By Nicki Richesin, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 3, 2011

It’s such a pleasure to introduce children to new subjects, such as dance, through literature. Watching them discover a new love for learning about a topic they’ve yet to explore is pure joy. These books will open a ballroom door to the world of dance in its wide variety of forms, from the gypsies who migrated from India to Spain to the prima ballerina who dedicates her life to her craft.

The Barefoot Book of Dance Stories

By Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple

The Barefoot Book of Dance Stories by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple is an eclectic collection including dance tales from Germany (The Twelve Dancing Princesses) Japan (Robe of Feathers) West Indies (Making the Stone Smoke) Spain (The Shepherd’s Flute) Czech Republic (Dancing with the Birch Fairy) Egypt (When The Goddess Danced) Scotland (Tam O’Shanter) and Mali (The Little Bird Who Went Dancing). Helen Cann’s paintings move and sinuate across the pages with brilliantly colorful strokes. Best of all, this book includes a CD with lively background music and grand dame of stage and screen Juliet Stevenson narrating the stories with her warm and gentle voice. (Ages 8 and up)

Miss Lina’s Ballerinas and the Prince

By Grace Maccarone; illustrated by Christine Davenier

Miss Lina’s Ballerinas and the Prince is an amusing tale of a classroom of little ballerinas who must welcome a new student, a boy. Quelle horreur! Grace Maccarone’s book is somewhat reminiscent of the Madeline and the Bad Hat (although this boy is not nearly as horrid as Pepito) with its rhyming lilt and even Christine Davenier’s illustrations remind me a bit of the little girls in Paris visiting the zoo with dear Miss Clavel. No need to fear, the prince doesn’t upstage the girls and all’s well that ends well for the little ballerinas of Messina. (Ages 3-6)

Ole! Flamenco

By George Ancona

Ole! Flamenco is the story of this expressive art form that has evolved over hundreds of year, but also the vital force that unites a vibrant flamenco community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With George Ancona’s gorgeous photos throughout, you get the sense that the young boy learning to play guitar and sing and the young girl dancing and stomping her feet will continue to carry on this tradition for many generations. This step-by-step guide to the dance form and the music will demonstrate its inherent passion and creative energy to your children. (Pura Belpré Author Award Honor: ALSC/Reforma) (Ages 8-12)

Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing & Promoting Your Moves

By Ann-Marie Williams; illustrated by Jeff Kulak

Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing & Promoting Your Moves by Ann-Marie Williams has a distinctly retro feel due to Jeff Kulak’s almost beatnik illustrations that add a cool design element. It includes quotes throughout by famed dancers and choreographers and examples of unique dance performances for readers to view online. This book is for the focused young dancer who is serious about promoting his or her work yet it will also inspire kids curious about exploring the art form. (Ages 9 and up)

Little Ballerina: A Children’s Book Inspired by Edgar Degas

By Helene Kerillis; illustrated by Lucie Albon

Little Ballerina: A Children’s Book Inspired by Edgar Degas by Lucie Albon and Helene Kerillis is a wonderful homage to the painter and his work. The truly stunning paintings transport the reader to nineteenth-century Paris where a young ballerina named Laura gets to dance on stage with Degas’s famous ballerinas. Together Albon and Kerillis have reimagined Degas’s “The Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage” yet made it accessible for young readers. (Ages 4 and up)

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Nicki Richesin is the editor of four anthologies,What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To, and Letting Go of Their Daughters; Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond; Crush: 26 Real-Life Tales of First Love; and The May Queen: Women on Life, Work, and Pulling it all Together in your Thirties. Her anthologies have been excerpted and praised in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Redbook, Parenting, Cosmopolitan, Bust, Salon, Daily Candy, and Babble.

Source of books: Publishers and Library

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Author Showcase

By Sunn Byrd, for The Children’s Book Review
Published: October 13, 2011

The Players are four sports characters who’s names are Dunk, Strike, Score, and Touchdown also know as T.D.

The Players promote good health through sports and daily physical activities, along with social interaction and good sportsmanship.

Take the pledge and join “The Players” Never Quit, Stay Active and Fit! Campaign

Let’s Fight Childhood Obesity

Hiking We Go!

The Players set out for an adventurous day of hiking. Touchdown (T.D.) gets lost in the woods and is unable to find the rest of the gang. He realizes that he did not pack any safety gear to signal the gang for help. (T.D.) learns the valuable lesson of how important it is to follow the rules and put safety first when exploring.

Visit: www.theplayersanimatedseries.org

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: March 3, 2011

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee

by Chris Van Dusen

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 36 pages

Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 27, 2010)

Source: Publisher

What to expect: Skiing, Rhyme, a Dog, and a Moose

It’s not often that someone has the whole package—writing and illustrating, that is. Most well known for his adventurous duo Mr. Magee and his little dog Dee, Chris Van Dusen certainly has it. As a child, he spent hours and hours drawing pictures: “We didn’t have video games or computers to entertain us, so we drew instead. One of my brothers would sketch intricate war scenes. Another would draw animals so realistic you’d swear they were breathing. My specialty was aliens, robots and monsters.” Van Dusen also considered Dr. Seuss and Robert McCloskey as heroes—it’s no wonder he has a rhyming style to envy: “I loved the rhythm of Dr. Seuss’ words and I was fascinated by the meticulous detail of Robert McCloskey’s illustrations. I had no idea back then that I’d end up writing and illustrating children’s books when I grew up.” We’re so glad he did!

Mirroring Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee and A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee, Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee boasts the crackerjack formula that Van Dusen’s fans have all come to love: Adventure followed by a humorous mishap, self-realization, relief and a happy ending. The 60′s era inspired illustrations, which are rendered in cool colored hues of gouache, set the chilly-but-sunny scene brilliantly.

On a perfect blue bird day, Mr. Magee and his little dog Dee decide that they’d like to give skiing a try. After choosing a beautiful spot to practice—”Across from the house and just up the way is a great little hill with a view of the bay.”—the well-formulated mishap quickly trails. Mr. Magee and Dee, who is strapped onto Magee’s back, are heading straight for a Moose and are struck with the realization that Magee does not know how to stop his skis from sliding, they are sure to collide. The text is adrenalizing, the pictures even more so, as the pair manage to escape the predicament—not without much excitement—unscathed. Then comes the realization from Mr. Magee, “I think that I might need a lesson or two.” From the words that “zip” and “zing” from the page, to Mr. Magee’s extra-rosy cheeks and the stunning back-drop, this story offers a gentle reminder to spirited kids (and adults) that a little lesson, or technique, can go a long way (you may try Mini Grey’s Egg Drop for a more dramatic effect in this lesson). But, besides that, it’s a delightful winter read and pure fun for skiers, skiers-to-be, non-skiers and everyone in-between. Two mitten-clad thumbs-up!

Add this book to your collection: Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 12, 2010

This is a book list for sports enthusiasts, young Einsteins-in-the-making, myth busters, restless minds and grown men! From Potato Chip Science to The World’s Most Amazing Facts and Records, there is seriously something for everyone. And, while I would recommend most of these books to the most reluctant of readers—particularly boys—I would suggest that you don’t rule these suggestions out for girls. Young girls in particular have very curious minds and very much enjoy a good hands-on experiment—there’s also a beautiful and energetic baseball book which tells the inspiring story of Effa Manley.

The Science Books

Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments

by Allen Kurzweil (Author), Max Kurzweil (Collaborator)

Reading level: Ages 8-12

Paperback: 96 pages

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (September 1, 2010)

Source: Author

The packaging of this kit (a “book & stuff”) alone has a ton of kid-appeal—it looks and feels like a bag of potato chips—but it’s not the cover from which we judge, it’s what is on the inside. Judge for yourself …

Add this book (and stuff) to your collection: Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments

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The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists

by Sean Connolly

Reading level: Ages 9 and up

Hardcover: 205 pages

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (September 24, 2008)

Source: Personal collection

This is one that dad’s cannot resist working on with their kids.

Add this book to your collection: The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists

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Don’t Touch That Toad and Other Strange Things Adults Tell You

by Catherine Rondina (Author), Kevin Sylvester
(Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 7-10

Hardcover: 96 pages

Publisher: Kids Can Press (August 1, 2010)

Source: Publicist

It offers entertaining explanations of why adults say the things they do. This is a very fun book for stuffing into a stocking. Why? Because I said so, that’s why.

Add this book to your collection: Don’t Touch That Toad and Other Strange Things Adults Tell You

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The Klutz Book of Inventions

by editors of Klutz

Reading level: Ages 8 and up

Hardcover-spiral: 197 pages

Publisher: Klutz; Spi edition (October 1, 2010)

Source: Publisher

Full color pages with photographs and pictures on every page. The hardcover makes this a nice choice for a gift, and the spiral binding makes it easy to flip and work through.

Add this book to your collection: The Klutz Book of Inventions

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The Inside Series

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Hardcover: 48 pages

Publisher: Sterling (October 5, 2010)

Source: Publisher

This is a brand new series: The Inside Series, published by Sterling Books. Each book has a focus: the human body, dinosaurs, hurricanes, etc.. The books are factual and have a great visual layout which helps with easier digestion of information.

Add this book to your collection: Inside: Human Body by Dr. Aron M. Bruhn MD

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The Sports Books

Sports Illustrated Kids All Access: Your Pass to Behind the Scenes Photos of Athletes, Locker Rooms, and More

by Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids

Reading level: Young Adult

Hardcover: 48 pages

Publisher: Sports Illustrated (October 26, 2010)

Source: Publicist

This books offers a brief-but-great look at some of the biggest names in sport and inside their locker rooms. Unique, clear page overlays offer quality visual effects of things such as basketball player Shaquille O’Neal’s hand measured over Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson’s.

Add this book to your collection: Sports Illustrated Kids All Access: Your Pass to Behind the Scenes Photos of Athletes, Locker Rooms, and More

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Roy Morelli Steps Up to the Plate

by Thatcher Heldring

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Hardcover: 240 pages

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (March 9, 2010)

Source: Publisher

It’s the classic tale of keeping up good grades to make it to the big leagues. An engaging story for baseball fans.

Add this book to your collection: Roy Morelli Steps Up to the Plate

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She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story

by Audrey Vernick
(Author), Don Tate (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 5-8

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: Collins (October 19, 2010)

Source: Publisher

An inspiring and well-written biography with lively painted illustrations—wonderfully executed.

Add this book to your collection: She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story

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TIME For Kids That’s Awesome: The World’s Most Amazing Facts and Records

by Editors of Time for Kids Magazine

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Hardcover: 208 pages

Publisher: Time For Kids (October 5, 2010)

Source: Publicist

A pick-up-and-read-anytime kind of book that will interest both the science and sports enthusiasts. A menagerie of conversation starting facts.

Add this book to your collection: TIME For Kids That’s Awesome: The World’s Most Amazing Facts and Records

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Extras

Moon In My Room

Company’s description: Turn your room into an authentically detailed 3-D lunar landscape. After your child is all tucked in for the night, Moon in My Room creates a peaceful, glowing effect for a night full of sweet dreams. Its whimsical effect is fun for adults, too! Ages 6 and up.

Add this to your shopping basket: Moon In My Room

Thames & Kosmos Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Wind Power

Company’s description: Renewable Energy Science Kit. Build a working wind turbine. Harness mechanical energy to lift weights. Generate electricity to light an LED and charge a battery. Learn the physics of wind turbines. Discover how wind occurs and why it is such a good energy source. Includes full-color, 32 page experiment manual. Ages 8 and up.

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In honor of the 2010 World Cup final …

Pele, The King of Soccer/El rey del futbol from Monica Brown on Vimeo.

Pelé, el rey del fútbol en español from Monica Brown on Vimeo.

Add this book to your collection: Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol by Monica Brown

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: May 19, 2010

It’s World Cup Soccer time! Which means that there is a good chance you know someone who is suffering from World Cup Fever. This is one kind of fever that can’t be treated with medicine. It must be treated with a high dose of, you guessed it, soccer. Soccer in any form you can get it: watching the game, playing the game, talking about the game, dreaming about the game, and reading about the game. Yep, that’s right, reading about the game.

