(3) 4-6 Isaac Wilde, a fictional nineteenth-century photographer, witnesses the wrath of vengeful fairies infuriated by the desecration of their home during an archaeological dig. Through photographs of the artifacts and Wilde's journal entries (purportedly discovered by David Ellwand), readers are invited to take a complicated journey into a mysterious place and time.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) K-3 Photographs by David Ellwand. In this photographic picture book inspired by Greek myth, Midas Mouse ventures out into the sunlight for the first time and wishes that everything he touches would turn to gold. A matte gold overlay on the well-composed black-and-white photographs makes the transformed objects stand out; little gold pawprints prance across the white spaces. Unusual graphic design and smooth writing combine for a remarkable offering.

Reviewer: Anne St. John