OF SWORDS AND SORCERERS: THE ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS

OF SWORDS AND SORCERERS: THE ADVENTURES OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS
KNIGHTS
By Margaret Hodges & Margery Evernden. Woodcuts by David
Frampton. New York: Scribner (1993) 96p. $14.95
ISBN 0-684-19437-6
Nine well-told stories from the Arthurian cycle, including the
coming of Merlin to Wales, the sword in the stone, and the
passing of Arthur.




MATTHEW AND THE SEA SINGER
(By) Jill Paton Walsh. Illustrated by Alan Marks. New York:
Farrar (1993) 46p. $13.00 ISBN 0-374-434869-3
This gem of a fairy tale for young readers tells of staunch young
Birdy who cleverly manages to save Matthew, the boy she purchased
for a shilling, from the seal people who kidnap him because of
his golden voice.


MORE ROOTABAGAS
Stories by Carl Sandburg. Pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky. Collected
and with a Forward by George Hendrick. New York: Knopf (1993)
94p. $18.00 ISBN 0-679-80070-0
A selection of heretofore unpublished Rootabaga stories, for
reading aloud. Illustrated with fanciful pictures.

POW WOW
Photographs and text by George Ancona. San Diego: Harcourt (1993)
unp. $16.95 ISBN 0-15-263268-9
A "kaleidoscope of feathers, beadwork, fringe and facepaint"
characterizes this full-color photographic essay of the biggest
annual powwow in the United States.