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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books H ILL I NOI S UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007. THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS JANUARY 1991 VOLUME 44 NUMBER 5 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS EXPLANATION OF CODE SYMBOLS USED WITH ANNOTATIONS * Asterisks denote books of special distinction. R Recommended. Ad Additional book of acceptable quality for collections needing more material in the area. M Marginal book that is so slight in content or has so many weaknesses in style or format that it should be given careful consideration before purchase. NR Not recommended. SpC Subject matter or treatment will tend to limit the book to specialized collections. SpR A book that will have appeal for the unusual reader only. Recommended for the special few who will read it. C.U. Curricular Use. D.V. Developmental Values. * ** THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS (ISSN 0008-9036) is published monthly except August by The University of Chicago Press, 5720 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, Ilinois, 60637, for The Center for Children's Books. Betsy Hearne, Editor; Roger Sutton, Senior Editor; Zena Sutherland, Associate Editor; Deborah Stevenson, Editorial Assistant. An advisory committee meets weekly to discuss books and reviews. The members are Alba Endicott, Robert Strang, Elizabeth Taylor, Kathryn Pierson, Ruth Ann Smith, and Deborah Stevenson. Reviewers' initials are appended to reviews. SUBSCRIPTIoN RATES: 1 year, $24.00; $16.00 per year for two or more subscriptions to the same address; $15.00, student rate; in countries other than the United States, add $3.00 per subscription for postage. Japanese subscription agent: Kinokuniya Company Ltd. Single copy rate: from vol. 25, $2.50; vols. 17 through 24, 50€. Reprinted volumes 1-35 (1947-1981) available from Kraus Reprint Co., Route 100, Millwood, New York 10546. Volumes available in microfilm from University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Complete volumes available in microfiche from Johnson Associates, P.O. Box 1017, Greenwich, Conn. 06830. Checks should be made payable to The University of Chicago Press. All notices of change of address should provide both the old and new address. Postmaster: Send address changes to THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division, P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, Illinois 60637. SUBSCRIPTION CORRESPONDENCE. Address all inquiries about subscriptions to The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division, P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, Illinois 60637. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Review copies and all correspondence about reviews should be sent to Betsy Hearne, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Second-class postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. © 1991 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984, effective with volume 40, number 1, September 1986. Are you reading someone else's copy of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books? Order your own subscription and save 15% The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books L Yes, please enter my subscription to The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, beginning with the current issue, at the rate checked below. The introductory rate represents a savings of 15%. Introductory (J) Renewal O Individuals [D $21.00 D $25.00 0 Institutions L $24.00 0 $29.00 I Bulk (two or more subscriptions I $18.00 each O $22.00 each to the same address) Outside USA please add $5.00 for postage. SPayment Options Name Address D Charge my L MasterCard 0 Visa Acct. # Signature City Exp. Date O Check enclosed (payable to BCCB) State/Zip 0 Purchase order enclosed Please return this form to The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division, P.O. Box 37005, Chicago, IL 60637. IF1XX The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS Volume 44 JANUARY, 1991 Number 5 Bulletin Blue Ribbons 1990 Over a long period of time, it's easy for professional reviewers to get jaded and even cynical from overexposure to thousands of children's books every year. What saves us from becoming overwhelmed by the glitz, the gimmicks, and the groaners are, of course, the good books. But what is a good book? And by whose standards? Few critics agree on either question, in theory, yet we've noticed that particular books seem to reach out and grab us here at The Bulletin. All three editors will burst out laughing at a picture book, or nod puffy-eyed at each other after nights up with novels we just couldn't put down. Bulletin Blue Ribbons is our list of books that woke us up or kept us awake. We don't claim that these are the best books published in 1990-everyone will have different opinions about that. But we do claim that these are books that refreshed us with their ingenious crafting, emotional impact, and strength