GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY

GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY
Written & illustrated by Allen Say. Boston: Houghton (1993) 32p.
$16.95 ISBN 0-395-57035-2
Elegant paintings and spare text capture the bittersweet emotions
of an immigrant grandfather and his grandson whose hearts are
divided between two dramatically different countries, Japan and
America.


THE FIRE CHILDREN: A WEST AFRICAN CREATION TALE
Retold by Eric Maddern. Pictures by Frane Lessac. New York:
Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.50 ISBN 0-8037-1477-7
Brilliantly colored, primitive paintings complement this West
African myth about the creation of the world's different peoples.
Fine for story hour and reading aloud.


FOX ON STAGE
(By) James Marshall. New York: Dial/Penguin. 1993. 48p. (Dial
easy-to-read) $10.89 ISBN 0-8037-1357-6
Young readers will savor the comic adventures of Fox and his
friends, told tongue-in-cheek in text and pictures.


GARTH PIG STEALS THE SHOW
By Mary Rayner. New York: Dutton/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.99 ISBN
0-525-45023-8
Another thoroughly satisfying story about the Pig Family in which
the ubiquitous Mrs. Wolf, still in pursuit of Garth Pig,
disguises herself as a sousaphone player, only to be outwitted by
the intrepid William Pig. Beguiling pictures.