SCOOTER

SCOOTER
(By) Vera B. Williams. New York: Greenwillow/Morrow (1993) 147p.
il., part col. $15.00 ISBN 0-688-09376-0
Spunky, engaging Elana Rosen illustrates a notebook to record the
friendships, drama, and pleasures of New York urban life as she
explores her new neighborhood by scooter.


WE'RE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY
By Maurice Sendak. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993) unp. (Michael
di Capua books) $20.00 ISBN 0-06-205014-1
Powerful illustrations link two little-known nursery rhymes to
tell the story of homelessness and abandoned children.


11 and up



ANN FRANK: BEYOND THE DIARY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC REMEMBRANCE
By Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. In association with the
Anne Frank House. Translated by Tony Langham and Plym Peters.
With an introduction by Anna Quindlen. (New York): Viking/Penguin
(1993) 113p. $17.00 ISBN 0-670-84932-4
Captioned photographs from the Frank family album and succinct
commentary make a gripping addition to what is known about the
girl who kept a diary and died in the Bergen Belsen death camp.


THE CHAMPION
(By) Maurice Gee. New York: Simon & Schuster Books (1993. c1989)
212p. $14.00 ISBN 0-671-86561-7
Set in New Zealand during World War II, this tightly constructed,
thought-provoking novel tells what befalls a young, black
American soldier who is sent to an all-white small town to regain
his strength.