LITERATURE
Nye, Naomi Shihab

The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East

(2) YA Nye invites us to alter our images of this most complicated region and get behind the stereotypes to see the human connections in themes as universal as reverence for the child, love of family, passion for one's homeland, and sadness and anger about exile from one's land. Although much of the book presents ponderous issues, this collection is everywhere lightened with joyous language and fanciful art. Ind.

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