THE OUTSIDE DOG

THE OUTSIDE DOG
Story by Charlotte Pomerantz. Pictures by Jennifer Plecas. (New
York): HarperCollins (1993) 62p. (An I can read book) $13.95
ISBN-0-06-024782-7
A childlike story, flavored with Spanish words, concerns a little
Puerto Rican girl and the stray dog she wants her grandfather to
adopt.


OWEN
(By) Kevin Henkes. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) unp. col.
il. $13.95 ISBN 0-688-11449-0
In this beguilingly pictured, satisfying story with a cast of
mice, Owen's mother finds an ingenious way to separate him from
Fuzzy, his treasured yellow blanket, before school begins.


SEVEN CANDLES FOR KWANZAA
(By) Andrea Davis Pinkney. Pictures by Brian Pinkney. New York:
Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $14.99 ISBN 0-8037-1292-8
Handsome woodcuts and succinct text take a family through the
seven days of Kwanzaa, from December 26 through January 2, as
they celebrate their African-American heritage, the family, and
the harvest.


TEN SLY PIRANHAS: A COUNTING STORY IN REVERSE (A TALE OF
WICKEDNESS AND WORSE!)
(By) William Wise. Pictures by Victoria Chess. New York:
Dial/Penguin (1993) unp. $13.50 ISBN 0-8037-1200-6
A tongue-in-cheek counting rhyme featuring ten of nature's most
ravenous creatures who are done in by their nature.