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Winter
2001 Children's Book Sense 76 Picks
Here are the 76 most
noteworthy new and recent children's books, as compiled from hundreds of recommendations
by independent booksellers across America. One bookseller's quote has been
chosen to represent each of these top vote-getters.
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 Giggler
Treatment, The
by Doyle, Roddy
(Ages 9 - 12, Scholastic, $3.99, 0439163005) "This book has the kind of gross
nonsense humor that children and adults can really giggle about."
- Joyce Smith, University Bookstore, Laramie, WY
Rover Saves Christmas
by Doyle, Roddy
(Ages 4 - 8, Arthur Levine/Scholastic, $14.95, 0439305306)
"Rudolph has the flu, so Santa asks Rover to pull the sleigh. Bad geography, dueling commercials, a wise-cracking dog, and a smart aleck narrator manage to pull off a zany Christmas read-aloud." - Ellen Davis, Dragonwings Bookstore, Waupaca, WI
Two Favorites from Recent Years for Ages 9-12
 Belle
Prater's Boy
by White, Ruth
(Ages 9 - 12, Yearling, $5.50, 0440413729)
"This Newbery Honor Book is both touching and hilarious. The story revolves around Woodrow, an introspective, clever and a fully developed character whom you are always rooting for. The best part of the book is the surprise ending!" - Courtney Martell, Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
Van
Gogh Café, The
by Rylant, Cynthia
(Ages 9 - 12, Apple, $4.99, 0590907174)
"A beautiful chapter book appropriate for about 4th grade and up, and for dreamers of all ages. 10-year-old Clara and her father Marc run the Van Gogh Café in Flowers, Kansas. Magic things happen there in a series of short interconnected stories. The Star is one of the most moving children's stories I've ever read. Not to be missed." - Ellen Skagerberg, Copperfield's, Sebastopol, CA
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