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Bulletin of the Center for Children' Books THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO * GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL. Volume 37 NOVEMBER, 1983 Number 3 New Titles for Children and Young People Aiken, Joan. Bridle the Wind. Delacorte, 1983. 83-5355. ISBN 0-385-29301-1. 165p. $14.95. In an exciting sequel to Go Saddle the Sea (reviewed in the May, 1978 issue) R thirteen-year-old Felix tells another tale of peril and adventure. Shipwrecked en 7-10 route to his home in Spain after a visit to his English father's relatives, Felix recovers from amnesia and finds that he is in a French monastery headed by the strange, evil Father Vespasian. He escapes with Juan, also thirteen, whom he has saved (in an episode that involves precognition) from hanging. The rest of the long story concerns the several adventures of Felix and Juan as they make their way to Spain, always pursued by the villains who had hung Juan; the body of one of them is possessed by Father Vespasian, now dead. In sum, this is a blend of adventure and the occult; it will probably be clear to most readers from the start that "Juan" is a girl posing as a boy. Aiken is adept at this kind of derring-do, so that the improbable complexity and maturity of much of Felix's conversation seems a minor flaw in a nineteenth century story with good pace, colorful characters, and an intricate but well-structured plot. C.U. History-Europe D.V. Self-reliance Aliki. A Medieval Feast; written and illus. by Aliki. Crowell, 1983. 82-45923. Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04245-0; Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04246-9. 28p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor are told that the king and his entourage will R spend a few nights there en route to their destination. Aliki describes and pictures the 2-4 estate, the preparations, and the long, elaborate feast when the party arrives. The focus is on the medieval menu and dining customs, but the book also gives a picture of the way of life of that period, and the illustrations, rich in color and often in- tricately framed, of the architecture and clothing, are handsome. Anglund, Joan Walsh. A Christmas Book; written and illus. by Joan Walsh Anglund. Random House, 1983. 83-3384. Trade ed. ISBN 0-394-85551-5; Library ed. ISBN 0-394- 95551-X. 44p. Trade ed. $6.95; Library ed. $7.99. This is a varied book, with a play, some stories and poems, a prayer, a recipe, and M a Christmas alphabet. All of the material tends to be saccharine in tone and pedes- 3-5 trian in quality, with some poor rhymes in the verses, some odd inclusions in the yrs. alphabet pages (angel, holly, reindeer, but also mouse, queen, and yarn) and an assemblage of trite themes. The illustrations are bright and tidy, with plump little children's faces (no mouth or nose, just dots for eyes) in greeting card style. C.U. Christmas [41]

Bulletin of the Center for Children' Books THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO * GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL. Volume 37 NOVEMBER, 1983 Number 3 New Titles for Children and Young People Aiken, Joan. Bridle the Wind. Delacorte, 1983. 83-5355. ISBN 0-385-29301-1. 165p. $14.95. In an exciting sequel to Go Saddle the Sea (reviewed in the May, 1978 issue) R thirteen-year-old Felix tells another tale of peril and adventure. Shipwrecked en 7-10 route to his home in Spain after a visit to his English father's relatives, Felix recovers from amnesia and finds that he is in a French monastery headed by the strange, evil Father Vespasian. He escapes with Juan, also thirteen, whom he has saved (in an episode that involves precognition) from hanging. The rest of the long story concerns the several adventures of Felix and Juan as they make their way to Spain, always pursued by the villains who had hung Juan; the body of one of them is possessed by Father Vespasian, now dead. In sum, this is a blend of adventure and the occult; it will probably be clear to most readers from the start that "Juan" is a girl posing as a boy. Aiken is adept at this kind of derring-do, so that the improbable complexity and maturity of much of Felix's conversation seems a minor flaw in a nineteenth century story with good pace, colorful characters, and an intricate but well-structured plot. C.U. History-Europe D.V. Self-reliance Aliki. A Medieval Feast; written and illus. by Aliki. Crowell, 1983. 82-45923. Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04245-0; Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04246-9. 28p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor are told that the king and his entourage will R spend a few nights there en route to their destination. Aliki describes and pictures the 2-4 estate, the preparations, and the long, elaborate feast when the party arrives. The focus is on the medieval menu and dining customs, but the book also gives a picture of the way of life of that period, and the illustrations, rich in color and often in- tricately framed, of the architecture and clothing, are handsome. Anglund, Joan Walsh. A Christmas Book; written and illus. by Joan Walsh Anglund. Random House, 1983. 83-3384. Trade ed. ISBN 0-394-85551-5; Library ed. ISBN 0-394- 95551-X. 44p. Trade ed. $6.95; Library ed. $7.99. This is a varied book, with a play, some stories and poems, a prayer, a recipe, and M a Christmas alphabet. All of the material tends to be saccharine in tone and pedes- 3-5 trian in quality, with some poor rhymes in the verses, some odd inclusions in the yrs. alphabet pages (angel, holly, reindeer, but also mouse, queen, and yarn) and an assemblage of trite themes. The illustrations are bright and tidy, with plump little children's faces (no mouth or nose, just dots for eyes) in greeting card style. C.U. Christmas [41] Anno, Masaichiro. Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar; by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno; illus. by Mitsumasa Anno. Philomel, 1983. 82-22413. ISBN 0-399-20951-4. 42p. $10.95. Like other books for which Mitsumasa Anno has done the illustrations, this is R beautiful. It begins with a painting of a handsome blue and white lidded jar, moves 5- into fantasy with pictures of the water in the jar becoming a sea on which an old sailing ship is moving, transfers to an island on the sea, and goes on to describe the rooms in the houses in the kingdoms on the mountains in the countries on the island. Each time the number grows: one island, two countries, three mountains, etc. How many jars, then, were in the boxes that were in the cupboards in the rooms? Answer: 3,628,800. Why? Because in each box "There were 10! jars." The text then explains, and elaborates on the translation of 10! to "10 Factorial." The explanation is in itself clear, and is expanded by other examples of factorials. The weakness of the book is that the first set of pages seems designed, in appearance and concept, for very young children, whereas the final pages are more appropriate for older ones. C.U. Mathematics (unit) Asimov, Isaac. How Did We Find Out About Genes? Walker, 1983. 83-1211. Trade ed. ISBN 0-8027-6499-1; Library ed. 0-8027-6500-9. 31p. Trade ed. $7.95; Library ed. $8.85. In a clear, straightforward account of the work of scientists over the centuries, R Asimov begins with a simple explanation of the pioneer work of Gregor Mendel, 4-6 whose discovery of genetic laws was ignored by his contemporaries and their succes- sors. Several decades later, other scientists realized that their research corroborated Mendelian findings; with the body of known knowledge plus the new instruments that developed, other scientists were able to gain information about the internal structure of chromosomes, linked genes, and dominant strains. The material has been covered in other books for children, but never more succinctly, and Asimov shows how the individual scientist draws on, and contributes to, the pool of knowledge. C.U. Science Bauer, Marion Dane. Rain of Fire. Houghton/Clarion, 1983. 83-2065. ISBN 0-89919-190-8. 153p. $10.95. Set in the period just after World War II, this is a trenchant story of the ways in R which children's attitudes toward war, enemies, heroism, and ethical conduct are 5-7 shaped by events, by the ideas of adults, and by their own needs to be accepted and feel secure. Steve is twelve, bothered because his older brother has come back from Japan morose and taciturn. Why won't Matthew talk to him as he once did? Steve's problems mushroom when Celestino, a bully who is older than Steve, calls Matthew a "Jap-lover," and Steve, to protect his brother, weaves a network of defensive lies. Eventually, expectably, his lying is unmasked and then Matthew explains for the first time his horror of killing, his agony over what he has seen in Hiroshima. Steve, in self-created trouble with his few friends and in fear of Celestino, finally faces the fact that his lies have made matters worse and begins to understand both his own motiva- tion for lying and his brother's feelings about the "rain of fire." This is a serious but not a somber story, beautifully laminated and perceptive in unfolding the intricacy of human relationships and psychological interaction; it has good pace and momentum within its tight frame. D.V. Brothers; Ethical concepts; Pacific attitudes [42] Bible. The Christmas Story; ad. by Deborah Hautzig; illus. by Sheilah Beckett. Random House, 1983. 83-60411. ISBN 0-394-86124-8. 18p. $1.95. Adapted and retold in a simple, natural style, this version of the Nativity is close to R the Biblical original. It is printed on spaciously laid-out pages and is illustrated by 2-4 paintings that have good composition, clean lines and clean colors, bright but sub- dued, somewhat romanticized, and incorporating attractive ornamental details of costume. C.U. Christmas Bible. A Child Is Born: The Christmas Story; ad. by Elizabeth Winthrop; illus. by Charles Mikolaycak. Holiday House, 1983. 82-11728. ISBN 0-8234-0472-2. 26p. $14.95. A deftly simplified story of the Nativity is based on the Books of St. Luke and St. R Matthew, King James version. There are some omissions, but none of import, and K-3 Winthrop has kept the beauty of the Biblical language, deleting only for the sake of easy comprehension; for example, "sore" is deleted from the phrase ". .. and they were sore afraid." Mikolaycak's paintings are stunning; they are bold in composition but reverent in mood, colorful, and dramatic. C.U. Christmas; Religious education Bible, adaptations. The Story of the Three Wise Kings; ad. and illus. by Tomie DePaola. Putnam, 1983. 83-4609. Trade ed. ISBN 0-399-20998-0; Paper ed. ISBN 0-399- 20999-9. 28p. Trade ed. $10.95; Paper ed. $4.95. Flowery stars blossom in the heavens, the largest one leading the three wise men Ad toward Bethlehem, in this adaptation of the New Testament story. The three magi 4-7 lose sight of the star, ask Herod's help, but do not tell him, after they have presented yrs. their gifts at the manger, of the birth of Jesus, since an angel has warned them in a dream that he wishes to destroy the Child. The text ends abruptly: "So the three kings, to keep Herod from finding the child, returned to their countries by a different way," an ending that shifts the emphasis of the telling to the foiling of Herod rather than on the Nativity. The illustrations are colorful and stylized. C.U. Christmas Bond, Felicia. Christmas in the Chicken Coop; written and illus. by Felicia Bond. Crowell, 1983. 82-45918. Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04332-5; Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04333-3. 24p. Library ed. $7.89; Trade ed. $4.95. Tidy little drawings of two chicks and a dozen hens are, although not outstanding, M more substantial than the story: the chicks want a tree, the hens say no to the branch 3-5 that Chick and Pea bring into the coop, the chicks say there's an angel outside (not yrs. visible) and all gaze with admiration at snow-covered trees. After that, the story ends, ". . . the hens left the coop to look at the trees, at every time of year, and especially at Christmas." Simply told, with a contrived plot. C.U. Christmas Brown, Marc Tolon. Arthur's Thanksgiving; written and illus. by Marc Brown. Atlantic/Little, 1983. 83-798. ISBN 0-316-11060-4. 30p. $10.95. Children should enjoy the animal characters, the holiday theme, the classroom R setting, and the logical solution to a dilemma, as well as the series appeal and the 2-3 humorous drawings. Arthur, chosen as director of the Thanksgiving play his class is to put on at an assembly, has his casting problems; his biggest worry is filling the part [43] of the turkey, which nobody wants. Finally Arthur decides to play the part himself, and he turns the expectable laughter to advantage in a neat little finish. This is a good choice for reading aloud to younger children as well as for independent readers in the primary grades. C.U. Reading aloud; Thanksgiving Day D.V. Shyness, overcoming Burch, Robert. Christmas with Ida Early. Viking, 1983. 83-5792. ISBN 0-670-22131-7. 168p. $10.95. In a sequel to Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain (reviewed in the December, R 1980 issue) in which the tall, irrepressible Ida brought comfort to a family of children 4-6 who had recently lost their mother, the antics and tall tales of Ida are equalled by her warmth and wisdom. The book does have plot threads (the relationship between Ida and the new minister; the burden of crusty Aunt Earnestine, whose illness prolongs her visit) and it culminates in an animated Christmas program that is very funny. A blithe and comic tale. D.V. Family relations Campbell, Rod. Dear Zoo; written and illus. by Rod Campbell. Four Winds, 1983. 82-83224. ISBN 0-590-07868-2. 16p. $8.95. Big print and spacious pages are the setting for a series of flap-covered pictures, R each of which is tidily centered on the page. The book uses this device to full 2-5 advantage, with good integration of text and pictures. The text begins, "I wrote to yrs. the zoo to send me a pet.. .." and the obliging zoo sends a series of animals. The first is too big (the large crate is marked "VERY HEAVY!" and proves to be a lion) and the second too tall (a giraffe) and so on. Each pet is sent back until the last, a puppy, sent with a note, "From all your friends at the zoo." The story ends, "He was perfect! I kept him." One of the nicest of toy books: simple, funny, and effective, this is just right for the ready-to-read audience. Carlson, Nancy. Loudmouth George and the Fishing Trip; written and illus. by Nancy Carlson. Carolrhoda, 1983. 82-22159. ISBN 0-87614-213-7. 28p. $6.95. George, a rabbit, is a mendacious braggart, and he's trapped when his friend M Harriet, a dog, invites him to go fishing with her and her father. For three hours K-2 nobody gets a bite, then there's a tug on George's line, then there's a colossal struggle. George had boasted of his prowess as a fisherman, but admits it was untrue and eagerly accepts help-pulling in a tiny fish. Next day at school Harriet overhears George boasting about the huge fish he'd caught, gets him to admit it was very small, but "It sure put up a big fight!" the story ends. The line and wash drawings are uncluttered but mediocre in other respects; the story is adequately told and should amuse children, but it is weakened by the flat ending. Carlson, Natalie Savage. Surprise in the Mountains; illus. by Elise Primavera. Harper, 1983. 82-47716. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-021008-7; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-021009-5. 26p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. Illustrations that are somewhat reminiscent of Galdone's work in their technique R and humor (a craggy, grizzled miner, a pop-eyed burro) are in greys and tawny tones; 2-4 they echo the simplicity and humor of the story. Old Quill, the prospector, is not greedy; all he wants is enough gold to feed himself and his beloved burro. Whatever little he has, Old Quill shares with the wild creatures that are near the abandoned [44 ] cabin in which he's taken refuge for the cold mountain winter. The surprise that lies under a tiny tree is a nugget of gold, left by a pack rat. Not much, but enough to buy food at the trading post and know it will last through the winter. The writing never becomes saccharine, but has a fresh, breezy quality, controlled structure, and con- siderable humor as the old man talks to his only companion and interprets each flick of the ears or pawing of the ground as a response. "Knew you'd understand," says Old Quill, or "Knew you'd have somethin' to say about that." C.U. Christmas Cassedy, Sylvia. Behind the Attic Wall. Crowell, 1983. 82-45922. Trade ed. ISBN 0-690- 04336-8; Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04337-6. 311p. Trade ed. $11.95; Library ed. $11.89. A deftly-crafted fantasy has a twelve-year-old protagonist who is an incorrigible R rebel; Maggie, an orphan, had been ejected from every boarding school she'd at- 5-7 tended. Now she is sent to stay with two elderly great-aunts; like other guardians, they are horrified by the behavior of the thin, pale, hostile child who comes to live with them and who throws away the doll ("Dolls are dumb.") they have bought her. That is the realistic matrix for a fantasy world behind the attic wall, where Maggie finds two dolls who are articulate and who draw her into their world so that she becomes engaged and protective. The story is framed by episodes that show that Maggie has at last found a happy home (presumably as a foster child) after the rigid great-aunts have sent her away. What Cassedy achieves is the creation of a situation in which the stark characters are believable, in which the fantasy segment is both touching and comic, and in which the conversion of Maggie from a suspicious cynic to a concerned participant is made credible. A memorable story. Conford, Ellen. Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck; illus. by Walter Gaffney-Kessell. Little, 1983. 83-989. ISBN 0-316-15313-3. 108p. $9.50. Two threads bind this episodic and very funny story: Lenny's desire to be a R comedian, and his relationships with his classmates, particularly the lovely Georgina 3-5 and the bully Mousie (Maurice) who seeks vengeance because Lenny tripped him in the theater. Backing up the action is a series of family scenes, and they lead to a poignant note at the end of the story, when Lenny admits he's always known that his father had died falling down a troop ship gangway rather than in a military engage- ment of World War II. D.V. Age-mate relations Cross, Gilbert B. A Hanging at Tyburn. Atheneum, 1983. 83-6331. ISBN 0-689-31007-2. 233p. $11.95. A story set in England in the mid-eighteenth century begins, dramatically, with Ad a page in which the protagonist concludes, "There was a violent crash, the trap 7-9 dropped away beneath me, and I fell into the void." Then George, a foundling of fourteen, begins his story. One of a theatrical troupe, George becomes a miner when the company disbands. His novel idea of building a canal to transport coal is taken up by the mine owner, the Duke of Bridgewater; later George is promoted to being an accountant; when the Duke goes to London to plead for his project, his enemy, Lord Strange, frames George in his anger that the scheme has been approved. Languishing in prison, George is rescued just as he drops at the hanging described on the first page. At this point in the story it seems extraneous that George proves not to be orphaned after all: he is reunited with his father, who has been searching for him. This pat ending is one of the weaknesses of the story; for many readers a second weakness may be the amount of space given to descriptions of the planning and [45] building of the canal, enough so that the story seems almost secondary. The writing style is capable, however, with firmly drawn characters and with convincing period details. D.V. Industry; Ingenuity Davies, Andrew. Marmalade and Rufus; illus. by Bert Dodson. Crown, 1983. 83-1804. ISBN 0-517-54632-9. 84p. $8.95. First published in Great Britain in 1979, this is an assiduously extravagant fantasy M that gets off in good style by warning readers that the protagonist is a bad child who 3-5 does not reform in the course of the story. Her name is Marmalade (because her father forgot the name he'd planned to submit to the Registrar of Births and Deaths) and she's been tossed out of several schools; her father stays away from her, her mother dreams of revenge, and she has no friends. Except Rufus. Rufus is a talking donkey as rude and malicious as Marmalade and even more arrogant. Together they have a series of adventures: they perform in a night club, they ruin a Christmas pageant, they disrupt a horse race. The story has moments of fun, and it's told with sophisticated wit, but it really has only one concept, Marmalade and Rufus being hostile and destructive, and the repetition leads only to attrition of amusement. Dexter, Catherine. Gertie's Green Thumb; illus. by Ellen Eagle. Macmillan, 1983. 82-21664. ISBN 0-02-730200-8. 118p. $8.95. Irked by the noise of the vacuum cleaner and by her mother's complaint that there M are too many plants in her daughter's room, Gertie wishes (on a wishbone half) that 3-5 her mother would throw away the vacuum cleaner and that the house would be filled with plants. She gets more than she asked. The house becomes filled with plants and animals; the whole family enjoys it, throwing away all furniture and accepting the grass-covered floors, swampy places, fresh instant vegetables, even the moose and alligator who join them. The house becomes a tourist attraction and is visited by the President of the United States, who sets up a Nature Room at the White House. The house is condemned, Gertie finds the wishbone and saves her home, the house is declared a National Treasure, and everything goes on as before, verdantly. The concept, if not wholly fresh, is amusing, and the writing style is capable, but the plot is overextended to the point of being thinly stretched and is rather repetitive; characterization is minimal. Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol; illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House, 1983. 82-23321. ISBN 0-8234-0486-2. 118p. $14.95. Hyman's contribution to a Christmas classic consists of half-a-dozen full page R paintings, ajacket painting, and a few small black and white drawings placed between 6- the staves, or chapters. The costume and architectural details (exterior and interior) are felicitously meticulous; the pictures are notable for their color, composition, and reflection of the spirit of the story, whether they are entirely realistic or, as some are, a depiction of the ghosts that appear to frighten and change the surly, grasping Ebenezer Scrooge. C.U. Christmas Donnelly, Elfie. Tina into Two Won't Go; tr. by Anthea Bell. Four Winds, 1983. 83-5563. ISBN 0-590-07912-3. 127p. $8.95. Translated from the German, this is the story of a father, Karl, who kidnaps Ad eleven-year-old Tina, leaving his divorced wife, Angelica, and their six-year-old son 4-6 to spend Christmas alone. En route from the Tenerife airport to the island of Gomera [46] for their three week vacation, Karl and Tina meet Inge, who is there with her planned-for illegitimate child; it is Inge who helps when Karl loses his wallet and decides to break the stay and take his unhappy daughter back to her mother. There's a tearfully happy reunion, and the book ends-realistically-with a short truce. The shifting of brief (at times just a page and a half) sections that present Angelica's or Karl's viewpoints or give Tina's in first person, is at times jarring, and the translation of dialogue is uneven in quality; characterization is adequate, although both parents are depicted as being so immature as to be occasionally nebulous. The strength of the story is the candor with which Donnelly depicts the ambivalence and the imperfect adjustment to divorce of all the major characters. D.V. Divorce, adjustment to Edwards, Dorothy. The Witches and the Grinnygog. Faber, 1983. ISBN 0-571-11720-1. 176p. $9.95. First published in England in 1981, this is a fantasy in which tapes, book excerpts, Ad and a group of children's reports are collated to tell the story of three witches who 2-4 have come from an earlier time to meet in a small village and rescue the stone Grinnygog that had been their revered totem. Another visitor is Mr. Alabaster, a notable African anthropologist who, like the three old ladies, has magical powers. The book has some of the suspense of a detective novel (although there is little mystery about who's who and why they've reappeared after centuries) and it gives a good picture of a small community, but the format necessitates some repetition as various versions are gathered, and there's a trace of class-consciousness in the de- piction of some of the villagers, particularly in their quaint speech. C.U. Community life (unit) Elson, Diane. A Christmas Book; comp. and illus. by Diane Elson. World's Work/David & Charles, 1983. ISBN 0-437-37703-2. 108p. $12.95. Profusely illustrated with line drawings, some of which are brightly tinted and all of Ad which have fine lines and sometimes fussy details, this small anthology of poems, 5-7 prose excerpts, and carols (words only) was first published in England in 1980. Elson has chosen prose by distinguished authors (Shakespeare, Dickens, Irving, Thack- eray) as well as by writers less well known. Some of the material-like T. A. Jan- vier's "The Christmas Kalends of Provence"-seems more appropriate, because of style and complexity of language, for an adult audience than for children, but this is on the whole a pleasant addition to holiday reading, and may fill a niche in familial reading aloud. C.U. Christmas Englander, Roger. Opera: What's All the Screaming About? Walker, 1983. 82-23742. ISBN 0-8027-6491-6. 192p. $10.95. An opera stage director, Englander writes with authority and wit about the R creators, interpreters, and appreciators (audience and critics) of opera. His lively text 7- begins with a brief history of the art, including-instead of the lengthy plot descrip- * tions of some books on opera-an amusing set of caption-descriptions of fifty popular operas in newspaper headline style: "Captured Maidens Rescued from Turkish Harem" for The Abduction from the Seraglio, and "Philandering Husband Lands in Slammer Duped by Wife and Maid" for Die Fledermaus. What Englander gives, in a text with vitality and flow, is a great deal of information about people, performances, standards, techniques, trends, and stagecraft. Appended material includes lists of [47] leading composers, leading librettists, leading opera companies (divided by country and, in the United States, by states), a glossary, and an index. C.U. Music-Study and Teaching Estes, Eleanor. The Moffat Museum; written and illus. by Eleanor Estes. Harcourt, 1983. 83-8427. ISBN 0-15-255086-0. 160p. $10.95. After a long, long lapse, a sequel to the beloved Moffat stories appears, and R although they are older (Sylvie marries in the course of the story, and Joey turns 3-5 sixteen, quits school, and gets a job) they are little changed. Ingenuous, loving, and ingenious, the Moffat children go through life with zest and good humor. Most of the incidents in the book center on Rufus and Jane, and many of their ploys have to do with the do-it-yourself museum they set up in the unused barn back of their little house. The writing has a deceptively bland quality, the humor is gentle, the charac- terization consistent; like the other Moffat books, this is a warm family story and it's nice to read aloud to younger children. C.U. Reading aloud D.V. Family relations Fisher, Aileen. Rabbits, Rabbits; illus. by Gail Niemann. Harper, 1983. 82-48849. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-021896-7; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-021899-1. 27p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. Small, neat, and appealingly verdant, the light, bright paintings are nicely appro- R priate for an assortment of equally bright, brisk poems. All of the selections are brief K-3 and lilting, and they range from agreeable to memorable, with Fisher's usual un- obtrusive control of rhythm, rhyme, and meter. Sample, "Spring Fever": "When green tints the meadows/and gold shines the tree/and Winter is over/and rivers run free/do you feel all leapy/and hoppy .. . like me/Rabbit?" Fisher, Leonard Everett. Star Signs; written and illus. by Leonard Everett Fisher. Holiday House, 1983. 83-305. ISBN 0-8234-0491-9. 28p. $13.95. Fisher explains, in his introduction, how astrological interpretations of the zodiac Ad became and remained popular, pointing out that not everybody believes in the valid- 4-6 ity of astrological signs. Opposite each handsome full color, full page painting is a page that gives the dates for each sign of the zodiac, the part of the human body most affected, the controlling planet, the myth on which the constellation is based, traits supposedly pertinent to those born under each sign, and a line drawing of the con- stellation. This may be of minimal interest to those who do not believe in astrology, but should satisfy curiosity, and it may be appealing to those readers who do believe in astrological interpretation and prediction. Garden, Nancy. Watersmeet. Farrar, 1983. 83-11512. ISBN 0-374-38244-1. 192p. $10.95. In this sequel to Four Crossing (reviewed in the May, 1981 issue) the author picks Ad up the story of Jed and Melissa, rescued in the first book from the power of a mad 5-7 hermit who is centuries old. Now the town of Fours Crossing is coping with the aftermath of a flood and the two children are facing the ordeal of testifying at the hermit's trial. A new and mysterious character enters the scene, a strange woman who has moved into an abandoned cottage, is named Rhiannon, and is related to the hermit. Is she trying, as she says, to reform the hermit when she visits him, or is she a witch, as some of the townspeople claim? The tragic fantasy ends with the hermit's death and the departure of Rhiannon. This has plenty of action, some suspense, an [48 ] uneven handling of the blending of realism and fantasy, and a slow pace. The pace and the intricacy of the fantasy element weaken a story that has a potential masked by overambitious writing. Garfield, Leon. Fair's Fair; illus. by S. D. Schindler. Doubleday, 1983. 81-43136. Trade ed. ISBN 0-385-17962-6; Library ed. ISBN 0-385-17963-4. 28p. Trade ed. $10.95; Library ed. $10.95. Handsomely detailed, if conventional, paintings illustrate an oversize book with a Ad Dickensian story, not quite believable and rather sentimental. A poor orphan, Jack 3-4 gives half his hot pie to the enormous, fierce-looking dog that approaches him in a snowstorn; the dog has a large key under his collar, and Jack tries the key at door after door until he comes to a mansion where it fits. He finds another waif there; they share the food that mysteriously appears just inside the door each day; together they clean the deserted, richly furnished house; together they share their last food with child carollers. Fair's fair. When two villainous-looking men appear, the children protest their planned thievery. The men take off their ragged outer clothes, announce they are the owner and his lawyer, and reveal the fact that they have been looking for two brave, honest, and generous children to adopt. C.U. Christmas Gay, Michel. The Christmas Wolf; written and illus. by Michel Gay. Greenwillow, 1983. 83-1441. Trade ed. ISBN 0-688-02290-1; Library ed. ISBN 0-688-02291-X. 32p. Trade ed. $10.50; Library ed. $9.55. Since his children complained that Father Christmas never came to their mountain, Ad Father Wolf set off for town disguised by the old clothes and dark glasses he'd found 4-6 in a dump. At first accepted as a customer, he was soon spotted in a department yrs. store, and eventually made his way, empty-handed, back to the mountain. Although he was injured by a fall when a skidding truck hit him, he did bring Christmas to the moutain, for the two men in the truck jumped out just as the truck crashed, spilling a wealth of Christmas gifts. The illustrations, with pastel colors and a light but con- trolled line, are attractive; the book, first published in France, is weak in construc- tion, since the visit to town has little to do with the truck/present episode. C.U. Christmas Giff, Patricia Reilly. Loretta P. Sweeny, Where Are You?; illus. by Anthony Kramer. De- lacorte, 1983. 83-5164. Trade ed. ISBN 0-385-29298-8; Library ed. ISBN 0-385- 29299-6. 130p. Trade ed. $11.95; Library ed. $11.95. Abby, bent on being a detective, finds a wallet containing a note by Loretta that M indicates that someone named Cindy is to be killed. Excitedly, Abby and her friend 4-6 Potsie trace a series of clues, convinced not only of the imminence of murder but also that a woman has been kidnapped. What they find is that Loretta Sweeney is a writer, that Cindy is a character in a play, and that the missing "Mrs. Upernicki" is a dog. This choppy story has some action and humor, but it's a see-through non-mystery, and Abby seems more foolish than courageous or enterprising; this is a blend of contrivance and coincidence. Gitanjali. Poems of Gitanjali. Oriel Press/Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. Trade ed. ISBN 0-85362-195-0; Paper ed. ISBN 0-85362-202-7. 155p. Trade ed. $12.95; Paper ed. $8.95. A posthumous publication, this is a collection of poems gathered by her mother after Gitanjali's death at the age of sixteen. A cancer victim, Gitanjali wrote of her [49 ] R deep love for her family, her grief at their suffering, her own burdens of pain and 8- sorrow, and-permeating all the poems-her faith in God's mercy. Some of the poetry is technically flawed, but the sincerity and passion of the writing more than compensate for this. Deeply poignant, deeply moving. Goode, Dianne, illus. My Little Library of Christmas Classics. Random House, 1983. 82- 62172. ISBN 0-394-85229-X. 24p. Set of 4. $5.95. Deft if conventional small-scale paintings illustrate four small books in a boxed set M of Christmas goodies that will probably prove more popular as stocking stuffers than K-3 as part of a collection. All of the material is in the public domain, all of it is easily available elsewhere, and most of it is available in full; here the volume Christmas Carols has no music, The Nutcracker and The Fir Tree are short adaptations, and only The Night Before Christmas is presented in its entirety. C.U. Christmas Grahame, Kenneth. Mole's Christmas, or Home Sweet Home; illus. by Beverly Gooding. Prentice-Hall, 1983. 82-12333. ISBN 0-13-599738-0. 28p. $10.95. First published in England in 1982, this is an adequately illustrated version (in a Ad large, flat format that looks like a picture book for younger children) of the "Dulce 4-6 Domum" chapter in Wind in the Willows. Rat and Mole, tramping through snow on a cold December night, find the entrance to Mole's old home, make themselves warm and comfortable, extend a hospitable welcome to a group of carolling field mice, and as they go to sleep Mole muses happily on the joy of being in a dear, familiar place. The chapter stands up well as an excerpt, and the illustrations are pleasant enough, but whether or not an excerpt is preferable to a classic in its entirety is a moot point. Hallstead, William F. Broadcasting Careers for You. Lodestar, 1983. 82-22891. ISBN 0-525- 66767-9. 167p. $11.95. Although Hallstead, whose career has been in the development and promotion of R public television, gives a great deal of information for readers interested in working in 7- television or radio broadcasting, his text is a bit padded by extraneous (if interesting) commentary on such subjects as the cable revolution. Still, he gives specific and sensible advice on preparation for a career in broadcasting, on the variety of jobs, on how to learn about them and apply for them, and on the many less glamorous but equally necessary supportive positions than those that are visible to viewers. The book is capably organized and written; in addition to the index, sources of specific information are cited periodically within the text. C.U. Vocational guidance Hamilton, Virginia. Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. Greenwillow, 1983. 83- 1659. ISBN 0-688-02390-8. 208p. $11.50. The focal point of an absorbing family story is its reaction to the now-famous R Orson Welles broadcast that frightened so many people throughout the United 5-8 States. Willie Bea is as credulous and convinced as are other members of her family, * even though she hasn't heard the broadcast, because it's an adult (glamorous Aunt Leah, always dramatic) who brings the news that the Martians have landed in New Jersey. Hamilton uses the material with great skill, but--exciting as it is--the most impressive facet of the book is the vibrant, loving picture it draws of an extended black family. The story takes place in 1938 on Halloween, and most of the children and grandchildren of an Ohio farm family are gathered together for dinner, a time of [50] cousins squabbling, sisters gossiping, grandmother calmly organizing, all the small events of a reunion under and through which are the sustaining love and security of family life. Willie Bea is a touching heroine, volatile and imaginative, protective toward her younger siblings, candid and intelligent. Like the book, she's a winner. D.V. Family relations; Intercultural understanding Hopkins, Lee Bennett, comp. A Song in Stone: City Poems; photographs by Anna Held Audette. Crowell, 1983. 82-45589. Trade ed. ISBN 0-690-04269-8; Library ed. ISBN 0-690-04270-1. 39p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. A nicely chosen selection of urban poems, each section faced by a full-page photo- R graph, includes the work of most of today's major children's poets. Hopkins, an 2-4 indefatigable and knowledgeable anthologist, has chosen poems that are brief and positive, all of fine quality. C.U. City life (unit) Hunt, Roderick. The Oxford Christmas Book for Children. Oxford/Merrimack, 1983. ISBN 0-19-278104-9. 158p. $11.95. A potpourri of Christmas material, this contains stories, poems, a play, informa- R tion about Christmas customs, cartoons, projects, songs, etc. Illustrations are both 4-6 diverse and profuse: photographs in black and white and in color, paintings and line drawings, and diagrams. There's even a crossword puzzle. Clearly the book, first published in England in 1981, has something for everybody and its range is broader than the focal group (grades 4-6) cited above. In a sense, therefore, it is diffuse, but the quality of most of the material is high; this should be useful in both home and institutional collections. C.U. Christmas Hunter, Mollie. The Knight of the Golden Plain; illus. by Marc Simont. Harper, 1983. 82- 48747. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-022685-4; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-022686-2. 48p. Trade ed. $10.95; Library ed. $10.89. Young and handsome Sir Dauntless, dragon slayer supreme, is thwarted in his R quest for a tiny golden bird by the evil Arriman, the demon magician. Arriman had 3-5 stolen the voice of the lovely Princess Dorabella, and the dashing Sir Dauntless (who had of course immediately fallen in love with the mute beauty) had vowed to retrieve her voice, changed to a bird by Arriman's magic. His mission completed, Sir Daunt- less rode toward his love but he remembered that he might be late for tea, and that "his lady mother would be extremely angry with him." This can be read as a gentle spoof or as the product of a child's imagination, and it's delightful either way. The style is fluent (nice to read aloud) and the structure tight. The story has a quiet humor that is echoed in the illustrations, which have the same combination of deliberate romantic cliche and just enough tongue-in-cheek to add spice. C.U. Reading aloud Kellogg, Steven. Ralph's Secret Weapon; written and illus. by Steven Kellogg. Dial, 1983. 82-22115. Trade ed. ISBN 0-8037-7086-3; Library ed. ISBN 0-8037-7087-1. 21p. Trade ed. $10.95; Library ed. $10.89. It's the ebullience and extravagance of the text as well as of the pictures that R should appeal to readers, as Kellogg presents the summertime adventures of Ralph, K-2 who has just completed third grade. Sent to stay with his wealthy, domineering Aunt [51 ] Georgiana, Ralph discovers A-the cake she made to welcome him makes a mouse ill, B-she has arranged for him to have bassoon lessons, and C-at his first lesson, the teacher is horrified and worms come out of apples at Ralph's cacaphony. Auntie, nothing daunted, enters Ralph in a snake-charming contest. Sure enough, just like the worms, the snakes are charmed, and Ralph wins the contest. Auntie volunteers Ralph's services for dealing with a sea serpent that's annoying the Navy. Armed with bassoon, Ralph goes aboard. The final adventure is hilarious, Auntie is exhausted, and Ralph spends the rest of the summer in peace, resting up for fourth grade. An example of the integration of text and illustration in this spirited story: the text says, "The sea serpent became angry with Ralph," and the picture shows a hapless Ralph in the coils of the serpent's huge tongue. Klein, Norma. Bizou. Viking, 1983. 83-6932. ISBN 0-670-17053-4. 168p. $11.50. Elaine is thirteen, her pet name is "Bizou," and the story she tells begins when she Ad and her mother (a model, black, widow of a French journalist who was white) come 6-8 from Paris to the United States for the first time since Bizou's birth. Leaving Bizou with a man they had met on the flight, Nicholas, Mama disappears from their New York hotel. Her note is unclear: where is she going, for how long, and why? Not knowing how to get in touch with the family she knows exists, Bizou is fearful and angry; fortunately (and conveniently) Nicholas is free to help her and kind enough to take the time and trouble. Eventually, they track down a friend of Mama's, learn that her "son" is really Bizou's half-brother, and discover that Bizou's grandfather is alive and in a nursing home. Mama shows up, and Bizou forgives her; the book ends with the two back in Paris. This has an interesting situation that is uneven in its development; characterization is adequate, and the writing style has a fluent, con- trolled quality. D.V. Intercultural understanding; Mother-daughter relations Klein, Robin. Thing; illus. by Alison Lester. Oxford, 1983. ISBN 0-19-554330-0. 30p. $7.95. Although Klein uses a familiar device (the pet under threat of banishment foils a R burglary and is accepted) her engaging fantasy is so deftly written that it has, despite 2-4 some British spelling or terms that may puzzle our young readers, great appeal. The smooth rock Robin finds (settling for a pet rock because the landlady will not allow pets) proves to be a little stegosaurus; Emily calls him "Thing," and enjoys his tractable, friendly personality. When the landlady discovers Thing, she issues an ultimatum: one more day-but in that day, Thing prevents two burglars from getting away, and Emily comes home from school to find Thing being fed a lavish meal by the landlady, who suggests that she might take him for a run in the park each day. What makes the story particularly enjoyable is the blandness with which others accept the stegosaurus; the police who come to get the burglars, for example, say "But would you kindly ask your dinosaur to step out of the way?" This is a good choice, too, for reading aloud to younger children. C.U. Reading aloud Lavine, Sigmund A. Wonders of Draft Horses; by Sigmund A. Lavine and Brigid Casey; illus. with photographs and old prints. Dodd, 1983. 82-46002. ISBN 0-396-08138-X. 79p. $9.95. Although the authors state that they have not attempted to be comprehensive, their R book gives a great deal of information about the history of heavy horses, the de- 5-7 velopment and improvement of major breeds, the intricacy and functions of the pieces of harness equipment, and the many ways in which draft horses are used [52] today. Most of the text is written with an objective tone; the last chapter, which discusses the resurgent popularity of draft horses in recent years, has an emotional tinge in commenting on the horse (versus mechanized vehicles) as a self-propagating source of energy that does not pollute the atmosphere, contributes fertilizer, needs no repairs, and is enjoyably communicative. An index is included, as are many carefully captioned photographs. Lindbergh, Anne. Nobody's Orphan. Harcourt, 1983. 83-8494. ISBN 0-15-257468-9. 160p. $12.95. The narrator is Martha, age ten, who has managed to convince herself that she is R adopted; she loves her parents, and most of the time she loves her little brother 3-5 Kermit, but how can she believe that all her baby pictures were in a suitcase that was lost in Europe? Martha's father is in the Foreign Service, and the family is now in Washington, where Martha makes, loses, and regains a best friend, acquires a dog, struggles with math, and decides (on slim evidence) that the elderly couple she's met, the Ables, are her real grandparents. Much of the humor of the story emanates from the depiction (mostly via dialogue) of the crusty, bossy Mr. Able and his misquoting. He's a bit overdrawn, but not enough so to mar an amusing story that has good style, good characterization on the whole, and warm family relationships. D.V. Family relations Lloyd, Megan. Chicken Tricks; written and illus. by Megan Lloyd. Harper, 1983. 82-48846. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-023984-0; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-023985-9. 31p. Trade ed. $8.95; Library ed. $8.89. After being adjured by the farmer to tend to business, one of the hens in a henhouse M suggests that once a month they'll all slip out to play. Each month they play a trick on 3-5 the farmer and make fake eggs; each month he threatens them; in December, after yrs. filling a carton with Christmas ornaments, the hens are invited into the farmhouse, where they find the tree is decorated with all the fake eggs they've concocted. The story is told in faltering meter ("February, hearts and strings/Making eggs from frilly things/Found in the box by the farmhouse door/The hens had never made red eggs before.") and the rhymes often seem contrived. This is a one-idea book, slight, only minimally evocative of the cycle of the year; the small-scale paintings have vigor. Low, Joseph. Don't Drag Your Feet ... ; written and illus. by Joseph Low. Atheneum, 1983. 82-13898. ISBN 0-689-50271-0. 38p. $9.95. Low's lively drawings, with scribbly lines and wash in brown and grey, both Ad extend and embellish a story about a child who is careless with her toys, has a dream 4-6 in which roles and sizes are reversed, and wakes to decide that she'll change her yrs. peremptory behavior. The lap audience should enjoy the way in which the pictures fill out the print (Peggy telling her teddy bear not to drag his feet when she's pulling him along by a string upside down) and the dream of the toys' revenge, but there are points at which the text is choppy in its movement. Ludel, Jacqueline. Margaret Mead. Watts, 1983. 82-17325. ISBN 0-531-04590-0. 118p. $8.90. Like Edward Rice's biography of Mead (reviewed in the December, 1979 issue) R this begins with a description of her sojourn in Samoa and then moves to her child- 8- hood for a chronological account of her life and work. The text in both books consists of substantially the same material, although Rice gives more attention to Mead's personal life than does Ludel, while Ludel gives more attention to Mead's theories about the comparative influences of heredity and environment. Both books are well [53] written, but the typeface and solidity of print on the page make the Ludel biography less attractive visually. A partial list of Mead's writings and an index (in un- fortunately small type) are appended. C.U. Anthropology (unit) Macaulay, David. Mill; written and illus. by David Macaulay. Houghton, 1983. 83-10652. ISBN 0-395-34830-7. 128p. $14.95. The precise and carefully labelled drawings of the three Rhode Island textile mills R that Macaulay describes extend and illustrate a text that is clearly written. Like other 7- Macaulay books, this one gives excellent background material about the social, * political, and industrial matrices for its subject; the text is enlivened by the inclusion of journal entries that contribute to the establishment of these matrices. The mills, each of greater size and complexity, were all built and operated in the nineteenth century; an epilogue describes the changes that occurred in the twentieth century, with the closing of the last mill in 1955. Macaulay makes the details of building construction, mill wheels, and power train (the system of gears, shafts, pulleys, and belts that transfer power from wheel or turbine to machinery) comprehensible enough for any reader. A glossary is included. C.U. History-U.S.; Industry (unit) Manushkin, Fran. Hocus and Pocus at the Circus; illus. by Geoffrey Hayes. Harper, 1983. 82-47704. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-024091-1; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-024092-X. 63p. Trade ed. $7.95; Library ed. $8.89. What could be more fun for beginning independent readers than a circus setting, R lots of humor and action, and a cheerful little witch who just can't bring herself to be 1-2 as mean as she should as the protagonist? Hocus takes her baby sister Pocus to the circus with instructions about being mean and nasty, but every attempt ends in some magic that pleases Pocus, delights the children who are there, and irritates Hocus; even Hocus relents, in the end, and happily licks her cone of ice cream as they broom home by the light of a Halloween moon. C.U. Reading, beginning Meyers, Ruth S., ed. Embers: Stories for a Changing World; ed. by Ruth S. Meyers, Beryle Banfield, and Jamilla Gaston Colon. Feminist Press/Council on Interracial Books for Children, 1983. 82-73499. ISBN 0-930040-47-3. 175p. $8.95. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are included in an anthology for which the Ad selections have been chosen to represent strong depiction of minority groups and 4-6 individuals who have overcome handicaps and obstacles. Most of the selections are of good quality, which is not true of most of the illustrations, and most have been previously published. The material is grouped into eight units: Friendship, Families Are Important, Belonging, Freedom Fighters, etc. Many ethnic groups are repre- sented in the volume, as are characters who illustrate changing concepts of sex roles or disabilities. D.V. Intercultural relations Miklowitz, Gloria. The Day the Senior Class Got Married. Delacorte, 1983. 83-5343. ISBN 0-385-29304-6. 95p. $12.95. Deeply in love, Lori and Rick announce they will marry as soon as they graduate Ad from high school. Talking to her divorced mother and to her father's lover Karen, 7-10 Lori becomes increasingly worried about marital conflict and finances. It is what she [ 54 ] learns about such problems through a class project, however, that is the chief catalyst for her painful decision to break off the relationship. She loves Rick, but talking about savings, budget, and life style (as one of the "married" couples in an econom- ics class) has made Lori aware of how much she wants to go to college and plan carefully for the future, while Rick is irresponsible, extravagant, and short-sighted. The story is based on an actual school project and, while it is realistic, it is both purposive and minatory. Nevertheless, the capable writing style, believable charac- ters, and focus on problems that most teenagers are or will be facing give the book value. D.V. Marriage, preparation for Newton, Suzanne. I Will Call It Georgie's Blues. Viking, 1983. 83-5849. ISBN 0-670-39131-X. 204p. $10.95. Neal, the narrator, is fifteen; his sister Aileen is several years older, his brother R Georgie is seven; all three are heavily, nervously conscious not only of having to 7-10 present a good public image as a Baptist minister's children but also of having to cope with their rigidly authoritarian, bullying father and with a tight-lipped mother who supports all of her husband's rigid strictures. Neal, himself having trouble in establishing independence and in hiding the fact that he's been secretly taking lessons in jazz, becomes even more worried about little Georgie, who has terror-born fan- tasies about his inadequacies. Their father's treatment of Georgie results in the child's retreat into a catatonic state; with this crisis, the family tensions are finally fully unmasked. Dad realizes for the first time how he has affected his children, Georgie gets treatment, and-although the situation is left with an implication of improvement rather than a sunny resolution-Neal defiantly plays his beloved jazz music in front of others, determined that he will no longer mask his real interest and his real self. This is a powerful, taut story of a troubled family; it is written with perception and polish, and it is moving in its sensitivity and honesty. D.V. Brothers; Father-son relations Oxenbury, Helen. The Car Trip; written and illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Dial, 1983. 83-5255. ISBN 0-8037-0009-1. 16p. $5.95. The Checkup; written and illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Dial, 1983. 83-5346. ISBN 0-8037-0010-5. 16p. $5.95. First Day of School; written and illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Dial, 1983. 83-7452. ISBN 0-8037-0012-1. 16p. $5.95. In three very funny and all too realistic stories, each told in a bland, direct style by a R young child, Oxenbury tells it like it is. The car trip is a disaster, for example, with 3-5 parents objecting to lion noises, child refusing to eat anything but candy and ice yrs. cream (and throwing up) and car breaking down. Verdict? "Today was the best car * trip ever!" In The Checkup, the recalcitrant patient creates such havoc that the spent and injured doctor hopes he won't have to see the boy for another year. "I like the doctor. I think he's really nice." On the first day of nursery school, a wailing child is pried away from her mother, makes a friend, and has a fine time. The cleanly drawn, uncluttered pictures are small, bright, deft, and hilarious. Parker, Nancy Winslow. The Christmas Camel; written and illus. by Nancy Winslow Parker. Dodd, 1983. 83-9045. ISBN 0-396-08220-3. 26p. $10.95. Charlie, the small boy who in earlier Parker books was the recipient of a purple hippopotamus and the cake ingredients that turned into a monster, here is sent a camel. The text consists of the accompanying letter from Uncle Clyde, and it gives [55] Ad facts about camels; fantasy is superimposed on exaggeration through the illustra- 4-6 tions, which show Charlie on a camel flying through the air; he sees the three kings yrs. and the manger, and wakes to find-although there's been no indication, pictorially, that he was asleep-a camel under the Christmas tree. The Christmas sequence seems forced into the story, and the intrusion spoils the effect of combining the bland text and the bright, clean, imaginative paintings. C.U. Christmas Pearson, Tracey Campbell. We Wish You a Merry Christmas; illus. by Tracey Campbell Pearson. Dial, 1983. 82-22224. Trade ed. ISBN 0-8037-9368-5; Library ed. ISBN 0-8037-9400-2. 22p. Trade ed. $8.95; Library ed. $8.89. A group of young carollers, trudging about in the snow, is welcomed indoors by an R elderly, hospitable couple. The children are as indefatigable in their eating as in their K-4 singing. When they get to "Now bring us some figgy pudding/And bring some out here," the hosts search their cupboards. No figgy pudding. The man departs, ulti- mately returns with a huge can of pudding, only to find the exhausted carol-singers sleeping. So, last page, the man and wife are gorging on figgy pudding, the pantry's in a mess, and the guests slumber on. The music for the familiar carol is appended, the concept's engaging, the pictures are cheerful and funny. C.U. Christmas Peterson, Cheryl, illus. The Animals' Christmas. Random House, 1983. 83-42694. ISBN 0- 394-85305-9. 12p. $3.50. The familiar words of the simple poem that is often set to music are printed against Ad the illustrative background of fairly pedestrian and somewhat romanticized paintings K-2 on heavy board pages. From the opening words, "Jesus our brother, kind and good/Was humbly born in a stable rude ..." the verses have a simple, lulling quality that has had a perennial appeal. C.U. Christmas Prelutsky, Jack, comp. The Random House Book of Poetry for Children; illus. by Arnold Lobel. Random House, 1983. 83-2990. Trade ed. ISBN 0-394-85010-6; Library ed. ISBN 0-394-95010-0. 248p. Trade ed. $13.95; Library ed. $13.99. The work of almost every major children's poet of past and present is included in R this anthology, as are some selections intended for adults but appropriate for chil- 3-7 dren. Prelutsky (who has included many of his own poems) has designed the book for * elementary school children, and many of the selections are also appropriate for reading aloud to younger children. The contents are arranged under such rubrics as "Nature Is ... ," "The Four Seasons," "The Ways of Living Things," and "Non- sense! Nonsense!" and the poems have been selected with loving and knowledgeable care. Every page has delicious illustrations by Lobel, some in color, and all beauti- fully incorporated into the page layout. Title, first line, author, and subject indexes give access to an impressive anthology. C.U. Reading aloud Sachs, Marilyn. The Fat Girl. Dutton, 1983. 83-11697. ISBN 0-525-44076-3. 176p. $10.95. Even though his beloved Norma chides him for his disparagement of the fat girl, Ellen, Jeff can't stop sneering at her. When Ellen overhears one cutting remark, Jeff is ashamed, tries to make amends, and spends a lot of time with Ellen after she [56] R threatens suicide. That's the end of Jeff's relationship with Norma and the beginning 7-10 of Jeff's switch to the Pygmalion role, as he takes over an adoring Ellen's life. * She obeys happily but she becomes more independent while Jeff falls deeply in love, needing to be needed, distraught when Ellen begins to make her own decisions. This would be outstanding as a novel even if it had no other psychological laminations, but it has. The intricacies of Jeff's relationships with his tense mother and his father (remarried) and the significance of the link between those relationships and Jeff's libidinal investment in Ellen are expressed with subtlety and insight, but they do not interfere with the narrative flow of a moving story with depth and insight. D.V. Boy-girl relations; Mother-son relations; Self-confidence Schindler, Regine. Hannah at the Manger; illus. by Hilde Heyduck-Huth. Abingdon, 1983. ISBN 0-687-16627-6. 28p. $9.95. Translated from the German, this adaptation of the Nativity story is illustrated by NR large scale, almost primitive paintings in subdued colors. Hannah is the daughter of a K-2 shepherd and lives in Bethlehem; she hears Joseph and Mary talking, in the street, about where they can find a place to spend the night. When her father rouses from sleep, she follows him out of the tent to find "a man Hannah had never seen before. And around the man was a bright light." The shepherds bring gifts to a cave where an infant lies, and Hannah gives as her gift a piece of cloth (left in her basket when she fell asleep while begging) covered with gold thread and pearls. She tells a beggar about the angels and Jesus. "Joachim looked at Hannah full of wonder," the story ends, flatly. A weak concoction, written (or perhaps translated, or both) in pedestrian style. Schwartz, Amy. Begin at the Beginning; written and illus. by Amy Schwartz. Harper, 1983. 82-48257. Trade ed. ISBN 0-06-025227-8; Library ed. ISBN 0-06-025228-6. 26p. Trade ed. $8.95; Library ed. $8.89. Chosen by her teacher to do a painting to represent the second grade class in a R school art show, Amy comes home filled with zest and planning a picture that will K-2 have everything, but everything in it. After many false starts, several interruptions for food, conflicting advice from members of the family and the sort of creative despair known to all writers and painters, Amy takes her mother's quiet advice. Begin where you are, says her mother, the universe is only people like you and me . ."And the tree outside my window?" Yes, says her mother, smiling-and Amy begins to paint a tree. The simply drawn figures, black and white, have a clothespin- doll solidity; the story, albeit brief, touches on an experience with which most chil- dren can identify, the structure is adequate and the solution to Amy's problem realistic and moderate. D.V. Creativity; Environmental concepts Sheffer, H. R. R.V.'s. Crestwood House, 1983. 81-22045. ISBN 0-89686-198-8. 48p. illus. with photographs. $7.95. Illustrated with photographs, this describes the evolution and popularity of recre- NR ational vehicles; most of the text (continuous, divided by topical headings) is devoted 4-6 to descriptions of types of vehicles, giving some facts about structure, advantages, and interior and exterior design. The use of manufacturers' names and the tone of the writing give the book more the air of an advertising brochure than an information book, although a brochure probably would be better written. Despite the choppy organization, flat writing style, and lack of index or table of contents, this may prove of interest to some readers, since it does give some facts about recreational vehicles. [57] Slepian, Jan. The Night of the Bozos. Dutton, 1983. 83-5564. ISBN 0-525-44070-4. 152p. $10.95. Shy and reclusive, thirteen-year-old George is a musical prodigy who can play, R repair, or build almost anything-but he can't make friends. His one friend and his 6-9 companion is his uncle, Hibbie, whose stuttering has made him as isolated socially as * George is. When they meet Lolly (pretty, garrulous, unhappy) and go home with her to meet the carnival folk of whom her family is a part, Hibbie is fascinated by the Bozo, the man who-with face painted like a clown-taunts the carnival crowd into throwing balls to see if they can tip him into the water. George is aghast when Hibbie announces he is going to be the new Bozo, as fearful of losing Hibbie as he is apprehensive about Hibbie's ability to keep up a rapid patter. Hibbie is a smashing success, and explains that all the jeering and joking have always been in him, that only with the protection of a painted face can he feel free to talk without stuttering. This major theme is balanced by other material about George and about Lolly, a touching trio that Slepian brings to vivid life in a story that, while different from The Alfred Summer, shows the same perceptive understanding of those who are or feel set apart physically or emotionally from others. D.V. Fears, overcoming; Handicaps, overcoming; Uncle-nephew relations Spier, Peter, illus. Peter Spier's Christmas! Doubleday, 1983. 