(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Ti-Jean, cheerful, hapless stripling of French-Canadian folklore, makes a winning appearance in three tales of European origin lightly transposed to a New World setting. Andrews is a storyteller, and these zesty, well-paced texts virtually read themselves. Source notes are appended, but these are not so much retellings or even adaptations as simpatico re-imaginings. Petričić's sly drawings underpin the fun throughout.

Reviewer: Barbara Bader | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2011

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Francis Blake. Preceding these six folktales, each from a different place (e.g., Scandinavia, Palestine, India), is a short verse take-off on once-upon-a-time ("What's that at the door? / It's a story!"). The stories share a similarly light, silly narrative style and details. Offbeat fine-line drawings, some full-page and some spot, employ a bold and varied color palette and placement on the pages.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Simon Ng. Andrews sets her ten tales in North America and bestows immigrant status on their protagonists. Swift and taut, these stories succeed not just as cautionary entertainments but also as fictional artifacts of the trials of assimilation. Each story's lustrous if brooding main image bleeds onto its facing page, reinforcing the notion of muddled boundaries underlying each tale.

Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2001

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Cybele Young. In this compact volume, Andrews's simple account is delicately illustrated with small tinted etchings resembling linocuts. Young Ephie plants and harvests potatoes with his father during the Depression. Unable to find a market, Pa finally has to dump the rotting potatoes in a river--but Andrews puts a positive twist on the sad ending to show that Pa's strength means more to Ephie than his success.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam