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ON THE BOOK TRAIL

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Feb 7, 2006
"Firebird," "Thor's Wedding Day"
"Firebird," Susan Gates, Puffin; 2005; 212pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Dec 6, 2005
"The Fish in Room 11," "In my World"
"The Fish in Room 11," Heather Dyer, Chicken House; 2005;160 pp.
Japan Times
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Nov 1, 2005
"Chasing Vermeer," "How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare"
"Chasing Vermeer," Blue Ballietta, Chicken House; 2005; 272 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Oct 4, 2005
"Barkbelly," "The Sign of the Black Dagger"
"Barkbelly," Cat Weatherill, Puffin; 2005; 352 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 1, 2005
"Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles," "Hunter's Heart"
"Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles," Sabine Durrant, Puffin Books; 2005; 247 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jul 14, 2005
"The Opal Deception," "Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel"
"The Opal Deception," Eoin Colfer, Puffin Books; 2005; 344 pp. There's only one person on the planet who can have had more fun than I did reading "The Opal Deception" -- the guy who wrote it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jun 30, 2005
"Silverfin," "Baby Touch Playbook"
"Silverfin," Charlie Higson, Puffin Books; 2005; 372 pp. For James Bond's legions of males fans (this possibly includes your father), Charlie Higson's "SilverFin" is news of the best kind. Not for this reviewer, though, who belongs to the female half of the planet and whose grouse is that there are already way too many films and books about this world-class spy (and world-class cad). So a children's book about Bond as a boy could only be approached with grave misgivings -- and admittedly just a little curiosity about what Bond was like as a boy. Come to think of it, was he ever a boy?
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 28, 2005
"The Mermaid's Manual," "Frozen Billy"
"The Mermaid's Manual," Dawn Applerley, Bloomsbury; 2004; 14 pp. "The Mermaid's Manual" should be a dream come true for many little girls out there. Its vibrant, glittery jacket has a neat press-button on it, which makes this picture-book look like a handy kit for wannabe mermaids.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 7, 2005
"Skinny B, Skaz and Me," "Ice Drift"
"Skinny B, Skaz and Me," John Singleton, Puffin Books; 2005; 274 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Mar 10, 2005
"The Whispering Road," "The Pig in the Spigot"
"The Whispering Road," Livi Michael, Puffin Books; 2005; 336 pp. If you haven't read Charles Dickens yet, what could be a better introduction than Livi Michael's "The Whispering Road"? Michael's first novel for older children imbibes Dickens' influences, dramatic storytelling and colorful characterization without imitating him blindly.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Feb 3, 2005
"Pirates!" "Mammalabilia"
"Pirates!" Celia Rees, Bloomsbury; 2004; 296 pp. Celia Rees's "Pirates!" is a gripping read from page one: It gains on you like Blackbeard's fearsome pirate ships, takes you hostage, and holds you without mercy till the last page. Her story of two young women taking to a life at sea as pirates is so engaging, it carries you forward as effortlessly as the slickest Hollywood flick, and lasts for a delicious while longer.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jan 13, 2005
"The Time Wreccas," "Winnie's Magic Wand"
"The Time Wreccas," Val Tyler, Puffin Books; 2005; 338 pp. Children's fiction these days is so all-knowing, so cynical, even, that possibly only a first-time writer can bring back to it the naivete that it has all but lost. Perhaps Val Tyler, author of "The Time Wreccas" has not noticed how popular the wickedness of Artemis Fowl is, or the glibness of Hermione Grange (from the Harry Potter series), or maybe she has opted not to take a cue from them. If avoiding the vogue for cynicism is a conscious decision, it's pretty brave of her.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Dec 9, 2004
"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell," "ABC T-Rex"
"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell," Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury; 2004; 782 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Nov 4, 2004
"How I Live Now," "News photo"
"How I Live Now," Meg Rosoff, Puffin Books; 2004; 186 pp. When a good writer writes, even if it is their first book, you can "hear" their voice.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Oct 7, 2004
"The End of the Beginning," "Change Your Room"
"The End of the Beginning," Avi Harcourt, Dorling Kindersley; 2004; 140 pp. "Hmmmm," said the ant. "You'll need a lot of questions answered."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 23, 2004
"The World Came To My Place Today," "Faerie Wars"
"The World Came To My Place Today," Jo Readman and Ley Honor Roberts, Random House; 2004; 24 pp.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Aug 5, 2004
"The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow," "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup"
"The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow," Kaye Umansky, Puffin Books; 2004; 224 pp. "Picture it." With that short command to her readers, author Kaye Umansky opens her latest novel and dispatches you on a real joyride of an adventure. In short, here's what you're in for -- a comic tale of: Solomon "Solly" Snow, son (or so he thinks) of Ma and Pa Scubbins; Prudence Pridy, of the unusually long nose, which (fortunately) is always buried in a book; and infant prodigy Rosabella, escaped from the circus and trained in the art of playing cute.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jul 1, 2004
"The Supernaturalist," "The Reading Bug and How to Help Your Child Catch It"
"The Supernaturalist," Eoin Colfer, Puffin Books; June 2004; 291 pp. It's official. There's an N.E.C.B. out there (a New Eoin Colfer Book, that is). And if you're not a first-time reader, this should have the same effect on you as it does on so many others, so get on the Internet, call your nearest bookstore, dash off to the library, beg, borrow, yes, steal if you have to, but get that book.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
May 27, 2004
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," "Fergus Crane"
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," Mark Haddon, Random House; 2003; 272 pp. You know from the first paragraph that this is no ordinary book.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 1, 2004
"Sideways Stories from Wayside School," "Where Willy Went/ Cinderella's Bum and Other Bottoms"
"Sideways Stories from Wayside School," Louis Sachar, Bloomsbury; 2004; 139 pp.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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