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TITLE The White Ravens: A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature, 1994-1998. INSTITUTION International Youth Library, Munich (Germany). PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 394p.; Supported by the German Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, and the City of Munich. AVAILABLE FROM International Youth Library Munich, Schloss Bluthenberg, D-81247 Munich, Germany. For full text: http://www.ijb.de. PUB TYPE Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescent Literature; Annotated Bibliographies; *Childrens Literature; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Reading Material Selection; *Recreational Reading IDENTIFIERS Book Fairs
ABSTRACT This set of five separately-published annual bibliographies present annotations of children's and youth literature chosen for literary and/or graphic qualities to be part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair. The 1994 bibliography contains over 200 titles in 28 languages from 40 countries; the 1995 issue contains over 170 titles in 25 languages from 38 countries; the 1996 issue contains nearly 250 titles in 27 languages from 43 counties; the 1997 issue contains 275 titles in 23 languages from 43 countries; and the 1998 issue contains 253 titles in 28 languages from 46 countries. Annotations in the bibliography are arranged in 7 groups based on geographic area of the world or family of languages. (Contains author and illustrator name and subject indexes.) (RS)
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A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature
INTERNA-1 TIONALE JUGEND BIBUOTHEK
Internationale Jugendbibliothek München International Youth Library Munich Bibliotheque Internationale de la Jeunesse Munich Biblioteca Internazionale Della GioyentO Monaco 4 INTERNA- (T) TIONALE : D JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK International Youth Library Impressum
The White Ravens 1994 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature
International Youth Library Munich SchloI3 Blutenburg, D-81247 München Germany
Selection:
East Asian Languages Fumiko Ganzenmiiller (Japanese) Dan yan Chen (Chinese)
East European Languages Doris Amberg (Hungarian) Gerlinde Burger (Romanian) Werner Kilffner (Czech, Croatian, Lithuanian, Mordvian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian) Dr. Alexandra Stavropulos (Greek, Turkish, Cypriot)
English Martha Baker Barbara Haberl
German Christa Stegemann
Romance Languages Dr. Andreas Bode (Italian) Eve lin Höhne (Spanish, Portugese) Dorothee Pfeiffer (French)
Scandinavian Languages Dr. Andreas Bode
Other Languages Toin Duijx (Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian) Preface
For many years The White Ravens have been appearing in time for the Children's Book Fair in Bologna. This selection offers international and German mediators between books and children a guide to the current international production of youth literature by presenting books which are striking in their literary and/or graphic qualities. During the Bologna Children's Book Fair these books will be displayed at the International Youth Library stand (Hall 30 A28) and Thereafter as a travelling exhibition in different sites.
Sections of The White Ravens have in the past been reprinted by individual libraries in Germany and elsewhere and will appear in 1994 in the information bulletin of the International Youth Library, the LIB- Report. The library will be pleased to grant permission to any institution wishing to reprint parts of the catalog upon written request on the condition that the IYL be given clear recognition.
The annotations of this catalogue are arranged in seven groups based on a geographical area of the world or a family of languages. The number of titles in each group was apportioned taking the constraints of the catalogue into account; this number was somewhat adjusted according to the number of titles submitted. In addition, the library's Lektoren have highlighted specific titles to which they wish to draw particular attention for the widest possible recognition - the special mentions.
This selection of over 200 titles in 28 languages from 40 countries certainly makes no claim to being exhaustive. It is drawn from last year's new acquisitions sC-nt to the IYL by publishers from around the world. Unfortunately, not all the publishing houses which consistently and generously supply the IYL with their books could be mentioned. Still, we want to cordially thank them all for their shipments and assure them or representation in our depository collection.
In conclusion, a request to publishers: Please continue to send us your books! We aspire to fulfil the expectation that the International Youth Library in Munich be the home of the most comprehensive collection of international literature for children and young people available worldwide.
Dr. Barbara Scharioth Munich, March 1994
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until she is given a second mother. (10+) Japan The title story received the second Hirosuke- dOwashei Prize. 1 Akutagawa, Rytinosuke (text) Miyamoto, Junko (illus.) 3Hata, Yoshiko (text/illus.) Torokko (The Truck) Kakekko shiy6 (Do you want to race?) Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1993. 4Opp Tokyo: Iwasaki shoten, 1993. 28pp (Nihon no distwa tneisakusen) ISBN 4-265-01127-6 ISBN 4-03-963610-4 Vitality - Nature Child - Fear - Relativity of Life "Who wants to race with me?" calls out a How unusual illustrations can be is show in young boy. First of all a bird answers, then this picture book with "Yftzen"-coloring a fish, then wind, clouds and rain, and technique and batik, colored pictures on silk finally the sun. The boy and the natural crepe for a short story by the well-known elements racing with him convey vitality, the modern classic writer Akutagawa. The wish fundamental theme of this picture book. The of the eight-year-old village boy Ryohei to drama of the race is expressed in the colors ride justonce on a truck is granted one and the vigorous brush strokes, which winter day. Immediately after that he must fascinate the reader. (3+) experience the terrible fear of being left alone in a strange place. In this way the 4Ishiguro, Namiko (reteller) irony of life is symbolically shown. (10+) Kajiyama, Toshio (reteller/illus.) Dagodago korokoro (An Old Woman 2Awa, Naoko (text) and a Dumpling) Ajito, Keiko (illus.) Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. [32pp] Hanamame no nieru made - Sayo no ISBN 4-8340-1218-2 Folktale/Japan - Demon - Dragonfly - monogatari(Until the Beans are Gratitude CookedThe Story of Sayo) Toshio Kajiyama is one of the few illustra Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1993. 142pp tors who still cultivates the traditional (Keiseisha wandtirando 10) Japanese style of painting. In this picture ISBN 4-03-540100-5 book he has reduced his characteristic brush Modern Fairy Tale/JapanNatural Spirli - stroke, making the pictures more memora Daughter ble. Even the western reader will find them This author occupies a special position in less foreign. This folktale deals with an old Japanese children's literature on account of woman who must prepare rice dumplings for her fairy tales. She unites mysterious Nature the demons and is rescued from the demon's with the reality of the profane world, whe- captivity by the red dragonflies. (3+) reby her tales usually end in tragedy or are marked with melancholy. This book contains six stories about a 12-year-old girl named 5Kadono, Eiko (text) Sayo, child of the son of a tavern owner and Hirono, Takako (illus.) the daughter of a mountain spir:t. Because of Majo no takkyfibin sono 2Kiki to her great longing, her mother, transformed into wind, returns to her original world. At atarashii mah8 (The Witch's Special home and in nature marvellous things hap- Delivery Service. Vol. 2: Kiki and pen. Sayo becomes acquainted with natural Her New Magic) spirits and demons and become wind, her- Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1993. 400pp self, like her mother. Still she feels lonely, 7 ISBN 4-8340-1174-7
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Witch - Independence - Identity Crisis for instance, a girl, eyeglasses, a dinosaur, Fifteen-year-old Kiki is half witch, half etc. This book consists not just of instruc- human and thus endowed with only one kind tions for a game, but cleverly forms a chain of magicflying on a broom. For serveral story.ln Japan such games are much loved years she has been living on her own, self- by children. (3+) supporting through her special delivery 'service and is much loved by people. In the Special Mention second volume she has a conflict of cons- cience and thus an identity crisis. The story is amusing, full of fantasy and quite realisti- 8Sakata, Hiroo (text) cally written. The reader can readily under- Chô, Shinta (illus.) stand the behavior and reactions of the pro- Dakuchiru dakuchiru - Hajimete no uta tagonist. (10+) (Dactyl Dactyl - The First Song of the World) 6Matsui, Tadashi (reteller) Based on a poem by Valentin Dmitrievich And6, Norika (illus.) Berestov. Oni no ko Kozuna (The Demon Child Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1993. 132pp] Kozuna) ISBN4-8340-1220-4 Dinosaur - Loneliness - Harmony - Nature Tokyo: lwasald shown, 1993. 31pp - Humanity ISBN 4-265-03333-4 In spite of the roaring noise of the fire- Fairy Tale/Japan - Demon - Self-sacrifice spewing mountains all around him, the giant After a long search, the father finds his Iguanadon is lonely. One day he encounters daugher, who was stolen away by a demon a brother-like creature, the pterodactyl. to become his wifeand his captive. With Although he doesn't understand the grating tricks she manages to flee with her son and language, he nonetheless is pleased to hear it father. When the child becomes aware of his the first song in the world. demonic nature, he begs to be buried. By his Emotions are the source of poetry. Higher self-sacrifice, the village achieves prosperity. poetry can ultimately lead us to humanitaria- In this folktale the illustrator combines his nism. This picture book shows connections own individual style of expression with which the young reader can readily under- elements of traditional Japanese painting. stand since the simple pictures and brief text The pictures express the fantastic elements of this story form an ideal unity. (3+) of the story in their daring coloration. (5+)
7Nakamura, Masako (text) Nishimaki, Kayako (text/illus.) 9Watanabe, Shigeo (text) Ekakiuta no hon (The Songs of Draw- Inoue, Ybsuke (illus.) ing) Tsukiyo no jid6sha (A Car at Full Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1993. 132ppl Moon) ISBN4-8340-1169-0 Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993. 32pp Drawing - Children's Rhyme - Children's ISBN4-06-131888-8 Play Environment - Animal/ManFriendship This book contains six merry painting An old man who lives in an auto graveyard games. The rhythm of the texts yield melod near the sea befriends a neighboring badger ies quite on their own. Following each text, family. Together they build a vehicle from simple lines are drawn in a certain order, parts of the auto wrecks in order to carry which in the end fit together into pictures of, away the litter from the coastal shores. With a East Asian Languages
folkloric elements such as the appearance of eastern China and reminisce about this day badgers, full-moon gazing, etc. and the with nostalgia. (10+) idyllic nighttime scenes results in a poetic story about a contemporary theme "environ- 12 Gong, Ze Hua (text) ment." Done in only a few colors, these pictures obtain an earthy character. (5+) Tu, Zai Hua (text) Jin, Ya Zi (illus.) 10 Yanagihara, ihei (text/illus.) Zhu Lin Qing Qing (Green Bamboo Kono nioi nan no nioi (What is this Forest) smell?) Hang Zhou: Zhe Jiang Shan Man Re Tong Chu Ban She, 1989. 39pp Tokyo: Kogurnasha, 1993. 32pp (Jiang Nan Feng Qin Re Tong Xi Lie- San ISBN 4-7721-0116-0 Wen Cong Shu) Smell ISBN 7-5342-0478-X The author, a specialist in the field of China (East) - Popular Culture - Everyday information books, attempts to create an Life image of the invisible sense of smell by associating his own personal images of odors with certain colors. The reader can, encour 13 Gong, Ze Hua (text) aged by this book, look for odors or live Tu, Zai Hua (text) more consciously with odors. Objects and Huang, Fa Bang (illus.) odors are presented in simplified form with Wen Xin De Ge (Gentle Songs) graphic colors. (3+) Hang Zhou: Zhe Jiang Shao Nian Re Tong Chu Ban She, 1989. 29pp (Jiang Nan Feng Qin Re Tong Xi Lie San Wen Cong Shu) People's Republic ISBN 7-5342-0479-8 of China China (East) - Popular Culture - Children's Play 11 Fei, Shu Fen (text) In eastern China there are many small old towns and villages, narrow rivers and lakes. Zhu, Wei Xian (text) Life there was once peaceful and simple, Zhou, Shiang (illus.) imbued with traditional Chinese culture. In Don Zhi De Mong (The Dream of the this series, the authors attempt to encourage Winter Solstice) an appreciation of this former way of life Hang Zhou: Zhe Jiang Shao Nian Re Tong and feeling among the youth of today, who Chu Ban She, 1989. 46pp have lost or are losing touch with it. Jiang Nan Feng Qin Re Tong Xi Lie San The "Green Bamboo Forest" is an attractive Wen Cong Shu book of local-style paintings shows everyday ISBN 7-5342-0514-X life as it was in the past."Gentle Songs" Winter Solstice - Family - Celebra captures children's activities in former times lion/China - Small Town in colorful paintings. (9+) The winter solstice has been a popular holi- day from ancient times until today. On this day, people eat a special meal with the entire 14 Jai, Ying (text) family and close relatives. Grandparents tell Li, Heng Chen (illus.) holiday stories to children, gathered around Hua Du Don (Flower Sunshirt) the fire in their warm and dark kitchens. Beijing: Zhong Guo Shao Man Re Tong Chu Both authors come from small towns in Ban She, 1990. 2Opp 9 6 East Asian Languages
ISBN 7-5007-1054-2 China - Ghost - Wisdom Folktale/China - China/Clothing Ghosts love people, they help them to get - Imagination what they want, and teach them what they Even now in smaller towns or villages of ought to do. According to an old Chinese China, children sometimes wear a special saying "ghosts have a better consciencethan kind of clothing in summer called the flower human beings." (8+) sunshirt. It is said to have gotten this name from a kind and powerful snake who lost its 17 Xiao, Vie (text/illus.) life while helping a child. The story is be- Li, Gin and his family (illus.) autiful buts ends sadly, as all Chinese folk- Xin Qing Fa Shu (Feeling Makes a tales must do. (7+) Tree) Taibei: Huang Goan Wen Xue Chu Ban You 15 Shen, Hu Gen (text) Xian Gong Si, 1991. 24pp Zhu, Bin Wen (text) ISBN 957-33-0698-0 Wu, Ji De (illus.) Taiwan - Environmental Consciousness - Mei Zi Yii (Plum Rains) Nature/Civilization Hang Zhou: Zhu Jiang Shao Nian Re Tong Set against the background of the new Tai- Chu Ban She, 1989. 36pp wanricher, more developed, more crow- (Jiang Nan Feng Quin Re Tong Xi Lie San ded, less undisturbed nature - this story was Wen Cong Shu) conceived by the family of the author's bro- ISBN 7-5342-0480-1 ther in order to describe their living condi- China (East) - Spring - Rain - Everyday tions and life maxims - especially the need to Life treasure nature and encourage human sen- Inspringtime in eastern China it frequently sibilities which unite rather thandivide. rains. This is the time which people there (12+) call the "plum rains", when everything be- comes green - the most beautiful time of the 18 Xin, Hua (reteller) year. This book gives a charming view of Lu, Ju De (illus.) this season and stories from the local area. The illustrations include pictures which won Jia Zi Jiou Lu (Jia Zi Saves a Deer) Taibei: Dong Hua Shu JO Re Tong Bit, a provincial art prize. (8+) 1989. 16pp (Duen Huang Gil Shi) [ISBN n/a] IIII Republic of China China - Iluddhismus - Man/Animal - Wall Painting/Duen Iluang - Deer
16 Deng, Mei Zhen (reteller) 19 Yie, Ying Feng (reteller) Zhang, Shi Ming (illus.) Yu, Li (illus.) Lao Shan Dao Shi (Monk on Lao Shan) Da Yi Tao Hai (Da Zi Dries the Sea) Taibei: Dong Hua Slut JO Ke Tong Bu, Wang Lion Lang (Mr. Wang) - 1989. I6pp Wan Xia (Evening Sunlight)Shi (Duen Huang Gu Shi) Chi (Stone Lover) - ya Qian (Coins Ino ISBN! Rain). China - Buddhismus - Man/AnimalWall Taibei: Xin Yi Ji Jin Chu Ban She, 1991. Painling/Duen Huang - Dragon 21 pp each There are.many famous temples and wall ISBN 957-642-042-3 (collected vols.) paintings in Duen Huang, a very old and East and South-East European Languages
mysterious place in the northwest desert of 21 Karaslavova, Radostina (text) China. These books present the background of Buddhism with classical Chinese paintings Paunov, Viktor (illus.) in the ancient style from that area. "Jia Zi Trakite (The Thracians) Saves a Deer", the classic story of a boy Sofija : Zemja, 1993. 32pp hunting a deer contains the essential lesson (Detska iljustrovana istorija na BAlgarija) of Buddhism do not cause harm to any ISBN 954-8345-06-4 living thing around you. "Da Zi Dried the Bulgaria/History <1200 B.C. - 500 A.D.> Sea" tells the story of a boy who dried the - Thracians sea for the dragon king who hid his pearls In Bulgaria, books about the history and pre- under the water, conveying another essential history of that country have always been lesson - keep your spirit strong. (8+) very important. This simply-produced (stap- led), but attractive and informative informa- tion book, with numerous illustrations and graphic presentations, deals primarily essen- IIBulgaria tially with the culture and civilization of the Thracian inhabitants once living in the terri tory of modern-day Bulgaria. Since there are 20 Karalijtev, Angel (text) few written sources, but only archeological Stanimirov, Pet Ar (illus.) remains, a large part of the book covers the Balgarski narodni prikazki (Bulgarian material artefacts such as coins, jewelry, Folktales) tools, weapons, cult and art objects. Further more, the author reports on the first state Sofija: Vedrina, 1993. 2 vols. I. 159 pp. ISBN 954-404-036-6 founded by the Thracian tribes, the settle- 2. 151 pp. ISBN 954-404-037-4 ment of the Black Sea coastal area by the Fairy Tale/Bulgarian Greeks and the conquest of the Thracian This is a collection of fairy tales, stories and areas by Philipp II and Alexander the Great, anecdotes from the Bulgarian folk tradition, who however were not able to subjugate the Thracians completely. (10+) adapted by the important pioneer of the Bulgarian children's literature, Angel KaralijAev (1902-1972), in a rich and lyrical language. In the Bulgarian tradition, just as 22 Pavlov, Konstantin (text) for the other Balkan peoples, fairy tales with Pavlova, Donka (illus.) magical themes do not have the same mean- F'oni nfati kragli re6ni karani : Täina ing as in middle European or even Russian prikazka (F'oni Hatches Round regions. Much more frequent are the tales of the popular life in which magical elements, River Stones: A Sad Tale) if present at all, do not play a central role. VracaBudilnik, 1993. 24pp no ISBN Particularly important are the stories of the Clever Peter ("ChitAr PetAr"), the Bulgarian Fabulous Creature Eulenspiegel. Both of these volumes are This is an experimental, mythical picture illustrated with typical Bulgarian pictures in book written in free verse about the bird water color and with black-and-white gra- F'oni, who sits on stones from which wing phics and ornamentation. (6+) ed creatures are supposed to hatch and con- templates their fate. The realization that some of them will be evil, causes him to become sad, just as also the fact that the good ones will suffer a terrible fate. The symbolic, ornamental pictures underscore the mythical character of the book. (10+)
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III Croatia 25 Tapakes, Alexandros Sten ankalia tu bunu (In the Mountain's 23 Lga, Josip Castle) Gospodar od Klju6a (The Lord of Leukosia: Published by the Autor, 1991. 113pp Kljuè) no ISBN Zagreb : Znanje, 1990. 154pp Tapakes, Alexandros/Aulobiography - ISBN 86-313-0188-4 Childhood - Cyprus/Invasion <1974> Yugoslavia - Dalmatia/Histoty <1960- The narrator Antonis tells of his childhood 1969> - Holiday Adventure - Runaway in the country, about the games and pranks In this young adult novel, Josip Laa he played with his friend Mikes and their (*1946) takes the reader to his homeland, in successful Karagiosis performances. They the national park at the Krka waterfalls. Set travel about the country, visiting the castle in the early 1960s, a group of young boys of the Byzantine ruler Regaina and celebrate with parental problems runaway from home with each other until the Turkish invasion in order to live in this region for a while as "robs him of his childhood." The family "Haiduks", as was quite common at that must flee, but the grandfather chooses to time. There they experience notonly the stay behind. They find him later in Leuko most diverse adventures in connection with a sia, injured. He dies in the refugee camp. As church burglary and the filming of a Karl an adult, Antones looks back on this tur- May film; the author also makes reference to bulent period and longs for reconciliation the problems of socialist Yugoslavia and and repatriation with the land of "his child weaves in Croatian history of the Middle hood dreams." In a rich, often lyrical lan- Ages when the boys decide to explore the guage the author describes situations, the fortress of Kljui. (10+) customs and manners, and religious cele- brations of his Cypriot homeland, telling stories from the past. (12+) MI Cyprus 26 Thoma, Chrysalla 24 Genakriitu, Era (text) Gia ten Pyle tes Anoixes Pulcheriu, Elena (illus.) (Around the Gate of Spring) 0 Markos mu ki ego (My Markos Leukosia: Politistikes Yperesies Ypurgeiu and I) Paideias, 1993. I 35pp Leukosia: Published by the author, 1991. no ISBN 78pp Good - Evil - Seasons - Battle An eventful, breath-taking adventure story no ISBN Cyprus/Invasion <1974> - Refugee Camp about the battle between spring and winter, between good and evil. It takes place in a - Girl - Teddy Rear dream world where the ancient Greek and Katerina tells her Teddy Bear Marko about Medieval times meet. The author, a recent her life in the refugee camp where she lived graduate of secondary school, is one of the before moving into a new apartment. The great hopes of the literary scene. Rich, descriptions and opinions are given from child's point of view. Written in a clear, moving language. (10+) (Prize of the Cypriot Ministry of Culture) uncomplicated manner. (8+) (First Prize, Cypriot Association for Child ren's and Youth Literature)
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H - is portrayed so fascinatingly that the Czech Republic reader cannot help but be enthused by his unique, ingenious personality. A prize-win- 27 Koiik, Frantgek (text) ning book. Mare Aovd, Milada (illus.) Pohádky vánoe'nfho zvonku 29 Epameinondas, Spyros (text) (Tale of the Christmas Bell) Keperte, Dora (illus.) Praha : Nakl. Winston Smith, 1991. 160pp Gyreuume ..ton elio ISBN 80-900217-4-3 (We're Looking for... the Sun) Modern Fairy Tale/Czech - Christmas Athen: Aster, 1991. 21Ipp These twelve fairy tales, which fall back no ISBN upon the folktale motifs, all deal directly or Cyprus/Occupation <1974> - Refugee indirectly with Christmas. Their narrative Camp - Survival style, their themes and above all their This story is set in Cyprus. Expelled during understanding of Christmas document once the Turkish invasion of 1974, the refugees again the close affinity of Bohemia to the are given shelter in Tents. Eight children middle European cultural and social sphere. joing together and try to overcome the terri- The book from the Prague science fiction ble days. The author reports their daily and adventure story publishing house Win activities and the joint adventures. When one ston Smith (named after the hero of Orwell's of them, Alkistis, emigrates to Melbourne 1984, is attractively illustrated with pen- and soon forgets them, they know that an and-ink drawings, some in color. (6+) era has come to an end. They move into an apartment, but their hearts are still filled with longing for the abandoned home. Are concrete highrises a substitute? Wasn't it IIIGreece much nicer before? But life goes on. This is a novel of reconciliation which looks back with nostalgia and builds on the future. 28 Grammenos, Mpampes (text) (Cyprus Association for Children's and Stavropulos, Stathes (illus.) Youth Literature Prize) Megas Alexandros (Alexander der Gro8e) 30 Kliapha, Marula (text) Athen: Ankyra, 1992. 124pp no ISBN Kolybas, Elias (illus.) Alexander the Great/Childhood Dyskoloi kairoi gia mikrus prinkipes This historical novel vividly describes life at (Hard Times for Little Princes) the court of Philipp 11, where his brilliant Athen: Kastaniotes, 1992. 254pp son, the future Alexander the Great, grows no ISBN up. His stormy youth, his lively and restless Guest Worker/Children - Squalor - Theft - spirit astound everyone surrounding-him, Death especially his teacher Aristotles and his own Four young journalists learn that the teena- father. The high point of the novel is his ger Odysseas, who was being sought by the taming of the wild Macedonian horse Buke- police for theft, has been run over by a phalos, which became his constant friend subway train. Suspecting suicide, they begin and companion. The man for whom "Mace- to investigate. Odysseas comes from a work- donia was too small" - according to Philipp I ing-class family. The father abandons mother
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and children and moves in with his girl- Greece/Persia/History 600-500 B.C. friend. The mother led her own life. Odys- An historical novel set in the 6th century seas, a dreamy, diligent pupil, is sent to his B.C. King Amyntas receives the Persians grandmother in Greece, where he lives and pays them tribute. When they assault the unsupervised and in squalor. Hitchhiking to Macedonian women during a banquet, the Athens, he disappears in the underworld. young crown prince Alexander takes revenge Although he wants to go home, he lets him- men in disguise turn the banquet into a self be talked into more burglaries. While bloodbath. As king, he dedicates himself to fleeing from the police, he is run over by the the ideals of Greece and fights against the subway. Kliapha's mature novel is an unre- Persians. As an old man in the now free elenting criticism of the generation of fathers Macedonia, he realizes that the new era of and their greed for money. He realistically prosperity led to a loss of old friends. The portrays the world of young adults who, too author is considered a master storyteller and soon self-sufficient, neglected and isolated, has won many prizes. (12+) get on the wrong track. This book addresses both young adults and adults. (14+) 33 Sphakianake-Xenake, Sophia E Puludenia kai alle diegemata 31 Psaraute, Litsa (Puludenia and Other Stories) To augo tes echidnas (The Serpent's Athen: Ombros, 1993. 55pp. Egg) no ISBN Athens Patakes, 1991. 102pp Wealth - Poverty - Outsider"- Short Stories (Synchrone Logotechnin gin neus - Sylloge The five stories in this book show children Peristerin) and teenagers in crisis situations. Regardless no ISBN of whether it is Puludenia, who works as a AIDS - Crisis - Death house servant in a rich household, although The 18-year-old narrator, Stephanos, has she would have preferred to go to school, or AIDS. This novel shows how he deals with an older sister who works after school, in his situation. He tries to hide his deep de- order to feed the younger children, it is al- pressions from parents, friends, and Olga, ways a case of two social classes. The wea- whom he loves, but it is ultimately not pos- ker ones, the disadvantaged children, who sible. In silence of his mind, he blames the have been robbed of their childhood, get the adults for not warning him. In minute analy- short end of the deal. The author, recipient sis, the author explores the abysses of the of numerous prizes, develops a panorama of soul. Aside from its literary qualities, this a short-sighted society full of contradictions, book is a warning aimed at both young which senselessly imposes suffering on all. adults and adults. (13+) (12+) (Honor prize of the Literary Pan-Hellenic Competition) 32 Sinu, Kira (text) Metralia, Sonia (illus.) 34 Surele, Galateia Kato apo ton elio te Makedonias 0 megalos apochairetismos (Under the Macedonian Sun). (The Great Farewell) AthensKedros, 1992. 176pp With Photos. (Kntophli ston kosmo) Athens Psychogios, 1990. 152pp no ISBN no ISBN Alexander 11' East and South-East European Languages An historical novel about the bloody dispute 36 Vásárhelyi, Tamds (text) between the Greeks and the Turks in Asia Veres, Láshi (illus.) Minor. It ended with the eviction of the Greeks from Smyrna (today Izmir). Sus Folyók, tavak elövilága (Living Ani penseful episodes, lively dialogs, friendship mals in Rivers and Sees) and reconciliation between the enemies Budapest: Officina Nova Vert. 1992. 24pp (12+) (Greek Youth Book Prize) ISBN 963-7835-89-X 325 Ft Water animals - Hungary This is one title in a series titled "Looking at our Environment", which reports on the animal world in Hungary. Not only the large IIIHungary and well-known animals are described, but also the smallest forms of life which children 35 Enrödi, Bela (text/illus.) can encounter or observe. In the preface Krampusz-Konyv (The Krampus Book) there are exact guidelines for careful obser Budapest: Zrinyi Nyomda, 1990. 42pp vation of small, highly sensitive little ani ISBN 963-02-7954-1 140 Ft mals. The picture book spreads can also be Parents - Upbringing - Krampus - Si. Nich unfolded into longer panoramas, in which olas - Devil the animals romp around in their natural The Krampus parents live a bourgeois life in surroundings. On the reverse side, they are hell and give their three children the best then described in simple, easily understood possible upbringing. The high point of their language. Environmental protection and education is a stay abroad, when the children preservation of species are an urgent concern take a trip with their teacher to Earth. There voiced in all the books of this series. The among humans everything is much different realistic illustrations enable "young scient- than down in hell and thus the devil children ists" to make precise observations. (4+) experience a series of misadventures: fire, hunger, punishment, noisy human children. They want nothing more than to return to their parents, in hell. But then they run into Nicholas. He has been looking for them for Lithuania a long time. He remakes the Krampus chil- dren into little Krampusses and ever since 37 Valakius, Motiejus (text) then good little boys and girls have gotten Puipa, Audris (illus.) nuts and apples from Nicholas. but bad children find only a Krampus in their boot. Mike melagelis The simple, clear rhymes, witty and ironical, (Mike, the Liar) make this book as pleasurable to read today Vilnius : Vyturys, 1991. [32pp] as it was when it first appeared in 1923. ISBN 5-7900-0586-1 Black-and-red illustrations in Art Nouveau Lithuania/Stories - Pranks style underline the text's intentions. (5+) The stories about boy's pranks were written by the Catholic clergy man (Bishop of Samo- gitia), a folk literature collector and one of the first Lithuanian fiction writers and educa- tors: They appeared first in 1864 in a book titled "Vajku knygele" (The Children's Book). Contains realistic gouache illustra- tions (7+). 12 East and South-East European Languages myths, orally preserved tales, material tradi- Mordoviya tions, archeological research and the written records of other peoples. (13+) The Mordvinians are an ethnic mixture of European and Asian peoples speaking Erzya 39 Radaev, Vasilij (text) (about two-thirds) and Moksha (about one- Vtulkin, Michail (transl. from third), two of the languages belonging to the Mordvinian into Russian) Volga family of the Finno-Ugrian group. According to Russian and Soviet sources, Kak kuznec soseda podkoval : Legend Erzya and Moksha are united together as y, predanija i bylióki Mordvinians, although they have different (How the Smith Shod His Neigh- cultural traditions and cannot easily commu- bor: Legends, Traditions and Fa- nicate with each other. The Mordvinians bles) have been Russian subjects since the end of Saransk: Mordovskoe knitnoe izdaterstvo the 18th century. One third of the Mordo- 1988. I57pp. With illus. vinians live in the Mordvinian Republic, ISBN 5-7595-0093-7 under the sovereignty of the Russian Federa- Legend/Mordvinian/Anthology tion, south of Nitnyj Novgorod (in Soviet Instead of magic fairy tales which are not times: Gor'kij), where they make up about specific to any nation or ethnic group, this one-third of the inhabitants. The remaining volumes contains typical Mordvinian legends two-thinls of the Mordvinians live in other and sagas. This folk literature, closely linked parts of Russia, especially the Volga region, with the Mordvinian traditions, customs, the southern Ural, in Siberia and in Thrkes habits and rituals, clearly reflects the situa- tan. tion of Mordoviya, where Europe and Asia, Christianity, Shamanism and Islam (the 38 Jurtenkov, Valerij A. (text) religion of their Turkic neighbors) meet. Korovin, A.I. (illus.) Included are myths of creation, leg- ends of sagas, Chronograf, iii povestvovanie o mor- gods and spirits, folk etymogical sagas of Mordovian's popular herossuch dovskom narode i ego istorii .5.1-6 East and South-East European Languages 41 Samorodov, Krill T. (ed.) characters, Ossendowski the seven-month Popov, L.V. und Smirnov, Ju.V. long odyssey of Henryk (15) und Romek (illus.) (13) and Irenka (11), children of a Pole living in Tientsin, whose airplane has to Volgebnye skazki (Tales of Magic) make an emergency landing in the Gobi Saransk: Mordovskoe knittioe izdatel'stvo Desert. With primitive means and equipment 1992. 37pp from the airplane, the children manage to (Mordovskie narodnye skazki) build a shelter and find food. Of course, ISBN 5-7595-0879-2 they, too, have a "Friday"an injured Mon- Fairy Tales/Mordoviya golian named t'ultun, whom they rescue. Short Mordovinian animal tales resemble to t'ultun succeeds in capturing and taming a considerable extent the Russian, hut also several wild horses, which then carry them the Aesop animal fables. The Mordovinian all on a week-long journey to his "aul", tales of magic collected in the other volume where the children are then reunited with also reveal parallels with the Russian and their father. This historical young adult European tales, often however Mordovian novel with his portrayal of Inner Mongolia gods-, spirits and other mythical figures and encounters with harmless and dangerous appear. Although both publications are quite animals is still worth reading today. (10+) simply produced (stapled) and the illustra- tions of varying quality, the good lay-out of the books should be emphasized. (6+) 43 Wawilow, Danuta und Usenko, Oleg (ed.) Czerniawski, Jerzy (illus.) IIPoland Byl sobie król... (Once there was a King...) Warszawa : Ludowa Spdldzielnia Wydawnic- 42 Ossendowski, Ferdynand (text) za, 1991. 269 pp Wloszczyriski, Andrzej Ludwik ISBN 83-205-4074-7 (paper) (illus.) ISBN 83-205-4383-5 (hardbound) Mali zwyciczy: Przygodi dzieci w Rhymed Fairy Tales/Poland/Anthology pustyni Szamo This anthology contains Polish tales in verse from the fairy tales off the great Polish (The Little Victors: An Adventure romanticist Juliusz Slowacki (1809-1849) of Children in the Gobi Desert) and the first major Polish children's book Warszawa : Ludowa Spóldzielnia Wydawnic- author Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910) za, 1991. 144 pp through to the "Adventure of a Billy-Goat" ISBN 83-205-4375-4 by Kornel Makuszyriski and tales of the Gobe 14 ' East and South-East European Languages style of the Lithuanian-Polish artist Stasys 45 Serb, loan (ed.) EidrigeviNus, but without his surrealistic Munteanu, Val (iHus.) manner. (8+) Legende populare românelti (Romanian Folktales) Bucuregi: Ed. Minerva, 1991. 140pp ISBN 973-21-0085-0 200 Lei Flower. - Bird - Romania - Legend/Antho- IIIRomania logy This volume contains legends and fairy tales 44 Batzaria N. (pseud of Moza Nae) which have taken a flower or a bird as main Pascal (illus.) protagonist, telling about the origin or ex- MiCa Robinson: aventurile extraor- ceptional characteristic of each. Usually it is dinare ale unei fetike (Little Ro- people who are transformed into another state through happy or adverse circumstanc binson: the Extraordinary Adven- es. They are enchanted, conquered by ene- tures of a Young Girl) mies or dragons, punished by higher powers, Sibiu: Trans-pres, 1992. I43pp rewarded. And so it is in these folktales that ISBN 973-9009-12-3 199 Lei a world of souls is created in which each Romania/Ilistmy <1920-1929> - Argen creature has its own story and is worthly of Una/History <1920-1929> - Emigration - love and protection. (7+) Girl - Eltern - Robinsonade After the death of her mother, Mariana 46 Sovu, George emigrates from Transylvania to Argentina with her father, a Romanian professor. On Extemporal la dirigentie (Pupils and the estate of her uncle she learns the secrets Teachers) of Nature and agriculture, as well as the Bucurefti: Ed. Jacobi, 1992.I 59pp Spanish language and the life-style of the ISBN 973-95260-7-1 150 Lei natives. She is a pretty, diligent child who is Puberty - First Love - Teacher - Pupil loved by everyone. Although they get along On the first day of school in a Bucharest very well in Argentina, father, uncle and school, people of various fates and experien- Mariana are plagued with homesickness. ces encounter each other. The homeroom When the political situation in Romania teacher - clever and wise; his daughter - improves (around 1920), they decide to pretty, young, in love; the new teacher - return home. During the trip their ship runs with her special eyes; the good and the bad into a storm. Mariana's life-boat capsizes young man in love; and other new and old and when she awakes, saved by her dog, she school classes and teachers with all their is alone on an island. Here she manages individuality. These people exert influence quite well, having learned everything she on on another and take course toward a needs to know on the farm in Argentina. happy end. The superficial plot is sprinkled After many years she is unexpectedly found, with everyday psychological and philoso- rescued and returned safe and sound to her phical wisdom. In spite of its weaknesses, family and friends. This Robinsonade with a the novel can be recommended for the ex- female protagonist is written in a clear, tensive picture it gives of today's Romanian competent and easily understandable lan- society. (14+) guage. A negative aspect is the passages of extreme Romanian nationalism, which could be omitted in a translation. (10+) -18 15 East and South-East European Languages 47 Urechia, Nestor skillfully designed and impressively presen- Zinele din Valea Cerbului (The Fairies ted, often in several variations. In funny stories in which the respective letter frequen- in Deer Valley) tly appears, the characteristic use of the Bucurefti: Abeona, 1992. 191pp letters is given. (5+) ISBN 973-48-0092-2 198 Lei Carpathians - Fairy Moscow in the overground world from the 52 Kondakova, Ol'ga (illus.) reports of his ancestors. One day he sets off Emery, Chatherine (transl.) to see this world himself and encounters Pomme metre et plat d'argent: Contes Ksenija, waiting for her mother on a night of the full-moon alone in the garden. Together russes (Russian Orig. Title: Sereb they take a nocturnal journeythrough space rjannoe bljudeelo i nalivnoe jabloè and time. In the morning it is all over. This ko) interestingly written fantasy is richly illustra- (The Red Apple on the Silver Plate: ted in the style of the Leningrad Picture Russian Fairy Tales) Book School (Brothers Traugot). (6+) moscou : Radouga 1990. 77pp ISBN 5-05-003210-5 Special Mention Fairy Tale/Russian This book, attractively designed and richly 51 Pogorel'skij, Antonij (text) illustrated in the Russian Folk Art style, Dechterev, Boris A. (illus.) includes, among others things, four typically Russian magical tales which are not con- Vol§ebnye povesti (Tales of magic). tained in these versions in Aleksandr N. Moskva : Detskaja literatura 1992. 125pp Afanas'ev's fairy tale compendium: "The no ISBN Red Apple on the Silver Plate" and "Father Modern Fairy Tale/Russian Frost," - two Cinderella tales, each with a This volume contains the two romantic tales different endingas well as "The Wooden of Antonij Pogorel'skij (pseud. of Alexei A. Eagle" and "The Three Kingdoms,". (5+) Perovskij; 1787-1836), a bastard sons of the Duke A.K. Razumovskij: "The Poppy Seed Cake Woman of Lafertovo" and "The Black 53 Prokoreva, Sorja L. (text) Hen or The Inhabitants of the Underworld." Kalinovskij, Gennadij (illus.) In both tales, the portrayal of the real world and psychological studies of the characters Cook-Horujy, Kathleen (Engl. goes hand in hand with supernatural pheno- trans.) mena and the description of a fairy tale Raggity and the cloud (Russian Orig. world. In the first tale, set in Moscow in Title: Loskutik i oblako) the 17th century, a witch has a disastrous Moscow : Raduga, 1990. 157pp influence on human fates, which can only be ISBN 5-05-002484-6 corrected after her death. The second tale Modern Fair Tale/Russian - Tyranny - takes place in a boarding school in St. Pet Water ersburg in the 18th century and deals with a This suspenseful tale by the popular Russian boy, an outsider, who is conducted into the children's book author Sorja Prokoreva underworld by a black hen, who "in reality", deals with the battle against tyranny and is the mininster of an underground dwarf oppression and is a call for more civil cou- king. The subterrestials possess mysterious rage. The rag-girl lives in a country in powers and can help the boy in many situa- which the king wants to have the only water tions. Both tales are clearly influenced by spring for himself, walling it off, while his the works of E.T.A. Hoffmann. This book subjects die of thirst. An approaching rain is striking for its excellent design and the cloud promises deliverance, but the king outstanding historicizing illustrations by sends out his henchmen to find and destroy DechterEv. (10+) it. The rag-girl befriends the cloud and persuades other people to help it and, with East and South-East European Languages its ability to change shapes, it manges to come popular in particular through her fairy escape again and again, fooling the king. tales for younger children over the past The final rescue comes in the shape of the twenty years, has produced here a master little cloud's grandmother, the thundercloud piece of poetry for young people. Illustrated whose lightning bolts destroy the evil king. with ornamental graphics, this volume con- Well-illustrated by the renown Russian artist tains cheerful and witty verses about love and 1977 BIB award winner Gennadij Kali- affairs, poems of congratulations, romantic novskij. (7+) love poems, New Year poems and farewell poems. (10+) III Slovenia Turkey 54 Dekleva, Milan (text) . Sottler, Alenka (illus.) 56 Alpöge, Gii kin (text) Buela na Broadwayu Erkmen, Nazan (illus.) (Bile la on Broadway) Keloglan (Proper Name) Ljubljana : DZS, 1993. 62pp Istanbul: Ya-pa yayinlars, n.d. 16pp ISBN 86-341-1057-5 (Egitsel oykiiler dizisi, 30) USA/Satire - Stereotype no ISBN In this satirical, highly unusual fantasy tale a Turkey - Fairy Tale brother and sister from Slovenia, Baka and A retelling of a Turkish folktale for the Boko Cankar, travel to the USA, landing in young reader. Keloglan, a poor boy who a world filled with detective and Western must work hard, manages to marry the stereotypes. They are followed by Stan king's daughter. The tale is accompanied by Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a terribly long excellent illustrations. (7+) Buick, discover a starlet bound and gagged in a bathtub, who wants to give them an 57 Alptige, Gii kin (text) autogramm immediately after being set free, Erkmen, Nazan (illus.) meet Indians and Supergirl. In an entertain- ing tone in a language loaded with slang, Mehmet'in evi (Mehmet's Home) readers between nine and 99 are presented Istanbul: Ya-pa yayinlari, n.d. 16pp with the fully satirical mirror image of a City - Countryside - Conflict world which, in the television world of Itis winter. Mehmet's family lives a simple today, is usually accepted without much life in the country. The young boy is happy criticism. (10+) in the midst of his relatives and with his dog. One day he travels with his dog to the city. The loud traffic, the oppressive anony- 55 Makarovi, Svetlana (text) mity, the concrete houses make him unhap- py. He returns home, where he can be in Rekid, Lucijan (illus.) familiar surroundings and the open coun- Kaj lepega povej (Say Something Nice) tryside, free and untroubled. This book is a Ljubljana : DZS, 1993. - 65pp plea for the country life where a person can ISBN 86-341-1229-2 live carefree in harmony with nature. (7+) Lyric/Slovenish The actress, poet and children's book author Svetlana Makarovi'd (*1939), who has be- 21 18 English Language 59 Klein, Robin IIAustralia Seeing Things Ringwood: Puffin/Penguin, 1993. 188pp Special Mention ISBN 0-670-84869-7 Extrasensory Perception - Deception - 58 Moloney, James Death/Parent - Family Problems - Self-iden- Dougy tity After the death of her parents in a car St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, accident, Miranda and her young brother 1993. 151pp Jimmy go to live with their grandmother. AUS$ n/a ISBN 0-7022-2499-5 But Miranda is wrapped up in a world of her Aborigines - Racial Conflict - Sport own making, and has trouble getting along at The narrator, Dougy, the youngest, seeming- her new school or making friends with fel- ly simple-minded child of an Aborigine low classmates. One evening she begins to family living in a small village, relates the describe to her uncle strange background events of one summer in which his sister, details and images which make him believe Gracey, with whom he is very close, plays a she has extrasensory perception. This leads leading role. After she wins the 100m race her to be the center of attention for a local in the state championships and subsequently group of esoterically interested adults as well a scholarship to boarding school, the white as for her older sister's unsavory, smooth- residents of the village become openly re talking boyfriend, who has great need of her sentful. Racial tensions surface when a white special visionary talents. This is a suspense- girl who had been expelled from the same ful tale with a surprising ending. Very subtly school is found unconscious near the river. Klein also shows the strain, often unnoticed An armed "civil war" breaks out and one or ignored, which a young person experien person is even killed. It is ended only by a ces after the death of loved ones. The cha- flash flood, in which Dougy helps save his racterizations of a range of minor characters brother and sister from a mysterious shadow, is well-drawn, just as we expect from this perhaps the Moodagudda, the river spirit in masterful writer. (10+) which he (but not everyone) still believes. The intricate plot has several levels which are well-developed: the Aborigine family stnxture, the loss of and frequent indiffe- 1111 Canada rence to their own Aborigine cultural heri- tage, sibling relationships, the status struc- ture in the racially and socially mixed village 60 Bruchac, Joseph (text) community (microcosmos), and the chances Morin, Paul (illus.) and choices which different individuals use or misuse. The role of intolerance and preju- Fox Song dice as motivating factors in a community is Toronto: Orford University Press, 1993. also explicitly explored. Finally, the position 132pp] of Dougy in all these events is perhaps sym- ISBN 0-19-541000-9 $17.95 bolic of the average, passive observer and Indians/Canada - Nature - Death - Fox - eventual participant in a socially changing Grandmother situation. (14+) Although it is time to get up, Jamie lies in her bed and remembers Grama Bowman and the times they spent together. She remem- bers walkingup Fox Hill, learning how to 2 English Language peel birch bark to make baskets, how to nunt Joseph's blanket, while their daily activities for the winter tracks of a fox. She remem- parallel those in the human world. The two bers how her Grama told her stories and picture narratives, painted in egg tempera in taught her welcome song of her Abenaki warm, natural colors, extend the simple text people. Then she goes to Grama's favorite perfectly. place on Fox Hill, sings that song and is (Ruth Schwartz Award 1993) visited briefly by the red fox, Grama's best friend, and Jamie finally understands that she Special Mention would never be alone. The author draws on his Native American background and personal family experiences 62 Yashinsky, Dan (text) to describe in this story the importance of Pitt, Nancy Cairine (illus.) spiritual balance. The narrative is given an The Storyteller at Fault appropriate accent by the full-paged paint- Charlottetown: Ragweed Press, 1992. 63pp ings by the award-winning illustrator whose ISBN 0-921556-29-2 $9.95 naturalistic technique captures grandmother Storytelling - Folk literature (Adaptation) and child experiencing nature together. (5+) A mighty ruler who loves stories so much that he would condemn the forgetful storytel 61 Gilman, Phoebe (text/ill.) ler to death after saving the 1000 tales he Something for Nothing. Adapted from has told (in the files of a memory machine). a Jewish Folktale. A young child who hates the fairy tales his Richmond Hill: North Winds Press/Scholastic father tells because they always end happily- Canada, 1992. 132pp] ever-after -- and are thus not true, since ISBN 0-590-73802-X (price n/a) death after all is life's real end. A tale which Folkiale - Blanket - Tailor - Growing Up - cannot be separated from its teller. In addi- tion to his retelling of ten tales from the oral Storytelling Joseph's mother keeps telling him to throw traditions of Japan, Uganda, Portugal, Great his blanket away - the special one his grand- Britain, Scandinavia,orway, Israel, France father made him at birth from blue star- and ancient Persia in such a way as to make strewn fabric - because it is frazzled, worn a rich narrative tapestry, the author-father and unsightly. But Joseph is confident that frames his bed-time storytelling ritual with Grandpa can fix it, and indeed he does many philosophical reflections which remind the times over. He makes Joseph a jacket, then a adult readers of the magic and significance vest, a sabbath tie, a handkerchief, and involved in passing along stories to the next finally a button. But when the button is lost, generation in a most compelling manner -- even is Grandfather does not know what by the power of the stories themselves. more to do. Then Joseph himself decides there is just enough to make sotnething after all. This delightfully told story of old-world shtetl-life and a grain of wisdom is com- 63 Thornhill, Jan (reteller/illus.) plemented by a subplot that can only be seen Crow and Fox and Other Animal Leg in the illustrations: At the time of Joseph's ends. birth, a mouse couple takes up quarters Toronto: OWL/Gray de Pencier Book s, under the floorboards of the house and gra- 1993. [32pp] dually furnish their growing household and ISBN 1-895688-11-6 $14.95 mouse-children with the scrap remnants of 23 20 English Language Folktales - Fables 65 Cooper, Helen (text/illus.) These nine animal folktales, which the au- The Bear Under the Stairs thor carefully chose as a way of taking an London: Doubleday/Transworld, 1993. amazing journey over each continent and [32ppl subcontinent of the world, are linked at one (also New York: Dial Books/Penguin, 1993) level like a chain by the reappearance of an ISBN 0-385-402104 .18.99 animal protagonist in each following tale. USA: 0-8037-1279-0 $12.99 Thus the author retells in two pages the In- Bear - Fear - Nighttime dian story of the elephant and the hare, William is scared of grizzly bears and - followed by the West African story of the since he is sure a bear lives thereof the hare and tortoise, and so on, through to the place under the stairs. Worried that the bear South American story of the mouse and might get hungry enough to eat a little boy, tapir. And at another level the similar tone he begins to feed the bear - until his mother and hue of the brilliant colors in the full- begins to notice a peculiar "pongy" smell. page illustrations by Thornhill link together Forced to confess his fear, William and his landscapes which are nonetheless quite di- mother confront the bear under the stairs verse. together. The way the illustrations not only complete the text but also undermine its meaning is funny, surprising, but alsoper- hapsdisturbing. For there, of course, the Great Britain bear is quite independent of William's fear- ful fantasy. The craftful array of watercolor pictures brilliantly depicting an episode of 64 Cole, Babette (text/illus.) childhood which everyone will identify with. Mummy Laid an Egg! (4-7) London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. 132ppl ISBN 0-244-03645-9 7.99 Sex education - Misinformation 66 Foreman, Michael (text/illus.) Satire at the expense of parents - even in a Grandfather's Pencil and the Room of hip, alternative household - is a perfect Stories literary vehicle to convey the basic elements London: Andersen Press, 1993. (32pp] of where babies come from afler all the old ISBN 0-86264-457-7 myths are presented and tossed outby the Storytelling - Wood - Paper - Grandfather would-be audience! Cole's slapstick waterco- On a ffill-moon night long ago in a young lor illustrations first show how birth would boy's room, as a pencil begins to write take place if the myths were true. and then down his memories, the paper, the wooden lets two children give their embarassed pencil, the table, the floorboards, the door parents anatomy lessons and fairly explicit and the window join in with the memory of suggestions "for ways mummies and daddies their origins in the forest and the long jour- fit together", letting "everyone else"the neys leading them to that house, until the reader and the whole barnyard of animal wind came and blew the piece of paper with familiesknow that its all a perfectly natural all their stories back to the forest, where the phenomenon which need not be disguised. animals listened to them. Soon the young An imaginative and charmingly designed boy began his journey through life and late guide to the facts of life with enough humor in life he told his grandson, Jack, his stories to help parents get through their duty when and dreams. His memory of that moonlit the time is right. (5-8) night and the upright pencil long ago in the English Language house where Jack now lives strikes a chord. shapes, as well as variouatypography, boxes Returning home, Jack rescues the pencil and comic-like action lines to suggest the from between the floorboards, and at night it tension and heated emotions which build up continues to write down its memories. In and explode before being finally allayed masterful watercolor illustrations which com- again. He also shows how this group tries plement the narrative with additional signs of and succeeds in stopping the bullyingall time's passage, Foreman captures the stages by themselves. A visually fascinating book of this many-facetted, multi-level story of which makes a young reader curious to stories. (5-9) understand the message.(5-8) 67 Hoffman, Mary (text) Special Mention Winter, Susan (illus.) Henry's Baby 69 Merrick, Ann London: Dor ling Kindersley, 1993. 132ppl Someone Came Knocking ISBN 0-7513-7004-5 Barnstaple: Spindlewood, 1993. 148pp Belonging - Clique - Baby - Sibling ISBN 0-907349-32-3 Henry desparately wants to belong to a Quest - Family - Child Abuse - Nursery particular gang of boys at his new school, Rhyme 70 Moon, Pat III Ireland Double Image London: Orchard, 1993. I68pp ISBN 1-85213-541-7 72 Conlon-McKenna, Maritta (text) Secret - Death - Family - Grandparent - Coady, Christopher (illus.) Detective Story Little Star A family tragedy whose memory is blanked Dublin: The O'Brien Press, 1993. 126ppJ out and taboo for the parents and surviving ISBN 9-86278333-X daughter surfaces again when the grandson. Night - Star - Dream David, accidentally finds a photo of an Young James finds a shiny star lying on the unknown look-alike. In trying to interpret ground in his backyard one evening and mysterious clues with his newly found enjoys its company, its shining brightness, friend, David finds the key which releases over the next three days in his room. Then long-buried emotions for his grandfather and he realizes it is not a star for indoors and mother and helps him to establish stronger, throws it back up into the sky. The double- maturer relationships with his whole family. spread, borderless illustrations are very And he himself matures both socially and striking for their use of color and the effort- emotionally through this experience. The less suggestion of light sparkling with brush story's mystery plot is well-constructed with strokes. A prize-winning author of youth well-drawn characters and a background of novels, this is Conlon-McKenna's picture events and places which give it a realistic book. (3-6) everyday setting. (11 +) 73 Llewyllan, Morgan. Star Dancer India Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1993. 159pp (Horseshoe Series I) 71 Srivastav, Sigrun (text) ISBN 0-86278-331-3 (pb) £ 3.99 Guha, Tapas (illus.) lkrse Show - Dressage - Ambition - Pover ty A Moment of Truth. True Stories from Ger Casey is the acknowledged leader of a Around the World loose gang of young ruffians in a poor dis- Delhi: Ratna Sagar, 1991. 78pp trict of Dublin. Running away from the sce- ISBN 81-7070-113-0 Rs 19.90 ne of a prank one day, he slips into the fair- Everyday Life/Child - Short Stories/Interna- grounds where a horse show is taking place tional and has a chance encounter with a young In these fifteen short stories set in many girl his own age but of middle class back- different countries of the world, a prota- ground. Most importantly he is impressed by gonist has an encounter that changes his life her horse's ability to dance, as the steps per or reveals to him or her a profound truth formed in dressage seem to be. Captivated about life and human goodness. These are by this new experience he stays around the positive, inspiring stories which have a stables and, with Suzanne's help, gets the refreshing and uplifting effect on the reader. chance to become a stable boy. This is the Richly detailed, multi-toned black-and-white beginning of a double life for him, taking sketches accompany the texts. (10-15) him out of a dead-end situation at home and school and giving him hope and goals, as well as divided loyalities, which are resolved 42 23 English Language only after several turbulent episodes and observed page after page. It is hard to resist some soul-searching. In this novel the world the desire to start right over at the beginn- of horses is treated in detail, but equally ing. Lyn ley Dodd's inimicable and hallmark important is the depiction of social inequality style of drawing and coloring have found and its consequences for the young. The another congenial subject matter which writer manages to do both subjects justice, children and adults can enjoy together. (3-7) giving the reader pleasure and food for thought. The sequel to "Star Dancer" is 76 Noonan, Diana breathlessly awaited. (11-15) A Sonnet for the City Dunedin: Mclndoe Publishers, 1992. 175pp ISBN 0-8868-140-7 price n/a Student protest - Curfew - Kidnapping - New Zealand Social responsibility In this sequel to "Leaving the Snow Count- ry" (1991), Penny Rider finds herself away 74 Butler, Dorothy (text) from her home in the hills for the first time, Klepatski, Gabriela (illus) having chosen to pursue studies at universi- Where's Isabella? ty, although she must thus give up the com- Auckland: Random House New Zealand, panionship of her new friend, a young doc- 1992. 124ppl tor who is as much attracted to nature as she ISBN 1-86941 170 6 price n/a is. As befits her age, she is open to new Sibling - Lost - Family experiences and making new friends, but is As a second child, Isabella has a strong not fully able to deal with all the complica- mind of her own and seems to know how to tions that arise thereby - conspiritory resis- get her way, at the expense of her parents tance to burocratic repression or the emo- and brother, who are always losing her on tional attraction to a mysterious loner. Her excursions to the zoo, the farm ... The mo- thoughts on life, the various interests of her mentary solution turns out to be a compro- new friends and her probing attempts to keep mise of sorts. The family's misadventures a balance in her own life and struggle to sort are portrayed in enchanting pen-and-ink out her own values are quite realistically colored illustrations, four frames on one portrayed. (15+) page. The simple storyline ring familiar to many families and young listeners, especially those with tempetuous younger siblings. III Philippines 75 Dodd, Lyn ley (text/illus.) 77 Yuson, Alfred A. (text) The Minister's Cat ABC . Parrocha, Beth A. (illus.) Wellington: Mallinson Bendel, 1992. P2ppl ISBN 0-908606-86-9 price n/a Sunico, Ram On C. (trans.) ABC/English Cal The Boy Who Ate Stars This witty picture book interweaves an af- (Text in English and Filipino) fectionate look at many kinds of cats with a Metro Manila: C'acho Publishing, 1991. vocabulary of ways to describe their activi- 2Opp(('PHI Trampoline Series) ties. A seemingly simple subject is thus ISBN 971-19-0060-2 made unendingly more enjoyable and re- Modern Fairy Tale/Philippines - Greed - readable by the diversity of aspects to be Stars - Trees - Peace 7 24 English Language How a little boy who had a craving to eat all 79 Stories South of the Sun. 28 South the stars he could learned to appreciate African Read-Aloud Stories. having stars in the heavens is told cleverly Compiled by Christel and Hans Bodenstein along with a parallel tale about deforestation and Linda Rode. by outsiders to the community, which the Foreword by Es'kia Mphahlele. With Illus. villagers recognize only too late as wrong Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1993. 96pp and harmful. When no stars and no trees are ISBN 0-624-02616-7 (Afrikaans ed. 0-624- left, a stranger visits the village, giving the 03083-0) people a tree to begin re-establishing their Everyday life - School - Family - Adventure forest and the boy wisdom to reverse his - Folktales/Africa error. This is a bilingual edition, attractively Compiled by two experienced educators and produced on glossy paper in broadside for- an award-winning compiler of other antholo- mat, with colorful, inventive watercolor il- gies and tested in schools, this book repre- lustrations. The book is part of a noteworthy sents today's multi-cultural and multi-faceted series of innovative children's books coming South African society in as much as the from the Philippine's burgeoning children's authors, both newcomers and renown child- book scene. (4-8) ren's writers, chose their own language of expression and focus on contemporary, familiar situations and persons - a hard week at school, a dispute of honor at home, fan- South Africa tasy encounters extraterrestials or dragons, animal fables and traditional African folk- tales. Eleven talented illustrators have con- 78 Hartmann, Wendy (text) tributed striking very colorful illustrations on Daly, Niki (illus.) most pages. The book offers a rich variety Een Winderige Aand (All the magic in of well-written tales that will have wide the world). appeal to readers. (5-10) Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau, 1993. 124pp1 (This collection is also available in Africaans (Also available from Dutton Publishers, under the title Stories suid van die zon: 28 USA, and Bodley Head, GB) voorleesstoties and in Tswana.) ISBN 0-7981-3086-5 (Engl. ed. 0-86486- 248-2) 80 Owen, Phyllis (text) Magic - Odd-job Man - Play Lena is the smallest and clumsiest of five Seterfeld, Adrian (illus.) children who like to play together and oc- The Dala Tree casionally visit old Joseph, the local odd-job Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1993. man who has a tin box of scraps and trea- 44PP sures. One evening he helps them discover ISBN 0-7981-3090-3 R 23,99 that magic comes from within, from what School - Bully - Challenge - Tree-climbing you make of the things you have or are To strengthen his health, the city boy, Gid- given. The simple tale is told also through eon, is spending several months with his the illustrations done in bright, natural colors grandparents on their farm in the Northern which delightfully depict the rural setting, Cape. As a newcomer and outsider at their childlike playfulness and, in particular, school, he is bullied by Daniel, the undisput- Lena's eager, joyful facial expressions. The ed leader of the boys in his class, until he black South African setting is well-captured, decides to hold his ground and defend him- the story international. (3-6) self. On the spur of the moment he challen- 25 EngTish Language ges Daniel to a duel: to climb the 18 meter- Fox - Animal Trap - Animal Instinct - high Da la Tree in the school courtyard. Man/Animal Afler successfully mastering his fears in his The author relates her own experience of dangerous climb, the hook's well-written, befriending a young wild red fox whose tension-filled climax. Gideon is ready to put front paw was nearly severed in a cruel and out his hand in friendship to his classmates, widely outlawed steel-jawed trap. Their even Daniel. The author's very readable and tentative relationship of benefactor and cau- believable description of Daniel's efforts to tious visitor continued over many months. In come to terms with fellow pupils, teacher describing this period, the author weaves in and grandparents will strike a chord with many facts about habits the red fox while many readers. (8-10) subtly suggesting the possibility of peaceable co-existence between civilized humans and wildlife. The realistic, warm-toned, colored- pencil illustrations capture a peaceful idyllic USA landscape and offer very beautiful portraits of the fox. (7-10) 81 Conrad, Pam (text) Egielski, Richard (illus.) 83 Napoli, Donna Jo Tub Grandfather The Magic Circle. New York: Laura Geringer Book/Harper New York: Duuon/Penguin, 1993. I I8pp Collins, 1993. 116pAl ISBN 0-525-45127-7 $14.99 ISBN 0-096-022896-2 $15.00 English/Modern Fairy Tale - Hansel-and- Toys - Grandfather Gretel 26 English Language the Pond" (19) tells the story of the Time Travel - Stone Age - Mathematics - prince's life as a fairly helpless and misfit Magic frog atter being bewitched and before he met In this episode of the continuing saga of the the princess, his human benefactor. The time-travelling narrator, Joe, and his friends humor of that story stands in strong contrast Fred and Sam, the trio return to the Stone to the gravity of the witch's tale. (10+) Age to impress the natives (and postpone doing their math homework) and lose "The 84 Sendak, Maurice (text/illus.) Book" of magic spells which enables their We're All Down in the Dumps with return to the present. After dealing with a dinosaur, a saber-tooth tiger and a wooly Jack and Guy. Two Nursery Rhy- mammoth, by using their wits, they discover mes with Pictures. that Some mathematical knowledge could be New York: Michael di Capua Books/Harper quite useful even in the Stone Age. Their Collins, 1993. 156pp1 string of zany adventures parodies other time ISBN 0-06-205014-1 $20.00 travel stories, Tarzan movies and is related Mother Goose/Nursery Rhyme - Slum - with characteristic American slapstick humor Poverty - Evil - Human Kindness - Moon - that appeals to middle readers. Social Conscience This book cannot be compared with anything 86 Singer, Marilyn (text) already available for children and youth, nor is it likely to be imitated - a unicum. Even if Oubrerie, Clement (illus.) the first "reading" - in this case looking, It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle decifering and associating is required - on Your Lap seems difficult, it is well worth repeating. Designed by Paula R. Szafranski. The borderless broadside illustrations, in New York: Henty Holt, 1993. 132pp1 characteristic Sendak style, are filled with ISBN0-8050-2201-5 $15.95 visual details and clues of a view of the Dog - Poetry human condition, concretely that of the This volume of dog poems for indefatigable homeless in the slums, the dumps, of a big dog-lovers and their sympathizers manages city, which we can recognize as New York to pack a whallop of humor into every page. City. The two Mother Goose nursery rhymes Showing astounding insight into the joys will be new to most everyone; they are not and, even more, the trials and tribulations of likely to be learned readily by children, but being either a dog or a dog-owner, Singer are worth exploring. Because of the com- also uniformly demonstrates great wit and plexity of the information and its societal poetic skill in rhyme and meter. The French implications, this book would be a stimulat- illustrator masterfully matches the tone and ing discussion piece in classrooms of 9 to intent of each poem and the graphic designer 1 I- year olds, where tea-chers can point out deserves credit, too, for the very innovative the use of symbolism and the books's con- use of typography. nection with the reality.. (9-99) 85 Scieszka, Jon (text) 87 Sis, Peter (text/illus.) Lane, Smith (illus.) Komodo! Your Mother Was a Neanderthal New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993. 132pp] New York: Viking/Penguin, 1993. 78pp ISBN 0-88-11583-7 $15.00 (The Thne Warp trio) Komodo dragon - Komodo Island A child's obsession with dragons is rewarded Special Mention one day by a trip to the Komodo Island in Indonesia, where (the author's afterword 89 Wolff, Virginia Euwer tells us) the rare giant lizard, the sole sur- vivor of the carnivorous dinosaurs still lives Make Lemonade (relatively) undisturbed today. Sis's visual New York: Henry Holt, 1993. 200pp satire of the tourist attractions on Bali and ISBN 0-8050-2228-7 Komodo do not seem to penetrate the narra- Teenage Mother - Babysitler - Single-parent tor's single-minded involvement with "his" Family - School dragon. The lush green tropical surroun- A "lemon," in American slang, is something dings, filled with dragonesque images, de- imperfect or defective. A lemon is, meta- mand intensive attentiveness, while the brief phorically, how the author characterizes the summative text is secondary. Thus, this is initial life circumstances of Jolly, a I7-year- another splendid case for the power of visual old single mother with two pre-sch000l chil- narrative in a picture book for sophisticated, dren. The novel is, at least in part, about school-age readers. (6-10) what she learns to make out of it. She strug- gles bravely against the odds to run the 88 Strom, Yale household and hold down a job. To do so, she needs an inexpensive babysitter, prefera- Uncertain Roads. Searching for the bly one with strong nerves, a flexible time- Gypsies. schedule and experience. Instead, her adver- With photos. tisement is answered by 14-year old La- New York: Four Winds Press, 1993. 112pp Vaughn, a high-school girl and daughter of a ISBN 0-02-788531-3 $19.95 hard-working widow. LaVaughn has set her Gypsy/Europe 1939-1992 - Multiculturalism mind on getting to college. For that she After giving an enlightening introduction to needs good grades at school and money, the ethnic group "Rom", as they call them- which she plans to earn with part-time jobs. selves, and a map of the migration routes of The uneasy relationship that develops be the gypsies from India to other European tween these two very different teenagers countries beginning 1300 years ago, the over many months, the touching relationship photographer Yale Strom lets the interviews between LaVaughn and the two young child- and photos of several individuals - children ren, and LaVaughn's tentative attempts to and adultsin each country which he visited defend her own opinions and actions to her Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Sweden - mother are further aspects of this extradordi- speak for themselves. He also provides nary, unsentimental novel set in working- factual background details, personal impres- class surroundings. That education is the key sions and a typical song text with music for to the future could seem like an overly overt each country, as well as a glossary and moral message, if it weren't simply self- bibliography of quite recent information evident under the given conditions. Narrated sources. This well-designed book is dedi- matter-of-factly by LaVaughn, it is written cated to "the hundreds of thousands of for- in her own natural speech patterns - a ma- gotten Rom who tragically lost their lives in sterly achievement by Wolff. (14+) the Holocaust" and is highly suitable for supplemental reading related to the Holo caust and to the fate of an ethnic minority in Europe today. (10+) 3 1 28 German Language 90 Wolff, Ashley (text/illus.) 92 Ekker, Ernst A. (text) Stella & Roy. Dreyer, Sabine (illus.) New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1993. Lachmelone und Wackelstock (Laugh- 12412p1 ing Bowler and Wobbly Stock) ISBN 0-525-45081-5 $12.99 Wien : Osterreichischer Bundesverlag, 1993. Sibling - Hare-and-Tortase 93 Ester!, Arnica (text) Austria Dugin, Andrej (illus.) Dugina, Olga (illus.) 