PLAIN CITY

PLAIN CITY
(By) Virginia Hamilton. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic (1993)
194p. $13.95 ISBN 0-590-47364-6
A "mixed" child, twelve-year-old Buhlaire tries to unearth her
past and her family history as she learns that the long-missing
father who she thought was dead, is alive and homeless.

A SHORT WALK AROUND THE PYRAMIDS & THROUGH THE WORLD OF ART
By Phillip M. Isaacson. New York: Knopf (1993) 120p. $20.00
ISBN 0-679-81523-6
A well-organized introduction to the many forms art takes, from
sculpture, painting, pottery, and photography to furniture and
city shapes.

family fare




A. NONNY MOUSE WRITES AGAIN!
Poems selected by Jack Prelusky. Illustrated by Marjorie
Priceman. New York: Knopf (1993) unp. $13.00 ISBN 0-679-83715-9
This delightful mixture of traditional and original verse is
enhanced by the artist's jaunty pictures. A continuation of
Poems of A. Nonny Mouse.


BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE
(By) Walter D. Myers. (New York): HarperCollins (c1993) unp. il.
$15. ISBN 0-06-022917-9
A nostalgic glimpse of turn-of-the-century African-American
children.