AMERICA'S CHAMPION SWIMMER: GERTRUDE EDERLE
by David A. Adler
illustrated by Terry Widener
Gulliver;ISBN: 0152019693;$16;2000

Clear, lively text and clean acrylic paintings introduce young readers to the first woman to swim the English Channel. Women's social history is nicely interwoven in this out-of-the-mainstream picture-book biography.

Suggested for ages 6 - 9
Subjects: Athletes | Biography | Swimming | Women

RADIO RESCUE
by Lynne Barasch
Frances Foster;ISBN: 0374361665;$16;2000

Wireless radio-the instant communication of its day-fascinates a young boy in New York who uses his knowledge and wits to rescue a family stranded by a flood in Florida in 1926.

Suggested for ages 7 - 10
Subjects: Fiction | Historical fiction | Hurricanes | Morse code | Rescue | Weather

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ: A COMMEMORATIVE POP-UP
by L. Frank Baum
illustrated by Robert Sabuda
Little Simon;ISBN: 0689817517;$24.95;2000

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of this American classic! Put on your spectacles and be astonished by the Emerald City, the Yellow Brick Road and every illustration that "pops up" on each page of the abridged text.

Suggested for ages 6 - 12
Subjects: Fantasy | Movable Books

DIGGING FOR BIRD-DINOSAURS: AN EXPEDITION TO MADAGASCAR
by Nic Bishop
Houghton Mifflin;ISBN: 0395960568;$16;2000

One of today's premier science photographers serves up a superior piece of science writing, allowing the reader a remarkable glimpse into the work of paleontologist Cathy Forster.

Suggested for ages 7 - 10
Subjects: Dinosaurs | Science | Women

THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR: AN EGYPTIAN TALE WITH HIEROGLYPHS
by Tamara Bower
Atheneum;ISBN: 0689830467;$17;2000

"I was sailing the Red Sea on a great ship...bound for the gold mines of Nubia" begins this Middle Kingdom adventure that combines lively language with authentic illustrations, decorative borders, and helpful notes about Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs.

Suggested for ages 8 - 10
Subjects: Egypt | Folktales

CRAZY HORSE'S VISION
by Joseph Bruchac
illustrated by S. D. Nelson
Lee & Low Books;ISBN: 1880000946;$16.95;2000

Native American artist S. D. Nelson uses his ancestors' traditional ledger-book style to illustrate the story of the compelling vision quest of a young boy who would grow up to be the legendary Lakota warrior.

Suggested for ages 7 - 9
Subjects: Biography | Indians | Native Americans | Oglala

THE COPPER TREASURE
by Melvin Burgess
illustrated by Richard Williams
Henry Holt;ISBN: 0805063811;$15.95;2000

In the 1850s, danger and suspense accompany the attempt by three small boys to salvage a valuable roll of sheet copper from the bottom of the Thames River.

Suggested for ages 9 - 11
Subjects: Adventure Stories | Historical fiction | London | Sea Stories

THE TRUTH ABOUT GREAT WHITE SHARKS
by Mary M. Cerullo
illustrated by Michael Wertz
photographed by Jeffrey L. Rotman
Chronicle;ISBN: 0811824675;$14.95;2000

The truth is, these huge, sharp-toothed sharks DO attack humans-but they tend to spit us out again. Packed with photos, art, good science and lots of fun facts about one of the world's most awesome animals.

Suggested for ages 8 - 11
Subjects: Fish | Ocean Life | Science | Wildlife