91 Büchner, Barbara Die Drachenfedern (The Dragon's Irrlicht. Im Bannkreis der Sekte (Ignis Feathers) Fatuus. Under the Spell of Sects) Wien : Osterreichischer Bundesverlag, 1993. Mottling : St. Gabriel, 1993. I99pp 25pp ISBN 3-85264-411-9 ISBN 3-215-07862 -7 Sect - Family - Kidnapping - Swindle - Poverty - Wealth - Love - Riddle - Assis- Flight - Detective Story tance - Dragon - Fairy Tale/German Letty is a victim of parental separation. She A handsome, but poor wood-cutter's son lives with her father and his girlfriend; wants to marry the rich and equally beauti- mother and brother belong to a commune of ful tavern owner's daughter. Her father will the sect PLUS LUCIS. So Letty is pleased to only give his consent on the condition that see her brother again, never imagining that the young man brings him three golden he plans to kidnap her in order to integrate dragon feathers. So he sets off in search of her into the sect. Just in time they are able the dragon, promising along the way to to prevent the plan to force Letty to fly to bring back advice for others, and returns Rio de Janeiro against her will. Although home with both feathers andadvice thanksto this detective story succeeds without a com- the help of the gentle dragon wife. Nothing plicated plot, it conveys vividly the demago more stands in the way of a happy ending. gic-dictatorial structure of a quasi-religious The detailed illustrations in the old-fashioned group. (12+) manner show the course of the story, filled with humorously alienated citations of per- sons and symbolic figures from Dugin's 2;3 German Language master teachers Diirer and Bosch. A picture the visits to cinema and wine caftis, but book in which, in addition, it is fun to dis- because she enjoys solving the riddle of the cover the encoded or ironical events taking family swindle. The difficulties which the place on the sidelines. (8+) children in Zlatko's family (former Yugos- lays) have at school is also covered. Though 94 Herfurtner, Rudolf (text) they were born in Austria and don't feel a Smith, Brigitte (illus.) bit like foreigners, they still experience Das Taubenmädchen (The Dove Mai similar problems. With a deft hand the author writes a humorous, spell-binding den) story set in everyday life. (8+) Wien : Ueberreuter, 1992. 78pp ISBN 3-8000-2367-9 First Love - Carrier Pigeon/Breeding - 96 Rettl, Christine (text) Return Holland, Carole (illus.) Since meeting Mona, Matte's world has been Das groBe und das kleine Pfith (The changed. For instance, he suddenly likes car- Large and the Small Phoo) rier pigeons - because Mona loves them. Wien : Herder, 1993. 16pp When he raises a young pigeon and lets it ISBN 3-210-24843-5 free he experiences the pain of parting - Envy - Love - Happiness - Chimera - similar to taking leave of his girlfriend when Search - Fantasy she moves away with her parents. But the To be happy, everyone needs a 'Phoo'. But carrier pigeon returns, and Mona doesn't where to find one when no one can say whe- disappear entirely from Malte's life. The re it is to be found and how it looks? Latting republication of this text with new illustra- and Letting search and search, argue with tions (first edition was published 1987 by each other, although they love each other Franz Schneider, Munich) was well-deserv- very much, and, exhausted, want to give up, ed. Rudolf Herfurtner succeeds in portraying when they see the two pink little clouds han- the feelings of the children without naming ging in their sleeping tree at home - A them all too directly and thereby trivializing 'phoo' for each of them. So they say. The them. (8+) made-up good luck charm, the 'phoo' which everyone supposedly has and needs but 95 Mayer-Skumanz, Lene (text) never shows off, didn't come between them. Bors, Marianne (illus.) A story with a deeper meaning, drawn in Das Lagennetz (The Web of Lies) comic style. (6+) Wien : Jugend U. Volk, 1993. 112pp ISBN 3-224-11046-5 97 Wagner, Bettina (text) First Love - Friendship - School - Foreign Kunstreich, Pieter (illus.) Child - Family - Lies - Humor Every Tuesday at four o'clock Roman meets Vom kleinen Känguruh, das aus dem blonde-haired Steffi to accompany her to Beutel fiel (The Little Kangaroo flute lessons. And since he is supposed to that Fell Out of the Pouch) visit his Aunt Steffi, who is almost a stran- Mottling : St. Gabriel, 1993. 16pp ger to him, in a retirement home at that very ISBN 3-85264-408-9 time, his friend Zlatko regularly takes his Australia/Animals - Mother - Child - In- place as the supposed great-nephew. Aunt dependence - Assistance - Monster Steffi begins to blossom out through Zlat- A lost kangaroo child is helpless without its ko/Roman's attentions, not only because of 3 Q mother. Although the little animal is helped 30 German Language by its relatives in the (Australian) animal 99 Boie, Kirsten (text) world, its mother and the whole herd have Bauer, Jutta (illus.) simply disappeared. With the test of cour- Juli, der Finder (Juli, the Finder) age, asking the "great Bunyip" for advice, Weinheim : Beltz & Gelberg, 1993. 16pp finally puts him on the right track. After ISBN 3-407-79104-6 surviving all the excitement, the little kan- Independence - Way Home - Boy - Police garoo has become independent when it final- Juli is allowed for the first time to go home ly finds its mother. The best-known animals alone from kindergarten. He knows what he of Australia are presented in an unspectacu- is supposed to do: cross the street only on lar manner, incorporated into the story of green (he waits through several green lights, separation and reunion, which every child because he enjoys seeing large and small goes through. (5+) vehicles all stop for him), and not stop needlessly anywhere along the way. But what to do when he finds something he should take to the police, for instance, a IIIGermany shoe (old)? For he has to turn it in because someone might be missing it? The policeman 98 Bediirftig, Friedemann (text) follows the rules. He accepts the lost article. Winter, Dieter (text) He takes Juli with his "Peter-car" (police Rieger, Birgit (illus.) car) home. Surely that has not happened to Das Politikbuch (The Book of Politics) anyone else in kindergarten! A friendly text with an almost broodingly precise rendering Ravenshurg : Maier, 1994. 160pp of events and the elementary pleasure of ISBN 3-473-35589-5 little children over the experience of being Civil Courage Poliiies - Governmeni - independent, trustworthy and important. Who makes governmental policy? Where are (5+) the decisions made as to how public life (and, as a result, private life, too) is to function. Is the responsibility for everything 100 Ende, Michael (text) exclusively in the hands of politicians? How Oberdieck, Bernhard (iHus.) and in what ways can an individual, even a Der Teddy und die Tiere (Teddy Bear child of a young person, become active and the Animals) politically? The systematically researched Stuttgart : 71fienetnann, 1993. 14pp and clearly written information book for children and young people encourages to get ISBN 3-522-34138-3 SW-discovery -Meaning of Life - Adven- involved in the public debates over their ture - Togetherness - Teddy Bear interests and helps them get an overall view Old Teddy Bear Washable wants to find out of the system. It provides the requisite what his purpose in this world is (he no knowledge with precise information about longer belongs to anyone). So he sets out the structure of government and communities and asks the animals. But they can only give in a democracy like the Federal Republic of him insufficient answers since they all keep Germany. Extensive address list in the ap- themselves and their clan alive by searching pendix enable the reader to contact directly for food and caring for their young. But the regional and supraregional agencies Washable consists of fabric and sawdust, has responsible for the needs of children and no tasks and cannot do anything. He's just youth. (10+) there. But why? A little girl knows the ans- wer: "Will you be mine?" she asks. In this 431 German Language way, his Teddy Bear existence once again The bird Kachka is one of those who want to has a purpose. A story and a painted Teddy help good people in need. A poor old fisher which uphold the wish to belong among receives a large fish every morning from the younger children and help them to see their bird Kachka because he cannot catch anyth- own (usually also "unnecessary" little selves) ing himself any longer. The fisher and his as valuable. The story has been set to music wife soon grow fatter and richer - until one by Wilfried Hiller for theater performances. day the Padisha places a high reward on the (4+) bird's head. Then the fisher betrays his benefactor. But nothing good can come of 101 Engelmann, Reiner (ed.) that. Bird Kachka abducts the phalanx of Morgen kann es zu spat sein. Texte bloodhounds on his trail to never-ever land gegen Gewalt - far Toleranz. in the endless skies. Annegert Fuchshuber's (Tomorrow May Be Too Late. re-telling of this Tadzhik tale is a tribute to a wonder she remembers from her childhood Texts Against Violence, for Toler- when at the end of the Second World War nace.) the Russian officer Nikolai brought bread Witrzburg : Arena, 1993. 235pp and sugar and told fairy tales. Possibly it is ISBN 3-401-01766-7 these early texts which influenced the visual Tolernace - Violence - Germany- Overseas imagery of the illustrator, which in its strong -Anthology earthy tones links up to the western Europ- Twenty-four writers from Germany (East ean ideas of slavic-oriental tales (6+) and West) and other countries write about the situation of the Germans in Germany, foreigners in Germany, foreigners and Ger- 103 Giordano, Mario (text) mans in Germany. There are feelings of Wilharm, Sabine (illus.) insecurity on both sides, but the greater Franz Ratte raumt auf (Franz the Rat burden is borne by the foreigners. Speech- lessness (which is not verbal, but rather Cleans Up) psychological) makes the situation worse. Berlin : Elefanten Press, 1993. 136pp The authors hope to encourage, even re- (Elefanten-Press-Kinderbiicher, 477) quest, their readers not to let themselves be ISBN 3-88520-477-0 overwhelmed by the general mood of pessi- Boastfulness - Invention - Assislence - Love mism, but rather to stay alert and active - Machismo - Animosity - Environment - against perpetrators of violence (10+) Garbage - Dictatorship - Fantasy - Detective Story The inhabitants of Lachtenberg, the garbage 102 Fuchshuber, Annegert (text/ dump of Liichtenwald, live in a well-ordered illus.) social system. Everyone knows who his Vogel Kachka friends and enemies are, and in times of Ein Marchen aus Tadschikistan need there is a truce until the danger has (The Bird Kachka. A Tale from passed. In particular (Dr.) Franz Rat and his assistant Miss Pimpernelle, the grey mouse, Tadzhikistan) hold strictly to this rule. It makes no dif- Ravenshurg : Maier, 1993. 16pp ference whether (Dr.) Rat's patients, such as ISBN 3-437-33477-4 Cat Nelson, number among their mortal Assistance - Poverty - Wealth- Ingratitude f-.45 enemies - everyone receives treatment. With Betrayal - Punishment - Bird - Fairy Talel- caution, of course. Rat's hour of glory com- Tadzhikistan es, however, when the meglomanic cock- e' 32 German Language roaches plan to destroy all the inhabitants of Special Mention Liichtenberg. Barrels of poison in vast num- bers are being dumped on the hill. Clever, 105 Clemens, Ditte tricky, and with believable citizen's courage Schweigen iiber Lilo. Die Geschichte Franz Rat and Miss Pimpernel le succeed in saving their world. (8+) der Liselotte Herrmann (The Silence Surrounding Lilo. The 104 Grolle-Oetringhaus, Hans-Mar- Story of Liselotte Herrmann) tin With photos Kinder haben Rechte - ilberall: Ravensburg : Maier, 1993. 191pp ISBN 3-473-35129-6 Aktions- und Informationsbuch Herrmann, Liselotte/Riography - National (Children Have RightsEveryw- Socialism - Resktance - Execution - GDR/- here: An Activity and Information Archive - GDR/History Book) / With photos Liselotte Herrmann was executed by the Berlin : Elcjanten Press, 1993. 143pp National Socialists for treason and planning ISBN 3-88520-478-9 to commit high treason already in 1937. She (Ein Terre-des-Hommes-Buch) had been active in the Communist resistance. three Human Rights/Children At the time of her death her son was The internal structure of this unsentimental, years old, she herself 28. In 1987, two years informative book is oriented around the before the opening of the archives, Ditte twelve basic rights of man which are claimed Clemens, a citizen of the GDR, began to in particular for children: the right to have investigate the available sources - and after one's own name, to equality, to food, to endlessdifficulties with the officials also the clothing and housing, to health, peace, edu- archival materialsabout Liselotte Herr- cation and cultural identity, to one's own mann, who was considered a model case of opinion, to protection against exploitation, to a Communist resistance fighter. The official, social security. The rights of handicapped i.e. "pertnissible" knowledge about Lilo was children and the right of protection as a based on spotty sources and thus did not do refugee are treated in a separate chapter. The her biography justice. situation of children from around the world Thus with this book an exampleofcitizen's is presented in short texts, usually illustrated courage in the immediate present is unfolded with photos. Suggestions for activities in for the reader. The desire and personal wish one's own country are given which make it of the author to make history transparent, to possible, on a small or larger scale, to do set recognizable truth off from the declared something, preferably with the help of c1ich6s, gave her the courage to overstep schools and educators. One chapter reports them. In mutually complementary, alternat- on the widely unknown work of the chil- ing chapters, Ditte.Clemens develops the dren's parlaments in Germany and lists their archive material in question in a fascinating addresses. Through their commitment these manner for the reader and at the same time texts give hope to the idea that actions taken reports on her own difficulties in the search against the injustice which children expe- for truth. It becomes evidentthis is the rience throughout the whole worldcan be merit of this bookwhat kind of historical meaningful. (10+) falsification is necessary in a dictatorship of any color and that only the resistance of individuals can remedy it. (12+) 36 33 German Language 106 Wirt ling, Peter words but still impressive, the author (wri- Lena auf dem Dach (Lena on the Root) ting under a pseudonym) portrays in the Weinheim : Be Itz & Gelberg, 1993. 132pp protagonist all the inner problems, brutality ISBN 3-407-79614-5 and lack of orientation seen among young Divorce - Family - Argument people who have turned to violence, includ- Lena and Lars try in their own way to do ing the vicious circle of their isolated life's something about the more and more frequent circumstances at school, in the family, and arguments between their parents. Lena even in the community, which condemns them to climbs up onto the rooftop and threatens to speechlessness. Violence in the family is jump off. Unfortunately, they have to accept continued outside of it. Blamed is once again the fact that neither their acts nor their sor- the generation of parents who, in turn, had row change anything in this conflict, and not been able to free themselves of their that lawyers are not always the bad guys, but past.In a political sense the boys are mostly in some cases understanding people who are fully ignorant, they seek to be part of a concerned as individuals and as lawyers substitute family, they want to retreat into about the "welfare of the children." This their den, which is stocked to the hilt with book about the breakup of a family shows weapons but also quite homey with refrigera- that in a conflict both adults and children are tor and bed. Right-wing ideas and ideology on their own and can hardly or only insuffi- are disseminated and practiced by veterans ciently help each other. Without glossing of the Nazi dictatorship who want to raise over the difficulties, the author indicates that the youth to be "right fellows", just as they it is possible to cope with unexpected and once were. In its word rhythm the text con- painful new situations with outside help. The veys the staccato of rap - the music and life- reader is spared a view of the future; instead style of a generation fixed on speed and the lively energy of the protagonists gives volume. The readability of the text carries hope for a better one. (12+) the danger that its content will not be seen as the negative world which it seeks to portray. (14+) 107 Hagemann, Marie Schwarzer Wolf, Skin (Black Wolf, 108 Heidelbach, Nikolaus (text/illus.) Skin) Was machen die Mädchen? Stuttgart : Thienemann. 1993. 125pp (What do Girls Do?) ISBN 3-522-16839-9 Weinheim : Beltz & Gelberg, 1993. 53pp Violence - Murder - Foreigner - Asylum ISBN 3-407-79100-3 Seeker - Skinhead - Family - Rightwing Ex- Girl - ARC/German tremism Nikolaus Heidelbach's alphabet floats ab- Wolfgang Schwarzer actually feels quite solutely free in the realm of fantasy, only the good in his role as "Black Wolf" with the names of the girls are alphabetic. Whether other skins. He ran into this group of like- the scene involves a snake with human minded, in thought and deed violence-orient (children's) features or a thoroughly plausi- edgang at the ageof twelve. The "solution" ble happening such as the wish to read undi- to the asylum seeker problem in Germany sturbed, closer inspection shows that each provides them with .a goal and direction; portrait involves the dark side of the dear they are not concerned about human lives. little ones. Irmgard sits reading in a stuffed When one member of the group stands up to wing chair on a carpet of racing rats, proba- the others and saves a foreigner child, he is bly in order to disgust the adults. Patricia beaten to death by the gang. Full of catch "keeps an eye on her brother" by twirling 34 German Language him like an airplane around her (near solid most punctual mailman in the world. But iron posts). Yvonne wants to watch televi- today Ernst gets into a dispute with August. sion and keeps a knife and cleaver ready, Ernst gets up and August stays in bed when just in case. Boys and feeble adults (fathers) the alarm goes off at 5 a.m. Thus everything make a poor showing, serving as mere show goes wrong on this day. Ernst falls off the or as objects of female aggression. As in bicycle, is bitten by a dog, and in his haste Heidelbach's past picture books, there is has forgotten to put on his uniform (or any- nothing child-like here, rather the opposite. thing else). For all of these mishaps he In so far this could be an alphabet which naturally blames his alter ego August, who teaches the grown-ups to feel the creeps. is lying at home in a warm bed. As Ernst is Some early interpersonal, but not yet verbal- ready to confront August, Ernst August ized experiences are presented here visually wakes up with a start. For the first time in with subversive irony. (8+) his mailman existence he has overslept! A simple and humorous fable about the inner 109 Heinz, Heide (text/illus.) sleepyhead everyone knows. The illustra- tions: just as in the said morning rush, acci- Salzmann, Iris (text/illus.) dently smeared and corrected, but chrystal Ich schwörs bei meiner Pfote clear in their statement, with the necessary Al les wahre Tiergeschichten pinch of wink-eye. (6+) (I Swear By My Paw. All True Animal Stories) Reddinghausen : Bitter, 1993. I44pp 111 Konner, Alfred (text) ISBN 3-7903-0470-0 Ensikat, Klaus (illus.) Animal Protection - Animal Shelters - Man- Die Hochzeit des Pfaus Animal-Relationship - Responsibility (The Peacock's Wedding) Animals of most varied types who have Berlin : Allberliner Verlag, 1993. 12pp found shelter on an estate with animal lovers ISBN 3-357-00171-3 introduce themselves. In spite of an often Banquet - Vanity - Trickery - Fable poeticized form, the texts tell of quite real The peacock issues invitations to the wedd- and commonplace, happy and terrible animal ing of the century and everyone comes, in fates which are taken seriously in these fancy dress, to celebrate with him. There is friendly surroundings - of grooming and singing and dancing on the tables. True to comradeship, and of death and loss. The his tricky nature, the fox offers his bushy authors work full-time in creative profes- tail as a wedding table - and disappears with sions and are actively committed to the cause the food and drink into his foxhole as soon of animals' rights to respect and protection as it is served, where he lives it up for a full (7+) week "and gave no one a crumb." Adapted from a Sorbian tale, the text has been polis- hed and interspersed with irony. Ensikat's 110 Kehr, Karoline (text / illus.) graphic design for the text corresponds to Ernst stand auf und August blieb liegen the intent of the tale. Each illustration of this (Ernst Got Up and August Stayed charmingly bestial show-off wedding party in Bed 112 Maar, Paul (text) about the state of the nation, for children and Ballhaus, Verena (iHus.) adults. (10+) Neben mir ist noch Platz (There's Still a Seat Next to Mine) 114 Schwarzer, Anneliese Lohr a. M. : modus vivendi, 1993. l6pp Grunberg lebt (Grunberg lives) ISBN 3-927401-15-3 Wuppertal : Hammer, 1993. 272pp Asylum Seeker/Germany - Foreigner - (Galileo) Family/Germany/Libanon ISBN 3-87294-527-0 Stefti makes friends with a girl from Leban Nuclear Accident - Survival - Community - on named Aischa, after she unexpectedly Nature helped her out in a predicament. Both girls An unexplainable catastrophe has turned the learn from and about each otherthe cus- whole earth into a death zone, with the toms and rules of their respective cultures. exception of only a few elevated areas. The And yet Steffi unknowingly offends her survivors must try to secure their living with foreign friend seriously by inviting her to a the natural means at their disposal. Using the birthday party without her brother as escort. example of a village coinmunity, the author And Steffi cannot understand why Aischa describes spellbindingly what is possible in expected such an invitation or is injured. this situation and how life can continue to Because of the ignorance of both children, function. The conciliatory conclusion is the the friendship is nearly at a breaking point. discovery that in the seas living nature at Only when Aischa is about to return to the micro-levelis developing anew and the Lebanon with her family because their tem- dead areas becoming overgrown. A warning porary quarters are threatened by attacks and for everyone, and a thrilling book as well. her brother is insulted and mistreated in (12+) Germany, just as in his homeland, does a reconciliation take place. Simple imagery in 115 Steinbach, Peter (text) and for the text. This book could be used in Knorr, Peter (illus.) classrooms to help examine the situation of children from abroad. (7+) Der kleine Grolivater (The Little Grandfather) 113 Merten, C. S. (text) Weinheim : Beltz & Gelberg, 1993. 212pp Greser, Achim (illus.) ISBN 3-407-79607-2 Transformation - Body Size - Observation Der unsichtbare Kanzler Grandfather Karl-Gustav is given the surpris- (The Invisible Chancellor) ing opportunity through a fantastic natural Berlin : Elefantenpress, 1993. 125pp happening, to be transformed into a mini- (Elefanten-Press-Kinderbucher, 4521 grandfather. When the twins Jenny and ISBN 3-88520-452-5 Johan pop in on him in the holidays, they Invisibility - Germany. - Politics - Humor have problems with their absent-minded or - Just before a major political event an impor- seemingly - fully absent host, until they tant personality becomes invisible. Catastro discover him in his disguise. And there are phe threatens, the German reunification is still more discoveries to be made by all endangered. Only with the help of a magic children and adults who let themselves be ring, which had once decided the order of transformed. How enormous a straaw is, or succcession in the House of the Hohenzol even a fly, when a person is itsy-bitsy small! lern, could a solution perhaps be found. The What dangers the little ones are exposed to! ring is looked for. (Political) leisure reading;3 9 What a monster and at the same time a 36 German Language wonder of flight the living dragon-fly is! The Special Mention author's intent stems from natural-ethical and religious ideas and aims at the abolition of 117 Betschart, Hansjorg (text) structural violence. Fantasy, joie de vie, and the power of imagination on the part of the Monster, B. Jub (illus.) (by chance) large beings (people) for the Soheila oder ein Himmel aus Glas little world all around them could help peo- (Soheila or a Heaven of Glass) ple to observe more closely and to respect Zurich : Nagel & Kimche, 1993. 89pp and protect what is living. To let one's self ISBN 3-312-00766-6 be transformed from big to small could Asylum Seeker/Switzerland _War/Yuglosla- occur without any physical tricks of fantasy via - Death - Friendship - Rat and help a person to empathize with the little Multilingual Switzerland, a classic land for ones. The particular merit of this text is its asylum, is an old and new homeland for humor, which pokes fun at of the category people of many nationalities. And yet Salim body size. (8+) son of an Arab who is a Swiss citizen - must often defend himself against violent, stronger boys. On one such day he discovers Switzerland a strange, bewildered girl who has hidden herself in the cellar of his apartment house. (German) He would prefer to overlook his discovery, to forget it, repress it, because he senses that 116 Boge-Erli, Nortrud he will get into even more trouble on her Zwei Väter sind besser als keiner (Two account. His parents, however, demand that Fathers are Better than None) he take care of the little Muslim girl, who speaks no German. Soheila went into hiding Zurich : Nagel & Kimche, 1993. 142pp after witnessing how her father was tortured ISBN 3-312-00760-7 and killed in the Yugoslavian war; (seeming- Family - First Love - Father. - Friend ly) minor incidents cause her to panic and Isabel's natural father, a business man, is she becomes unreachable for adults. Salim seldom at home and she misses him. There- succeeds in reaching her through toys and fore she is pleased with the sudden appea- animals. In the end they go to school toge- rance of Rudiger, her mother's old boy ther - until her petition for asylum is turned friend, and all of his desirable alternative down and Soheila is picked up by the police life-style - communal living in the country, in the middle of the schoolday. She flees and athletic, chum. Isabel's mother also feels cannot be found. The portrayal of the tragic comfortable around Rudiger. Finally when fate of a child, hurt by war and violence, the parent's marriage threatens to fall apart, forced to live in strange surroundings is Isabel experiences her usually cool-headed emotionally convincing. Linguistic curtail- father for the first time in despair. She reco- ments and gaps give the reader an authentic gnizes that she doesn't want to be without insight into the associative thought patterns him. The decision which Isabel's mother of a child's world of picture and experien- must make remains open in the book. The ces. (10+) emotional conflict felt by the young girl is portrayed with an agreeable matter-of- course, without any noticeable pedagogic- psychological linguistic mannerisms. Every- day literature in the best sense of the word. (10+) 4 37 German Language 118 Klapproth, Ruedi Flora loses a baby tooth but doesn't throw it Tunnel der Gewalt. Die Geschichte von away, how she gives Mia, the parakeet, a burial and how she learns a judo chop so Milan und Niki (Tunnel of Vio- that the other children won't dare to laugh at lence. The Story of Milan and her anymore on account of her speech prob- Nicki) lem. A cheery little book which shows with Luzern : rex, 1993. 116pp out much ado a family as a cooperative clan ISBN 3-7252-0574-4 and even fights among siblings as solvable. Switzerland - Yugloslavla - Foreigner - (6+) Violence - Family - School - Friendship - Death - Reconciliation 120 Wendt, Irmela (text) Milan lives with his Serbo-Croation family Monster, B. Jub (illus.) in Switzerland. The unloved father is killed Kleine Hisin (Little Hare) in the civil war in Yugoslavia. But even in Aarau : Sauerliinder, 1993. 46pp the midst of peace, there is no end to vio- lence for Milan. Now the older, stronger ISBN brother wants to step into the place of the Hare/Raising - Girl - Freedom brutal father; at school Milan is discrimi- Nenna saves a baby hare from being at- tacked by a dachshound. Now she must raise nated against by fellow pupils and teachers. When his mother enters hospital. Milan goes the little animal since its mother refuses to off on his own. He finds an older person care for it any longer. Much resourcefulness who accepts him and understands him, but and care are called for during their 15 days together. At last the little hare grows big and this friend, who had become a substitute strong enough to be released into freedom. father to him, dies. Only his friendship with The attachment of the childen to the little, a girl named Nicki and the support of her parents finally help him to overcome all his helpless animal, their sense of responsibility and the trust which is possible between them difficulties. A view from the inside of a both is the subject of this simple and moving difficult daily life in multilingual Switzer story (6+) land, which the native and the foreign chil- dren experience vividlyand the reader with them. (12+) 1111 Belgium (French) 119 Ullrich, Ursula (text) 121 Canta, Lillo (text/layout) Brij lhart, Stefan (illus.) Rubens (Proper Name) Geschichten vom Florinchen (Stories Patis/Louvain-la-Neuve: Duculot, 1993. About Little Florin) 32pp Zurich : Nagel & Kitnche, 1993. 119pp (Le musee de papier) ISBN 3-312-00769-0 ISBN 2-8011-1018-3 86FF Girl - Family - Everyday LITe - Dachshound Art Appreciation - Rubens, Peter Paul - Parakeet (Bodgie)Teddy Bear <1573-1640> Events in a child's everyday lifeso an That it is not necessary to find elaborate adult would say. Of course, Little Florin methods to awake in children an interest for herself sees all of her large and small expe- art is proven by this volume. The author riences as highly important and exciting. succeeds giving a clearly organized introduc- And so even an adult will read with pleasure tion to the vast oevre of the greatest painter about Teddy Max, Dachshound Oscar. how of his time. The text is simply written, the 4 1 38 Romance Languages commentary on the individual pictures easy liberation of women is in the forefront. to understand. On the very first page we Two volumes which are genuine guides for become acquainted with Rubens' many-sided living. (13+) personality. The titles of each chapter are cleverly chosen, giving some indication of the most important themes of the paintings, Rubens' techniques, his life. The exuberant 1111France vitality of the painter comes across very clearly in the numerous reproductions. (9+) 124 Barrault, Jean-Michel (text) Maurel, Gilbert (illus.) 122 Chevallier, Eric Dr. (text) Mer misere (The Sea in Misery) Pef (illus.) Led.: Seghers 1991 for the text Le préservatif. Trois mille ans d'amour Paris: Gallimard, 1993. 251pp protégé (The Condom. Three Thou- ISBN 2-07-056734-6 43 FF sand Years of Safe Love) Newfoundland - Fishery - Codfish - Cabin- [Paris]: Casterman, 1993. 45pp boy - Brittany/History < 1900-1910> (Des objets font l'histoire) This story is set in Brittany at the beginning ISBN 2-203-17217-7 of the 20th century. Thirteen-year-old Er- Contraception - AIDS - Condom - Sexual wann leads a barren, unloved life in the Love/Youth country, a farmhand for a Breton farmer. Using every possible means, he seeks to join the codfishers, like his older brother. But 123 Grillot, Marie-Francoise (text) life on the high seas proves to be no less Boll, Dominique (illus.) merciless. Erwann survives the strain of a six-month journey, hard work, envy of a La pilule. Trente ans de liberte au younger competitor and, last but not least, a féminin (The Pill. Thirty Years of capitan who goes crazy. When Erwann Female Freedom) reaches land, he is much matured and knows [Paris]: C'astetman, 1993. 45pp what his future will be. The author is an (Des objets font l'histoire) expert on these topics and offers considera- ISBN2-203-17216-941 41FF ble technical details. He knows how to con- Contraception - Birth Control Pill - Wo vey to the reader his own passion and that of men's Liberation the protagonist for the sea, describing life on In each volume of this information book board such a ship without reservations. This series of cultural history a subject is pre- novel can be read at one go, and leaves one sented which has played or still plays an breathless in the end. (12+) important in western civililzation. At a time when youth is confronted with AIDS, it is important to help them and provide com- 125 Bourre, Martine (text/illus.) Prehensive information. Even for this, the Le palefroi (The War-Horse) approach is at first cultural - we learn, for Paris: Pere Castor-Flammarion, 1993. instance, that the question of contraception (2611131 was already a topic in ancient times. The ISBN 2-08-160838-3 72 FF first named volume contains not only exact Freedom - Battle - Horse - Knight - Middle technical explanations in word and picture, Ages but takes into view the emotional needs of An aesthetically appealing picture book youth. In the second volume, the sexual about freedom and dependencythe horse's 39 4 2 Romance Languages dependency upon man. A horse enjoys its Handicapped Youth - Correspondence - unlimited freedom, is captured, drilled for Accident Victim - Recovery war, lead into battle in full dress. It rears When fourteen-year old Julien is run over by up, throwing the master off, and flees to a motorcycle, he is confined to a wheelchair, freedombut another human is already wai- unable to leave his room. To help him, his ting for it. A parable which takes us back to mother, Divine, invents a fictitious fellow, the times of the knights, tournaments, and Thomas from Bourges, who writes him exquisite harnesses. The pictures show the letters and lends him courage. Julien reacts vastness of the country, the strength of the at first hesitantly, but gradually the letters horses, the frightful chaos of bodies and take on a central role in his existence. He armour intertwined in hattle. A picture book dictates poems which reflect his moods. He in retiring sepia tones, whose full beauty shifts between the dark of the accident and reveals itself only after several lookings. the light of future recovery. A story (6+) told entirely in images and omissions, con- cise, even eliptic sentences and short chap- 126 Brisou-Pellen, Evelyne (text) ters. The author has succeeded splendidly in Pilorget, Bruno (illus.) portraying the emotional world of a modern Les cinq ecus de Bretagne (The Five youth. (12+) Coins from Brittany) Paris: Hacheue Jeunesse, 1993. 250pp 128 Cosem, Michel (text) (1.e livre de poche jeunesse 453) Turin, Philippe-Henri (illus.) ISBN 2-01-020026-8 31 FF Britannyalistory <1469-1479> - Adoption Le chemin du bout du monde - Betrayal - City/ Everyday Life (The Path at the End of the World) Why does the paymaster of Rennes, James Toulouse: Milan, 1993. 169pp Boisgue'rin, take in the young girl whodis- (Zanzibar 114) guised as a boy - rang at his door on a sum- ISBN 2-86726-903-2 23 FF mer evening in 1469 and asked him for help. Spain Special Mention set in the French countryside, small towns, and the quarters of old Paris. Together with Claude Lapointe, a most congenial il- 129 Denis, Jean Claude (text/illus.) lustrator, he published several elegantly L'ile aux mainates (Mainate Island) designed volumes with Grasset. This book is Paris: Albin Michel Jeunesse, 1993. 132ppl once again enrichened by his expressive, (Les comes a dmmir debout du pirate Pitou) slightly grotesque pictures. (9+) ISBN 2-226-05786-2 89FF Pirate - Thrush (Blackbird) - Mimicry - Humor 131 Imraguen. Les pecheurs du This is the story of the feared and terrible desert pirate Pitou and a mainate, a clever, talking (Imragu. The Fishers of the Desert) kind of thrush which leaves its home island With illus. and photos. on board Pitou's ship going to Europe. From Paris: Gallimard, 1993. - 79pp the beak of this intelligent bird there is much (Fleur de Larnpaul) to be heard. Upon arrival in Europe the ISBN 2-07-058142-X 88FF thrush learns to imitate all sounds of our Mauretania - Exploration - Sea Voyage - civilization and almost drives Pitou crazy, Travelog - International Understanding until he decides to return the irksome bird to The children between twelve and sixteen his own kind. Ever since then this otherwise years of age, from all European countries paradisical island has been filled with a true and different social backgrounds who are cacophony of the sounds of our civilization. allowed to board the coastal ship "Fleur de In this oversized picturebook in comicstrip Lampaul" in the company of scientists for style - the author is known for his comics several months, are to be envied. This is for adults - Jean Claude Denis succeeds in their report of their journey which took them perfectly orchestrating the easily understood to Mauritania and the little known desert text with the pictures. Exclamations and fishers, the Imragues. It is a kind of diary, commentaries are additionally placed in with texts written mainly by the youthful balloons. A first person report and nice, passengers. They report about everyday absurd fun. (4+) events on board the ship, their observations and experiences, interpersonal encounters. Drawings and photos accompany the text. It is also interesting to note that the pupils 130 Gripari, Pierre (text) stayed in contact with their school classes at Lapointe, Claude (illus.) home via radio, keeping up with their les- Contes d'ailleurs et d'autre part sons. (12+) (Tales from other sides and else- where) Paris: Grasset-Jeunesse, 1993.- 102pp 132 L'invention de la peintUre (Collection Grands lecteurs) (The Discovery of Painting) ISBN 2-246-43782-2 160 FF With illus. Paris: Gallimard Jeumesse, Modern Fairy Tale/France 1993. 47pp This author, who unfortunately died too (Les racines do savoir. Arts) young, is much loved in France, but un- ISBN 2-07-056833-4 110 FF known in Germany, for instance. Pierre Gri- Art Appreciation - Painting Technique pari has written numerous popular, head- A new series of information books was strong tales for children. They are usually begun by Gallimard in the spring of 1993 44 4 Romance Languages which, according to the publisher, are based describing the oppressive atmosphere, the on a new manner of getting childrend in- unending misery, the ignorance of the re- volved in a subject. The series is divided signed Indians, as well as their love for their into subject areas such as Nature, Music, barren surroundings. It is a novel about a Art, Science. Paging through the book can revolt, of which Federico becomes the un- be likened to an exploration journey or even willing leader. (9+) a Happening. The designers have come up with creative ideas and employed all the 134 Lenain, Thierry (text) resources available in modern book techno- logy. This volume does not treat painting as Un pacte avec le diable (A Pact with an art but rather the history of painting the Devil) techniques in Europe and elsewhere, the Paris, Syros, 1993. 75pp production of colors and grounds, the im- 1st ed.: Syros, 1988 (croche parte) plementation of modern processes, the work ISBN 2-867-38894-5 39FF of art restorers, etc. An index, a chronologi- Drug Addiction - Runaway - Friendship - cal table and biographic notes complete this Divorce glossy, multi-colored and multi-dimensional Because she cannot stand her step-father, panorama (10+) twelve-year old Roxanne leaves home one night after a fight. She tries in vain to reach her father and his new girlfriend and meets 133 Judenne, Roger (text) instead David, who takes her in. She dis- Maucler, Christian (illus) covers that he is a drug addict - sometimes Quand naitra le lama bleu (The Birth happy, sometimes sad and remote. For seve- ral days they live together like brother and of the Blue Lamas) sistershe an active, life-affirming element, Toulouse: Milan, 1993. 107pp he doomed to self-destruction. Returning one (Zanzibar 110) day after shopping, she finds David dead on ISBN 2-86726-890-7 19FF the couch. Roxanne flees and collapses, Andes - Indians/South America - Exploita- unconscious, in the arms of her father's tion - Lama girlfriend, who nurses her back to health. Bitter poverty dominates the Altiplano. The Roxanne is able to stay on with them. Ro- Indian village inhabitants are oppressed by xanne tells her story in the first person in a the mestizos who come regularly to the naturally witty language. Her view of events village to buy up lamas. the sole source of is at the same time child-like and precocious. wealth, at ridiculously low prices. The mes- The way she meets David, how she tries to tizos also offer jobs in the city, and the drag him out of his hellish world, her ex- Indians unsuspectingly sign contracts in the perience with her newly developing woman- hope of enabling their families a better life. hood, and her determination not to be drag- In the village when Federico lives the old ged down, speak to the heart. (11+) village wiseman preaches in vain that the Prix Sorcieres 1989 from the French Book- misery in the city is even greater than there. sellers And yet Federico's father signs up for work. Federico wants to save the herd of lamas which his father has turned over to him. He flees to the mountains, where a blue lama is born. An Indian legend says that this heralds the beginning of a better future. In short, impressive sentences the author succeeds in 42 Romance Languages 135 Massin/Les chats pelés (text/- 137 Pommaux, Yvan (text/illus.) illus.) John Chatterton detective Jouons avec les chiffres (John Chatterton, Detective) (Let's Play with Numbers) Paris: L'Ecole des loisirs, 1993. 120ppj 78FF Paris: Seuil Jeunesse, 1993. 118ppj ISBN 2- 211 03245-1 ISBN 2-02-020002-3 85 FF Little Red Riding flood 434 11 Romance Languages Maxime describes his visit to Luna Park parent's barn. When Gabriel tries to return with his parents and two friends, the delicate the animals to the zoo, he is caught, but Jo and the sturdy Ponce. When the three thanks to the aid of his mother and his friends step back out of the Halls of Mirrors, friends, is soon released again. The zoo nothing is the same as it was - parents and director promises to build larger enclosures mirrors have disappeared. The amusement for the animals. The precipitous events will park has grown unending, a horde of plea- undoubtedly correspond to the secret wishes sure seekers jam all the aisles. Searching for of young readers. (9+) the exit, Maxime, Jo and Pounce encounter strange figures. A green mask seems to have Special Mention some significance. Suddenly Maxime real- izes what is expected of them. They must say "yes" and each must agree to embark on 140 Demers, Dominique (text) a life-threatening adventure. After surviving Les grand sapins ne meurent jamais the three-fold test of courage, they stand (The Evergreens Will Never Die) again close to where they began. The candy- Montréal: Québec/Amérique, 1993. I 54pp seller explains the deeper meaning of this (Than jeunesse 17) "cosmic game" to them. The authors knows ISBN 2-89037-627-3 how to create suspense. From funny-grotes- Death - Mother - Daughter - First Love - que to spooky encounters pave the way to Pregnancy deliverance. (9+) The first volume of this planned trilogy already received unanimous applause from 139 Gagnon, Cécile (text) the critics. It told the story of the cancer Poupart, Roger (text) death of the protagonist's mother. In the second volume we follow the mourning Soulieres, Robert (text) period of 15-year old Marie-Lune and how Poulin, Stéphane (illus.) she finds comfort and support from her Liberté surveille:e (Freedom under friend Antoine. One day she discovers that Surveillance) she is pregnant. Should she have the baby? Montreal: Paulines, 1993. 141 pp Antoine, who is actually too inexperienced to be of permanent help, sees no problems to (Lectures VIP 12) ISBN 2-89420-183-4 a future life together. Should she give up her Canada - Zoo/Hemmingford 141 Mativat, Marie-Andree (text) realize that he, too, is now a captive of this Mativat, Genevieve (text) eternal sequence. In this new edition Daniel Sernine has avoided his predilection for Bienvenue, Diane (illus.) wordy descriptions, thereby increasing the Togo (Proper Name) suspense. (12+) Montreal: Tisseyre, 1993. 95pp (Papillon) ISBN 2-89051-502-8 $7.95 Alaska/History 1907-1927 - Sledding - Switzerland (French) Sleddog - Diphieria - Icebound Two authentic, but completely independent 143 Chauvy, Laurence (text) events inspired the authors to write this Ardalan, Hay& (illus.) interesting adventure novel. In 1907 the girls and boys of Nome, Alaska, organized the Edgar Degas (Proper Name) first dog sled race for Whites. In 1925 Leon- Geneve: La Joie de lire, 1993. 32pp hard Septiala braved the 1,000 km stretch of (Chat-Musee) Alaska's icy desert with his sleddogs in ISBN 2-88258-030-4 order to bring the life-saving serum to the Art Appreciation - Cat - Edgar Degas children of Nome who where dying of diph- <1834-1917> teria. "Togo" is the story of Seppala's legen- The great painter Edgar Degas as seen from daryleaddog, who gives us a lesson of a cat's point of view. This bizarre idea and courage and endurance. (8+) certainly uncommon perspective of his oevre do not lead to absurd observations but rather illuminating descriptions of what is to be 142 Sernine, Daniel (text) seen in the pictures. The cat narrates, self- La couleur nouvelle (The Unknown importantly weaving in comments on her Color) own welfare and her personal observations. Montréal: Quebec/Amerique Jeunesse, 1993. On each double-page spread there is on the 154pp (Clip 9) right a painting or sculpture, on the left the ISBN 2-89037-629-X $7.95 text and a drawing of the cat in an Fantasy - Horror Story appropriate pose. (9+) This collection of nine stories by the produc- tive and creative master of fantastic literature who writes for adults, youth and children. These stories, with one exception, are shor- III Italy tened or re-written versions of fairy tales from "Les contes de l'ombre" (Tales From 144 Baldassarri, Guido (text) the Shadows") from 1979. The author is Maggioni, Federico (illus.) skilled at creating a spooky, mysterious, even creepy mood and has no difficulty with 011eitlas che parlava all'incontrario precise descriptions of the gruesom, as evi- (011eitlas, Who Spoke Backwards) denced in the stbry "Derriere le miroir". Milano : Mondadori, 1992.102 S. "L'eternelle vieillesse" deals with an im- (junior + 10; 29) mobile group of very old people who per- ISBN 88-04-35798-3 form the same activities day for day, decade Child - Abduction - Adventure for decade. The young intruder who, as an Ever since Saltiello (Oneidas) had a fall, he observer, hopes to discover their secret, has speaks words the other way around, is cap- just enough strength left on the third day to tured by a collector of monsters, and is 45 41 3 Romance Languages pursued by the dog-man Dogherman halfway 147 Lodi, Mario (text) around the world. After many grotesque Costa, Nicoletta (ill.) adventures, he finally lands at home again. This ingenious story is accompanied by II soldatino del pim pum pa : poesie, equally unusual, graphically remarkable filastrocche, favole (The Soldier of black-and-white illustrations. (10+) Pim-pum-pa: Poems, Rhymes and Tales) 145 Carpi, Pinin (text) Trieste : Einaudi Ragazzi, 1993. 67 S. Rescaldani, Marilena (illus.) (Einaudi Ragazzi / Stone e rime; 6) I lupi di mare della Grande Luna ISBN 88-7926-098-7 Ita lien/Lyric - Peace - Justice - Democracy (The Water Rats of the "G. L.) Enchanting poems and short tales which deal Milano : A. Val !anti, 1992. 140 S. with peace and true democracy, gathered ISBN 88-11-97335-X together in a paperback with handsome illu- Ship Travel - Orphan - Magic - Adventure strations. (8+) The three-master, of which Beppe is against his willcaptain, is an island of 148 Nanetti, Angela (text) happiness for many children thanks to two magicians who want to save them all from Nidasio, Grazia (illus.) landing in an orphanage. Travelling and Veronica ovvero "I gatti sono talmente fleeing from port to port, they experience imprebedibili!" Veronika oder "Die the strangest adventures and hear the most Katzen sind alle unberechenbar!") unusual stories. This fantastic book of ad- (Veronica or "Cats are all unpredic- ventures, written by one of the renown Italian writers for children, is illustrated with table) delicately drawn black-and-white illustrations Trieste: Emme, 1993. 94pp and colored, striking, artistically demanding ISBN 88-7927-156-3 full-sized pictures. (10+) Girl - Family - Cal Nine-year-old Veronika, furnished with an 146 Chiusano, Italo Alighiero intolerable older sister, an unfaithful lover, relatively normal parents and a wonderful La banda di Pipin Bertuccia cat needs to adjust to her surroundings and (Pipin Bertuccia's Gang) establish her role in them. How she manages Casale Monfert-ato : Piemme, 1993. 174 S. this is told by a frequent prize-winning aut- ISBN 88-384-1888-8 hor from the perspective of the heroine in a Orphan - Village - Youth Gang - Everyday humorous, readable but yet discriminating Life language. (8+) This well-known author first told his own children this story about the 11-year-old 149 Parmeggiano, Maria Laura Pipino. the orphan, who lives with his bird Bracola, his dog Fefo and his grandmother II segreto del calicanto: una vita per la in the country, about his daily life and his liberta (The Secret of the Spice adventure with his friends. Now he ts put it Bouquet: A Life for Freedom) down in his first hook for children. It is a Bergamo : Janus, 1993. 138 S. pleasure to follow the classic style story, o. ISBN beginning with the introduction of the per- Italy/Occupation - Resistenza Bergamasca sons and their world, which takes its lessons <1943-1945> from Collodi. (12+) This historical novel tells of the resistance of Romance Languages the Italians against the German occupation 152 Piumini, Roberto (text) after 1943, the "Resistenza Bergamasca", Bosnia, Nella (illus.) and its young heroine Adriana Locate lli in a II segno di Lapo (The Sign of Lapo) fascinating manner. (12) Ttieste : Einaudi Ragazzi, 1992. 210 S. (Einaudi Ragazzi / Narrativa; 150 Pitzorno, Bianca (text) ISBN 88-7926-078-2 Blake, Quentin (illus.) Wedding Feast at Cana 475 Romance Languages and passengers seem to stimulate the fantasy of the inhabitants. (8+) Portugal 155 Verne, Jules 157 Amaral, Pitum Keil do (text) Faeti, Antonio (intro.) Brandiio, Luisa (illus.) L'isola dello zio Robinson (Uncle 0 Zbiriguidófilo e outras histórias Robinson's Island) (The Zbiriguidofilo and Other Sto- Translated by Francesca Cavattoni ries) Milano : Mondadori, 1992. 209 S. [Porto]: ASA, 1991. 28pp (Libri per ragazzi) (Colecfao ASA juvenil 55) ISBN 88-04-36324-X ISBN 972-41-0922-4 Robinsonade Portugese/Short Stories In the city archives of Nantes, a previously Five short stories both possible and impos- unpublished manuscript by Jules Verne (with sible, in the first story, the father learns that the title L'Oncle Robinson) was recently he can read his newspaper in peace even at found and is published here for the first time home ifhewill only tell his son a story first - in Italian. Verne began to work on the text, of all; the second story deals with something which was intended for the magazine "Maga- which is mysterious only for the reader; the sin d'éducation et de recreation", in 1861. third describes the encomiter between a But only later did a revised version appear young boy and a much-feared bull who longs with the title "The Mysterious Island." The for a little tenderness; in the fourth story 714 original version remained unpublished until penguins take an excursion to the Algarve; now. In view of the extraordinarioness of the fifth deals with a skirmish between cou- this discovery, the book is prefaced by an in- sins. Brief situational descriptions, good dia- troduction by the internationally renown logues. (8+) children's book reserach Antonio Faeti. 158 Figueiredo, Violeta (text) 156 Ziliotto, Donate Ila (text) Bacelar, Manuela (illus.) Nidasio, Grazia (illus.) Fala Bicho (Say Animal) Un chilo di piume, un chilo di piombo [Portal: ASA, 1992. 44pp (A Kilo of Feathers, a Kilo of (Colecriio Benjamitn) Lead) ISBN 972-41-10044 Trieste : Einaudi Ragazzi, 1992. 87 S. Lyric/Portugese - Nonsense (Einaudi Ragazzi / Narrativa; Golden brown shaded pages alternate with ISBN 88-7926-082-0 airy green-blue ones, the watery brush stroke Triest - World War <1939-1945> - Child - gives the ocean and land each their own Autobiography structure on which animals, cities and plants The well-known writer tells of her childhood have intentionally childlike forms. Each during the Second World War in Triest in a double-page spread is reserved for the pre- readable and, in spite of its serious topic. sentation of a poem. The lyrical miniatures witty language. Caricature blaek-and-white contain absurdities, word play, amazement illustrations of remarkable quality enrichen and wit. A picture book to indulge oneself the book. (10+) in, with the ring of language in one's ear. (5+) Prémio INASSET-INAPA 1991 48 Romance Languages Special Mention for the most part well-known. But this volu- me is not simply an edition of modernized versions of old tales. The particular fasci- 159 Losa, Ilse (text) nation of this edition lies instead in the form. Modesto, Antonio (illus.) The transition from several short sentences Miguel o expositor (Miguel, the Ex- to a longer one, and the deliberate repetition hibitor) of narrative segments give these texts a [Porto]: Afrontamento, 1993 (1st ed. 1983) poetic structure in which each word has its place, determined by both the meaning and (Colecrao Tretas e Letras 10) rhythm. (10+) ISBN 972-36-0301-2 Poverty - Art - Mother/Son Paintingas an expression of intimate needs 161 Shua, Ana Maria (text) is made immediately visible in the case of Franco, Coca (illus.) young Miguel. When the friend of his over- La puerta para salir del mundo (The worked mother sends Miguel out on the Exit Gate of the World) street to sell his first, still unfinished picture [Buenos Aires]: Sudamericana, 1992. 59pp in order to make money, he obeys him. Pan Flauta 19 (Sentimientos) Miguel succeeds in selling his picture for a ISBN 950-07-0747-0 high price. But when the mother, made Truth - Lie - Reality - Dream - Adult happy by the money, encourages him to Asa result of his visit toa television studio, make more pictures to sell, something in Andrés is shattered to find that everything in him threatens to break. When the mother television is an outright lie. At home he suddenly recognizes the pain her child suf- seeks comfort with his stuffed dog, Pelusa. fers and attends to him, the effect is redeem- A mysterious Mr. Qwerty enters his room ing for both protagonists and reader. The through the wall, offering to let him pass mood of each chapter is suggested by the use through the blue door to the world "where of matted or bright colors. (8+) everything is true"but only if he doesn't tell a single white lie for 24 hours. The second story of this volume, The Dove's Feather, also involves the use of contrasting worlds in order to learn to recognize the pre- Latin America (Spanish) sent reality better, making it easier to bear: Gustavo saves a dove and receives a magic feather without learning how it is to be used. Argentina In any case, it doesn't help him to learn his multiplication tables. Only later, as a grown- up, does he discover its properties by acci- 160 Andruetto, Maria Teresa (text) dent - when he watches seemingly carefree Melgar, Patricia (illus.) children at play, and wishes he could return El anillo encantado (The Magic Ring) to that age again, his wish is immediately [Buenos Aires]: Sudameticana, 1993. S9pp granted. The author tells her stories cleverly Pan Flauta 21 (Cuentos del mundo) and with humor. (8+) ISBN 950-07-0824-8 Fairy Tale/Retelling These seven fairy tales, whether set in the Orient, in the European Middle Ages or so- mewhere in between light and shadow, are 2 49 Romance Languages 162 Villafaiie, Javier (text) girls going through the forest as the sun Contarbio, Delia (illus.) begins to rise. Armadillos and birds are still El hombre que debia adivinarle la edad sitting in the darkness. Only on the next page does the story of the encounter of the al diablo (The Man Who Had to young girls with the great "tiger", the golden Guess the Devil's Age) shining one, really begin. Is it the sun? The [Buenos Aires]: Sudameficana, 1991. 53pp old grandfather, whom the children tell Coleccidn Pan Rama 15 (Cuenios de about this encounter, believes it. Pages of America) text alternate with double-spread illustra- ISBN 950-07-0660-1 tions. The sequence invites the reader to lin: Argentina/Fairy Tale - Poet ger with the pictures which portray both the Javier Villafane is a well-known and respec- mythic dimensions of the story and the sub- ted puppet-player and fairy tale teller even jective experiences of the girls. The illustra- far beyond the border of Argentina. The title tions of this updated version of the solstice story of this volume is known everywhere, myth are brilliantly colored and mysterious, but enhanced here with local color and word but also reflect a realistic Mexican land- play. The second story, El tfo Kive reveals scape. (8+) the interaction of fantasy and reality: While Alejandro is working on geometry problems, the admonishing and controlling voice of his father brings him back again over and over Spain (Galician) to the school-boy reality he would like to flee, but random images of street-life take on a nimble, improvable life of their own. His 164 Villar Janeiro, Helena (text) thoughts also wander off to his oncle, whose LOpez Dominguez, Xan (illus.) eyes he has supposedly inherited. Alejan- A canción do rei (The Song of the dro's imagination and his simultaneous worlds are quite convincingly and humorful- King) ly portrayed. Dreamers will easily recognize [Vigo]: Galaria, 1991. 89pp themselves here. (9+) Arbore (Serie Verde) ISBN 84- 7154- 758-9 Poetry - School - Friendship - Sea - Good King Dagobert (Song) Cosine himself doesn't know why he so III Mexico often makes claims that are not at all true. For instance, to claim at school that he 163 Mendoza, Susana (text) knows a real king. And in the music lesson to suggest that a song must be composed for Dáva los, Felipe (illus.) this king. He would supply the details on the Cuento de Junio (Tales of June) following day. That afternoon by the sea, lAmecamecal: C.E.L.T.A./Amaquemecan. while he struggles to find a way out of his 1991. 26pp lies, a miracle suddenly occurs. Over the (Barril sin Fonda) waves comes first the chords of a fanfare, ISBN 986-6465-15-4 then an army with King Dagobert at its Myth - Sommer Solace - SunJaguar - head. He only realizes that it is King Dago- Indians ben when his mother sings him the popular At the start of this book we see a panorama French children's song about good King of luscious vegetation, a woman and three Dagobert that very evening. The author 50 Romance Languages accompanies her protagonists consistently Special Mention and sympathetically, letting the reader share, along with Cosme's school friends, in the 166 Jordana, C. A.(text) ordinary and extraordinary. (9+) Jover, Lluisa (illus.) Antenaforta i Caragran (Strong Anten- na and a Large Face) E Spain (Catalan) [Barcelona!: Abadia de Montserrat, 1992. 24pp 165 CoH, Pep (La Finestra 19) ISBN 84-7826-297-0 Que farem, que direm? (What shall we Fable - Ant - Cricket - Agreement do, what shall we say?) The crickets sing untiringly in order to ease [Barcelona!: audit:, 1992. I68pp the life of the ants who scurry about their (Gran Angular 42) work in long columns. Over and over again ISBN 84-7629-604-5 the crickets assure each other how glad the Pyrennees - Hobgoblin - Legend - Illegal ants must be to have this musical accompani- Immigrant ment. They only realize that their chirping During a visit to the local museum of ethnol- gets on the ants' nerves when the ants are ogy the narrator, the school-girl Bet, hears relaxing in their comfortable winter apart- for the first time about the strange and even ments and the crickets beg them for food - dangerous miniature inhabitants of the Py- only to be given the cold brush off. But next rennees. Didn't something just move in the summer when the ants can barely drag them- vessel in which, according to the label, they selves along in the August sun, the crickets are living? Naturally Bet succeeds, firstly, in having decided to strike, the ants then send learning more about the "minairons", se- their own delegation. Winter provisions are conds, in liberating them, and thirdly having assured, if only they will sing again for the them serve and entertain her. The story is . weary workers. The illustrations by Jover set in a village at the time of the celebration give this old and often retold fable additional of the Three Magi, of which Bartholemew, charm. While entire convoys of racy ants the black man, helps the author to point out line the borders in various formations, small, the dangerous situation and lack of rights full-sized drawings on the opposite page por- these people have. Even his protagonist can't tray the place, action and mood of the events do anything to change that. In the end Bet with all its delightful minute details. (6+) loses the "minairons," but not before they help the basketball team, her first gentle love, to victory. (13+) 167 Quart, Pere Premi Gran Angular 1991 Vacances pagades (Paid Vacation) [Barcelona]: Enciclopedia Catalana, 1992. 92pp (Columna Proa Jove 45) ISBN 84-7739-422-9 Lyrical poetry/Catalan Pere Quart (pseudonym of Joan Oliver i Sallares, 1899-1986) is considered the most important Catalan poet of this century and this book "possibly his best book" (accor- 5 51 Romance Languages ding to The Oxford Companion to Spanish earth where dramatic rescue attempts or wild Literature). This little volume, with its short adventures take place are also well-known. and clear texts, is published for young adults And also the helpful spirits, bewitched prin- who experience poetry as an expression of ces and princesses. All this and much more their humanity. The author received the is mixed together by the author in a new fai- renown Ausias March Prize in 1959 and the ry tale novel. At the same time he interrupts Lletra d'Or in 1961. the long series of descriptions, which have any amount of purple, silver, and bell-like laughter, for two or three short, profane statements from his protagonists just at the IIII Spain (Spanish) right moment, in order to keep his readers suspended between pathos, irony and persif- 168Cervantes, Miguel de (text) lage and well-entertained. The sequel to this Ginesta, Montserrat (illus.) novel is titled "El camino de las rocas ne- Gimenez-frontfn, José Luis (Ada- gras." (12+) ptor) 170 Farias, Juan (text) Don Quijote (Don Quixote) Gatagán, Tino (illus.) [Barcelona]: La Galera, 1993. 86pp (La Galera a proa La Espada de Liuva (Liuva's Sword) [Barcelona]: SM, 1990. 123pp ISBN 84-246-8501-6 (Catamaran 26) Don Quixote ISBN 84-348-3275-5 Experience shows that the adventures of Don Quixote have become a byword, but hardly a Shepherd - Family - Law - Freedom - Amadis - Middle Ages pupil knows them from actual readingthe book is too thick, the language too difficult. The young shepherd wants to lead a life for himself, not for his lord. With his father's This adaptation will hopefully tempt readers to delve into the original at the right time. blessing and a piece of bread he sets out into the world. He learns to keep on his toes and This edition contains the well-known adven- meets a girl who becomes his companion. tures and characteristic elements which make They travel through burned out plains, and its reading a delight. The illustrations by the artist Ginesta emphasize the light-hearted, have to flee from murderous masters. They burlesque side of the novel. (10+) settle in a place where their child is born. He works the land and unquestioningly takes in other solitary travelers - a robber and a 169 Faner, Pau (text) herbalist. They all want just one thingto Vila, Jordi (illus.) satisfy the elementary needs of food, warmth La Dama de la media almendra. La and a life not subject to arbitrary power. Isla de los Hombres This story takes place in a fictitious Middle Ages, which demands the saving intervention (The Lady of the Half-Almond. The of the knight Amadis. The chronicler, howe- Island of Mankind) ver, comes from another point in time: [Barcelona]: Destino, 1992. 132pp books are his "time machine." Human needs (Pequeno delfin) are shown to be as constant today as they Fairy Tale/Spanish - Love - Knight - Ad- were then. (10+) venture Beauty which drives men crazy is a well- known motif. The places below and above Romance Languages 171 Fortün, Elena (text) present to their wives. Along the way she Munoa, Rafael (illus.) also saves a young boy who seems to fit quite well into the witches village. The Celia en el colegio (Celia at School) observations, dialogue and conclusions of (Madrid]: Aguilera, 1973 (1st ed. 1950). this many facetted game with the entire 224S. arsenal of witchery are a source of light- (Celia y su ntundo) hearted fun. (8+) ISBN 84-03-46004-X Schoolgirl - Boarding School - Child/Adult Special Mention When Celia appeared in the Spanish litera- ture (her adventures began in the 1930s and continued into the 1950s) she was enthu- 173 Martin Gaite, Carmen (text/- siastflifally welcomed. Today she is a fixed illus.) part of Spain's cultural knowledge. A few Caperucita en Manhattan years ago her books were successfully re- (Little Red Riding Hood in Manhat- printed. Although some parts are only of historical interest, the Elena Forttins dialo- tan) gue technique (the series Celia and her (Madrid]: Siruela, 1991. 205pp World is constructed only with dialogues) is (Las tres edades) exemplary and her consistent partisanship for ISBN 84-7844-056-9 the child in a world dominated by adults New York City - Grandmother/Granddaugh- remains relevant. (8+) ter - Little Red Riding Hood `-53' *3 5 6 Scandinavian Languages 174 Gui llén, Jorge Isla de rojo coral (Inset aus roter Ko- IIIDenmark ralle) (Island of the Red Corals) With an Introduction by Ana Pelegrin 175 Christiansen, Ole E. [Salamanca]: LOguez 1993. 13t5pp Skjolds mwrkelige rejse (Skjold's (La joven colecciôn) Remarkable Journey) ISBN 84-85334-68-X 'Frederiksberg] : Branner og Korch, 1993. Lyric/Spanish - Cuba - Anthology I 14pp This selection of poems from different cycles ISBN 87-41 I-5700-1 is particularly well suited to showing the Legend/Nordic - Valhalla - Death wide spectrum of work by this extraordinary The thirteen-year old Skjold-the-Stone- poet (1902-1989) who also wrote especially thrower is killed in battle and is brought to for children. His poems are in part set to Asgiird by the Valkyries. He is also allowed music, a fact which, in view of the marked to be take a seat in Valhalla. Because of his rhythm of his verses, sounds almost like a youth, he is given a chance to begin his life tautology. In his poems he sings the praises again. This easy to read story is amusingly of his homeland Cuba and its inhabitants, the told. At the back of the book there are ex- descendants of Africans and Spaniards, and planations for the most important names and makes a plea for social justice, tolerance and terms from the Nordic mythology. (10+) freedom. (12+) 176 Haller, Bent Neondrengens profeti (The Prophesy of the Neonboy) Kopenhagen : Host & Son, 1993. 167pp ISBN 87-14-19224-1 Ilunianity - Redemption - Hope - Christ/Le- gend A story of the battle between good and evil within man, a drama of redemption within an asocial setting marked by prostitution, drug abuse and alcoholism, is developed upon the basic pattern of the biblical story of Jesus. Told without any Christian evangeli- cal ambition by the ten-year old Sara (as Maria), who bears a son Solnvan (meaning "nameless"), after the anunciation by a light- flooded "Neondreng". The message that hope can only be conveyed to the hopeless by someone from their own background, is embedded in a narrative tone which keeps up the suspense until the end, at times oppres- sively sobering, but always impressive lan- guage. (14+) 57 54 Scandinavian Languages 177 Hansen, Niels Henrik 179 Stybe, Vibeke (ed.) Rejsen til Okapi :lilies fire historier Olsen, Ib Spang (illus.) (The Journey to Okapi: Lille's Four Syng mine svaner (Sing, My Swans) Tales) Kobenhavn : Carlsen, 1992.140pp Aarhus : Moduyk, 1993. 203pp (schwedische Ausgabe ISBN 91-510-6541-X) ISBN 87-7394-294-4 Fairy Tale/Scandinavia Primitive People - Flight - Civilization - This exquisitely illustrated and printed edi- Reservation tion of Nordic tales was published simul- Due to a dramatic change in climate, a taneously in all Scandinavian countries. With hunting people is forced to leave its land. Vibeke Stybe as editor, one can be assured They take over a strange, stranded ship of a good selection. The illustrations - rela- which brings them to their island homeland. xed, stimulating, but not overly colorful - There they are confronted with civilization, are late work of the famous Danish illustra- where the guests can read, produce ships and tor and excellently reflect the Nordic atmo- clothing, make fire, etc. They also have a sphere of the tales. (8+) different religion. As a result aggressive feelings grow ever stronger among the two Special Mention peoples, making a conflict appear unavoi- dable. Written in the style of adventure 180 Thaulov, Pia stories written in an indefinable time and place, this is challenging, thought-provoking Lille Kong Magnus (Little King Mag- reading matter. (12+) nus) Kopenhagen : Host & Son, 1993. 3Opp ISBN 87-14-13081-5 178 Koch, Peter Gjellerup Only Child - Sibling - Jealousy I det syvende helvede (In the 7th Hell) As a single child, one is kind, but the pa- fFrederikvbergl : Branner og Korch, 1993. rents are already at work at the dethrone- 248pp ISBN 87-411-5710-9 ment. Once the little baby brother is born, a First Love - Inexperience - Self-identily highly painful process of adjustment to a In a moment of adventurousness, Malmcolm new situation begins. Pia Thaulov is a vehe- gets engaged at the age of sixteen. Constanze ment illustrator, the brush full of energy, the is a submissive, patient bride. But neither colors wild, her ideas wild and grotesque. she nor Malcolm, who has until know gotten All the actors are characterized with unerr- all his information from rather dark and ing strokes. The mother, in spite of a sto- dubious sources, know what love rea/ly mach like as kettle drum, is not pregnant wet means. His mother, however, has a rather blanket, but remains an attractive young wo- strange, but much-experienced older house- man. The new infant is not, as usual, drawn hold helper, who patiently shows Malmcolm sugary sweetly, as if from the parents point how to deal with reality better, even to the of view, but, complete with umbilical chord point of solving his psychological and physi- as if on a fishing pole, blue and blaring, cal problems with puppet role-playing and leaps toward the first-born, who falls from practical instruction. This is almost a Da- his disintegrating throne as if into nowhere. phne and Chloe story, but, quite modern, The book ends happily in harmonious bro- delving deeply and broadly into the human therliness, while the parents are sent off to soul. It is written in such a fascinating, prepare bottles and make more children. sometimes satirical style that to read it is a (0+) delight to read. (16+) 55 8 Scandinavian Languages kingdom. This ingenious icelandic tale (ba- Iceland sed on a text by Jon Arnason), with excel- lently drawn and printed illustrations is 181 Olafsson, GuAmundur P. related in such a staggeingly funny manner I fiörunni (In the Harbors) that no child should be denied it. (6+) [Reykjavik] : Mal og menning, 1992. [16pp] (Milli himins og jarbar) 184 Gislason, Gylfi (illus./reteller) ISBN 9979-3-0358-1 Davcosson, Olafur (text) Iceland/Flora and Fauna - Sea Harbor Sagan af Gyrpu (The Tale of Gypa) In impressive photos the surprisingly rich Reykjavik : Forlagi& 1992. [24pp] life under water in the sea harbors of a ISBN 9979-53-165-7 seemingly barren Iceland are introduced. Faby Tale/Iceland - Glutton (10+) The same illustrator who wrote "Sillin Hans JOns min" (see above) retells the old tale of 182 Eldjtirn, Pdrarinn (text) a girl (or man or animal??) who eats anyth- Olafsson, Tryggvi (illus.) ing which he encounters until bursting and Litarim (Poetry) thus returning everyting again in Icelandic local color as a very amusing picture story. Reykjavik : Forlagia, 1992. 128pp1 (6+) ISBN 9979-53-177-0 Lyrik/Icelandic - Color These pretty poems give examples of things made of the primary colors and their basic Norway mixtures (green, brown, orange, gray). They are illustrated with full-sized, graphically quite impressive picture of strong coloring 185 Karlsen, Oyvind Bremer which are oriented somewhat toward LOger. Odin Or berserk!: All verdas (6+) frimerke med motiv frá norron gudetru og historie (Wotan goes 183 Gfslason, Gylfi (illus./reteller) Berserk: Postal Stamps from Amason, Jon (text) Around the World with Motives Satin Hans Mons mins (The Soul of My from northen Islands, Religion and Hans Jóns) History) Reykjavik : Forlagid, 1992. [26pp] Oslo : Det Norske Samlaget, 1992. 112pp ISBN 9979-53-164-9 ISBN 82-521-3821-7 Fairy Tale/Iceland - Death - Paradise Scandanavia 56 Scandinavian Languages 186 Ler land, Rasmus a renown Norwegian writerpotential texts Kvitehjornen (The Polar Bear) for a future picture book? (10+) Oslo : Det Norske Sam loge:, 1993. 117pp (Klassikarserien for barn 1) 189 Sem, Ingebjerg Dahl ISBN 82-521-4104-8 Floyten og tat-net (The Flute and the Everyday Life/Child - Norway Tower) Loland (1861-1907) is one of the great clas- Oslo : H. Aschehoug, 1993. 19Spp sic writers of Norwegian children's literature ISBN 82-03-17089-7 who rightly deserves to be reprinted over Power Abuse and over again. These tales from the every- Arikko, a shepherd-boy from a village in the day lives of three children - Gunnar, Kolbein mountains, whose favorite lamb is flogged to and Andres - in a Norwegian village reads death by knights, sets out on a quest for just a smoothly today as a hundred years ago justice and gets caught up himself in a forces because of is humorous, sympathetic style of of power represented by the oppressor Reka- language. do. The age-old theme of prostituted power and preservation of honor are treated here in 187 Viermyr, Marianne a thrilling adventure story in the Nordic Gogeungen (Cuckoo Child) landscape and a long-ago timegood for a Aathus : Forl. Modnyk, 1993. 155pp flight of the imagination in several hours of (Originalausgabe: Gjokungen. Oslo: Gylden- reading. (12+) dal Norsk, 1991) ISBN 87-7394-298-7 Illegitimate Child - Orphanage - Foster Parent - Siblings - Death - True Identity - 111Sweden Nightmare A young girl who feels unwanted and misun- 190 Eggens, Magda derstood (her playmates tease her by calling Lagercrantz, Rose her cuckoo child) has dark, inexplicable memories. Others seem to known more vad mina ögon har sett (... What about her past than she does. She learns My Eyes Have Seen) from her grandmother that she is the illegiti- Stockholm : Rabin & Sjogren, 1992. 