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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ILLINOI S__ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007. BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR HILDREN'S BOOKS NOVEMBER 1986 VOLUME 40 NUMBER 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL 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. Except for pre-school years, reading range is given for grade rather than for age of child. C.U. Curricular Use. D.V. Developmental Values. BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS (ISSN 0008-9036) is published monthly except August by The University of Chicago Press for The University of Chicago, Graduate Library School. Betsy Hearne, Editor; Zena Sutherland, Associate Editor. An advisory commit- tee meets weekly to discuss books and reviews. The members are Carla Hayden, Isabel McCaul, Hazel Rochman, Robert Strang, and Roger Sutton. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year, $23.00; $15.00 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, $2.25; vols. 17 through 24, 50C. Reprinted volumes 1-16 (1947-1963) 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 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. © 1986 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. PRINTED IN U.S.A. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO * GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL Volume 40 NOVEMBER, 1986 Number 3 New Titles for Children and Young People Aliki. How a Book is Made; written and illus. by Aliki. Crowell, 1986. Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04498-4; Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04496-8. 30p. Library ed. $12.89; Trade ed. $12.95. Yes, there are other good books on how a book is made, but probably none better for R younger readers, since the comic-strip format and the step-by-step illustrations (line and 1-3 wash) make the information easily accessible. Most books about book production emphasize manufacturing procedures although they do not neglect creative input; here there is full attention paid to author and illustrator and to all of the staff at a publishing house. Aliki's explanation of such procedures as color separation or stages in produc- tion of the printed and bound book are clear, though the level of information varies enough that adult explanation will be required for the technical parts. Also mentioned: the sales force, the reviewers, the librarians, and the bookstore clerks. Ultimately, the book, via library or bookstore, reaches children. ZS C.U. Book Week; Illustrators; Writing for Children Ames, Mildred. Conjuring Summer In. Harper, 1986. Library ed. ISBN 0-06-020054-5; Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-020053-7. 217p. Library ed. $12.89; Trade ed. $12.95. Reviewed from galleys. Fourteen-year-old Bernadette has moved to California with her mother and step- M brother, 19-year-old Keith. She misses her home in Ohio, her grandmother, her dead 7-12 father, and through witchcraft, attempts to cast spells to convince her mother to return to Willow Orchard. Her first-person narration is periodically and confusingly inter- rupted by Keith's third-person version of events, including his guilt feelings about his own father's death, his involvement with "white" witch Giselle, and his growing impli- cation in a series of murders of young girls. Bernadette's faith in the occult is never quite convincing (although Giselle's is), and most readers will spot the real murderer early on. While there are appealing elements here, they are awkwardly jumbled, and the story is hampered by the obtrusive narrative structure. RDS Arnold, Caroline. Genetics: From Mendel to Gene Splicing; Watts, 1986. ISBN 0-531-10223-8. 68p. illus. with photographs. (History of Science) $9.90. Usually a capable science writer, Arnold does only an adequate job of describing the Ad history of the science of genetics, the contributions of individual workers whose theories 6-8 and/or research contributed to present knowledge, and those recent discoveries that have made possible-for good or ill--genetic engineering. The text is competently organized and is written with clarity and directness; it is weakened, unfortunately, by gaps in information (not by erroneous information), a fault echoed by the inadequacy of the illustrative material (no diagram of flower parts to clarify the discussion of fertil- [41] ization, for example, and no schematic drawing of DNA structure). A bibliography and index are provided. ZS C.U. Science Bell, Clare. Tomorrow's Sphinx. Margaret K. McElderry, 1986. ISBN 0-689-50402-0. $14.95. Reviewed from galleys. This is a complex time fantasy in which a young cheetah, Kichebo, black with gold Ad markings and possessed of extrasensory powers, communicates with another on her kin, 7-10 Kheknemt, in the time of Tutankhamen. Kichebo's animal characteristics are vividly depicted, as is her status as a misfit too dark to hunt effectively on the plains or escape the humans who relentlessly pursue her. What's confusing is the fact that the action takes place in the future, after Earth has been depopulated, and the humans are returning from outer space to track the last of the ancient Egyptian cheetahs with the capability of joining their animal perceptions with those of humans. Once this becomes clear, the parallel relationships between Kheknemt and his boy-pharoah master and Kichebo and her young human charge Menk take on a logical momentum that cul- minates in a climactic encounter between Kichebo and the humans who have haunted her life. Meanwhile, what carries the overextended plot is the power Bell has always brought to portraying her anthropomorphized cats in the other books of the series, Ratha's Creature and Clan Ground. This book stands on its own but will prove espe- cially gratifying to those who enjoyed reading the first two. BH Billings, Charlene W. Fiber Optics: Bright New Way to Communicate. Dodd, 1986. ISBN 0-386-08785-X. 60p. illus. with photographs. (A Skylight Book) $9.95. Finer than a human hair, the thin strands of glass that were invented in the 1960s- R optical fibers--have begun, especially when combined with the pure, concentrated light 3-6 of lasers, to revolutionize the communications industry as well as to contribute to other fields. Billings describes the way in which optical fibers transmit the pulsed light that is compatible with computers, and she discusses the many ways in which fiber optics are used in communications, medicine, and industry. The book concludes with a chapter on future uses of fiber optics. The organization of material is adequate, the writing style direct, the explanations of functions clear. An index is provided. ZS C.U. Industries (unit); Science. Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. Journey into a Black Hole; illus. by Marc Simont. Crowell, 1986. Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04544-1; Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04543-3. 29p. Library ed. $11.89; Trade ed. $11.50. Reviewed from galleys. Simont's paintings effectively convey the mystery and magnitude of the unimagin- R able, the space and distance and density of a black hole. They are deft in interpreting 2-3 Branley's lucid text, which skillfully streamlines the explanation of a complicated astro- nomical phenomenon so that it will be comprehensible to primary grades readers. It isn't just that Branley is an expert on the subject (he is) but that he's an expert on what to omit and to include when writing for younger children, as he describes what a black hole is, how it is formed, and what it would be like to travel to one, if one could (or wanted to) take a journey from which there would be no return. ZS C.U. Science Briger, Achim, ad. The Santa Clauses; illus. by Ute Drause. Dial, 1986. ISBN 0-8037-0266-3. 24p. $10.95. A spoof on society as well as its traditions, this recounts how an item of gossip ("There's no such thing as Santa Claus") becomes news of the day, in lieu of hotter [42] R headlines, and finally reaches the real Santas ('there were... enough to go around at 4-6 Christmas among all the children of the world") in a newspaper wrapped around their yrs.
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