(3) K-3 Illustrated by Margot Tomes. This Slavic folktale retelling includes elements of Cinderella and myths about the seasons. Little Sister has a cranky stepmother and a demanding stepsister, but with her innate courtesy and the magical help of the Month Brothers, she manages to win back her cottage and little farm. Intimate, unpretentious illustrations reminiscent of nineteenth-century woodcuts are accompanied by small captions that extend the text.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Margot Tomes. Polly, who lives with her aunts in an eighteenth-century English seacoast town, believes the Wise Men and angels will visit on Christmas Eve if only the doors are left open. Goudge writes with effortless wit and grace, weaving verses of the titular Christmas carol naturally into the text. Tomes's pen-and-ink illustrations capture the town's atmosphere and perfectly suit the story.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1969

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Margot Tomes. During the American Revolution, a Vermont farm boy tries to find some way to help stop the British from capturing his town's ammunition stores. With a minimum of words, Gauch brings a small episode in American history vividly to life, ably assisted by Tomes's appealing illustrations.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Margot Tomes & Margot Tomes. This is a welcome reissue of the story, based on legend, about a real colonial girl named Temperance Wick and how she concealed a horse in her bedroom to protect it from mutinying American soldiers. The book presents a realistic and humane view of the Revolutionary War and of the people who fought it. Tomes's illustrations capture the humorous quality of the storytelling.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: October, 1974