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Previous Issues > November 2006 > Parentown > Bookshelf
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 Parentown
BookShelf
 Dukes Tails: Duke Finds a Home
Author/Illustrator: Duke, Rob Lawson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Available only from Bushs Baked Beans
Age Range: 4 to 8
Duke, the lovable Bushs Baked Beans spokesdog, has written a book. Available only from Bushs Baked Beans ($3.95 at www.bushbeans.com/DukesTails), all proceeds from the book help the American Humane Association to place homeless pets with families. In his book, Duke begins the story at the Adopt-a-Dog Fair where he accidentally finds a happy home with Jay Bush. As Duke settles in to his new role at the farm, he learns what being a part of a family is all about.
 Hat Tricks Count: A Hockey Number Book
Author/Illustrator: Matt Napier, Melanie Rose (Illustrator)
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Publication Date: October 2005
Age Range: 4 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press has a popular series of sports alphabet books, but Hat Tricks Count is the first attempt at a childrens picture book about the numbers of sports. Author Matt Napier does an excellent job of making numbers fun and explaining the sport and history of hockey. Each number features a short rhyme for younger readers, but also a section of expository text with more in-depth text for more advanced readers. This is an excellent technique for making the book relevant to a wide age range, from four on up. Any age hockey fan will enjoy the facts and figures highlighted by lively action-packed illustrations by Melanie Rose.
 Celebrate Thanksgiving with Turkey, Family and Counting Blessings
Author/Illustrator: Deborah Heiligman
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication Date: October 2006
Age Range: 6 to 9
From the publisher: Thanksgiving is the original American holiday. When the Pilgrims sat down to give thanks for the hard-won bounty of their new world, they continued a Native American tradition that would become a focal point in the calendar of all generations of Americans to come.
The author relates this holiday to the harvest festivals celebrated by thankful believers of many faiths all over the globe. The books stunning pictures show the celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and the back matter contains a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary and a useful list of holiday references and resources.
 The Mailbox
Author/Illustrator: Audrey Shafer
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Publication Date: October 2006
Age Range: 8 to 12
From the publisher: Vernon Culligan had been dead to the town of Draydon, Virginia, so long that when the crusty Vietnam vet finally died, only one person noticed. Twelve-year-old Gabe grew up in the foster care system until a social worker located his Uncle Vernon two years before. When he comes home to discover that his uncle has died of a heart attack, hes terrified of going back into the system so he tells no one. The next day, he discovers a strange note in his mailbox: I HAVE A SECRET. DO NOT BE AFRAID. And his uncles body is gone. Thus begins a unique correspondence destined to save the two people that depended on Vernon for everything.
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