Children's and Teen: 9 - 11 years old

CHILDREN'S

Released: March 1, 2010

FLANIMALS POP-UP

by Ricky Gervais, illustrated by Rob Steen

"The only positive feature to this essentially pointless exercise is that the target audience is old enough to read it independently. (Pop-up. 7-11)"

The British comic parlays his book series and soon-to-be-movie into a pop-up product. Read full book review >

Cover art for LEON AND THE PLACE BETWEEN

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 1, 2009

LEON AND THE PLACE BETWEEN

by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith

"Fair insight, that, though trite and easier said than done. (Picture book. 6-9)"

Aimed at readers who enjoy such elaborately illustrated, strongly atmospheric ventures into mysterious worlds as Neil Gaiman's The Wolves in the Walls, illustrated by Dave McKean (2003), and Chris Van Allsburg's The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979), this episode briefly casts a young member of a stage magician's audience through a die-cut hole into that Place "between there and back again" where magicians' props and assistants go when they disappear. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 1, 1996

MR. MERLIN AND THE TURTLE

by Seymour Chwast, illustrated by Seymour Chwast

"The humor is never pushy and always on target. (Picture book. 4+)"

Mr. and Mrs. Merlin are bored with their pet turtle, so Mr. Merlin turns it into a bird. Read full book review >

Cover art for DEMI'S DRAGONS AND FANTASTIC CREATURES

CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 1, 1993

DEMI'S DRAGONS AND FANTASTIC CREATURES

by Demi, illustrated by Demi

"A handsome, idiosyncratic presentation; some of the dragons—the thunder dragon in swirling black and white, or the dramatic red- and-black fire dragon—are magnificent. (Picture book. 5-11)"

Opulent with gold, expansive with foldout double spreads, and lush with decorative collages of Demi's signature marbled- paper designs, creatures bedecked with multiple mini-images of themselves and other creatures, and oriental imagery: an affectionate celebration of Chinese dragons in all their rich multiplicity. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 1, 1992

GHOST TRAIN: A SPOOKY HOLOGRAM BOOK

by Stephen Wyllie, illustrated by Brian Lee

"A curiosity, guaranteed to grab attention. (Picture book. 5-9)"

A slight, trite tale about a trio of spooks—``Headless Hector, the Gray Lady, and I, the Silver Skeleton''—provides a vehicle for some intriguingly effective holograms. Read full book review >

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Children's and Teen: 9 - 11 years old