No matter which team you go for (GO SOCCEROOS!), here is a team of books (complete with publisher’s synopsis) to whet the appetite of any young soccer enthusiast:

Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm, American soccer champion and best–selling author of Go for the Goal, tells a true–life–inspired story of learning that winning and losing aren’t as important as being part of a team.

More than anyone, soccer superstar Mia Hamm knows the value of teamwork and perseverance. She shares this lesson, paired with energetic illustrations by Carol Thompson, in this motivational story perfect for soccer kids and their soccer moms!

HarperCollins / April 25, 2006 / 978-0060740528 / 32 pages / Ages 4-7

Let’s Play Soccer (DK READERS) By Patricia J. Murphy

Erik goes to his first day of soccer practice and learns all about this exciting game. Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age- appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children’s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

DK Children / March 3, 2008 / 978-0756634582 / $3.99 / 32 pages / Ages 4-8

Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star By Lesa Cline-Ransome; Illustrated by James E. Ransom

How did a poor boy named Edson – who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags – go on to become the greatest soccer player of all time? Here is the story of the boy who overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion soccer star Pelé

Schwartz & Wade / September 25, 2007 / 978-0-375-83599-5 / $17.99 / $19.99 / 40 pages / Ages 4-9

Kickers #1: Ball Hogs By Rich Wallace

A new soccer series! From Award-winning sports novelist Rich Wallace comes a series about soccer for younger readers. KICKERS debuts with BALL HOGS. The second book in the quartet, Fake Out, will release on August 10, 2010. Each of the four Kickers novels will feature the same co-ed fourth grade soccer team, the Bobcats, and black and white interior illustrations by Jimmy Holder.

Alfred A. Knopf / June 8, 2010 / 978-0-375-85754-6 / $12.99 / $14.99 Can. / 128 pages / Ages 7-10

Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More By Jack Prelutsky; Illustrated by Chris Raschka

Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice.

Alfred A. Knopf / March 13, 2007 / 978-0-375-83700-5 / $16.99 / $21.95 / 40 pages / 8 UP

Shoot-Out: Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids By Mike Lupica

What happens when a star player ends up on the worst team? He either learns to lose or he stops playing the game he loves. These are the choices facing Jake, who has gone from champion to last place, testing his sportsmanship every time his soccer team gets waxed. It is his teammate Kevin who shows Jake that being a good captain means scoring and assisting off the field as much as being the star player on it.

The latest in #1 bestseller Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids novels is a cheer-worthy ode to the one sport played by more kids across the country than any other—in the summer of the next World Cup.

Philomel / May 13, 2010 / 978-0399247187 / 208 pages / Ages 9-12

The ABC’s of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

Parker Stanhope has played soccer practically since she could walk. And now that she’s a high school junior, she’s a shoo-in for the varsity team. But that’s not what happens. Coach Hartley moved up every JV player but two—and now Parker is stuck with the freshmen. She has to get on the varsity team, and she has the perfect plan. All she needs now is the right kind of coach.

Delacorte Press / January 13, 2009 / 978-0-385-73582-7 / $8.99 / $9.99 / 224 pages / Ages 12 UP

Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress by Maria Padian

Brett McCarthy lives for vocabulary words, soccer, and her larger-than-life grandmother, Nonna. Unfortunately, Brett’s got a big mouth she can’t seem to tame and opinions she can’t keep to herself. Soon her world has turned upside down, and she’s not sure where she fits, what she should do, or how to make right what she, and her big fat mouth, have made wrong. Brett’s fresh and funny voice will keep readers laughing out loud at her plights and groaning in sympathy at every misstep.

Alfred A. Knopf / October 13, 2009 / 978-0-440-24055-6 / $8.99 / $10.99 / 288 pages / Ages 12 Up

Go For the Goal : A Champion’s Guide To Winning in Soccer and Life By Mia Hamm

For the more than seven million girls–from knobby-kneed tykes to high school and college stars–who are tearing across the country chasing a soccer ball and dreams of glory, there is one name that eclipses all others, male or female: Mia Hamm. With her cheetah-like acceleration and lightning bolt shot, Hamm has broken nearly every record in her sport, while galvanizing a whole new generation of fans and players.

