BrainJuice: American History Fresh Squeezed!

Carol Diggory Shields, , illus. by Richard Thompson. . Handprint, $7.95 (80pp) ISBN 978-1-59354-120-0

"These 41 short poems begin with a ditty about dinosaurs and end with 'The Lady,' a paean to the Statue of Liberty, which Shields casts as witness to the destruction of the World Trade Center," noted PW . "Thompson offers appropriate doses of humor and poignancy." Ages 7-11. (Dec.)

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