(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Leonid Gore. A paean to the trees of Israel, this book briefly treats eleven historical periods, from 2100 B.C.E. to the present. Each division includes the events of the period and notes the status of trees during that time, from early abundance, through logged-out WWI, to successful replanting begun in 1948. Soft semi-abstracted illustrations done in acrylics and pencil offer emblematic interpretations of the text. The presentation is handsome but static.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) K-3 Bank Street Ready-to-Read series. Childlike illustrations and a simple rhyming text answer the question, "Who goes out on Halloween?" New readers will appreciate the rhyme and the word repetition. Karas's illustrations of children in costume make the witches, ghosts, and monsters more funny than frightening.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.