(3) K-3 Illustrated by Fabian Negrin. In an elegant tale based on the Greek mythological character Pandora, a witch grants a young couple their wish to have a child. Dora's protective parents place tokens of everything that is evil and sad into a box so their child will never know unhappiness. Dora eventually opens the box, learning the compassion that accompanies knowledge of evil as well as goodness. Spare, richly hued pictures suit a story that is both fairy tale and fable.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute