(4) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Tooke. Newfoundland folktales inspired this lengthy story of Jack, a lad thought a fool by his family for the kindness he shows to others. After setting out to find his missing brothers, he ends up rescuing a princess from the clutches of a magician. The paintings, set against Newfoundland's rugged landscape, mix the contemporary and the traditional in a rather odd fashion.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Tooke. "January brings / the Wolf Moon, / the wild Wolf Moon." Taking her titles from traditional names for full moons, including "Snow Moon" for February and March's "Sap Moon," Taylor offers a brief, evocative description of each month. Tooke's equally evocative illustrations, with their attractive borders, show a northern farm family working and playing throughout the year. The final pages give more information about full moons.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Tooke. Young Angus is the only member of a family of traditional musicians who doesn't play an instrument. When he expresses a wish to play, his family buys him a fiddle, and he is surprised by the screeches it emits before he takes lessons. Although the slight plot is rather easily resolved in this gentle story, acrylic illustrations with impressive detail make the Nova Scotia setting vivid.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Tooke. One line of alliterative text for each letter--"Imposing icebergs idle in inlets"--appears below realistic paintings rendered with a precise, photographic quality. The paintings incorporate a range of letter-related items; a list is appended, as is further information on the Atlantic seaboard locales (mostly Canadian) featured.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute