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TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our children's book The Flower Ball (Pumpkin House, ISBN: 0964601028) was featured with cover image in the April 2006 issue of Scholastic Parent & Child (circ 1,238,983). They called it "Whimsical and beautifully drawn."

 

Our children’s book, A Little Story About a Big Turnip (ISBN: 0964601001)  will be featured on Warner cable program “Read to Me”. The program is designed to bring the joy of children's literature to a diverse audience of young children by utilizing the power and reach of digital cable television. Book illustrations will be shot and used as supporting video.  The program is shown free of charge on Wisconsin on Demand – Channel 1111 - to more than 200,000 Time Warner Cable digital customers in 131 Southeast Wisconsin communities. 

 

Our children's book The Flower Ball (ISBN: 0964601028) will be featured with cover image in  the March/April 2006 issue of Time Out New York Kids (circ 25,000).


 
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED:

Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed in a recent summer 2005 issue of Children's Literature, the popular review magazine used librarians and children's educators.

 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed with cover image in the August 2005 issue of OC Family (80,000 circulation), a regional family/parenting magazine for Orange County, California.
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was featured in the September 2005 issue of Storyworks (270,000 circulation) with a serialization of the poem "Silly Horse" and a corresponding illustration, as well as a full cover image and bio of author Vadim Levin.
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was given a starred review in the May 16, 2005 issue of Publishers Weekly (circ 34,456). They note, "Levin's humorous, memorable poems, long enjoyed by Russian children, may well become new favorites of English readers."
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was reviewed in the April 1, 2005 issue of Kirkus Reviews (circ 5,000).
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was reviewed in the May 1, 2005 issue of School Library Journal (circ 38,000). They call it, "Playful and light" with illustrations that "add to the quirky humor."
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed with cover image in the April 2005 issue of Piedmont Parent (circ 34,000) as part the syndicated column "The Family Bookworm."
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed in  Kaleidoscope, a regional parenting and family magazine in Colorado and the Southwest. The review appeared in a poetry column, as well as a column about "The Greatest Picture Books in the World." The reviewer writes, "Levin's verse is so colorful and exuberant that little ones will beg to hear it read again and again, and slightly older children will crave to read it aloud ceaselessly.... Silly Horse is a perfect children's picture book and nonsense verse anthology. Everything from the words to the art is just perfect."

Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively noted in the July/August issue of Calgary's Child Magazine (circ 70,000).
 
Our children's book Siilly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed with cover image in the April 2005 issue of Curious Parents (105,000 circ). They call it, "an unforgettable reading experience."
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was positively reviewed in the April 2005 issue of MetroKids (135,000 circ). They note, "[P]oems have the air of whimsy built around rhymes with dreamy fantasy illustrations." 
 
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was reviewed with cover image in the April 2005 issue of Kern County Family Magazine (circ 30,000) as a part of the syndicated column "The Family Bookworm."
  
Our children's book Silly Horse (ISBN: 096460101X) was reviewed with cover image in the April 2005 syndicated column "The Family Bookworm," which will run in  multiple regional parenting magazines, including Charlotte Parent (55,00 circ) and South Florida Parenting (110,000).
  

Our children's book A Little Story About a Big Turnip (ISBN: 0964601001) was positively   reviewed in the May, 2004 issue of Publishers Weekly (circ 34,456). They noted, "Authors breathe new life into classic myths and folklore, for everyone from picture book fans on up to teenage readers."
  
Our children's book A Little Story About a Big Turnip (ISBN: 0964601001) was positively reviewed in the May 1, 2004 issue of School Library Journal (circ 38,000). They noted, "With its fresh look and accessible language, this tale will be popular for storytime and one-on-one sharing."
  
Our children's book A Little Story About a Big Turnip (ISBN: 0964601001) was positively reviewed in the May 2004 issue of Booklist. They noted," The familiar folktale about a turnip and teamwork gets a humorous treatment from an author and an illustrator from Russia, the place where the tale originated."
 
Our children's book A Little Story About a Big Turnip (ISBN: 0964601001) was reviewed in the May 1, 2004 issue of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. They noted, "Readers-aloud will soon have listeners ruffing. meowing, and squeaking along."

   

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