Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet ~$16.00 HM~ages 5 & up
Carmine, whose red hood makes her instantly recognizable, visits the grandmother who taught her to read using alphabet soup. This is a fairy tale, an alphabet book and an artist's notebook all wrapped into one delightful package. The vocabulary is as chewy as granola, and every reader comes away with a new appreciation of red, or vermillion, or crimson, or cerise.~Hicklebee's Staff

What I Call Life by Jill Wolfson~ $16.95 Henry Holt~ages 9 & up
Cal Lavender, who has learned the hard way to be impertubable, thinks landing in group foster care is an unfortunate detour in what she calls her life. But the Knitting Lady has a different perspective to offer Cal and the other girls in her charge. Wolfson is the editor of Bay Area Parent and co-author of a non-fiction book about juvenile justice and foster care. The novel is a great read in its own right and a much-needed education in the cultural history of foster children--from Moses to the children next door.~ Hicklebee's Staff

"One of the best books on the subject since The Great Gilly Hopkins.
I loved it!"~Carol Schweppe

ZAP by Paul Fleischman ~16.99 Candlewick Press~ ages 14 & up"I laughed out loud at this book, it was so funny. It is a script which contains seven different plays. It is written as though the audience had a remote control and when the play gets boring "Zap" they change the channel."~Brett Carlson

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