80-2875. Trade ed. ISBN 0- 385-131836; Library ed. ISBN 0-385-131844. 32p. Trade ed. $10.95; Library ed. $10.95. There's no text in this oversize book, but none is needed; while every activity may R not be familiar to every reader, some aspect of the preparation, celebration, and All clean-up associated with Christmas will be familiar to almost everyone who observes Ages the holiday. The small details of the bright pictures (ranging from six scenes per page to double-page spreads) show the bustle of shopping, sending and receiving cards, choosing and decorating a tree, carol-singing, Christmas Eve church service, opening gifts, having Christmas dinner, and so on, until the last ornaments are stored again in the attic, the tree discarded, the living room vacuumed. C.U. Christmas Stevenson, James. Grandpa's Great City Tour; written and illus. by James Stevenson. Greenwillow, 1983. 83-1459. Trade ed. ISBN 0-688-02323-1; Library ed. ISBN 0- 688-02324-X. 47p. Trade ed. $10.50; Library ed. $9.55. It may take adult help to identify some of the objects and creatures in this be- R guilingly zany alphabet book, but children are likely to remember them, once they're 3-6 explained, because of the exuberant humor of the concepts and the illustrations. yrs. Mary Ann and Louie go via Alligator Airlines on Grandpa's guided-or possibly it's misguided-tour of what appears to be Manhattan. An example of a double page spread: The three are seated at the opera, and the owl behind them has ajar of olives for a snack; the conductor turns to frown at a pair of ostriches, while an orangutan hangs from a chandelier and an octopus dangles from a box seat across from a massive theater organ. This has variety, animation, humor, and nonsense, all good stimuli for learning and enjoyment. Sussman, Susan. There's No Such Thing as a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein; illus. by Charles Robinson. Whitman, 1983. 83-1291. ISBN 0-8075-7862-2. 48p. $6.95. Although she knows her parents feel that a Jewish family shouldn't have a Christ- mas tree, Robin envies Sandy Goldstein, a fourth grade classmate who has a [58] Ad "Chanukah bush" at Christmas. People have different ideas about how to be Jewish, 3-4 Mom tells Robin. No Chanukah bush. Then Grandpa takes Robin to his union's Christmas party, where she has a good time, meets a new friend, and is told by Grandpa that it's all right to help those of another faith celebrate their holidays, but that doesn't mean one should celebrate on one's own. The story closes with Robin's friend Heather helping Robin celebrate Chanukah. This is weakened by its purposive quality; characterization is minimal, the structure is adequate, the writing style sim- ple but pedestrian. C.U. Holidays D.V. Interreligious understanding Tallon, Robert. Latouse My Moose; written and illus. by Robert Tallon. Knopf, 1983. 82- 23397. Trade ed. ISBN 0-394-86017-9; Library ed. ISBN 0-394-96017-3. 33p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.99. The proud, loving owner of an unusual pet tells a story illustrated by comic, often Ad grotesque, line drawings that have a distinctive style that will be familiar to readers of 2-4 The New Yorker. Having bought what he's been told is a rare West Tibetan Mountain Dog, the man enters his amicable and intelligent pet in a dog show, where he wins six prizes, including "Best Personality and Most Likely to Succeed." Newspaper pub- licity results in a kidnapping; the owner mourns, even when he knows that Latouse has escaped; searching for him at a zoo, the man discovers one day that his dog had really been a moose all along. The story, told in witty style, ends with Latouse bringing a little bundle to the man's door; protruding from the blanket is the head of what looks like a baby moose. The last picture shows a happy threesome: the man, Latouse the moose, a "Beautiful little green moose" that readers will quickly identify as an alligator. It's not quite believable, even in a fantasy, that all concerned can't tell a moose from a dog, but it's fun. Tennyson, Noel, illus. Christmas Carols. Random House, 1983. 83-60412. ISBN 0-394- 86125-6. 19p. $1.95. The words of ten of the most familiar Christmas carols are provided, with no NR music, each accompanied by a double-page spread that is conventional in concept, 3-4 pedestrian in technique, and-on most pages-crowded with details. Purists may boggle at the fact that the traditional figgy pudding has been dismissed in favor of "We'd all like some cake and candy .. ." Townsend, John Rowe. Dan Alone. Lippincott, 1983. 82-49051. Trade ed. ISBN 0-397- 32053-1; Library ed. ISBN 0-397-32054-X. 224p. Trade ed. $9.95; Library ed. $9.89. When his mother runs off with a married man, eleven-year-old Dan is taken in by R his grandfather; it is from Grandpa's strident new wife that Dan learns that the man 5-8 he's always called his father is not his real father. His legal father is a shiftless scamp, but he gives Dan information about a place to hide, and it is here that Dan goes after his Grandpa dies, for he fears he'll be sent to a notorious orphanage. In his retreat he meets another waif, Olive, who is as tough and resilient as Dan is shy and tender. Dan finally finds his father (the Jewish glazier who's been the butt of prejudice and derision to most of the people Dan knows) and the story ends with his finding, at last, a happy home with his real father and mother, and Olive. Townsend's tongue is clearly in cheek throughout this entertaining melodrama; he must have had a won- derful time drawing parallels to characters in Dickensian novels, for echoes of Fagin, the Cheerybles, and others float through the story. There's no attempt to imitate the style of Dickens, for the story is written in a straightforward style, and when there is [59] any exaggeration of the strong characters, it is clearly deliberate. The writing has good color and pace, and even if read with matching tongue-in-cheek, the book is satisfying. D.V. Courage; Self-reliance Walter, Mildred Pitts. Because We Are. Lothrop, 1983. 83-987. ISBN 0-688-02287-1. 203p. $9.50. An African proverb that Emma learns from a teacher is "Because we are, I am." Ad Black, bright, and beautiful, Emma is a high school student who is evicted from a 7-9 "good" school because of her insolence to a teacher and is sent to Manning, where most of her classmates resent her because they feel she's snobbish. Emma's prob- lems are adjusting to her father's absence and to his second wife, who's white, getting along with her mother, keeping her old boyfriend (although she resents the way he treats her), getting into a good university (she does), getting along in her new school, and solving an unsatisfactory relationship with an arrogant teacher. All of these situations are ones that many readers share, and Walter handles them capably except for one thing: in almost every case, Emma over-reacts, often drenched with self-pity or anger or despair. Characterization otherwise is adequate, and the writing style is capable if not polished, the flaw in Emma reflected in the treatment of ordinary problems as dramatic crises. D.V. Age-mate relations; Education, valuing and seeking; Father-daughter re- lations; Intercultural understanding Watson, Clyde. Father Fox's Feast of Songs; written and with music by Clyde Watson; illus. by Wendy Watson. Philomel, 1983. 83-2967. Trade ed. ISBN 0-399-20886-0; Paper ed. ISBN 0-399-20928-X. 26p. Trade ed. $10.95; Paper ed. $5.95. Busily detailed paintings, often in banner position, illustrate a compilation of origi- R nal songs that have simple melodies and accompaniments; the verses are chosen from 2-5 Father Fox's Pennyrhymes and Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again, and their lilting yrs. rhythms and rhymes are as engaging as ever when set to music. Cozy, cheerful, affectionate. Wrightson, Patricia. A Little Fear. Atheneum, 1983. 83-2784. ISBN 0-689-50291-5. 11lp. $9.95. Deftly blending realism and fantasy, as she did in her earlier books about the R legendary creatures of Australia, Wrightson has created a strong protagonist and an 5-7 equally convincing antagonist. An elderly woman living in a retirement home, Mrs. Tucker steals away to the isolated cottage she's inherited, planning to live a life of busy independence. Repeatedly thwarted by the machinations of the Njimbin (an ancient Gnome who considers the property his realm) she is almost relieved when she realizes that someone or something is responsible for such queer events as an inva- sion of frogs or the disappearance of her god; she has been afraid it was senility that made her imagine what was happening. A satisfying solution of her problems ensues, Mrs. Tucker blandly agreeing with her daughter that a little house in town would be better than the lonely cottage-anything but a return to the nursing home. This has a taut, economical structure, suspense in the conflict, good pace and atmosphere, and a polished narrative style. D.V. Courage [60]

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