THE BOGGART

THE BOGGART
(By) Susan Cooper. New York. McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 196p.
$14.95 ISBN 0-689-50576-0
Catastrophe dogs Emily's heels when the ancient, mischievous
Gaelic spirit she has inadvertently transported to Toronto in her
suitcase encounters the wonders of modern technology. Funny,
fast-paced.


GREEK MYTHS
Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by Emma Chichester
Clark. New York: McElderry/Macmillan (1993) 96p. $18.95
ISBN 0-689-50583-3
An attractively illustrated edition of sixteen familiar Greek
myths, freely retold.


THE HAPPY HOCKY FAMILY
(By) Lane Smith. (New York): Viking/Penguin (1993) 60p. $13.99
ISBN 0-670-85206-6
A glorious spoof of the classic "Dick and Jane" reader, complete
with stilted language and two-dimensional characters.


HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND
(By) Jacob Lawrence. New York: Simon & Schuster (1993) unp.
$15.00 ISBN 0-671-86673-7
The new, enlarged format for this reissue of a 1968 title lends
an extra dimension to the full-color paintings and verse that
tell the story of Harriet Tubman for young readers.