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SEPTEMBER 2004

"Fall" into a Colorful Array of Books this Autumn
By Selene Vasquez

Picture Book: Ages 5 thru 10
"My creature teacher's strict and stern-she growls so I will wait my turn. If we want to howl and shriek we must put up our paws to speak." Jokingly creepy beasts with green skin, single eyeballs and bizarre body shapes inhabit this one of a kind ghoul school.

Exhausted desperate families try endlessly to get their little ones to sleep. When a toddler yells "Pillow Fight!" all havoc breaks free with kids hanging from their bunk beds in wildly patterned pajamas! Ink and watercolor cartoons capture the hilarious deterioration of bedtime rituals.

Poetry: Ages 6 thru 10
A rhyming celebration of all things 100 in joyful gouache illustrations. Each poem works in triple digit numbers, such as "100 Inches Tall" in which a girl speculates about the pros and cons of being so tall.

Nonfiction: Ages 6 thru 8
The universal topic of death is handled in a sensitive poetic manner. When people die, "They...become part of the earth and of nature;" "They go to heaven, a place of peace...They go into our memories and become the past." Muted watercolor illustrations match the non-threatening and soothing selection of responses given.#

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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