(3) 4-6 Poetry for Young People series. Illustrated by Harvey Chan & Harvey Chan. These accessible introductions to two Romantic poets begin with an engaging overview, including some critical commentary, of each writer's life and times. Their most famous verses are represented, including Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"; a line or two of explication and definitions for unfamiliar words accompany each poem. Handsome paintings complement the tone of the poems. Ind. [Review covers these Poetry for Young People titles: Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.]

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Harvey Chan. These ten original ghost stories, alternately tragic, ironic, and gentle, are informed by two millennia of Chinese tales about wandering souls. Chinese-Canadian archivist and storyteller Yee dramatizes the killing work, the broken dreams, the humiliation, loneliness, heartbreak, and loss experienced by Southern-Chinese immigrants to North America over the past one hundred years. A rough-hewn black-and-white illustration introduces each story.

Reviewer: Margaret A. Chang | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Harvey Chan. A man ponders the time he spent as a child exploring a bog with his grandfather. The text celebrates both the intergenerational relationship and the wonders of nature. The attractive sepia-toned sketches give the book a nostalgic feel but don't offer an adequate vision of a bog environment. Since a purpose of the book is informational, this is a drawback.

Reviewer: Anne St. John

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Dickens's parable concerns a traveler who comes across a child and plays with him for a while, then loses sight of the child but immediately comes upon a boy with whom he learns, and so on through the stages of life. The sentimental conceit seems dated, but adults may enjoy the handsome presentation and Chan's muted oil-pastel illustrations.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam