(3) 4-6 New York Review Children's Collection series. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. Orphaned Maria discovers a colony of six-inch-high people descended from Lilliputians and must thwart her governess and guardian's attempts to capture and exploit them. The action is shot through with humor, and the Lilliputians are characters not soon forgotten. This reissue of the classic includes the illustrations from the original edition.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Martin Hargreaves. Taking as his inspiration Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, White tells the story of an orphan named Maria who discovers a group of Lilliputians descended from those in Swift's classic and must protect them from exploitation by her governess and a conniving vicar. Full-page oil paintings as well as smaller vignettes appear throughout this charming fantasy.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute