Lauber chronicles the development of eating implements and dining habits in this "amusing, enlightening and child-pleasingly yucky book [that] gives kids a rich sense of history, as well as a new ...

Trish Holland and Christine Ford, illus. by John Manders. Random/Golden, $10.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-385-36998-5 A young sailor on lookout duty aboard an aircraft carrier narrates this tongue-in-cheek ...

It’s a classic New York City buddy-cop story, but one of the officers is 10 years old, weighs more than 1,200 pounds, and has four hooves. Wilbur (F Is for Friend-ship: A Quilt Alphabet) offers a ...

As every host knows, a successful party is as much a matter of venue as it is the mix of guests and food. So when Grandpa Crow decides to hold a high altitude soiree—“What could be better than friends ...