The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books:
1999 Homepage Archive

December's Features...

• December's Big Picture --Jack and the Beanstalk adapted by Ann Keay Beneduce, Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli, and Jack and the Beanstalk adapted by Richard Walker.
• December's Stars--what we starred this month.
• December's Quote of the Month --from Bob and 6 More Christmas Stories by Sandra Boynton
• December's Dozen-- Great Books Make Great Gifts, 1999
• December's Focus Piece-- True Blue: Albert Marrin

November's Features...

• November's Big Picture -- Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier.
• November's Stars--what we starred this month.
• November's Quote of the Month --from Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier.
• November's Dozen-- Thanks for the Animals ...
• November's Focus Piece--Don't Get No Respect: Caroline Cooney

October's Features...

• October's Big Picture -- The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley.
• October's Stars--what we starred this month.
• October's Quote of the Month --from All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins.
• October's Dozen-- Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Travel Adventures
• October's Focus PieceTrue Blue: Julius Lester

September's Features...

• September's Big Picture -- What If? by Frances Thomas.
• September's Stars--what we starred this month
• September's Quote of the Month --from Burger Wuss by M. T. Anderson.
• September's Dozen-- The Best Books Come in All Colors: A List of Recent Multicultural Fiction and Non-Fiction
• September's Focus PieceTrue Blue: Douglas Florian

August's Features...

• August's Quote of the Month --from Spaceman by Jane Cutler.
• August's Dozen-- Summertime, and the Reading is Easy
• August's Focus PieceRising Star: Jane Cutler

July's Features...

• July's Big Picture -- Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett.
• Julys's Stars --what we starred this month.
• Julys's Quote of the Month --fromSwine Lake by James Marshall.
• July's Dozen--All in the Family: Stories About Families
• July's Focus Piece: Rising Star Marjorie Priceman

June's Features...

• June's Big Picture -- Tea With Milk by Alan Say.
• Junes's Stars --what we starred this month
• Junes's Quote of the Month --from "Waiting for Midnight", a story by Karen Hesse from When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up
• June's Dozen-- Sweatier Socks: Books on Sports II
• June's Focus Piece: True Blue author Natalie Babbitt

May's Features...

• May's Big Picture -- Mary Louise Loses Her Manners by Diane Cuneo.
• May's Stars --what we starred this month
• May's Quote of the Month --from Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Tiolets by Dav Pilkey
• May's Dozen-- Sweat Socks: Books on Sports I
• May's Focus Piece: The Bulletin On-Line

April's Features...

• April's Big Picture -- Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse.
• April's Stars --what we starred this month
• April's Quote of the Month --from Douglas Florian's Laugh-eteria
• April's Dozen-- The Sound of Hoofbeats
• April's Focus Piece: Dueling Reviews

March's Features...

• March's Big Picture -- Cougar by Helen V. Griffith.
• March's Stars --what we starred this month
• March's Quote of the Month --from Ruth Pennebaker, 's Conditions of Love
• March's Dozen-- Surprise! It's a Caldecott ...
• March's Focus Piece: Of Cabbages, Caldecotts, and Kings

February's Features...

• February's Big Picture -- The Trolls by Polly Horvath
• February's Stars --what we starred this month
• February's Quote of the Month --from Julius Lester's What a Truly Cool World
• February's Dozen-- Business and Pleasure: Professional Reading
• February's True Blue: Ashley Bryan

January's Features...

• January's Big Picture -- Ouch!: a Tale from Grimm adapted by Natalie Babbitt.
• January's Stars --what we starred this month
• January's Quote of the Month --from Mark Pfetzer and Jack Galvin's Within Reach: My Everest Story
• Bulletin Blue Ribbons 1998
• 1998 Blue Ribbon Dissents

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