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Previous Issues > October 2006 > Parentown > Bookshelf
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 Parentown
BookShelf
 Is There Really a Human Race?
Author/Illustrator: Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins Childrens Books
Publication Date: September 2006
Age Range: 4 to 8
From the publisher:
Is there really a human race?
Is it going on now all over the place?
When did it start?
Who said, Ready, Set, Go? Did it start on my birthday?
I really must know.
With these questions, our heros imagination is off and running. Is the human race an obstacle course? Is it a spirit? Does he get his own lane? Does he get his own coach? Is There Really a Human Race? is all about relishing the journey and making good choices along the way because how we live and how we love is how we learn to make the world a better place, one small step at a time.
 Behind the Mask
Author/Illustrator: Yangsook Choi
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: October 2006
Age Range: 4 to 8
From the publisher: Halloween is coming. What are you going to be? the children ask one another. Kimin says he will be his grandfather. Going as an old man is not very scary, they tease. What the children dont know is that Kimins grandfather was a Korean mask dancer. And Kimin doesnt know that the mask holds a secret for him.
With vibrant illustrations, Yangsook Choi joins Korean and American folk traditions in her story about a boy who finds a link to his grandfather, behind the mask.
 Bunnies School Bus
Author/Illustrator: Sam Williams, Stuart Trotter (Illustrator)
Publisher: Boxer Books
Publication Date: August 2006
Age Range: 3 to 6
From the publisher: Swings swing, seesaws go up and down, street lights change, and rabbit tails wag; thats the appeal of this lively ride to school! Bunnies board their bus, and young readers come along, too, seeing all the action on the streets along the way. And every page has a tab to pull for some interactive entertainment. Charmingly illustrated, and with song-like verse that simply begs to be read out loud, this picture book is bound to become a favorite.
 Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony
Author/Illustrator: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax Books
Publication Date: September 2006
Age Range: 9 to 12
From the publisher: Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle. When the fairies realized theyd never win, they moved their civilization underground and hid. All the families agreed, except the demons.
Artemis Fowl, teenage criminal mastermind, has solved temporal equations that no human can. So when a confused and frightened demon pops up in a Sicilian theatre, Artemis is there to meet him. Unfortunately, a second mysterious party has also solved the equations and has managed to abduct the demon. Artemis will pair up with his old comrade, Captain Holly Short, to track down the missing demon before the spell dissolves completely and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth.
Eoin Colfer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series.
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