77pp mate, unwanted child of her "aunt", brought ISBN 91-29-62067-8 up in a home for children. Her helplessness National Socialism - Jew/Persecution - within her surroundings, her search for the Hungary/History <1944-1945> truth are vital and gripping, portrayed Rose Langercrantz has written the memoirs without tear-jerking sentimentality. of a Hungarian Jewish girl as a first-person (12+) report. The internment of the family, the murder of the mother and little sister, the trembling with desire for survival until the 188 Okland, Einar liberation and the resettlement in Sweden, Siste time : Ni ulike historier (The thanks to the Prince Folke Bernadotte Cam- paign have an especially great impact, which Final Hour: Nine Different Stories) makes this book stand out among the nume- Oslo : Det Norske Sandaget, 1992. 94pp rous other books about similar experiences. ISBN 82-521-3893-4 (12+) Short Stories/Norwegian Witty, reflective, surrealistic short stories by 57 Scandinavian Languages 191 Hellberg, Hans-Eric Holiday - Girl - Grandmother Bakom masken (Behind the Masks) The well-known Swedish author skillfully Stockholm : Bonniers junior, , 1993. - 166pp tells the easy to read, humorous story of a ISBN91-48-52086-1 holiday in which a girl who travels with its Burglar - Foreigner - Detective Story little dog and big brother to visit grandmo- Two girls try to retain the burglar who has ther gets involved in all kinds of adventures. broken into their apartment. When he offers (8+) resistance, the situation becomes dangerous, until they are rescued by Mi, a Lebanese re- 194 Nilsson, Per ffigee. But his sudden appearance makes Hjärtans fröjd (Joy of My Heart him, too, suspicious. As a result of the ensu- ly manages to combine fiction and reality. a Belgium (Flemish) As is to be expected. he does not offer us "problem literature" which anxiously clings to pedagogical intentions, but instead 198 Daele, Henri van through his original, often lightly ironic style En appels aan de overkant (And Apples into a lively picture of family life and an un- on the Other Side) conventional depiction of love between Tielt: Lannoo, 1992. ..396pp teenagers an electrifying reading experience. ISBN 90-209-1884-2 (15 +) Relgiumalistory 1950s - Childhood Memo- ries 196 Sundvall, Viveca (text) This is latest installment of tales about the Eriksson, Eva (illus.) author's childhood in which he tells about En barkbAt till Eddie the important stages in life, such as the first visit to a secondary school, one's first self- (A Cattle Boat for Eddie) earned money, about being in love. Not an Stockholm : Raben & Sjogren, 1992. 152pp easy story, it assumes the reader knows ISBN91-29-62146-1 something about the history of Eastern Flan- Asthma - Allergy - Play Therapy ders. The story itself exudes with the safe Because Eddie is allergic to dogs, he ex- atmosphere of the late 1950s, a time of big periences dangerous shortage of breath. His changes. Modern times were beginning, older brother saves him by notifying the television and jeams became important. This emergency service. His stay in hospital is is beautiful and honest report of childhood, made easier by the play therapy they conduct filled with hilaritya boy's life told in with him there. Viveca Sundvall skillfully small, often surprising and moving details. develops this dry, but seldom treated topic 'in A plain but sparkling story for a small group an interesting and exciting manner. The of readers who are open to such tales. (14+) excellent pencil drawings by Eva Eriksson make the book even more attractive. (12+) 197 Wahl, Mats II Netherlands (Dutch) Vinterviken (The Winter Vik) Stockholm : Bonniers, 1993. 287pp 199 Lieshout, Ted van (text/illus.) ISBN91-48-52119-1 Sweden - Racism - Crime - Love Multiple Noise (Multiple Noise) John-John has grown up in a socially de- Amsterdam: Leopold, 1992. 64pp prived area. His friend Sluggo joins up with ISBN90-258-3%2-2 the Neonazis, and he himself is pushed by Poetry his friends into criminal acts. A love rela- With this title Van Lieshout reaches the tionship, however, gives him the strength to summit of juvenile verse-writing in Holland. keep his head up, even in this mess. In an It is not a book of poetry in the calssical impressive, demanding language, interwoven sense, but rather a genesis. The subtitle with poetic asides, the author depicts this Poems, Studies, Thumbnail Sketches and inferno of botched childhoods, alcoholism, Rough Drafts" clearly indicates the book's crime and racism - which Sweden is no lon- intention. ger spared. (14+) With the illustrations and poems presented side by side, the poet and illustrator, in one person, feel at ease with each other. "There 2 is not so much difference between a poem 59 Other Countries and a drawing. One starts with a blank sheet Culture Clash of paper on which something has to come Six-year-old Marita moves from a small into existence. One draws words with lines Costa Rican island, to the Netherlands, to or one writes with lines a drawing." The po- live with Erik, her mother's boyfriend. ems show someone searching for something, Everything there is different, causing some someone longing for freedom and security, funny situations to arise. It is not easy for someone's moods and thoughts. At the end the spontaneous Marita to get used to a of the book, the vairous illustration techni- country in which it often rains, is often ques are explained, adding a further dimen- chilly and there are strange habits to get sion to the publication. It is to be commen- used to every day. The problems caused by ded that Lieshout's publisher dares to pub- this move, the adjustment to an entirely new lish a book of this kind, which is likely to way of life, are perceptively described by appeal only to a small readership. (13+) the author inthis debut novel, a smoothly written story.. This book was awarded the 200 Vries, Anke de Jenny Smelik 1BBY Prize in 1993, which is Blauwew plekken (Black and Blue) given an author or illustrator of a juvenile work that contributes to the better understan- Rotterdam: Lemniscriat, 1992. 170pp ding of minority groups, especially allochto- ISBN 90-6069-831-2 nous peoples. (8+) Child Abuse Even if Judith does her best, she can never please her mother. Once in a terrible rage, her mother beat Judith black and blue. The girl had to invent stories to cover up for her IIIFrisian absence from school. By making friends with her new classmate Michiel, she dis- 202 Wassenaar, Jaitsche (text) covers what it means to live in a happy fa- mily. For a long time no one had been Laurens, Bontes (illus.) aware of Judith's problem, but finally Mi- It pak ffan us heit (My father's Suit) chiel grows suspicious and able to provide Ljouwert: AFUK, 1993, I33pp some help. This isa fascinating and smoothly ISBN 90 6273 4766 written book with an open end that incites Netherlands/History <1944-1948> - Na- the reader to think things over. The prospect tional SocialismCollaboration that Judith will get help is only touched Eight-year old Jetske feels insecure at home upon. In this near documentary story of an and out on the streets, because her father is abused child, the childhood experiences of a member of the Dutch National Socialists Judith's mother, which lay at the root of her Movements. She only feels safe in a little own behavior, are also described in a cap- spot near the graveyard where she is able to tivating way. (11+) escape from the cold world around her and indulge in her fantasies. The experiences of Jetske and her family over a period of seve- 201 Kolk, Anton van der (text) ral years after the Second World War and Fialkowski, Camila (illus.) the family conflicts resulting in the father's insistence on maintaining his party membei- Een pelikaan op straat (A Pelican Out ship are related here sympathetically and on the Streets) without dramatic climax. Subtle characteriza- Amsterdam: Van Goor, 1992. I36pp tions of the main characters, as well as Jets- ISBN 90-00-02887-6 ke's emotional conflicts are well developed. Multicultural Society - Moving House - 63 (10+) 60 Subject Index ABC/English 75 Switzerland 120 Christmas 27 ABC/German 107 Australia/Animals 97 City 57 ABC/Russian 48 Autobiography 156 City/Everyday Life 126, Abduction 144 Baby 67 128 Aborigines 59 Babysitter90 Civil Courage 98, 192 Accident Victim127 Banquet 110 Civilization 177 Adoption 126, 150 Battle 26, 125 Clique 67 Adult 161 Bear 65 Codfish 124 Adventure 79, 100, Belgium/History 198 Collaboration 203 144, 145, 154, 169 Belonging 67 Color 182 Aggression 68 Betrayal 102, 126 Community 113 Agreement 166 Bird 45, 102 Condom 122 AIDS 31, 122 Birth Control Pill 123 Conflict 57 Alaska/History 141 Blanket 61 Contraception 122, 123 Alexander 61 Subject Index Don Quixote 168. Fantasy/Russian 50 Hansel-and-Gretel Dragon19, 93 Father 116 Komodo Island 87 Mother Goose Rhyme 84 Poland 136 Krampus 35 Mother/Son 159 Police 99 Lama 133 Moving House202 Politics 98, 112 Law 170 Multicultural Society202 Popular Culture12, 13 Legend 47, 165 Multiculturalism 88 Postal Stamp 185 Legend/Anthology 45 Murder 106 Poverty 33, 73, 84, Legend/Mordvinian/ Anth- Myth 163 93, 102, 159 ology 39 National Socialism Power Abuse 189 Legend/Nordic175 115, 136, 190, 203 Pranks 37 Lie 37, 95, 161 Natural Spirit2 Primitive People177 Little Red Riding Nature 3, 8, 60, 113 Puberty 46 Hood ; 63 t 66 Subject Index Sea Voyage 131 St. Nicholas35 True Identity187 Search 96 Star 72, 77 Truth 161 Seasons 16 Statue of Liberty174 Turkey 56 Secret 70 Strawberry Pie 174 Twin 195 Sect 91 Stereotype 54 Tyranny 53 Self-discovery 100 Stone Age85 Upbringing 35 Self-identity 58, 178 Storytelling 61, 63, 66 USA/Satire 54 Self-sacrifice 6 Student protest76 Valhalla 175 Sex education64 Sun 163 Vanity 110 Sexual Love/Youth 122 Survival29, 113, 136 Victim 127 Shepherd 170 Sweden/History 192, 197 Village 146 Ship Travel 145 Swindle 91 Violence 101, 106, 117 Short Stories Switzerland 117 Vitality3 Greek 33 Tailor17, 61 Wall Painting Duen Huang Indian 71 Tale/Iceland183, 184 18, 19 Norwegian 188 Tapakes, Alexandros 25 War/Yugloslavia 120 Portugese 157 Teacher 46 Water 53 Sibling 67, 74,89,180, 187 Teddy Bear 24, 100, 118 Water animals36 Single-parent Family 90 Teenage Mother 90 Way Home 99 Skinhead 106 Theft 30 Wealth 33, 93, 102 Sledding 141 Thracians 21 Wedding Feast at Cana 152 Sleddog 141 Thrush (Blackbird) 129 Winter Solstice 11 Slum 84 Time Travel85 Wisdom 5, 16, 83, 172 Small Town 11, 154 Togetherness 100 Wolf 137 Smell 10 Tolernace 101 Women's Liberation 123 Social Conscience 84 Toy 81 Wood 66 Social responsibility 76 Transformation 114 World War I34 Sommer Soltice163 Travel 201 World War II 156 Spain (Northern)128 Travelog 131 Youth 153 Sport 59 Tree 77,80 Youth Gang146 Spring 15 Trickery 110 Yugoslavia 23, 117 Squalor 30 Triest156 Zoo/Hemmingforth140 6 7 64 Name Index Ajito, Keiko 2 Conlon-McKenna, M. 72 Genakriitu, Era24 Akutagawa, Ryfinosuke 1 Conrad, Pam 81 Gieth, Kinna 191 Alpöge, Gii kin56, 57 Contarbio, Delia162 Gilman, Phoebe 61 Amaral, Pitum 157 Cook-Horujy, Kathleen 53 Gimenez-frontin, J. L. 168 Andii, Norika6 Cooper, Helen 65 Ginesta, Montserrat 168 Andruetto, M. T. 160 Coran, Pierre127 Giordano, Mario 103 Ardalan, Hay& 143 Cosem, Michel 128 Gfslason, Gylfi 196, 197 Amason, Jon196 Costa, Nicoletta 147 Gong, Ze Hua 12, 13 Awa, Naoko2 MO, Denis138 Grammenos, Mpampes 28 Bace lar, Manuela 158 Czerniawski, Jerzy43 Gregori, Josep 172 Baldassarri, Guido 144 Daele, Henri van198 Greser, Achim112 Ballhaus, Verena I 1 1 Daly, Niki78 Grillot, Marie-F. 123 Barrault, Jean-Michel124 Davalos, Felipe 163 Gripari, Pierre 130 Batzaria N. 44 Davfosson, Olafur197 Grofte-Oetringhaus,H .104 Bauer, Jutta99 Dechterev, Boris A.52 Guha, Tapas71 BeclOrftig, Friedemann98 Dekleva, Milan54 Hagemann, Marie 106 Berman, Laurent127 Demers, Dominique139 Haller, Bent 181 Betschart, HansjOrg 120 Deng, Mei Zhen 16 Hansen, Niels Henrik 182 Bienvenue, Diane 141 Denis, Jean Claude 129 Herding, Peter 105 Blake, Quentin150 Dodd, Lynley75 Hartmann, Wendy78 Bodenstein, Christel79 Dreyer, Sabine92 Hata, Yoshiko 3 Bodenstein, Hans79 Dugin, Andrej93 Heidelbach, Nikolaus 107 Boge-Erli, Nortrud 116 Dugina, Olga93 Heinz, Heide108 Boie, Kirsten99 Eggens, Magda 186 Hellberg, Hans-Eric 187 Boll, Dominique123 Egielski, Richard 81 Herfurtner, Rudolf 94 Borisov, Anatolij50 Ekker, Ernst A.92 Hirono, Takako5 Bors, Marianne95 Eldjárn, POrarinn 195 Hoffman, Mary67 Bosca, Ferran172 Emery, Chatherine 51 Holland, Carole96 Bosnia, N. 151, 152,154 Ende, Michael100 Huang, Fa Bang 13 Bourre, Martine 125 Engelmann. Reiner 101 Hughes, David 68 Brandâo, Luisa157 Enrödi, Bela35 Inoue, Ytisuke9 Brisou-Pellen, E.126 Ensikat, Klaus 110 Ishiguro, Namiko 4 Bruchac, Joseph60 Epameinondas, Spyros29 Jai, Ying14 Brillhart, Stefan 118 Eriksson, Eva 192 lin, Ya Zi 12 BOchner, Barbara 91 Erkmen, Nazan56, 57 Jordana, C. A.166 Butler, Dorothy74 Esterl, Arnica93 Jover, Lltfisa166 Canta, Lillo121 Faeti, Antonio 155 Judenne, Roger 133 Carpi, Pinin 145 Faner, Pau 169 Judin,'Georgij 48 Cervantes, Miguel de 168 Farias, Juan170 Jureenkov, Valerij A.38 Chauvy, Laurence143 Fei, Shu Fen 11 Kadono, Eiko5 Chevallier, Eric Dr. 122 Fialkowski, Camila202 Kajiyama, Toshio 4 Chiusano, halo A. 146 Figueiredo, Violeta158 Kalinovskij, Gennadij53 ChO, Shinta 8 Foreman, Michael 66 Karalijeev, Angel20 Christiansen, Ole E.180 Fortun, Elena 171 Karaslavova, Radostina21 Clemens, Ditte 115 Franco, Coca 161 Karlsen, Oyvind 8.I75 Coady, Christopher72 Fuchshuber, Annegert 102 Kehr. Karoline 109 Cole, Babette64 Gagnon, COcile140 Keperte, Dora29 Coll, Pep 165 Gatagan, Tino170 Klapproth, Ruedi 117 65 6 8 Name Index Klein. Robin 58 Metralia, Sonia32 Pulcheriu, Elena24 Klepatski, Gabriela 74 Mingarelli, Hubert 136 Quart. Pere 167 Kliapha, Manila30 Miyamoto, Junko 1 Radaev, Vasilij39 Knorr, Peter114 Modesto, Antonio 159 Rescaldani, Marilena 145 Koch, Peter Gjellerup 183 Moloney, James 59 ReACie, Lucijan55 Kolk, Anton van der201 Monster, B. Jub119, 120 Rettl, Christine96 Kolybas, Elias30 Moon, Pat 70 Rieger, Birgit98 Kondakova, 01'ga 51 Morin, Paul60 Rode, Linda79 Könner, Alfred110 Mphahlele, Es'kia 79 Sakata, Hiroo 8 Korovin, A.I.38 Munoa, Rafael171 Salzmann, Iris 108 Kok, Frantigek27 Munteanu, Val45 Samorodov, K. T. 40, 41 Kunstreich, Pieter97 Nakamura, Masako7 Schwarzer, Anneliese 113 La 6a, Josip23 Nanetti, Angela 148 Scieszka, Jon85 Lagercrantz, Rose 186 Napoli, Donna Jo 83 Sem, Ingebjorg Dahl 179 Lane, Smith85 Nidasio, Grazia148, 156 Sendak, Maurice 84 Laneckaja, Elena50 Nilsson, Per 190 $erb, loan 45 Lapointe, Claude130 Nishimaki, Kayako 7 Sernine, Daniel 142 Larsson, Mats 188 Noonan, Diana 76 Seterfeld, Adrian80 Laurens, Bontes203 Nygren, Tord189 Shen, Hu Gen 15 Lenain, Thierry134 Oberdieck, Bernhard 100 Shua, Ana Maria 161 Lev Jakovlev, Lev49 Okland, Einar 178 Singer, Marilyn86 Li, Gin and his family17 Olafsson, G. P. 194 Sinu, Kira 32 Li, Heng Chen 14 Olafsson, Tryggvi 195 Sis, Peter 87 Lieshout, Ted van 199 Olsen, lb Spang 184 Smirnov, Ju.V.40, 41 Linde, Gunnel 189 Ossendowski, Ferdynand 42 Smith, Brigitte94 Llewyllan, Morgan.73 Oubrerie, Clment86 Sottler, Alenka54 Lodi, Mario147 Owen, Phyllis 80 Soulieres, Robert140 Loland, Rasmus 176 Parmeggiano, M. L.149 $ovu, George 46 Lopez Dominguez, XanI64 Parrocha, Beth A.77 Speri, Pietro 153 Losa, Ilse 159 Pascal44 SphakianakeXenake, S.33 Lu. Ju De 18 Paunov, Viktor21 Srivastav, Sigrun71 Maar, Paul111 Pavlov, Konstantin22 Stammen,J.E.Allister82 Maggioni, Federico144 Pavlova, Donka22 Stanimirov, PetAr20 Makarovie, Svetlana55 Pef122 Stavropulos, Stathes 28 MaregovA, Milada27 Pilorget, Bruno 126 Steinbach, Peter114 Martin Gaite, Carmen 174 Pitt, Nancy Cairine63 Strom, Yale88 Mason, Cherie82 Pitzorno, Bianca150 Stybe, Vibeke 184 Massin/Les chats pelés 135 Piumini, Roberto 151 Sundvall, Viveca192 Mativat, Genevieve 141 Piumini, Roberto152 Sunico, Ram6n C.77 Mativat, M.-A. 141 Pogorel'skij, Antonij52 Surele, Galateia 34 Matsui, Tadashi6 Pohl. Peter 191 Tapakes, Alexandros 25 Maucler, Christian 133 Pommaux, Yvan 137 Thaulov, Pia185 Maurel, Gilbert124 Popov, L.V.40, 41 Thoma, Chrysalla 26 Mayer-Skumanz, Lene95 Poulin, Stéphane 138, 140 Thornhill, Jan 62 Melgar, Patricia160 Poupan, Roger140 Tu, Zai Hua12, 13 Mendoza, Susana 163 Prokoreva. Sofia L.53 Turin, Philippe-Henri128 Merrick, Ann 69 Psaraute, Litsa 31 Ullrich, Ursula 118 Merten, C. S. 112 Puipa, Audris37 Urechia, Nestor 47 6669 Name Index Usenko, Oleg 43 Wahl, Mats 193 Xin, Hutt 18 Valaaius, Motiejus37 Wassenaar, Jaitsche202 Yanagihara, Ryohei 10 Vásárhelyi, Tamás36 Watanabe, Shigeo9 Yashinsky, Dan63 Venturi, Marcel lo 154 Wawilow, Danuta43 Yie, Ying Feng 19 Veres, Laski36 Wendt, lrmela119 Yu, Li19 Verne, Jules155 Wilharm, Sabine 103 Yuson, Alfred A. 77 Viermyr, Marianne 177 Winter, Dieter98 Zhang, Shi Ming 16 Vila, Jordi 169 Winter, Susan67 Zhou, Shiang 11 Villafaiie, Javier 162 Wloszczytiski, A. L. 42 Zhu, Bin Wen 15 Villar Janeiro, Helena164 Wolff, Ashley 89 Zhu, Wei Xian 11 Vries, Anke de200 Wolff, Virginia Euwer90 Ziliotto, Donatella 156 Vtulkin. Michail 39 Wu, Ji De 15 Wagner, Bettina97 Xiao, Yie 17 7 0 67 The White Ravens 1995 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature INTERNA-1 TIONALE (-2 JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK 71 The White Ravens 1995 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature INTERNA-1 TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Internationale Jugendbibliothek Munchen International Youth Library Munich Bibliotheque Internationale de la Jeunesse Munich Biblioteca Internazionale Della Gioyent6 Monaco 72 Impressum The White Ravens 1995 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature International Youth Library Munich Schloti Blutenburg, D-81247 Munchen Germany Tel.: 089/891211-0 Fax: 089/8117553 Editor: Dr. Barbara Scharioth Selection: East Asian Languages Fumiko GanzenmUller (Japanese) Pon-to Peng (Chinese) East and South-East European Languages Dr. Andreas Bode (Iran) Gerlinde Burger (Romanian) Werner Kiiffner (Albanian, Belorussian, Czech, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Ukrainian) Dr. Alexandra Stavropulos (Cypriot,Greek) English Martha Baker Barbara Haber] German Christa Stegemann Romance Languages Dr. Andreas Bode, Jochen Weber (Italian) Jochen Weber (Catalan, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) Dorothee Pfeiffer (French) Scandinavian Languages Dr. Andreas Bode INTERNA- (T) Other Languages TIONALE cu Toin Duijx (selection), Sonja Tresp (annotations) (Afrilcaans, Dutch, Flemish) JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Cover photo: Dagmar Schubmehl, 1994 International Youth Library The White Ravens have become a solid tradition over the years. Throughout the year the language specialists at the International Youth Library pick out new in-coming books which they consider especially noteworthy: the white ravens among the black ravens. This publication appears each year in time for the Children's Book Fair in Bologna, where it is presented along with the books themselves to an international body of subject specialists. This "premium label" is given above all to books of international interest which on account of their universal theme and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design deserve a wider reception. Included among this selection are also "special mentions" © which the library's Lektoren wish to draw particular attention to, to give them the widest posSible recognition. For the first time in this year's publication two additional labels have been assigned to the books. The symbol 4 marks those books whose content is found contribute to an international understanding among cultures and peoples. In this way we remind ourselves and our readers of the working maxim which our founder, Jella Lepman, gave the library, and which in these times is still, sadly, of utmost concern. A second symbol Ois assigned to books whose text was found to be easy to understand,i.e. easy-to-read texts with nonetheless complex and high-interest topics. Hence these books are well-suited to foreign-language readers and for inclusion in such collections of public libraries. A small section of this catalog is finally dedicated to a theme which the International Youth Library will be highlighting this year: ABC books from around the world. The original impetus for this exhibition was given us two years ago by the recently deceased ABC- collector, Jane Gilmartin Gilchrist of New York City, to whom we will now dedicate the exhibit. A brief foretaste of 20 titles is included here. As always this selection of over 170 titles in 25 languages from 38 countries certainly makes no claim to being exhaustive. It is drawn from the new books whichthe IYL received as review or donation copies in 1994 from publishers around the world. Unfortunately, not all the publishing houses which consistently and generously supply the IYL with their books can be featured here each year. Still, we want to cordially thankeach and every one of them for their shipments of books and assure them that their books will be included in our depository collection. In conclusion, we renew our request to all publishers: Please continue to send us your new titles. We aspire to fulfill the expectation that the International Youth Library in Munich be the home of the worldwide most comprehensive collection of international literature for children and young people. Dr. Barbara Scharioth Munich, March 1995 7 4 3 East Asian Languages Japan ISBN 4-06-197836-5 Self-discovery - Siblings 1 The first-reader series"Little Monkey Ryilji (text) Books" enjoys great popularity and wide Tanaka, Makiko (illus.) readership from pre-school through Yashin aratamezu.Hitakamikokuden (We adulthood. Little Monkey lives on a won't be conquered. The history of peaceful southern island. Earlier books in Hitakami) the series described the everyday life, the Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993. 286pp fear of being different, and adventures at (Walativakil raiburari) sea; in this volume Little Monkey is waiting ISBN 4-06-195666-3 for a new brother or sister. The story Japan/History (646-811) - tackles existential questions about life in a casual manner. The reader will be amused Conquest/Resistance by the astonishing naivity, the delightful This historical novel, set in the 8th century, child-like thoughts and humorous begins with the flight of fourteen-year-old illustrations which make the simple world Abi of the Emishi peoples from their place of the monkey children seem like an oasis of exile to his homeland. The Emishi were in comparison to one's own complicated the original people of northern Japan who and hectic surroundings. The "Little were organized in independent tribes with Monkey Books" are ingenious in their tribal chiefs and their own culture. The simplicity, which is perhaps the key to their emperors of that period set out to conquer enormous success. (5+) 0 the northern territories. Abi experienced the fierce battles of his peoples with the imperial government which led to the final 3 Iwasaki, KyOko (text) subjugation of the Emishi. This novel offers a colorful range of figures from the Iwasaki, Chihiro (illus.) emperor, territorial princes, tribal leaders Akamanma-roge (Akamanma-Mountain and field marshalls fighting against the Pass) barbarians (the Emishi). The latter are Tokyo: Doshinsha, 1994. 64pp usually known as the poets of ancient Japan. ISBN 4-494-02321-3 This book acquaints the young reader with Homesickness - Grandparent/Grandchild a lesser-known chapter of Japanese history, When her mother goes to the hospital to in which opposing forcesthe rigorousness have her second child, young Kazuko is of the rulers and the fierce resistance of the taken to stay in the country with her oppressedstands out. (13+) 4- grandmother. Although she is affectionately 32nd Noma Award for Juvenile Literature cared for by her grandparents, and can (1994) enjoy splendid natural surroundings, sometimes she is homesick. This is a sensitive story of everyday life which nearly every child experiences in one way or ©Special Mention another. Particularly noteworthy are the 2 gentle illustrations by Chihiro Iwasaki Ito, Hiroshi (text/illus.) which aptly capture the moods of the young Osaru ni naru hi (A Monkey is born) girl and suggest something of the nature Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994. 86pp surrounding her without making it fully (D6wa ga ippai 36) visible. From both a literary and an artistic East Asian Languages point of view, this is an outstanding book in rediscovery and also Makiko's feelings, the the inimitable Japanese style. (6+) 0 illustrator employs a daring, abstract style of painting. The prismatic imagery and 4 dissolving colors are given expressive Kimoto, Momoko (text/illus.) resolution thanks to the appropriate text. Uzurachan no kakurembo (Let's Play (6+) Hide-and-Seek) Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. 32pp 6 ISBN 4-8340-1230-1 Mado, Michio (text / illus.) Chicks - Hide-and-seek Sorekara... (And then?) A baby quail and a baby chick play hide- Tokyo: Dowaya, 1994. 160pp and-seek. Each searches for a hiding place ISBN 4-924684-80-5 resembling himself, to avoid discovery. But Children's poetry - Existence their play is always interrupted and they In his newest book of poetry for children constantly find each other. Rain clouds and adults the 85-year-old Andersen darken the sky. Suddenly mysterious prizewinner Michio Mado turns his shadows appear beyond the grasstheir attention to things and creatures that are mothers are coming to get them. All go taken for granted and hardly ever home together happy and satisfied. In these consciously experienced, such as simple scenes of playtime, portrayed mosquitos, ants, grass, wind, etc. creatively in clear shapes and colors, the Eveything in this world has a right to be feelings that little children experience day here; because of their origins, every living after day, such as joy, fright, fear and thing is of equal value. Mado looks at security, are given lively, immediate creation not from the point of view a man, expression. (2+) but from that of the living beings themselves. Hence the reader make new 5 discoveries in his poetry over and over Kimura, Sh6hei (text) again. (7+) Yamazaki, Takumi (illus.) Watashi wa obkhanga suki (Grandma, my 7 Love!) Matsui, Tadashi (reteller) Tokyo: Fulaiinkan shoten, 1994. [38pp1 Sekino, Kikuko (reteller) IBSN 4-8340-1249-2 Tan, Xiao Yong (illus.) Grandmother/Grandchild - Old age/Illness Yanmeizu to ryii (Yanmeiz, a boy who When Makiko's grandmother returns home fought a dragon) from the hospital after her accident, she is Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. 4Opp mentally lamed. Makiko is greatly troubled IBSN 4-8340-0245-4 and attempts to encourage her to speak with Folk tale/China - Dragon -Abduction - questions about the two of them. By Siblings - Peace - Wealth looking at herself in a mirror, grandmother A village boy born under miraculous gradually begins to recognize herself again. circumstances sets off to rescue his sister This book deals with a topic rarely treated from a dragon. His success brings peace in picture books and offers a stimulus to and wealth to his village. The prize-winning discussion for children and their families. In Chinese illustrator Tan Xiao Yong order to illustrate the progress of contributes illustrations which combine grandmother's from confusion to self- traditional Indian ink and modern coloring k:4 5 176 East Asian Languages on wet paper; inspite of their two- ISBN 4-03-421100-8 dimensionality they express spatial depth Santa Claus/Belief - Love - Poetry - and physical weightiness. The strong, O'Hanlon, Virginia/Biography dynamic brushstrokes endow both the "Is there a Santa Claus?""Yes, Virginia, dragon and the protagonists, who are there is a Santa Claus." Every American usually protrayed in the heroic poses of knows these two sentences. They come Asian theater, enormous liveliness. from a letter which an eight-year-old girl Alongside the impressive illustrations, wrote to the editor of New York City's Sun which are outstanding examples of the newspaper in 1897 and the answer in the singularity of the Asian art of painting, the famous front-page article, which because of painstakingly prepared text is rather its profound content is still often reprinted reserved. (4+) 4 and often read. It also aroused considerable interest in Japan when it was published 8 there in 1977. Little was known about the Miyazawa, Kenji (text) girl Virginia until this book was published Kuroi, Ken (illus.) in a children's publishing house in Japan. Neko no jimusho (The Cat's Office) This biography of Virginai O'Hanlon, who Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1994. .36pp became a teacher when she grew up, (Nihon no demiameisakusen) reinforces the opinion of the newspaper ISBN 4-03-963426-9 editor, Francis Pharcell Church, that Santa Cat - Bureaucracy - Discrimination Claus is still important for the world today A satirical, fable-like tale about small- because he represents important values such minded bureaucracy. Five elitist cats as faith, love and poetry. This book is preside in an office where self-importance, illustrated with photos and painted intimidation and hypocricy blossom. The silhouette pictures. (12+) 4. 0 author exposes the absurdity and folly of such everyday discrimination. In the end, 10 unceremoniously, he lets a superior being Nasuda, Jun (text) in the figure of a lion to put an end to the Yomogida, Yasuhiro ( illus.) whole business. The illlustrator Ken Kuroi Orefanto.- Nippon Zaemon shônenki succeeds in giving expression to the realistic (The elephant. Notes about the young years and the phantistic aspects of the text, a task of Nippon Zaemon) which is especially difficult to do for the Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994. 253pp works of Kenji Miyazawa, the modern ISBN 4-06-207251-3 classic writer who holds a unique place in Adventure - FriendshiP - Sincerity - Japanese children's and youth literature. Japan/Everyday life 18th century (14+) In this suspenseful and enjoyable tale, a fictional historical novel, Nasuda skillfully 9 weaves a historical persons and events into Murakami, Yumiko (text) fictional plot. In the middle of the Edo era Azuma, Itsuko (illus.) (mid-18th century) there was a famous Santa no tomodachi Bajinia"Santa wa robber. Nasuda's fictional account of his iruno?" to shimbunsha e toshoshita sheljo childhood is climaxed by an exciting (Virginia, Santa Claus' friend. The little encounter between an elephant and the little girl who asked the nelvpaper publisher elephant driver from Annam. Life at the toll whether there is a Santa Claus) stations along the streets of this feudal social East Asian Languages system are depicted in an informative and he find his parents again. Hiroshi Senju, lively manner. Nasuda has adopted a new painting in the style of modern Japanese art, style here by writing some parts of the has created a wordless picture book in his novel in the first person, thus making own unique style. On the left side of each history more immediately present and double-page spread there is nothing but a directly appealing to the reader. (12+) 4 small map of the course being followed by the young stag. The visual interaction of 11 map and illustration enables the observer to Saragai, Tatsuya (text) experience the spaciousness of nature and Hasegawa, Shiihei (illus.) the stillness of the night in the same way the Bokustl shigan (The Boxers) stag does. The fine distinction between sky, Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1994. 179pp water and landscape imbues 'the entire (Kaiseisha Korekushon) picture book with a very delicate ISBN 4-03-744060-1 atmosphere. (6+) Growing upSelf-identity - Puberty/Boy In these short stories five boys between the 13 ages of 13 and 15 take leave of their Yamashita, Haruo (text) childhood, each in his own way. One Murakami, Yasunari (illus.) realizes that he must distance himself from Ora, Utan! (Hello, Utan!) his younger playmates, the second . Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1994. 63pp experiences the bitter reality of life through (Ohanashi kiinibaru 8) his own failure, the third is drawn into a ISBN 4-03-460080-2 dubious scheme of his father's, the fourth Racial integration - School - must take his mother's place in the work of Child/Foreigner - Difference - Friendship the community, and the fifth experiences The cultural diversity which is gradually first love. All of them must try to deal with arising in Japan due to the presence of guest newly awakened feelings and a sense of workers precipitated the appearance of this self-discovery. Along the way, the foreign didactically excellent children's book. A readers will get a glimpse into the everyday highly unconventional beginning reader, it life of Japanese school children. This deals with the integration of two new first- literary work, which is designed with a graders, a Japanese boy and a Spanish girl, very original, eloquent cover, will leave the into the class. The ways in which their two reader with a certain wistfulness. (12+) 4 cultures differ is cleverly interwoven in the story in a precise and humorous narrative, 12 which is supported by convincing Senjil, Hiroshi (illus.) illustrations. An interesting Japanese Hoshi no furuyoni (When stardust falls...) contribution to the topic of cultural Tokyo: Fuzambo, 1994. [36 Pp] integration.(6+) 0 ISBN 4-5 72-00332-7 StagNature - Adventure - Night - Lost A young stag who lives in the woods with his parents gets lost one evening due to his C- books whose content is found contribute to an fascination with a shooting star. Following international understanding among cultures and peoples the river in which the sparkling star is reflected, the young stag comes to an empty 0books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless city and then a meadow. Only at dawn does complex and high-interest topics 78 East Asian Languages Republic of China (Taiwan) The people from Whiteside harvest plants from which flour is made, making the 14 entire village and its inhabitants all white. Li, T'ung (text) The people in Blackfalls are quite different. Chang, Tze-ming (illus.) The mine for coal and store coal Yin Ma-tzu (The birthday of the goddess everywhere in the village, making Matsu) themselves black and dirty. Because of their Taipei: Commission for the Promotion of different colors, they don't like each other. Agriculture, 1993. [24pp] When the circus comes the people from ISBN 957-00-2775-4 Whiteside only cheer when white women and white horses perform; the inhabitants of China/Religion - Temple/Procession - Blackfalls cheer only for the black panthers. Goddess/Sea - Patron saint/Fisher They are all terribly afraid that there might The birthday of Matsu, the patron saint of be a wedding one day between a Whitesider the fishers and goddess of the seas, is and Blackfallser,who would later have celebrated at the temple and with a black-and-white children looking like procession on the 23rd day of the third zebras. Their animosity is resolved one day moon. When Hai-ji's father is asked to be a when it rains and their external differences sedan carrier in the procession, Hai-ji goes are washed away; their true appearance back home to wait with his grandmother for becomes visible, making it clear that all the procession to pass by. Grandmother people are alike underneath. This is a story sends Hai-hi and his mother to the temple to with a moral, accompanied by interesting look for the father, but the square is too full illustrations of everyday life in Taiwanese and they cannot find him among the sedan villages. (6+) carriers. When the procession reaches their house, the father slips out of the costume of one of Matsu's guards, who according to 16 legend can see everything for 1000 miles P'u, Sung ling (text) around. Hai-ji asks his father why he didn't Chen, Guhang et.al. (illus.) see him son when he was looking for him Liao-tsai Chih-yi (Strange stories from a earlier. The father laughs and they all begin Chinese studio) to pray as the sedan carriers of the goddess Transl. by Wanruo Xie, Kenneth Lee, and reach their house. The energy present Ching-wen Chang among the people during this ceremonial With illus. Bi-lingual text (English/Chinese) procession, which is portrayed in a fold-out Taipei: Han-kwang (Hi lit), 1990; Beijin: panorama, is captured in the red color Prospect Publishing House, 1990. 224pp dominating this picture book. (5+) ISBN 957-629-048-4 (Chung-kuo Shih-ta ku-tien Wen-hsiieh Min- 15 chu Hua-chi, 10; A pictorial series of ten Liu, Po-lo (text/illus.) greatest Chinese literature classics. Vol. 10) Hei-pai Tz'un-chunag (The black village Short stories/Chinese - Human character and the white village) At the age of forty, , 13'u Sung-ling (1640- Taipei: Hsin-yi Publications, 1994. [32pp] 1715) began his writings of what in the end ISBN 95 7-642-206-X numbered 431 short stories. Legend has it that he set up a tea-stand on a street corner Equality - Appearances - Difference - and offered passers-by tea for free if they Living conditions would tell him a story. He was an ironic ,S1 , East and South-East European Languages critic of his times, especially of the corrupt from annals of Albanian literary history. In government service and the injust legal the three-part epic "The lute of the system. He tried numerous times to pass the highlands", which was published between examination for the higher civil service, 1905 and 1937 by the Northern Albanian succeeding only at the age of 72. In these Franciscan priest Gjergj Fishta (1871- seven short stories the various sides of the 1940), the struggle of the Albanian people human character and the virtues to be for autonomy between 1858 and 1913 is learned from ethereal spirits are portrayed. described. Fishta draws an exact picture of Seven contemporary Chinese artists have life in the raw mountainous regions and of contributed authentic illustrations in Chinese the ancient common law of the Albanian style, making this volume interesting not tribes. "The Knife in the Back" is a retelling only to the general public, but also to of the rather less well-known poem specialists. (14+) "Serafina Topia" (1843) by Jeronim de Rada (1814-1903) and contained in the same volume "The Call of Blood" is a retelling of "Kenga e sprapme e Bales" by Gavril Dara." (10+) Albania Croatia 17 19 Grillo, Odhise K.(adapter) Balog, Zvonimir (text) Shahini, Jusuf (cover illus.) Janjid-Jobo, Ratko (cover illus.) Lahuta e malsise (The lute of the highlands) Male ljudetine (Little big people) (Based on a story by Gjergj Fishta) Zagreb: Znanje 1993. 147pp Tirane: Dituria, 1993. 103pp (hit junior 49) No ISBN ISBN 953-6124-14-9 and Short story/Croatian - Wordplay 18 Zvonimir Balog is one of the best, most Grillo, Odhise K. (adapter) popular and versatile Croatian writers for Tafa, GEzim (illus.) children and young people. In his newest Thike pas shpine... (The knife in the back) work he combines his narrative skills with a Tirane: Naim Frasheri, 1993. 96pp playfulness already familiar in his poetry. (Based on stories by Jeronim de RADA and This witty and at the same time comical Gavril DARA) book begins with a very short story about a No ISBN more or less idyllic childhood in the National identity/Albania country which is abruptly interrupted by Albania/Independence war. The story is then retold in about 60 Both of these titles contain adaptations for national, social, grammatic and play-on- young readers of three works of Albanian mords variations. In the course of this the literature which have played a great role in story changes in content and in style, the formation of the Albanian national achieving an unbelievable comic effect identity. These works were banned during which can perhaps be best compared with the socialist era and their authors expurged John Lennon's "In His Own Write." (10+) s8 East and South-East European Languages Czech Republic beloved Kgenka. The second story is an original tale by the author. (6+) 20 22 Hájek,tépári (text) Richter, Vratislav Asad (text) Vagnerová, Jitka (illus.) Krasng, P. Jan (illus.) Jak Vosolbrelo cestoval (Travels of a water Sedm Pfibéhy z orientu sprite) (The seven merchants: adventure stories Praha: Kalich 1992. 3Opp from the Orient) ISBN 80-7017-576-1 Praha: Clivojkovo nakladatelstvi, 1994. Water sprite 78pp This tale with a quite unspectacular fable ISBN 80900239-7-5 deals with the journey of a water sprite (the Fairy tales/Near East protagonist of many Czech fairy tales) to his Vratislav Asad Richter, a Czech captain and brother's birthday party. After having admirer of the Orient who lives in Canada, problems on a train, he gives a try at has gathered together a particularly fine hitchhiking and is picked up by a car in collection of tales from the Maghreb and which three other watermen are riding, all the Near East, which he has compiled as going to the very same birthday party. stories within a story. Seven merchants Ordinary experiences are reported in an traveling with their caravans through the original and witty style of speech and with Sahara Desert meet one night at the Oase dry humor. Though this is an easy-to-read Ouargla in a local caravansary and book for the native speaker, the idiomatic exchange tales about love and suffering, vernacular might present some problems for psychic experiences and battles. (10+) others. The volume is richly illustrated with eccentric, expressive pictures. (5+) 23 iktanc, Karel (text) 21 Skála, Franti§ek (illus.) Kopta, Josef (text) Královske poliddky (The tales of kings) Kaarek, Milo§ (illus.) Praha: Albatros, 1994. 18Ipp Chyttj Honza z tech ISBN 80-00-00262-0 (The clever.Honza from Bohemia) Modern fairy tales/Czech - Justice Ostrava: Blesk 1992. 102pp Though the tales of Karel S'iktanc are not ISBN 80-85606-05-4 derived directly from the traditional Fairy tales/Bohemia folklore, they employ the same atmosphere The Honza, a dim-witted fool, is a very and consciously use its style of plot. And popular figure in Czech folklore. As with another element these literary fairy tales all fools, he is not really dumb, he merely have in common with the folk tales is the has a very naive manner of dealing with eternal human longing for a just world, problems and for all his dauntlessness gets where there is no place for lies, meanness the better of many "cleverer" people. This and jealousy. From 1961 until 1971, when very attractively designed volume with he was forced out, Siktanc was editor-in- colored pen-and-ink drawings contains two chief of the publishing house for young stories about Honza. The first tells how he adult literature, "Mlachi fronta". Scheduled had to set out in the world and withstand all for publication in 1970, these fairy tales of sorts of temptations in order to win his8 kings were repressed for political reasons. East and South-East European Languages From 1971 until the political transformation Romania of 1989 in Czechoslovakia no book by Karel Siktanc was permitted to be 25 published. The avant-garde illustrations Zamfirescu, George M. (text) intensively reflect the mood of the tales. Bercaru, Al. (illus.) (10+) Sufletul soldatilor de plumb (The soul of the tin soldiers) Bucureoi: Ed. Arta grafici, 1993. 58pp Poland (Legende, mituri ,si povestiri) ISBN 973-9010-24-5 24 Bible story Sicsicka, Krystyna (text) The first edition of this book appeared in a Studio Siedmor6g (graphics) period of war. Shocked by what he Chwileczke, Walerio... (Just a minute, experienced, the author warns the younger Valeria) generation of dangers which threaten Wroclaw: Siedmor6g, 1994. 128pp human existence, such as hate, blood- ISBN 83-85959-70-X thirstiness, etc. The tales in this book can be Zakopane - Love - Drugs - Generational divided into two catagories. One group conflict reports of more or less realistic events from The journalist and popular young adult which the child should take a lesson: author Krystyna Siesicka was awarded a "Mother", thesstory of an overconfident prize by the Polish IBBY section for this little mouse; "The tears of a blade of grass" unusual novel for girls. She describes a a disobedient little dog jumps at the throat vacation in Zakopane (in the Tatra of the neighbor's mut; "Nightingale and Mountains) which she spent with the ox" and "The soul of the tin soldiers", protagonist, Valeria, and takes up different which is the least sad of them all, even problems facing Polish teenagers today glowing with humor. The second group love, generational conflict, family, consist of legends, such as "Simion from interpersonal relationships, drugsin a Capernaum", a biblical story of the very sympathetic and vivid manner. In crucifixion, "Setild" or "Legends", in which addition, she lets Valeria herself express her the author gives his version of the opinions and speak directly to the reader, Christianization of Hungary. (9+) even posing questions. The book's design is equally unusual: the cover shows a photo of 26 the protagonist against the background of a Marian, Simion F. (ed.) work by Gustav Klimt. The pages on which Tache, Margarda (illus.) Valeria speaks are decorated in Art Legende de Criciun (Christmas legends) Nouveau style and illustrated with Bucure§ti: Ed. Scripta, 1991 (first ed. reproductions of famous artists from Manet 1904). 61pp to Dali. Furthermore this volume contains ISBN 973-95414-9-6 poems which fit the respective subject Christmas/Romania/Legends matter by the popular poet Maria The Romanian people have a wealth of Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowslca (1893-1945), legends, customs and interesting beliefs who has been very popular with Polish associated with Christmas. This is the first youth since the 1960s. (12+) time that stories were written down in a East and South-East European Languages form and idiom appropriate for children different course in her lifetime, Carskaja and united the biblical legends with the would well have become the leading Romanian Orthodoy tradition and_elements Russian writer for young girls. The re- of folklore. One of the legends is even issues of her works helps to make conscious presented into two different versions, one the tradition so abruptly broken off in from the Wallachia and one from the 1917. (10+) Buchovinia. In the course of time many legends, "colinde" and songs have been 28 developed which are known wherever CErnyj, SaSa (Engl.: Sascha Czerny, Romanians live." (10+) pseud. for Aleksandr M. Glikberg) Prichod'ko, Vladimir (ed.) Russia JakuSin, M.M. (illus.) Jakaina, L.A. (illus.) 27 Cto komu nravitsja: Stichi, skazki, earskaja, Lidija Alekseevna (d.i.: L.A. rasskazy, povesti Curilova) (Something for everyone: verses, tales, Sudarakin, A.I. et.al. (illus.) stories) Zapiski institutki (Notes of a boarding- Moskva: Molodaja gvardija, 1993. 445pp school girl) ISBN 5-235-02123-1 Moskva: Respublika, 1994. 382pp Fairy tales/Russia - Short stories/Russia ISBN 5-250-01891-2 Sascha Czerny (born in Odessa, 1880died St. Petersburg - Boarding school/Girl - in La Lavandou, 1932) made a name for Caucasus - Multicultural Society himself in St. Petersburg as a children's In addition to the novel of the title, this book author and satirist; after the Russian book by Lidija Alekseevna Carskaja (1875- Revolution he emigrated first to Berlin 1937) also contains the novel titled "Ljuda where he continued to publish prolifically in Vlassovskaja" (orig. publ. in 1904 under the 1920s (in Russian). While his poems the title "Ludmila Vlassovskaja"). After the appeared already in the 1960s in the Soviet Russian Revolution the works of Carskaja Union, a children's book was first received negative reviews and were published during the perestroika. This forbidden as bourgeois literature, even volume is a wide sampling of his works of though the famous children's book author children. Both Czerny's lyrical works and and scholar of children's literature Kornei his stories and fairy talesmany dealing Chukovsky held her in high regard. In the with animals and children's everyday life title novel and in the first part of the and often written from their own biography of Ljuda Vlassovskaja she perspectiveare still satisfying today both depicts life in a girls' boarding school in St. in speech and form as well as in their Petersburg at the end of the 19th century, empathy or their satirical undertone. This with all its good and bad sides. She volume also contains the picture book "The explores the girls' problems and describes lively ABC" (which first appeared in in detail their feelings. In the latter novel, LeiPzig in 1922 with pictures by an the author takes up a theme that is unnamed illustrator) in which Czerny unites traditional in Russian literature and once two animals in comical seven-syllable, two- again current interest: the multicultural line verses. (5+) society in Causasus. If history had taken a 8 3 12 East and South-East European Languages 29 Deaf Children) Lamm, Nikolaj Viktorovie" (text) Bratislava: BUVIK, 1994. 63pp Martynov, Andrej E. (illus.) ISBN 80-85507-18-8 Pochikenie damy iii 6etvero idut po sledu Deafness - Sign language (The abduction of the lady, or four trace the The first third of this picture book for deaf clues) children and their parents contains a short Moskva: Zolotoj kljuoik, 1993. 59pp story from everyday life on one side of each ISBN 5-87523-008-8 spread while the opposite page the words Abduction - Mafia/Russia - Social and concepts of the text are elucidated with satire/Russia photos of sign language. This is followed Through in one way following the tradition by an ABC and set of numbers presented in of Russian stories for children, the author photos. The final eight pages include a of this book nonetheless takes a new path. further 100 concepts in sign language with Full of irony and with many allusions to written explanations. (3+) Russian society before and after the fall of the Communist regime, he depicts the 32 abduction of a young girl and her friends' Kuniak, Juraj (text) efforts to find and rescue her. The irony of ecch, Juraj (photos) the text finds continuity in the (especially Snkromny skanzen (My Private open-air the full-paged) illustrations. (10+) museum) Ruiomberk: Matica slovenska, 1994. 94pp Slovakia ISBN 80-900504-5-X Slovakia/Country life This volume contains impressions of the 30 country life in the region of RuZomberok Bello, Jan (text) (German: Rosenberg) on the southern side Ondrekka, Karol (illus.) of the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia written Stary' husar a no6ny tert (The old husar in a free-flowing rhythm and lyrical prose and the night devil) by a 40-year-old electrical engineer. The Bratislava: Slovens4 spisovate! 1994. narrative is based on ethnic situations and I23pp includes a variety of persons but a specific ISBN 80-220-0425-1 plot is not evident. The text can be taken Slovakia/Folktales either seriously or ironically, and some The popular Slovakian children's book elements in it tend toward the grotesque. author retells especially interesting The excellent black-and-white photographs unpublished folktales which he heard from by the lawyer Juraj tech follow suit with Michal Pavloviè, a farmer from Prievaly. the text. On the one hand, they portray (6+) nostalgic and melancholy objects and scenery of central Slovakia, while on the 31 other hand they have a touch of irony and Hevier, Daniel ct.al. (text) social criticism. The book will appeal Bajusova, OTga (illus.) especially to young adult readers who are Pat' prttekov na ruke: Obrazkova kniha a seeking a path for themselves between posunkova reé pre najmentie nepoèujfice progress and a tradition-bound life-style. deti (Five Fingers on the Hand: A Picture (12+) Book with Sign-language for Very Young 1-84 East and South-East Euiopean Languages 33 35 Sef, Roman (text) Zorman, Ivo (text) Polidaev, Leonid (illus.) Stanat, Zora (illus.) Karnaval. (The carnival) Bolekina odrakanja (The growing up Engl. Transl.: Paul Lewis. disease) Musik: I. Kataev u. M. Minkov. Ljubljana: DZS, 1994. 15Ipp Moskva: ADP, 1994. .57pp (Veliki otroci, 2) ISBN 5-87523-012-6 ISBN 86-341-1050-8 Poetry/Nonsense - Multilingual book Slovenia/School holiday - Adventure In this bilingual picture book in verse The popular Slovenian children's and youth Roman Sef proves once again his book author depicts here the experiences of craftsmanship as the best contemporary a group of teenagers during the school Russian poet. The witty poems, which are holidays in the Slovenian mountains in a striking in their simplicity, belong to the very funny and humorous manner. The tradition of English nonsense verse and reader gets a glimpse into the contemporary occasionally remind one of the works of the lifestyle in Slovenia, especially the conflicts German children's poets Josef Guggenmos present within the family, at school, and and Hans Manz from Switzerland. Sef's between generations. The protagonists style is also successfully captures in the become involved in a theft and fraud. This English translation by Paul Lewis. (4+) is a quite literary, but easy-to-read entertainment novel. (9+) 0 Slovenia EngIgh Language 34 Fritz, Ervin (text) Australia Vogelnik, Eka (illus.) Svet v naprstniku (The world in a thimble) 36 Ljubljana: DZS, 1994. 56pp Gilbert, Kevin (Text) ISBN 86-341-0834-1 Williams, Eleanor (Photos) Poetry/Slovene Me and Mary Kangaroo This is the first children's book by the Ringwood: Viking/Penguin Books Australia, Slovenian playwright and poet Ervin Fritz 1994. 54pp (born 1940). As in his poetry for adults, ISBN 0-670-85284-8 Fritz's poetry for children is at times funny, Kangaroo - Child/Pet - Aborigine/- at other times profound. This volume Australia/Memoir includes serious poems, nonsense verses, Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) was a noted counting rhymes and ridicule verses in a New Zealand author, publicist and activist idiosyncratic manner of speech. The three- for the rights of the Aboriginal peoples. In color illustrations done with mixed this childhood memoir he relates many technique_and high-quality, attractive humorous, playful episodes in his graphic design contribute to the book's relationship with the orphaned kangaroo he overall appeal. (6+) kept as a pet until she returned one day to the hush. Written in the style of oral storytelling, it is laced with details of everyday family life in this remote rural English Language area. Mary was not only his best friend and world and her perception of the people and playmate, but forever the incarnation of a activity around her is a sensitive character deep affinity Gilbert felt for his homeland. study of a girl passing through an important The appealing sepia-toned photographs of a stage of emotional growth. (14+) young Aboriginal boy and another kangaroo suggest the nostalgia of a family photo album. (7+) 4 ©Special Mention 39 37 Kelleher, Victor Hands Up! Who enjoyed their schooldays. Parkland Compiled by Barbara Ker Wilson. Ringwood: Viking/Penguin Books, 1994. St. Lucia: University of Queensland, 1994. 255pp 1,41pp ISBN 0-670-85904-4 ISBN 0-7022-24510-X Fantasy - Man/Animal - Genetic School - Australia/Short stories/Anthology experimentation - Difference/Tolerance - Short stories and excerpts from the works Extraterrestial beings/Intelligence - of leading writers of Australian youth literature have been selected by a well- Freedom - Friendship - Change - Survival known editor to present stories about a wide For nearly two centuries artificially bred humans and man-ape hybrids have lived array of memorable, though not always together in harmony and docility in a high- pleasant experiences at school. The wide walled enclosure, guarded by keepers who variety of topics reflects different eras, supply all their needs but also mete out types of schools, and socioeconomic backgrounds. (12+) 4 sadistic punishments when necessary. The strong-willed, curious Cassie and her two intelligent, hybrid friends manage to break 38 out of the enclosure. After their disasterous Horniman, Joanne flight to freedom they return reluctantly to The serpentine belt Parkland, where they finally break the Norwood: Omnibus Books/Aston Scholastic, mastery of the keepers and learn why those 1994. 119pp extraterrestial beings had become "cosmic ISBN 1-86291-207-6 gardeners" with a mission to maintain Father/Death - Self-discovery - diversity and harmony in the galaxy. This Friendship/Change masterly written novel with strong Sixteen-year old Emily is a quiet, reclusive characterizations challenges the imagination type of person who watches and reflects on of the reader on every page and poses basic everything going on around her. Her best questions about human life, attitudes toward friend Kat, an Aborigine from an extended fellow creatures, and the abilty to create and family of siblings and cousins, is a control life and society. (14+) 4 completely different type of person. Though they once had much in common, they are beginning to drift apart. Emily's discovery 40 of her dead father's cryptic diary occupies Pugh, Dailan (illus) her mind constantly, until she finally learns Dunkle, Margaret (text) the true circumstances of his death. In this Secrets.of the rainforest appropriately slow-paced, reflective novel South Melbourne: Hyland House, 1994. the first-person narration of Emily's inner [32pp] .English Language ISBN 1-875657-11-8 each with their own demands is as hilarious Rainforest - Conservation - Australia/Flora as it is realistic. Geoff Kelly has chosen an and fauna avant-garde style of illustration which Unlike Europe or North America, children resembles but in no way imitates video in some parts of Australia have the graphics. (6-8) 0 opportunity to walk directly from their homes into a rainforest with stunning, Canada century-old vegetation still inhabited by rare and endangered species of animals. In this 42 picture book for primary school children Lewis, Amanda (text) Kevin, son of a logger, takes a walk for the Wynne-Jones, Tim (text) first time in the local rainforest with Slavin, Bill (illus.) environmentally concerned classmates Rosie backstage whom he had once dubbed "the greenie Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1994. 95pp mob." Overwhelmed by its beauty, which is ISBN 1-55074-148-9 realistically presented in full-paged gouache Theater - Shakespeare, William paintings, Kevin realizes the need to prevent The many aspects of a theater production further destruction of this unique natural are presented here not in a direct, habitat. The at times lengthy text serves to nonfictional format, but embedded in a describe the habits and needs of the various story about a young girl who gets to know animal species, making Kevin's growing real people working in a real repertory social awareness plausible. While the theater. And at the fantasy level she has intention of the book is undoubtedly repeated encounters with (an otherwise moralistic, it is tastefully presented in a very invisible) Will Shakespeare. In between attractive and informative format. (5+) 0 each of the nine chapters, terms and concepts of the various departments of a 41 theater are explained in a readable style Rodda, Emily (text) which avoids a definitional tone. The book Kelly, Geoff (illus.) is attractively colorful and uniformly Power and glory illustrated with realistic but expressive St. Leonards: A Little Ark Book/Allen & scenes on each page, which are designed to Unwin, 1994. [32pp] illuminate the text and ideas in a natural ISBN 1-86373-677-8 manner. It is well-suited to motivating Video game - Family life Challenge young readers to get involved with some By dealing with an activity close to their aspect of theater themselves. (8-12) hearts and high on their minds, children who are reluctant to read might be drawn to this story about a video game player. In fact Great Britain an easy-to-read book with an unconventional layout, it employs 43 repetitive, situational vocabulary and Breslin, Theresa hilarious caricatures of family life Kezzie situations. The narrative tension between London: Methuen, 1993. 157pp the all-absorbing challenge of .a video game ISBN 0-416-18877-X of skill and adventure and the continual Child Migration/UK/Canada - Scotland - interruptions by parents, siblings and pet, Mining - Father/Death - p- 0 16 EngIgh Language Family/Seperation memoir of a man with a tragic family A realistic portrayal of living conditions in history in a hidden room of an old spooky a Scottish mining community in 1937, manor. A chance find, a cryptic word from when hard work, meager food, and little their teacher and an all-night round of security was the order of the day, forms the storytelling begins, in which each tells background for the first half of this about his or her own family problems and compelling story. The accidental death of gains insight into the diffictilt choices and their father and son brings sudden emotional turmoil facing each of the others. impoverishment and eviction to Kezzie, The common bond between them all is the Lucie and their grandfather. Due to two presence of stepparents in their lives. This unfortunate mishaps on one day, the is a book which will be read in one sitting younger sister is mistakenly included in an and still be (hauntingly) memorable long orphan transport to Canada, leaving Kezzie after. (10+) no choice but to go to Canada, too. The second half of the novel describes how 45 Kezzie finds and rescues the thoroughly Hathorn, Libby (text) traumatized child. Breslin, 1987 winner of Rogers, Gregory (illus.) the ScottiSh Kathleen Fidler Award for a Way home first novel, has a special talent for capturing London: Andersen Press, 1994. [32ppl natural speech and for weaving a story full ISBN 0-86264-541-7 of life-like characters. This novel is Homelessness - Boy - Cat - Friendship immediately striking, not only for its The white-on-black text and the skillfully eloquence but also for its portrayal of composed dark, sombre illustrations endurance, human goodness and love in the immediately identify this book as one face of misfortune.(12+) dealing with a "problem": the underside of (Short listed for the 1994 Federation of life, street life, in a metropolitan city in a Children's Book Groups Award) modern affluent society. It depicts an hour in the life of a boy of the streetin which such a picture book would have no place © SpecialMention who empathizes with and adopts a stray cat 44 as company. Together they return through Fine, Anne the ugly back alleys to the hole he proudly Step by wicked step calls "home." Lacking in any didacticism, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. I35pp direct in its tone, impeccably designed, the ISBN 0-241-00161-7 book cannot fail to make a lasting Stepparent - Family problems impression on any reader willing to face its Even if this book by one of England's best chilling truth. (8+) contemporary authors had appeared anonymously, its success would be 46 guaranteed by the immediately absorbing McKay, Hilary narrative with its masterful combination of The exiles at home suspense and sensitive delving into the London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. hearts and minds of appealing and (Paperback: London: Lions/HarperCollins, believable main characters. Five twelve- 1994. 173) year-old classmates who know each other ISBN 0-00674644-6 only superficially accidentally discover the Siblings - School - Africa - Charity - English Language Grandmother - Elderly the pupils reflect on how it might feel to be This is an engrossing and well-paced family kept in a cage and gawked at. The story in the excellent British storytelling somewhat larger type and black-and-white tradition. The four Conroy sisters, aged sketches make these titles attractive between thirteen and six years, have not additions for home, school and public changed a bit in this sequel to the Guardian libraries, while the choice of topics makes award-winning title The Exiles (1991). The them suitable for readers of English as a thread running through the narrative second language. (7-9) 0 revolves around the girls,' efforts to acquire £10 month after month to send to a 10- India year-old African boy whose education the girls have decided secretly to sponsor. They 48 get involved in numerous escapades by Kapur, Jusum (text) sitting for the baby next door, selling Sumaty, N. (illus.) packed lunches at school, robbing the Stories from Ladakh postbank, selling their mother's books, or New Delhi: Indus/HarperCollins, 1994. gardening for an elderly couple. Each of the 112pp girls has a distinctive personality within the ISBN 81-7223-115-6 family, and alone or together their actions Ladakh/Folk tales - Greed - Love - and idiosyncratic reasoning ensure the Cleverness reader one laugh after another. (9+) This is a collection of nine long tales from a (Overall winner, 1994 Smarties Award) district in the northern-most province of India. While the names and places are 47 distinctly Indian, the morals of the stories Ure, Jean (text) are universal. Alongside the human figures, Hel lard, Susan (illus.) talking animals play a notable role in most Who's fcir the zoo? of the tales. While the good or evil London: Orchard, 1995 (text first publ. character of the protagonists plays a certain 1989). 64pp role in the development of each tale, twists (Readalones) of fate, whim or chance luck sometimes ISBN 1-85213 662 6 lead to surprising outcomes. Some tales, School - Zoo - Animal rights such as that of the three brothers who The Orchard "Readalone" series offer a inherit equal shares from their well- wide range of easy-to-read stories written intentioned father, will call to mind the by some of the UK's most popular and morals of well-known folk tales, while humorous contemporary writers and others help to illuminate Indian thinking illustrators for children, such as Rose and life. This is a well-written volume Impey, Mary Hoffman or Jonathan Allen. which will enrich any folk tale collection. With this sixth installment in her (8+) + "Woodside School Stories series" the versatile Jean Ure manages to portray a cRst of individual characters and tackle a topic of social concern. When one pupil in her C. books whose content is found contribute to an international understanding among cultures and peoples classroom hesitantly reveals her dismay at the planned school excursion to the zoo, the 0books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless teacher finds a clever way to let the rest of complex and high-interest topics . 40'918 English Language 49 injustice. Though these ten tales are Mitra, Rathabali (text) gathered in a supplemental educational Harichandan, Deepak (illus.) reader for young adults and are followed up Kalapani with several comprehension questions, the New Delhi: Children 's Book Trust, 1993. narrative style and content of the stories 64pp warrant their'being made available more ISBN 81-7011-656-2 widely. Each one deals with a key event in Andantan Islands - Nicobar Islands - the life of a child, of a family or among Holiday friends, by force of which a small kernel of This book is essentially a non-fictional life's wisdomabout friendship, love, social geography of India's Bay Islands rivalry, hypocricy, or reconciliation which stretch over 900 square kilometers in becomes clearer to those involved. the Bay of Bengal between Burma and Premchand's style is descriptive, even Indonesia, but the factual information is somewhat flowery, and filled with lively framed within a fictional story about an dialogues; yet it is easy to follow and Indian family visiting the islands on suitable for the intermediate reading level. holiday. The children's questions (12+) throughout the four-day ship journey and on the islands help them to learn about the many animals they encounter, the sea- and Ireland landscapes, the tropical rain forest, endangered species and even the historical 51 background of an infamous prison which is Parkinson, Siobhan now a National Monument commemorating No peace for Amelia the struggle for Indian independence. This Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1994. 215pp travelogue reads very smoothly and ISBN 0-86278-378-X entertainingly, allowing the reader to Ireland/World War I - War - absorb a wealth of information. A number Ireland/Easter uprising - Friendship of pen-and-ink illustrations depict the Indian Decisive personal decisions in the lives of family's sightseeing stops. (8+) two young men (and their families) in (Second Prize, Natural History category, Dublin in the spring of 1916 are depicted WWF/CBF Competition) here in alternating chapters from the point of view of a thirteen-year-old Quaker girl, 50 Amelia Pim, and that of her friend, the Stories from Premchand household servant, Mary Ann. While New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1986 Frederick, Amelia's best beau, has (repr. 1994). 112pp patriotically signed up in the British army to (Madhuban Supplementary Readers) fight in the Great European War, Mary ISBN 0-7069-8228-2 Ann's brother, Patrick, is an Volunteer for India/Hindi/Short Stories - Human nature the cause of Irish independence. The author Munshi Premchand (1880-1936), a school skillfully uses this constellation to present teacher, was one of India's most important two types of armed Struggle and show how Hindi writers in the 20th century, but his the different positions taken depend on the works have not been easily accessible in individual positions in life. The English. His over 300 short stories deal in characterizations are strong and convincing, particular with the common people and the interjection of historical facts into the 19, Language lEnglish plot judicious. This suspenseful sequel to Child/Money "Amelia", which was shortlisted for A young Black girl's dream of owning her Ireland's Bisto Book of the Year Award, own bicycle seems unattainable until, with will leave the reader most eager for the next the help of her grandfather, she earns sequel. -4 (12+) money by selling vegetables from her own garden. When her little brother needs to be New Zealand hospitalized, she instead gives this money to her grandparents. Again raising money with 52 handmade toys to be sold in the big city, Barnett, Rosalyn (Selector) the dream is finally fulfilled after a long Bowles, Trish (HI.) wait. The ambitious black-and-white pencil Sun days & moon nights. sketches on each page of text realistically Wellington: Mallinson Rendel, 1994. 63pp depict the steppe-like rural landscape and ISBN 0-90806-98-2 the very simple life-style of the farming family in a manner which may appeal to the New Zealand/Short stories/Anthology - child's eye more than the eye of the Folktales/New Zealand - Everyday professional art critic. This is an authentic Life/New Zealand story of rural Africa which draws on This anthology of ten stories for young everyday life rather than on folk-tales or readers and read-aloud storytelling ranges social problems. (7+) 4 0 from light-hearted adventure tales to episodes of family life to special moments 54 in a child's life to folk and fairy tales. Underlying each story are elements of Robson, Jenny Mellow Yellow human nature such as greed or ambition or the human condition which require learning Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1994. I38pp to appreciate differences. The water-color ISBN 0-624-03297-3 illustrations enhance the volume with Cape Town/Street life - Orphan - Reading humor and imagination. Some of the stories - Friendship - Survival have Maori characters and vocabulary, For several years the abandoned child and while others could be set almost anywhere runaway, Mess (nicknamed Mellow on earth, making this a volume attractive to Yellow), has been fending for himself in the school and library collections around the streets of Cape Town. He survives through world. (6+) 4 0 his association with a gang of street kids, whose teenaged leader, Space Gun, who sets down strict rules that give order to their South Africa lives. Mess's dream, his life-motivation, is to learn to read in order to understand the 53 piece of green paper, the key to his real Randall, Isobel (text) identity, which he wears hidden in a tin box Sothoane, Zacharia (illus.) around his neck. One day on a whim he Busisiwe's bicycle asks a posh schoolboy, Henry, at the train Manzini: Macmillan Boleswa Publishers, station to teach him to read and through 1993: 30pp their ensuing friendship ultimately finds his ISBN 0-333-59103-8 grandfather. Henry's encounter with Iv less Africa/Rural life - and the street gang brings about dramatic Grandparent/Grandchild - Dream/Bieycle - changes in each of their lives and leads to a English Language happy end in this fast-paced, compelling first significant encounters of their Indian novel. (12+) 4- tribe with white English colonists (possibly the Plymouth Rock colony in 1620). The USA narrative explores both the clash between the two cultures, the impatience of a young boy who yearns for acceptance into 55 adulthood and the turmoil of a young girl Arnold, Katya (adapt./illus.) of the same age who wants to escape the Knock, knock, Teremok! A traditional female role expectations she soon will be Russian tale forced to fulfill. The Indian way of life is New York: North-South Books, 1994. portrayed as one of respect for nature and f28ppl for the tribe's long-standing traditions; and ISBN 1-55858-329-7 both are linked by the wisdom passed down Diversity - Co-existence - Story in verse through oral storytelling. Though it covers One after another eight different animals, only one day, the highly readable narrative each seeking a new home, join a fly who includes a series of encounters between has taken up residence in a wooden hut, a persons and generations in the village and teremok. But when the bear tries to fit in, the natural surroundings to portray the too, he causes the roof to collapse on them adventure of growing up in those days in a all. The humorous, repetitive text is compelling manner. (10+) 4- 0 composed in a sing-song manner, ideal for reading aloud and letting young listeners 57 participate. In a note for adults Arnold Fisher, Leonard Everett (text/illus.) mentions that she also sees her text as an Kinderdike allegory of the collapse of the socialist New York: Macmillan, 1994. 132ppi ideal, which she also eludes to with a ISBN 0-02-735365-6 portrait of Lenin in the teremok. The Netherlands/Folklore - Flood dike illustrations are a cumulative collage of bold An historical event in Holland in 1421 water-colors with contrasting black outlines forms the basis for Fisher's lyrical text, perfectly supplementing the text. (4-7) 4. 0 which is printed one line at a time on stunning acrylic double-spread illustrations. 56 The scenes depict the simple life of a village Dorris, Michael near the sea during each season of the year. Guests After a spring gale floods the shore, New York: Hyperion Books for Children, destroying all the houses and windmills, the 1994. 119pp villagers nonetheless decide to rebuild again ISBN 0-7868-00477-X on the same spot. The simplicity of the Identity - Family conflict - USA- colorful landscape scenes and the subtle /Indians/Whites/Friendship details of Holland's way of life will Opening oneself to new knowledge, finding undoubtedly appeal to young viewers. (3+) the answer to "who am I?", the power of cultural patterns and expectations are the books whose content is found contribute to an underlying themes of this fictionalized international understanding among cultures and peoples historical novel. Key experiences in the lives of a young Indian boy and Indian girl 0books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless are set against the background of one of the complex and high-interest topics lEnglish Language 58 can give it hair, a gust of wind carries the Freedman, Russell simple paper figure up and away in the sky. Kids at work. Lewis Hine and the crusade The paper princess encounters different against child labor. kinds of people and animals who care for Photos: Lewis Hine her during her journey, but she longs to New York: Clarion Books/Houghton return home and be finished by her little Mifflin, 1994. 194pp. girl. Her open, upright manner ultimately ISBN 0-395-58703-4 enables her wish to come true and the USA/Children/Work - Social Reform - happiness at her homecoming is great and Hine, Lewis (1874-1940) genuine. The simplicity of the paper doll This is in fact two stories of'differing scope, and her little girl is cleverly counterpointed but inextricably bound up together and by the very colorful and elaborately detailed excellently related by one of the USA's full-paged collage illustrations which leading authors of non-fiction. On the one children and adults will find stimulating and hand, the social, political and economic memorable. (4-7) 0 conditions which led to the appalling exploitation of millions of children between 60 three and sixteen years of age by industry Kurtz, Jane (text) and commerce in the 19th and 20th century Lewis, E.B. (illus.) is an aspect of social history which has Fire on the mountain received little attention up to now. The New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. courageous efforts of individuals and [32pp] organizations to engender moral indignation ISBN 0-671-88268-6 and legal barriers against this form of child Folktale/Ethiopia - ClevernessRich/Poor abuse makes up the other side of the story. As is common to all folktales, this brief In 1908 Lewis Hine became an investigative story describes an aspect of human nature, a photographer in the service of one of most conflict of interests, its resolution. Here a important causes of his time and greedy rich man takes pleasure in lording undoubtedly contributed to the gradual over his servants until he is challenged by a progress in this area of social justice. Using young shepherd boy who speaks the truth dozens of Hine's moving photos on full- instead of kowtowing to the boastful, page spreads throughout the book, haughty master. The boy wins a wager with Freedman smoothly interweaves the course the master, who however refuses to pay the of this still incomplete social reform agreed price until the boy 's sister and the movement and Hine's own biography in a other servants jointly outwit him, finally highly readable and unforgettable text.- risking to show their defiance and demand (10 +) for justice. The well-drawn watercolor illustrations set the tale in rural Ethiopia, 59 giving the reader a glimpse into another Kleven, Elisa (text/illus.) way of life. (6+) 4 0 The paper princess New York: Dutton, 1994. POppl ISBN 0-525-45231-1 4- books whose content is found contribute to an Doll - Imagination - Homecoming Mternational understanding among cultures and peoples One day a young girl draws a princess on a 0 books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless piece of paper and cuts it out. Before she complex and high-interest topics 93 22 English Language 61 But the third son returns home with an ugly L 'Engle, Madelaine frog, whom he nonetheless must marry. Troubling a star When the tsar sets the three brides various New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. tasks, the two ordinary women make fools 296pp of themselves while Vasilisa is able to work ISBN 0-374-37783-9 wonders overnight, much to the delight of Antarctica - Ecosystem - Love - Friendship the tsar. The prince, however, nearly loses Many of the story elements which her forever when he secretly burns her frog characterize L 'Engle 's young adult novels skin before the curse has been broken. Only are present here once again: intelligent, his persistence and the help of animals upper class protagonists; strong, unusual whose lives he spared enable him to return individuals belonging to an older with his bride from the Kingdom beyond generation; scientific topics; mystery and a Blue Kingdoms. (5+) 4 touch of romantic love. Sixteen-year-old Vicky is given the opportunity to join an 63 excursion to Antarctica where a young man McGuire, Richard (text/illus.) whom she is very fond of, is completing a Night becomes day research internship. But some other New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 1994. members on her ship are involved in high- [36pp] level political intrigue and crime. Due to ISBN 0-6700-85547-2 her connections, Vicky is suspected of Time - Transition knowing too much. Once again L'Engle This picture book employs a very unusual succeeds in weaving a story of suspense technique to stimulate the reader 's mental around a wide cast of characters caught up and visual imagination. The theme of time in a challenging situation. At another level, is presented in a chain of events which ends this suspenseful, fictional story allows her where it began. Each of McGuires double- to comment on the current real-life political page spreads continues the sequence of free- wrangling over a vast undeveloped association, beginning with "night becomes continent which can effect the world's day" and ending with "good becomes environment and safety. (14+) -4 night." In between the reader takes an abstract journey through time and space. 62 The illustrations are nearly one-dimensional Lewis, J. Patrick (text) lithographs done in primary colors and their Spirin, Gennady (illus.) main combinations. Hence the seemingly The frog princess simple composition and clearly designed New York: Dial/Penguin, 1994. .Qpp shapes aptly correspond to the seemingly ISBN 0-8037-11624-9 simple text. The steady pace of time which Fairy tales/Russia - Frog/Princess/Curse flows invisibly page after page gives the These exquisite, finely detailed illustrations book a complexity and intensity which in rich dark pastel tones portray the seems to contradict the visual simplicity and opulence of the tsar's court and ultimately achieves its purpose as a read- immeasurably enhance this Russian folk tale aloud sleep-inducing bedtime story. (4-7) 0 about Vasilisa the Wise. Commanded to marry whoever finds the arrows they shoot out, two of the tsar's sons bring home wealthy, but otherwise ordinary women. English Language 64 seventeen stories is uniquely rooted in the Paterson, Katherine so-called black experience without making Flip-flop girl them any less universal, inspiring and New York: Dutton/Lodestar Books, 1994. entertaining for readers of all ethnic and 120pp racial backgrounds. The manifold effects of ISBN 0-525-67480-2 belonging to a minority which collectively Death - Grief - Family problems - Teacher has been economically and socially - Friendship disadvantaged for so long are sometimes Her father's death brings drastic changes in blantant, sometimes quite subtle elements in nine-year-old Vinnie's family: moving in these poignant and finely tuned tales about with Grandmother in a new town, mother crucial moments in the process of coming going to work, a new school. Her five-year- of age, of learning to see the real world old brother Mason stops speaking after their from a new perspective. This international father 's burial, and Vinnie cannot express anthology includes authors who grew up her feelings of jealousy, anger and sadness and still write today about contemporary because no one takes time to listen to her. life in North America, Latin America, At school she begins a tenuous friendship Africa, England, or Australia. (12+) 4- with another outsider girl in the class, and idolizes her teacher who reminds her of her 66 father. But Vinnie's repressed emotions are Robinet, Harriette Gillem vented in a spontaneous act of vandalism, Mississippi chariot setting in motion a chain of events which New York: Atheneum, 1994. 117pp ultimately allows Vinnie and Mason to deal (A Jean Karl Book) with their pain and self-imposed feelings of ISBN 0-689-31960-6 guilt and frustration. Paterson describes the USA/Racism - Friendship - Father/Prison events entirely from Vinnie's own In this story about one hard-working black perspective, sensitively portraying the sharecropper family suddenly caught up in emotional and mental ambiguity (flip-flop the wheels of injustice, racism in rural changes) in children going through painful Mississippi in the 1930s is depicted adjustments without overdramatization or realistically but without bitterness. The sentimentality. (12+) protagonist, twelve-year-old Shortning, is quite capable of recognizing and verbalizing his disadvantaged situation but seeks ©Special Mention anyway to get his father released from the 65 chain gang. By chance he saves the life of a Rites of passage. Stories about growing up white boy, Hawk, who begins to recognize by black writers from around the world. his own prejudices and misconceptions of Tonya Bolden (ed). blacks. Though they are each still bound by Foreword by Charles Johnson. strict social conventions, Hawk helps New York: Hyperion Books for Children, Shortening succeed in his plan. The solid 1994. 208pp plot and natural, honest dialogues create an ISBN 1-56282-688-3 authentic, gripping story of resilience and Blacks - Racial discrimination - Self- solidarity in the face of adversity. (10+) 4- dt'scovery The syntax, vocabulary and content of these 9 5'4 Gerinan Language" Austria blue tones which flow and circle around the text. The vast underwater world, the mysterious of the deep sea are opened up to 67 the reader, vacillating between the world of Egli, Werner J. nature and fairy tale. (6+) 0 Nur einer kehrt zuriick 1994 Troisdorf Picture Book Prize of the (Only one will return) Children's Jury Wien: Ueberreuter, 1994. 192pp ISBN 3-80000-2407-1 69 Eskimo - Polar Bear/Hunt - Death Jung, Reinhard Three Eskimos set off on a polar bear hunt. Das geheime Wissen der Pinguine. The American girl, Angie, a visitor in the (The secret knowledge of the penguins) village, involuntarily joins up with them. Wien: Jungbrunnen, 1993-1994. (2 vols.) The hunt goes badly and two of the men die 115pp, 117pp in the drift ice, the third one can be rescued ISBN 3-7026-5664-2; ISBN 3-7026-5670-7 but is seriously injured. While the young Factual knowledge - Question-and-answer white girl successfully battles against death The secret knowledge of the penguins with all her remaining strength, the Eskimo consists of the answers to so-called "dumb" men give themselves up to fate with a questions children like to ask. Hence certain resignation. The dramatic events of inquisitive children are encouraged here by this novel are thrilling up to the last page. penguins to ask as many dumb questions as The reader gets a glimpse into the possible without the usual scruples imposed ethnological aspects of Eskimo life and by adults. And the children get their learns the differences between white and answersfirst in a radio show, and now in Eskimo culture in terms of their attitudes to a two-volume work on various topics. The life and death for man and animal. (14+) editors, working through the penguins, ensure that inspite of all the sensible and 68 nonsensical wordplay the significance of the Esterl, Arnica (text) questions is clear and the desired answers Zawadzki, Marek (illus.) givenin one form or another, whether Okino und die Wale (Okino and the fable, fairy tale or factual report. To what Whales) extent the stories are appropriate, that is Wien: Osterreichischer Bundesverlag, 1994. something the reader must reflect upon him [28pp] or herself. And that may be done with the ISBN 3-215-11197-7 greatest of pleasure. (5+) 0 Modern fairy tale - Rites of initiation - Whale Sometimes Okino goes to the seashore to watch the wales. One day she tells her little ©Special Mention son Takomi the ancient legend of a girl who 70 once lived in the royal palace of the whales Kusterer, Karin (text) and was rescued by her mother and Edita Dugalic (text) returned to earth. This interesting Heimat ist nicht nur ein Land. Eine matriarchal variation of the tale of initiation bosnische Fhichtlingsfamilie erzdhlt (Home has been illustrated with pictures of is not only a land. The story of a Bosnian nighttime and water in a wide palette of refugee family) 25 ; Gernian Language With maps and tables of it, the dictatorship must fall. His negative Wien: Dachs, 1994. 127pp utopia of life, based on despotism, stands in ISBN 3-85191-007-9 contrast to the traditional, nature-given Bosnia/War - Refugee/Germany rules and to Waka, the eternal laws of The Bosnian Edita Dugalic (now 17 years creation. Schogar Kan is not conquered by old) lives with her family in Germany. In counterforce, but rather loses his power this book she relates her experiences of war through the gentle art of persuasion of a in the former Yugoslavia, her childhood in weaker one. In this narrative the author her hometown of Zvornik on the Drina portrays the laws which nature herself has Riverwhich is not lost to herand her created. The animals decide for or against escape, the confusion. Her contacts to her anti-nature and violence in the form of the friends in Bosnia with whom she went to great wolf and bear the consequences of schoolwhether Serb or Muslim children their decision. Kathe Recheis impressively are not broken off. This book deserves presents a mighty question here. With her particular attention not only because of its protagonists of her saga of the natural current relevanceabout which the media is world she dreams of an ideal, and above all full of necessarily one-sided and short of an achievable ideal world. (10+) 4- journalistic reports. Here is a report of the personal experiences of younger and older 72 people, completely lacking in Riha, Susanne (text/illus.) sensationalism. They try to understand and Wir leben gem bei euch zuhaus survive their involuntary entanglement in (We would like to live at your house) the catastrophe of war. There is no mention Wien: Betz, 1994. [28PP] of the gruesome acts which happened and ISBN 3-219-10589-0 are still happening, only of the wish of the House pet/Care civil population to live in peace in their A house pet doesn't need to be a problem homeland. The editor and Co-author has for parents and children. If the proper included notes of history-making dates and minimal prerequisites and attitutdes are geographical names. (12+) 4- 0 present and proper care is givenas demonstrated here for twelve of the most 71 common and beloved European house pets Recheis, Käthe (text) in text and picturesboth children and Holländer, Karen (illus.) adults can have pleasure in a lively and Wolfsaga (The wolf saga) healthy pet without pangs of conscience. Wien: Herder, 1994. 507pp This is set out in an informative and ISBN 3-210-25075-8 detailed manner in this picture book which Wolf - Dictatorship - Utopia is suitable even for smaller children. The great black wolf Schogar Kan, stronger (5+) 0 than all the other wolf leaders, wants to create heaven on earth for his pack. He wants there to be only one great pack of wolves whose lives and survival is to be ensured with force against the rest of nature C books whose content is found contribute to an international understanding among cultures and peoples and other animals. He tolerates no opposition. Fighting and war crop up in 0 books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless Arcadia. Nonetheless or precisely because complex and high-interest topics q '26 Germany words) Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1994. 77pp 73 ISBN 3-473-33463-4 Abdel-Quadir, Ghazi (text) Dictionary/Multilingual Buresch, Bettina (illus.) This treasure chest-like book of words Das Blechkamel (The tin camel) combines pictures, poetry and words (in Munchen: Klopp, 1994. 110pp three languages) in a masterly manner. The ISBN 3-7817-0109-3 chapters begin with the smallest place (a Arabia/Tribal culture - Poverty - box) and end with the universe, showing in Technology - Community - City life each case what is contained therein: box, Samira is one of the Arab children who live knapsack, suitcase, closet, room and finally in the tin-roofed hovels on the edge of a infinite cosmic space. A short verse large city, near the garbage dumps. Hence characterizes each new dimension, pictures the stories her grandmother tells about life show the items, words describe the pictures years ago seems like a fairy tale. Their tribe (in German, English, and French). The had been affluent, there were camels, goats result is a play-like, but very informative and chickens for them all. And although the dictionary even suited for very small children didn't go to school, when they children, who are able to explore their grew up they knew how to get along in life. immediate and not-so-immediate This was the way it was until the civil surroundings and find out the names and engineers watered the wasteland around the labels of things. (4+) 0 village, spreading artificial fertilizer and claiming ever greater portions of the harvest 75 for themselves. Tribal disputes broke out Belli, Gioconda (text) among the neighbors, and the survivors Erlbruch, Wolf (illus.) were finally forced to move to the cities. Die Werkstatt der Schmetterlinge (The That was how their impoverishment began. Workshop for Butterflies) For all their greed, the members of the tribe Transl. from Spanish by Anneliese had not listened to the warnings of the wise Schwarzer. elders, but instead destroyed nature and Wuppertal: Hammer, 1994. 4Opp hence their own life by the misguided use ISBN 3-87294-607-2 of technology. With tangible sadness, but Creation - Butterfly - Imagination without bitterness, the author tells a realistic For the "maker of all things" there exists story as a piece of fiction. The text also from the creative point of view certain represents the possibility for acquainting limitations: the animal and plant kingdom children with socio-cultural aspects of life must remain strictly separate from one without writing a "problem book." (8+) another. There is no place for a "tree that 0 0 sings like a bird...or.. a bird that lays apples instead of eggs...". And yet, young 74 people in particular have their dreams. Andresen, Ute (text) Rodolfo wants to invent a creature which Herfurth, Egbert (illus.) "is like a bird and like a flower at once." In Al les hat einen Namen. Ein Wort-Schatz- memory of his grandfather, the inventor of Buch the rainbow, he composes the wings of this (Everything has a name. A treasury of creature from grains of pollen and then 27 German Language gives it legs and a body with a long tongue about the possibility of a similar deed, but so that it can feed itself from this pollen. He no one paid attention to himas had been calls it Butterfly and invents butterflies for the case throughout his childhood. To all regions of the world. Even the Wise Old achieve just that, namely to achieve One, a mother figure like those in the recognition, he took action. There was also creation myths of primitive peoples, a group of youth in this small, unpossessing impressively appearing in a huge scarlet place, who wanted to distance themselves gown, is enchanted by this unexpected from the deeds of Winn and Sollingen with beauty. The young inventor is given a chain of lights. But when the asylum permission to summon together a jury of all seekers'arrive, problems between the local creators to decide about the necessity of a residents and the foreigners arise. Using a separate workshop for the butterflies. The very adept narrative technique the author story is fully of fantasy and intelligence, the brings in all the usual arguments and text (which is not available in this form in pseudo-arguments about the issue of emnity Spanish) holds an exotic type of brilliance; toward foreigners. Based on an isolated and Erlbruch's pictures are as fascinating as incident, the social setting for the potential ever. Seriousness and caricatural humor origins of misanthropic and xenophobic acts intersect with one another also at the formal become better understandable. (12+) 4- artistic level. Inspite of the naturalistic portrayal of figures and objects on the page, 77 the artist sensitively and accurately conveys Brandis, Sylvia (text) the atmosphere of the both tedious and Ensikat, Klaus (illus.) pleasurably creative task of designing. The Momme in Schweden. Die Dachsreise large-sized, prize-winning book deserves all (Momme in Sweden. The badger's journey) the attention it will receive. (6+) + Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1994. 88pp ISBN 3-499-20741-9 76 Sweden - Farm - Horse - Nature - Buie, Kirsten Friendship Erwachsene reden. Marco hat etwas getan Momme travels with his mother to visit (Adults talk. Marco has taken action) Gunnar on a remote farm in Sweden. There Hamburg: Oetinger, 1994. 100pp he finds Bellmann, the old horse with a ISBN 3-7891-3108-3 hundred faces, just one cow in the barn and Right-wing radicalism - Society/Violence - mysteriously feuding neighbors, with whom Murder - Germany/Foreign residents however a reconciliation is possible. An elk Friends and classmates, teachers, school calf is separated from its mother and principal, neighbors, social workers, pastor Momme decides he will never to shoot elk, and mayor talk here about the "Marco but instead become a farmer. A badger gets case". Their comments range from "no caught in a trap and is rescued from a sure comment" to wordy statements, more or death. This sympathetic story presents a not less precise, more or less burdened with quite ideal worldbut also not a problem self-reflection and the question of adult guilt worldand its inhabitants. Much is only in regard to Marco's behavior. Marco alluded to, much remains part of an killed two people, Turkish children. Those undefined background, but the protagonists witnesses questioned name the places of are clearly drawn. The imaginative fantasy other recent murders, such as M6 lln and of children and the real world of adults are Solingen. Even Marco had spoken aloud united in a pleasant relationship which all of Geimari Language them can accept. The publisher of this House/Occupation original paperback is to be congratulated for One can happily report that Klaus Ensikat is including the illustrations by Klaus Ensikat, no longer an insider's tip in the western which effortlessly include these widely states of Germany, having being recently differing worlds in his drawings. (5+) 0 awarded the "Lux" for lifetime achievement by Germany's leading weekly newspaper 78 "Die Zeit." This fairy tale edition contains Feth, Monika (text) all the qualities which he is known for: Boratyriski, Antoni (illus.) technical meticulousness along with a Der Schilderputzer (The sign cleaner) wealth of imagination, oscillaton between Düsseldorf Pattnos, 1995. 132pp] classical genre and landscape art and a ISBN 3-491-37310-7 simultaneous unbroken tendency toward Work - Happiness - Education - Fame biting caricatural diversity for the Working in streets named Bach, Beethoven, protagonists. The dynamicism of the scenes Brecht or Kiistner has unanticipated is captured in the borders of each spfead, consequences for a street cleaner. He which for the most part contains both text suddenly realizes that he knows nothing and illustration. Italic font and scattered about the people whose names he is motifs of musical instruments form a cleaning daily. At first he goes to concerts harmonious unity, as is also true of the to hear their music, then to the public brown-green tones. This fairy tale picture library to read their books. Soon he is book has no expiration date. (6+) 0 singing and reciting while he works. An audience gathers around him and he is 80 given a show on television'. To make a long Heller, Eva (text/illus.) story short: the street sign cleaner turns Die wahre Geschichte von allen Farben down a post at the university and continues (The true story of all colors) to his own work, holding lectures for his Oldenburg: Lappan, 1994. 152pp] own and his listeners' pleasure. Antony ISBN 3-89082-129-4 Boratyriski gives his protagonists realistic Colors expressions but rather dream-like "In the beginning was white." This is the appearance, their faces are stereotypic but beginning of the "true story of all colors." also lively. Two dimensional colors and White lets all the other colors glow and distorted proportion, often out of shine, and each individual colorred, blue, perspective, correspond in a formal way to yellowwant to capture its place on white. the substance of this sympathetic, but In doing so, they come together and even unfortunately hardly imaginable story about mix with one another. To their great dismay a happy person. (7+) 0 they must accept that new members of the family thus arrive: orange, violet, brown 79 and black. Each color has its own Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm (text) idiocyncracies: red is loud, blue is gentle, Ensikat, Klaus (illus.) violet is silent. Finally white, the sum of all Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (The Bremen colors, establishes order amidst all the fights city musicians) over rank order and position. It invents the Berlin: Altberliner Verlag, 1994. 24pp chromatic circle. Each is appointed an ISBN 3-357-00766-5 acceptable place between its neighboring Ingratitude - Man/Animal - Self-help - relations. By giving the colours their own 2.61` German' Language willfulness and character, the author creates Kiistner, Erich/Biography a dynamic and structured tale for children Thirty-seven years after the appearance of who like to draw. (4+) 0 Kästner's famous autobiography "When I was a little boy" (German ed. 1957) Klaus 81 Kordon puts the life of this writer into its Hetmann, Frederik cultural-historical context. He reflects on Reise bis zum Ende der Welt. Aus dem Kastner's writings using the current Leben des Robert Louis Stevenson knowledge of personality psychology and (Journey to the end of the world. The life of doesn't stop short of chipping away a little Robert Louis Stevenson) at the Kästner monument. The political Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, events of the first part of this century, 1994. 281pp which by now are thoroughly documented, ISBN 3-473-35138-5 are referred to in statements by those alive Stevenson, Robert Louis/Biography then and in photographs of Kästner's Ever since childhood Robert Louis encounters with them. In a generally more Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis. In rational tone than is usually expected of this fictive biography he confesses his Kästner admirerers, Kordon makes a remedy against the disease to his stepson, vehement case for a rediscovery of his the narrator: try to imagine a journey that socially critical works, which especially in one wants to make at all costs. In fact Germany have been seriously neglected in Stevenson did succeed in drawing out the favor of his children's books. Kästner is deadly course of his illness until his 44th still highly regarded as an author of political year through many changes of climate and texts in other countries. (14 + ) location. In this biography Hetmann combines fictitious passages with original 83 texts by Stevenson, including those from Pressler, Mirjam the lesser known homo politicus. The Wenn das Glück kommt, mufi man ihm reader experiences the birth of the novel einen Stuhl hinstellen "Treasure Island" as a joint idea of (When happiness arrives, one should offer Stevenson and his stepson. Both enjoyed it a chair) combining their fantasies of adventure and Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1994. I78pp observations of unusual contemporaries into ISBN 3-407-79648-X a story which the adult writes while the Children's home/Everyday life - Diary - youth spurs it onwards when it begins to Feelings slacken. Precise biographical research and Halinka comes from Poland. Her aunt Lou detailed portrayals of Stevenson's places of would be glad to adopt her, but isn't residence endow the book with a allowed to as long as she is unmarried. convincing atmosphere. (10+) 4. Halinka lives with her thoughts and dreams more outside than inside the children's 82 home where it finds everything and Kordon, Klaus everyone antagonistic. In her loneliness, she Die Zeit ist kaputt. Die Lebensgeschichte takes emotional comfort from writing in her des Erich Kästner (Time out of order. The secret book of thoughts (but no feelings, in life story of Erich Kästner) case a stranger were to find it), where Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1994. 224pp important sentences such as that of the title ISBN 3-407-80729-5 of this book. There are many little tricks 1 41 German Language used for survival in the everyday life of the Youth/Criminal behavior - Prison/Youth - children's home, including the art of not Writing falling for the mean tricks of the other girls. The author, translator, teacher and But still there are positive moments, even journalist Marie-Thérèse Schins and two with some adults, such as when a teacher students got involved with the inmates of a silently ignores Halinka's misdeeds. Mirjam juvenile detention center in the hopes of Pressler succeeds in letting the reader furthering reading and writing skills. With experience the child narrator's desperation, this program she hoped to give even the anger and maliciousness, her joy and functional illiterates there a sphere in which happiness. (8+) 0 young criminals would be able to name and deal with their own difficulties. Some of 84 those interviewed were even prepared to Schami, Rafik (text) participate in the newly founded reading Erlbruch, Wolf (illus.) club in the center. Some, such as the co- Das ist kein Papagei! author Wagner, a young gypsy, recognized Mfinchen: Hanser, 1994. 32pp writing as an opportunity to develop a ISBN 3-446-17748-5 feeling of inner freedom even in a non-free Parrot - Family fight - Feminism situation. In general the work with the Let's get it right from the start: The parrot inmates took place on a friendly level. The that Lina's parents thought was a he-bird is author contributes her own texts in this a she-bird. And she-birds never repeat what volume; the inmates began to interest they are told to say. They fall asleep while themselves for their own life only after they you are talking. One could even consider had begun to write about their feelings and them dumb or untalented. But not Lina. She thoughts. (12+) -4- got the picture right from the very beginning, but for all their fighting, her 86 parents didn't hear her for a long time. Schubiger, Jörg (text) After being unmasked and giving proof of Berner, Rotraut Susanne (illus.) her diligenceshe claims to speak thirteen Als die Welt noch jung war (When the language fluently and understand twenty world was still young) othersthe she-bird is allowed to stay in WeinIzeitn: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 173pp the family. The text and illustrations of this ISBN 3-407-79653-6 lovely, caricatural story of a secret Paradox - Humor matriarchy fit together in ideal harmony. Absurd, mostly very short stories are The illustrator fulfills all the subversive contained in this extraordinary volume. visual desires of the beholder. (5+) 0 Extraordinary both for their often sly, and even sassy content, and equally so for their 85 eccentric illustrations which are scattered Schins, Marie-Thérese throughout the book either on full-sized Wagner, Stefan pages in strong, but not glaring colors, or Budweg, Peter inserted as vignettes at the beginning of the Vergitterte Jugend. lnnenansichten aus dem chapter, or in black-white-and-ochre tones Jugendknast (Youth behind bars. Inside a as a preface to some texts. The overall juvenile detention center) design (paper quality, typeface, binding, Recklinghausen: Bitter, I994.173pp and dustjacket) is pleasing in its harmony. ISBN 3-7903-0515-4 The 43 stories invite the reader to this or ' German Language that discovery: beginning with Adam and death and in a dramatic protest he turns to Eva's paradise, ending with alternative life- the highest Tuvanian healer, the Giik Deeri, styles of outsiders such as the "little giant" the "blue heavens", who gives the book is or the "slow one," and in between in double-meaninged title. The enormous force chapters dedicated to things, animals, of the text lies in its long "inner.wind," names, puzzles and magic. (8+) 0 which challenges the imagination and con- veys the rhythm of tension and restfulness in the life of the Ail. The author of this ©Special Mention autobiographical memoir, Galsan Tschinag, 87 was born into a Tuvinian family of nomadic Tschinag, Galsan animal-herders in the Mongolian People's Der blaue Himmel (The blue heavens) Repubulic in 1944. He studied German in With glossary East Germany between 1962 and 1968, and Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1994. 177pp wrote this novel in German. In 1992 he was ISBN 3-51840596-9 awarded the Adalbert von Chamisso Prize Tuva Autonomous Region - in Munich.(10+) Nomads/Mongolia - Everyday life/Mongolia - Dog - Family life 88 Tuckermann, Anja A Tuvinian childthe Tuvinians are a Muscha (Proper name) Mongolian tribelearns how to behave München: Klopp, 1994. 218pp without actually being raised. At least that is ISBN 3-7817-2080-2 how it used to be. The word "education" is Germany/History 20th century - Sinti not part of the Tuvinian language. Children (Gypsy) - Racial persecution learn the rules of behaviour for specific When he entered school in 1938 Josef, situations as part of a group; everything else called Muscha, was confronted with the is learned by listening, observing, imitating Nazi contempt for human life and racial and helping. The most important beings in hysteria. Betrayed by his physical the life and surroundings of the young appearance, he is beaten up, teased, and narrator are his "grandmother," an finally taken away and sterilized by doctors. unknown older woman who came once His parents are able to save him just before upon a time into the tent village, Ail, and deportation and hide him for many long stayed on because the child "chose",her and months in a lonely garden house. Only at they no longer wanted to part, and the dog the end of the war does he learn that he was Arsylang, leader of the pack and their a child of gypsies and had been taken in by faithful companion, "my brother-instead-of- a foster family. Muscha's story is told from a-brother" as the author calls him. The the perspective of another school boy and climax and end of this narrator's childhood the reader, as Muscha himself, is kept in the is a long hard winter which the little family dark about the real grounds for his barely manages to survive along with a very suffering until the end of the novel. Only in few of their herd. For the dog Arsyhmg the an epiloeue does it become clear that the new period, with its technical possibilities, story of Muscha is absolutely authentic. brings a fateful danger when he eats the (B.S.) (10+) 4- poison that the father sets out for the maraurading predators. The boy threatens to succumb to his despair over the dog's t 13 German langUage:, 89 intend to be a museum guide but rather a Waluszek, Christian (text) stimulus for the reader to discover art. To Michl, Reinhard (illus.) this end the book is designed using a series Die Reise zu den Brumm-Bell-Bergen (The of graphic techniques such as pieces of art journey to the Growl-Bark Mountains) in various sizes or excerpts and in unexpec- Miinchen: Ellermann, 1994. 13Ipp ted places on the page. In the descriptive ISBN 3-7707-3013-5 texts, in the comparisons between different Freedom - Dancing bear - Dop - epochs using individual works as examples, Cockaigne as well as in the fold-out chronological Mischa the bear and Zapek the dog want to tables an instructive survey is created with- find the animals Cockaigne, the land of out any recognizable pedagogical impetus. milk and honey. They are hindered only by At the same time various possibilities and the chains which bind them to Happy techniques of artistic book design are shown Juran's caravan wagon. Though Zadek feels in the layout of the catalog itself. In all chained up, Mischa has forgotten what these aspects the curiosity and pleasure in freedom is. Only as a bear cub could he run discovery in both children and adults are over meadows and rob beehives of honey, offered. The guide is an exemplary escort. before Juran made him into a dancing bear. It includes illustrations of pieces held in the The two runaways make their dreams come Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. (8+) true; now and then one sees them roaming happily through the woods. The text is 91 pleasing on the one hand for its unsenti- Hauff, Wilhelm (text) mental portrayal of the sad lot of captive Capek, Jindra (illus.) animals and still it offers the most splendid Die Geschichte von Kalif Storch (The story situational comedies which arise from man of Caliph Stork) and animal trying to live together but Zurich: bohem press, 1994. [36pp] having only a limited amount of mutual ISBN 3-85581-271-3 tolerance. Full-sized black-and:white Metamorphosis - Stork - Love - Modern pictures by Reinhard Michl contribute to fairy tale this reading pleasure. (8+) 0 Fairy tales involving metamorphosis are traditionally loved by children. In the tale of Caliph of Bagdad and his Great Vizir Switzerland(German) present themselves her in a new form. The illustrator gives them the unistakeable 90 features of storks and men; he does the Ebert-Schifferer, Sybil le (ed.) same for the magicians who give the Thorbecke, Jan Peter et.al. (text) impetus for the whole plot and are punished Rinf stumme Zeugen betrachten ein for their evilness in the end. Full-page Tonschwein: 7192 Jahre Begegnung im illustrations reflect the splendor of the Museum. Orient and.the expanse of its landscape. The (Five silent witnesses study a clay pig: 7192 generous type-setting is pleasing to the eye, years of encouters in the museum) delicate initial vignettes grace the beginning Bern: Bente li, 1993. 79pp of each chapter. The large-sized book ISBN 3-7165-0873 represents, without being designed at an Art museum unusual expense. Not only in content but This exceptional information book doesn't also in its imagery, an imaginable Oriental German Language ^ world which is by tradition dedicated to and children unexpected, funny and ironical leisure and pleasure. The splendor of the insights into their own world.(6+) pictures upholds the childlike joy of reading and telling stories. The traditional figura- 93 tiveness of the Orient appears at times cari- Schindler, Regine (text) catural, surpassing the textual content of the Jucker, Sita (illus.) story. In this way the frames obtain their Mia, was ist ein Tiip? (Mia, What is a own authenticity, which at once interprets trip?) and depicts the Hauff tale.(6+) Zurich: bohem press, 1994. [32ppj ISBN 3-85581-261-6 Drug abuse - Friendship - Family Sometimes Matthias meets Mia and Puek, ©Special Mention the dog, on his way home from school. Mia 92 is a junkie and one day she cannot conceal Johansen, Hanna (text/illus.) it from Matthias any longer. His parents Ein Maulwurf kommt immer allein (A mole forbid him to see her any longer. Whe he is always a loner) meets her, her condition is already incura- Zurich: Nagel & Kimche, 1994. 118pp ble. The boy takes on a big project: some- ISBN 3-312-00778-x day he will work with drug addicts. Al- Mole - Individualism - Family though it is quite clearly a problem-centered The mole is a typical loner and only feels (picture) book, conceived in cooperation really happy when he is left alone. Hanna with the Swiss Central Agency for Addic- Johansen has made use of this fact to create tion Prevention, the text and illustrations a poetic case for the individualists of this convey an atmosphere of security in Mat- world, wherever they may be hiding. thias's home as well as the vulnerability of a Mother Mole loves her little children, her homeless drug addict. This book provides "closest to her heart little silk worms" as an opportunity for discussion and lets even much as any other concerned mother. The younger children know how dangerous little moles get along together, fight and drugs are, but also that in certain cases battle with one another, become addicts can be cured. (8+) 0 independent. They dig their own tunnels. The little girl mole, much to her own 94 surprise, even tolerates a guest in her wing Tolstoi, Leo (text) of the tunnel once. And soon she builds a Abesinova, Elena (illus.) nest of her own and has her own little Wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? "closes to her heart silk worms" to take care German text: Giese, Maja. of, at least for a while. But the story in this Zurich: Speer, 1994. [36pp] book is not quite so thin. There are the ISBN 3-85916163-6 most marvelous odors in the mole tunnels, Farmer - Greed - Death they are crawling with little bugs and Pachom, the farmer, tries to think of way to insects, "friends" of the moles. That is how purchase more land. He learns about a the life of a mole isfriends are those you region where one can acquire as much land can eat, enemies are those who can eat you. one is able to mark off by walking from The art of storytelling needs few words, just sun-up to sundown. He decides to take up the right ones. Hanna Johansen uses this art this good bargain but overtaxes himself to create new worlds which provide adults with his march around his future land and 15 Romance, Languages dies. The German version of this Russian 96 has been shortened and adapted for Hellings, Colette (text) children. The illustrations contain the Macs, Dominique (illus.) traditional Russian folkart motifs in richly L'oeuvre d'ane (The donkey's opus) detailed and yet grandly playful, humorous (n.p.): Pastel/L'Ecole des loisirs, 1994. and brightly colored variations. Interspersed [28pp] with ironic jabs at the religious practices ISBN 2-211-019-36-6 and everyday life in grand old Russia, there Art appreciation - Humor - Donkey - is a new picture world of men, women, Pegasus - Genius - Painting - Self- angels and animals on each page. discovery Countryside and cities are boxed inside of This humorous picture book deals with a one another, make-believe maps with confused young donkey in his painting cyrillic writing draw attention to studio,, which is empty except for three cans themselves. The illustrator Elena Abesinova of paint. Yet quite unexpectedly he is able lives and works today in Kiev. (6+) 0 to fulfill his painter's ambitions. In the end our donkey perceives himself to be a bud- see4I0 Ni 25 ande26 (Romanial ding genius, covering not only the canvas but also himself with colorful splats of Belgium(French) paint. On wings of joy the pointer flys through the open window, upwards toward the sun. In a simple manner the author and ©Special Mention the illustrator succeed in presenting the creative process with all its ups and down. 95 The reader shares in the artist's joy and Elzbieta (text/illus.) learns along the way quite coincidentally Clown (Clown) something about the theory of colors. Paris: Pastel/L'Ecole des Loisirs, 1994. (5+) 0 [28pp] ISBN 2 211 018 94 Clown - Toy - Dream - Personal Property In his dreams a young boy sees a clown Canada(French) dressed in white against an alternately dark yellow and an orange background. On the 97 right side pages the text describes all the Lavigne, Guy (text) things he owns, on the reverse side it tells Mourir sur fond blanc (Dying on a white what he has lost. He had a pink rose ... it background) was eaten up by a sheep. He had a purple Montreal: La courte echelle, 1994. 150pp pair of pants ... the dog ran away with it. (Roman + 30) He had a nice red nose ... a blackbird ISBN 2-89021-209-2 snatched it off. But when the clown wakes Detective story - Murder - Art - Video film up the next morning he finds all his Those looking for easy-to-read and lively treasures gathered around him. Vivacious entertainment can unhesitatingly pick up and expressive drawings betray the this smoothly written detective story. The illustrator's gentle humor. She has author offers yet another episode in the succeeded in creating an enchanting book successful career of the private eye Joseph for the very young reader. (2+) 4 E. This time there are two mysterious Romance Languages murders, a suspicious policeman, an nighttime attack in a city park, to which attractive woman painter, and a missing Esther is by chance a witness, and ends video cassette. Was it blackmail? Except for with the murder of a member of the group. several funny made-up words, the text is Reading like a slow-motion thriller, this easy to follow. (12+) 0 novel is in reality a refined, masterful literary description of a state of being 98 without delving into the psychological Lienhardt, Jean-Michel (text) background: for these youth there is no way Chat de gouttiere (Roaming cat) out. The author succeeds with his Montreal: Pau lines, 1993. 141pp picturesque sentences in creating an (Jeunesse-pop 90) atmosphere of intensity. (13+) ISBN 2-89420-204-0 Single-parent family - Father/SonFirst love - Runaway ©Special Mention Every since his mother died, Nicholas has 100 lived alone with his father, who often Simard, Rémy (text) comes home drunk. Nicholas is frequently Pratt, Pierre (illus.) left to fend for himself 'and he is not always Mon chien est un éléphant ( My dog is an well-behaved. He is taken in by his petty- elephant) minded aunt Rita, but soon runs away and Willowdale: Annick Press, 1994. [32pp1 fmds shelter in the vacation home of the ISBN 1-55037-979-8 (French ed.) parents of his girlfriend, Aurélie Finally ISBN 1-55037-977-1 (English ed.) his greatest wish can be fulfilled: he is Boy - Elephant - Friendship - Disguise allowed to live with his father again. The Hide-and-Seek - Family Conflict main theme of this book is the father-son Hector takes in an elephant which has esca- relationship. The reader can readily sympa- ped from the zoo and hides it in his room. thize with Nicholas's deeds and misdeeds. To protect his mother from any further sur- Numerous dialogues enliven the text, which prise encounters with the giant animalshe is both entertaining and suspenseful.(11+) faints each time - Hector tries out different disguises for his charge. But all his efforts 99 prove to be unsuitable. In this series of slap- Plante, Raymond (text) stick style surprises which climax in the L'étoile a pleuré rouge (The star cried red mother's fainting spell the reader can even tears) image hearing the thump of her fall. Such Montreal: Boreal, 1994. 16Opp grotesque inventiveness is great fun! (5+) (Boreal Inter 28) 1994 Canadian Governor General's Award ISBN 2-89052-613-5 for Illustration 0 Youth/Gang - Violence/Gang - Murder - Love - Friendship - Prostitution Violence on the streets, violence for France violence's sake among youth pt-ople is the theme running through this story. The 101 author depicts 55 hours in the life of Guts, Begag, Azouz (text) Yannick, Man, Big, their girlfriend Lori Quand on est mort, c'est pour toute la vie and the real hero of the story, Esther. The (Vsrhen you're dead, its for the rest of your story begins with the preparations for a life) I Roinence Languages Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse, 1994. 122pp Eight volumes in this new series "Tales (Page blanche) from Around the World" have already been ISBN 2-07-058425-9 published. The publisher's stated goal is to Lyons - Algeria - France/Immigrant - retain the vividness of the narrative ductus Homelessness - Social power - Social in the printed version. The texts are short injustice - Identity crisis and printed in large type using particularly The first-person narrator of this young adult praiseworthy typography. Pithy sentences novel, Amar, is a writer. He is a "beur," or passages are emphasized in the size and the French name for the second generation boldness of the script. In this volume we of Algerian immigrants. His younger are confronted with seven amazing tales brother, Murad, is shot by a taxi driver which give evidence of the author's bizarre because he cannot pay the fare for the ride humor and the verve of her storytelling. to the airport. Murad had dreamed of flying (8+) to America. The reader sympathizes with Amar's desperation, which leads him to 103 perform irrational acts in attempt to Bouton, Emilie (text) provoke the Lyons police. He wonders Dedieu, Thierry (illus.) whether Murad's death was not prosecuted Attention Mimolette! (Watch out, because he was a "beur." To get some rest Mimolette!) Amad travels again to Algeria, the land in Paris: Albin Michel Jeunesse, 1994. POppJ which he was not born and has not seen for ISBN 2-226-06053-7 thirteen years. Finding everthing completely Mouse - Household/Danger - Adventure changed, he hastily leaves his family A little mouse still in green diapers escapes village. In an adventure-filled return trip by from the confines of its parents' home and bus through the desert, he is a powerless embarks on a series of adventures in the witness to the undercurrent political fighting human household. Hunting for delicacies it that is destroying the land. Police and spies lands in all kinds of calamities. These are are omnipresent. But nothing happens to portrayed from imposing perspectives on him, the rich "beur." Amar observes the generously painted, brightly colored acrylic contradictions in this country, its inner pictures. The text, written in the style of conflicts. He would like to help, but feels children's rhymes, draws attention to the that he doesn't fit in there. (14+) -4 dangers to which Minolette has exposed Prix Cercle d'Or Livres Hebdo 1994 herself. In this picture book the author and illustrator succeed in warning children of 102 the dangers which are lurking in every Bloch, Muriel (text) household in an original, humorous Tjoyas, Alexios (illus.) manner. (4+) 0 La femme-jardin et autres contes extravagants 104 (The Garden Woman and Other Eccentric Brisou-Pellen, Evelyne (text) Tales) Besse, Christophe (illus.) Paris: Syros, 1994. I24pp Le Vrai prince Thibault (Paroles de conteurs) (The true Prince Thibault) ISBN 2-841-46057-6 Paris: Rageot, 1994. 89pp Story-telling - Fairy tales/Anthology - Love (Cascade) - Feminism ISBN 2-7002-2124-9 '371103 ! Romance Languages King/Right of succession - Friendship - Steimetz, Rimbaud's correspondence, and Mix-up above all on the inspiration the author Who is the.true son of the king? What received from his poetry. The result is an might be the onset of a tragedy is presented exceptionally lively portrayal of the here as an amusing fairy tale. Thibault is psychological and literary development of the son of the king; the same-aged the young Rimbaud in the midst of an Guillaume is the son of the king's servant, impoverished, bigotted and strict mother whose wife is also Thibault's wet-nurse. and three siblings in a gloomy provincial When she dies, no one else is able to tell the dump. The brilliant model pupil turns into a two infants apart. The two boys grow up rebellious, restless poet, possessed by his together, become inseperable companions, work and intentionally giving himself off as and even call themselves Thillaume and a good-for-nothing. With his teacher, Guibault. The king and all his court waver George Izambard, with whom he shares a between the wish to finally get to the truth deep bond of friendship, Rimbaud is and the acceptance of an insolvable situa- confronted with new Republican ideals. tion. Since every lead proves to be an illu- Attempting to flee the narrowness of his sion, there are many hilarious mix-ups and surroundings, Rimbaud's initially even malicious intrigues. But the heart and unsuccessful escapades finally lead him to mind are stronger. The two successors his idolized Verlaine. Rimbaud dreams of a share the royal crown. This entertaining and colorful bird of paradise he calls "Baou", easy-to-read tale conceals a more serious which inspires him to compose his poems. core questionhow to determine the ge- Each of "Baou's" sudden "appearances" is nuine successor? In the appendix the author cleverly used by the author as a symbol of lists some historical examples.(10+ ) Rimbaud's talent. A novel-like biography Prix Tam-Tam 1994 J'aime lireJe which undoubtedly brings us nearer to the bouquine, Salon du Livre de Jeunesse "mystery" of Rimbaud. (13+) 105 106 Cohen-Scali, Sarah (text) Dedieu, Thierry (text/illus.) Mallart, Bruno (illus.) Yakouba (Proper name) Arthur Rimbaud, le voleur de feu Paris: Seuil Jeunesse, 1994. [32 pp] (Arthur Rimbaud, The Fire Thief) ISBN 2-02-021478-4 Paris: Hachette Jeunesse, 1994. 286pp Africa - Initiation - Lion hunt - Test of Pyre de poche jeunesse 491) Courage - Peace Pedagogy - Non-violence ISBN 2-0I-321023-X - Self-discovery Belgium - Rimbaud, Arthur (1854- Powerful, almost frightening black-and- 1891)/Childhood/Biography - white illustrations depict the story of Entwicklungsroman Yakouba, a young African boy, who has Those who are interested in this French the courage to resist the cruel tradition of poet will enjoy the biography of his his tribe. When the lion, whom he is to kill childhood and youthful years. With much as the test of courage during his rate of love and persistence Sarah Cohen-Scali initiation, begs him to be merciful, delved into his first years in Charleville, a Yakouba grants his wish. He is thus faced poor small town in the Ardennes near the with the social contempt of his people. As border of France. This novel is based on punishment he is appointed to a passive post the Rimbaud biography by Jean-Luc as the guardian of the village herd. Romance Languages Yakouba has proven his courage in a the Game to Experience the Myth) different manner, by making a decision on Paris: Ipomée / Albin Michel, 1944. [54pp] his own and he receives a different kind of + Gameboard reward. From that time onward, the herd is ISBN 2-226-05472-3 never again attacked by any lion. Greece (Antiquity)Mythology - Theseus - Yakouba's courage of self-responsibility Labyrinth - Game of dice - Didactics and non-violence were of benefit to the Encased in an unusual binding are the entire village. (7+) boardgame "Jeu de l'oie", a game of simpleton which purportedly traces back to 107 the Greeks, and a book which presents the Delval, Jacques (text) life of Theseus. The attractively designed Salut bahut! (So long, old school!) book, whose verse text is printed on pale- Paris: Castor Poche Flammarion, 1994. grey paper and laid out in a way which 195pp lends itself to reading aloud, functions as (Castor Poche Senior 445) well as the rules of the game. Each field of ISBN 2-08-162294-7 the game board corresponds to a section of Trade school - Social inequality - the book and an event in the life of Generation conflict - Theft - Friendship - Theseus. The game is laid out in a Teacher - Solidarity - Lovesickness labyrinth. This is an original idea of Everyday life in the last year of a trade acquainting children in a playful way with training school in a suburb of Paris forms an episode of Greek mythology. (12+) the background of this story. The pupils are bored, have no goal, are easily seducible. The parents are unsympathetic. The unexperienced young teacher Bancourt, © Special Mention who actually had higher ambitions, stands 109 helplessly in front of his first class. Yet he Gaussen, Dominique (text) succeeds in getting the class on his side. He Francois ler & les Châteaux 'de la Loire befriends Jed, who like him is searching for (Francis I & the Loire castles) an identity. Jed becomes involved in a case With illus. of car theft,'for which not he but his Paris: Mango, 1994. 96pp classmate Diellez is guilty. This easy-to-read (Regard d "aujourd hui) novel ends with a glimpse of hope when ISBN 2-7404-0359-3 Brancourt and Jed together attend to Francis 1 of France - Loire/Castles - Royal Diellez. The author, himself a teacher for Court - France/Everyday life 1494-1547 many years, has a special talent for The author and successful advertising conveying the school atmosphere, poised expert, Dominique Gaussen, has taken between indifference and discipline, and the Voltaire's motto that all types of things are varying attitudes of the teachers. (13+) good except the boring ones, and proven its 0 truth. Thanks to his humorful inventiveness we are given a well-paced and diversified 108 glimpse into the life of the French king, life Féraud, Dominique-Jacqueline at the royal court, and the origins of the (text/illus.) Loire castles. Gaussen cleverly embeds it Le Fil d'Ariane ou Jouer le Jeu pour Vivre into the social and historical context of the le Mythe (The Ariadne Thread or Playing' Renaissance. This illustrated informative Romance Languages book is designed as a stimulating piece of arrival of Jewish refugees and the journalism and owes much to modern precarious daily life in Palestine are most techniques of advertizing. Divided into impressive. (12+) -.(> numerous short, very different chapters, the eye-catching headlines, the combination of 111 old documents, photomontage, and La Fontaine, Jean de (text) contemporary caricatures awakens the Fables (Fables) reader's curiosity. This very new style of With illus. disseminating knowledge matches the times Paris: Albin Michel, 1994. 66pp best of all. (12+) ISBN 2-226-07042-7 Prix Cercle d 'Or Livres Hebdo 1994 Fables - Animal/Fable This year is the 300th anniversary of the 110 writer Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). In Gutman, Claude (text) commemoration, Albin Michel has issued Rue de Paris (A Street in Paris) this splendid large-sized volume of fables. Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse, 1994. 187pp Thirty well-known children's book (Page blanche) illustrators and comic artists from France ISBN 2-07-058265 -5 and also from other countries were Paris/World War 11 - Jews/Persecution - commissioned to contribute illustrations. Homelessness - Palestine - Emigration - Whether traditional or idiosyncratic, their Search for identity interpretations are extremely stimulating This is the last volume of a trilogy about the and awaken the well-known teachings of fate of Jews in France during the Second morality and cleverness to new life. The World War. David is filled with the desire final two pages are particularly humorous. for revenge when he learns the fate of his The artists have written and drawn their parents at the end of the war. He leaves own biographical sketches. This volume Paris and the people who had given him a will please both young and old; a must for home. Searching for a new meaning to his every library collection. (7+) life, he takes care of Jewish orphans, falls in love with Sarah, and follows her to 112 Palestine on an adventure-filled crossing of Pennart, Geoffroy de (text/illus.) Mediterranean by ship. But Palestine is still Le loup est revenu! (The wolf has under British control. He experiences the returned!) hard and anonymous life in the refugee Paris: Kaleidoscope, 1994. [34pp] camps and kibbutz, the struggles against the ISBN 2-87767-121-6 occupying powers. In short, clipped Rabbit - Wolf - Fear - Fairy tale/Spoof - sentences he tells of his berreavement, his Animal tale anger, his sense of being lost, his inner The wolf has returned! Upon receiving this vacuum. But he is drawn into the tumultous treatening piece of news, various well- events around him. His love of literature, known figures of classic fairy tales seek his feelings for the totally committed refuge in the rabbit's homL. In a reversal of Zionisten Sara, the solidarity of the the usual course of events, the Seven Billy comrades are highlights in the struggle Goats, Little Red Riding Hood, and the for survival. In a final identity crisis, he Three Little Pigs, among others, arrive. decides to return to France. Claude Gutman The very last guest is the bad wolf himself. grew up in Israel; his descriptions of the But all turns out harmoniously with a .:1ti Romance Languages common vegetarian feast. To top it all off, ISBN 2-211-027-741 the wolf tells them scary wolf stories. It Cat - Father/Conflict - Adventure - makes merry reading for young and old to Nighttime - First love follow these funny episodes of fairy tale Even in cat families the day comes when the spoofmg. (4+) 0 youngest offspring goes out at night alone. Prix Saint-Exupery 1994Valeurs Jeunesse The worried father follows his son secretly and intervenes discretely and unrecognized 113 whenever danger arises. Breathlessly the Pernin, Muriel (text) reader follows Groucho's first adventures in Wintz, Nicolas (illus.) the darkened city, which the illustrator has Famine: l'arme des tyrans (Famine: The masterly staged in a series of pictures. The weapon of tyrants) nighttime scenery, the slanted rooftops, the Paris: Syros, 1994. 134 pp. motionless statues, the threatening shadows (J'accuse..!) are impressive. On secret corners, on the State/Misuse of power - Oppression - large square, there is an active nightlife for Famine - Ukraine/History 1931-33 - cats. All the cat protagonists are attired in Kosovo/History 1993 - Traveller's journal clothing and endowed with the human This is one of the first titles in a new, characteristics. Groucho has a happy and a daring and elegantly designed series -dangerous encounter. The next night he focussing on human rights. The name of the goes out again. In this humorous and well- series is taken from Zola's famous outcry drawn picture book Pommaux succeeds "J'accuse!" in the French press on January once again in transposing general human 13, 1898. Its principle is simple. Two experience to the animal world. (5+) 0 stories frame an extensive documentary Selection Livriinages 1994 middle section. In this case, the lust historical report deals_ with the events in the Ukraine during a great famine in 1933, Switzerland(French) which was precipitated by the Soviet Union to gain access to power. The author draws on documents and eye-witness accounts of © Special Mention refugees in France and survivors in the 115 Ukraine. The second historical report is a Bine, Corinna (text) diary of a humanitarian aid project in Hainard, Robert (illus.) Kosovo in 1993. Because the author Le mystere du monstre succeeds in maintain a distance to the events (The mysterious monster) being described, the reader is able to deal Geneve: La Joie de lire, 1994. 134pp1 with the gruesome suffering in an objective ISBN 2-88258-044-4 manner. The elegant design of the volume Wallis/Monster - Wolf hunt - Media contrasts with its content and weakens its In dialogue with her two little children, a effect to some extent. (15+) mother tells about the tragicomic events which came to pass in the highest village in 114 the canton of Wallis. An unidentifiable Pommaux (text/illus.) monster began to terrorize the inhabitants, Une nuit, un chat... stealing sheep and chickens night after (A night, a cat ...) night. The case become more and more Paris: L Ecole des loisirs, 1994. 130ppl widely known, a public disgrace, but no ' Romance Languages solution was founduntil by chance months Peace/Pedagogy - Right-wing radicalism later a large wolf was shot. The story is so Well-known in France for his humorous lively written that it really seems authentic. books, the author-illustrator Pef ventures to The personalities in this small community in take on a serious subject, a treatment of his the mountains are superbly characterized, childhood memories during and the ups and downs of hope and error make immediately after the Second World War. the reader smile. With the help of the pencil Somewhere in France there is a boy named drawings and colored prints of the well- Adolf who bears a fatal resemblance to a known Swiss animal artist Hainard the historical figure. His easy-going parents publisher has succeeded in creating a minor have no time for him. He leaves home and work of art. (8+) goes alone into the woods where he meets a group of Neonazis having a wild party and 116 a woman who survived the concentration Chaillot, Nicole (text) camps. Both encounters are nearly fatal. With illus. chosen by Agnes Rosenstiehl Only when the old woman has explained to Europe est une femme ( Europe is a him the historical background does he begin Woman) to understand. This parable of the Paris / Geneve: La Nacelle, 1994. 57pp unreliability of memory, misleading (Musée lmaginaire) appearances, and the necessity of passing on ISBN 2-88393-028-7 historical knowledge is consternating and Art appreciation.- Art history - Painting - folting. The narrative seems to be Cultural history - Feminism fragmented, and little Hitler is a In this nonfiction picture book numerous tragicomical figure. Nonetheless, or portraits and pictures by famous artists from precisely therefore, it is a book which has a several centuries, citations from the works feeling of immediacyenhanced by the of famous writers and philosophers from style of the illustrationsand forms an the Roman times up to today document the important addition to the literature on this role which women have been relegated by subject. (9+) men in society and in the arts. Two children, a boy and a girl, discover page after page the passive role of the woman, Tunisia who is supposed to be young and beautiful, and the prejudices under which women 118 suffered in past epochs. The lovely, Pierre, Bernard (text) meticulously laid-out book is not only an Courmont, Isabelle (illus.) interesting work on cultural history but also Mille et un Nil (A thousand and one Niles) a history of women's liberation. Its unusual Tunis: Alit; les Editions de la Méditerranee perspective deserves particular attention. / n.p.: Hatier, 1993. [lOppl (11+) ISBN 2-218-06968-7 Nile River/History 322 B.C. - 1990 A.D. - 117 'Nile River/Flora and Fauna Pef (text/illus.) The Alif publishing house, renown for its Je m'appelle Adolphe (My Name is Adolf) interesting picture and illustrated nonfiction Paris / Geneve: La Nacelle, 1994. [42ppj books has been collaborating for several ISBN 2-88393-025-2 years with the Paris publisher Hatier to National Socialism - Hitler, Adolf produce elaborate pop-up books dealing 1, Romance Languages with the Mediterranean region. Each book (Le fiabe fantastiche di Pinin Carpi; 6) is a success not only aesthetically, but also ISBN 88-09-20500-6 as a source of scientifically sound Ghost - Spirits - Vampires information. This most recent volume A ghost which is afraid of other ghosts and provides a many-facetted overview of the a librarian who collects them. Very spooky, historical and geographical significance of creepy and strange events take place in the Nile. Even smaller children can become Pinin Carpi's tales. Vampires and ghosts in acquainted with the rich animal and plant classical fluttering garb inhabit gloomy kingdom, the highly diversified landscape. castles and vacant houses. But these eight Older children will profit from the highly tales are none too scary; they are no so informative text. (5+) much suited to causing fright as to creating laughs. This large-sized book is Italy accompanied by numerous colored illustrations. Some of the tales were illustrated by the author himself. 119 Alberti, Rossella (text/illus.) 121 Racconti dal Camenin (Tales from Lazzarato, Francesca (text) Cameroon) Pasian di Prato: Campanotto, 1994. I73pp Costa, Nicoletta (illus.) L'esilio di re Salomone : storie, leggende e (Campanotto Narrativa; 40) fiabe della tradizione ebraica no ISBN (King Solomon's banishment: Stories, Cameroon/Fairy tales - Cameroon/Fables legends and tales from the Jewish tradition) Due to its multifacetted environment and Milano: Mondadori, 1994. 8Opp heterogeneous population, Cameroon is also (Fiabe Junior; 8) known as "little Africa." It also has a ISBN 88-04-37722-4 literature based on a rich, oral tradition. Fairy tales, fables Enid stories from this Jews/Tales These short, sometimes anecdotal tales, corpus have been gathered together here by legends and stories on a variety of themes Rose Ila Alberti and arranged in capitals are derived from the rich Jewish storytelling subsumed under different animals. The last tradition. Nicoletta Costa has contributed chapter deals with human stories. Quite simple and happy, at times poetic understandably, typical African animals illustrations. An appendix contains concise (turtles, hyenas) play major roles but as in details of the history, cultural tradition and other cultures they embody certain basic current situation of Jews all around the archetypes (e.g. good and evil) and behaviors. (8+) 4 world. Among the volumes already published in this paperback series, which was initiated to acquaint young readers with 120 tales of many different cultures, are also, Carpi, Pinin (text/illus.) for example, tales from Senegal, the Marilena Rescaldani (illus.) Philippines, etc. (9+) 4 II fantasma che aveva paura dei fantasmi : e altre storie da ridere per la paura , (The ghost who wasafraid of ghosts and other stories to laugh at when afraid) Firenze: Giunti, 1994. 94PP 43 :;;.. I Romance Languages ISBN 88-04-38986-9 ©Special Mention Sardinia/History 1950s/Everyday life - 122 Small town - Puberty/Girl - Family Panini, Giorgio P. (text) Together with her mother and little sister, Atlante di Mitologia eleven-year-old Diana goes to live with her (Atlas of Mythology) grandfather, a strange, affluent cinema With illus. owner in Sardinia. The novel depicts life in Milano: Mondadori, 1994. I28pp a small Italian town and the everyday life of ISBN 88-04-38977-X a teenager and her three girlfriends (who Mythology - Legend the reader already encountered in Ascolta ii This illustrated volume takes an mio cuore), who are in the midst of unaccustomed glimpse at the mythology of puberty, and their idolization of American various cultures and epochs by placing the film stars. Above all this is a tale about Italy mythological figuresthe heroesin the in the 1950s: "Even refrigerators were seen foreground. Two aspects of this work make as a real rarity. There were no it especially attractive: first, the term supermarkets, no hamburgers, neither Coca "myth" is interpreted so broadly that no Cola, nor disposable diapers or frozen only classic, e.g. Greek or Germanic, foods" The author's talent lays in very apt myths are included, but also new, literary descriptions with a distinctive choice of ones, such as the heart-breaker Don words in a dynamic and humorous style. Giovanni. (It would have made sense to The well-known illustrator Quentin Blake include still-living myths of our modern has contributed congenial black-and-white society such as film stars). Secondly, the wash illustrations. (12+) author has dispensed with a geographic or chronological order and instead arranged 124 the figures of various origins together by Quarzo, Guido (text) theme or motif. This creates quite Fatus, Sophie (illus.) surprising cross-sections and allows Zampe di gallina interesting comparisons. For example, (Chicken feet) Achilles is to be found alongside Siegfried Firenze: Fatatrac, 1994. 64pp in the group of "the vulnerable;" and ISBN 88-86228-25-2 among the group of "those born in an Old Woman/Chikl - Chicken - Imagination unusual manner" one finds Orion and also - Storytelling Pinocchio. The volume is richly illustrated In an old fairy taleso the book begins with pictures of art works, famous book deep in the woods there is a hut standing on illustrations, or scenes from films. Picture chicken feet and in it lives a witch who eats symbols make it easy for the reader to people as if they were chickens. But in this associate a figure with its origin. (14+) + book there is a little house amidst the tall buildings and the loud traffic of a big city. While all the adults rush by blindly and 123 have no idea that thia houae ex;sts, the Pitzorno, Bianca (text) children ask what it is doing there. One day Blake, Quentin (illus.) curious little Ulisse enters the house and Diana Cupido e il Commendatore makes friends with its occupants, a talking (Diana, Cupid and the Commander) chicken and an old peculiar woman who Milano: Mondadori, 1994. 300pp can tell stories particulary well. And that is 44 1A.051 Rorhance Lahguages what the book, with its imaginative, Latin America: brightly colored illustrations, is all about: stories and storytelling, the unlimited possibilities of the imagination. (6+) Argentina(Spanish) 126 Italy(Ladin) Montes, Gracie la (text) Roldán, Gustavo (illus.) 125 Venancio vuela bajito (Venancio flies too Rossi, Hugo de (text) low) D'Este, Alessandra (illus.) Buenos Aires: AZ editora, 1994. [16pp] Chiocchetti, Fabio (transL) (serie del boleto) La ziriola de Saslonch ISBN 950-534-241-1 (The Nightingale of Sas long) Dog - Flying Vich/Vigo di Fassa: Istitut Cultural Ladin, "It's not true that dogs cannot fly. They just 1994. 