ABOUT KIDS' BOOKS
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This is a quarterly column about books for young children by free-lance author Kelly Pomeroy. Pomeroy has a degree in linguistics from UC Berkeley and is retired from a career as a computer programmer/analyst. She currently works as a school library assistant on the Big Island of Hawaii and does child care at the local resort hotels. She welcomes your feedback: broupome@kona.net
Below are the columns published on this site to date, along with a list of the books each one reviews or mentions. To find out about a specific title, click on the heading for its page.
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Notice to readers. The Sep.-Dec. 2001 column indexed below is the last that will be added to this site. Without an expensive ad campaign, traffic to the site does not warrant the work involved in maintaining it. Since many books are ageless, however, the reviews referenced below will remain accessble indefinitely.
Zelda and Ivy, by Kvasnosky
I Love You: a Rebus Poem, by Marzollo
While You Were Sleeping, by Butler
All Together Now, by Jeram
100th Day Worries, by Cuyler
The Three Sillies, by Kellogg
Painted Words/Spoken Memoies, by Aliki
Best Friends, by Krupinski
A Picnic in October, by Bunting
Other Bunting books mentioned:
So Far from the Sea
Sunshine Home
The Wall
Someday a Tree
New Cat, by Choi
The Blizzard's Robe, by Sabud
Good Job, Oliver, by Molk
Mole Music, by Holt
I'll See You when the Moon is Full, by Fowler
Bunny's Noisy Book, by Brown
My Little Artist, by Green
A Seaside Alphabet, by Grassby
Bridges are to Cross, by Sturges
Jigsaw Rhymes, by James
The Cowboy Kid, by Tibo
Tick-Tock, by Anderson
Boswell Wide Awake, by Day
The Cookie-Store Cat, by Rylant
Where is that Cat?, by Greene
Harry and Lulu, by Yorinks
The Crystal Mountain, by Sanderson
Related items mentioned:
The Magic Tapestry, by Demi
5 Hawaiian take-offs on famous fairy tales
an audio tape of a folk tale
video of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"
Sootface, by San Souci
Jingle Dancer, by Smith
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer, by Corey
Big Moon Tortilla, by Cowley
Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night, by Rockwell
Old Dog Cora and the Christmas Tree, by Powell
"click" and other magazines
A Big, Quiet House, by Forest
Stone Soup, by Forest
Sitting down to Eat, by Harley
Yoshi's Feast, by Kajikawa
Henny-Penny, by Wattenberg
Little Johnny Buttermilk, by Wahl
Noboby Rides the Unicorn, by Mitchell
Yard Sale, by Modarressi
When Sophie Gets Angry, by Bang
Comes a Wind, by White
Aloha Dolores, by Samuels
Ring! Yo?, by Raschka
Amelia & Eleanor Go for a Ride, by Ryan
Mary Geddy's Day, by Waters
Doll Baby, by Bunting
Ultimate X-Men by Sanderson
The Truly Tasteless Scratch & Sniff Book,
by Donkin