of imagination. Each title is followed by a citation to the issue of the original review, where the book may or may not have been starred. Books are variously durable: some that knock you out on first encounter slip quickly from memory; others sneak up on you and stay forever. The books on this list make you remember. Of course, even this list is a consensus among editors who do not always agree. Each of us delighted over unanimous decisions and pined for choices lost to a vote. We were surprised to find that, although high-quality picture books were in greater abundance than either fiction or nonfiction this year, enough great books surfaced in each genre to make a respectable showing. It's exciting to find first novels alongside veteran award-winners, to see the range and depth of poetry, and to discover--once again-that some of the greatest books have inherent child appeal, while others will easily gain an audience with your enthusiastic sunort. Betsy Hea Picture books: Gerrard, Roy. Mik's Mammoth. Fqrrar. (November) Hirst, Robin and Sally. My Place in Space; illus. by Roland Harvey a Levine. Orchard. (March) Hodges, Margaret. The Kitchen Knight; illus. by Trina Schart Hymar House. (November) Kesey, Ken. Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear; il Barry Moser. Viking. (October) Knutson, Barbara. How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots. Carolrhoda. (July) Lobel, Anita. Alison's Zinnia. Greenwillow. (October) McMillan, Bruce. One Sun: A Book of Terse Verse. Holiday House. (May) Paterson, Katherine. The Tale of the MandarinDucks; illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Lodestar. (September) Say, Allen. El Chino. Houghton. (September) Wells, Rosemary. The Little Lame Prince. Dial. (September) Williams, Karen. Galimoto; illus. by Catherine Stock. Lothrop. (April) Yorinks, Arthur. Ugh; illus. by Richard Egielski. di Capua/Farrar. (November) Fiction: Clements, Bruce. Tom Loves Anna Loves Tom. Farrar. (December) Conrad, Pam. Stonewords. Harper. (May) Fleischman, Paul. Saturnalia. Zolotow/Harper. (April) Hall, Barbara. Dixie Storms. Harcourt. (July) Hamilton, Virginia. Cousins. Philomel. (November) Hendry, Frances Mary. Questfor a Maid. Farrar. (September) Hill, Kirkpatrick. Toughboy and Sister. McElderry. (November) McKenzie, Ellen Kindt. Stargone John; illus. by William Low. Holt. (December) Raymond, Patrick. Daniel and Esther. McElderry. (March) Slepian, Jan. Risk n' Roses. Philomel. (November) Yee, Paul. Tales from the Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World; illus. by Simon Ng. Macmillan. (March) Poetry: Livingston, Myra Cohn, comp. If the Owl Calls Again: A Collection of Owl Poems. McElderry. (January 91) Philip, Neil, comp. A New Treasury of Poetry; illus. by John Lawrence. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. (January 91) Seabrooke, Brenda. Judy Scuppernong; illus. by Ted Lewin. Cobblehill. (October) Yolen, Jane. Bird Watch; A Book of Poetry; illus. by Ted Lewin. Philomel. (December) ii1 Non-fiction: a I F I Bode, Janet. The Voices of Rape. Watts. (October) Brooks, Polly Schoyer. Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc. Lippincott. (July) Freedman, Russell. Franklin DelanoRoosevelt. Clarion. (December) Smith, Roland. Sea Otter Rescue: The Aftermath of an Oil Spill. Cobblehill. (November) [ 108 New Titles for Children and Young People Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolayevich. The Fool and the Fish: A Tale from Russia; ad. by Lenny Hort; illus. by Gennady Spirin. Dial, 1990. ISBN 0- 8037-0861-0. 24p. $12.95. R 4-7 yrs. This Russian pike has every bit as much magic power as the flounder in "The Fisherman and his Wife," but the Fool is quite a bit jollier than either the fisherman or his wife. In return for freedom from the bucket in which he's been caught, a pike grants all Ivan's wishes, from hauling heavy buckets of water to building a palace for the Tsar's daughter, who has fallen in love with the Fool. Certainly the happily-ever-after ending provides a nice balance for the moral saga of an overambitious woman's downfall, so pair this with Grimm in story hours. There's enough drama in the large paintings to show the pictures to a group, too. Spirin's Flemish Renaissance art is precise in detail but rollicking in tone, with ruddy, richly costumed characters warming up the snowy scenes. BH C.U. Storytelling Armbruster, Ann. Astronaut Training; by Ann Armbruster and Elizabeth A. Taylor. Watts, 1990. ISBN 0-531-10862-7. 64p. illus. with photographs. (First Books). $11.90. Ad Gr. 4-6. From this brief presentation, space program enthusiasts can learn about the history of manned flight, the qualifications and training of astronauts, and the possibilities of being selected as an ascan (astronaut candidate). Definitions of difficult terms, added parenthetically throughout the text, are usually helpful but sometimes as difficult as the words being defined (the definition of "umbilical" contains the word "fetus").
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