128ppl like to fly quite low." So begins the story of (Conta Conties; 19) the dog Venancio who learns to fly and to ISBN 88-86053-08-8 everyone's astonishment whizzes through Fairy taleataly/LadinPrincess - the airfor instance, to the butcher's shop Metamorphosis - NightingaleKnight - two streets away. But in time protests grow Lovesickness - Unrequited Love - Death louder because the rather plump Venancio A knight falls in love with a nightingalein reveals himself to be a notorious low-flyer reality a princess who possesses the power who reeks all kinds of havor, such as of metamorphosis. The knight senses that landing in Professor Gutierrez' potato something else is hiding within the bird, but casserole. Finally he must put an end to his because the princess does not reveal herself excursions, though he is allowed to to him, his longings remain unfulfilled and continue his aerial arts at home. This he dies of lovesickness. Upon his death the curious story is full of witty charm and princess loses her ability to change back bizarre eccentric events. Equally original into her human form. Hugo de Rossi, who are the water-color illustrations, a mixture did much to preserve the Ladin cultural of comic art and the wild colorfulness of heritage, wrote down this old tale in children's paintings. (3+) German at the turn of the century. The Ladin translation is graced with colored, 127 naive illustrations by Alessandra d'Este. Shua, Ana Maria (text) The publisher of this series, the Institute Dias Costa, Mariza (illus.) Cultural Ladin, has set itself the task of Cuentos Judios con Fantasmas & Demonios translating well-known and lesser-known (Jewish tales of ghosts and demons) tales and stories into the minority language Buenos Aires: Shalom, 1994. I68pp of Ladin, thus making them available to a no ISBN broader readership. (4-1-) Jews/Mythology - Fantasy In writing the eight tales in this collection C- books whose content is found contribute to an Ana Maria Shua let herself be inspired by international understanding among cultures and peoples stories, themes, motifs and characters from 0 books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless the rich Jewish oral tradition, such as the complex and high-interest topics legendary and mysterious figures of the Romance Languages Go lem or the Baalshem. On the basis of 129 familiar folktales she has created new fan- Rangel, Paulo (text) tasy tales in order to emphasize what is un- Moura, Ereilia (illus.) usual and particularly Jewish about them. As uvas do Marengo : Memórias de um Various ghosts and demons are first intro- menino bem comportado duced in a foreword and at the end of each (The grapes of Marengo: the memoir of a tale, the author gives the details of the ori- well-mannered boy) gin and history of the content. An unusual Belo Horizonte: Le, 1993. I48pp book which introduces the reader to an (Transalivre; 15) unfamiliar, fascinating world. (12+) 4 no ISBN Brazil/Childhood/Boy - Memoir/Boy Brazil(Portuguese) A nine-year-old boy wants more than anything else to be allowed to spend a day at Chacara de Marengo. Actually nothing ©Special Mention more than a resort for day excursions, he 128 imagines it to be more tempting than Lago, Angela (illus.) paradise. Under the provision that he and Cena de rua (Street scene) his brothers not get into too much trouble, the father, a very busy gynaecologist, Belo Horizonte: RHJ, 1994. [281)14 agrees to fulfill this dream. In retrospect the ISBN 85-7153-067-X nearly grown-up narrator depicts the often Latin America - City - Homeless Child - comical efforts the boys made to meet the Poverty - Ostracization - Outsider father's requirement. But in the end it is all This wordless picture book shows scenes of in vain. Chacara de Marengo remains an everday life of a street boy caught up in the unfulfilled childhood dream. Paulo Rangel vicious circle of poverty, hunger and theft, succeeds in giving a very vivid description between the cars in the heavy traffic of a of family life through his witty narrative big city where he scrapes a living as a and to-the-point portrayal of the streetside seller. Though he appears to be in catastrophes in everyday life. (14+) close contact with people, passersby react to him with fear and aggressively reject him. His yearning for security remains Mexico(Spanish) unfulfilled. The oppressive scenes on the black-bordered double-page spreads are 130 bathed in an artificial light. The flat, glaring Libura, Krystyna / Claudia Burr / Maria colors elucidate the aggressive, threatening Cristina Urrutia (text) atmosphere of the big city. Unusual De lo que contaron al fraile perspectives underline the confinement and (What they told the monk) the chaos, everything is in motion, there is Mexico: Tecolote: SEP, 1994. [32pp] nothing offering him support or protection. (Colección Ya vercis) In this book Angela Lago shows a ISBN 968-738I-06-X completely new side of her many-facetted Mexico/History - Aztecs talent. The Brasilian illustrator has already The series "ColecciOn Ya veils" offers won several international prizes. In 1994 glimpses into various epochs and events in she was the Brazilian nominee for the Hans Mexican history. The editors and authors Christian Andersen Prize. (6+) have turned to historical texts and pictures 11 76 ii'omànce Languaies from the respective periods in order to 132 make their portrayals as authentic as Torrado, AntOnio (text) possible., In this volume Aztec society is Melo, Angela (illus.) depicted on the basis of Historia general de 0 mercador de coisa nenhuma (The las cosas de Nueva Espafia by Bernardo de merchant who sold Nothing) SahagOn. The book's content of short, Porto: Civilizacdo, 1994. 41pp adapted texts from the original, ISBN 972-26-1034-1 accompanied by illustrations from the Short Stories/Portuguese - Fairy Codex Florentinus. As in the other volumes Tale/Portugal/Anthology of the series, only some of the historical Anthology of seven short texts. Lyrical highlights can be presented, but an stories like the fairy tale of the merchant interested reader will be stimulated in any who sells sparkling water drops, colored case to find out more about the subject. grains of sand and other seemingly useless (10+) "goods"; or amazing stories like the tale of the bicycle rider who went for a ride in the Portugal sky one day. The narrative structure and language of this prose are striking for sim- plicity and clarity, creating a particularly 131 fascinating contrast to the unusual, some- Duc la Soares, Luisa (text) times enigmatic content. Each story is intro- Bacelar, Manucla (illus.) duced with an illustration: pastel-colored, Os ovos misteriosos (The mysterious eggs) equally enigmatic pictures with surrealistic Porto: Afrontamento, 1994. [36ppl elements done in a mixed technique of wa- ISBN 972-36-0338-1 ter-color and line drawing. This book is Chicken - Egg - Nature - Difference - part of a new series which includes both Friendship traditional and newer fairy tales and stories, A chicken escapes into the woods one day all (re-) told by Antonio Torrado. Each and is greatly surprised one day to find volume is illustrated by several, in part very several peculiar eggs in her nest. But she well-known Portuguese illustrators. (9+) broods over them all and one by one the new "children" are hatched: a crocodile, an ostrich, a parrot, and a snake. Though due Spain(Spanish) to their own respective characteristics this brood is not exactly easy to care for, she raises them with loving care. This proves to © Special Mention be a blessing when her own little chick gets 133 into danger. Told in simple words, this text Caiiizo, José Antonio del makes an ingenious case for respecting iCanalla, traidor, morirtis! (Scoundrel, differences between living creatures, as well traitor, you will die!) as for friendship and helpfulness. The idea Madrid: SM, 1994. 106pp of colorful diversity is given expression in (El Barco de Vapor / Serie Roja; 77) the lively, colored illustrations. (4+) 0 ISBN 84-348-4336-3 School holiday - Village - Spanish Civil War/Post-war The narrator recalls a summer in a village in the Castilian mountains where he spent koniance Languages his school holidays as a childabove all dissolve in the end when a real-life reading exciting comic books, playing shepherdess stands before the castle one Indians or gazing at the starry heavens at day, bringing him back to reality and night. These are also the Franco years of providing him with a happy-end. The law-and-order, just after the end of the humorous and at the same time poetic fairy Spanish Civil War. So it was no wonder tale is told in a simple voice. The text is that a citation from a comic ("Scoundrel, aptly accompanied by numerous comic-like, traitor, you will die") thoughtlessly delicately colored drawings. (6+) scribbled on a stone sets off a considerable upery, which ends sadly with the 135 imprisonment of a solitary former Gisbert, Joan Manuel Republican soldier who had been hiding in Los espejos venecianos (The one-way the mountains. José Antonio del Cailizo mirrors) succeeds in portraying the various moods Zaragoza: Edelvives, 1994. 135pp and sides of character in the young boy in a (Suefios de papel; 1) lively and discriminating manner: child-like ISBN 84-263-2734-6 curiosity and joy of adventure, fear of Padua/History 1792 - Student - Palace - choleric adults, a sense of justice, guilt Phantom - Superstition - Science feelings and a powerless sadness over the This novel is set in 1792 in the Italian loss of a barely known human being. This university town of Padua. A young student is a wonderful storyenthralling, full of of history, Giovanni, discovers a palace in ideas, humane, sometimes serious, but ruins which is the object of dark legends. without pathos and, despite the subject, on Mysterious events occur, persons appear the whole quite witty, light and humorous. and disappear, old documents provide (12+) coded clues. With sharp intelligence and the aid of covert helpers, Giovanni succeeds in 134 discovering the secret of the ancient Estrada, Rafael (text) building. Well known for his fantastic tales, Gabán, Jesus (illus.) which often have historical backgrounds, El rey Solito (King Allalone) Gisbert combines here the elements of Madrid: SM, 1994. 64pp historical fiction, mystery and ghost stories. (El Barco de Vapor / Serie Blanca; 56) He is clever at leading his protagonistsand ISBN 84-348-4354-4 readersastray. The dicisive question here King - Loneliness - Self-suggestion - what is real, what is imaginaryis Roleplaying answered only at the very end. A thrilling, When everone deserts a kingdom befallen entertaining and masterly told story. (12+) by poverty, only little King "Allalone" remains behind. Out of loneliness and 136 boredom he takes on a variety of roles: he Lindo, Elvira (text) becomes the horn-blower or the servant and Urberuaga, Emilio (illus.) even conducts war against himself, trying Manolito Gafotas (Manolito Four-eyes) "at least to kill time." His longing for (Manolito Brillenschlange) human company becomes ever stronger and Madrid: Alfaguara, 1994. 136pp along with it his ability for self-deception. ISBN 84-204-485,6-7 Finally he even takes himself in marriage Madrid - Family/Boy - School - Everyday just to be no longer so alone. His illusions life/Metropolis :11. 48 Rornance Lansuages Manolito Gafotas, a clever youth living in a Spain (Catalan) not so posh suburb of Madrid, has an energetic mother, an eccentric grandfather, 138 good friends, a little brother he calls Alcoberro, Agusti "Imbecile", an overworked school Procés a Anna Boixadors psychologist and, above all, lots of things to (The Trial of Anna Boixadors) tell about. He passes through life with his Barcelona: Cruilla, 1993. 95pp eyes and ears wide open, snapping up (Gran Angular; 55) words adults use and endowing them with ISBN 84-7629-797-1 his own meaning, telling the reader about Catalan/History 1617Superstition - his experiences and thoughts as best he can. Witch-hunting With staggering logic and a dry humor he Rampant superstition, hysteria fomented by depicts the various episodes of his daily life professional witch-hunters and the search in a style reminiscent of Goscinny's "Little for scapegoats in 17th century Europe Nick." With Manolito Gafotas, the hero of spread also into Catalan villages. This is the a favorite Spanish radio program since fictitious story of the trial of the old Anna 1987, the reader learns in an entertaining Boixador as told from the perspective of a manner much about a child's life in a young man who, inspite of his own initial Spanish metropolis. (12+) prejudices, sympathizes with the accused. In crass contrast to the personal narrative are 137 the scattered excerpts of the similarly Xirinacs, Olga (text) fictitious minutes of the trial. The dry style Balzola, Asun (illus.) of the proceedings makes visible in an El arbol de mi patio uneasy manner the unstoppable course of (The tree in my courtyard) the wheels of justice and the business-like Barcelona: Edebe, 1994. 32pp atrocity of the persecutors and tormentors. (tren azul; 16) (14+) ISBN 84-236-3391-8 Tree/Anecdote 139 Chestnut tree, laural tree, weeping willow, Janer Manila, Gabriel (adapt.) etc.: each of Olga Xirinacs' short, imagi- Montserrat, Pep (illus.) native pieces focuses on a representative of Aixb era un gegant (That was a giant) a particular tree species. These "protago- Barcelona: La Galera, 1994. [36pp] nists" are living beings just like people or (el sac de la Galera / sac de gegants; 1) animals, they have souls, and quite unspec- ISBN 84-246-4205-8 tacular experiences, which prompt the Spain/Catalan/Fairy Tale - Giant - reader to think about our "neighbor," the Gargantua 49ZAI, G Scandinavian Languages well-known themes such as the Catalan Kobenhavn: Forum, 1994. 24pp version of Rapunzel or, in this volume, a (Musa bogerne) retelling of Gargantua. A short postscript ISBN 87-553-2108-9 gives the source and history of the motif as Islam - Christianity - Eating habits it is found in different forms in various Foreigner - Tolerance countries. Its unusual design gives this new In this short tale for beginning readers series a characteristic image and offers about the Moslem child Musa and his considerable reading pleasure. 6+ concern that there may be pork in his hamburger, children are shown how to 140 tolerate religious practices of other cultures Luna, Marta (ed.) without having to approve them ("We too Losantos, Cristina (illus.) have a God," says Susi. "He doesn't get Canconer de Nadal (Christmas carol book) involved in our choice of food.") The Barcelona: La Galera, 1994. [28pp] attractive black-and-white drawings, though (la Galera popular; 16) making up a great portion of the book, are ISBN 84-246-1436-4 subordinate to the text. (6-8) Christmas Carols/Catalan/Anthology Each double-page spread of this volume 142 presents a traditional Catalan Christmas Nielsen, Erik Hjorth (ttxt/illus.) carol. On the left side the verses, on the Gun leg Ormstunge right side the illustrations pen-and-wash (Gunloeg the dragonchild) drawings which give a humorous Hillerod: Alma, 1994. [32pp] interpretation of the text by means of witty ISBN 87-7243-156-3 associations with modern times. The book Iceland/Legend - Vikings/History 1000 invites the reader to read and look, but also Nielsen relates here an episode from the to sing and make music, since the two-part Icelandic legends, a drama-filled love story, songs are reprinted in the appendix with of course, and richly illustrates it with music and guitar chorts. What makes this large, dramatic picture, which inspite of the small collection so unusual is the way in more impresive colored chalk technique which it presents Christmas customes which endeavors to be historically and are otherwise so often introduced in an geographically precise. Since interest in the unimaginative and traditional manner. The romanticism of the Vikings remains series "la Galera" received an honorable consistently high among younger book- mention for the Premio Grafico at the 1994 lovers, spurred on by countless fantasy Bologna Children's Book Fair. (4+) stories which uninhibitedly make use of the Nordic Middle Ages, readers will be well- Sandinavian Languages served with this novel's suspense and authentic local color. (8-10) 0 Denmark 143 Vizki, Morti (text) 141 Champfleury, Alice de Jensen, Jorn (text) Kiko den syngende hund Raagaard, Kirsten (illus.) (Kiko, the singing dog) Spis din burger, Musa! Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1994. 132ppl (Eat your hamburger, Musa!) ISBN 87-14-19233-0 50 -Scandinavian, 4 Languages _ Dog - Singer 51! 1,),) (") 40: Scandinavian Lanrniages background and the often brutal manner authentic landscape of these fairy tale-like (even to the point of a rape victim killing episodes. (6-10) 4 the perpetrator) in which youthful self-as- sertiveness and egoism finds expression. 148 With this second novel Koch makes a fur- Jacobsen, Miki (reteller) ther contribution to that young adult lite- Olsen, Rosing (illus.) rature by authors who do not address their Kaassassuk (Proper name) audience out of pedagogical motivation, but Kobenhavn: Atuakkiorfik, 1994. 36pp because they hope to find the greatest ap- ISBN 87-558-0953-7 preciation for their kind of literary endea- Fairy tales/Greenland vors. (15+) Already made known to the German- speaking reader in an anthology by Lisa Greenland Tetzner, the grotesque tale of the poor ugly orphan boy Kaassassuk, who is teased by his playmates, but helps his foster parents 10Special Mention by way of his extraordinary strength is available here in the original version. The 147 naive realistic illustrations of the Greenland Maqe, Elisa (reteller) artist give animpressive portrayal of the Rosing, Jens (illus.) scenes of the tale set in an authentic, pre- Tunumiit mersertini oqalittuaat (East industrial Greenland. (6-10) .4 Greenlandic children's stories) Kobenhavn: Atuakkiorfik, 1994. 75pp ISBN 87-558-1040-3 Norway East Greenland/Short stories/Anthology The lack of literature for Geenlanders and 149 their children is often complained of in the Egeberg, Ingri Danish press. Only a few books are being Hvis Ashild hadde vxrt her (Yes, if only published in Greenlandic, an Eskimo Ashild were here) language, leaving the children of Greenland Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk, 1994. 35pp dependent upon books in Danish. Thus the ISBN 82-05-22622-9 efforts of a fe* publishing houses which Only child - School holidays - Adventure - take an interest in Greenland's children's Playmate literature are to be commended. Even the A typical Scandinavian holiday in a wood dialect of East Greenlandic is given a place cabin on the watervery lonely especially in this collection of folk tales for children. when Father is not there and one has no Because it is hardly spoken anymore, these brothers or sisters. The arrival of a play- eight tales, retellings of old fairy-tale like mate is the happy-end of this singular pictu- traditional stories, are also printed in West re book. The artist's brilliant draughtsman- Greenlandic, Danish and English. ship successfully transforms the compo- Knowledge of the dialect had nearly sition principles of a black-and-white comic disappeared; the only one able to pass down into a very lively series of episodes (strewed the dialect today is the farmer Elisa Maqe, in a good-night story) put down with an ink born in 1916 and granddaughter of a pen rushine over the paper, full of expres- shaman. The realistic, slightly grotesque sive movement, constantly breaking up the illustrations by a Greenland artist retain the pictures' borderlines. (8+) 12 g Scandinavian Languages 150 (What is keeping Hansemann?) Hagerup, Klaus Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk, 1994. 28pp Markus og Diana: Lyset fra Sirius ISBN 82-05-21763-7 (Mark and Diana: the light of Sirius) Opera - Lost/Search Oslo: Aschehoug, 1994. 185pp Subtly intertwined in a bizarre and eccentric ISBN 82-03-24063-1 story about four-year-old Hansemann who Shyness - Swindle - Film star - runs off just before the children's opera Personanlity development "Journey to the Christmas Star" begins and When an easily'frightened and shy Mark must be searched for by his sister and the encounters a young local film actress to opera house staffthe reader is given an whom he had written for an autogramm, it amusing introduction into the world of turns out that she is no more a Hollywood theater. However, it is not this frequently star than he a millionaire's son. The employed didactic trick which makes the realization that people are often different book noteworthy, but instead the than they seem helps him to gain more self- illustrations. Krohg, son of a highly assurance. This fourth young adult novel by regarded Norwegian painter, has created the experienced writer of radio and stage light-hearted, roughly cut, color collages. plays derives its literary qualities not so The unusual aesthetic experience which they much from the story, though it is original create is inspired by Schwitters; yet by enough, as from the cle'ar speech, full of using pieces of old wood cuts Krohg also understated wit, a discreet irony that doesn't makes reference to the Biedermeier style of need the flighty jargon of youth and also amateur hobby collages (such as found in from skillfully developed scenes and lively Andersen's works). (6+) dialogues. (12+) 151 Sweden Mitchell, Ingelil Tarnbjernen: Spillet om tiden (The tower 153 bear: a play about time) Danielsson, Bernt Oslo: J.W. Cappelen, 1994 booze ISBN 82-02-14383-7 Stockholm: Pan (Norstedt), 1994. 204pp Time - Days of week - Name giving - ISBN 91-1-937441-0 Marionette theater Alcoholism - Seduction - Death This is a lyrical elaboration of the names of Of course prohibition still reigns in the week (the Germanic version), embedded Sweden, of course no book can be in a marionette theater play performed by a published which glorifies alcohol, especially bear. It can be enjoyed for itself, but also as not for young adultsbut this wonderfully an excuse to create very poetic pictures, inebriating book deals with the fascination extravagent pictures of unusually intensive of intoxicating drinks and their effects on and extraordinarily harmonious people, on art and literatureon our culture colorfulness. (6-8) as such. Danielsson, who was perhaps a little too enamored with his own self-made 152 linguistic coctails of English and Swedish in Sossen (text) earlier books (such as in "Hdrifra'n till Kim" Krohg, Guy (illus.) From here to Kim), has found a style here Hvor ble det av Hansemann? that, while still a mixture, no longer serves Scandinavian Langgages up arbitrary snatches of English, but rather story, an embryonic novel. The foil to a a rich array of pearls of Swedish vernacular chunk of real family history in France, as that.one will seek in vain in standard befits our century, could hardly be more dictionaries, and avoids falling into a short- dismal than that against which Georgette, a lived teenage slang. (14+) child born out of wedlock and soon orphaned, makes her way into a secure 154 middle-class existence. Stimulating and Gelotte, Ann-Madeleine (text/illus.) impressive are the illustrationsthe work of Brev fran en kanin (Letters from a rabbit) an old masterwhich through their Stockholm: Tiden, 1994. I79pp authenticity (he travelled to France ISBN 91-550-4066-7 especially for this purpose) take on an Rabbit ,54 ') Scandinavian Languages "homo monini lupus." Its illustrations are everything that flies and crawls around us on the same par as the story. The phy- Europeans at home, in the garden and in the siognomy is apt and funny, the episodes are neighborhood day in and day out. The text cleverly depicted. Jan Gustavsson is among is limited to naming and describing animals the best realitistic modern illustrators. (8+) and their activities, without too much superfluous knowledge; included are clear, 157 painstakingly executed color illustrations Persson, Gunilla Linn (text) which are even more informative than Haglund, Anna (illus.) photographs, since they do not confuse the Delfinen mellan mussla och moln (The reader with ingenious and decorative close- dolphin between shells and clouds) ups, which are often more for sales- Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1994. 32pp promoting than illuminating. (10+) ISBN 91-638-3102-3 Loneliness - Self-knowledge - Strangeness - Understanding - Sibling rivalry Again and again one astounds at how ; Other Languages popular this very individualistic illustrator is with Swedish readers. The reason that she has such success with her bizarre and Cyprus strongly stylized pictures may have something to do with young readers being 159 schooled by today's grotesque comic series. Chrysantes, Kypros Yet Persson is certainly not giving them 0 Arestes, o kypriotes Akritas (Arestes, the easily understood topics. It is not possible Cypriot border-fighter) to depict in only a few words the absurd With illus. situation of a lonely woman having a Leukosia: Epiphaniu, 1993. 57pp dolphin as a substitute for a child delivered no ISBN to her house and getting used to its unusal Saracen - Father/Son - Heroism wishes. He helps her to find a new will to A historical novel set in the days of the live and she helps him to overcome his Saracens. The newly-wed nobleman jealousy of a younger sibling,. To be Azguras is commissioned by the king to go thrown off the track of everyday life for a into battle against the Saracens. He few moments and thereby find one's own conquers them, but falls into the hands of self is a tension-filled story that the reader his enemy. Several months later his wife will find rewarding. (8+) gives birth to a son who, it soon becomes clear, possesses extraordinary talents. As a 158 young man he continues the struggle against Wahlin, Bertil (text) the Saracens and frees his imprisoned Hagstrand-Velicu, Kerstin (illus.) father. He returns home to marry a Smakrypsboken (The book of small beautiful princess. Arestes, in the Cypriot animals) oral traditional, resembles Herakles and his Stockholm: Tiden, 1994. 128 pp heroic deeds, such as killing a poison snake ISBN 91-550-3899-9 in his own cradle and effortlessly moving Insects - Reptiles - Field guide/Animals boulders. This mixture of historical reality These two Swedes have created a clearly and legend.contributes to the special appeal organized and easy to use field guide for of this exciting tale. (8+) 55U Other Languages, 160 simplicity of Katia's commentary on the Chrysantes, Kypros adult world, which is bound to bring a Triantaphyllena (Proper name) smile. (10+) With illus. Leukosia: Epiphaniu, 1993. 6Opp 162 Modern fairy tale/Greece - Chatzeanagnostu, Takes (text) Father/Daughter - Selflessness Stravropulos, Stathes (illus.) In this modern fairy tale a poor father goes E phloga tes Niotes out into the world to seek his fortune (The Flame of Youth) because the poverty at home is unbearable. Athens: Ankyra, 1992. 226pp All but one of this daughters wish for (logotechnike bibliotheke) materialistic presents upon his return; no ISBN Trivantaphyllenla wants only roses. These Greece/Persian Wars - Soldier - Patriotism roses, which the father forgets in the end, A masterful novel set in the years of the bring calamity to him and his daughter. Persian Wars. Sikinos, a simple soldier, After a wide range of adventures she is experiences many battles, is taken prisoner, rewarded for her purity and selflessness by becomes a slave, is whipped, escapes and marriage to a blond prince. The,critical struggles for survival. He finally succeeds adult reader will recognize the pedagogic in returning to Athens and enters the service intentions of the author. The young reader, of Themistokles. He takes part in the Battle however, will be more captivated by the of Marathon and the sea battle of Salamis. numerous exciting adventures of these fairy But when a disappointed Themistokles plans tale figures. (5+) to join the Persians, Sikinos shows him in his own manner that Themistokles is about to lose his dignity. This brings him to his Greece senses, allowing him to give his efforts for his homeland Greece again. The author is 161 one of the leading writers of the post-war Alexandrake, Argyro (text) era. (12+) So lu, Tete (illus.) Oi thesauroi tes chrysopeges (The Treasures 163 of Chrysopege) Kliapha, Marula (text) Athens: Psychogios, 1993. 13Opp Spyropulos, Thanasses (illus.) (Pankosmia neanike bibliotheke) 12+1 paramyhtia apo ten Thessalia (12+1 no ISBN Tales from Thessalia) Greece/School holiday - Adventure - Diary Athens: Kastaniotes, 1992. 94pp This children's novel is written as a diary. no ISBN In Summer 1990 Katia decides to keep a Fairy tale/Greek diary during her summer holidays to help This is a very special collection of Greek her grandmother pass the time during the fairy tales. They are recorded here just as winter. Katia and her parents take a ship to the storyteller told them, thus preserving Chrysopege, where they spend an exciting the feeling of freshness, a quality which to summer. They experience many adventures, be found increasingly seldom. But that is inclnding the discovery of valuable not all. The impressive illustrations are the archeological treasures in a cave. The inspirations of an autodidact who knows all novel's particular charm lies in the childlike the tricks of a puppet theater (karagoze). 7'66 Professor Merakles, an expert on fairy readers much pleasure through the simple, tales, has praised the work of Kliapha and clear and realistic language and the colorful Spyropulos and pointed out the general illustrations. (6+) optimism which is sustained in the tales of Thessalia. (6+) The Netherlands(Dutch) 164 166 Manthopulos, Demetres (text) Hiegel, Paul (text) Eleutheriu, Range les (illus.) van der Veen, Fiel (illus.) Meres tes Alkyones (Frosty Days) De soldatenmaker (The soldier-makers) Athens: Psychogios, 1993. 204pp Haarlem: Uitgevertj Holland, 1994. 142pp (Pankosmia neanike bibliotheke) ISBN 900-251-0704-4 Handicap - Father/Son - Family life - Self- Sibling rivalry - Tin soldiers - discovery Dream/Reality This novel deals with the problems of a The narrator of-this novel tells about a youth who is handicapped, a topic which is period in his childhood when every night seldom found in Greek literature. Bound to tin and lead soldiers meet in his garden to a wheelchair, Jiannis feels himself do battle with one another. Yet he is drawn condemned to loneliness because he is into this mysterious warfare. He is expected different than the others. He lives entirely to melt down the wounded soldiers and within the circle of his family and his make new, battle-ready ones. But he doesn't burdened with the professional problems his know what side to take and, above all, father is having. After going to the country whether he isn't just dreaming it all; he because the family doctor recommends a repeatedly finds signs that this other world change of surroundings, Jiannis' whole life realy exists. Even in the end, the reader is changes. Through his new friends and his also left with unanswered question in this father's professional success, he begins to gripping adventure set somewhere between have faith in life again. Returning home, he reality and fantasy (10+) keeps up his contacts and decides he wants to make a success of his life.(12+) 4. 165 © Special Mention Stephanides, Menelaos (text) 167 Stephanides, Photine (illus.) Hazelhoff, Veronica (text) 0 mantoloes (Clairvoyant) van Poppel, Peter (illus.) Athens: Sigma, n.d. [24ppl Veren (Feathers) Folktale/Greece - Clairvoyance Amsterdam: Querido, 1994. 73pp This over-sized picture book contains a ISBN 90-214-6548-5 Greek folktale for very young readers. Sister/Twin - Sibling rivalry - Friendship - Tzitzigas (which actually means cicada) is a Loneliness lazy man who is always lucky. His wife Vacation with the parents at the seashore. renames him "Mantoloes," which means the Nini is bored because the only child to be clairvoyant. With this name and thanks to a seen for miles around is her twin sister series of funny coincidences, he becomes a Maya. And she is so different from government minister. This is the first book everyone else, difficult and withdrawn. of a fairy tale series which will bring young When they meet Nessa, Nini wants nothing 5128. -Other Languages more than to have her as a friend. But is someone very special. It is not just Nessa feels more drawn to Maya. They because he is taller than all other people, he seem to understand each other without can simply do anything: he can help Josef many words, and Maya begins to open up a out when he is doing mental arithmetic, little. Feeling left out and lonely, Nini even help him do acrobatic tricks at the gym, or finds herself thinking how useful it would even chase a scoundrel out of is bedroom. be if Maya would just disappear. But in the He is always there. He can be funny or end both of the twins recognize that they sometimes just plain normal. When he belong together and need each other. This finally disappears, Josef is sure that his complicated story of sibling rivalry and father will return. After all, he can do growing up is told in a gentle sensitive thousands of things. A funny story of narrative. (12+) everyday life in an unusual family, told from a child's perspective. (8+)0 168 Provoost, Anne Vallen (Falling) Iran Baarn: Houtekiet, 1994. 264pp ISBN 90-5240-2278-7 170 Grandfather/Grandson - Death - Second Mohammadi, Mohammed (text) World War/Past/Present - Scapegoat Iravani, Sara (illus.) Fascism and racism in history and today are Afsaneye Derakht-e-Khorma va Bozi (The the main elements of this young adult no- tale of the date palm and the goat) vel. When his grandfather dies and it be- Mashad: Astane Ghods, 1994. 16pp comes known that he had betrayed Jews in no ISBN hiding during World War Two, Lucas dis- Folktale/Iran - Date palm - Goat - Rivalry covers that the past can catch up with you. This tale is one of the most ancient stories He is told that he has many of his grand- found in Persia's ancient Pahlavi language. father's traits. When he rescues his girl- A datepalm and a goat each compete verbal- friend from a burning car, no one will be- ly with the other to prove the superiority of lieve that it had been an accident. People his own abilities and usefulness. In the end suggest that he has a violent character.(14+) the goat is considered the winner because he is able to move about, while the datepalm is 169 bound to one place. The writer has taken Tellegen, Toon (text) the tale from an ancient manuscript which Berner, Rotraut Susanne (illus.) also appears in the background of each illu- Mijn vader (My father) stration of the book. He retells the Farsi Amsterdam: Querido, 1994. 86pp version of the manuscript in a finely-tuned ISBN 90-214-8371-8 poetic prose. The illustrator enriched the (Dt. Ausg.: Josefs Vater. Obers. v. Mirjam text by incorporating significant elements of Pressler. München: Hanser, 1994. 86 S. the story, key traditional colors and ancient ISBN 3-446-17794-9) motifs such as the symbol of the goat's Everyday life horns in the illustrations, allowing the rea- One day a dot rolls into Josef's life, gets der to become acquainted with ancient bigger and bigger and soon has arms and Iranian culture. (Special Prize and Third legs and a head. "I am your father," he Prize, Tehran International Biennale of says. And soon Josef knows that this father Illustrators (TIBI), 1993). (4-8) Age books trömAaround the world This selection of newer ABC books is just a 173 foretaste of a major exhibition being shown Brunhoff, Jean de (illus.) this summer at the International Youth Babars ABC (Babar's ABC) Library in Munich. The exhibition München: Hanser, 1995. [28pp] documents the great variety of ways in ISBN 3-446-17977-1 which illustrators and authors have chosen ABC/German to "play" with letters, with the alphabet of The original French edition already their own culture. appeared 1939. Now, for the first time, together with the beloved Babar, also 171 German children can look out for letters Bengtsson, Rod (text) and words in German, French and English. Korotysiska, Magda (illus.) Simsalabims Stockholms ABC 174 Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1994. 164ppl Chester, Jonathan (text/photos) ISBN 91-638-3101-5 A is for Antarctica ABC/Swedish Sydney: Margaret Hamilton, 1994. [32pp] To the 28 letters of the Swedish alphabet ISBN 0-947241-50-7 are added well known and less known ABC/English views of Stockholm. These somewhat sterile Excellent color photographs of all aspects of pictures are enlivened by all kinds of human life and animal life in this remote animals, usually not to be found running part of the world are presented with around in a town in public. informative captions as an informative information book for the primary school. 172 Bofinger, Manfred (text) 175 Das Gänsehautbuch. Ein ABC des Grauens Ghelmez, Petre (text) fur tapfere Kinder und Eltern Silviu (illus.) (The goose-bump book. A gruesom ABC Alfabetul vesel (The happy alphabet) for brave children and parents) Bucure$i: Creangd, 1991. 64pp FranVurt: Eichborn, 1994. 64pp ISBN 973-25-0048-4 ISBN 3-8218-3622-9 ABC/Romanian ABC/German The individual letters of the alphabet Horror just oozes out of the pages as the described in poems. The majority of the reader is confronted with creatures such as pen-and-ink illustrations are rendered in "apple maggots" and "tick legs". This very four-color printing and show an exuberant different kind of play-and-learn book is set phantasy and biting humor. in verses. 591 3. 0, t ABC books,from around the world 176 ISBN 3-411-05331-3 Mikola (illus.) ABC/German Azbukavjasely vulej: Vergy (The ABC a James Kriiss gives a brilliant performance merry beehive: verses) of his talent for rhyme in these witty and Minsk: Mastackaja litaratura, 1994. [32pp] imaginative poems and two-liners for each ISBN 5-340-01447-9 letter; in this way the letters don't just fill ABC/Belorussian up the book, but also generate language. This Belorussian ABC with colorful, highly original illustrations makes frequent 180 reference to language, rules of phonetics Meinderts, Koos (text) and pronunciation in witty verses. The Olie Bol van Krentenkoek las een prachtig differences between Russian and Ukrainian prentenboek. are given particular attention. (4+) With illus. Amsterdam: Ploegsma, [1991]. [32pp] 177 ISBN 90-216-1333-6 Kamrat, L.P. et.al. (eds.) ABC/Dutch Burlikova, Viktorija (illus.) Veselaja azbuka (Merry ABC) 181 Moskva: VIP 1993. [16pp] Mullins, Patricia (text/illus.) ISBN 5-86473-001-7 V for Vanishing. An Alphabet of ABC/Russian Endangered Animals. In this ABC the letters of the alphabet are Sydney: Margaret Hamilton, 1993. [32pp] presented for the most part in the form of ISBN 0-947241-43-4 verse about animals. (4+) ABC/English These stunning collage illustrations of 25 endangered species are done completely in 178 collage with a variety of tissue papers and Kocchlin, Lionel (text/illus.) Ostrich feathers. The common name, Les vacances de l'alphabet (The vacation species name and natural habitat is given, alphabet) along with an appeal for international n.p.: Manago, 1994.[28pp] cooperation in preserving all endangered ISBN 2-7404-0357-7 species. ABC/French Large and small letters that resemble stick- 182 people take up a sport or hobby which Mtirias, Augusto (text) begins with a particular letter. Can you Lenertz, Romain (illus.) 'guess what they are doing? Rua do Abecedttrio / Rue de l'Abecedaire (Alphabet Street) 179 Transl. and adapted into the French by Krüss, James (text) Pierre Goffin und Claude Frisoni IbLishiluser, Hans (illus.) Porto: ASA, 1993; Luxemburg: Editions Vom Apfelbaum bis Zirkuszelt: ein buntes St.-Paul, 1993. [52pp] ABC der Welt (From apple tree to circus ISBN 972-41-1223-3; ISBN 2-87963-178-5 tent: a colorful ABC of the world) ABC/Portuguese/French Mannheim, Leipzig: Dudenverlag, 1994. On Alphabet Street the letters A through Z 102pp live all together in a row of houses. Based 1316 I ABC books frottharounththe world on their specific shapes and alleged charac- 186 teristics, the illustrator has created original Rubio, Antonio (text) "beings" which he 'weaves curious anecdo- Ishblez, Pablo (illus.) tes around. (871-) El murcielago Aurelio (Aurelio the bat) Madrid: SM, 1994. [32pp] 183 ISBN 84-348-4393-5 Musa, Hassan (text/illus.) ABC/Spanish Mon premier dictionnaire frangais-Anglais This colorfully illustrated book for begin- tout en arabe ning readers deals in a playful manner with (My first French-English dictionary all in the five vowels. Rhymes, plays on words, Arabic) and elements of onomatopoeia make read- n.p.: Grandir, 1994. 152pp1 ing aloud fun. And if one takes a good ISBN 2-84166-002-8 look, one can guess how the bat ("Murcié- ABC/French/English/Arabic lago) Aurelio got into the story. (6+) This multi-lingual ABC of animals employs the beauty of the Arabic calligraphy for its 187 striking black-and-white illustrations. Sabuda, Robert Lettres de Noel. Un abécédaire de Noel en 184 3 dimensions. Onyefulu, Ifeoma (text/illus.) (Orig. Engl.: The Christmas ABC' A is for Africa. n.P. Editions du Send, 1994. [12pp] New York: Cobblehill/Dutton, 1993. 128ppl ISBN 2-02-022527-1 (Orig.PubLLondon: Frances Lincoln, 1993) ABC/French ISBN 0-525-65147-0 This delightful pop-up book contains all ABC/English sorts of Christmas surprises folded up in A member of the Igbo tribe who grew up in cards. They are silhouette cutouts which eastern Nigeria, the author trained as a match the letter on the cover of the photographer in London and returned there respective cards. to do this book for her young son, in which contemporary life in an African village is 188 depicted in color photographs and short Snow, Alan (text/illus.) informative texts. The Monster Book of ABC Sounds New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 185 1991. 132ppl Pau ls, Josef (text) (Orig. Publ. St. Albans: David Bennett, Bohm, Eleonore (text) 1991) Als die winzige Wiihlmaus Wanda... 26 ISBN 0-8037-0935-8 fabelhafte ABC-Geschichten ABC/English (When wee mouse Wanda ... 26 fabulous Watercolor illustrations depict a hide-and- ABC stories) seek game between a family of mice and Weinheim: Anrich, 1995. various monsters. Words beginning with ISBN 3-89104-989-8 each letter of the alphabet are repeated ABC/German within each picture's frame as well as in Each of 24 letters are depicted in short texts verbal outbursts and sounds in each scene. with nonsense texts and corresponding full- page illustrations. 61 3 ABC books from around the world, 189 190 Teren, Viktor V. (text) Viorst, Judith (text) Popov, Jevhen (iHus.) Hull, Richard (illus.) Ptadyna abetica: Miniatjuri (The ABC of The Alphabet from Z to A (With Much birds: miniatures) Confusion on the Way) Kyi'v: Veselka 1993. 38pp New York: Atheneum, 1994. 132pp] ISBN 5-301-011 71-5 ISBN 0-689-31 768-9 ABC/Ukrainian ABC/English In this ABC with its sometimes very funny The English-language is known around the illustrations in the tradition of Ukrainian world as a pitfall of exceptions to the rules. folk art, the letters of the Ukrainian In particular this book plays with the homo- alphabet are presented in connection with nyms and inconsistent rules of pronuncia- bird names. The accompanying text tion present in each letter in a rhyming text. introduces the reader to interesting facts Cleverly composed and highly detailed about the various bird species. (5+) water color illUstrations reinforce and supplement the text with a playful visual survey of basic English vocabulary. 13 3 'r..47.62th. Name Index Abdel-Quadir, Ghazi 27 Cohen-Scali, Sarah 38 Abesinova, Elena 34 Costa, Nicoletta 0 43 Alberti, Rossella 43 Courmont, Isabelle 42 Alcoberro, Agusti 49 Czerny, Sascha; 12 Alexandrake, Argyro 55 D'Este, Alessandra 45 Andresen, Ute 27 Danielsson, Bernt 53 Arnold, Katya 21 Dedieu, Thierry 37, 38 Azuma, Itsuko 6 De lval, Jacques 39 Bacelar, Manuela 47 Dias Costa, Mariza 45 Baia*, Silviu 59 Dorris, Michael 21 Bajusová, Orga 13 Duc la Soares, Luisa 47 Balog, Zvonimir 9 Dunk le, Margaret 15 Balzola, Asun 49 Ebert-Schifferer, Sybil le 33 Barnett, Rosalyn 20 Edita Dugalic 25 Begag, Azouz 36 Egeberg, Ingri 52 Belli, Gioconda 27 Egli, Werner J. 25 Bengtsson, Rod 59 Eleutheriu, Bangeles 57 Berm, Jan 13 Elzliieta 35 Bercaru, Al. 11 ElZbieta Gaudasinska 18 Berner, Rotraut Susanne 31, 58 Ensikat, Klaus 28, 29 Besse, Christophe 37 Erlbruch, Wolf 27, 31 Biegel, Paul 57 Esterl, Arnica 25 Bille, Corinna 4.1 Estrada, Rafael 48 Blake, Quentin 44 Fatus, Sophie 44 Bloch, Muriel 37 Feraud, Dominique-Jacqueline 39 , Bofinger, Manfred 59 Feth, Monika 29 Bohm, Eleonore 61 Fine, Anne 17 Boie, Kirsten 28 Fisher, Leonard Everett 21 Bolden, Tonya 24 Freedman, Russell 22 Boratynski, Antoni 29 Fritz, Ervin 14 Bouton, Emilie 37 Gabin, Jesus 48 Bowles, Trish 20 Gaussen, Dominique 39 Brandis, Sylvia 28 Gelotte, Ann-Madeleine 54 Bredsdorff, Bodil 51 Ghelmez, Petre 59 Breslin, Theresa 16 Gilbert, Kevin 14 Brisou-Pellen, Evelyne 37 Gisbert, Joan Manuel 48 Brunhoff, Jean de 59 Grillo, Odhise K 9 Budweg, Peter 31 Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm 29 Buresch, Bettina 27 Gustavsson, Jan 54 Burlikova, Viktorija 60 Gutman, Claude 40 Caftizo, José Antonio del 47 Hagemp, Klaus 53 Capek, Jindra 33 Hagstrand-Velicu, Kerstin 55 Carskaja, Lidija Alekseevna 12 Hainard, Robert 41 Cech, Juraj 13 Ilijek, Stepfin 10 Cernyj, Saga 12 Harichandan, Deepak 19 Chaillot, Nicole 42 Hasegawa, ShUhei 7 Chatzeanagnostu, Takes 56 Hathorn, Libby 17 Chester, Jonathan 59 Hauff, Wilhelm 33 Chiocchetti, Fabio 45 Hazelhoff, Veronica 57 Christiansen, Ole E 51 He Hard, Susan 18 Chrysantes, Kypros 55, 56 Heller, Eva 29 Claudia Burr 46 Hellings, Colette 35 163 4 Namelndei( Herfurth, Egbert 27 Lewis, E.B. 27 Hetmann, Frederik 30 Lewis, J. Patrick 23 levier, Daniel 13 Libura, Krystyna 46 Hine, Lewis 22 Lienhardt, Jean-Michel 36 Hoglund, Anna 55 Lindo, Elvira 48 Hol !Ander, Karen 26 Losantos, Cristina 50 Horniman, Joanne 15 Luna, Marta 50 Hull, Richard 62 L'Engle, Madelaine 23 Ibelshauser, Hans 60 Mado, Michio 5 Iravani, Sara 58 Maes, Dominique 35 Ito, Hiroshi 4 Mal lart, Bruno 38 Iwasaki, Chihiro 4 Manthopulos, Demetres 57 Iwasaki, KyOko 4 Maqe, Elisa 52 Jacobsen, Miki 52 Maria Cristina Urrutia 46 Jaktigin, M.M 12 Marian, Simion F. 11 Jaktigina, L.A 12 Marilena Rescaldani 43 Janer Manila, Gabriel 49 Martynov, Andrej E. 13 Janjié-Jobo, Ratko 9 Matsui, Tadashi 5 Jensen, horn 50 McGuire, Richard 23 Johansen, Hanna 34 McKay, Hilary 17 Jucker, Sita 34 Meinderts, Koos 60 Jung, Reinhard 25 Melo, Angela 47 Kadirek, Mita 10 .Michl, Reinhard 33 Kamrat, L.P. 60 Mitchell, Inge lit 53 Kapur, Jusum 18 Mitra, Rathabali 19 Kazloti, Mikola 59 Miyazawa, Kenji 6 Kelleher, Victor 15 Mohammadi, Mohammed 58 Kelly, Geoff 16 Montes, Gracie la 45 Kimoto, Momoko 5 Montserrat, Pep 49 Kimura, ShOhei 5 Moura, Ercilia 46 Kleven, Elisa 22 Mullins, Patricia 60 Kliapha, Manila 56 Murakami, Yasunari 7 Koch, Peter Gjellemp 51 Murakami, Yumiko 6 Koechlin, Lionel 60 MOrias, Augusto 60 Kopta, Josef 10 Musa, Hassan 60 Kordon, Klaus 30 Nasuda, Jun 6 Korotyfiska, Magda 59 Nielsen, Erik Hjorth 50 KrasnY, P. Jan 10 Nilsson, Ulf 54 Krohg, Guy 53 Ntifiez, Pablo 61 Kriiss, James 60 Olsen, Rosing 52 Kuniak, Juraj 13 Ondreidka, Karol 13 Kuroi, Ken 6 Onyefulu, Ifeoma 61 Kurtz, Jane 22 Panini, Giorgio P. 44 Kusterer, Karin 25 Parkinson, Siobhfin 19 La Fontaine, Jean de 40 Paterson, Katherine 24 Lagercrantz, Rose 54 Pau Is, Josef 61 Lago, Angela 46 Pet 42 Lamm, Nikolaj Viktorovid 13 Pennart, Geoffroy de 40 Lavigne, Guy 35 Pernin, Muriel 41 Lazzarato, Francesca 43 Persson, Gunilla Linn 55 Lenertz, Romain 60 Pierre, Bernard 42 Lewis, Amanda 16 Pitzorno, Bianca 44 135 Name Index L Plante, Raymond 36 Studio Siedmoróg 11 Pommaux 41 Sudarakin, A.I. 12 Popov, Jevhen 61 Sumaty, N. 18 Poiidaev, Leonid 14 Tache, Margareta 11 Pratt, Pierre 36 Tafa, Gezim 9 Premchand, Munshi 19 Tan, Xiao Yong 5 Pressler, Mirjam 30 Tanaka, Makiko 4 Prichod'ko, Vladimir 12 Tellegen, Toon 58 Provoost, Anne 58 Teren, Viktor V. 61 Pugh, Dailan 15 Thorbecke, Jan Peter 33 Quarzo, Guido 44 Tjoyas, Alexios 37 Raagaard, Kirsten 50 Tolstoi, Leo 34 Randall, Isobel 20 Torrado, Ant6nio 47 Rangel, Paulo 46 Tschinag, Galsan 32 Recheis, Kiithe 26 Tuckermann, Anja 32 Richter, Vratislav Asad 10 Urberuaga, Emilio 48 Riha, Susanne 26 Ure, Jean 18 Robinet, Harriette Gil lem 24 Vagnerovii, Jitka 10 Robson, Jenny 20 van der Veen, Fiel 57 Rodda, Emily 16 van Poppel, Peter 57 Rogers, Gregory 17 Viorst, Judith 62 Roldim, Gustavo 45 Vizki, Morti 50 Rosenstiehl, Agnes 42 Vogelnik, Eka 14 Rosing, Jens 52 Wagner, Stefan 31 Rossi, Hugo de 45 Wahlin, Bertil 55 Rubio, Antonio 61 Waluszek, Christian 33 Sabuda, Robert 61 Williams, Eleanor 14 Saragai, Tatsuya 7 Wilson, Barbara 15 Schami, Rafik 31 Wintz, Nicolas 41 Schindler, Regine 34 Wynne-Jones, Tim 16 Schins, Marie-Therese 31 Xirinacs, Olga 49 Schubiger, Jorg 31 Yamashita, Haruo 7 Sef, Roman 14 Yamazaki, Takumi 5 Sekino, Kikuko 5 Yomogida, Yasuhiro 6 Senja, Hiroshi 7 Zamfirescu, George M 11 Shahini, Jusuf 9 Zawadzki, Marek 25 Shua, Ana Maria 45 Zorman, Ivo 14 Siesicka, Krystyna 11 §iktanc, Karel 10 Skit la, Frantikk 10 Slavin, Bill 16 Snow, Alan 61 So lu, Tete 56 Sossen 53 Sothoane, Zacharia 20 Spang Olsen, lb 54 Spirin, Gennady 23 Spyropulos, Thanasses 56 Staneié, Zora 14 Stephanides, Menelaos 57 Stephanides, Photine 57 Stravropulos, Stathes 56 6513 Subject index ABC-Books 59-62 Children's poetry 5 Abduction 5, 13 China/Religion 8 Aborigine/Australia/Memoir 14 Christianity 50 Adventure 6, 7, 14, 37,41,51,52, 56 Christmas Carols/Catalan/Anthology 50 Africa 17, 38 Christmas/Romania/Legends I 1 Africa/Rural life 20 City 46 Albania/Independence 9 City life 27 Alcoholism 53 Cleverness 18,22 Algeria 37 Clown 35 Andaman Islands 19 Co-existence 21 Animal rights 18 Cockaigne 33 Animal tale 40 Colors 29 Animal/Fable 40 Community 27 Antarctica 23 Conquest 4 Appearances 8 Conservation 16 Arabia/Tribal culture 27 Country life 5 Art 35 Creation 27 Art appreciation 35, 42 Cultural history 42 Art history 42 Art museum 33 Dancing bear 33 Artist 51 Date palm 58 Australia/Flora and fauna 16 Days of week 53 Australia/Short stories/Anthology 15 Deafness 13 Aztecs 46 Death 24, 25, 34, 45, 53,57 Denmark/History 19th century 51 Belgium 38 Detective story 35 Bible story 11 Diary 30,56 Blacks 24 Dictatorship 26 Boarding school/Girl 12 Dictionary/Multilingual 27 Bogeyman 58 Dictionary/Mythology 51 Bosnia/War 26 Didactics 39 Boy 36 Difference 7, 8,47 Brazil/Childhood/Boy 46 Difference/Tolerance 15 Bureaucracy 6 Disguise 36 Butterfly 27 Discrimation 6 Diversity 21 Cameroon/Fable 43 Dog 32, 45,51 Cameroon/Fairy tales 43 Doll 22 Cape Town/Street life 20 Donkey 35 Cat 6,17, 41 Dop 33 Catalan/History 1617 49 Dragon 5 Caucasus 12 Dream 35 Challenge 16 Dream/Bicycle 20 Change 15 Dream/Reality 57 Charity 17 Drugs 11,34 Chicken 44, 47 Chicks 5 East Greenland/Short stories/Anthology ..52 ChildMigration/UK/Canada 16 Eating habits 50 Child/Foreigner 7 Ecosystem 23 Child/Money 20 Education 29 Child/Pet 14 Egg 47 Children's home/Everyday life 30 Elderly 18 13ci Subject index Elephant 36 Foreigner 50 Emigration 40 France/Everyday life 1494-1547 39 Entwicklung sroman 38 France/History 1900-1950 54 Equality 8 France/Immigrant 37 Eskimo 25 Francis I of France 39 Everyday life/Metropolis 48 Freedom 15, 33 Everyday life/Mongolia 32 Friendship 6, 7, 15, 19, 20,23,24, 28, Everyday life/New Zealand 20 34, 36, 38, 39, 47, 57 Existence 5 Friendship/Change 15 Extraterrestial beings/Intelligence 15 Frog/Princess/Curse 23 Fables 40 Game of dice 39 Factual knowledge 25 Gargantua Iceland/Legend 50 Mix-up 38 Identity 21 Modern fairy tale 25, 33 Identity crisis 37 Modern fairy tale/Greece 56 Illegitimate child 54 Modern fairy tale/Czech 10 Imagination 2227,44 Mole 34 India/Hindi/Short Stories 19 Mouse 37 Indians/Whites/Friendship .21 Multicultural Society 12 Individualism 34 Multilingual book 14 Ingratitude 29 Murder 28,35, 36 Initiation 38 Mythology 39, 44 Insects 55 Mythology/Northern Europe 51 Ireland/Easter uprising 19 Ireland/World War I 19 Name giving 53 Islam 50 National identity/Albania 9 National Socialism 42 Japan/Everyday life 18th century 6 Nature 7,28, 47 Japan/History 646-811 4 Netherlands/Folklore 21 Jews/Mythology 45 New Zealand/Short stories/Anthology . ..20 Jews/Persecution 40 Nicobar Islands 19 Jews/Tales 43 Night 7 Justice 10 Nightingale_ 45 Nighttime 41 Kangaroo 14 Nile River/Flora and Fauna 42 Kästner, Erich/Biography 30 Nile River/History 322 B.C.-1900 A.D. .. 42 King 48 Nomads/Mongolia 32 Knight 45 Non-violence 38 Kosovo/History 1993 41 O'Hanlon, Virginia/Biography 6 Labyrinth 39 Old age/Illness 5 Ladakh/Folk tales 18 Old Woman/Child 44 Latin America 46 Only child 52 Legend 44 Opera 53 Liberation 54 Oppression 41, 54 Lion hunt 38 Orphan 20 Living conditions 8 Ostracization 46 Loire/Castles 39 Outsider 46 Loneliness 48,55,57 Lost 7 Padua/History 1792 48 Lost/Search 53 Painting 35, 42 Love 6, 11, 18, 23,33,36,37,51 Palace 48 Lovesickness 39,45 Palestine 40 Lyons 37 Paradox 31 Paris/World War II 40 Madrid 48 Parrot 31 Mafia/Russia 13 Patriotism 56 Man/Animal 15,29 Patron saint/Fisher 8 Marionette theater 53 Peace 5 Media 41 Peace/Pedagogy 38, 42 Memoir/Boy 46 Pegasus 35 Metamorphosis 33,45 Personal Property 35 Mexico/History 46 Personality development 51, 53 Mining 16 Phantom 48 13 9 68 Subject index Playmate 52 Selflessness 56 Poetry 6 Sexual abuse 51 Poetry/Nonsense 14 Shakespeare, William 16 Poetry/Slovene 14 Short stories/Chinese 8 Polar Bear/Hunt 25 Short stories/Croatian 9 Poverty 27, 46 Short Stories/Portuguese 47 Princess 45 Short stories/RusXian 12 Prison/Youth 31 Shyness 53 Prostitution 36 Sibling rivalry 55, 57 Puberty/Boy 7 Siblings 4, 5, 17 Puberty/Girl 44 Sign language 13 Sincerity 6 Question-and-answer 25 Singer 69 1 4 Subject index Theft 39 Theseus 39 Threat 58 Time 23, 53 Tin soldiers 57 Tolerance 50 Toy 35 Trade school 39 Transition 23 Traveller' s journal 41 Tree/Anecdote 49 Tuva Autonomous Region 32 Ukraine/History 1931-33 41 Understanding 55 Unrequited Love 45 USA 21 USA/Children/Work 22 USA/Racism 24 Utopia 26 Vampires 43 Video film 35 Video game 16 Vikings/History 1000 50 Village 47 Violence/Gang 36 Vitality 54 Wallis/Monster 41 War 19 Water sprite 10 Wealth 5 Whale 25 Witch-hunting 49 Wolf 26, 40 Wolf hunt 41 Wordplay 9 Work 29 Writing 31 Xenophobia 51 Youth/Criminal behavior 31 Youth/Gang 36 Zakopane 11 Zoo 18 141 70 The International Youth Library is the largest library for international children's and youth literature in the world. Since its founding by Jella Lepman in 1948 it has been continuously expanded to an internationally recognized center for the world's children's and youth literature. Jella Lepman began her work immediately after the end of World War II with an international exhibition of children's and youth literature in Munich. She saw this as an 'opportunity to find new hope and values after the years of Nazi terror and the horrors of war and to awaken a new understanding for other peoples and nations. She directed her attention to both children and adults. She sought to establish a discourse about children's literature and offered at the same time the children themselves a selection of books. Still today these are the two guiding ideas of the work at the International Youth Library. Since 1983 the International Youth Library has been housed in Blutenburg Castle in the Obermenzing quarter of Munich. The historical building complex dating from the 15th century offers a place to work and study for 32 staff members (full- and part-time) and adult and young users in many different tongues. The underground cellar of the castle courtyard provides an extensive storage area for the book collection. With the arrival of the International Youth Library, Blutenburg Castle became a "Book Castle", as symbolized by the Leipzig graphic artist Egbert Herfurth. The registered organization "Internationale Jugendbibliothek e.V." and its Board of Directors bears the primary responsibility for the library. It is financed by Germany's Federal Ministry for Women and Youth, the Bavarian State Ministry for Instruction, Culture, Science and the Arts, and by the Bavarian Capital City of Munich. In addition, the library is supported by donations from private persons, institutions and publishers. The International Youth Library fulfills the tasks set out in its statutes by collecting, cataloging and promoting knowledge of national and international children's and youth literature and by actively promoting cultural youth work and intercultural understanding. The Collection The heart of the International Youth Library is a collection of about 460,000 books in more than 100 languages. This gradually expanding collection was supplemented in 1969 by the books of the "Bureau International d'Education" of the Geneva League of Nation, a library established in 1928-to maintain a model collection of children's and youth literature. Special mention should also be made of the Schultz Collection of numerous historical editions especially in the area of adventure literature and fairy tales. The Study Library The reference library offers subject specialists in Germany and abroad access to 23,000 volumes of secondary literature, including 20 national bibliographies and nearly 300 subscriptions to professional periodicals from around the world. The documentation section consisting.of 40,000 published and unpublished articles and reports, newspaper clippings on nearly 4200 children's books authors and 1350 illustrators, limited editions, and other grey literature is available to users along with collections of posters, calendars, manuscripts, autograms, original illustrations and children's art work. The Children's Lending Library This department offers about 20,000 volumes in 15 foreign languages for public lending. It -seeks to attract readers with a wide yariety of programs with regular activities such as story hours, language courses in English, French and Italian, art courses, and a children's choir as well as scheduled events such as author readings, game days, puppet theater, film showings, literary quizzes, stamp exchange days etc. The Activities 1. Exhibitions In the rooms at Blutenburg Castle the library mounts many exhibitions on a wide range of themes: original works of illustrators, representative surveys of the children's literature of different countries or cultures, and current or historical aspects of children's and youth literature. All exhibitions are designed both for adults and children, and often a special program of activities for school classes is offered. 2. Book Workshop Since 1994 the International Youth Library has developed a program for classes from all types of school called the "Book Workshop". The painting studio and the printer's shop are used to develop model projects for the promotion of literature and reading. 3. Seminars and Symposia The International Youth Library maintains close contact with subject specialists involved with literature and reading promotibn (educators, teachers, publishers and editors, librarians and scholars) around the world. In order to give these specialists the opportunity to meet and exchange their expertise, the library conducts seminars, symposia and conferences in cooperation with other institutions. 143 72 INTERNA- (T) TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Schlo5 Blutenburg D-81247 MOnchen Telefon 089/891211-0 Telefax 089/8117553 1 44 The White Ravens 1996 111111.1.11.1inr Ow, 'Ilk A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature INTERNA-i TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK ' 145 Impressum The White Ravens 1996 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature 0 1996 Internationale Jugendbibliothek Editor: Dr. Barbara Scharioth Selection: East Asian Languages Fumiko Ganzenmaller (Japanese) Pon-to Peng (Chinese) English Martha Baker and Margaret Stokes German Christa Stegemann Romance Languages Gerlinde Burger (Romanian) Lene Eubel-Plag (French) Jochen Weber and Carmen Volpe (Italian) Jochen Weber (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish) Scandinavian Languages Dr. Andreas Bode Slavic and Baltic Languages Werner Kaffner Other Languages Toin Duijx (Dutch, Flemish, Frisian) Theodora Arampatzi (Greek) Margaret Stokes (Irish[Gaelic]) Layout: Edda Greif Cover photo: Hans Gartner Illustration: H. Heine Middelhauve Verlag Typesetting: Thomas Pleiner Printing: Danuvia Druckhaus This publication is available from: International Youth Library Schloss Blutenburg D-8I247 Manchen Germany Tel.: +49-89/891211- 0 Fax: +49-89/8117553 INTERNA- TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK The White Ravens 1996 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature Internationale Jugendbibliothek Munchen 147 Contents Preface 3 Latin America 43 Argentina (Spanish) 43 Brazil (Portuguese) 44 East Asian Languages 4 Columbia (Spanish) 45 Japan 4 Venezuela (Spanish) 45 Republic of China (Taiwan) 9 North America 46 English Language 10 Canada (French) 46 Africa 10 Ghana 10 Scandinavian Languages 49 Namibia 10 Denmark 49 South Africa 10 Norway 52 Swaziland 11 Sweden 54 Zimbabwe 11 Slavic and Baltic Languages 56 Asia and Oceania 12 Bulgaria 56 Australia 12 Croatia 56 India 13 Czech Republic 56 New Zealand 13 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia) 57 Philippines 14 Latvia 57 Lithuania 58 Europe 14 Russia 58 Great Britain 14 Slovakia 59 Ireland 16 Slovenia 60 North America 17 Other Languages 61 Canada 17 Belgium (Flemish) 61 USA 18 The Netherlands (Dutch) 61 The Netherlands (Frisian) 62 German Language 21 Austria 21 Cyprus (Greek) 63 Germany 22 Greece 63 Switzerland 28 Ireland (Gaelic) 64 Romance Languages 30 Europe 30 Belgium (French) 30 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation 65 France 30 A Preview of a Forthcoming Exhibition Italy Portugal 38 Romania 38 Indexes 70 Spain 39 Spain (Catalan) 42 Switzerland (French) 42 2 148' Preface The »White Ravenso catalog has become a assure them that their books will be included solid tradition over the years. Throughout in our depository collection. each year the language specialists at the International Youth Library pick out new For the second time in this year's publication in-coming books which they consider two additional labels have been assigned to especially noteworthy: the white ravens the books. The symbol 4 marks those books among the black ravens. whose content is found to contribute to an international understanding among cultures This publication appears each year in time and peoples. In this way we remind oursel- for the Children 's Book Fair in Bologna, ves and our readers of the working maxim where it is presented along with the books which the library's founder, Jella Lepman, themselves to an international body of gave the library and which in these times is subject specialists. This »premium labelo still of utmost concern. is given above all to books of international interest which on account of their universal A second symbol 0 is assigned to books theme and/or their exceptional and often whose text was found to be easy to under- innovative artistic and literary style and stand, i.e. easy-to-read texts with nonethe- design deserve a wider reception. less complex and high-interest topics. Hence these books are well-suited to Included among this selection are also foreign-language readers and for inclusion »special mentions« 0 which the library's in foreign language collections of public Lektoren wish to draw particular attention libraries. A small section of this catalog, in to, so they get the widest possible addition, is dedicated to a theme which the recognition. International Youth Library will be exhi- biting later this year. This year's selection contains nearly 250 titles in 27 languages from 43 countries. Last but not least, we renew our request to It certainly makes no claim to being all publishers: Please continue to send us exhaustive. The titles are drawn from the your new titles. We aspire to fulfill the books which the 1YL received as review or expectation that the International Youth donation copies in 1995 from publishers Library in Munich be the home of the around the world. Unfortunately, not all worldwide most comprehensive collection publishing houses which consistently and of international literature for children and generously supply the IYL with their books young people. can be featured here each year Still, we want to cordially thank each and every one Dr Barbara Scharioth of them for their shipments of books and Munich, March 1996 149 3 East Asian Languages Japan the origins and development of humans, the anatomy and the functions of individual organs as well as cultural and social behavior. 1 Harada, Takehide (text/illus.) He makes very clever use of the picture book Furanchesuko format: texts and illustrations complement each (Francis of Assisi) other and convey in an easily understandable Tokyo: Suemori Books, 1992. [40pp] manner scientifically grounded information about ISBN 4-915777-04-9 mankind. (9+) Francis ofAssisiChristianity The most important stations in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, who selflessly searched for his 4 own path to God, are presented in a poem in this Kanouchi, Takuya (photos) brief book. The concentrated, simple illustrations Yabuuchi, Masayuki (illus.) complement the plain text, and together they Nakano, Masataka (Cover and layout) form a unity which radiates a lyrical-meditative Otoshitanowa dare? atmosphere. (10+) (Who Dropped It?) Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. 4Opp ISBN 4-8340-1260-3 2 Bird feathers Ito, Hiroshi (text/illus.) Using a bird feather which a boy finds in the woods TonkachibOya children are told how they can collect and identify (The Boy with the Hammer) such feathers themselves. The instructions are Tokyo: Crayonhouse, 1994. [24 7] embedded in a suspenseful story. Clear and ISBN 4-906379-48-6 aesthetic photographs give an impressive view of Sound - ImaginationVisualization landscape, animals and feathers. This work was While his father is repairing the dog house a young designed by a team of excellent specialists for boy enjoys listening to the sound of the hammer nature and animal books and stands out from the while his eyes are closed. Suddenly he is overcome usual information book due to its tasteful and by the idea that a stranger has come from far away playful manner. (7+) who could perform something funny or thrilling. 15th Yoshimura Akashiko Award for Science After this surprising discovery, he tries to use the Books for Children, 1995 hammer himself against the ground, a tree trunk, a metal guard rail, water, etc. The feelings and scenes which the boy associates with each indivi- 5 dual tone are visualized in abstract pictures. Kimura, Yiiichi (text) This is a very original, playful picture book. (4+) Abe, Hiroshi (illus.) Arashi no yoruni (On a Stormy Night) 3 Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994. [48pp] Kako, Satoshi (text/illus.) (Ritoru 2) Ningen ISBN 4-06-252852-5 (Human Beings) Sympathy - Friendship - Antagonism Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1995. 52pp Can natural enemies become friends if they find ISBN 4-8340-1278-6 each other likeable. Can opposites be overcome? Origins of lifeIlistory of Mankind These are the questions posed by this bitter-sweet »Man is a living creature and living creatures have comedy about a goat and a wolf who take refuge their source in the universe.« Starting from this in the same hut during a storm night. Without premise the author has created a highly vivid knowing who the other really is, because they can picture book about mankind and man's place in the see nothing in the darkness, they arrange to meet universe. Beginning with the Big Bang he shows again. What will happen then? 4 East Asian Languages (26th Kodansha Cultural Prize in Publishing for 8 Picture Books, 1995) Miyazawa, Kenji (text) (42nd Sankei Cultural Prize for Children's Books Ise, Hideko (illus.) & Publications JR Prize, 1995) Suisenzuki no yokka (The Fourth Day of the Month of the Narcissus) Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1995. 36pp 6 (Nihon no cleowa meisakusen) Kokaze, Sochi (text) ISBN 4-03-963440-3 Ono, Kaoru (illus.) Snow Spirits Yubinukikaji no himitsu In the mountains of northern Japan the 4th day of (The Secret of Thimble Lane) the month of narcissus" is the day that the evil old Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. 448pp snow woman lets her apprentices, snow boys and ISBN 4-8340-0176-8 snow wolves have a fling. A child hurries home Happiness - Philosophy of lifeHandicraft through the forest. The blue skies change and the When the button which his mother bought from a voice of the snow woman can be detected in the peddlar is sewn on his coat, an eleven-year-old boy approaching snow storm... is magically transported to a world where the The author develops this life-threatening natural present and the past meet and he learns the many phenomenon into a fairy-tale like story while the life-stories of the residents of Thimble Lane. This is illustrator Hideko Ise gives it an artist's a fascinating tale of fantasy about the secret of the interpretation. She transforms the'appearance of five bottoms from the hoof of the unicorn. The snow into the wild activities of snow spirits in author incorporates in it her sense of value about cold and ice. (10+) the things which a person can create with an upright dedication and patience thanks to his skills as a craftsman. (11+) 9 32rd Noma Award for Juvenile LiteraturePrize Mizuki, Shigeru (text/illus.) for New Authors, 1994 Emaki ehon. Yökai no mori (Emaki Picture Book. The Forest of Demons, Spirits and Ghosts) 7 Tokyo: Kogumasha, 1995. Miyazawa, Kenji (text) ISBN 4-7721-0129-2 Kuroi, Ken (illus.) Demons Spirits - GhostsOral tradition/Japan Kumo no shingo. thatobu shigashil Folk beliefs/Japan (The Signal of the Clouds. Stories and While making an excursion a young boy and girl Pictures from »thatobu«) enter the forest kingdom of demons and spirits. In a Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1995. 48pp very entertaining manner his 280cm long fold-out ISBN 4-03-016230-4 book presents their helter-skelter encounters with Universe Nature Buddhism Landscape/ 170 figures and beings who have their origins in Northern Japan - Imagination - Poetry Japanese folk beliefs and Buddhist beliefs of the »lhatobu« is a fictitious place in the soul of this soul and the afterlife, or were created by the author poet, a practicing Buddhist and agricultural expert, himself. The ethnological background of these who is deeply rooted in his home region, the Iwate figures iscommented upon in a supplemental prefect in northern Japan. The 21 poems in which booklet. (5+) 4- he describes the heavens, clouds, mountains, snow, etc. of his home, are distinguished by an singular language. By employing terms from Buddhism and natural science, he creates an imaginary, unique lyrical world and captivates the reader. The spacious lyrical images open up the universal world of poetry. (14+) 51 5 East Asian Languages Special Mention 10 Mori, Eto (text) Uch5 no minashigo 12 (The Orphans of thc Universe) Nasu, Masamoto (text) Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994. 206pp Nishimura, Shigeo (illus.) ISBN 4-06-207334-X E de yomu Hiroshima no gembaku WillpowerSelf-assertion - Individuality - (The Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima in Pictures) Friendship Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1995. 84pp Fourteen-year-old Yöko and her younger brother ISBN 4-8340-1265-4 hate to be bored and are always thinking up new Hiroshima Atomic bomb World War 2 adventurous games. So they come up with the idea Nuclear Physics - Peace movement to climb up on the rooftop secretly one night. For The title tells the reader straight away that this is no them and their two classmates who join them this easy reading. But whoever opens up this over-sized, represents a challenge to break out of their own oblong picture book will be overwhelmed by the dissatisfaction. Then as all four of them are sitting splendid interaction between text and illustration on the roof, they realize that they have to shine and by their expressiveness. The reader will be through their own power like the stars above, which filled with a desire to leam more about this event. do not let themselves be gobbled up by the darkness The text provides a wealth of information about the of the universe. The author makes the case for will- Second World War, the atomic bomb, radiation power and individuality as a way for young people damage, the world-wide escalation of nuclear to find their path in life. But they need friends as a armaments after Hiroshima, current issues about counterweight. (12+) atomic energy and about the anti-nuclear energy 33rd Noma Award for Juvenile Litenature and peace movements. This broad and diverse Prize for New Authors, 1995 subject matter is given meticulous treatment, interspersed with drawings, tables and graphic art work to make it easily understandable by anyone. 11 Parallel to the very well-structured text segments Nashiki, Kaho scenes of life in the old castle town of Hiroshima Nishi no majo ga shinda before, during and after the bomb was dropped, are (The Witch in the West is Dead) depicted in full-page illustrations. In all these Tokyo: Nire shuppan, 1994. 205pp pictures floats the soul of a victim of the atomic ISBN 4-931266-16-9 bomb, accompaning the reader along the »stations Willpower Autonomy Grandmother/ of this ordeal.« Granddaughter - Love - Witch - School With their diversity and simplicity the illustrations Thirteen-year-old Mai is having so much trouble touch the emotions through their diversity and at school that she finally refuses to go anymore. simplicity, allowing each reader a very personal As a result, her parents send her to stay with her experience. This informative book includes only grandmother, who lives alone in the country. She is drawing, setting it apart from most other a silent, strong-minded person for whom Mai has documentary works based on photographs. always had great respect. The grandmother gives (9+) + Mai »witch lessons« in self-discipline. The simple life in natural surroundings and her grandmother's understanding love help this sensitive girl to achieve stability and autonomy. This is a stirring story, which addresses the current problem of pupils wanting to cop out of school. (12+) 15 2 6 East Asian Languages 13 15 Ochi, Noriko (text) Ozawa, Toshio (re-teller) Masai, Kei (illus.) Akaba, Suekichi (illus.) Terifuriyama no somemonoya Nihon no mukashibanashi. Zen 5 kan (The Dyer of Terifuri Mountain) (Japanese Folk Tales. Vols. 1-5) Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1995. 138pp Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1995. Each 368pp (Wandkando 12) ISBN 4-8340-1324/5/6/7/8 ISBN 4-03-540120-X Folk tales/Japan - Ainu/Oral tradition - ColorsPlants Nature Japan/Fairy Tale Folk tales/Okinawa During an artistic crisis a young man takes refuge The 301 tales collected here by the leading folk-tale in the mountains in order to begin anew his work, researcher in Japan, T. Ozawa, give a comprehen- colors and weaving. His efforts to win the beautiful sive picture of Japanese folk tale tradition. In order colors of nature from plant sources are intensified to give todays's children this rich store of tales in when he makes the acquaintance of a young girl its original form, this edition has been edited with and her father, the »dyer of Terifuri Mountain«, a view to the ethnographical background and who has a wonderous way of performing his craft. literary style of oral folktales. Furthermore, the Through this encounter and by experiencing a local dialects have been trans-formed into standard festival of the mountain inhabitants in moonlight he Japanese and the rhythm of speech adapted to develops his very own art of coloring which makes enable smooth-flowing story-telling. The tales are him famous. Finally he himself becomes known grouped according to the four seasons and excel- as the »dyer of Terifuri Mountain.« This fictitious lently illustrated with pictures by the Hans fairy tale is marked by a sensibility to nature, the Christian Andersen prize-winner Suekichi Akaba. Japanese aesthetic, and illustrated with graceful, (4+) 4 0 simple pictures. (10+) 4 16 14 Sato, Makiko (text) Ota, Daihachi (text/illus.) Ozawa, Masumi (illus.) Bfttan Watashi no himitsu no hanazono (Butan, the Pig) (My Secret Garden) Tokyo: Kogumasha, 1995. 