(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Stefano Vitale. Walker's ceaseless rhythm echoes the inexorable march of war. Poignancy is sustained in gentle images until war flaunts its power. With a creative economy of words, Walker offers a challenge: Will war continue as humanity's legacy? From Vitale's palette come illustrations that show, through color and light, the striking contrast between peace and safety and the devastation of war.

Reviewer: Henrietta M. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. In honor of the centenary of Langston Hughes's birth, Alice Walker's first book for children has been reissued as a picture-book biography, with new full-color paintings. Walker knew and revered Hughes, and while this simply told biography is a sympathetic portrait of the man, it doesn't shy away from his difficult childhood and his encounters with racism throughout his life.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz