RED-EYED TREE FROG
by Joy Cowley
photographed by Nic Bishop
Scholastic;ISBN: 0590871757;$16.95;1999

Stunning high-speed photographs provide a close-up look at the fascinating life of a Central American rain forest tree frog. A playful science book for the youngest readers.

Suggested for ages 3 - 6
Subjects: Frogs | Hylidae

WESLANDIA
by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Candlewick;ISBN: 0763600067;$15.99;1999

Lush paintings washed in the light of endless summer illustrate the story of Wesley, who develops an entire culture - clothing, language, food - around the strange plants growing in his backyard.

Suggested for ages 6 - 8
Subjects: Civilization | Fiction | Gardens | Inventions

SKELLIG
by David Almond
Delacorte;ISBN: 038532653X;$15.95;1999

In this mysterious, poetic novel, two children form an unlikely friendship as they seek to protect a strange cobweb-covered creature—could it be an angel?—which they find in a crumbling garage.

Suggested for ages 11 - 14
Subjects: Angels | Death | England | Fantasy | Fiction | Moving | Strangers

WHAT ARE YOU? VOICES OF MIXED-RACE YOUNG PEOPLE
edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins
Henry Holt;ISBN: 0805059687;$18.95;1999

In essay, interview and poetry, 45 mixed-race young people speak out about growing up outside traditional racial boundaries. Disturbing, frank, witty and heartfelt.

Suggested for ages 12 - 16
Subjects: Biracial | Ethnicity | Multiracial | Race Relations | Teenagers

IN MY HANDS: MEMORIES OF A HOLOCAUST RESCUER
by Irene Gut Opdyke and Jennifer Armstrong
read by Hope Davis
BDD Audio;ISBN: 0553526588;$25.95;1999

This simply told but heart-stopping Holocaust memoir amply demonstrates Opdyke's conviction that courage is little more than a decision, and that heroism begins by taking a single step. The author's own voice brackets her story, read by the aptly youthful voice of Hope Davis, helping to move the listener from the present day into the nightmare of the Holocaust.

Suggested for ages 12 - 16
Subjects: Autobiography | Biography | Jews | Poland | World War II