(3) YA Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. From the author of the adult series Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, comes a collection of "folklore" of peculiars. The ten fascinating short stories focus on outcast characters that overcome adversity. Purportedly edited and (footnoted) by "Millard Nullings," an invisible ward of Miss Peregrine's, each tale opens with a detailed, full-page black-and-white woodblock illustration that adds to its air of mystery.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(3) 4-6 Kingfisher Classics series. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. London's classic novel of a stolen dog learning to survive in the Yukon is presented with its text unabridged and accompanied by engravings that evoke the snow and cold of northern Canada. In a foreword, Jean Craighead George describes how her childhood appreciation for London's novel led her to travel to the Arctic and write Julie of the Wolves.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Story Library series. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Twenty-one entries run the gamut from fiction (stories by James Berry and Rudyard Kipling) to nonfiction (an excerpt from Charles Darwin's journal) to religious text (the King James Bible's account of Noah's Ark). Many of the pieces are excerpted from longer works (including Charlotte's Web and The Call of the Wild) and remain more powerful in their original state.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Reillustrated once again, this classic story here features black-and-white scratchboard illustrations with a graphic, WPA-poster look that is well suited to the science-fiction parable of a giant made of iron who saves the world from destruction.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1968

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. A majestic bird named Skymaster, a Christlike figure, counsels the creatures of Godhanger Wood, who are constantly stalked by a vicious gamekeeper. The book is grim (the wood is a dark verso to the cheerful farmyards King-Smith has previously depicted) and flawed (there are philosophical holes in the story, and the Christian imagery is undeveloped), but the events are compelling and the ideas, thought-provoking.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999