(3) K-3 Illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler. Juan Verdades cannot tell a lie. So convinced is his employer of Juan's honesty that he wagers his entire ranch that a neighbor cannot trick Juan into lying. Juan's cleverness saves his employer's ranch, and in the process wins him the hand of the neighbor's beautiful daughter. Full-page illustrations add a Southwestern charm to this Hispanic folktale.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler. Author and illustrator have re-created, from carefully researched (if limited) evidence, the life and times of Egypt's only female pharaoh. In accenting the extraordinary achievement of Hatshepsut, Andronik handles speculation well, often prefacing her comments with a conditional perhaps. Archaeologists continue to piece together Hatshepsut's story, and Andronik makes their story no less intriguing. Bib.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler. Mi Nuong, daughter of "a great mandarin," falls in love with the fisherman she hears singing as he rows by. She imagines he's young and handsome, but when she learns he's a lowly fisherman, she laughs in his face. He pines for her, and when he dies his heart turns to crystal. The lyrically told story (at times sentimental) is accompanied by stiff illustrations.

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