(3) K-3 Illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner. Schoettler traces the artistic journey of Japanese American sculptor Ruth Asawa, from her childhood years (partially spent in an internment camp) to her eventual public commissions for fountains around San Francisco. Like Asawa's giant looped-wire sculptures, Van Wagoner's illustrations skillfully play with light and shadow. Combined, text and illustrations suggestively capture the uniqueness of Asawa's art while deftly exploring the ways her experiences influenced it. Author's note appended.

Reviewer: Erica Wetter

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner. A fisherman from the Venetian island of Burano ventures out on a stormy day, desperate to feed his starving community. He capsizes and is saved by a mermaid who also provides a delicately woven lace veil for his waiting bride, which Burano's women use as a guide to create new commerce. This sixteenth-century Italian tale is dramatically told with old-fashioned gouache paintings.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan