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random house published 103 books that we have reviewed
Age 9+The Fairy Godmother Academy #1: Birdie's Book
Delightful, exciting adventure for girls who love fantasy.
Review Date: 9/15/2009
Age 6+Once Upon a Twice
Clever, spooky nonsense adventure isn't for sensitive kids.
Review Date: 8/17/2009
Age 14+One Lonely Degree
Teen deals with rape, divorce, and friendship issues.
Review Date: 7/27/2009
Age 15+Castration Celebration
Crass, explicit novel tries to be provocative, ends up lame.
Review Date: 7/1/2009
Age 12+Bloodhound: Beka Cooper, Book 2
Second book in fantasy series more mature than first.
Review Date: 5/1/2009
Age 8+You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
A must for any baseball fan.
Review Date: 4/5/2009
Age 9+Stone Rabbit #1: BC Mambo
Lots of action but weak plot in this wacky graphic novel.
Review Date: 3/27/2009
Age 10+100 Cupboards: The 100 Cupboards, Book 1
Brilliant idea. Flawed execution. Exciting anyway.
Review Date: 3/25/2009
Age 10+Bones of Faerie
Intriguing combination of magic and apocalypse.
Review Date: 2/17/2009
Age 15+Cycler
Twisted gender ID tale rife with sex-talk topics.
Review Date: 10/20/2008
Age 14+Would You
Poignant story about a car accident's aftermath.
Review Date: 9/24/2008
Age 14+Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
All-nighter turns romantic in fun but racy read.
Review Date: 9/8/2008
Age 9+The Diamond of Darkhold: Ember, Book 4
Series finale goes back to adventure.
Review Date: 8/21/2008
Age 9+The Crossroads
Ghost story offers little you haven't seen before.
Review Date: 8/4/2008
Age 9+Love Me Tender
Touching mother-daughter tale for tweens.
Review Date: 5/19/2008
Age 6+The Ugly Guide to the Uglyverse
Offbeat world engages the most reluctant readers.
Review Date: 4/26/2008
Age 9+Eleven
Poignant tale of dyslexic seeking his past.
Review Date: 4/16/2008
Age 5+The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
Classic will be the most dog-eared on your shelf.
Review Date: 3/18/2008
Age 9+The Hound of Rowan: The Tapestry, Book 1
Similar to Potter, but stands well on its own.
Review Date: 3/9/2008
Age 14+What They Found: Love on 145th Street
Powerful short stories of love in the inner city.
Review Date: 2/26/2008
Age 4+Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf
Amusing, inventive tribute to fairy tale classics.
Review Date: 10/30/2007
Age 14+Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
Cool city kids' jealous fight is only mildly fun.
Review Date: 10/22/2007
Age 4+Song and Dance Man
Grandpa relives good ol' days in award-winner.
Review Date: 10/10/2007
Age 6+The Secret of the Painted House
Easy, fun read draws kids in with ghostly chills.
Review Date: 8/14/2007
Age 10+Terrier: Beka Cooper, Book 1
Satisfying fantasy crime drama for tweens.
Review Date: 7/26/2007
Age 9+Lawn Boy
Perfect summer reading for reluctant readers.
Review Date: 7/5/2007
Age 9+The Navigator
Time fantasy is occasionally exciting.
Review Date: 6/24/2007
Age 14+Slaughterhouse-five
One of Vonnegut's best suits mature teen readers.
Review Date: 5/28/2007
Age 14+Just in Case
Compassionate story dazzles with complexity.
Review Date: 3/11/2007
Age 10+The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West
Gritty fictional take on a forgotten true story.
Review Date: 3/4/2007
Age 10+Counting on Grace
Compelling, fact-based story of child labor.
Review Date: 2/26/2007
Age 9+Penny from Heaven
Slow but intriguing Newbery Honor book.
Review Date: 1/22/2007
Age 12+Tattoo
Girl-powered sci-fi with fairies; fun but average.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Age 6+Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House, Book 36)
Merlin mission fantasy teaches as it entertains.
Review Date: 11/8/2006
Age 9+Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
Dino-mite satire is a quick, funny tween read.
Review Date: 10/23/2006
Age 8+Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
Delightful tall tales great for reading aloud.
Review Date: 10/22/2006
Age 4+Thomas' Big Storybook
Collected adventures full of lessons and products.
Review Date: 10/10/2006
Age 15+The Devil Wears Prada
Amid fun details, teens might miss message.
Review Date: 9/21/2006
Age 5+The Boy Who Loved Words
Word-loving boy spreads the wealth. K-4.
Review Date: 7/17/2006
Age 6+Dude, Where's My Spaceship? (Weirdplanet, Book 1)
Easy reader about aliens stranded on Earth.
Review Date: 7/10/2006
Age 3+Driving Buddies
Movie retread will only interest Cars fans.
Review Date: 7/2/2006
Age 10+The Amazing Life of Birds -- (The twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leech)
Puberty isn't for wimps -- tweens and up.
Review Date: 6/18/2006
Age 9+The Prophet of Yonwood (Ember, Book 3)
Don't look for much Ember here. But OK for tweens.
Review Date: 5/30/2006
Age 5+Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth (Junie B. Jones, Book 3)
Impulsive Junie faces Career Day -- early readers.
Review Date: 5/8/2006
Age 6+Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, Book 6)
One of the weaker entries in the series.
Review Date: 4/15/2006
Age 4+Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, Book 2)
Predictable -- choose other books in this series.
Review Date: 4/14/2006
Age 4+Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, Book 1)
Mild time-travel adventure.
Review Date: 4/14/2006
Age 4+Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House, Book 3)
Exciting time travel to Egypt.
Review Date: 4/6/2006
Age 2+Duck & Goose
Friends work out disagreement in funny book.
Review Date: 3/13/2006
Age 6+The Trouble with Tink
Tinker Bell tale OK for kids, boring for adults.
Review Date: 3/7/2006
Age 8+Whittington
Clever retelling of a legend, from the cat's POV.
Review Date: 2/1/2006
Age 9+The Tequila Worm
Moving portrait of Mexican-American life.
Review Date: 1/26/2006
Age 6+Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses, and Crescents
Lovely poem about Jerusalem and its religions.
Review Date: 1/6/2006
Age 11+The Rifle
Historical yarn follows the life of a gun.
Review Date: 8/24/2005
No KidsSong of Solomon
Brilliant adult tale of family, history, heritage.
Review Date: 8/4/2005
Age 4+Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Morality tale with a darkly funny ending.
Review Date: 8/1/2005
Age 9+Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day
Molly takes her eccentric grandma to high school.
Review Date: 2/14/2005
Age 9+Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart
The real-life diary of a child of nature.
Review Date: 1/24/2005
Age 14+How I Live Now
Anorexia, incest, world war: bizarre combination.
Review Date: 1/4/2005
Age 10+Stormchaser: The Edge Chronicles, Book 2
Violent, overlong entry in Edge series.
Review Date: 11/9/2004
Age 11+Bucking the Sarge
Luther fights to survive his criminal mother.
Review Date: 9/20/2004
Age 9+The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
A funny novel with a devastating emotional punch.
Review Date: 9/20/2004
Age 9+Bud, Not Buddy
Well-crafted tale of an orphan's search for home.
Review Date: 9/20/2004
Age 9+The People of Sparks: Ember, Book 2
A simple, clear look at the slippery slope to war.
Review Date: 7/19/2004
Age 4+I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
One of Dr. Seuss' more heavy-handed works.
Review Date: 7/19/2004
Age 4+The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
A delightful, funny early Seuss effort.
Review Date: 7/19/2004
Age 4+Bartholomew and the Oobleck
A joyful read-aloud with a message.
Review Date: 7/12/2004
Age 7+Davin
An exciting read-aloud.
Review Date: 7/12/2004
Age 13+After the First Death
Suspenseful plot has a psychological twist.
Review Date: 6/24/2004
Age 9+Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles #1
Weird creatures and nonstop action.
Review Date: 6/24/2004
Age 11+A Deadly Game of Magic
A unique and truly suspenseful story.
Review Date: 6/24/2004
Age 8+The City of Ember
Part fantasy, part mystery, part treasure hunt.
Review Date: 5/8/2004
Age 10+The Tears of the Salamander
A dark, brilliant, and breathtaking surprise.
Review Date: 5/8/2004
Age 8+Inside Grandad
Magical story about a boy and his grandfather.
Review Date: 4/27/2004
Age 4+How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss subtly exposes greed and commercialism.
Review Date: 3/10/2004
Age 4+McElligot's Pool
Very beautiful, but a little flat for Dr. Seuss.
Review Date: 11/12/2003
Age 2+There's a Wocket in My Pocket
This is a terrific read-aloud or primer.
Review Date: 11/12/2003
Age 4+I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!
Three pointed, quick-witted Dr. Seuss stories.
Review Date: 11/12/2003
Age 4+I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!
A vibrant and direct Seuss title.
Review Date: 11/12/2003
Age 6+Oh Say Can You Say?
A volatile stew of festive wordplay.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Dr. Seuss in is psychedelic mode here.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Scrambled Eggs Super!
Wacky birds roost in every nook and cranny.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Disarming and delightful call-and-response book.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+On Beyond Zebra!
Mischievous, mind-expanding verbal high jinks.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Oh, the Places You'll Go!
A jaunty, upbeat journey through wacky landscapes.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Fox in Sox
Seuss takes your tongue and ties it into knots.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
A fun and dandily illustrated Dr. Seuss book.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+The Lorax
Seuss fable has become environmentalist classic.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Dr. Seuss's ABC
Delightful interplay between letters and drawings.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Sends youngsters off to sleep with a chuckle.
Review Date: 11/5/2003
Age 4+The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
An old-fashioned but well-told story.
Review Date: 10/6/2003
Age 13+Out of Time (1996)
A preposterous but entertaining yarn.
Review Date: 10/3/2003
Age 4+And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
A colorful flight of fancy for kids.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+If I Ran the Circus
Seuss at his most transporting and welcoming.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+If I Ran the Zoo
A better and brighter zoo than the ones we know.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 2+The Foot Book
Dr. Seuss on a walk through land of opposites.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+Horton Hears a Who
A whimsical tale with a stirring message.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+Great Day for Up
The simplicity and verve encourage participation.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+Hop on Pop
A dazzling beginning reader by Dr. Seuss.
Review Date: 9/30/2003
Age 4+Babar the King
Elephant monarch establishes kingly credentials.
Review Date: 9/24/2003
Age 4+Green Eggs and Ham
A childhood favorite for good reason.
Review Date: 9/11/2003
Age 9+The Cricket in Times Square
Absorbing tale of a very talented cricket.
Review Date: 9/8/2003
Age 4+Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Witty ode to unconventional education.
Review Date: 4/5/2001