34pp Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1994. 270pp ISBN 4-7721-0128-4 (Kaiseisha korekushon) FriendshipGreed - Pig Exploitation ISBN 4-03-744080-6 Colorful, earthy pictures tell about Ben and his Illness/Everyday lifeNature Garden unusually large pig, Butan. Every-one wants to see Written in a very concise, atmospherically dense it - people from the village, from the city, from the manner, this autobiographical story describes in 21 newspaper, from television. It is the main attraction episodes the everyday life and psyche of an 8-year- of a show in the city. For the closing celebration, old girl who suffers from a serious case of asthma. Butan is to be slaughtered and Ben is offered a Just as in her favorite book »The Secret Garden« considerable sum of money for him. Completely by Burnett, the garden plays a central role in the life enraged , Ben returns home, and from then on of this protagonist. It represents happiness and life Butan helps out in the fields and entertains the even though her experiences of nature summon up children. Behind this naive story there is a bitter conflicting feelings due to her illness. (12+) truth to be found about exploitation. (4+) 153 7 East Asian Languages 17 19 Segi, Shinichi (text) Yosano,Akiko (text) Kayama, Matazo5 (ed.) Takabe, Seiichi (illus.) Kokoro ni nokoru Meigabijutsukan. Zen 5kan. Kingyo no otsukai (The Gallery of Famous Pictures. Vols. 1-5) (The Gold Fish Couriers) Tokyo: Kin no hoshisha, 1995. Each 48pp Tokyo: Kakusha, 1994. [24pp] ISBN 4-323-02051/52/53/54/55-X ISBN 4-906268-61-7 PaintingChildren - Animal Nature Love Goldfish - Help Humor Pleasure -Mourning Imagination Three brothers and sisters of a Tokyo family These five volumes contain all together 216 famous send their gold fish as couriers to another quarter paintings from artists all over the world. The of town. The fish are able to walk and speak like volumes are dedicated to the following themes people, but possess all the characteristics of a fish. which children are most concerned with: 1: Father, Thus they encounter all kinds of difficulties along mother and child; 2: The world of animals; 3: Beau- the way, but are repeatedly assisted by friendly ty and grace in nature; 4: Love, joy and mourning; people. The notable illustrations by Seiichi Takabe 5: Wonderous world of dreams. This makes it easier for this naive-absurd story for children by the well- for children to enter into the world of artistic pain- known poet Akiko Yosano (1878-1942) contain a ting. Short commentaries describe the artists, their certain surreal humor in a commercial art style that works and the historical context. In volumes two was common in Japan at the beginning of this and three the differences between the painting century. (5+) 4 0 techniques and styles in European and Japanese art are given special emphasis. (11+) 4 18 Tang, Yarning (text) Yu, Dawu (illus.) Saiyfiki (The Journey to the West) Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994. 69pp ISBN 4-06-132207-9 China Buddhism - Ape - Demons Adventure The fantasy- comedy »Hsi-yu chi«, written in 1592 and recounting the travels of the monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century, has been retold in this impressive artistic picture book. The dynamic protagonist of this classic Chinese work is the ape- king, Sun Wukong, who was born from a stone. Endowed with supernatural powers, he even pushes his way into heaven where he is turned into a stone by Buddha. After 500 years he is freed by another monk whom he accompanies and helps to fight against demons who hinder believers making their pilgramage. This is a selection of the most popular episodes from the complete work consisting of 100 chapters, each accompanied by a short preface. (6+) 4 0 42nd Sankei Cultural Award for Children's Books & Publications JR Prize, 1995 154 8 East Asian Languages Republic of China (Taiwan) 22 Wang, Lan (text) 0 Special Mention Zhang, Zheming (illus.) Da hua mao 20 (The Large Multicolored Cat) Ceng,Yangqing (text) Taibei: Genhua, 1992. [32pp] Liu, Zonghui (illus.) ISBN 4-8288-1342-X Yuanyuan de facai meng Cat Respect Empathy (Yuanyuan's Dream of Getting Rich) The large multicolored cat is very hungry. Setting Taibei: Xinyi Jijin, 1994. [40pp] out to find something to eat, she encounters first ISBN 957-642-202-7 two goldfish swimming in a bowl. They lament that Wealth - Blindness - Friendship - Betrayal if she were to eat one of them, the other would be Yuanyuan, the shepherd boy, dreams of becoming sad and lonely. The cat accepts this and leaves them rich one day and marrying a princess. The alone. Suddenly a little bird falls at her feet, but the enchanted chameleon in the old pagoda knows of parents beg her to spare the life of their child. The his wish and shows him how he can make more same again happens with the mice. Each time there from his money. He cheats his friends, the bird and is a good reason for the cat to give up her catch. the trees, and even gives his friend, the lily, to the Will she ever be able to still her hunger? This princess to win her favor. But the princess spurns colorful picture book intends to show that it always his advances. Blinded by his desire for wealth, pays off to respect the life of others and find other he has thus lost everything. At last he awakens alternatives. (3+) from his daydream. Marvellously delicate illustrations, which are easily accessible for the viewer, accompany this story and replicate the mood of each scene and its figures in subtle shadings of color. (7+) 21 Lin, Qingxuan (text) Wu, Jianhua (illus.) Wangzi he yizi (The Prince and the Chairs) Taibei: Xinyi Jijin, 1994. [28pp] ISBN 957-642-207-8 Prince Pride - Work The spoiled prince never works, he won't even carry a chair into the garden when his fathers asks him to. He is much too high-born to lower himself in that way. But then he loses the kingdom and must learn to carry chairs and work hard. Tasteful illustrations transport the reader into an oriental fairy tale world. (5+) 153 9 English Language Africa influence relations between the members of a white middle-class family. Matthew is a thoroughly nor- mal boy who enjoys comics and war games, but his Ghana experiences of violence with their black neighbors and his great-grandfather's vivid, guiltily repressed 23 memories as a warfront soldier help him see that Abdallah, Mohammed ben there is no glamour in real fighting. Bransby Ananse and the golden drum. A play for children develops this compassionate story of a boy's search Accra: Woe li, 1994. 34pp for meaning in a well-developcd plot. (12+) ISBN 99-6497-809-X Folktale/GhanaGreed One of Ghana's leading playwrights, Abdallah uses 0 Special Mention here the well-known clever and crafty folktale figure Ananse to write a tale about greed and the 26 consequences of trying too hard to get one's own Deall,Alanna (text/illus.) way. (6+) Kensani's Kite Sandton: Mike Jacklin/Knowledge Unlimited, 1995. [26pp] Namibia ISBN 1-86839-374-7 Old Man/Boy FriendshipKite 24 An old man sits under a tree carving animal figures, Marais,Anna Louise (text) peaceful but lonely. Then a little boy suddenly Marais, Christine (illus.) comes out of nowhere, flying a plastic bag as a kite. Etosha experience The two of them make it into a real kite and spend a Windhoek: Gamsberg Publishers, n.d.. 102pp mutually enjoyable day together. The gentle, poetic ISBN 0-86848-935-2 narrative is accompanied by pen-and-watercolor Namibia Natural life -Animals drawings which capture the character of the The animals living in the southern regions of protagonists, their feelings and their immediate African need not become familiar around the world surroundings. The book is designed in an very only through folktales. This well-designed informa- attractive style. (4+) 4. 0 tion book provides an artist's ink-and-watercolor renderings and informative texts about the habits and character traits of well over 100 animals found 27 in this Namibian national park. A glossary, index King, Georgiana (text) and list of references make the book accessible for Eloff, Friedel (illus.) young adults. This is a useful addition to collections Zolani Goes to Yeoville of African studies. (8+) Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1995. 48pp ISBN 0-624-03394-5 Father/SonFriendship South Africa When Zolani recovers slowly from a debilitating bout of measles, his mother decides that a change 25 of setting would help him and decides to invest all Bransby, Lawrence her savings - instead of buying a cowin making a The Boy Who Counted to a Million visit to the father who works in faraway Johannes- Cape Town: Human St. Rousseau, 1995. 109pp burg. T heir weeks long stay there as subletters in ISBN 0-7981-3452-6 the home of a white family makes an interesting Self-identityGrandfather/Grandson experience for the boy used to livine in a remote World War I/Memories Racial violence rural district. The peaceable relations between This story is set in modem day South Africa during Zolani's family and their temporary hosts is the period of high racial turbulence, which also portrayed without any moralizing overtone, and the 10 15iie English Language everyday pleasures and misunderstandings make Zimbabwe interesting reading. (10+) 4 0 30 Proctor, André (text) 28 Koch, Hannie (illus.) Wyk, Chris van (text) The school we made Callinicos, Luli (text) Harare: Baobab Books, 1992. [24pp] Oliver Tambo ISBN 0-908311-36-2 Cape Town: Maskew Miller/Longman, School - SoccerEveryday life/Village/Zimbabwe 1994. 66pp (They Fought for Freedom) The villagers first get support to build a real school ISBN 0-636-01984-5 building and then they are granted their request for Tambo, Oliver/Biography African National an accredited teacher. But this strict, taciturn Congress South Africa/Politics stranger has other ideas about classroom behavior, This series of biographies presents southern African appearances and when it is appropriate to play leaders who have been struggling for freedom and soccer on the school's sport field. The efforts of the justice in this century. Short readable chapters with parents and the heart-felt enthusiasm of the pupils fictionalized conversations and meetings make for their soccer team finally win him over and he these books lively and inspiring. Illustrated with becomes integrated into village life. The gently photos and supplemented with maps and an drawn pen- and-brush drawings on each page appendix of vocabulary, project activities and capture the main elements of this well-written further reading, the series can also be used in entertaining tale. (6+) 0 classrooms. (10+) 31 Swaziland Kala, Violet Waste Not Your Tears 29 Harare: Baobob Books, 1994. 73pp Leggat, Gillian (text) (Turn about series) Heerden, Marjorie van (illus.) ISBN 0-908311-64-9 The Car with Three Wheels Love AIDS Manzini: Macmillan Boleswa Puublishers, A young woman thinks she has found the man of 1995. [24pp] her dreams. After she moves into his quarters, his ISBN 0-333-56004-3 promises of marriage prove to be the false words of Brother - Birthday present Homemade toy a lazy and self-centered man. When she discovers Musa wants to give his little brother a special that he has infected her with AIDS, she must find birthday present, but he has no money. With the strength to live with this situation. This topic is considerable ingenuity - and some forbidden not only of interest to Africans, but all over the scavenginghe find enough scraps to make a red world. (14+) racing car. Not only does his brother find it the »best present in the world«, they both continue to collect odds-and-ends for future presents. Though this story is set in Africa, where pocket money may be scarcer than elsewhere, the idea that hand-made things are as valuable as store-bought ones, and a gift of the heart the dearest of all, is universal. The color or black-and-white full-page illustrations attractively capture the main events of this simple everyday story. (6+) C. 0 I I English Language Asia and Oceania 34 Cox, David The Drover's Dog Australia Norwood: Omnibus Books/Ashton Scholastic, 1995. [32pp] 32 ISBN 1-1862901-235-1 Butler, Mark Man/Dog - Tricks.World tmvel Affection Fred Hollows. Leaving the World a Better Place Joe is a simple man in the outback. His dog Sue has Carlton: CIS/Cardigan Street Publishers, a gift for acrobatic tricks which she gladly does to 1995. 44pp please her master, earning his praise and attention. (Makers and Shakers) But once he becomes obsessed with travelling the ISBN 1-875633-98-7 world and earning money with her tricks, their old Hollows, Fred/Biography Eye disease way of life changes for the worse. It takes the Medical Care intervention of a kindly queen for Joe to realize New Zealand-born Hollows (1929-1993) is revered how selfish he has been in denying Sue the very by thousands of people as a »larrikin saint.« He thing that made their relationship so special - true dedicated his life to bringing the highest quality affection. Water-colored pen-and-ink sketches medical care to the eyes of the poorest of the poor. exuberantly convey a simple story about the needs The author describes Hollows beginnings and early of the heart that childrenand hopefully adults - »Wanderjahre« in New Zealand and Australia, will appreciate. (5+) 0 before focusing on his professional life as an ophthalmologist. Explanations of medical treatment and the socio-political issues which effect medical 35 care around the world are also featured here. The Dubosarsky, Ursula easy-to-read text is given an attractive layout with The First Book of Samuel black-and-white photos and and documentary Ringwood: Viking/Penguin, 1995. 158pp information. (10+) 0 ISBN 0-670-85572-3 Family Father/DaughterGrandfather/ GrandsonConflict of Interest 33 The past history of a family can have an effect on Clark, Margaret (text) the next generation, as in the case of 12-year-old Guthridge, Bettina (illus.) Samuel where the relationships between his father, Wally the Whiz Kid her mother, his father's first wife and children, and Ringwood: Puffin/Penguin Books his dearly beloved grandfather form a core constel- Australia, 1995. 99pp lation that produces a turning point in his life and (Mango Street Story) helps to establish his own identity. The author skill- ISBN 0-14-036271-1 fully develops the events which lead up to a climac- SchoolPoliticians Adventure story tic »kidnapping« and reconciliation. The theme of Wally knows a lot more than most kids his age, but family relationships is narrated here in a fascinating he only gets in trouble when his best friend, Sean, style with the voice of a concerned observer, giving dauntlessly sally into the state parliament house to the story a feeling of immediacy. (12+) get out of the rain. A case of mistaken identity, they are asked to give their opinions on major political matters - before running cameras! Sean, the narrator, tells of their misadventures with a jaunty commentary of the adult world that will surely entertain. (9+) 1 5,8 12 English Language 36 38 Steele, Mary Srikumar, A.K. A bit of a hitch and other stories Malana (Place name) Melbourne: Hyland House, 1995. 160pp New Delhi: Children's Book Trust, 1994. I52pp ISBN1-875657-58-4 ISBN 8 1-701 1-720-8 Short stories Australia Old Age - Pets Mother/SonSelf-identityFriendship - Imagination Family originsDetective story These funny and fast-paced short stories revolve When his father dies, a English schoolboy around episodes of everyday life in modem discovers the secret of his mother's identity which Australia, but could perhaps happen to anyone his father had tried to hide from him. Deteimined to anywhere. There is, for example, a case of an learn the mystery of his parent's relationship and accidental long distance call from Scotland, or an find his mother, he travels with his butler and a imaginary aunt invented and fully-blown to reality school friend to the Himalayas. Their many adven- by the whole family, all for the sake of a school tures before finding the remote village of Malana, essay. In an appendix Steele describes where the home of Jack's reclusive mother, make for a sus- inspiration for each story came from. This is penseful story and a framework for getting to know entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking one area of India. At last reunited with his mother, reading based on well-formed plots and their future together or apart is left open. The characterizations. (10+) problems and challenges of bi-cultural families makes up part of this interesting story. (12+) 4 India New Zealand 37 Jafa, Manorama (text) 39 Harichandan, Deepak (illus.) Boock, Paula Gandhi. The Man of Peace Home Run Delhi: Ratna Sagar, 1995. 95pp Dunedin: Longacre, 1995. 115pp ISBN 81-7070-194-5 ISBN 0-9583405-3-6 Gandhi, Mahatma/Biography Peace - School - Outsider SportConformity War of Independence Byrony moves to Auckland and enters a new school. A leading writer of children's books in India has She is well-to-do, white, and clever in a school carefully prepared this biography of India's and the where many pupils are none of these. Tormented at world's most famous leader in a readable style, first by her classmates, her efforts to win accep- filling it with anecdotes and imagined scenes from tance through conformity with their values results Gandhi's life as a boy, a young lawyer in South in a brush with the law. This is a thoughtful novel Africa, and a political activist in the still British about two girls, united by their love for softball, colony of India. Black-and-white sketches highlight who try to bridge class divisions through growing important stations of his life.(10+) 4 0 understanding and friendship. Boock is a prizewin- ning writer for young adults, and also for theater and television. She shows great insight into the problems of growing up in modern times, where individuals must struggle to chose the path that is right for themselves. (14+) 4 159 13 English Language Philippines Europe 40 Great Britain Kuhonta, Ma. Michelle (text) Liana, Dindo A. (illus.) 42 Metro Manila: Cacho Publishing, 1995. [16pp] Cashford, Jules (reteller) (We Love the Earth Books/Mini Series) De'Angeli, Daniel (illus.) ISBN 971-19-0168-4 Theseus & the Minotaur Swimming Bath: Barefoot Books, 1995. 32pp How Anna learns to swim at the seashore is told her ISBN 1-898000-21-2 in rhyming verse, illustrated in full-page richly- Greek mythology - Minotaur Theseus - detailed spreads with elements of modem art and Greed Betrayal child-oriented humor. (3+) 0 This classic myth of greed and betrayal is retold in an easily accessible but lengthy narrative.The text alternates with sparse water-color illustrations by 41 the Italian painter De'Angeli which give his own Ventura, Sylvia Mendez rendering of the main events related in the text José Rizal opposite. In an afterword the author points out the Metro Manila: Tahanan Pacific, 1992. 32pp cultural and historical elements of the story and (The Great Lives Series) gives an interpretation of the symbolic meaning to ISBN 971-630-000-X be found in the main characters and their deeds. Rizal, Jose/BiographyPhilippines/War of The book's aesthetically pleasing design will Independence - Doctor/Biography further it's appeal for older children. (8+) One of the Philippines's national heroes, José Rizal Mercado (1861-1896), a brilliant, promising young European-educated doctor came from a simple mer- 43 chant family. Already as a young toddler it was Coplans, Peta (text/illus.) clear that he was a gifted learner and when he was Cat and Dog eleven years old his family arranged for him to go London: Andersen, 1995. [28pp] to a school run by Jesuit priests in Manila. These ISBN 0-86264-578-6 were turbulent times in the Philippines. The only Cat Dog Counting - Tolerance years of relative peace in his life were those spent Is this a counting book or a book about tolerance studying medicine in Europe, where he became a and friendly rivalry? The cat brings a delicious ten- specialist in eye operations and fluent in many lan- course picnic (»snack« she calls it) to the beach but guages. Filled with love for his family and his land, refuses to invite the dog to join her. Distracting her he returned home in 1891 to practice medicine, with a counting game, he manages to grab more teach children and help with the modernization of than his share of the goodies. Fortunately she takes his village. When accused of inciting revolution the loss lightly and in a critical moment the tension because of his prominent position among his is broken with a game of chase. These gaily painted people, he was unable to flee in time to avoid execu- uncluttered full-page water-color illustrations are tion, only a few years before the Filipino nation sure to appeal to pre-schoolers. (4+) won independence from Spain. This is a moving story of a very exceptional individual, written in hagiographic terms but filled with historical detail. (8+) 14 English Language 44 believable. Though not written by a native of India, Dicks, Terrance (text) the author has surely done considerable background Beaumont, Laura (illus.) research to create a sympathetic portrayal of the Virtual Unreality dilemmas of Indians torn between socially cohesive London: Piccadilly Press, 1995. 75pp traditions and the desire for progress and individual (Chronicles of computer game addict) happiness. (12+) C. ISBN 1-85340-321-0 Computer - School Fantasy adventure Zak is a computer game champion who seemed to 46 have his addiction under control. But suddenly he Howarth, Lesley and his elderly neighbor, the shopkeeper, and other Weather Eye adults also appear to be having hallucinations. Zak London: Walker Books, 1995. 217pp takes on the mission of tracking down the enemy ISBN 9-7445-4305-3 named Virus in cyberspace and learns that though ClimateConservation - Electricity - Windmill - things may not always be as they appear to be, one Computer-based communication can take control and change them. Black-and-white This novel is set in 1999 against a background of illustrations and a somewhat oversized type mark chaos in world weather patterns and reflects anxiety this as a early-reader book. This is the third about the encironment and changing climate. Telly adventure story about Zak, a boy whose wild and lives on a wind farm and is a member of »Weather weird experiences will keep other boys of his age Eye«, a club that shares information via Internet and background turning the pages. Reading could about climatic conditions all over the world. A near- become addictive, too. (7-10) 0 death experience during a storm leaves her with psychic powers and a clear, if daunting purpose. Special Mention The third award-winning book by Lesley Howarth is a sophisticated and well-written story in which the suspense and drama are sustained throughout. 45 (12+) Hendry, Frances Mary Chandra (Proper name) Oxford: University Press, 1995. 120pp 47 ISBN 0-19-271712-X McKay, Hilary India/Customs - Marriage - Family Dog Friday At the age of eleven Chandra, a schoolgirl in London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. I25pp modern-day Delhi, is married by her family to a ISBN 0-575-05837-4 sixteen-year-old boy, a distant relative whose Ten-year-old Robin and his widowed mother run a traditional family lives in a remote rural area. All bed-and-breakfast in an old Victorian house on the her dreams of a modern marriage with a boy she Yorkshire coast. After a collision with a dog sends immediately liked vanish when he dies before she him to hospital, Robin is extremely wary of canines. arrives at his home. But in accordance with His new neighbors, family with four children, tradition, a widow must remain in the family, whose wacky, unconventional and inventive way staying out of sight, and work as a servant. And of life adds adventure to his life, help him overcome indeed this family is very hard on her. Chandra's his fears of dogs and bullies. The sprightly story, spirit, however, is not easily broken, and she full of funny episodes is a well-developed, fast- manages to escape from this cruel fate. Though her paced entertainment. (9+) parents refuse to help her, her grandmother finds a way to enable her ultimately to start a new life in England. This novel touches the heart in its portrayal of a determined girl up against nearly insurmountable odds.The narrative is well-paced, the local color of the city and rural Indian life 15 English Language 48 Returning from Scotland where she and her sister Stannard, Russell worked as hired hands, she finds that her would-be Our Universe. A Guide to What's Out There boyfriend is being pressured by his family to strive London: Kingfisher/Larousse, 1995. 96pp for a liaison with a richer girl. Sally has her own ISBN 1-85697-317-4 dreams for a better life and decides to pursue them Universe/Origins Astronomy by going off to Dublin. Full of authentic details of Stannard, a professor of physics, has already written Irish country life in those times, a young girl's path several well-received and entertaining introductions of self discovery is portrayed here in a fascinating, to the concepts of modem physics. Beginning here well-paced narrative. (12+) with the facts and basic laws of nature on our planet, he moves from matter and gravity to the so- lar system and on to the theories of the origins of 51 our universe. The design of each page is varied, Taylor, Marilyn using colorful illustrations, box inserts for factual Could this be love? 1 wondered details, black-and-white cartoons and quiz Dublin: O'Brien, 1994. 160pp questions, all arranged to keep the focus on the ISBN 0-86278-377-1 subject matter. This informative and easy-to-follow First loveFamily - Social differences text will appeal even to young readers who might Jackie lives in a well-to-do suburb of Dublin and otherwise avoid natural science topics. (10+) has little contact with other poorer neighborhoods until she goes to a disco evening at another school. For quite some time she has been exchanging »he Ireland Look« with a boy on her bus line, to whom she feels mysteriously attracted. When they finally 49 meet, there are still further barriers to be overcome. Richards, Tom The ups and downs of their romance, with all the Hotfoot family and social complications, are told by her in Dublin: Basement Press, 1995. 126pp the first person, making it a believable story which ISBN 1-85594-157-0 teenagers will be able to identify with. (14+) FootballGood/Evil Larkin's Lot are a football team with a difference. They are the seven all-time worst players. In an 52 attempt to achieve victory the two main players, Beckett, Mary Gerald and Fran, enter into a sinister plot with Hannah Or Pink Balloons Lucky Lucy, the devil in a sports coat - and soon Dublin: Marino/Mercier, 1995. 96pp achieve more fame than they are ready for. The ISBN 1-86023-032-6 perennial struggle between the forces of good and Hannah, Mark and Ben stay with their Belfast evil is played out on a football pitch in this fast- grandmother for over six weeks while their parents paced comedy that is sure to appeal not only to are away. Then Granny has an accident, and the football-playing boys. (10+) additional responsibilities placed upon them deepens the relationship between the children and their grandmother. The narrative structure is 50 engaging, the characters well-developed as the O'Hara, Elizabeth children go about their everyday activities of Blaeberry Sunday school, homework and housework. Though the Dublin: PoolbL,g, 1994. 155pp story works well without any sensations or crises, ISBN 1-85371-360-0 the text is interspersed with humorous side-line Ireland/History 1893 - First love - Self-discovery commentary by magpies who observe the events in this sequel to »The Hiring Fair« the everyday from their nest at the bottom of the garden. (10+) life of a farming family in Donegal is presented from the standpoint of the eldest daughter, Sally. 16 English Language 53 expanded the text with Alice-in-Wonderland-like O'Sullivan, Mark imagery in a surrealistic style where colors play an Melody for Nora. One Girl's Story in the important role. (7+) Civil War. Dublin: Wolfhound, 1994. 217pp ISBN 0-86327-425-0 55 Ireland/1922 - Father/Daughter Music Gilmore, Rachna (text) Alcoholism Priestley, Alice (illus.) Set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War in Lights for Gita 1922, just one year after most of Ireland won Toronto: Second Story Press, 1994. [24pp] independence, this timely balanced novel explores ISBN 0-929005-63-5 complex political allegiances, the horror of war and Festival Homesickness Friendship difficult family circumstances through the eyes of A young Indian girl whose family recently moved the its central character. Fourteen-year-old Nora to the chilly northern climate of Canada excitedly looses her mother and experiences only bitterness looks forward to celebrating Divali, the Hindi in her usually drunken father. But she is musically celebration of lights in honor of Lakshmi, the talented, resourceful and ultimately a survivor. This Goddess of Wealth who brings good fortune and novel is as much about Irish life in that turbulent prosperity to all throughout the year. Though the period as it is about growing up in hard times. (12+) day turns out much differently than she expected, she makes another step toward accepting her new North America surroundings. (6+) 4 0 Canada 56 Gugler, Laurel Dee (text) © Special Mention Willms, Russ (illus.) Little Wynne's Giggly Thing 54 Toronto: Annick Press, 1995. [24pp] Aura, Alejandro (text) ISBN 1-55037-407-9 Gukova, Julia (illus.) Family - Usefulness The Other Side Little Wynne would like to contribute to the run- Trans]. from Spanish by Shirley Langer ning of the household, but all the important things and Sally Stokes Sefami in home and garden are taken care of by the adults. Toronto: Annick Press, 1995. [32pp] So she turns to making gadgets and sculptures ISBN 1-55037-405-2 whose only function is to stimulate laughter and CuriosityOpposites - ReversalEternity enjoyment. Not successful at first, she is persistent One day the king sent all the children in his and finally gets the others to see the usefulness of kingdom out to discover what the world was like on her own playful creations. The caricaturist full-page the other side. Made curious by their reports that and double-spread illustrations support the zany everything was_just the same, except »sdrawkcab« thesis of the book. (6+) he decided to see it all for himself. The surprising result is left open-ended in this playful, mind- boggling tale. The author, a prize-winning poet and philosopher, is a major figure in contemporary Mexican literature. The composition of this story follows the axioms of storytelling by awakening the curiosity and imagination of the young reader with thought-provoking ideas. The illustrator, who lives in Moscow, has already illustrated many children's books and won the Third Prize at the BIB. She has (13 17 English Language USA over and over again, to explore details, sense shifts of perspective and see incongruities; older viewers 57 can appreciate the books as visually rendered Ashby, Ruth (ed.) intellectual exercises in freeing the imagination Deborah Gore Ohrn (ed.) from the boundaries of time and space. (6+) Her Story. Women Who Changed the World Intro. by Gloria Steinem 59 New York: Viking, 1995. 304pp Bruhac, Joseph (reteller) ISBN 0-670-85434-4 Shrader, Christine Nyburg (illus.) World/History Women/Fame Gluskabe and the four wishes This compendium of 120 biographies of women New York: Cobblehil Books/Dutton. 1995. [32pp] who became famous during the course of »history« ISBN 0-525-65164-0 is an inspiring, informative book. Each two-page Wabanaki/Folktale - Greed Wish biography is prefaced with a quotation that can be The author, a well-known storyteller, is a registered taken as that woman's life motto. The long list runs member of the Western Abenaki Nation of the from an Egyptian queen born in 1486 B.C. to the Wabanaki peoples of New England. He drew on Guatamlan freedom fighter Menchil, born in 1959. several written and oral sources in writing this tale Texts by the nine contributors highlight the early about the selfish consequences of desire and circumstances, turning points and main achieve- foolhardy curiosity. The Glushabe (also spelled ments in each woman's life. An introductory essay Koluskap or Gloopskap) is a cultural hero who aids summarizes the course of women's collective fate the Great Spirit of all things, and here gives each of and an extensive bibliography gives valuable tips the four men their various heart's desires. As he for further reading. Nearly half the woman cited points out, the oral stories are meant to teach but were born in the USA, but over 60 women from also must entertain.The text is complemented by other countries can also be identified by country in dark natural tones which corresponde to the natural an index. (12+) environment. (6+) 58 60 Banyai, Istvan Cohen, Daniel Zoom; Re-Zoom Real Vampires New York: Viking, 1995. each [64]pp New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1995. 114pp ISBN 0-670-85804-8; 0-670-86392-0 ISBN 0-525-665189-6 Wordless picture book - Perception - Travel Vampire/History The Hungarian-born, New York-based artist Banyai Cohen rightly notes in his introduction that the has composed two fascinating picture books with imaginations of children and adults alike are easily mind-expanding images fitting together like a captivated by the figure of the vampire, or rather Russian wooden doll, Babouschka. He takes the stories and rumors of their existence. Young adult beholder on a wordless journey through space and literature abounds with horror stories today. Cohen time via images which follow upon one another in a has collected a facinating compendium of tales and telescope fashion. The first scene focuses on one events from different countries which have been minute object. With each successive page, one finds told over the past 200 years.He relates each story either more detail revealed in a wide-angle panora- briefly within an objective framework and gives a ma or the previous context once again concealed by commentary. The reader can thus maintain a distan- another jump backwards. As each individual, snap- ced stance and even laugh about the gullibility of shot-like scene unfolds, it depicts events in different )>other people« while still enjoying the tales, too. epochs in different parts of the world, ranging from (10+) Egypt, Hollywood, India, to Japan. These books surely invite the younger reader to look carefully 18 :I. 64 English Language Special Mention 63 Murphy, Jim (text) 61 Kiesler, Kate (illus.) Feelings, Tom Into the Deep Forest with Henry David Thoreau The Middle Passage. White Ships - Black Caigo New York: Clarion Books, 1995. 39pp Intro.by Dr. John Henrik Clarke ISBN 0-395-60522-9 New York: Dial Books, 1995. [80pp] Thoreau, Henry David/Travels - Nature ISBN 0-80377-1804-7 The award-winning non-fiction writer, Jim Murphy, Africa/SlaveryNorth America/Slavery uses Thoreau's own journal entries about a trip South America/Slavery through the wilderness of Maine to create an The renowned US-American artist and professor of adventure story of suspense and discovery which art, Tom Feelings, expresses the horror of the young readers who appreciate nature will find African diasporathe transport of millions of black eye-opening. Watercolor scenes of landscape and men, women and children into slavery in the New black-and-white vignettes of animals and plants Worldin 64 narrative paintings. Feelings captures attractively frame the easy-to-read text. (8+) 0 here a world-shattering event while also giving expression to a highly personal experience. Leaving out any text captions helps to emphasize 64 that this sin against humanity can only be fully On the Wings of Peace. realized at the visceral level. In an introduction he Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, explains how he came to develop this project, while in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Dr. Clarke gives historical background to the forces Hamanaka, Sheila (comp./intro.) that led to the slave trade. This is a highly recom- New York: Clarion Books, 1995. 144pp mendable work for showing young people that ISBN 0-395-72619-0 history is more than facts, illustration is much more Peace/Anthology than decoration. (10+) This collection of contributions from 60 well- known authors and illustrators from numerous countries of the world is dedicated to the people 62 who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, a Garland, Michael (text/illus.) terrible event which serves to remind us why we Dinner at Magritte's must work for peace. The written contributions are New York: Dutton, 1995. [32]pp short texts about true or fictitious events or poems ISBN 0-525-45336-9 well-suited for reading aloud. Some speak to the Dali, Salvador Magritte, René Fantasy- Art mind, others to the heart, but all condemn war and The American illustrator Garland conveys his its pain. The artwork includes every thinkable type enthusiasm for surrealist art in this simple story of a of media. The pieces are excellently reproduced on young boy living outside of Paris who breaks out of full-sized pages. The book was put together with the boring, even petrifying stillness of his parent's great care and dedication. It includes a valuable cottage to visit his artist neighbor, Magritte. When bibliography of resource materials on war and on Magritte's friend Dali also pays a visit, they help conflict resolution for adults and for children, Pierre discover that there are other ways of visual- biographical notes on the authors and illustrators izing one's immediate surroundings. Garland's and step-by-step instructions for folding an origami colorful surrealist illustrations invite readers to paper crane. (6+) + open their imaginations. (4+) 19 English Language 65 Scieszka, Jon (text) Smith, Lane (illus.) Maths Curse London: Viking/Penguin, 1995. [32pp] (Orig. ed: New York: Viking, 1995) ISBN 0-670-86631-8 Mathematics School When his teacher states that almost cverything [is] a maths problem", a boy begins to see his entire life in terms of numbers and mathematical functions. He begins to feel she has put a curse on him. Of course, for this well-known author-illustrator team that is just an excuse to give the reader a riotously funny romp through a maze of incongruous quiz questions. The artwork and design of each page are fully absorbing, and the clear typeface suggests that this is also a book for first readers. The editor has apologized for and corrected a mathematical error which was overlooked. Fans of this author- illustrator team will not be disappointed in this latest collaboration. (6+) 66 Venezia, Mike (text/illus.) Jackson Pollock Chicago: Children's Press, 1994. 32pp (Getting to know the world's greatest artists) ISBN 0-516-02298-9 Mike Venezia believes strongly that the best way to introduce children to art or music is through fun. His wry and witty texts and matching comical, deadpan illustrations are interspersed with samples of the artist's most famous pieces. The easy-to-read texts highlight key biographical facts and stages in the artist's development. This series includes books on a broad range of artists from Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt to Georgia O'Keefe and Edward Hopper. Another series done in the same style is titled »Getting to know the world's greatest composers« and includes modem composers such as Aaron Copland and earlier ones such as George Handel. (8+) 166 20 German Language Austria 69 Janisch, Heinz (text) 67 Kernke, Gabriele (illus.) Frischmuth, Barbara (text) Benni und die sieben Löwen Ka llay, Dugan (illus.) (Benni and the Seven Lions) Gutenachtgeschichte far Maria Carolina Wien: Betz, 1995. [28pp] (Good-night Story for Mary Caroline) ISBN 3-219-10601-3 Wien: Jugend & Volk, 1994. [26pp] Fear - Fantasy - Self-confidence ISBN 3-224-11051-1 Benni has lots of courage. In the course of one day Sleep - Dream Toad FantasyOrderliness he conquers seven threatening lions. They cross his While taking an adventurous journey, Mary path while he was defending himself against the Caroline and the dreamtime toad meet the Sudel other children. At home in the evening he tells all (a German term for sloven), little friendly creatures about it and it becomes clear that he can fight whose disconcern for orderlinessespecially at the crocodiles, too (they are sitting at the dinner table table - immediately wins the full sympathy of the with him). It needn't only be lions. This is an eye- child. But while the Sudel are able to simply shake winking book of encouragement that children will off their messes, all of Caroline's messes are still to immediately respond to. (6+) be seen on her clothing the next day. And yet it is cleardreams can help. Particulary essential to this story are the bizarre-fantastic pictures of Dusan 70 Kallay, whose sophisticated use of coloring gives Joon, Erich (text) the eye a visual adventure. (6+) Boratyriski, Antoni (illus.) Der Sohn des Häuptlings (The Chief's Son) 68 Mödling: St. Gabriel, 1995. [32pp] Goller,Anja (text) ISBN 3-85264-474-4 Brinx, Thomas (text) Indians/Legend - The Flood 17 21 German Language is not allowed to decorate herself. A lion comes Germany to her rescue and the black king's son chooses the lovely Cinderella to be his wife. Thereupon the 74 stepmother and her daughters, filled with jealousy Chidolue, Dagmar and anger, turn into large and angry buzzing flies. No Bahamas (No Bahamas) Ever since then all large flies buzz. This variation Hamburg: Dressler, 1995. 205pp of the widely known fairy tale motif, in which a ISBN 3-7915-0388-X lion turns into a braid-making hairdresser for the School holiday - FamilyFirst loveSiblings African Cinderella, gives the story a fully new The thirteen-year-old twin sisters Annabel and touch. The pictures are based on African art. (10+) Linda are both in love with Finn Wickert. But the whole touchy matter only gets off the ground when the Moll family takes their holiday at home. The 72 neighbors are not supposed to notice that they Pe lz, Monika haven't gone away (»no Bahamas«!) and playing Der Talker hide-and-seek involves no little difficulty. This (The Talker) is a cheerful and slightly ironic story about the Wien: Jungbrunnen, 1995. 142pp apparently so very taken-for-granted living ISBN 3-7026-5678-2 conditions and expectations of people in West Cyberspace Future - Media - Crime - Detective Europe. (12+) In the year 2004 it may be possible for a (virtual) talkmaster to have eternal youth, while his human original is dying of boredom in a retirement home. 75 private detective Lilly Lobster (17) solves the case Drude, Lothar (text) with the help of her few but trusty friends. The Wittkamp, Franz (illus.) reader will find himself confronted with baffling Mauerblümchen und Schattenmonster new forms of cohabitation, interpersonal commu- (Wallflower and Shadow-monsters) nication and justice. Using the current usage of Recklinghausen: Bitter, 1995. 64pp electronic media as a starting point, the author takes . Argument Neighbor Wall - Reconciliation it virtually (and pleasurably ironically) a step It is the wish of the combative shadow-monsters, further. (10+) Morgler and Abenil, to let the wall of the soul between Ferdinand and Fridolin and the stone wall between their gardens grow higher and higher. 73 When the hobo, Wall-flower, decides to take a nap Slupetzky, Stefan (text/illus.) on the little wall, he is able to take the role of a non- Nurmi, der Bar partisan mediator. With the support of Wittkamp's (Nurmi the Bear) illustrations, the author successfully portrays the Wien: Picus, 1995. [28pp] wrongs of a groundless enmity and the satisfying ISBN 3-85452-089-1 reconciliation of the opposing parties. (6+) Bear - Runaway - Mischief- Return home Nurrni is the most curious, most hungry, most sassy, most brave but also the loneliest and saddest bear 76 around. As long as he enjoys his roaming, he plays Erlbruch, Wolf (text/illus.) one trick after the other on people. But when winter Frau Meier, die Amsel comes, he withdraws into the family cave. And now (Mrs. Meier, the Blackbird) he is the most-in-love bear of all. This light-hearted Wuppertal: Hammer, 1995. [32pp] story presents interesting possibilities of how (bear) ISBN 3-87294-644-7 children can really pester, though not without some Blackbird Pet Flying Learning risk, the adults. But a happy ending is possible Mr. and Mrs. Meier live a quiet and fairly uncom- anyway. (6+) plicated life - until a blind baby blackbird lands in their pumpkin patch. Mrs. Meier raises it, feeding it 22 German Language worms and flies all day and night. The crowning 79 moment of her efforts comes when the little bird Giordano, Mario (text) learns to fly. Mrs. Meier must herself take to flight Spohr, Heinz (illus.) before the blackbird dares to try. Mr. Meier has Drei vom Zirkus - I tre del circo never seen his wife so happy. Since Erlbruch's (Three from the Circus) stories are not necessarily limited to earthly Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1995. I35pp matters, the theme, tone and pictures of this book ISBN 3-499-20786-9 fit together exquisitely. (5+) Circus - Animal Trainer Escape Survival - Bilingual text Thle Circus Malinka is in desparate straits. The 77 animals are being tormented, their food is running Erlbruch,Wolf (text/illus.) out. The she-wolf, Aischa, the little pig, Ludwig, Zehn grtine Heringe and the raven Kolja succeed in breaking out of their (Ten Green Herrings) cages and finding a way to the mountains. Tonio, München: Hanser, 1995. [24pp] the son of the animal trainer, successfully pursues ISBN 3-446-18278-0 them in order to save them from being killed. The Herring ChildrenS poetry author describes the ordeal of the captive animals In an unconventional and boisterous style Erlbruch and their longing for freedom with considerable re-writes and re-illustrates the poem »Ten Little sympathy. (8+) Indians« as a totally nonsensical story about ten green herrings. In this version everything is possible and in the end they are ten again. This 80 small-sized book, designed to be carried about Grimm, Brothers (text) anywhere by children and adults, to be told and Heidelbach, Nikolaus (illus.) looked at again and again, is pleasing in both word Märchen and picture. (4+) (Fairy Tales) Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 383pp ISBN 3-407-79684-6 78 Germany/Fairy tales/Anthology Friedrichson, Sabine (text/illus.) This edition presents the works of Nikolaus Der Glasball Heidelbach. The satirical manner of the artist, as he (The Glass Ball) supplements and interprets the content of the tales, Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. [32pp] occasionally offers new ways of looking at familar ISBN 3-407-79155-0 tales. Numerous full-paged illustration plates give England/Fairy taleFoxGirl this attractively designed, voluminous edition the Loss and betrayal, lies and faithlessness with an . character of a home treasury, ever ready to be uncertain ending are the stuff fairy tales are made leafed through, looked at and read aloud. (6+) of. Here a girl tries to get her glass ball back out of the fox's yard. Only by breaking a number of rules can she find her ball again. When she flees, the 81 animals whom she meets during her flight promise Hirtling, Peter not to betray her, but do so anyway as soon as the Jette (Proper name) fox makes inquiries about her. The fox, the girl and Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 129pp the glass ball were never seen again. The repetitive ISBN 3-407-79683-8 style of this fairy-tale plot finds its visual counter- Sexual abuse/Suspicion - Friendship - part in the regular spatial design of the pages. Thus Single mother the dynamics of the plot and the statics of the Jette is often left to her own devices. Thus she is symbolism balance each other out. (6+) pleased to have the friendship of two older gentle- men in the bookstore across the street who in turn encourage her love for literature. When the suspi- 4 ,.%).'1. .A t) 9 23 German Language cion is raised that Jette is being sexually molested 84 there, her magical (fairy tale) world is destroyed. Herfurtner, Rudolf She feels humiliated by suspicious adults who think Muschelkind (Clam Child) they know everything. Full of insight, but avoiding Hamburg: Oetinger, 1995. 189pp sensationalism, the author writes about this volatile ISBN 3-7891-3704-9 issue from an unusual point of view. (12+) Ecology - Water MusselsPearlsFolktale A folktale, the ecological problems of today's world and the story of one girl's growing up are united in 82 this novel by a fascinating plot. Margarete feels Heidenreich, Elke (text) especially drawn toward the brook and its meadow- Buchholz, Quint (illus.) lands. When the waste water of the new factory Nero Corleone (Proper name) cause disease among the clams in the brook, she Munchen: Hanser, 1995. 87pp risks her life to prevent an ecological disaster. The ISBN 3-446-18344-2 author succeeds in portraying contemporary issues ItalyGermany Cat - Psychology Leadership in their social and historical context in conjunction Tomcat Nero, six weeks old, is the self-appointed with the developments in the life of a young boss of an Italian farmyard thanks to his lion-like protagonist. (10+) bravery which verges on brazenness. He manages to travel to Germany with a family of animal-loving German tourists, to a cat's paradise, and even brings 85 his little naive, blue-eyed, cross-eyed sister Rosa Hohler, Franz (text) along, too. There he helps to populate his new Loosli, Arthur (illus.) neighborhood in Cologne with his favorite female Tschipo in der Steinzeit (Chipo in the Stone Age) friend »Little Kleist.« And at the end of his days he Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1995. feels drawn again back to his farmyard. With unsen- 190pp timental, laconic humor the author writes this ISBN 3-473-34283-1 glorious story of the macho-mafioso Nero the Lion- Dream Reality -Time travel - StoneAge - hearted for all cat fans, young and old alike. (8+) Language Chipo dreams that he lives in the Stone Age. Patiently and with much fantasy he tries to get to 83 know the stone age men's a way of life, though it Hentschel, Henky is very strange to him. In particular their language RamOns Bruder is incompatible with his own rich, modern-day (RamOn's Brother) vocabulary. Hence he turns to creating words by Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 193pp using (somewhat linguistic) techniques of ISBN 3-407-80827-5 onomatopieia to explain the advantages of cooking CarribeanEveryday life - Outsider Brother and the possibilities of modem technology to the Color of skin cave men. This is a charming story full of wit and The inhabitants of the Carribean took the proud subtle connotations told in an easy-going, traditions of their peoples seriously as long as their unconventional narrative style. (10+) own daily life was intact. For instance, evil spirits were made responsible for the light complexion of a baby's skin when an albino was born. This was the case for RamOn's brother, who must come to terms with his fate as an outsider. The reader discovers in an entertaining but stirring way through one Carribean family many essential facts about this people, whose values have not been able to survive within the Western civilization. (10+) 24 170 German Language 86 88 Ich bin, was ich bin, ein Jude. Johansen, Hanna (text) Jüdische Kinder in Deutschland erzählen Berner, Rotraut Susanne (illus.) (I am what I am, a Jew. Told by Jewish Der Nisch (The Fysh) Children in Germany ) Munchen: Hanser, 1995. [32pp] Brum, Alexa, Heuberger, Rachel et. al. (eds.) ISBN 3-446-17868-7 Preface by Ignatz Bubis. FishSecretImagination Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1995. 123pp A fysh is a fysh is a fysh (in »adultspeak«: fish). ISBN 3-462-024302 This is probably what Dodo thinks, after her Germany/Everyday lifeJew/Child - Children's birthday wish for such a fish was fulfilled. It can writing turn red and blue and multi-colors (when it wants These short texts by Jewish children demonstrate to). It can run around the table with Dodo and Dodo that the current generation of six to eighteen-year- can swim with it in the aquarium. They want to find olds are very much aware of the problems of out which is better, running or swimming. Naturally present-day situation and often reflect on them with they do all this only in private, without any family ambivalent feelings. But their approach to life is mar- audience. The text and illustrations hit the bull's-eye ked above all by the wish to live an absolutely nor- of the secret world of children and fyshes, just as mal life within German society. Books of this type one would expect from this author-illustrator team. can be the beginning of a necessary opening of the (6+) general interest in Jewish matters. In an appendix further information about Jewish culture and history are included. (10+) 89 Kant, Uwe (text) Deneke, Gesa (illus.) 87 Wer hat den Bären gesehen? Janosch (text/illus.) (Who Has Seen the Bear?) Wie der Tiger zählen lernt Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 69pp (How Tiger Learns to Count) ISBN 3-407-79669-2 Munchen: Mosaik, 1995. [40pp] Bear - Zoo Escape ISBN 3-576-10488-7 The bear has escaped from the zoo because the Counting - Humor Imny visitors claimed that bears belong in the forest. So One ofJanosch's black humor maxims about living he looks for the forest while his keeper looks for is »whoever can count will never fail in life.« him. In general it is merely known that the bear Hence little Tiger finds it necessary to learn to possesses the ability to stand on his hands and on count. He counts his friends, but not his enemies his head and to wiggle his ears. However, the author (for it is an honor to be included in Tiger's count), admits that he made up this bear. Uwe Kant gives and everything that creeps and flees. The reader younger children a funny story and quite inciden- can practice too, in memory of the nice days of tally a first introduction into the method and counting with little Tiger. This is a heart-warming purpose of literary story-telling. (7+) book whose best feature is the total absence of any pedagogical methodicism or »little steps.« (6+) 90 KasparaviCius, Kaspar (text/iIlus.) Ostereier (Easter-Eggs) Esslingen: Schreiber, 1995. [28pp] ISBN3-215-11907-2 Easter Egg - Nonsense This unusual picture book is an incentive for an entertaining egg hunt and riddle solving at 25 German Language Eastertime and anytime, where ever eggs can be 93 searched for and found: in the woods, on the Obrecht, Bettina (text) catwalk, and even in egg paradise. The painter from Meycr, Kerstin (illus.) Lithuania, who did this book especially for the Jonas läilt sich scheiden German publisher, lets richly detailed, brilliantly (Jonas Gets Divorced) colored pages tell his story. (4+) Hamburg: Oetinger, 1995. 64pp ISBN3-7891-0505-8 House-sharing Family- Friendship - Role-switch 91 Jonas has two moms, two dads, five grannys and Ludwig, Christa three grandpas, as well as several half-brothers and Links neben Cori half-sisters because his parents are divorced and (To the left of Cori) remarried. His friend Pablo and his mother, who is Weinheim: Anrich, 1995. 156pp also separated from her husband, shares a flat with ISBN 3-89106-231-1 others. Jonas and Pablo decide to switch families on Sudden-Death-Syndrome - Bereavement a trial basis, but this doesn't work out. Jonas comes TwinFriendship -Yugoslavia/Germany to the realization that to get a divorce one must be Corinna, a German girl, and Seada, a Bosnian girl, an adult. A delightful reminiscence on the days of have become friends. Each of them has had to deal the student revolution generation, which only partly with death. Seada's brother and her father died in succeeded in finding new forms of family-style the Yugoslavian civil war. Corinna's twin sister died living. (8+) as a baby. The author succeeds in vividly portraying the considerable differences in experience between the two children. Minor features of everyday life 94 become important duc to the different associations Pausewang, Gudrun each makes. The reader learns how the two girls Die Verräterin together succeed in getting over the catastrophic (The Traitor) experiences of their childhoods. (10+) Ravensburg. Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1995. 190pp ISBN 3-473-35147-4 92 Germany/History 1939-1945 Russian Merten,C.S. prisoner-of-war - Hiding Betrayal Gestehen Sie, Dr. Thoma! Anna aids a young Russian prisoner-of-war who (Confess, Dr. Thoma!) has hidden on her parents farm. Yet she had given Berlin: Elefanten Press, 1994. 102pp her word of honor to her brother that she would not ISBN 3-88520-506-8 do so. When the Russian army approaches, the TelevisionCyberspace- School FriendshipDoll soldiers take revenge for all the injustice suffered at The introverted Robert and his very outgoing the hands of Germans by randomly shooting down classmate Hdrlimann fall in love at the same time most of the village inhabitants. The young Russian with Mary, the new exchange student from the is not there to save Anna's family. He had already United States. But soon they make an unexpected been shot by her fanatic brother. The author discovery while trying to help an indisposed Mary succeeds in rendering an extreme situation in a and find themselves on the trail of a crime. With impressive literary form. (12+) much humor, the author pokes fun at television reality, where virtual and genuine reality can hardly be distinguished frum one another anymore. (8+) 26 17 2 German Language 95 97 Rathenow, Lutz (text) Schami, Ralik Bauer, Peter (illus.) Reise zwischen Nacht und Morgen Floh Dickbauch (Journey Between Night and Morning) (Flea Fatgut) München: Hanser, 1995. 350p Leipzig: LeiV, 1995. [48pp] ISBN 3-446-17864-3 ISBN 3-928885-48-0 CircusFriendship Love Travel Death Usefulness Animals - FleasPigs The great adventure for Circus Sarmani begins with The flea Fatgut considers his existence meaningless an unexpected trip to the Orient. The director is and would like to turn into a useful animal. He tries trying to track down his family roots. He and his to be a pig: puffs himself up, wallows in pink paint oriental friend become younger and younger the and puts on a cardboard snout. But when he longer the journey lasts. This is a fantastic, but discovers that the usefulness of a pig is calculated worldly novel written as a series of episodes from in pounds, he prefers to find a more intellectual the mysterious world of the circus. (10+) occupation. He pricks anyone who picks on other people. To everyone's joy, these bad-tempered people become ready and willing to improve 98 themselves. This is a parable about the role of Schneider, Karla material and spiritual values in life. (8+) Die Reise in den Norden (Journey to the North) Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 396pp © Special Mention ISBN 3-407-76671-4 Skandinavia/1730 ExplorationAndrogyny 96 Isak Zettervall embarks on a botanical research Schär, Brigitte (text) journey in the 18th century to the still unexplored Gleich, Jacky (illus.) northern areas of Scandinavia, also entrusted with a Das geht doch nicht! secret political mission for the king. The progress of (That Won't Work!) his journey is burdened by the unexpected arrival of München: Hanser, 1995. [24pp] an at first unwelcome young female ISBN 3-446-18279-7 accompaniment. Surprisingly it turns out that the Christmas PresentSecretTerror Education success of the entire undertaking would be The beloved youngest child of the family is making questionable without her assistance. The author Christmas presents. No one can or wants to try to gives a captivating account of the peoples and stop her, but they grow more and more amazed. It landscape of the far North. (10+) appears to be something gigantic. The family is already celebrating under the Christmas tree in the kitchen (there is not enough room anywhere else) 99 when the beloved child finally reveals the secret. Tollmien, Cordula The family is given a ship, big enough for them all Furstin der Wissenschaft. Die Lebens- to fit into, and they immediately go off to the sea, geschichte der Sofia Kowalewskaja even though the necessary demolition of the (Countess of Science. The Life of Sofia apartment house in order to get the ship to.water is Kowalewskaja) rather disturbing to some of them. This Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. 190pp affectionate-ironical story about the situation of the ISBN 3-407-80735-X youngest children, who are both gifted and Russia/History 1850-1900 Women/University pampered, and whose wishes are hard to refuse. The Mathematics illustrations supplement the events of the plot in a Sofia Kowalewskaja was one of the first women to very successful, chaotic manner. (6+) become an university graduate. This information book describes her development from a protected ood within the Russia haute bourgeoisie 27 German Language which she herself described in her highly successful 102 literary »Childhood Memories«- to her political Zweig, Stefanie activism and to her appointment as a mathematician Nirgendwo in Afrika at the University of Stockholm. With this example (Nowhere in Africa) of the fate of an unusual woman, the reader is Munchen: Langen Muller, 1995. 383pp presented with a vivid segment of the history of ISBN 3-7844-2560-7 political upheavals and the beginnings of women's Africa/Childhood Cultuml comparison liberation in Central Europe. (10+) Jew/Persecution A Jewish family flees from Germany to Africa in 1938. While the parents cannot adjust to life in 100 a strange culture or to their status as »enemy Vahle, Frederik refugees«, the preschool child Regina grows up to Federico oder das Leben ist kein Hiihnerspiel womanhood under circumstances full of sacrifices, (Federico or Life is No Chicken-game) but also full of love toward fellow man, for the Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1995. I lOpp landscape and the culture of Africa. At the end of ISBN 3-407-79690-0 the war the family returns to Germany, but now it is Federico Garcia Lorca/BiographyOutsider Regina who loses her beloved African home. This The happy, sheltered childhood of the Spanish poet literary and extremely captivating text gives an Federico Garcia Lorca was a source of his poetry. authentic portrait of a child growing up in a foreign Even younger children will be able to understand culture. (16+) how literature and life influence one another with this short biography. As a young boy Lorca lived amidst the other children in his surroundings as a Switzerland dreamy outsider. Up to his early death in the Spanish Civil War, writing poetry was an existential 103 necessity in his life, which the author cautiously Johansen, Hanna (text) tracked down. (8+) Bhend, Käthi (illus.) Die Hexe zieht den Schlafsack enger (The Witch Pulls the Sleeping Bag Tighter) 101 Zurich: Nagel & Kimche, 1995. [76pp] Waluszek, Christian ISBN 3-312-00787-9 Wilfried (Proper name) Calendar Poetry Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1995. 283pp Subversive and rebellious in content, conventional ISBN 3-522-16893-3 in rhyme and meter, these verses come from the IntelligenceMentally handicapped Circus whole year long. Without the aid of a continuous Exhibitor Murder Psychiatry storyline, one still learns much about the joys, Winifred is looking for his uncle. But his uncle has sorrows and everyday life of a little girl, about her been murdered (to mention only the beginnings of family problems and celebrations. Kathe Bhend's this pleasureably told satire-detective story). Uncle well-received, bizarre illustrations are the ideal Ludwig's well-preserved corpse is hidden in the accompaniment to this volume, (8+) horror house where Wilfried works. (Detectives will enjoy the wordplay »Toter Mann« standing for the corpse and the figure in the horror house). The 104 story is settled to everyone's satisfaction and the Limmacher, Roland bad guys get their just reward. With a black but not Juliluft bitter humor, the author sketches the dark and (The Winds ofJuly) lighter sides of humanity, much to the pleasure of Zurich: Diogenes, 1995. 136pp the reader. (12+) ISBN 3-257-06034-3 Self-identityFriendship Homeless man Julius, nicknamed Schaal, makes friends with two 28 German Language men who are putting together a Cadillac from the 107 wrecks in a car scrap yard, where one of them, Schneider, Jiirg E. (text) Most, even lives. When the two men get into trouble Siegfried, Anita (text) with the police, they run away, taking Schaal - Jdrg (illus.) against his will - with them. He must find his way Auf der Gasse und hinter dem Ofen. home all alone: the way from childhood to Eine Stadt im Spätmittelalter adulthood. He sees old Most just one more time, (In the Alley and Behind the Chimney. when the police have extradicted him from a A Town in the Late Middle Ages) southern country and placed him in a mental Aarau: Sauerländer, 1995. 47pp, 4 posters hospital. (14+) ISBN 3-7941-3906-2 Germany/1309-1349 City/Everyday lifePlague Four persons of different age groups and social 105 backgrounds lead the reader into a foreign world, a Pacovski, Kveta (text/illus.) city in the middle of the 14th century. A boy, a girl, Tiirme a young woman and a monk go through a typical (Towers) day, fulfilling different tasks and duties. In Gossau: Neugebauer, 1995. [44pp] preparing the painstakingly elaborate frieze-style ISBN 3-85195-368-1 illustrations as supplements to the text, Jorg Muller Tower - Dream Play Sunset Flying used true-to-original models of towns. The A new artist's picture book that both challenges and extremely difficult plan to bring the historical quickens the narrative imagination. Where can context and traditions to life appears to be »towers« be better imagined than in Bologna, Italy? successful in this large-format portfolio of text and They have much to whisper to one another in the illustration. Factual materials are also included, so magical hour between daytime and dreamtime - that the necessary imaginative processes can take about flying, story-telling and celebrations. With place on the basis of solid facts. (8+) this impressing large-sized format, with folds and flaps to look at and readthe artist has truly made this an uplifting book. (6+) 108 Traxler, Hans (text/illus) Wenn Kühe Propeller hätten 106 (If Cows Had Propellers) Schami, Ralik (text) Zurich: Diogenes, 1995. 54pp Cools, Ed (illus.) ISBN 3-257-00823-6 Streich, Oliver(illus.) Nonsense Logic DerSchnabelsteher (Maker of Beak-stands) The caricaturist Hans Traxler gives himself and his Zurich: Nord-Siid-Verl., 1995. [28pp] readers this gift of a book filled with relaxing ISBN 3-314-00715-9 double-entendre and so-called non-sense. In series Single mother - Outsider - Courage - Vanity -Game of »if-then« sentences he creates the most absurd The little raven is still too young to flybut no causal relations. The purpose behind this activity other raven child can stand on their beak like he may lay in pointing out the irony of adult logic can. Hence, it cannot understand why the pheasant which in general usage and as forced upon children is called the king of the birds, since he has those is often not easily understandable. Having a laugh beautiful feathers through no effort of his own and over unexpected (word) imagery is a liberating he does nothing else all day but show off by faning experience. Especially when laughing together. (8+) his tail. The raven's efforts to dethrone the »king« are met with great approval by the other animals. So ever since then a beak-standing raven is regar- ded more highly than a peacock fanning his tail. This is a story of encouragement for young outsiders. (6+) 17 5 29 German Language Romance Languages 109 and message of the story: how violence develops, Weninger, Brigitte (text) what destructive forces they encompass, which Marks, Alan (illus.) even when held in check, still exist under the Auf Wiedersehen, Papa surface. (5+) 0 (Goodbye, Papa) Gossau: Neugebauer, 1995. [28pp] ISBN3-85195-563-6 1 1 1 Marital separationEveryday life -Anger Vincent, Gabrielle (text/illus.) Only his Teddy can explain to Tom why he does not Je voudrais qu'on m'écoute need to be angry with his absent father. When his (Please Listen to Me) mother and father (bear) no longer get along Paris/ Louvain-la-Neuve: Duculot, 1995. [28pp] peaceably in their cramped cave, it is better for ISBN 2-203-55163-1 everyone when he meets the father outside to play Loneliness Runaway NeglectParents/Daughter and romp about. And soon he comes back again. This picture book illustrates the labile sensitivity of This picture book does not make use of intellectual a child. Sitting in front of the mirror in her room, a explanations to show young children how to make little girl decides to run away from home because the best of an unsatisfying situation. (6+) no one will listen to her. The steps and stubborn ideas that must be taken when running away are Europe revealed in each subsequent picture, passing through a long landscape into the deep dark forest. Sparse lines and subdued watercolors skillfully Belgium (French) suggest the loneliness of the wilderness in which the child becomes lost and in desparation calls for 0 Special Mention her mother. When the full moon rises, Papa finds his child and carries her home again. (4+) 0 110 Stibane (text/illus.) L'Arbre aux Corbeaux France (The Tree of the Ravens) Paris: Pastel, 1995. [36pp] 112 ISBN 2-211-029-63-5 Albaut, Corinne (text) Raven Enemy Violence - Civil war Ceccarelli, Serge (illus.) DestructionFable Comptines a croquer A large swarm of ravens lives peacefully in an old (Counting Verses to Nibble On) tree until one of them finds a red scrap of material Arles: Actes Sud Junior, 1995. 64pp and decides he will become the king. A little later ISBN 2-7427-0733-6 another raven discovers a scrap of yellow material and also wants to become king. That means war! 113 The rival kings and their followers fall upon each Albaut, Corinne (text) other. A merciless war ensues. Finally one group Boucher, Michel (ill.) sets fire to the tree to kill off the enemy. When the Comptines pour le temps de Noel tree is ablaze, the ravens finally realize what they (Counting Verses for the Christmas Season) have done. The fighters unite and put out the fire. Arles: Actes Sud Junior, 1995. 64pp Peace returns and as an admonition, the yellow and ISBN 7427-0732-8 red scraps are len to hang on the tree. This fable ot Counting Poems Wordplay the raven's civil war is expressively staged. The The publishers have launched their new series for sparse text outlines the course of the story and lets young children with two treats: counting rhymes the illustrations portray the action. The aggression that melt on the tongue, ring in the ear and are easy of the explosively escalating forms and color are to learn. The lovely illustrations often put the very effective means for conveying the meaning cheery nonsensical wordplay on words in 30 1 7 6 Romance Languages astoundingly inventive scenes. To be read aloud, 116 looked out, recited and continued. (3+) Bon, Francois (text) Dans la ville invisible (In the Invisible City) 114 Paris: Gallimard, 1995. 124pp Baronian, Jean-Baptiste (text) ISBN 2-07-057955-7 Truus (illus.) ReadingReality/Unreality Polichon (Proper Name) Home alone in an apartment on the 14th floor, Paris: Grasset Jeunesse, 1995. [28pp] oscillating between dream and reality for five days ISBN 2-246-5471-6 and nights, the protagonist, an introverted teenage Dog - Sheep Seasons boy, goes through a phase of time-unbounded Polichon is a shepherd dog who cares for his own hallucinations. He had buried himself in a book of herd of sheep. One sees him busy with his tasks old legends, leaving them only for a nightly round throughout the year. This picture book of collages through the high-rise building, where he experien- made with torn paper of various textures and coarse ces unreal encounters. The dividing line between material is seemingly simple and broad, but the the fictitious world of books and imagination and details, in the animal faces and gestures, are filled the concrete reality has completely disappeared. with astounding emotional expressiveness. The Everything seems equally real. In short, intervening haptic quality of the collages may also motivate chapters other narrators (the doorman, his step- young readers to undertake such creations of their father, a friend) have their say. The novel weaves own. The novelist and fantasy writer Baronian fantasy, lyricism and surrealism with a pinch of contributed the ingenuous verses. (3+) 0 humor into a piece of high-level literature, equally suited for adults. (15+) Prix Totem 1995 du meilleur roman 115 Binder, Jean (text/illus.) Pipo et Sifflet sont des Cobayes 117 (Pipo and Sifflet are Guinea Pigs) Boudet, Robert (Text) Paris: Archimede/ L'Ecole des Loisirs, 1995. 38pp Daniau, Marc (111.) ISBN 2-211-02948-5 Coups de thatre Guinea pigs/PetsPets/Guidebook Adventure (Effects of Theater) This first picture book by the well-known Zurich Toulouse: Milan, 1995.150pp illustrator Jean Binder, is an adventure story of ISBN 2-84113-160-2 runaway guinea pigs with an original punch line, Theatre play Self-experienceGroup solidarity and illustrated in his usual wood-cut style scratch- First love - Intercultural understandingViolence board technique. He employs the guinea pigs A theatre group is established at a school and ground-level perspective to show how the human begins to rehearse. The peppy novel convincingly sphere towers above it and can seem threatening. conveys the increasing fascination of the group Lovers of this house pet will find useful tips in the with the play. The young reader will be able to appendix about care, food and birthing habits. (5+) identify with them easily. They speak his jargon and have the same daily problems - friendship, first love, puberty, complexes and self-experience, as well as cultural barriers with foreign-born classmates and an unsettling experience with youth violence. This book is part of the »Mille Passions« series, which covers a wide spectrum of themes, which young people are known to find interesting. Even notorious non-readers will find these up-to- date books to their taste (12+) 4 31 Romance Languages I 18 120 Brun-Cosme, Nadine (text) Douzou, Olivier (text) Boucher, Michel (illus.) Lejonc, Regis (Illus.) La maison des trains Tour de manège (The House of the Trains) (Merry-go-round Ride) Paris: Ipomée, 1995. 