrations render this immortal literary figure with grace.

Nonfiction: Ages 10 thru 12: Jurassic Shark by Deborah Diffily. Illustrated by Karen Carr. (Harper Collins, 32 pp., $17.99). The deadly female prehistoric predator Hybodus, residing in the depths of the oceans some 180 million years ago, is a creature beyond the imagination. Astonishing digital paintings create a lifelike visualization.

Poetry: Ages 5 thru 10: Over in the Pink House: New Jump Rope Rhymes by Rebecca Kai. Illustrated by Melanie Hall. (Boyds Mills, 32 pp., $15.95). 32 original rhymes replete with colorful imagery and rhythmic chanting for jump roping. Playful illustrations capture the singsong and whimsical quality of this memorable childhood activity.#

Selene S. Vasquez is a media specialist at Orange Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, Florida. She is formerly a children’s librarian for the New York Public Library.

 

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