The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Tregebov, Rhea

What-If Sara

24 pp. | Orca | February, 2000 | Trade ISBN 1-896764-22-3 $$10.95 | Paper ISBN 1-896764-20-7 $$4.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Leanne Franson. Sara is often distracted by her thoughts of "what if...," but when her family needs her, she can handle problems with aplomb. After helping to resolve a dilemma with a customer of her tailor father, who has difficulty with English, Sara ably takes care of an expanding domestic crisis--an overflowing bowl of bread dough in the kitchen. Watercolor pictures portray Sara's immigrant family and the early-twentieth-century setting.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute