ASTEROID IMPACT
by Douglas Henderson
Dial;ISBN: 0803725000;$16.99;2000

Moment by moment the author recreates the probable events of 65 million years ago when an asteroid struck Earth, bringing death, extended winter, acid rain and global warming. Vividly imagined dramatic paintings.

Suggested for ages 8 - 12
Subjects: Dinosaurs

145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES
by Walter Dean Myers
Delacorte;ISBN: 0385321376;$15.95;2000

Authentic voices portray a wide range of emotions that weave together the fabric of a community. Without one false step, Myers creates short stories that will leave the reader knowing how life is lived on 145th Street.

Suggested for ages 12 - 18
Subjects: African Americans | New York (N.Y.) | Stories

LUCKY PENNIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE
by Carol Diggory Shields
illustrated by Hiroe Nakata
Dutton;ISBN: 0525464506;$13.99;2000

Cheerful watercolor drawings give a cozy, companionable look at the things the narrator and his favorite person, a lively grand-relation, like best to do together.

Suggested for ages 3 - 6
Subjects: Grandchildren | Grandfathers

ESPERANZA RISING
by Pam Muņoz Ryan
ISBN: 0439120411;$15.95;

Spoiled, self-centered Esperanza loses her father, wealth and easy Mexican life and starts over as a California farm worker in the 1930s. Spanish words and magical realism grace this expansive, readable novel that is written from the heart.

Suggested for ages 10 - 14
Subjects: California | Depressions - United States - 1929 | Mexicans | Mexico | Migrant Labor

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN [AUDIOBOOK]
by J. K. Rowling
narrated by Jim Dale
Listening Library;ISBN: 0807282316;$35;2000

Jim Dale proves again that he is firmly in control of all of the characters peopling Harry's world in the latest recorded offerings of the ongoing saga of life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Suggested for ages 9 - 16
Subjects: England | Friends | Friendship | Magic | Schools | Witches