Go for the Goal is not only the inspiring story of how a tiny suburban sprite became a global terror with a ball (and the world) at her feet–it’s also a step-by-step or dribble-by-dribble guide for any kid with the all-American dream of making the team and becoming a champion.

Filled with personal anecdotes and fully illustrated with both action and instructional photos, Go for the Goal shows readers exactly how to master the silky skills and techniques that have made Hamm and her teammates the finest women’s soccer team in the world.

Quill / August 1, 2000 / 0060931590 / 256 pages / Young Adult

Leave us a comment: Which team do you go for (GO SOCCEROOS!)? Do you have a favorite soccer book or good sportsmanship book?

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: February 23, 2010

I don’t know about you, but we certainly have a large collection of tutus at our house. Too too many tutus in too too many different colors. I can’t let my daughter hear me say that—she is of the belief that a girl can never have enough tutus (or books about tutus, for that matter).

Too Too Many Tutus

by Suzanne Davis Marion (Author), Marj Hales (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Paperback: 32 pages

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (February 24, 2009)

Source of book: Author

What to expect: Colors, Making choices, Dancing

An imaginative and playful book about making choices and feeling good. The watercolor illustrations are colorful, classic, and delightful. A sweet book for young dancers.

Add this book to your collection: Too Too Many Tutus

The Yellow Tutu

by Kirsten Bramsen (Author), Carin Bramsen (Illustrations)

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (September 22, 2009)

Source of book: Publisher

What to expect: Imagination, Friendship, Self-acceptance

The lead character, Margo, has a lot of spunk and imagination. There’s a little teasing that goes on, but it is quickly sorted when a friend helps Margo to stay true to herself. The illustrations are wonderfully  sunny and happy. And, in case you are wondering, tutus can be worn in more places than around your waist and are for more than just dancing.

Add this book to your collection: The Yellow Tutu

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 27, 2009

Author Mike Lupica is well known among sports-lit fans. His latest book, Million-Dollar Throw, a sports novel for kids ages 9-12, released this month and is already a best seller!

Add this book to your collection: Million-Dollar Throw

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By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: October 27, 2009

“In the early 1950s, legendary baseball hero Jackie Robinson literally “tested the ice” for his kids who so eagerly wanted to skate on the frozen lake near their home. Under Sharon Robinson’s skillful authorship and Kadir Nelson’s vivid illustrations, TESTING THE ICE also becomes a stunning metaphor for her father’s remarkable racial breakthrough.”

Thanks to Scholastic, we have a wonderful Testing the Ice prize pack to giveaway, as well as four additional copies of the book. You can find out how to enter, below.

Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson

by Sharon Robinson (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1 edition (October 1, 2009)

Publisher’s synopsis: When Jackie Robinson retires from baseball and moves his family to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center of everyone’s fun. The neighborhood children join the Robinson kids for swimming and boating. But oddly, Jackie never goes near the water.

In a dramatic episode that first winter, the children beg to go ice skating on the lake. Jackie says they can go–but only after he tests the ice to make sure it’s safe. The children prod and push to get Jackie outside, until hesitantly, he finally goes. Like a blind man with a stick, (contd.)

Jackie taps on the ice’s surface, when suddenly howling and roaring sounds come out of the lake! It is only then that Sharon realizes why she’s never seen her father in the water — Jackie doesn’t know how to swim! But her horror changes to relief as Jackie bravely taps his way to the middle of the lake — and declare it safe!

In a stunning metaphor for Jackie Robinson’s legendary breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson honors her extraordinary father’s memory with her warm graceful storytelling. Two-time Caldecott Honor Book artist Kadir Nelson has created richly rendered paintings that radiate with the beauty and spirit of one of America’s finest heroes.

PRIZE:

One (1) winner will receive a TESTING THE ICE prize pack!

• Kidorable Hat, Glove & Scarf set
• A copy of Testing the Ice

^{The grand prize pack is valued at $52.99}

Four (4) winners will receive a copy of TESTING THE ICE.

^{The books are valued at $16.99 each}

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