By ROBERT LIPSYTE on May 12, 2008 08:42AM

Children?s Books: The Greatest?s Story, Told Twice

Two handsome new books for different age groups take on the formidable challenge of telling the story of Muhammad Ali?s epic life.

By ELIZABETH ROYTE on May 09, 2008 06:28PM

Children?s Books: Earth to Young People: Help!

A ?family encyclopedia of ecology? and the first book by ?the MySpace community? spell out environmental threats and suggest action to help.

Reviews by DANIEL HANDLER on May 10, 2008 05:57AM

Children?s Books: When We Last Saw Our Heroes ...

Sequels to the popular children?s books ?Not a Box,? ?Zen Shorts? and ?Little Pea? ? plus the latest in Mo Willems?s ?Pigeon? series.

By LARRY DOYLE on May 09, 2008 06:01PM

Children?s Books: Cracking the Comics Code

In the ?Fog Mound? series, the story unfolds in alternating chapters of prose and comics ? a major advance in tricking children into reading.

Reviews by DANYEL SMITH on May 09, 2008 06:02PM

Children?s Books: Something Wild

The girls in ?After Tupac and D Foster? and ?The Wild Girls? encourage one another to tramp through the woods, or take a secret train trip to the big city and back.