Other new Carry-Along titles include The Wall, Eve Bunting's story about a father-and-son visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, illus. The latest in the series of Bunting's holiday books, this places the story of the Pilgrims in contemporary times.

The team behind So Far from the Sea adds a layer of interest to this tale of a boy's ambivalence toward the arrival of a new sibling a baby adopted from Korea. As the illustrations reveal the goofy antics of gargoyles at nighttime, the text is written in such a whimsical manner that it all contrasts beautifully with the black and white illustrations. David Wiesner is one of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed picture book creators in the world. The gargoyles are angry at man because they have been created and placed on the top of the buildings so every night they grumble and mumble together and scare the watchman.Moose's Thanksgiving table, she longs for the real thing--so her obliging husband sets out to find her one.

Resentful of her new stepmother, Laura clings to a family heirloom, a ""memory string"" of buttons taken from special garments. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. I was drawn to this book because I hadn't heard of it and because it seemed a drastic change of topic for the author I knew, with heart tugging texts such as Fly Away Home and The Wednesday Surprise. I checked out this book from my local library for my four-year-old daughter who wanted a "scary" book, and the first thing that caught my eye was the excellent art work.They visit the museum, fly (if they have wings) straight up into the sky, splash in the fountain, scare people passing by, and talk of what they’ve seen and felt (the sun burning them, the rain pouring down on them, and the birds that perch on them that leave behind stains). This early chapter book gently reinforces the credo that ``with freedom comes responsibility''--even in the middle of summer vacation. PW enjoyed the ``witty and whimsical verses'' that tell the tale of a desert-dwelling duck who receives on his birthday water paraphernalia--and an inflatable pool in which to try them out.

In this set based on Night of the Gargoyles by Eve Bunting and David Wiesner you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. So begins the poetic narrative of this striking picture book from author Eve Bunting and illustrator David Wiesner. In this haunting black-and-white picture book, Bunting (see A Day's Work, reviewed above) and Wiesner (Tuesday) imagine the secret life of gargoyles. Eve Blunting versteht es, mit ihren Texten den genialen Zeichnungen von David Wiesner bezauberndes Leben einzuhauchen. Mama Elephant advises Little Elephant to "tweak twice," by pulling on her tail, if she has any questions while they go for a walk.Man kann jede einzelne Zeichnung wieder und wieder betrachten und immer entdeckt man ein kleines Detail, welches zum Schmunzeln anregt oder einfach nur Bewunderung erweckt, für die große Meisterschaft und das künstlerische Können des Illustrators.

I thought this book was great for development of imagination - what happens to the rest of the world when we fall asleep?

Eve Bunting has written more than 200 books for children, many of which can be found in libraries around the world. A dread sense of the inevitable drives this taut disaster story-and makes it nearly impossible to put down. Enjoyed this collaboration of two well-known authors as they step out on a limb and create a unique and eery story. When Jake wakes up at midnight, strange shapes loom large and frightening sounds are everywhere, but the reassuring appearance of his parents sets everything right. The gargoyles' impish, grotesque grins-expressions just this side of malevolent-and ``empty eyes unblinking'' are not easily forgotten.