54pp Rodez: Rouergue, 1995. [44pp] ISBN 2-226-07055-9 ISBN 2-84156-006-6 FriendshipLonelinessTrain Merry-go-round Enchantment - From a distant hill, across the snowy landscape World travel Old age broken only by the railway tracks a young boy The flyleaves of this picture book show sketches watches the signal house. He is at once curious and of old wooden merry-go-rounds from the museum fearful of the mysterious inhabitants. The little girl of fairs in Paris. The double-paged pictures tell the behind the window sees him. She cannot open it as story of two children who loose track of time in the long as the father is away. The children get to know endless circular rides. The perspective from the each other only very gradually. Loneliness and fear merry-go-round is enchanting. From the small lay upon their souls like the snow blankets the circle the children fly out onto a trip around the countryside. The discreet elegance of the illustra- world. The text coils and rolls with the rhythm of tions leave considerable empty space for the cold the rounds as an eternally repeated refrain from winter. Suddenly, like an explosion, the steam page to page. The children grow imperceptibly from engine breaks into the numbness, the graphic peak one round to the next. When all their tickets are of the book. (9+) gone, they are old people. Once again they buy tickets. (5+) 0 119 Combesque, Marie Agnes (text) 121 Gibrat, Jean-Pierre (illus.) Dubost, Jean-Pascal (text) Drogue: Aux deux bouts de la chaine Mclinette, Martine (illus.) (At Both Ends of the Chain) Les quatre - chemins Paris: Syros, 1995. [112pp] (Detours) (J'accuse) Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: Drugs Mafia - Crime - Poverty Cheyne Editeur, 1995. [43pp] This educational book on the topic of »drugs« is (Poèmes a grandir) divided into three sections. In the middle section ISBN 2-903705-87-9 a documentary report gives an overview of the Poetry School holidays Auvergne Grandparents world-wide net of plantations and processing, There is a consistent meticulousness in the volumes organizations of the drug cartel, business and of this series. High-quality paper, rasberry colored money-washing, users and their street crime. Two lettering and dark blue graphics blend together to fictitious stories before and after this documentary make a bibliophilic edition that will also provide section show the fate of the weakest members young readers aesthetic pleasures. of this chainat the beginning, the Columbian The poems reflect the now past magic of the long farmers who are forced to plant cannabis, and at the summer holidays with the grandparents. The second other end, the young drug addicts in Paris who part is then dedicated to the now widowed grand- waste away between shots. The very concrete mother whose loneliness is tenderly and painfully approach to this topic is food for thought, not felt from the child's perspective. Using the face and only for young readers. (12+) hands of a clock, the illustrations play with the basic theme of time's inevitable progress. (12+) 32 1:0 Romance Languages 122 124 Guyennon-Duchêne, Claudie (text/illus.) Muscat, Bruno (text) Adéwi Komé, la nuit Besson, Jean-Louis (illus.) (Adéwi Koine, at Night) Les secrets d'une ville Orange: Grandir, 1994. [40pp] (The Secrets of a City) ISBN 2-84166-005-2 Paris: Bayard, 1995. 46pp Africa/Travel -Togo - Diary - Foreignness ISBN 2-227-70-242-7 The idiosyncratic southern France publishing house Paris/Guide - Big City/Life style has specialized in graphically unusual artistic books. From early morning until nightfall Madame Pinson This African diary, too, rests on its exceptional travels through Paris with her young charges. In design. Strongly impressed with her stay in Togo, a double-paged illustrations thousands of humorously young artist rendered this into expressively painted drawn details show how people in the big city live sketches of effusive colorfulness, in which strongly and work, how traffic and commerce are organized. repainted Polaroid photos and a rudimentary text A city plan helps provide an overview. With a composed of keywords are inserted. The visual »find-the-figure« game, the reader is encouraged to immediacy with which the fascinating and often look for people with certain names and professions unsettling experiences are outlined will appeal to in the teeming crowds of the big city. In this way young readers. (12+) 4 the city of a million inhabitants loses its anonymity and becomes an accessible living space. Highly recommendable for foreign language instruction. 123 (10+) 0 Judenne, Roger Une vie a tout prix (Life at Any Cost) 125 Paris: Rageot-Editeur, 1994. 156pp Pelton (text/illus.) ISBN 2-7002-0463-8 Pour faire un ours bleu, choisir un beau lion... Kidney transplantation Donor organs/Black (To Make a Blue Bear, take One Beautiful Lion...) market Affluence - Third world Slum children - Paris: Le sourire qui mord, 1995. [72pp] Hippocratic oath ISBN 2-86-434-057-7 How the fates of two individuals coincide without Bear meeting is narrated here in alternation. Melanie This first picture book by Eric Peltier is somewhat lives in France and has an incurable kidney disease. irritating at first glance because the pictures make a To save her life her parents bring her to a clinic in mockery of the text. When the story tells of a well- Bogota where organ transplantations are carried behaved, polite bear, the pictures present a lazy bear out. Adriano is an orphan who struggles to survive and rowdy bear. Children will soon have fun with in the slums of Bogota. He is snatched away in a car this game of opposites in the alternating text and and taken to a clinic where one of his kidneys is picture and will continue the story further. At first removed. Then he is sent back to the streets again. glance the brightly colored illustrations are terse The shocking facts in this story are revealed with- and self-evident, but upon closer viewing reveal out embellishment. A short documentary appendix amusing details and often fascinating perspectives. deals with the medical and ethical issues involved. (5+) (13+) Prix du Roman de Jeunesse ffor the manuscript) 1994 33 Romance Languages Special Mention has buried herself in soft pillows near the mellow light of her lamp, hoping for a quiet hour of rea- 126 ding. Suddenly a zooming toy grasshopper and a Piquemal, Michel (select.) picturebook are pushed to the foreground. They Vautier, Mireille (illus.) belong to the sons, who pester their mother, deman- Paroles de fraternité ding her affection. The cool, dark tones give way to (Words of Fraternity) warm, lighter colors and at last she enfolds all the Paris: Albin Michel, 1996. 64pp children in her arms. In this suble portrayal of child- ISBN 2-226-07135-0 like perceptions, the artist has broken with all con- Fraternity - Ethics Anthology ventional techniques of picture book illustration. To share, to give, to stand togetherthese are She works with an assembly of elements which can synomyrns for fraternity or brotherhood. Saint- only be grasped with associative reading and Exupéry said it with an image: we must throw a encoding. (10+) ladder out into the night. Abbe Pierre, father figure for all the homeless, has taken as the motto for his life: remember to love! All the authors who 128 are represented in this anthology know of the Ponti, Claude (text/illus.) mobilizing power of fraternity from a deep human Tromboline et Foulbazar: Les Masques experience. Whether Epiket, Tolstoy, Georges (Tromboline and Foulbazar: The masks) Brassens - they all express with a passion their Paris: I2Ecole des Loisirs, 1995. 2Opp dedication to fellow man in an impressive, personal ISBN 2-211-031-77-3 style. Their words are not merely abstract appeals, Chicks Masks - Fear Fun but suggest possibilities for practicing the ideas of The well-known illustrator presents an attractive fraternity. That makes this collection of text so series for small children in small format. Reduced seducingly convincing. It can be a vade mecum for to a few funny effects, the graphic economy of the one's own life. The illustrations, done in the style story develops its own sophistication. With self- of art brut, corresponding perfectly to the spirit and made masks two little merry chicks take pleasure in immediate appellative character of the texts. frightening each other. And the masks are so well Reduced to their simplest form as heads, the figures done that they are even frightened of themselves. have stripped off everything that would prevent an (3+) encounter with their brothers. Their ability to smile is as convincing as the expressivness of the texts. And the vivid, flat/broadly applied colors 129 correspond to the message of the words. The Royer, Alain (text) sources of the text are given in an bibliographic Carpentier, Georges (text) appendix. This series also contains other de Seynes, Sophie (illus.) recommendable anthologies. (12+) 4 La Resurrection (The Resurrection) Paris: Mango, 1995. [28pp] 127 (Autre regard) Poncelet, Beatrice (text/illus.) ISBN 2-7404-04330-6 Chut ! Elle lit. Bible Jesus Jerusalem - Last Supper - (Shhh! She Is Reading) Resurrection Paris: Seuil Jeunesse. 1995. 36pp This new series is intended to provide little children ISBN 2-02-022176-4 with their first encounter with Biblical stories. Mother/Child Reading - Disturbances - The idea is correspondingly clear-cut: the easily Thnderness understandable texts arc kept short in comparison Two pairs of children's eyes peer out of the dark- with the space given over to the illustrations which ness - codes for the point of view from which the portray Biblical scenes in transparent watercolors. story is to be experienced. The children's mother The faces are drawn with pen strokes, and showing 34 Romance Languages lively real-life mimics. The colors and localized self-discovery in the course of her diary. This highly details of the Mediterranean world are carefully literary work of fiction enables a deeper under- chosen, stimulating a closer look. This is also a standing for a conflict-ridden chapter in contem- suitable book for reading aloud and re-telling. porary history. (13+) -0- (3+) 0 Grand Prix du Livre pour la Jeunesse ff'or the manuscript) 1994 130 Soupault, Re et Philippe (text) 132 Yao, Li Zhong (illus.) Weulersse, Odile (text) Dragon bleu, Dragon jaune Manaud, Jean-Luc (photos) (Blue Dragon, Yellow Dragon) Aghali, berger du desert Paris: Pere Castor Flammarion, 1995. [28pp] (Aghali, Shepherd in the Desert) ISBN 2-08-160146-X Paris: Hatier, 1995. 62pp Korea Emperor Painting ISBN 2-218-03022-5 The emperor of Korea commanded the best painter Sahara Desert Touareg of the kingdom to paint two dragons as symbols The life and customs of the Touareg caught between of power and peace for the throne room. After tradition and modern demands is presented here considerable preparation the painter merely threw a through a fictitious tale about a young shepherd blue and a yellow brush stroke on the silk canvas. boy. High-quality documentary photos accompany At first this »work« made the emperor very angry. the text. In an appendix further ethnographic infor- But then he recognized that the dynamics of the two mation and explanations are provided. This is a new lines had fully captured the nature of the dragons. addition to the well-received series »Pali Mali« on This tale is taken from a collection by the Soupaults modern ethnography. (8+) 4 which is still popular today, »Stories of Wonder from Five Continents.« The Korean illustrator has supplied illustrations in the traditional style of his Italy homeland. He demonstrates for children that the variety of artistic means extends even to absolute 133 reduction. (6+) Buongiorno, Teresa (text) Nidasio, Grazia (illus.) Olympos. Diario di una dea adolescente 131 (Olympos. Diary of an Adolescent Goddess) Vénuleth, Jacques (text) Firenze: Salani, 1995. 231pp Diet, Robert (illus.) (Gl'Istrici; Istrice Sapiens; 95) Les pierres du silence ISBN 88-7782-382-8 (The Stones of Silence) Greece/Classical Age Mythology - Hebe - Paris: Hachette, 1995. I88pp Growing up Diary ISBN 2-01-321311-5 Hebe, the daughter of Zeus and Hera and the Israel - Jewish-Arab ConflictPalestine - goddess of youth, feels it is a burden to be Intifada - MutismDial)) condemned to eternal youth. The young girl tells In a psychiatric clinic in Jerusalem a young girl here of her search for identity and of everyday life begins to keep a diary. As a Palestinian from an and various adventures on Olympus. The members Arabic village in Israel, and hence a citizen of Isra- of the extended divine family prove themselves to el, who goes to a boarding school in Switzerland, be very human, whimsical, cantankerous and she has had trouble to admit her own identity. After moody. A decisive turn in Hebe's life comes when experiencing a violent act of revenge by Jewish she falls in love with Heracles and becomes his soldiers against the Intifada during a visit to her wife. This entertaining story is told by Hebe herself village, she had fallen mute from the shock. The in diary form, divided into 90 chapters which read reader follows her painful process of healing and like episodes of a mythological soap opera. (12+) r) 0,4,k 35 Romance Languages 134 136 Davico Bonino, Guido / Francesca La7zarato (eds.) Gandolfi, Silvana (text) Canottiere, Lorena / Sartoni, Lorenzo (illus.) Orecchia, Giulia (illus.) IIGirotondo degle Spiriti Allegri. Occhio al gatto! Fiabe di morte, santi e diavoli (Beware of Cat!) (The Roundelay of Happy Spirits. Firenze: Salani, 1995. 207pp Tales of Death, Saints and Devils) (Gl'Istrici; 100) Milano: Mondadori, 1995. 142pp ISBN 88-7782-340-2 (Tutto e fiabe) Venice - Cat Odyssee - Detective story ISBN 88-04-39879-5 It is surely no coincidence that Virgilio, the tom-cat, Italy/Folk tales Death Devil Demons - Saints is named after Dante's guide through the under- Traditional folk tales and legends from various world. This book views Venice, its canals, bridges regions of Italy have been gathered together in this and dark doorways, from a cat's perspectivealong collection and translated or retold in the modem with the boy named Dante, who after imbibing a vernacular. This book is one of a new series by the magical chocolate drink has power to see with the publisher Mondadori in which individual volumes eyes of a cat. The boy becomes involved in a group together stories by theme or geographical kidnapping and discovers the evil side of suppo- region, for example, tales about talking animals, sedly unsuspicious persons. Characteristic for this tricksters and magicians, tales from Ireland or the adventure story is the intrusion of phantasy tales of Native Americans. (8+) ¢ elements in everyday life and the things behind the mask of appearances. (10+) 135 Dell'Oro, Erminia (text) 137 Mariniello, Cecco (illus.) Lavatelli, Anna (text) La pianta magica Zahradka, Mirek (illus.) (The Magic Plant) II cannone Bum! Trieste: E. Elle, 1995. 66pp (The Cannon Boom!) (Le letture; 93) Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1995. [64pp] ISBN 88-7068-751-1 (II battello a vapore; Serie bianca; 13) Set in Eritrea, this is a story about a plant named ISBN 88-384-3413-1 Winta, which has magical powers. It can attract War/Peace Old age clouds and make the rain fall wherever water is At the end of the war Boom, the cannon, is put especially needed. In the Spring of 1994 Winta is in mothballs. At first still a celebrity, it soon is picked by an ignorant tourist and brought to Italy. forgotten. After a long time has passed, it is A bird sets off to find it again. This book, a mixture discovered again by a circus director and given a of fairy tale, history and legends from Eritrea, is new, peaceable and merry-making function in it's dedicated by the author to the children of this east old days. The story of Boom is a story against war, African country as well as all the children who but also about old age and the often thoughtless must endure the great sufferings of war. (9+) 4 manner of dealing with people and things that no longer seem to have any use. The cheerful color illustrations in mixed media are a highly appropriate complement to the text. (6+) 132 36 Romance Languages 138 miracle stories from the Bible about the appearance Lazzarato, Francesca (adapt.) of food and drink or the corn people myths of the Galloni, Adelchi (illus.) Mayas. Furthermore other topics such as the land of La novantanovesima moglie del re. Cockaigne, the discovery of the potato and the cocoa Fiabe e leggende della tradizione nigeriana bean, table manners, seasonings and flavorings, (The King's Ninety-ninth Wife. Traditional beer and tortellini. It is remarkable how many connec- Tales and Legends from Nigeria) tions and parallels in cultural history can be discove- Milano: Mondadori, 1995. 79pp red. The book is enhanced by numerous colorful, (Fiabe Junior) vivid pictures in mixed media, primarily in pastel ISBN 88-04-39906-6 crayons and paper collages. The beginning of each Nigeria/TalesNigeria/Legends chapter is graced with an original anthropomorphic This is one of the titles of an exemplary paperback initial letter. (12+) -0- series which presents the tales, fables, and legends of various peoples and countries, providing the opportunity to look beyond one's own narrow 140 (eurocentric) borders and discover and understand Piumini, Roberto better foreign cultures. This volume is dedicated to Denis del pane the west African country of Nigeria, a land marked (Denis of Bread) by the co-habitation of very different peoples, Trieste: Einaudi Ragazzi, 1995. 232pp which has been in the public eye recently above all (Narrativa; 39) with negative headlines. Accompanied by colored ISBN 88-7936-160-6 illustrations, this volume collects myths of origins, In the Middle Ages the mill considered the animal tales and other brilliant short stories. In focal point of rural life since everyone had to go an appendix the reader will find supplemental there sooner or later, even a child. When Denis, information about Nigeria. (10+) -0- a nameless foundling, arrives there, the miller brothers Gustav and Francois Tabin agree to take him in. Denis's best friend is Freut, a mongrel dog, © Special Mention and together they have many adventures which shape his development as much as the bread 139 sculptures, knights, and mysterious letters. The Montanari, Massimo (text) author skillfully develops the story to give a vivid Luzzati, Emanuele (illus.) picture of life during those times. (11+) II pentolino magico (The Little Magic Pot) Bafi: Laterza, 1995. vii, 118pp 141 ISBN 88-420-4739-2 Stanisci, Andrea (text) Food/History Eating/History Ricci, Stefano (illus.) The Grimms' fairy tale »The sweet porridge« Don Giovanni. Doppio giallo prompted the author to write this stimulating and (Don Giovanni. A double detective story) entertaining book which explores in 34 chapters Firenze: Salani, 1995. 119pp the topics of food and eating, both of which have (Gl'Istrici; Istrici della Ribalta; 96) played a fundamental role in all cultures in all ages, ISBN 88-7782-373-9 whether in the creation myths, religious texts, cult Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Reality/Fiction rites, literature, in celebrations or in everyday life. Opera houseDetective story Human history is in no small way a history of Inspector Gustav and his assistant finally have a hunger and sacrifice, of surplus and of lust for »real« case to solve. Signor Francesco, the eating. Massimo Montanafi's texts offer a richly main actor of Mozart's opera »Don Giovanni« varied mixture of stories, documentation, myths, has disappeared without a trace. During their legends and historical accounts. The palette offers, investigations at the opera house the both discover among other things, stories of the tree of life, strange parallels between the plot of the opera and 1 3 3 37 Romance Languages the life of the singers. Reality and fiction are so through the use of color and form. She captures the interwoven that in the end they prove to be atmosphere of this tale with a wide range of green, inseparable, and even the case remains shrouded in blue and grey tones, soft lines, vague contours. And mysterious darkness. In the new series »lstrici della her pictures reflect the basically melancholy mood Ribalta« young readers become acquainted with the the dimly lit underwater world and the sombre world classics of literature in a very unconventional seascape and coastal landscape. (8+) manner. (12+) 144 142 Mimoso, Anabela (text) Tamaro, Susanna (text) Caetano, João (illus.) Ross, Tony (illus.) Dona Bruxa Gorducha 11 cerchio magico (The Fat Witch) (The Magic Circle) Coimbra: Livraria Arnado, 1995. 32pp Milano: Mondadori, 1995. 117pp (Coleccão Barquinhos de papel) (Contemporanea) ISBN 972-701-089-X ISBN 88-04-396I3-X What does a witch do when she gets so fat that her Wolf's child - Forest - Threat - Destruction broom can no longer carry her? She becomes NatureCivilization inventive and sets everything in motion in order to Like Romulus and Remus, Rick has been nursed by conjure up a set of wings to solve her problem. But a she-wolf in the only space left open in a big city. her efforts are in vain and so she has to set off for This idyllic life takes an abrupt turning point when the Witch Congress by foot. To everyone's surprise, some men, greedy for wealth and without scruples, she is quite thin when she finally arrives there two decide to cut down the unexplored wood, »il years later. With humor and imagination this book cerchio magico«. As a result Rick's mother, the describes the »daily life« of witches, which is full she-wolf, is killed and the boy is forced to enter of exotic and bizarre problems from the point of the aggressive world of human beings. Acting view of any non-witch. The text is accompanied by resolutely and with the help of some human friends full-paged, expressive illustrations (water color and and animals, Rick succeeds in saving the »cerchio line drawings) in broken blue and brown tones. (8+) magico«. With its well-constructed plot and well- drawn characters, the story's setting seems very realistic and plausible. (11+) Romania 145 Portugal Sfivulescu-Voudouris, Monica Un alt glob, v5 rog! 143 (A Different Globe, Please) Andersen, Hans Christian (text) Bucuresti: Ed. Ion Crean5, 1992. 7Opp Bacelar, Manuela (illus.) ISBN 973-25-0330-0 de Fonseca, Ribeiro (trans.) Romania/Emigration - Holland/Immigration A sereiazinha Mother/Daughter - International politics (The Little Mermaid) This book about the pain of living in emigration is Porto: Afrontamento, 1995. 61pp dedicated to the children and young people who ISBN 972-36-0362-4 gave the impulse for the Revolution in Romania in Fairy talc/Denmark 1989. In 1987, atter enduring reprisals from the Andersen's fairy tale of the impossible love of the »Securitate« and the Romanian police, the author little mermaid, a princess, and the human boy, a and her ten-year-old dauehter emigrated to Hol- prince, is rich on descriptions of colors and shapes. land. SAvulescu-Voudouris reports here on the first Similarly, Manuela Bacelar's double-paged year in the shelter for refugees from the point of illustrations achieve their full effect above all view of the child. The child experiences a new 38 184 Romance Languages world which her past experiences have not prepared tales from the life of a boy names BotOn Rompeta- her to understand. Then there was her mother's cones and his sister Azulita. At the time of its first serious depression, from which she only gradually publication it was considered quite innovative, recovered. This world, where everything familiar and even today will surprise its readers with a has lost its meaning, has an allegory in the old special humor bordering on the absurd, with its globe with which mother and daughter try to locate interweaving of everyday events and fairy-tale like the sources of news they hear on television and fantasy elements and adventures. This edition is where long outdated political entities are not to be also noteworthy for its meticulous, attractively found. (10+) designed format with the original illustrations by Peinador. (10+) Spain 148 146 Atxaga, Bernardo (text) Andersen, Hans Christian (text) Valverde, Mikel (illus.) Mestres, Apeles (illus.) Atxaga, Bernardo (transl.) Roca y Roca,J.(trans.) Shola y los leones Cuentos (Shola and the Lions) (Fairy Tales) Madrid: SM, 1995. 75pp Madrid: Compaiiia Literaria, 1994. 355pp (El Barco de Vapor; Serie Oro; Azul; 5) ISBN 84-8213-009-9 ISBN 84-348-4546-6 (Facsimile ed. of the first edition: Barcelona: Dog - NatureIdentity crisis 1 (3 5 39 Romance Languages Clever and surprising examples from everyday life, Santander. Removed from his familiar surroun- from painting, literature and the animal kingdom dings, he must now adjust to a new setting which give proof to their claims. The design and the he feels to be strange and at times even threatening. imaginative illustrations as well as the unusual use Along with these difficulties, he is preoccuppied of the horizontal format for picture and text make with his father's illness and his love for Christine, this a very special book. (9+) a girl in his school. Although the author employs certain themes and elements typical of a young adult novel, the book does not contain the usual 150 images and elements of plot. The characters Cano, Caries (text) seem very much real and convincing, the pro- Gusti (illus.) blems tangible, and the reader is given no easy iTe pillé, Caperucita! solutions. The boy's conflicts, his vacillating (Little Red Riding Hood, I've Got You) reactions to his father's decline and the fascination Madrid: Bram, 1995. 121pp of his first romance are very plausible. The convin- (Colección Altamar; Serie Teatro; 90) cing portrayal of the city, the waterfront, and life ISBN 84-216-2572-1 near the sea round out this novel, and keep the Fairy tale/Parody -TheaterTravesty reader turning the pages to the very end. (14+) Using the technique of a play within a play, this drama works the figures and plots from famous fairy tales against the grain by letting the actors 152 spontaneously change their roles. Little Red Riding Hauff, Wilhelm (text) Hood is a cheeky little brat, Puss-in-Boots turns out Callas Cortazar, Alicia (illus.) to be an ordinary bandit, one of the Three Pigs Bombin Izquierdo, Elena (trans.) changes into the revenger of his butchered and Cuentos completos sausaged brother. Parody and travesty are heighte- (The Complete Tales) ned even more between the acts by »advertising« in Madrid: Anaya, 1994. 285pp which still other fairy-tale figures sing the praises ISBN 84-207-6285-7 of imaginary products. A fast-paced, hilarious piece Hauff Wilhelm/Tales of nonsense, this work won the prestigious Premio This is the first time that a complete edition of Lazarillo in 1994. (11+) the Hauff tales has been published in Spanish. This large-sized book has been excellently designed Special Mention from paper to printing quality. Alicia Callas has very fittingly reproduced the mood of the texts in her illustrations. Exotic and bizarre figures, 151 animals, fabulous creatures populate the scenes, Gindara, Alejandro moving about within magical landscapes and Nunca sere como te quiero meticulously designed interiors. Whether full-paged (I'll Never Be Like I Want You to Be) color illustrations or small pencil vignettes, there is Madrid: SM, 1995. 146 pp always something new for the viewer to discover. (Gran Angular; 140) (6+) ISBN 84-348-4673-X Social status -AlcoholismFirst love Seventeen-year-old Jacobo lives alone with his father in the waterfront district of Santander, a town in northern Spain. His mother abandoned the family twelve years before; his father, a former teacher, works as a fisherman and struggles with alcoholism. When jacobo enters high school, he must go every day »to the other side,« to the old district of town, the well-to-do neighbourhood of 40 Romance Languages 153 travelling Bunraku puppet theater, etc. join to make Martinez Gil, Fernando a many-facetted image. Francisco Meléndez, El verano de la linterna magica inspired to write this book during a study tour, has (The Summer of the Laterna Magica) succeeded here in creating an exceptional story. Madrid: Alfaguara, 1995. 166pp Funny, richly detailed, imaginative pictures, diffe- ISBN 84-204-4908-3 rent types of paper and illustration techniques, Spain/I 974 Spain/16th century Humanism - creatively used Japanese characters and a Inquisition meticulously printed text form an original, This novel has two plots which are narrated on the artistically remarkable book that will appeal to one hand by a boy who discovers an old manuscript youth and to adults. (14+) ¢ and a Laterna Magica hidden in the cellar of a house and on the other hand by a young man who invented this apparatus. Both stories are set in Tole- 155 doin 1974 and in the middle of the 16th century O'Callaghan i Duch, Elena (text) and are connected together by the young first- Comella, Angels (illus.) person narrator. The passages of the history tale Equipo Edebé (trans.) are of particular interest due to the lively and Un gato muy poco gato suspenseful portrayal of life in Spain after the (A very Uncat-like Cat) expulsion or forced Christianization of the Jews, a Barcelona: Edebé, 1995. [32pp] period strongly influenced by humanistic ideals but (Tren azul; 22) also the first signs of the Inquisition. (12+) ISBN 84-236-3770-0 (Orig. ed. in Catalan from same publisher) © Special Mention CatIdentityRole Dog A cat named Felipe finds a new home with the boy Gregorio. Strangely enough, Felipe doesn't like 154 fish, runs away from birds and miaus loudly when Meléndez, Francisco (text/illus.) strangers come to the door. In short, it is quite clear Justo (text/illus.) that he considers himself a dog. This humorous Aventuras de Mr. Boisset. story is excellently matched with colored drawings. Tomi-Kikansha. (Continuación de las Particularly striking is the consistent use of typo- aventuras de Mr. Boisset) graphy as a means of artistic expression. Different (The adventures of Mr. Boisset. type faces and sizes express, for example, surprise Tomi-Kikansha. The Continued or emphasis, and the text is placed on the page - Adventures of Mr. Boisset) sometimes in curves or waves - in such a way that it Zaragoza: La Biblioteca de Lastanosa, is an integral element of the illustrations. (6+) 0 1995. [60pp] ISBN 84-606-2132-4 Japan/19th century - Invention - 156 Steam locomotive - Travel Rodriguez Almodóvar, Antonio (text) The steam locomotive Tomi, the creation of the Meléndez, Francisco (illus.) inventor genius Mr. Boissetwho landed in Japan Animates de aventura after many adventurous travelsand his assistant (Adventure Animals) Omuro, finds itself alone one day and sets off to Madrid: Altea, 1995. 64pp. discover the world. Tomi's travels are a wondrous (El viaje imaginario) journey through 19th century Japan, and end finally ISBN 84-372-2196-X after crossing the ocean in California. Just like the Animal/Pivtagonist naive, inexperienced locomotive, the reader will This large-scale, richly illustrated book offers also be captivated by the fascination and peculia- young readers a short, entertaining glimpse into a rities ofJapanese life. Encounters with apes, washer- number of classics of children's literature, including women, a monk, a feudal lord and his samurai, a several books written for adults, but also read by 1 () 41 Romance Languages younger readers. The special uniting element is that his woundcd manliness. It is an original and in each story a literary animal figure is the main entertaining effort to poke fun at the role models character, as for example, Pinocchio's companion, already established in the minds of children. (9+) the cricket, or the swordfish in Hemingway's »The Old Man and the Sea.« The texts have been illustrated by Meléndez's bizarre, and at times very I 59 original interpretations. Short portraits of the Rubio, Gabriela (text/illus.) authors are included in an appendix. (12+) Bzzz... Barcelona: El Arca de Junior, 1995. 3Opp Spain (Catalan) (Centpeus; 18) ISBN 84-478-0247-7 157 Cat DisturbanceFly Fuster, Joan (adapt.) The worst things happen on Mondays. This is Echevarria, Pablo (illus.) also true for a cat who is disturbed by an ordinary El flautista encantat houscfly while occuppied with her peaceful do-not- (The Enchanting Flute Player) hing. While her companion sleeps on calmly, this Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 1995. [24pp] cat lives through an acoustic nightmare that nearly (Llibres del sol i de la lluna; 71) drives her crazy. Gabriela Rubio uses elements of ISBN 84-7826-608-9 comic strips and skillfully employs typography as a Pied Piper of Hamelin means of design and narration. Her witty picture The illustrations to this adaption of the famous book comes alive through the colored drawings story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin do not attempt and the considerable dynamic which makes the to present a historicized or folkloric version of the portrayal nearly grotesque. (5+) events. Aside from a few accessories, the illustrations are reduced to portraying the main characters. The people and the rats, clothed in bi- Switzerland (French) zarre costumes, are given features and gestures which lend tempo and drama to the course of the Special Mention story. This portrayal concentrates above all on form and line, when the illustrator uses colors, 160 particularly yellow and brown tones, it fs done only Madeleine-Perdrillat, Alain (text) sparingly. (8+) Rodari, Florian (art comp.) Un dimanche avec Cezanne (A Sunday with Cezanne) 158 Geneve: Skira, 1995, 56pp Ramon, Estrella (Un Dimanche avec...) Ptolerneu, el cuinetes ISBN 2-605-00284-5 (Ptolemeu, the Cook) Cezanne/BiographyPainting Barcelona: La Galera, 1995. 95pp Cezanne - PaintingBiography (el corsari; 2) Aix-en-ProvenceSainte-Victoire ISBN 84-246-8202-5 The task of leading children to appreciate art ManlinessSocial roles - Sex rolesSelf-identity resembles that of the mountain guide. He choses the Ptolemeu feels as if a thunderbolt struck him when route, i.e. the language, that children will under- his favoritt; aunt gives him a ndolls kitchen« as a stand. But the »mountain«, art, remains indepen- birthday present. What will all his friends think?! dent of the route. Using this motto, the att historian Only gradually does it dawn on him that this is a Florian Rodari has created the series »A Sunday practical camper's kit and that cooking can be fun. with...« together with the publishing house Skira, a This is a witty book about the everyday life of an specialist in exquisite art-books. In this book eleven-year-old and his difficulties in coping with Cezanne takes the child-reader on a long walk 42 13 3 Romance Languages through, showing all his favorite places. The path Latin America ends in the »great studio«, outside in nature, vis vis his favorite motif, the mountain of Sainte- Victoire. Along the way Cezanne addresses his Argentina (Spanish) young audience in a slow, impressive monologue about ways of seeing, about colors and form, about 162 his life, his studies in the Louvre, his friends, fellow Montes, Graciela painters and writers, his wife and her manner of Historia de un amor exagerado modelling for him. His manner of speech is simple, (The History of an Exaggerated Love) reduced to the essentials and vivid. The words encou- Buenos Aires: Colihue, 1995. 65pp rage reflection and the first attempts at seeing from (Libros del malabarista) an artist's point of view. The illustrative material, a ISBN 950-581-525-5 cross-section of Cezanne's oeuvre, is nestled with First love the text so that additional captions are not needed. This brief story deals with a gigantic bouquet of Several photos and documents, a brief biography flowers, happiness and sadness, a lively corres- and a map of Aix and surroundings round out this pondence and the largest love letter the world has walk through Cezanne's world of art. (12+) ever seen. It is the story of two children whose moving and inspiring love story is followed by some with pleasure and benevolence, while others 161 criticize it as »un-childlike« and boundlessly exag- Begag,Azouz (text) gerated. With a sure feel for mood and sentiment as Louis, Catherine (illus.) well as a sense of poetry and nuances, Graciela Ma mere est devenue une &toile Montes describes the magic and uniqueness of love, (My Mother is Now a Star) its simplicity and absoluteness. (10+) Geneve: La Joie de Lire, 1995. [28pp] ISBN 2-88258-065-7 Death Mother Burial Father/Child 163 During the requiem for the mother, a father holds Suez, Perla (text) his child in his arms. They try to comfort each Rojas, Mara (illus.) other. The text lets the child speak in the first El drbol de los flecos person about what is happening in the church, about (The Tree of Scraps) the impossibility of understanding the absoluteness Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1995. 54pp of leave-taking and the roguish hope of making (Colección Pan flauta; 32) it all reversible. It is illustrated with abstract colors ISBN 950-07-1018-8 and color collages dominated by the blue and Jews/Stories brown tones of religious panels and stained glass This is a collection of five traditional Jewish windows. A picture book that is only gradually stories which the author heard from her parents. accessible, and which deserves to be looked at and They belong to the rich culture of orally transmitted explained to a child over and over again. (6+) story-telling among the East European and Oriental Jews. The stories are set in different epochs and in different places, such as Russia or Turkey. The fas- cination of these stories, reduced to their essential components, lays in the austerity of the language. The plain, almost reticent style is excellently matched in the wood-cut style black-and-white illustrations. (12+) 4- 1 3 ' 43 Romance Languages 0 Special Mention Brazil (Portuguese) 164 166 Azevedo, Ricardo (text/illus.) Mello, Roger (text/illus.) Pobre corintiano careca Uma hist6ria do boto vermelho (Poor, Bald »Corinthians« Fan) (A Story of the Red Porpoise) São Paulo: Melhoramentos, 1995. 104pp Rio de Janeiro: Salamandra, 1995. 63pp (Biblioteca Juvenil) ISBN 85-281-0091-X ISBN 85-06-02190-1 Brazil/Amazonia -Porpoise/Tansformation/ City lifePoverty Family - Fatherlessness Man Hunting Myth/Loss The thirteen-year-old José Pedro lives with This story, which is set on a river and in a small his mother in poverty bordering on misery in São village in a remote region of Amazonia, tells of a Paulo. At the center of his life are the soccer club red porpoise who has the power to turn himself into »Corinthians« and Camila, the girl he is equally a young man at certain times. This creature, whose crazy about. He is burdened by the lack of a father legendary existence captures the imagination of the and tries to explain or justify it by inventing stories village inhabitants but also feeds their hunting in which reality keeps getting mixed up with his instinct, makes the acquaintance of the young girl dreams and longings. The author suceeds in writing Joana. Their affection for each other grows, but for a sensitive, well-developed narrative about this two reasons can have no future. On the one hand, young protagonist's everyday life, feelings and neither one of them can completely and perma- family problems. (12+) nently overcome the boundaries of their worlds, i.e. their different elements; and on the other hand, Joana can only just barely save the porpoise from the death which her people plan for him. So in the 165 Lago, Angela (text/illus.) end he leaves his familiar habitat and retreats to 0 personagem encalhado distant waters. In a poetic manner and changing (The Person Who Got Caught) narrative patterns, in accord with the peaceful Belo Horizonte: Le, 1995. [24pp] course of life at the river or the dramatic turns of (0 siso do riso) plot, this story unites old traditional stories with a no ISBN story of our own times. In a simple and subtle Gnome Book - Trap manner this story tells how our world becomes ever In this small-sized, nearly textless book with grey- poorer and more prosaic through man's dominance. and-white double-paged illustrations the space There is no longer room for the extraordinary, the between the two covers is the scene of an ingenious magical. It becomes surpressed, surviving only in episode. A little, jaunty spindly man - a sort of the world of legends and myths. (11+) gnome accidentally lands in a story, slips down into centerfold and finds himself trapped, only able to get out again with extraordinary exertion. Angela 167 Lago has skillfully worked this original, unspec- Orthof, Sylvia (text) tacular idea into a highly entertaining picture book. Bilau (illus.) (4+) 0 Meus varios quinze anos (My Fifteen-Year-Periods) Sao Paulo: FTD, 1995. 64pp (Cara-metade) ISBN 85-322-1476-2 Woman Old age Social role Violeta, a 75-year-old woman from Rio de Janeiro, can look back on an active life. Her memoir is divided into five chapters, each of which covering 1 5' a fifteen year period. Violeta's memories include 44 Romance Languages happiness and disappointment, love, friendship, their traditions, legends, their religion and the way good-byes and losses, each followed in spite of it all they see and understand the world about them. by a new beginning. With a light humorous touch (12+) this book summarizes the life of a woman full of zest and ripened by life's experience, thereby making common clichés about marriage and old Venezuela (Spanish) age questionable. (12+) 170 Rivas, Ivonne (text) 168 Savino, Irene (illus.) Ziraldo El duelio de la luz Vito Grandam. Uma história de voos (The Lord of Light) (Vito Grandam. A Story of Flights) Caracas: Ekaré, 1995. [36pp] São Paulo: Melhoramentos, 1995. I42pp ISBN 980-257-104-0 ISBN 85-06-021188-X Venezuela/Warrau/Legend LightCreation myth Boy/Uncle Family This book is based on a legend of the Warao, a tribe At the center of this first-person narrative by a living in the area of the Orinoco Delta. It tells how 17-year-old boy is Vito Grandam, his uncle, whom light was given to the people who had lived in he greatly aidmires and worships like a hero, though darkness and how it came about that the sun and the he is only a few years older. In different episodes moon »circle the earth.« The short text is very the life story of the narrator is assembled piece by poetic and forms a highly successful whole with the piece: adventures he shares with his uncle, family unusual illustrations. In these atmospheric pictures circumstances and difficulties, the separation of his the focus is not on people but rather on the real parents, life with his father, all his hopes and protagonists of the story, darkness and lightness, dreams. The author, an internationally known night and day, reflected light, mirror images and illustrator, draws here a very vivid and sensitive water as the living space of the Warran. (8+) portrait of a boy coming of age. (12+) 171 Columbia (Spanish) Tabuas, Mireya (text) Keller, Cristina (illus.) 169 Gato Encerrado Leon Zamora, Anibal Eduardo (text) (The Locked-up Cat) Meza B., Mariluz (illus.) Caracas: Monte Avila, 1995. 64pp Suefio Aymara (Primera Dimension; Serie azul) (An Aymara Dream) ISBN 980-01-0880-7 [Medellin]: Universidad Pontificia Cat - Disappearance - Search Bolivariana, 1995. 247pp A young boy tries to find out what has happened to ISBN 770912798-3 the cat that had always visited him on Mondays Peru Andean Highlands/Everyday life until two weeks ago. He goes about the task like a Village life Aymara/Everyday life real detective, making up a list of the suspects and Set in a small village in the Peruvian Andes, this making inquiries by the rest of the residents in the story focusses on a group of children belonging building. Surprisingly, everyone of them is also to the Aymara people, who live still today in the missing a cat. It turns out to be the very same cat, highlands of Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile. which is found at last, unharmed, with seven new- Described from the perspective of the boy, Basilio, born kittens. This clearly structured story is told by this story of village life connects the past and the the main character in a humorous, breezy manner. present in many short chapters. In this way the (8+) 0 Peruvian author succeeds in creating a lively and authentic picture of everyday life of the Aymara, 4 '4 1 9 45 Romance Languages North America I 74 Galouchko, Annouchka Gravel (text/illus.) Sh6 et les Dragons d'Eau Canada (French) (Sh6 and the Demons of the Deep) (Also published in Engl.) 172 Toronto: Annick, 1995. [32pp] Brousseau, Linda (text) ISBN 1-55037-399-4 (fr); 1-55037-398-6 (engl.) Maigné, Claire (illus.) Japan/Folktale - KiteNightmatu - Sea monster Ce n'est pas de ma faute ! Spirituality (It's Not My Fault) This poetic tale about the invention of the Japanese Québec: Editions Pierre Tisseyre, 1994. 102pp kite is visually rendered here in bright colors with ISBN 2-89051-556-7 rich ornamentation. Using the style of naive pain- Childhood Traumatic experienceGuilt feeling ting the illustrator creates a fairy-tale transforma- Luc feels the death of his mother is his fault and tion of the motifs of classical Japanese woodcuts. enjoys playing the role of the failure. In order to Children who of course cannot yet appreciate the clearly portray this dangerous mental burden, the artistic and folkloristic allusions will be fascinated narrator invents a mysterious shrinking illness by the many small anecdotal details of these full- which causes Luc to lose on size every day. The paged pictures. (6+) love of his younger sister and an act of consciously Prix du Gouverneur General pour les illustrations, willed liberation finally help to loosen his mental 1995 block. A gripping read which sensitizes the reader to mental problems. (9+) 175 Gervais, Jean (text) 173 s D 'Amour, Henri-Julien (illus.) Dube, Pierrette (text) La Decision de Cathou Yayo (illus.) (Cathou Makes a Decision) Au lit, princesse Emilie! Montréal: Boreal, 1995. 46pp (Off to Bed, Princess Emily!) (Collection Dominique) St-Hubert (Qc): Raton Laveur,1995. 24 pp ISBN 2-89052-677-1 ISBN 2-920660-36-5 Alcoholism Mother/Daughter Advice PrincessCastle Race Bedtime As an child psychologist the author is well- The night for night battle to get the recalcitrant acquainted with the sufferings of children who have child to go to bed may be easier to deal with after problems with themselves and their surroundings. reading this picture book together. Emily mobilizes His books are the result of extensive research and the vast staff of the castle for the hopeless task of discussions with nine- to twelve-year-olds. They putting her to bed. From the dungeon to the highest offer practical guidance through short stories based tower rooms, the runaway princess has them all on real situations that show paths of self-help. hot on her heels. The droll caricaturist illustrations In the appendix parents and educators will find and rhythmic text with refrain will soon make this precise and sound advice. This is a new genre of book an essential part of the going-to-bed ritual of youth literature which corresponds to the real needs the youngest readers. (8+) 0 of modern-day children and youth. (9-12) 192 46 Romance Languages 176 © Special Mention Lemieux, Jean Le trésor de Brion 178 (The Treasure of Brion) Sarfati, Sonia Montréal: Quebec/Amérique Jeunesse, 1995. 388pp Comme une peau de chagrin ISBN 2-89037-686-9 (Like Shagreen) Treasure hunt - First lovePuberty Friendship Montréal : La Courte Echelle, 1995. 154pp Self-discovery ISBN 2-89021-242-4 This is a superb young adult novel that goes Anorexia Friendship far beyond adventure and treasure hunting. The Gabriele begins to notice strange changes in the protagonist, a young boy, goes through a painful behavior of her girlfriend Fréderique. Suddenly she process of breaking away from his parents, expe- comes to the realization that Fréderique has riences happiness and insecurity in his first anorexia nervosa. With increasing uneasiness she romance, finds his own scnse of responsibility in observes the progress of the illness and discovers lonely reflections on sexuality and faithfulness, the psychological causes which lead to this drive and sets his own life's goals. This wealth of toward self-destruction. The trusted face of her complex topics is woven into a breezy narrative friend breaks to reveal a different merciless person which moreover includes high-sea sailing in the who is driven by a revengeful obsession with power. Atlantic, coastal landscape and climate, village This moving novel offers a sound exposé of the life and historical reminiscences. (13+) disease which is symptomatic of our times. It also Prix 12/17 Brive-Montréal 1995 (Youth novel) shows that true friendship only reveals itself when put to the test. (13+) Governor General's Literary Award 1995 177 Olscamp, Marcel (ed.) Merola, Caroline (illus.) 179 Criniére au vent. Poésies du Canada francophone. Sernine, Daniel (Manes in the Wind. Poems of French-speaking La traversée de l'apprenti sorcier Canada) (The Journey of the Magician's Apprentice) Ville LaSalle (Qc): Hurtubise, 1995. 88pp Montréal: Médiaspaul, 1995. 176pp ISBN 2-89428-088-2 (Neubourg et Granverger) French/Poetry/Anthology ISBN 2-89420-282-2 Fifty authors from the French-speaking population Sea travel/1595Bretagne/New World of Canada who are represented here with recent Myth - Occult poems come from different backgroundsIndians, This fantasy novel completes a 10-volume cycle of immigrants and residents of different provinces. historical tableaus spread over four centuries with The particular charm of this collection lays in the which the author has held his readers in suspense diversity of the poetic voices. The short, lively texts for serveral years. The scenario on which the are easily understandable and ideally suited to plot is based is historically sound, solid and tightly encouraging young adults to make their own developed. The figure of the master who has the ventures into the world of lyric and visual powers of a shaman brings in mythical ideas from expression. (12+) a prehistoric age. On the journey to the so-called New World he teaches his pupil to read world's phenomena to find traces of submerged ages and to trust the magical powers which influence human fate. (13+) r 47 Romance Languages 180 Vachon, Helene (text) Yayo (illus.) Le sixiéme arra (The Sixth Bus Stop) Saint-Lambert (Québec): Heritage, 1995. 4Opp ISBN 2-7625-7916-3 Bus Fantasy - Adventure »Step aboard, get your ticket, get off at the sixth stop,« Papa tells his son Somerset when he is about to take his first busride. But Somerset set off for the ride like a knight sets off on a mission. The bus is a dangerous opponent, the driver the master of the dungeons, the passangers his prisoners. Already by the first busstop unbelievable things have occur- red as seen from the perspective of an imaginative child. The interaction of text and illustration is perfect even in this small paperback format with its narrow pages and easy-to-read large print, inter- spersed with plenty of colorful pictures full of »action«. (6+) 0 181 Villeneuve, Michel (text) Sylvestre, Louise (illus.) Le castor (The Beaver) Waterloo: Michel Quintin, 1994. 24pp (Ciné-faune) ISBN 2-920438-34-4 Beaver Natural science The distinguishing feature of this picture book series is the successful connection of information in the text and clever illustrations which combine realistic and anthropomorphic portrayals of the animals, in this case the beaver. In this manner the young viewer can empathize and have pleasure with the animal kingdom while subtly acquiring a precise lesson in natural history. (5+) 0 194 48 Scandinavian Languages Denmark 184 Bertelsen, Karen; Egebak, Birte (eds.) 182 Thaulov, Pia (illus.) Als, Roald (text/illus.) Eventyrprinsesser Personlig tog jeg ikke skade af at vokse op (Fairy Tale Princesses) (Personally It Did Me No Harm to Grow Up) Kobenhavn: Borgen, 1995. 113pp Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1995. 91pp ISBN 87-21-00040-9 ISBN 87-14-19375-2 Fairy talesPrincess Family - Gn9wing-up Trondheim - Childhood This is a colletion of well-known (H.C.Andersen, memories Grimm) and less well-known stories and fairy tales, This is the story of a family eking out a meager mainly from the Scandinavian region, and about existence in the 1920s in Trondheim. Memories of princesses. It includes attractive black-and-white those days and the usual people and situations drawings by the talented illustrator Thaulov. (8+) which were part of that life are awakened during a trip back to Trondheim many years later. The author describes this trip and his memories with an 185 unmatched dry humor, making the story a pleasure Clausen, Jacob even for people who don't come from Trondheim. Hjertebandet The Norwegian-born author is a cartoonist for the (Heartstrings) newspaper »Politiken,« and has therefore illustrated Kobenhavn: Forum, 1995. 153pp richly the book with very severe-looking but skillful ISBN 87-553-2358-8 caricatures as well as with atmospheric drawings. Denmark/Germany/Occupation Denmark/Third (12+) Reich/Resistence The young girl Stine, who is an activist against Neonazism, discovers that her grandmother had an 183 affair with a Danish SS-man who she later reported Bach Olgaard, Ragnhild to the police when he retumed from the war. Stine Torneroseslottet begins to reflect upon the German-Danish relation- (Sleeping Beauty's Castle) ships, especially about Danish citizens of German Kobenhavn: Modtryk, 1995. 171pp descent. In this context of personal rela-tionships ISBN 87-7394-382-7 the problematic relationship between Denmark and Youth Old age - Love the Nazi regime, which until now state officials This is the story of two dreamers with a great have prefered to keep quiet, is revealed (exposed, difference in age. Thirteen-year-old Jonas and 93- uncovered) in an accessible form for the young year-old Mariane both are outcasts of society. Jonas reader. (12+) -0- is tormented at school, the old woman vegetates in a nursing home which is called »Sleeping Beauty's Castle.« She tries to free herself from this narrow 186 world through her imagination. The encounter with Hedlund, Irene (text/illus.) Jonas in a mystical past lets them both believe in a Historien om et meget vredt nxsehom Brutalis fulfilling love. This very lyrical young adult novel, (The story of the very nasty Rhinoceros Brutalis) the author's first work, is certainly not accessible Kobenhavn: Forum, 1995. [28pp] to everyone, but can offer give comfort with its ISBN 87-553-2266-2 positive, idealistic perspective. (12+) Anger Children who cannot control their anger will feel both understood and gently chastised by the fate of this rhinoceros with a name that speaks for itself. But since according to modem developmental theories, every burst of anger.hasa cause and is never from within the child himself, Brutalis's 195 49 Scandinavian Languages anger actually stems from the fact that his mother 189 left him. Only when he is sent to Africa does he feel Langstrup, Steen good again. The artist lets Brutalis's anger shoot out Blodets nxtter of his mouth as brightly colored flames, in keeping (The Nights of Blood) with the strong colors and activity characteristic of Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1995. 183pp her pictures. (4+) 0 ISBN 87-14-19376-0 Vampire Love When a comic-drawing artist goes to the country in 187 the summer, he doesn't find the hoped for rest and Jacobsen, Ken relaxation when vampires get involved. This is a Flugten fra Kaos suspenseful and amusing (if bloody affairs can be (The Flight from Chaos) amusing!) modern vampire novel. It's special touch Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1995. 161pp lays in the fact that the politically correct, charming ISBN 87-411-5770-2 and mysterious female vampire, whom the artist Dictatorship Escape Survival encounters, incites him to act similarly. The story The entire world is shaken by catastrophes and closes, in proper style, with the hero joining up with wars. The »Northland« is ruled by a dictator. A an honorable society of vampires. The author, young boy flees from a prisoner camp and together who makes his debut in 1995, writes in an easy, with the young girl Nanna tries to survive. In this entertaining style without seeming too trivial.. suspenseful story the author attempts to show Teenagers may feel this book is written for them. young readers in an encoded form that even fifty (14+) years after the last world war the causes of its origins have not yet been eliminated. (12+) 190 Lind, Peter (text) 188 Karrebeek, Dorte (illus.) Jorgensen, Lone Diana Vxddernalet Marie pa stenbroen (The wager) (Marie on the Cobblestones) Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1995. 16pp Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1995. 175pp ISBN 87-14-19268-3 ISBN 87-14-19328 Sun Wind Competition Moving house - City life - Integration - Family size Dorte Karrebwk's speciality is the grotesque. In the Six-year-old Marie, who has to move with her current European picture book scene she is quite family from the country to the city, has to cope with unbeatable. She describes the old story of a bet a new, not very friendly and narrow environment, between the wind and the sun as to which of them full of dirt and above all strange children. How she will succeed in getting a man to take off his coat manages to adjust to her new world is described by in illustrations just bursting with action. She finds the author in vivid detail with a cerain amount of not only very clever but also surprising illustration soberness that makes it especially moving. The ideas. She portrays the wind as an bloodsucker background descriptions are particularly vivid. (leech) gone wild, who tears out the skyscapers (6+) 0 roots and all and bears his teath at everyone. (6+) 196 50 Scandinavian Languages 191 194 Madsen, Peter (illus.) Spang Olsen, lb (illus.) Menneskesonnen: en tegneserie om Jesus Den store Krage: En gammel vise (The Son of Man: A Picture Story ofJesus) (The great Crow: An old Song) [Kobenhavni Det Danske Bibelselskab, 1995. Hillered: alma, 1995. [28pp] I35pp ISBN 87-7243-159-8 ISBN 87-7523-337-1 Crow Farmers Boaster - Wealth Jesus Christ Bible story - Comic Boastfulness has no reward, according to an old This is an impressive attempt to tell the life of Jesus Danish song. The farmer who shot a crow must in comic-style format. Peder Madsen succeeds in account to the bishop's servant for what he did with avoiding any pious kitsch and transforming the the bird. In the farmer's account, the pieces of the story in dramatic, biblically accurate, though fairly crow which he used get larger and more plentiful sombre illustrations in a realistic, pictorial style. like the loaves and fishes in the biblical story of the (10+) 0 feeding of the multitudes. In the end he must hand over his bow and arrow, the cause of his apparent wealth, to the servant. Spang Olsen succeeds 192 marvelously in making the story come alive with Nyholm (text) his subtely colored pencil drawings, and he seems Karrebxk, Dorte (illus.) to have no trouble in portraying the crow as a Ilden magpie. (8+) (The Fire) Kobenhavn: Forum, 1995. [28pp] ISBN 87-553-2272-7 195 Canada/Indians/Fairy talesFire Thaulov, Pia The Indian tale about how man took fire from the Musejagten wolves in order to keep from freezing and to be able (Mouse-hunting) to eat roasted food is told in humorous caricatur Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1995. 12pp illustrations dominated by much movement. The ISBN 87-14-13133-1 illustrator has succeeded in developing an original Cat Mouse Hunt Rescue draftsman-like style in her several picture books. Pai Thaulov is one of the best Danish illustrators of (6+) ¢ children's books. With her cartoon pen and her humor she succeeds in creating picture books for the very small reader that are far removed from the 193 usual sugariness. She doesn't just string together Overskov, Carsten inidividual pictures, but tells little stories without De andre any text. Four titles in this series have appeared so (The Others) far. (3-5) Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1995. 219pp ISBN 87-411-5768-0 Outsider Sixteen-year-old Jesper is one of the boys who keeps to himself and lets no one get close to him, especially not any girl. He suffers from always wanting something but not being able to do anything about it. His self-doubting is described here in a very sympathetic manner, which will stimulate the reader to think more about other people and the reasons for their behavior. (14+) 197 5 I Scandinavian Languages Norway 198 Bringsvxrd, Tor Age (text) 196 Nortvedt, Therese (illus.) Asbjernsen, Peter Christen (text) Ragnarok Moe, J. E. (text) (The Twilight of the Gods) Granhaug, Silje (illus.) Olso: Gyldendal Norsk, 1995. [58pp]. Hanen og reven (Var gamle gudelxre, Bd.12) (The Rooster and the Fox) ISBN 82-05-22369-6 Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1995. [24pp]. Scandinavia/Mythology ISBN 82-02-14862-6 In this twelve-volume series the individual heathen Fox Threat Rooster Cleverness gods and characteristic themes of Scandinavian The tale of the rooster who is caught by the fox but mythology are presented in a comprehensive story then uses his cleverness to free himself is presented rather than in the usual general description in ency- here as a picture book with modem illustrations clopedia style. The various Norwegian illustrators in a pictorial style - in images take on expressive of the series have attempted to avoid the usual histo- character through their almost grotesquely defor- ricizing style of illustration. Therese Nortvedt med proportions, but which with their use of excells with these expressive, artistic pictures. extreme perspectives at times resemble comic art. Sharp contrasts between black-white and color (6+) resemble the style of Part brut. In addition to the twelve volumes there is an encyclopedia-style volume with alphabetized descriptions of all 197 persons mentioned with references to the respective Berggren, Arne volumes. (10+) Kornettenet rop om hjelp (The Cornet Player - A Cry for Help) Special Mention Oslo: Aschehoug, 1995. 127pp ISBN 82-03-24118-2 School - Pop music 199 The main character and first-person narrator of this Ekman, Fam book is a new member of a brass orchestra at Dagbok forsvunnet school. The orchestra not only serves to develop (The Missing Diary) musical talents, for example by practicing »I'm Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1995. [34pp] Dreaming of a White Christmas«, but also to give a ISBN 82-02-1526 sense of community. The boy must learn to deal on Diary Loss Search/Find the one hand with the demands of the music group Having already attracted attention with a number of and with his aversion to it and on the other hand original picture books, the artist shows here that she with his parents in order to exert his own will. The is capable of even more. While retaining her indivi- appeal of this amusing and contemplative story, dual graphic stylea mixture of abstraction, Expres- full of dry humor, is to be found in a few episodic sive gestures and primitivist form - she employs highlights and in the dialogues. (12+) 0 more expansive and consistency in these pictures. This is the story of a statue that loses her diary, searches for it in various places in the city and finally finds it at the police station, it is fascinating to see how the artist can create a level of uncer- tainty and mystery behind the concrete figures and landscapes. She encourages the imagination of the reader who is prepared to indulge in the mood of the images. (6+) 198 52 Scandinavian Languages 200 202 Halstvedt, Tor (text) Rem, Hfivard (text) Hansen, Thore (illus.) Nordberg, Harald (illus.) Elvtyven Tvilling brodrene (The river thief) (The Twin Brothers) Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, [1995]. 152pp Oslo: Aschehoug, 1995. [28pp] Tramp - Transformation - Adventure travels ISBN 82-03-24105-0 Khre, the stutterer, and Johan are absolutely bored Good/Evil to death. But not for long, because they soon are In a very delicate manner the two opposing sides of captured by a tramp and turned first of all into fish. human nature are portrayed here in twin brothers. They have to wander around the world searching This is a topic which is often disturbing to children for a stolen river before they finally arrive home when they realize that they want to be good, but again safely. This is an adventure story, amusingly instead do bad things. That both sides go to make told, illustrated with comical cartoon illustrations up each person is shown in the ending when the that take all the trouble out of reading. (10+) gentle, handsome Jon and the strong, coarse Sigurd melt together into one person. Harald Nordberg's pictures portray shapes and landscapes in almost 201 naive form, embedded in spotty, even cracked color Hansen, Espen (text) backgrounds. Static or full of movement, the shapes Sandemose, Iben (illus.) and colors merge into vigorous pictures which can De tre sauene som dro til byen for 5 ha det fett unfold their full effect even in a relatively small (The Three Sheep Who Went to Town to Have a book format (6+) Good Time) Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1995. 38pp ISBN 82-02-15289-5 Special Mention Sheep - Hibernation - City/Country - Opposites Almost as a travesty of the City Musicians of Bre- 203 men, the author tells here of three sheep who see Sandemose, Iben the winter approaching and believe they could Englepels survive it better in the city. In a compact, fairy-tale (Angel's Skin) like form the reader experiences the grotesque Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1995. 32pp clashes between the animals, whose can only imper- ISBN 82-02-15777-3 fectly behave like people (leaving behind them in Cat - Death Angel - Grief the bus funny black lumps), and civilization. They The theme of death and grieving has certainly never advance to stardom as pop-singers because their been dealt with in such and ingenious and humo- rhythmic ba-ba-ba fits ideally into the level of rous manner as in this picture book. It describes pop-music. Brief and humorous, accom-panied how a little girl buries her dead cat and forwards all by ingenious black-and-white illustrations in Iben the cats letters to heaven. A fallen angel (connoi- Sandemose's typical, robust style - books which sseurs of will recognize the allusion to Hugo succeed as well as this one are not found often. Simberg's famous picture »Wounded Angel«), (8+) 0 whom she carries off and nurses back to health with her also grieving older girl-friend, takes her for a visit to heaven where she can see for herself that her cat is happy. Later a new cat helps to overcome the sadness once and for all. lben Sandemose (*1950), whose expressive style has sadly only been published to date by daring publishers in Scandinavia, has a talent for telling a story as unsentimentally but still very movingly, so that the guidance that she hopes to offer reaches the reader 199 53 Scandinavian Languages undiminished. Sandemose works with vivacious variation and illustrated with action-filled, loosely movement and solid lines and spaces and intensive drawn caricatures. (8+) but not garish colors. The double-paged spreads with hand-written text (the letters) excellently unfold their full graphic effect through the contrast 206 between black-and-white, monotone and multi- Ryberg, Ulf (text) coloring. She is even able to make a field full of Fliirdin, Sonja (illus.) black gravestones aesthetically appealing. (6+) Pappan som växte fast ph sin stol (The Papa who Became Stuck to his Chair) Sweden Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1995. [26pp] 204 ISBN 91-87-80470-0 Lagercrantz, Rose (text) Father - Family - Consenmtivism Punishment Lagercrantz, Rebecka (illus.) Such a grotesque, pasha-like father who lets his Fredagsoverraskningen wife do all the work while he does nothing but eat (The Friday surprise) can only be found today in picture booksat least Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1995. [14 ]pp in Sweden. Getting fatter and fatter, he earns his ISBN 91-638-0388-7 punishment when his chair becomes stuck to his Divorce Single parentLoneliness - Girlfriend bottom. Only the difficult decision to change Two girls, only children of divorced parents, one himself releases him from this embarrassing mark living with her mother, the other with her father, of Cain. The text in verse form, as is still common become friends and thus overcome their loneliness. in Sweden, is accompanied by appropriately While a seemingly everyday life story, the author's caricaturist illustrations, making the book an style of narration captivates the reader with an in- entertaining read for everyone. (6+) tensive, human approach and a penetrating choice of words that will leave no reader unmoved. Similarly direct and intensive are the watercolor 207 illustrations by her daughter Rebecka, who has Sorenson, Margareta become a drawer with a brush who puts whatever Bakom vindsdOrren she sees onto paper, in color, without any detours (Behind the Attic Door) via sketches and drafts. (8+) Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1995, 97pp ISBN 91-87804-75-1 205 ForeignerIntegration Lindqvist, Marita (text) The life a perfectly normal, average Swedish family Eklund, Erika (illus.) is disrupted by an extraordinary event, the arrival of Nikodemus (Proper name) a refugee family from the Middle East. This book Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1995. [14 ]pp sensitively describes the problems and cautious ISBN 91-638-0353-4 attempts at becoming acquainted from the point of Child/Grandfather Forefathers Adventure view of the little girl, Liselott, in simple words so When a child is alone, its imagination is especially that the young reader can easily identify with the willing to go wandering. In one illustration a goals of the book. (8+) -<>- grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great- grandfather step out one after the other, each drawn to their old easy chair where each had liked to sit, and now they begin to fight over it. When his parents come along, Nikodemus pushes them and in fact his imagination quickly back into the picture again. This well-known motif is given amusing 54 200 Scandinavian Languages 208 210 Stark, Ulf (text) Wahl, Mats (text) Palmgren, Jessica (illus.) Nordqvist, Sven (illus.) Min van shejken i Stureby Nu seglar Vasa! (My Friend the Sheikh in Stureby) (Now the Vasa is sailing!) Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1995, 114pp 1995. 95pp ISBN 91-638-3039-6 ISBN 91-638-3199-6 Sweden/Childhood memories Wasa (Ship)Disaster/Histoty 1628 This strongly autobiographical, amusing book In Sweden there are now many books available by the renown Swedish author deals with a boy's about this famous shipwreck, but hardly any in attempts to conquer the world (at first through other languages or for children. Now two of the best hypnosis), his first closer encounter with the female children's book authors have been assigned the task sex and a boy's life in Sweden in the 1950s. It is the of making this new book for children and have sequel to Min van Percys magiska gymnastikskor valiantly succeeded in creating a better book than (»The Magical Gymshoes of my Friend Percy«). all previous ones. Mats Wahl tells a suspenseful (10+) story about the life of the ship builders; Sven Nordqvist shows that he can draw more than just cats. His illustrations are vivid, lively and thus 209 informative. His slightly caricaturistic manner of Wahl, Mats drawing, remotely reminiscent of Ralph Steadman, Lilla Marie fits this book well. In addition the book contains (Little Marie) thirty pages of interesting facts and photos. Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, (A German edition of this book was published in 1995. 266pp 1995 by Carlsen). (10+) ISBN 91-638-3217-8 Single mother Mother/Daughter Father/ Daughter 211 Always particularly interested in the strange ways Wegelius, Jakob of the human psyche, Mats Wahl relates here in this Herr Balders hemlighet many-layered novelwith as usual for him in lower (Mr. Balder's Secret) class settingthe problems of a fifteen-year-old Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1995. [28pp]. girl, Marie, the first-person narrator. Frequently ISBN 91-638-0450-6 acting unexpectedly aggressive, Marie runs away Sheep Lawn mower when she fears that her mother's friend wants to A very typically English style of grotesque humor have sex with her. By bringing longstanding terms is given expression in this story of the estate owner of relationship into motion, she actually becomes Balder, who orders sheep by newspaper advertise- closer to her mother, even though in the end she ment to mow his lawn. The sheep are little inclined must learn to accept that fact that she owes her own to work and decide to take it easy. But they also life to a rape. Wahl's stunningly written description defend him, as it befits their own interests, against of youthhood in Stockholm give the book its the much too strict neighbour. This amusing and tension and color. (14+) unusual, but not exceptionally original story with pictures in finely drawn contours, as curly wooled as a sheepskin. (6+) 55 Slavic and Baltic Languages Bulgaria Czech Republic 212 214 Gabe, Dora (text) Danék, Adolf (text) La lev, Dimitdr (illus.) Bornovd, Erika (illus.) Bo 2a majka : KniZla za dobri deca Bajeeskeho Poiumavi (Mother of God: A book for Well-Behaved (Tales from the Bohemian Forest) Children) Praha: Kentaur/Polygrafia 1994. 225pp Plovdiv: Zanet-45, 1995. 45pp ISBN 80-85285-62-2 ISBN 954-491-012-3 Tales/Bohemia Bulgaria/Social customsChristianity/Chumh This tales from the Bohemian Forest appeared first calendar Poetry 1948. The Czech folklorist Adolf Danék took the Dora Gabe (1888-1983) was one of the most collection and added a story around them, descri- popular Bulgarian children book's writers. Her bing the occasion and cirumstances of an oral works were widely read both between the two world tradition. Hence in the age of written literature this wars and during the Socialist era. This volume of is an important contribution to the understanding poems deals with religious subjects or have a and re-discovery of storytelling. Alongside of the religious background. The book is illustrated with eternal motif of watermen, sprites and water spiritual images of a Bulgarian avant-garde artist. nymphs, these tales deal with every other possible (6+) kind of supernatural appearances. The avant-garde, naive illustration style of Erika Bomovi, the daughter of the celebrated Czech artist Adolf Born, Croatia appear to be images from the psyche of the characters whose experiences are related in these 213 stories. (10+) Dovjak-Matkovie, Blanka (text) Kirin, Vladimir (illus.) Zagrebadka pri6a 215 (Stories from Zagreb) ZelenS7, Mnislav (text) Zagreb: Znanje 1994. 139 pp. Smitinovd, Eva, Fibiger, Milan and ISBN 953-6124-52-1 Urban, Petr (illus.) Zagreb/Histoty/1920-1940 Childhood memories Indianska encyklopedie In this very autobiographical novel Blanka Dovjak- (Encyclopedia of Indians) Matkovié (1920-1993) describes what it was like to Praha: Albatros 1994. 255pp grow up in Zagreb in the 1920s and 1930s. Without ISBN 80-00-004515-1 lengthy descriptive text, she is still able to convey Indians/Encyclopedia the flavor of various parts of the city and their This information book from the formerly state-own different ways of life. Although the author is more children's book publisher Albatros is an excellent known for her short prose, she succeeds here in source about North American Indians for both giving a convincing psychological study of the general reading and reference.The articles by the main characters. This is not a novel about an idyllic ethnologist Mnislav ZelenY give scientifically childhood, but rather an account of the life of a sound information not only on the history, customs, child with all its ups and downs. (10+) life-style, art and crafts of the Indians of South, Middle and North America, but also of the Aleuts and the Inuit (Eskimos). The illustrations are not merely informative, but also meet high artistic standards. (1 2+) 56 202 Slavic and Baltic Languages 216 Federal Republic of Klueina, Petr (text) Yugoslavia (Serbia) Petrkek, Jifi (illus.) esIce zemé v dob6 husitské 219 (The Bohemian Countries in the Days Stefanovie, Mirjana (text) of the Hussites) Otaievié, DtAan (illus.) Praha: Albatros, 1994. 64pp Sekino seoce (D6jiny v obrazech) (Seka's Little Village) ISBN 80-00-00032-6 Beograd: Ginko, 1994. 125pp ISBN 86-7753-016-9 Witch - Animals Island - Isolation 217 This fantasy novel for children by the renown Lnéniekovi, Jitka (text) Serbian author Mirjana Stefanovid (*1939) contains Maget, Jan (illus.) many ironical experiences from her own life and t'eské zemë v dob6 baroka travels, many pieces of nonsense and is also a (The Bohemian Countries during treasure grove of Serb(ocroat)ian phraseology. The the Barock Era) text cries out for a rendering on stage or in radio. In Praha: Albatros, 1994. 63pp the first section a woman character on a witch's (Dëjiny v obrazech) broom travels not only through different countries ISBN 80-00-00066-0 and parts of the globe, but also through periods of time, through a macrocosmos which is counterbalanced by the microcosmos of Serbia. In 218 the second section she emplcrys a rooster and its Mande loll, Helena (text) chicken ballett to describe the world of culture with Anlauf, Lubomir (illus.) its glamour, intrigues and complex relationships. In Na tisvitueskYch dëjin the third section, the first person narrator reports on (At the Dawn of Czech History) experiences made with her cat. In the final chapter Praha: Albatros, 1995. 63pp the narrator is preparing to emigrate to a lonely (D6jiny v obrazech) island in the Pacific Ocean, where she plans to live ISBN 80-00-00348-8 together with her chickens, cats and friends from all Bohemia/History over the world. With its allusions to the isolation of These three volumes belong to the series »History Serbia, this novel is evidently an attempt to convey in Pictures«, in which the history of Bohemia, the need for a more cosmopolitan view of the Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia from the prehistoric world. (12+) ages (the immigration of the Slays) to the present are described. In precise pictures, tables and a narrative text the reader is given a lively introduc- tion to historical events as well as the economy, life Latvia circumstances and social life in each historical period. (10+) 220 Leja, Gunta (comp.) Dobrdjs, Karlis (illus.) VRJA VANADZINS : Latviegu tautas teikas (Latvian folk legends) Riga: Spriditis, 1995. 399pp ISBN 6-7-960-0139-6 Latvia/Folktales This extensive selection of Latvian tales deals with such themes as wind and weather, the origins of the 2oa, 57 Slavic and Baltic Languages stars and the earth, the origin of animals and the 223 descent of man, the conditions in which man lives Vitalija Graiiene (ed.) and his society, gods and spirits, dragons, giants Valifiete, Egle (illus.) and dwarves, devils, magicians and witches, will- Saules kelias o'-the wisps, nightmares and werewolves, and also Tautosakos ir grdinés literatftros kftriniai contents legends on cities, castles and churches. ikimokyklinio am2iaus vaikams This volume is illustrated with expressive avant- (The Sun's Path. Pieces of Folk Literature garde graphics which reflect the archaic agrarian for Pre-School Children) society and emphasize the transcendental aspects Kaunas:Iiiesa 1994. 246pp of the legends. ISBN 5-430-01515-6 Seasons -Times of Day Life This well-illustrated and attractively designed Lithuania volume contains poetry and short tales related to four themes: (1) Morning birthspring; (2) Day 221 Light Growth Summer; (3) Evening Twilight - Erlickas, Juozas (text) Frost - Autumn; and (4) Night - Darkness - Winter. Gultiajeva, Naddda (illus.) A considerable number of the contributions come Bobuté ii Pary2iaus arba Lakitingala from Lithuanian authors or from Lithuanian Zarasuose: Eilerageiais folklore, but also from international classics by (The Grandma from Paris or The authors such as H. Chr. Andersen, Janosch, T. Nightingale from Zarasai: Poems) Jansson, S. Lagerlof, A. Lindgren, A. A. Milne, Vilnius: alma littera 1995. 158 pp B. Potter, G. Rodari, J. Tuwim. The gay illustrations ISBN 9986-02-076-X are taken from nature and from fairy tales. (4+) LithuaniaPoetry/Lithuanian This funny and tastefully illustrated volume contains 100 witty poems for children. (6+) Russia 224 222 Lunin, Viktor (text) Nemunelis, Vyte Muchanova, Elena (illus.) (i.e.: Bernardas Brazdhonis) (text) Prikljdenija sdobnoj Lizy : Povest'-skazka Valiuviené, Siguté (illus.) (The Adventures of Gingerbread Liza. A Fairy Tale) Tevu nameliai brangfts Moskva: Slovo 1995. 88pp (The Beloved Family Home) ISBN 5-85050-331-5 Vilnius: Vyturys 1995. 132pp Cat Phantastic tale ISBN 57900-0736-8 Viktor Lunin first became known to Russian Lithuania/NaturePoetry/Lithuanian children's literature through his witty verses, in The Lithuanian symbolist Bemardas Brazdlionis which he gave shape to moods or ideas, without (*1907) was highly acclaimed between the two tackling any particual subject. Interestingly enough, world wars for the poetry he wrote for children he takes the same approach in his prose. He reduces under the pseudonym Vyté Nemunelis. In 1936 he the plot to a minimum, sketches out moods and was awarded the Red Cross Prize for Children's shapes of plot. In this fairy tale the master pastry Literature. After he emigrated via Austria and maker Cream makes a cat, the gingerbread Liza, Germany to the United States in 1944, his works come to life. She jumps through the windcw and could not appear there 50 years long.The former wanders through town and countryside. In her many state-owned publishing house Vyturys has now adventures she still remains a creature made of issued a selection of his poetry on the theme of dough. With her new friend, tom-cat Valerian on thc nature taken from nine of the original volumes. track of mice, she accidentally returns to the shop (6+) of the pastry maker, who has been given a basket of mice by an ill-willed relative. Liza and Valerian 58 204 Slavic and Baltic Languages free Cream from this nuisance. The story shows 227 many parallels to folk-tales and is told typically for Serova, Marija Micheevna (text) Lunin, in a lively, child-oriented narrative. (6+) Grebennikov (illus.) Novgorodskie skazki (Tales from Novgorod) 225 Novgorod: Zemlja Novgorodskaja 1995. 151pp Buslenko, Vladimir (text) ISBN 5-900376-01 Andreev, N. (illus.) Fairy tale/Russia Kak rabotaet kompjuter This small collection of fairy tales from northwest (How a computer works) Russia appeared in 1925 in a small print mn of the Moskva: Malyk 1995. 26pp publishing house Petrograd. But it could not be ISBN 5-213-00882-8 found in Russian libraries. Thus this volume, with Computer/History its at times earthy humor, has been reissued based This very simply bound, but excellently designed on a copy of the Serova family living in Paris. It is booklet gives an insight into the history and typical of those days, illustrated in a style having functioning of calculating machines, beginning elements of art nouveau, expressionism and with the mechanical calculator of Blaise Pascal Russian folk art, where ornamental images (1648) to the modern personal computer and alternate with free compositions and icon-like large-frame computers, with their many uses. In the portrayals of real people. (8+) historical section the illustrations are historical, while the section on modern computers is strongly oriented toward Soviet avant-garde art of the 1920s 228 and 1930s. (10+) Kruikov, Grigorij (text) atalov, A. (illus.) Otkuda §to vzjalos' Where Things Came From 226 Engl. transl.by Rosamund Bartlett Ljubov' Isakovna (text) Moskva: Linka-Press, 1995. 36pp DZigirej, Alla (illus.) ISBN 5-7193-0050-3 Putaestvija po Peterburgu s Alikom i Gusarikom Creation myth (Trips through Saint Petersburg with Alex and the This simply designed Russian picture book, a Little Flusar) bilingual booklet, about the origins of animals, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskij kur'er 1994. 78pp plants and the world in which they live incorporates ISBN 5-86072-065-3 legends and creation myths from all around the Travel guide - Saint Petersburg world. (6+) This is the first volume of a series of narrative city guides to Saint Petersburg. Seven-year-old Alex and his friend, the little Husar, visit the Church of Peter Slovakia and Paul, the Eremitage, the city's first house - the little house of Peter the Firstand Vasiliy Island 229 and other interesting and historically significant Hudec, Ivan (text) sites. Beginning with several stories about the histo- Ondrejela, Karol (illus.) ry of the town, the two friends themselves land in Baje a mYty starYch Slovan these historical periods. The book is illustrated with (Legends and Myths of the Old Slays) black-and-white silhouette graphics interspersed in Bratislava: Slovart, 1995. 133pp the text and with double-paged color illustrations. ISBN 80-7145-111-8 (8+) Slays/Myths Just as the Germanic myths hardly play a part in the traditions of the Germanic peoples, so it is that the Slavic peoples only know their own myths and tales of gods in pieces, often as a turn of phrase or oath. 2 0 59 Slavic and Baltic Languages In this exquisitely illustrated book with color graphics, the reader is introduced to the Slavic story of creation and the world of the gods, and shown how mythology developed from its origins up to the beginning of historical times. (10+) 230 Dugek, Dugan (text) Machaj, Vladimir (illus.) Daidalos a Ikaros (Daedalus and Icarus) Bratislava: Mladé letd, 1995. 27pp ISBN 80-06-00051-4 Legends The text of this richly illustrated volume of classic legends was adapted from a modem classic of Slovakian children's literature by Dugan Dugek. Slovenia 231 Novak, Boris A. (text) Mane"ek, Marjan (illus.) Blabla : pesmi in igre za male in velike tigre (Blah-Blah: Stories and Games for Tigers Large and Small 20 6 60 Other Languages Belgium (Flemish) 234 Hagen, Hans (text) 232 Geelen, Harrie (illus.) Dreesen, Jaak (text) Stilte a.u.b. ik denk aan de kip Mamrnie! Mammie! (Quiet Please, I'm Thinking of Chicken) (Mummy! Mummy!) Amsterdam: Van Goor, 1995. 32pp Averbode: Altiora, 1995. 47pp ISBN 90-00-03046-3 ISBN 90-317-1148-9 Death - Mourning - Dreams Illness - Death Mother/Child In this book, the death of a friend is not presented »Mummy, mummy,« cries a sick boy. The difficult in tragic or inevetable terms. Each in their own way, themes of illness and dying are tackled in this sim- Onno Ebe, cockerel and crow try to deal with ple, moving story. The narrative style is sober, and chicken's death, and to accept it by letting their because of the many repetitions the text has a poetic dreams and thoughts take their own course. In this rhythm. Feelings of tenderness and powerlessness way, a new bond with chicken evolves. The picture are central to the story. Although the ending is open book, with its sober yet effective use of words, a and optimistic, thoughts and dreams expressed in poetic language without frills, certainly stimulate the story linger on in the reader's mind. The text is the reader's thoughts about life and death. (5+) rather condensed and contains many streams of thought keeping the reader continually poised between dream and reality (10+) 235 Jong, Trude de (text) Dematons, Charlotte (illus.) The Netherlands (Dutch) Een verboden kind (A Forbidden Child) 233 Amsterdam: De Harmonie, 1995. 204pp Dekkers, Midas (text) ISBN 90-6169-492-2 Vrede, Angela de (illus.) The Netherlands/World War II - Mother/Daughter Neuzen in je oksel As far as Erica knows her father died in the war. (Put Your Nose in Your Armpit) She now (circa 1955) lives with her mother and her Amsterdam: Leopold, 1995. 46pp aunt in a bourgeois street in The Hague. At home ISBN 90-258-3389-6 Erica receives evasive answers to her questions but Plants Animals Anatomy gradually she finds out that during the Second Midas Dekkers has constructed this book using a World War her mother had an affair with a German typical, associative technique. He describes various soldier.The descriptions of the relationship between anatomical characteristics of human beings, ani- Erica and her mother is handled with sensitivity. mals and plants, and takes these as a starting point Incomprehension and anger gradually make way to highlight all kinds of characteristics and beha- for understanding and appreciation. (11+) viours of the owners. The illustrations, consisting of juxtaposed loose elements of various organisms, are not only functional but very beautiful. Midas 236 Dekkers' narrative technique and Angela de Vrede's Mileau, Sofie (pseud. of Carry Slee) (text) illustrative style go hand in hand in this book. (9+) The Tjong Khing (illus.) Haas en kip (Hare and Chicken) Houten: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1995. 30pp ISBN 90-269-3903-3 Love - FriendshipDifferences This story deals with relationships. How can two individuals love each other, in spite of, or perhaps because of all,their differences. A mosaic of poetic 207 61 Other Languages © Special Mention stories. In a few deliberate and well-chosen words, the author evokes feelings of friendship and love. The gossamer drawings are moving, sober and 239 recognizable. With a few lines the illustrator Wilmink, Willem (text) expresses deep feelings. (5+) Ali Baba en de veertig tekenaars (Ali Baba and his Forty Illustrators). Amsterdam: Zirkoon (De Bijenkorf), 1995. 237 With ill. 85pp Moeyaert, Bart (text) ISBN 90-71442-68-3 Poppel, Peter van (illus.) Arabia/Folktale Blote handen In this text, originally published in 1983, Willem (Bare Hands) Wilmink tells the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Amsterdam; Querido, 1995. 94pp thieves in rhyme. The story is told in forty stanzas, ISBN 90-214-7573-5 each one a little gem of playful rhyming. »This DeathGrief- Loneliness - Revenge book should please everyone who likes horror On New Year's Eve, Ward, his dog Elmer and his stories,« as he says in his introduction. But it is not best friend Bernie are caught by Betjeman who so much the text which makes this book so special. kills Elmer with his plastic hand. Bernie and Ward With each stanza, a renowned illustrator has given can only think of revenge and return to Betjeman's his or her view on the story. This makes for an exu- house. Bernie with a knife, Ward with his bare berant and colorful mosaic of illustrations in a gr-eat hands.The book has a stifling and indeterminate diversity of styles. Beneath the illustration plates, mixture of feelings and moods, an intrinsic tension which are attached by the upper edge only, a small that keeps the reader in suspense. Ward's sorrow biography of the illustrator is included. Also, all the over the loss of Elmer, his feelings of hatred, artists have left their fingerprint in gold next to their resentment, fear and insecurity are expressed in a illustrations. The book, including its excellent design subtle, indirect and suggestive way. The subdued, and typography, can be considered representative poetic language, the sober narrative style and the of the current standard of Dutch children's book deliberately frugal way in which the story is told illustrations. (8+) contribute to his fascination. (10+) The Netherlands (Frisian) 238 Vries,Anke de (text) 240 Walraven, Ilja (illus.) Pistra, Riemkje (text) Mijn olifant kan bijna alles Tuinen, Marianne van (illus.) (My Elephant Can Do Most Everything) Grutte Giele & Lytse Loer (Proper names) Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 1995. 3Opp Ljouwert: Affik, 1995. 24pp ISBN 90-6069-988-2 ISBN 90-6273-509-6 Elephant/Child/Play (Dutch ed.: Gele Gijs & Lange Loeres. Trans]. An elephant who can do most everything: stand on Mariska Hammerstein. Houten: Van Holkema & a balloon (at least, when he holds his breath) or Warendorf, 1995. ISBN 90-269-8798-6) hang from the ceiling like a gnat. He can do most Cat/Dog Home everything, but he can't stand being away from A dog and a cat are no longer satisfied with their his young master. When he is off to school, the sleeping quarters at their young master's place. elephant is sad. When he comes home, elephant can They set off in search of a new home but every- do everything again. A simple picture book with where they go they are either shoved away or clear, colorful illustrations by a promising unhappy themselves. At last they return to their ori- children's book illustrator. (3+) ginal home and fall asleep contentedly. The story (originally written in Frisian) is rendered in highly 0 detailed paper collages. (6+) 4,5 62 Other Languages Cyprus (Greek) 243 Balabanes, Panos (text) Special Mention Gan6se, Anta (illus.) O lophos me ta kryrnmena mystika. 241 To chroniko mias phantastikes anaskaphes Sy Hoge' Pruse, Kosta (text) (The hill of hidden secrets. Tsangares, Champes (illus.) The chronicle of a fantastic excavation) To basilopullon tês Benedias Athéna-Nea Smyrne: Akritas, 1995. 78pp (The Prince of Venice) (Neoi Akrites) Nicosia: Tsangares Champes, 1995. 96pp ISBN 960-328-030-5 ISBN 9963-7590-6-8 Greece/History - Archeology Fairy tale/CyprusMultilingual text This is the story of a place somewhere in Greece, The fascination of this impressive, large-sized book hidden in the heart of a hill that has arisen from stems above all from the singular illustrations of the 8000 years of lives and adventures. One generation internationally recognized artist Champes, whose after the other came and built their houses and their palette of colors ranges from royal blue to deep red temples. When these were destroyed by and glowing gold. The atmosphere of Venice in the earthquakes, fires, or enemies room was made for 15th and 16th century is skillfully, convincingly the next settlement, the next culture. One day an captured in his scenes. The ruler of Pafos, accor- archeologist arrives. Being a patient man, he ding to this old Cypriot fairy tale, once embarked succeeds in uncovering all the secrets of this hill, on a longer journey. Choosing the present he one after another. This process of making history is should bring her from his journey, his youngest depicted in a fantasy story that could even be a true daughter demands three hairs from the head of the one. (8+) son of the Venezian king. Each time she burns one hair, he flies to her in the shape of golden eagle. But the third time is different. The text of this book 244 is given in Cypriot, Greek and English. (8+) Kontoleem, Manos Domenikos (Dominik) Athena: Patakes, 1995. 134pp Greece (Peristeria 26) ISBN 960-293-724-6 242 Father/Son - Illness - Glowing-up Anagnestopulos, Basiles Twelve-year-old Dornênikos sets off on a journey to To phantasma tes Portitsas find the medicine which could save his father's life. (The Ghost of Portitsa) On his unusual journey he meets the Skeleton of the Athena: Kastanietes, 1994. 141pp Very-Very-Old- Sailor, the Woman-with-Hair- (Ephebike Bibliotheke) of-Pearls, the Very-Strong-Dwarf and other bizarre ISBN 960-03-1279-6 creatures. He visits mysterious places such as a School GhostVillage life breathing cave or the House-that-Stands-on-its- Winter 1927. In the little village of Portitsa a ghost Head and in this way encounters the great values of suddenly appears in the basement of the school. He life and the eternal secrets of nature. He becomes revives memories of the village residents, makes a responsible young man who is able to save his inconspicuous things appear bigger, endows every- deathly ill father. A part of the adventure of puberty one with eloquence, and stirs their imaginations. At is over... (10+) the same time panic breaks out in the region. The (Honorlist of the Greek IBBY section) prejudices and mistrust of ordinary people are placed in a humorous light, thus providing a mirror image of the post-war provincial way of life. (12+) 63 Other Languages 245 247 Kremeze-Margaritule, Anna Xanthules, Giannes (text/illus.) Karetta. Zoa pu kindyneuun Aneba ste stege na phame to synnepho (Loggerhead Turtles. Endangered Species) (Climb up to the roof to eat the cloud) Athena: Ercunetes, 1995. [36pp] Athena: Kastaniotes, 1994. 83pp ISBN 960-368-010-9 (To kalo biblio gia paidia) Turtles Animal protection ISBN 960-03-1185-4 This attractive information book presents the world CitylifeFantasy of ocean turtles, their origins, habitats, hatching »Zementupoles (Cement City) everyone is getting areas, and also the fables which have developed ready for the annual celebrations in honor of their around them. The author gives special attention to beloved cement. But this time things turns out the particularly endangered loggerhead (caretta differently than planned. Young Annula is sick of caretta) turtles which have chosen the Greek coastal living in the stiffling metropolis.With a single jump areas as their only hatching area in all of the Mediter- she springs on to the highest roof. From this ranean basin. The young reader is given valuable position she announces that she will not come down information not only about the steps needed to again until the mayor fulfills all her demands for ... protect these turtles, but also about various organi- While she is waiting, she carries on conversations zations which are involved in this work. The exten- with her grandmother, meets the crazy old Sunday, sive text and many detailed illustrations will help to last year's Christmas and lives from the clouds of motivate the reader to help protect this lovable candy stars and snow-juice with sun-rays. (8+) animal. (8+) © Special Mention Ireland (Gaelic) 248 246 Wynn, Gwyneth (text/illus.) Spyru, Demetres Mici Agus An Ri O Psyllos (Micki and the King) (The flea) Dublin: An Gum, 1995. [26pp] Athena: Patakes, 1995. 157pp Dog Curiosity Runaway Lion (Parusies 7) Micky shares a house with Teddy. While Micky ISBN 960-293-962-1 loves to watch television, Teddy doesn't approve. Newspaper - Outsider - Dreams He prefers reading books. One day Micky sees a »0 Psyllos« is the title of a small newspaper in the lion for the first time in his life - on television - and remote village in the mountains of Olympia, decides to go off to meet this king of the animal care-fully, lovingly written out by hand by twelve- kingdom. His adventurous undertaking is well- year-old Elias. He and »The flea« are one: »It is rewarded, but he is happy to return home again to a dream...the wings that will take me far far away Teddy. This gentle, reassuring book is well-suited some day.« But in the village there is almost no for reading aloud. The well-drawn pen-and-ink one who believes in him. Even the teacher treats illustrations complement the simple storyline. (4+) him like an unwanted outsider. But Elias doesn't give up so easily. The film »0 Psyllos« was an international success and was voted as the best European children's film in Luxembouig in 1990, won first prize in film festivals in Berlin, Chicago and Belfast. (10+) 210 64 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation Individuals who take on animal shape - for 251 English whatever reason or cause have always Chang, Margaret and Raymond (text) played an important role in the folk tales of Hutton, Warwick (illus.) The Cricket Warrior. A Chinese Tale peoples and cultures all around the world. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 1994. [32pp] This selection of recently published editions ISBN 0-689-50605-8 is just a foretaste of a major exhibition being C'ricket - Warrior Emperor shown from the end of September through When a young boy loses the fighting cricket his IVovernber at the International Youth Library father had caught in order to pay the emperor's tax in Munich. The exhibition will focus in parti- and save their farm, an old man gives him the chance to turn himself into a cricket. He proves to cular on the way that illustrators have inter- be a clever and fearless fighter and is taken to fight preted these tales for youthful readers. before the emperor. In this way he becomes an A catalog of the exhibtion will be available honor to his family and the old man once again in the fall. allows him to become a boy and rejoin his parents. First recorded by a writer and teacher in the 17th century, this story features important elements of 249 Swedish Chinese folkloremagical transformation and Arnold, Hans (comp./illus.) family loyalty. The full-page illustrations portray Slottet vid silverskogen: Nordiska sagor the rural Chinese landscape in delicate glowing (The Castle of the Silver Forest. Nordic Tales) watercolors.(6+) Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1980. 93pp ISBN 91-29-54097-6 Pig - PrincessSoldier 252 German In the tale »The Castle near Silver Forest« a soldier Gebert, Helga (ed./illus.) discovers a dirty, delapidated castle inhabited by a Mutabor. Märchen der Verwandlung. king and his twelve daughters, who, however, have (Mutabor. Fairy Tales of Metamorphoses). been bewitched into pigs. He breaks the spell and Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1988. [252pp] takes, of course, the youngest princess to be his ISBN 3-407-80021-5 wife. (6+) These 21 tales present various transformations which illuminate the complex relationship between the human soul and the animal soul, as proven in 250 Swedish depth psychology. The editors's pictures, which Boren, Gunilla (text) show the diversity of the transformations, give this Delin, Marika (illus.) small and exquisitely designed book its RAttprinsessan : eller Pojken som ville considerable charm. (8+) uppleva nAgot underbart (The Rat Princess: or The Boy Who Wanted to Experience Something Wonderous) 253 German Stockholm: Rabén & Sjogren, 1990. 28pp Grimm, Briider (text) ISBN 91-29-59093-0 Schroeder, Binette (illus.) Rat Princess Der Froschkonig (King of Frogs) In this variation of the Russian tale »The Czar Zurich: Nord-Siid, 1989. [28 pp] Daughter Frog« a rat turns into a princess for the ISBN 3-314-00336-6 youngest of three brothers. (6+) Frog- Princess - Violence To do the wrong thing and get the correct result - that is the quintessence of this tale. The princess does not want to keep her promise to the helpful frog, that he eat from her plate and sleep in her bed and in anger she finally throws him against the , 21'1 65 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation wall. And lo and behold! In this case, self-defense 256 English and violence have helped. Before her stands a Hunter, Mollie (text) handsome prince. These are some of Binette McDermott, Dennis (illus.) Schroeder's loveliest fairy tale illustrations. (8+) Gilly Martin the Fox New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1994. 36pp 254 German ISBN 1-56282-518-6 Hauff, Wilhelm (text) Fox Prince - Princess eapek, Jindra (illus.) Gilly Martin, the fox, enjoys sticking his nose in Die Geschichte von Kalif Storch (The Story of other people's business. So he comes to help the Caliph Stork) bewitched Prince Alban fulfill his tasks. As Gilly Zurich: bohem press, 1994. [36pp] can change himself into any shape he likes, he ISBN 3-85581-271-3 helpps the princess overcome many hurdles on his Stork Code Love quest. Full-page illustrations give a traditional The illustrator gives the Caliph of Bagdad and his interpretation of the storyline. (6+) great Vizir the unmistakeable features of storks and men. Full-page illustrations reflect the splendor of the Orient and the expanse of its landscape. Not 257 Catalan only in content but also in its imagery, an Oriental Janer Manila, Gabriel (adapt.) world in all its splendor is presented which at once Ballester, Arnal (illus.) interprest and depicts the Hauff tale. (6+) La MOpia (Proper name) Barcelona: La Galera, 1995. [28pp] (El sac de la Galera; Sac de dracs; 9) 255 English ISBN 84-246-4209-0 Hooks, William H. (text) Black swan Lisi, Victoria (illus.) This is an adaptation of a New Zealand tale, that Snowbear Whittington. An Appalachian Beauty is also told in various versions by peoples of other and the Beast islands in the South Pacific. The name Môpia New York: Macmillan, 1994. [52pp] comes from the Balearic Islands and stands for ISBN 0-002-744355-8 a fabulous creature of the sea. This tale tells of Bear a land, devastated by drought and starvation, where The author has taken oral versions of tale told in the a young man searching for anything edible fishes mountain region of Appalachia in the eastern USA, a Môpia from a pond. In spite of all warnings, he that is based on the European tale brought by insists on taking his catch home. This has catastro- settlers many generations ago. After betraying the phic consequences. The island is inundated and all secret of her husband to her ailing father, Nell first the inhabitants are transformed into black swans earns three gifts, a pecan, a chestnut and an acorn which can be seen swimming about even today. from an old woman to help her find her husband (8+) and release him from the witches spell. Illustrated in black-and-white and color pictures which portray the landscape, the dress and traditional way of life 258 German in Appalacia. (8+) Janosch (text/illus.) Der Froschkonig (The Frog Prince) Zurich: Diogenes, 1984. [35pp] ISBN 3-257-00647-0 Frog PromiseViolence Janosch turns the transformation completely around here. A spoiled little frog princess is transformed into a »human being in clothing«. To reverse the 66 212 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation transformation, she must be taken underwater 261 English »in the sweat-box« by young frog, and thus healed MacGill-Callahan, Sheila (text) of her rebelliousness. Wanting to be rid of this Spirin, Gennady (illus.) burdomsome girl, the young frog does just the right The Children of Lir thing, and gets his princess. (6+) New York: Dial, 1993. [32pp] ISBN 0-8037-1122-0 Swan PrincessPrince 259 French In this version of an Irish myth, the step-mother and Leprince de Beaumont, aunt of the four children of King Lir is so jealous Jeanne-Marie (text) of the children that she places a magic spell on Boiry, Véronique (illus.) them, changing them into swans. Only when the La Belle et la Bete peaks of two mountains are joined would the spell (Beauty and the Beast) be broken. On an Irish island called Inneskeel Paris: Hachette, 1992. 44pp stone carvings of four figures and four swans can ISBN 2-01-019722-4 still be seen. Spirin uses this landscape in his many Bridegroom Love Redemption exquisitely detailed pictures of all the trials and The illustrator makes use of the fact that the tale tribulations of Lir and his children. (6+) never describes the beast by merely gives him a mask, leaving his human form visible. Beauty is portrayed as a clever, lively girl, full of self- 262 English assurance. While the people are full of movement, MacGill, Callahan, Sheila (text) the beast is frozen in statue-like poses. This edition Waldherr, Kris (illus.) is generously illustrated with numerous, sometimes The Seal Prince full-paged water-color illustrations in which New York: Dial Books, 1995. [32pp] weather and light conditions play a particular role. ISBN 0-8037-1487-4 (8+) Seal Princess Marriage When she was eight-years-old a princess rescues a young seal on the beach. Returning each year to the 260 French shore, the seal reveals himself as the Seal Prince Leprince de Beaumont, when she is eighteen, and asks her to come live in Jeanne-Marie (text) his kingdom under the sea, Tir nan Og, the bright Bosch, Jerôme (illus.) land of the forever young. Out of loyalty to her La Belle et la Bete elderly parents and her duty as heir to the kingdom, (Beauty and the Beast) she refuses him, but also turns down every other Paris: Circonflexe, 1994. 48pp suitor for many years. Their love for each other ISBN 2-87833-121-4 remains so strong that in the end he agrees to live Love - Redemption with her on land until their first-born child can In this paperback series a literary classic and inherit the throne. Watercolor illustrations render excerpts from pictures by a famous painter, who the main elements of the story over the course of belongs to a completely different age. are brought years. (6+) together by the publisher. The result, especially here with the works of Bosch, is particularly stunning. The beast is portrayed by a demon, domesticized by 263 English Beauty the biblical virgin. In this way the symbolic Napoli, Donna Jo (text) content of the tale takes on apocalyptic dimensions. Schachner, Judith Byron (illus.) (8+) The Pickpocket of the Palace New York: Dutton, 1995. 166pp ISBN 9-525-45357-1 Frog - PrincessWitch This is the equally hilarious sequel to Napoli's The 21 3 67 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation Prince of the Pond", the ingenious story of the life 266 Ladin of the prince who was transformed into a frog by Rossi, Hugo de (text) the wicked witch up until his fatal meeting with the D' Este, Alessandra (illus.) princess and her golden ball. Here we meet one of Chiocchetti, Fabio (transl.) his frog-sons who is so curious about his father that La ziriola dc Saslonch he also heads for the castle and is transformed, at (The Nightingale of Saslong) least temporarily, into a boy. Napoli places the Vich/Vigo di Fassa: Istitut Cultural Ladin, 1994. interrelationship between man and animal not only [28pp] in a magical context, but also touches on the moral (Conta Conties; 19) aspect of human responsibility. (8+) ISBN 88-86053-08-8 PrincessNightingaleKnight Unrequited love Death 264 Japanese A knight falls in love with a nightingale, which is in Ozawa, Toshio (re-teller) reality a princess who possesses the power of meta- Akaba, Suekichi (illus.) morphosis. The knight senses that there is something Miruna no kura more to the bird, but when the princess refuses to (The Forbidden Chamber) reveal her true self, he dies of lovesickness and Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1989. 36pp unrequited love. Through his death the princess ISBN 4-8340-0831-2 loses the ability to return to her human form. This Nightingale old tale, illustrated with naive-style paintings, was Lured by the lovely voice of the nightingale, the first translated into German at the turn of the wood-gatherer wanders around lost in the forest, century by Hugo de Rossi, who did much to until he comes upon a beautiful house. The lady of preserve the Ladin tradition. (4+) the house, the nightingale transformed, gives him shelter, but forbids him to open the door to the twelfth chamber. Nonetheless he dares to do so, and 267 Japanese finds himself once again alone in the forest. This Satö, Satoru (text) Japanese folk tale exhibits a structure which Murakami, Tsutomu (illus.) exemplifies the difference between European and Kitsune Sankichi Japanese variations on the motif of the forbidden (Sankichi the Fox) chamber." The illustrations arc painted in colorful, Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1984. [36pp] genre-style scenes full of theatrical and ISBN 4-03-963220-6 psychological elements. (6+) Fox Love Borrowing from the Japanese folk tale in which shape-changing animals such as the fox or the 265 Swedish badger play a part, this author - who is otherwise Rehnman, Mats known for his fantasy writingshas created a Lerflöjten memorable story about the love between the (The Clay Flute) daughter of a blacksmith and his apprentice, though Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, [1987]. [26pp] it is not known whether the apprentice is a man or a ISBN 91-29-58092-7 fox. The sensitive illustrations, unmistakably those Flute Ape of T. Murakami, take the reader into a fairy-tale Abeli the flute player is turned into an ape. A girl world at the foot of the beautiful Japanese mountain hears him playing, kisses him and breaks the magic landscape. (7+) spell. (6+) 68 214 Man & Beast Tales of Transformation 268 German Waechter, Friedrich Karl (text/illus.) Die Mondtücher (Moon Carpets) Zurich: Diogenes, 1988. [24pp] ISBN 3-257-00699-3 Frog Ape Promise Love A monkey in a silvery moon gown is taken for a prince and all the girls court him. The real prince dances with a toad, which is thereupon transformed into the most beautiful princess. The satirical core of this fairy-tale like story is clear, supported graphically by full-page pictures. 269 Japanese Yagawa, Sumiko (re-teller) Horie, Hiroko (illus.) Ryft ni natta musume (The Girl Who Turned into a Dragon) Tokyo: Fukutake shoten, 1988. 32pp ISBN 4-8288-I342-X Dragon - Beauty This is a retelling of a legend from northern Japan about a girl who is obsessed with the idea of finding eternal youth and beauty and is ready to give up her human existence to win them. She changes herself into a dragon. Her passionate wish is especially well expressed in the intensive, artistic illustrations. (8+) 270 Japanese Yagawa, Sumiko (re-teller) Akaba, Suekichi (illus.) Tsuruny6b6 (The Crane Woman) Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1979. 32pp no ISBN CraneGratitudeProhibition This folk tale tells about the gratitude of a crane whose life was saved by a farmer. The crane trans- forms itself into a beautiful woman and marries the farmer. Their happiness is destroyed when the man breaks the rule and snatches a glimpse at his wife's true form. She is transformed again into a crane and flies away forever. The aesthetic elements which are immanent in this most beautiful ofJapanese folk tales are given full expression in Suekichi Akaba's watercolor-and-ink paintings on Japanese paper. (5+) 69 Name Index Abdallah, Mohammed ben 10 Brousseau, Linda 46 Abe, Hiroshi 4 Bruhac, Joseph 18 Akaba, Suekichi 7, 68, 69 Brum, Alexa 25 Albaut, Corinne 30 Brun-Cosme, Nadine 32 Als, Roald 49 Buchholz, Quint 24 Anagn6stopulos, Basile's 63 Buongiorno, Teresa 35 Andersen, Hans Christian 38, 39 Buslenko, Vladimir 59 Andreev, N. 59 Butler, Mark 12 Anlauf, Lubomir 57 Antoniorrobles 39 Caetano, Jodo 38 Arnold, Hans 65 Callinicos, Luli 11 Asbjornsen, Peter Christen 52 Cailas Cortázar, Alicia 40 Ashby, Ruth 18 Cano, Caries 39, 40 Atxaga, Bernardo 39 Canottiere, Lorena 36 Aura, Alejandro 17 tapek, Jindra 66 Azevedo, Ricardo 44 Carpentier, Georges 34 Cashford, Jules 14 Bacelar, Manuela 38 Ceccarelli, Serge 30 Bach Olgaard, Ragnhild 49 Ceng, Yangqing 9 Balabanés, Panos 63 Chang, Margaret and Raymond 65 Ballester, Arnal 66 Chidolue, Dagmar 22 Banyai, Istvan 18 Chiocchetti, Fabio 68 Baronian, Jean-Baptiste 31 Clark, Margaret 12 Bauer, Peter 27 Clausen, Jacob 49 Beaumont, Laura 15 Cohen, Daniel 18 Beckett, Mary 16 Combesque, Marie Agnes 32 Begag, Azouz 43 Comella, Angels 41 Berggren, Arne 52 Cools, Ed 29 Berner, Rotraut Susanne 25 Coplans, Peta 14 Bertelsen, Karen 49 Cox, David 12 Besson, Jean-Louis 33 Bhend, Käthi 28 D 'Amour, Henri-Julien 46 Bilau 44 Migirej, Alla 59 Binder, Jean 31 Daniau, Marc 31 Boiry, Véronique 67 Dana, Adolf 56 Bombin lzquierdo, Elena 40 Davico Bonino, Guido 36 Bon, Francois 31 de Fonseca, Ribeiro 38 Boock, Paula 13 de Seynes, Sophie 34 Boratriski, Antoni 21 Deall, Alanna 10 Boren, Gunilla 65 De'Angeli, Daniel 14 Bornovd, Erika 56 Deborah Gore Ohrn 18 Bosch, Jerôme 67 Dekkers, Midas 61 Boucher, Michel 30, 32 Delin, Marika 65 Boudet, Robert 31 Dell'Oro, Erminia 36 Bransby, Lawrence 10 Dematons, Charlotte 61 BrazdZionis, Bernardas 58 Deneke, Gesa 25 Bringswerd, Tor Age 52 D'Este, Alessandra 68 Brinx, Thomas 21 216 Dicks, Terrance 15 70 Name Index Diet, Robert 35 Guthridge, Bettina 12 Dobrajs, Karlis 57 Guyennon-Duchêne, Claudie 33 Douzou, Olivier 32 Dovjak-Matkovi6, Blanka 56 Hagen, Hans 61 Dreesen, Jaak 61 Halstvedt, Tor 53 Drude, Lothar 22 Hamanaka, Sheila 19 Dube, Pierrette 46 Hansen, Espen 53 Dubosarsky, Ursula 12 Hansen, Thore 53 Dubost, Jean-Pascal 32 Harada, Takehide 4 Dukk, Dukn 60 Hardin, Sonja 54 Harichandan, Deepak 13 Echevarria, Pablo 42 Hartling, Peter 23 Egebak, Birte 49 Hauff, Wilhelm 40, 66 Eklund, Erika 54 Hedlund, Irene 49 Ekman, Fam 52 Heerden, Marjorie 11 Eloff, Friedel 10 Heidelbach, Nikolaus 23 Erlbruch, Wolf 22, 23 Heidenreich, Elke 24 Erlickas, Juozas 58 Hendry, Frances Mary 15 Hentschel, Henky 24 Feelings, Tom 19 Herfurtner, Rudolf 24 Fibiger, Milan 56 Heuberger, Rachel 25 Friedrichson, Sabine 23 Hohler, Franz 24 Frischmuth, Barbara 21 Hooks, William H. 66 Fuster, Joan 42 Horie, Hiroko 69 Howarth, Lesley 15 Gabe, Dora 56 Hudec, Ivan 60 Galloni, Adelchi 37 Hunter, Mollie 66 Galouchko, Annouchka Gravel 46 Hutton, Warwick 65 Gandara, Alejandro 40 Gandolfi, Silvana 36 Ise, Hideko 5 GanOse, Anta 63 Ito, Hiroshi 4 Garland, Michael 19 Gebert, Helga 65 Jacobsen, Ken 50 Geelen, Harrie 61 Jafa, Manorama 13 Gervais, Jean 46 Janer Manila, Gabriel 66 Gibrat, Jean-Pierre 32 Janisch, Heinz 21 Gilmore, Rachna 17 Janosch 25, 67 Giménez, Paco 39 Johansen, Hanna 25, 28 Giordano, Mario 23 Jong, Trude de 61 Gleich, Jacky 27 Joof3, Erich 21 Goller, Anja 21 Jorgensen, Lone Diana 50 Granhaug, Silje 52 Judenne, Roger 33 Grebennikov 59 Grimm, Brothers 23, 65 Kako, Satoshi 4 Gugler, Laurel Dee 17 Kala, Violet 11 Gukova, Julia 17 Kallay, Dukn 21 Gultiajeva, Nadada 58 Kanouchi, Takuya 4 Gusti 40 Kant, Uwe 25 217 71 Name Index Karrebxk, Dorte 50, 51 Madsen, Peter 51 Kasparavi'dius, Kaspar 25 Maget, Jan 57 Kayama, Mataza 8 Maigné, Claire 46 Keller, Cristina 45 Manaud, Jean-Luc 35 Kernke, Gabriele 21 Mandelovd, Helena 57 Kies ler, Kate 19 Man 6ek, Marjan 60 Kimura, Yinchi 4 Marais, Anna Louise 10 King, Georgiana 10 Marais, Christine 10 Kirin, Vladimir 56 Mariniello, Cecco 36 Klutina, Petr 57 Marks, Alan 30 Koch, Hannie 11 Martinez Gil, Fernando 41 Kokaze, Sachi 5 Masai, Kei 7 Kontoleein, Manos 63 McDermott, Dennis 66 Kremezê-Margaritule, Anna 64 McKay, Hilary 15 Kru2kov, Grigorij 59 Meléndez, Francisco 41 Kuhonta, Ma. Michelle 14 Melinette, Martine 32 Kuroi, Ken 5 Mello, Roger 44 Merola, Caroline 47 Lagercrantz, Rebecka 54 Merten, C.S. 26 Lagercrantz, Rose 54 Mestres, Apeles 39 Lago, Angela 44 Meyer, Kerstin 26 Lalev, Dimitdr 56, Meza B., Mariluz 45 Langstrup, Steen 50 Mileau, Sofie 62 Lavatelli, Anna 36 Mimoso, Anabela 38 Lazzarato, Francesca 36, 37 Miyazawa, Kenji 5 Leggat, Gillian11 Mizuki, Shigeru 5 Leja, Gunta 58 Moe, J. E. 52 Lejonc, Regis 32 Moeyaert, Bart 62 Lemieux, Jean 47 Montanari, Massimo 37 Le6n Zamora, Anibal Eduardo 45 Montes, Graciela 43 Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie 67 Mori, Eto 6 Limmacher, Roland 28 Muchanova, Elena 58 Lin, Qingxuan 9 MUller, Jiirg 29 Lind, Peter 50 Murakami, Tsutomu 68 Lindqvist, Marita 54 Murphy, Jim 19 Lisi, Victoria 66 Muscat, Bruno 33 Liu, Zonghui 9 Liana, Dindo A. 14 Nakano, Masataka 4 Lnènielovd, Jitka 57 Napoli, Donna Jo 68 Loosli, Arthur 24 Nashiki, Kaho 6 Louis, Catherine 43 Nasu, Masamoto 6 Ludwig, Christa 26 Nemunélis, Vyte 58 Lunin, Viktor 58 Nidasio, Grazia 35 Luzzati, Emanuele 37 Nishimura, Shigeo 6 Nordberg, Harald 53 MacGill, Callahan, Sheila 67 Nordqvist, Sven 55 Machaj, Vladimir 60 Nortvedt, Therese 52 Madeleine-Perdrillat, Alain 42 NUstlinger, Christine 21 72 21,8 Name Index Novak, Boris A. 60 Ross, Tony 38 Justo 41 Rossi, Hugo de 68 Nyholm 51 Royer, Alain 34 Rubio, Gabriela 42 Obrecht, Bettina 26 Ryberg, Ulf 54 O'Callaghan i Duch, Elena 41 Ochi, Noriko 7 Sandemose, lben 53 O'Hara, Elizabeth 16 Sarfati, Sonia 47 Olscamp, Marcel 47 Sartoni, Lorenzo 36 Ondrejela, Karol 59 atalov, A. 59 Ono, Kaoru 5 SatO, Makiko 7 Orecchia, Giulia 36 Sato, Satoru 68 Orthof, Sylvia 45 Savino, Irene 45 O'Sullivan, Mark 17 Sâvulescu-Voudouris, Monica 38 Ota, Daihachi 7 Schachner, Judith Byron 67 Otakvié, Duan 57 Schami, Rafik 27, 29 Overskov, Carsten 51 Schär, Brigitte 27 Ozawa, Masumi 7 Schneider, Jürg E. 29 Ozawa, Toshio 7, 68 Schneider, Karla 27 Schroeder, Binette 65 Pacovska, Kveta 29 Scieszka, Jon 20 Palmgren, Jessica 55 Segi, Shinichi 8 Pausewang, Gudrun 26 Sernine, Daniel 47 Peinador 39 Serova, Marija Micheevna 59 Pelton 33 Shrader, Christine Nyburg 18 Pelz, Monika 22 Sidibé, Frank Abu 21 Petrkek, Jill 57 Siegfried, Anita 29 Piquemal, Michel 34 Ljubov' Isakovna 59 Pistra, Riemkje 62 Slupetzky, Stefan 22 Piumini, Roberto 37 Smith, Lane 20 Ploger, Juliane 21 Smr6inova, Eva 56 Poncelet, Beatrice 34 Sorenson, Margareta 55 Ponti, Claude 34 Soupault, Re et Philippe 35 Poppel, Peter van 62 Spang Olsen, lb 51 Priestley, Alice 17 Spirin, Gennady 67 Proctor, André 11 Spohr, Heinz 23 Spyru, D'ernêtres 64 Ramon, Estrella 42 Srikumar, A.K. 13 Rathenow, Lutz 27 Stanisci, Andrea 37 Rehnman, Mats 68 Stannard, Russell 16 Rem, Havard 53 Stark, Ulf 55 Ricci, Stefano 37 Steele, Mary 13 Richards, Tom 16 Stefanovié, Mirjana 57 Rivas, Ivonne 45 Stibane 30 Robles Soler, Antonio 39 Streich, Oliver 29 Roca y Roca, J. 39 Suez, Perla 43 Rodari, Florian 42 Syllog8 Prusé, Kosta 63 Rodriguez Almodóvar, Antonio 41 Sylvestre, Louise 48 Rojas, Mara 43 2 1 73 Name Index Tabuas, Mireya 45 Xanthules, Giannes 64 Takabc, Seiichi 8 Tarnaro, Susanna 38 Yabuuchi, Masayuki 4 Tang, Yarning 8 Yagawa, Sumiko 69 Taylor, Marilyn 16 Yao, Li Zhong 35 Thaulov, Pia 49, 51 Yayo 46, 48 The Tjong Khing 61 Yosano, Akiko 8 Tollrnien, Cordula 27 Yu, Dawu 8 Traxler, Hans 29 Truus 31 Zahradka, Mirek 36 Tsangares, Charnpes 63 ZelenY, Mnislav 56 Tuinen, Marianne van 62 Zhang, Zheming 9 Ziraldo 45 Urban, Petr 56 Zweig, Stefanie 28 Vachon, Hélène 48 Vahle, Frederik 28 Valifiéte, Eglé 58 Valiuviené, Siguté 58 Valverde, Mikel 39 Vautier, Mireille 34 Venezia, Mike 20 Ventura, Sylvia Mendez 14 Venuleth, Jacques 35 Villeneuve, Michel 48 Vincent, Gabrielle 30 Vitalija Gra Ilene 58 Vrede, Angela de 61 Vries, Anke de 62 Waechter, Friedrich Karl 69 Wahl, Mats 55 Waldherr, Kris 67 Waldschutz, Barbara 21 Walraven, Ilja 62 Waluszek, Christian 28 Wang, Lan 9 Wegelius, Jakob 55 Weninger, Brigitte 30 Weulersse, Odile 35 Willms, Russ 17 Wilmink, Willern 62 Wittkainp, Franz 22 Wu, Jianhua 9 Wyk, Chris van 11 Wynn, Gwyneth 64 220 74 Subject Index Adventure 8, 12, 31, 39, 48, 53, 54 Biography 42 Advice 47 Bird feathers 4 Affection 12 Birthday present 11 Affluence 33 Black 2 21 75 Subject Index Code 66 Easter Egg 25 Color of skin 24 Eating/History 37 Colors 7 Ecology 24 Comic 51 Education 27 Competition 50 Electricity 15 Computer 15 Elephant/Child/Play 62 Computer-based communication 15 Empathy 9 Computer/History 59 Emperor 35, 65 Conflict of Interest 12 Enchantment 32 Conformity 13 Enemy 30 Conservation 15 England/Fairy tale 23 Conservativism 54 Escape 23, 25, 50 Cook 21 Eternity 17 Counting 14, 25, 30 Ethics 34 Courage 29 Everyday life 11, 24, 30, 39 Crane 69 Exploitation 7 Crcation 21 Exploration 27 Creation myth 45, 60 Eye disease 12 Cricket 65 Crime 22, 32 Fable 30 Crow 51 Fairy tale/Cyprus 63 Cultural comparison 28 Fairy tale/Denmark 38 Curiosity 17, 64 Fairy tale/Parody 40 Cyberspace 22, 26 Fairy tale/Russia 59 Fairy tales 49 Dali, Salvador 19 Fairy tales/Anthology 39 Death 27, 36, 43, 53, 61, 62, 68 Family 12, 15, 16, 17, 22, 26, 44, 45, 49, 54 Demons 5, 8, 36 Family origins 13 Denmark/Germany/Occupation 49 Family size 50 Denmark/Third Reich/Resistence 49 Fantasy 19, 21, 39, 48, 64 Destruction 30, 38 Fantasy adventure 15 Detective 22 Farmers 51 Detective story 13, 36, 37 Father 54 Devil 36 Father/Child 43 Diary 33, 35, 52 Father/Daughter 12,17, 55 Dictatorship 50 Father/Son 10, 63 Differences 61 Fatherlessness 44 Disappearance 46 Fear 21, 34 Disaster/History 1628 55 Federico Garcia Lorca/Biography 28 Disturbances 34, 43 Festival 17 Divorce 54 Fire 51 Doctor/Biography 14 First love 16, 22, 31, 40, 43, 47 Dog 14, 31, 39, 41, 64 Fish 21. 25 Doll 26 Fleas 27 Donor organs/Black market 33 Flute 68 Dragon 69 Fly 42 Dream 21, 24, 29, 61, 64 Flying 22, 29 Drugs 32 Folk beliefs/Japan 5 Folk tales/Japan 7 2 2 2 76 Subject Index Folk tales/Okinawa 7 Hauff, Wilhelm/Tales 40 Folktale 24 Hebe 35 Folktale/Ghana 10 Help 8 Food/History 37 Herring 23 Football 16 Hibernation 53 Forefathers 54 Hiding 26 Foreigner 55 Hippocratic oath 33 Foreignness 33 Hiroshima 6 Forest 38 History of Mankind 4 Fox 23, 52, 66, 68 Holland/Immigration 38 Francis of Assisi 4 Hollows, Fred/Biography 12 Fraternity 34 Home 62 French/Poetry/Anthology 47 Homeless man 28 Friendship 4, 6, 7, 9,10, 13, 17, 23, 26, 27, Homemade toy 11 28, 32, 47, 61 Homesickness 17 Frog 65, 66, 67, 69 House-sharing 26 Fun 34 Humanism 41 Future 22 Humor 8, 25 Hunting 44, 51 Game 29 Gandhi, Mahatma/Biography 13 Identity 41 Garden 7 Identity crisis 2 77 Subject Index Jesus Christ 34, 51 Mourning 8, 61 Jew/Child 25 Mouse 51 Jew/Persecution 28 Moving house 50 Jewish-Arab Conflict 35 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 37 Jews/Stories 44 Multilingual text 63 Murdcr 28 Kidney transplantation 33 Music 17 Kite 10, 46 Mussels 24 Knight 68 Mutism 35 Korea 35 Myth 48 Myth/Loss 44 Landscape/Northern Japan 5 Mythology 35 Language 24 Last Supper 34 Namibia 10 Latvia/Folktales 58 Natural life 10 Lawn mower 56 Natural science 48 Leadership 24 Nature 5, 7, 8,19, 38, 39 Learning 22 Neglect 30 Legends 60 Neighbor 22 Life 58 Newspaper 64 Light 45 Nigeria/Legends 37 Lion 64 Nigeria/Tales 37 Lithuania 58 Nightingale 68 Lithuania/Nature 58 Nightmare 46 Logic 29 Nonsense 25, 29 Loneliness 30, 32, 54, 62 North America/Slavery 19 Loss 52 Nuclear Physics 6 Love 6, 8, 11, 21, 27, 49, 50, 61, 66, 67, 68, 69 Occult 48 Odyssee 36 Mafia 32 Old age13, 32, 36, 45, 49 Magritte, René 19 Old Man/Boy 10 Man/Dog 12 Opera house 37 Manliness 42 Opposites 17, 53 Marital separation 30 Oral tradition/Japan 5 Marriage 15, 67 Orderliness 21 Masks 34 Origins of life 4 Mathematics 20, 27 Outsider 24, 28, 29, 51, 64 Media 22 OutsiderSport 13 Medical Care 12 Mentally handicapped 28 Painting 8, 35, 42 Merry-go-round 32 Palestine 35 Minotaur 14 Parents/Daughter 30 Mischief 22 Paris/Guide 33 Mother 43 Peace 13 Mother/Child 34, 61 Peace movement 6 Mother/Daughter 38, 47, 55, 61 Peace/Anthology 19 Mother/Son 13 Pearls 24 78 224 Subject Index Perception 18 Reversal 17 Peru 45 Rizal, José/Biography 14 Pets 13, 22 Role 41 Pets/Guidebook 31 Role-switch 26 Phantastic tale 58 Romania/Emigration 38 Philippines/War of Independence 14 Rooster 52 Philosophy of life 5 Runaway 22, 30, 64 Pied Piper of Hamelin 42 Russia/History 1850-1900 27 Pig 7, 27, 65 Russian prisoner-of-war 26 Plague 29 Plants 61 Sahara Desert 35 Plants - Nature 7 Saint Petersburg 59 Play 29 Sainte-Victoire 42 Pleasure 8 Saints 36 Poems 30 Scandinavia/Mythology 52 Poetry 5, 28, 32, 56 School 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 26, 52, 63 Poetry/Lithuanian 58 School holiday 22, 32 Poetry/Slovene 61 Sea monster 46 Politicians 12 Sea travel/1595 48 Pop music 52 Seal 67 Porpoise/Transformation/Man 44 Search 46 Poverty 32, 44 Search/Find 52 Present 27 Seasons 31, 58 Pride 9 Secret 25, 27 Prince 9, 66, 67 Self-assertion 6 Princess 46, 49, 65, 66, 67, 68 Self-confidence 21 Prohibition 69 Self-discovery 16, 47 Promise 21, 66, 69 Self-experience 31 Psychiatry 28 Self-identity 10,13, 28, 42 Psychology 24 Sex roles 42 Puberty 47 Sexual abuse/Suspicion 23 Punishment 54 Sheep 31, 53, 56 Short stories 13 Race 46 Siblings 22 Racial violence 10 Single mother 23, 29, 55 Rat 65 Single parent 54 Raven 30 Skandinavia/1730 27 Reading 31, 34 Slays/Myths 60 Reality 24 Sleep 21 Reality/Fiction 37 Slum children 33 Reality/Unreality 31 Snow 5 Reconciliation 22 Soccer 11 Redemption 67 Social differences 16 Rescue 51 Social roles 42, 45 Respect 9 Social status 40 Resurrection 34 Soldier 65 Return home 22 Sound 4 Revenge 62 South Africa/Politics 11 225 79 Subject Index South America/Slavery 19 Turtles 64 Spain/16th century 41 Twin 26 Spain/1974 41 Spirits 5 Universe 5 Spirituality 46 Universe/Origins 16 Steam locomotive 41 Unrequited love 68 Stone Age 24 Usefulness 17, 27 Stork 66 Sudden-Death-Syndrome 26 Vampire 50 Sun 50 Vampire/History 18 Sunset 29 Vanity 29 Survival 23, 50 Venezuela/Warrau/Legend 45 Swan 67 Venice 36 Sweden/Childhood memories 55 Village life 45, 63 Swimming 14 Violence 30, 31, 65, 66 Sympathy 4 Visualization 4 Tales/Bohemia 56 Wabanaki/Folktale 18 Tambo, Oliver/Biography 11 Wall 22 Television 26 War of Independence 13 Tenderness 34 War/Peace 36 Terror 27 Warrior 65 The Flood 80 2.26 Internationale Jugendbibliothek München the largest library for international children's and young adult literature in the world founded in 1948 by Jella Lepman 465 000 children's and young adult books in over 100 languages 25 000 titles of reference literature 300 current journals 20 national bibliographies 40 000 documentary materials 30 000 titles in a computer-based catalogue member institution of the Bavarian Library Network (BVB) a lending library for children with 20 000 volumes in 12 languages extensive model program of book-oriented activities for children bibliographic catalogues with an international focus travelling exhibitions for public libraries, schools and institutions in Germany and abroad seminars and round-tables for subject specialists short-term research stipends for foreign professionals 35 full- and part-time staff members financed by the German Ministry for Youth Affairs, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and the City of Munich administered by the International Youth Library Foundation 227 INTERNA-1 TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Schla Blutenburg D-81247 MOnchen Telefon 089/891211-0 Telefax 089/8117553 226 The White Ravens1997 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature INTERNA- (7) TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK 223 Impressum The White Ravens 1997 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature 1997 Internationale Jugendbibliothek Editor:Dr. Barbara Scharioth Selection: East-Asian Languages Fumiko Ganzenmuller (Japanese) Chou, Fay Hui lin (Chinese) English Martha Baker German Christa Stegemann Romance Languages Lene Eubel-Plag (French) Carmen Volpe (Italian) Jochen Weber (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish) Scandinavian Languages Dr. Andreas Bode (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Slavic Languages. Werner Kiiffner (Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian) Other Languages Toin Duijx (Dutch, Frisian) Sophia Dragoumi (Greek) Li li Gr libel (Persian, Turkish) Editorial Work:Jochen Weber Translation:Martha Baker Layout:Edda Greif Cover photo:Dr. Barbara Scharioth Illustration (page I):Helme Heine Middelhauve Verlag 7Ypesetting:Thomas Pleiner Printed by:Danuvia Druckhaus This publication is available from: Internationale Jugendbibliothek Schloss Blutenburg D-81247 MOnchen Germany Tel.: +49-89/891211-0 Fax: +49-89/8117553 INTERNA- TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Youth Library 2 3 0 The White Ravens 1997 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature Internationale Jugendbibliothek München r 2 3 1 Contents Preface 3 Spain (Galician) 45 Switzerland (French) 46 East Asian Languages 4 Latin America 46 Japan 4 Argentina (Spanish) 46 People's Republic of China 8 Brazil (Portuguese) 47 Republic of China (ROC) 9 Chile (Spanish) 47 Columbia (Spanish) 48 English Language 10 Mexico (Spanish) 48 Africa 10 Venezuela (Spanish) 48 Ghana 10 Kenya 10 North America 49 Namibia 11 Canada (French) 49 South Africa II Zimbabwe 12 Scandinavian Languages 50 Denmark 50 Asia and Oceania 13 Norway 51 Australia 13 Sweden 53 New Zealand 14 Slavic Languages 57 Europe 15 Czech Republic 57 Great Britain 15 Poland 58 Ireland 18 Russia 59 Slovakia 59 North America 18 Slovenia 60 Canada 18 Ukraine (Russian) 60 USA 20 Other Languages 61 German Language 22 Belgium (Dutch) 61 Austria 22 The Netherlands (Dutch) 62 Germany 24 The Netherlands (Frisian) 64 Switzerland 30 Greece 64 Romance Languages 31 Africa 31 Iran 65 Cameroon (French) 31 Ivory Coast (French) 31 Turkey 66 Europe 32 Belgium (French) 32 Young & Old - Generations in Dialog 67 France 12 A Selection from an 1YL Travelling Exhibition Italy 38 Portugal 42 Spain 42 Indexes 73 Spain (Catalan) 45 2 Preface The »White Ravenso catalog has become a mentions« to which the library's Lektoren wish solid tradition over the years. Throughout each to draw particular attention. The symbol 4 year the language specialists (Lektoren) at marks those books whose content is found to the International Youth Library (IYL) pick out contribute to an international understanding newly published books which they consider espe- among cultures and people. In this way we re- cially noteworthy: the white ravens among the mind ourselves and our readers of the working black ravens. This »premium labelo is given to maxim under which Jella Lepman founded the books of international interest which deserve a International Youth Library and which in these wider reception on account of their universal times is still of utmost concern. The symbol 0 theme and/or their exceptional and often inno- is assigned to books whose text is judged to be vative artistic and literary style and design. easily understandable, i.e. easy-to-read texts, and yet dealing with topics of interest to older This publication appears each year just prior to children. Hence these books are well-suited to the Children's Book Fair in Bologna and is pre- foreign-language readers and for inclusion in sented, along with the books themselves, at that foreign language collections ofpublic and international gathering of subject specialists. school libraries. This year's collection contains 275 titles in 23 languages from 43 countries. It certainly For the third time this catalog also includes a makes no claim to being exhaustive. The titles short section dedicated to a special topic. This are drawn from the books which the IYL recei- year's special bibliography deals with newer ved as review or donation copies in 1996.from books in the highly successful IYL travelling publishers around the world. Unfortunately, not exhibition titled »Young and Old Generations all publishing houses which consistently and in Dialoge. In this manner, we want to highlight generously supply the IYL with their books can one of the aspects of our work as intermediaries be featured here every year. Still, we cordially fbr children's literature. thank each and every one of them for their shipments of books. We have been asked about the reasons jor organizing the catalogue on the basis of langua- We can assure our donors that their books will ges and language groups. We know that our be cataloged, indexed by subject and included system is not perIect and that a group of »other in our depository collection. In this way they languageso is left over. Yet we believe we have are permanently available for use by the inter- found a system which makes the catalog easy national clientele of specialists who visit our to use. study library, make use of our reference ser- vices.from qfar, or consult our catalogs per Last but not least, we renew our request to all Internet (via the Bavarian Library Network). publishers: Please continue to send us your new Over the .years many books also find their way titles. We, for our part, will endeavor to fidjill into thematic travelling exhibitions, topical the expectation that the International Youth bibliographies and lists, activity programs for Library in Munich is the home of the most com- children, etc. prehensive collection of international literature for children and young people. In this catalog sonie books are given additional labels. First of all, there are »special Dr. Barbara Scharioth, March 1997 3233 East Asian Languages Japan gods and goddesses and their deeds. The illustrator Akaba, who is especially known for his Japanese 1 painting style, bases his impressive, authentic pic- Funakoshi, Kanna (text) tures for the most important episodes in this epic Izawa, Y6ji (illus.) on ethnological and cultural historical research. Sorani Especially striking is the use of decorative ele- (In the sky) ments, such as tender blossoms, in ominous Tokyo: Suemori Books, 1995. [36 p] scenes, in order to create a harmonious balance. ISBN 4-915777-13-8 (8+) Balloon - LossTreasure - Sky A young girl accidentally lets loose the string of 3 her treasured new red balloon and runs after it for Inada, Kazuko / Tsutsui, Etsuko a long time, trying to catch it. When it disappears Nihon no mukashibanashi 1-3 at last, high in the sky, she suddenly feels very (Japanese Folktales, Vols. 1-3) lonely. At sunset the sun turns the western horizon Tokyo: Kogumasha, 1996. Each I92pp red, in the sky the crescent of the moon shines and ISBN 4-7721-9019-8 / -9021-X / -9022-8 the stars glow the treasures of the universe. The Japan/Folk tales/Anthology very ingenious layout, in which both pictures and This is a collection of well-known and less well- text are merely suggestive, inspire the imagination. known folk tales which have been meticulously In spite of the book's small format, the author reworked by the folktale researcher lnada and the conveys the boundless-ness of the sky and the experienced storyteller Tsutsui. It is especially familiarity of the universe. (6+) well-suited for reading aloud. Expressions from the various regions of Japan, though they could 2 present readers and listeners with problems, have Funazaki, Katsuhiko (text) to a certain degree been retained in the dialogues, Akaba, Suekichi (illus.) sayings and in the forewords and afterwords, in Nihon no shinwa. Zen 6kan order to render the original tales in as authentic an (Japanese Myths. Vols. 1-6) atmosphere as possible. (9+) I. Kuni no hajimari (Origins of Japan) 2. Ama no iwato (The heavenly cave of 4 Ama no iwato) ItO, Hiroshi (text/illus.) 3. Yamata no orochi (The eight-headed dragon) Daijethu daij6bu 4. Inaba no shirousagi (The white hare of Inaba) (It's alright, you'll survive) 5. Susanoo to Ookuninushi (Susanoo and Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995. 31pp Ookuninushi The White Ravens 1997 - tO Internationale Jugendbibliothek East Asian Languages/Japan is very stimulating. This picture book is an written down between 810-824 by the monk example of this phenomenon. The story tells of Ky6kai. These legends describe amazing events a momentary, intensive love of a traveller for the which occur in connection with the Buddhist white lilies in a garden, which during a flash of principle of causality (the consequences of good or lightening appear to him so proud and majestic. evil deeds). The 41 stories selected and adapted Sensuality and dreams are presented most impres- here for young readers depict, for instance, people sively in these colorframed, lyrical pictures. (13+) who are reborn as animals, or a dead man who is (Shogakukan Award for Illustration) sent back alive to the world of the living by the ruler of hell, or a talking skull. The folk tales 9 and matters of belief are presented in a didactic Miyazawa, Kenji (text) manner, having originally served to teach listeners Murakami, Tsutomu (illus.) how to live in harmony with one another. For Oinomori to Zarumori, Nusutomori today's reader their appeal lies less in the religious (The Wolf's Forest, the Basket Forest, and the content than in the concise, clear and vivid Thieves' Forest) descriptions and the elements of fantasy. In the Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1996. 36pp end one realizes that the human nature has not (Nihon no dEiwa meisakusen) essentially changed and that death is never far ISBN 4-03-963650-3 removed from life. (13+) -4 Settlers - Nature spiritsMountains - Forest Harmony - Modern fairy tale 11 A group of farmer families begins to cultivate a Saitii, Hiroshi (text) wasteland surrounded by four mountains. Their Takabatake, Jun (illus.) efforts are rewarded, but over the course of time Gempei no kaze. Shirakomaki strange things occurwolves capture their (The storm between the tribes of Minamoto children, a mountain spirit steals their farming and Taira. The story of the fabulous white fox) tools, a black giant from the mountains takes away Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1996. 222pp their millet. Miyazawa (1896-1933), one of the ISBN 4-03-744210-8 most favourite modern-day classical writers for Fox/Man/TransformationSelf-knowledge Hero - children and adults, takes the reader back to the War Meaninglessness Japan/Middle Ages earliest settlements of his homeland in northern Driven away by its mother, a young fox makes its Japan at the foot of the Iwate Mountain and shows own way in the world. Having learned the art of how the mountains, forests and people lived along- shape-changing from hcrmits, he goes to live side one another. The carefully composed pain- among people. As a man the protagonist becomes tings, with their somewhat stylized and fragmen- caught up in historical events of the Middle Ages tary, finely outlined elements, highlight the enga- (12th century) and encounters famous war heros. ging comical aspects of these fabulous tales. (10+) From a cool and distanced perspective, he analyzes the deeds of those heros, which appear to some 10 extent meaningless from today's point of view. Mizukami, Tsutomu (text) This novel is a combination of several genres, Tsukasa, Osamu (illus.) combining elements of historical narration, Nihon Ry6iki. T6i mukashi no fushigina fantasy, folk tale and Bildungsroman. Sequels monogatari are to follow. (12+) 4- (Miracle tales from old Japan. Buddhist moral tales) Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1995. 198pp ISBN 4-00-113134-X Japan /Folk tale- Buddhism Retribution Belief Moral Japan's oldest collection of Setsuwa (Buddhist moral tales), »Nihon Ry6ikie (also Reiiki), was The White Ravens 1997 - C. Internationale Jugendbibliothek East Asian Languages /Japan 12 mythology, the author focuses in particular on the Sawada, Toshiki (text/illus.) emotions of humans and gods regarding love. Afurika no oto. A story of West African Through the detailed and colorful narrative, the drum & dance reader is transported into an engrossing world of (The sounds of Africa. A story of West African ancient times. This novel is a delightful rarity in drum & dance) the Japanese fantasy genre. (12+) 4 Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996. [35pp] ISBN 4-06-207681-0 14 West Africa Drum Everyday lifeNature Tomiyasu,Yiiko (text) Harmony lino, Kazuyoshi (illus.) A goat-skin drum and dance are essential elements Chiisana yamagami Suzuna-hime of west African culture. The making of the drum (Princess Suzuna, the young mountain spirit) and its many uses in the everyday life of the Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1996. 134pp African tribesmen is shown in this picture book, ISBN 4-03-528310-X which uses the typical colors of the landscape. Nature god Father/ Daughter Independence - These pictures show how closely the lives of these Challenge Promise peoples are related to their natural surroundings. Princess Suzuna wants to break out of her shel- (4+) 4 tered life and finally have at least one mountain to rule herself. Her fathcr, the great mountain who rules over all mountains and looks after all animals 0 Special Mention and nature, decides to test the abilities of his daughter. On one day she must give all the leaves 13 on the mountain their autumn colors so that the Sueyoshi,Akiko (text) animals can get ready for their winter sleep. This Fujikawa, Hideyuki (illus.) cheery, modern fairy tale, with its clearly drawn Chi to ushio no 6 characters, is told in a refreshing voice. The head- (The king of the land and the sea) strong, spontaneous and energetic protagonist, as Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996. 414pp she is shown in the illustrations, makes the book ISBN 4-06-208015-X especially appealing. In three sequel volumes, the Japan/Myth The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2-3 East Asian Languages /Japan the snowbound city inspite of the lively move- volume contains two richly illustrated stories from ments of thc characters. (3+) one ethnic group. Each volume is illustrated by a (43rd Sankei Award for Children's Books & different artist. The traditional Chinese style of Publications [JR-Prize] 1996) illustration art predominates, but some artists give their work individual touches, thus creating a new 16 approach to the subject. In the appendix of each Yumoto, Kazumi volume one finds additional information and Haru no orugan pictures and photos which give further details (The organ in spring) about the ethnic group, especially their traditional Tokyo: Tokuma shoten, 1995. 240pp manner of dress. (10+) ISBN 4-19-860250-6 Feelings - Growing up Family conflict 18 SiblingsGrandfather Cao,Yuzhang (Editor in chief) Twelve-year-old Tomomi is about to enter Middle Zhongguo chuatong wenhua gushi huicui School, but she feels fairly indifferent about it and (Collection of stories from the traditional culture cannot enjoy her spring holidays. She is dissatis- of China) fied with herself and the conflicts of her parents 2.Lu, Zhui (adapt.) and with her neighbor weigh upon her mind. Her Liu, Jian (illus.) grandfather's interest in the family heirlooms Zhengyi de weiyi. Jiecao pian seems equally senseless. The old, defective organ (The dignity of justice. A book of which her grandfather finds in the closet symbo- moral integrety) 72pp lizes the mental state of the protagonist, her passa- 4.Chen, Yongyao (adapt.) ge from childhood to adolescence, but also her Wu, Shanming (illus.) grandfather's silent wish to bring the family, Chengcai de zuji. Chengcai pian which seems about to disintegrate, back together (Footsteps of virtous development. The book of again. (12+) virtue) 82pp I.Chen, Bei / Zheng, Chao (adapt.) Wu, Sheng (illus.) People's Republic of China Yishu de fengcai. Yishu pian (Romanization according to German norms) (The charms of art. A book of art) 77pp Each: Hangzhou: Zhejiang-Shaonian-Ertong- 17 Chubanshe, 1994. Caihui ben zhongguo minjian gushi ISBN 7-5338-1404-5/1398-7/1400-2 (Colored treasury of folktales from China) China/Traditional stories - Justice - Virtue Art 1. Gu, Jun (adapt.) This ten-volume series, with its lovely design in Tang, Yongli (illus.) square format, is a collection of stories from the Hasake zu (The Kazakh people) traditonal culture of China. Usually each double- 2.Ruo, Wen (adapt.) page spread includes one story and, on the facing Dawo'er zu (The Daghur people) page, a colored illustration. Each volume is 3.Yi, Chuan (adapt.) illustrated by a different artist. As in the series Hu, Shourong / Hu, Junrong (illus.) above (cat. no. 17), the pictures employ the tra- Yao zu (The Yao people) ditional Chinese illustration art. The colored Each: Hangzhou: Zhejiang-Shaonian-Ertong- backgrounds call to mind fine paper. The occa- Chubanshe, 1990. 45pp sional use of stamps (seals) and Chinese charac- ISBN 7-5312 0786-x/0780-010783-5 ters, vertical formats, rounded edges and the stylis- China/Folktales/Legends Kazakh - Daghur Yao tic reduction of figures, plants and landscapes lend In this extensive series, of which three examples these books their visual approach. (10+) have been selected here, foiktales from the various regions of multiethnic China are represented. Each The White Ravens 1997 - Internahonale Jugendbibliothek 23 8 East Asian Languages Republic of China (ROC) excellent portrayals of people,-well-researched (Romanization according to German norms) attention to details of clothing and tools, and meticulous use of light and space to create perfect harmony with the text. (11+) 4. 19 Guan, Jiaqi Zhenzhu naicha de youhuo 21 (The lure of the girl shaking ice tea) Sun, Qingfeng (text) Taibei: Youshi (Youth Cultural Publishing), Zhao, Guozong (illus.) 1995. 199pp Shei chi le caihong? ISBN 957-530-723-2 (Who ate the rainbow?) China/Short stories - Love - Romance Taibei: Xinyi Jijin Chubanshe (Hsing-I Sexual love -Adolescence Foundation), 1995. [20pp] In these 16 stories the author depicts the feelings ISBN 957-642-204-3 and experiences of modern teenagers in Taiwan Rainbow Transformation their sexual fantasies, friendships, first romance, Wonderous things happen to the animals and the anxieties, etc. In one story a boy watches a young tree that come into contact with the rainbow. When girl shaking ice tea, her movement emphasizing Uh-oh, the rainbow is cut in half by a kite string, it her young, sensual figure. That night she becomes is eaten by a big fish, which is in turn eaten by a a pin-up girl in his dreams and his bedding is duck, which lays a rainbow egg. The snake eats the stained in the morning. He realizes that he is egg and acquires rainbow colors. When it touches becoming a young man. He begins to buy a cup a withered tree, the tree is immediately restored of tea each day, just to watch her shaking the ice to life and even bears rainbow fruit. This simple, tea. (13+) imaginative tale is accompanied by beautiful illustrations done initially on ceramic surfaces. Special Mention (5+) 0 20 22 Lin, Haiyin (text) Xai, Ruihong Guan, Weixing (illus.) Ashima de huisheng Cheng nan jiu shi 1-3 (Ashima's echo) (Huianguan de Xiaoguizi; Women kan hai qu. Taibei: Shibao Wenhua (China Times Publishing), Lan Yiniang; Li.i dagun'r. Baba de huar luole) 1995. 149pp (Xiaoguizi of Huianguan; We are going to the sea. ISBN 957-13-1709-8 Marriage Escape - Wizard Echo The conkubine Lan; The donkey tosses and turns. Based on a famous narrative poem found among Father's flowers are drooping) the Sa-Ni peoples of Yunnan in southern China, Taibei: Gelin Wenjua (Grimm Press), 1994. this young adult novel tells the story of a beautiful Each 64pp young girl who is courted by many young men. ISBN 957-754-023-7 (-024-5; -024-3; 026-1) When she turns down the landlord's only son, the China/Short stories landlord kidnaps her, but before the marriage can In these beautifully drawn and well-told picture take place she is rescued by her brother. Angry and books, a six-year old narrator tells about people insulted, the landlord has a wizard invoke a storm she met during her childhood in Beijing: a lunatic which causes Ah-Shih-Ma to be lost in the moun- woman looking for her lover and her deserted tains. When her brother and the villagers search baby, an orphaned girl forced by her foster father for her and call her name, they hear nothing but an to earn money by singing, a thief who steals for his echo. This vividly descriptive narrative blends brother's sake. Each tale is an excellent character- traditional poetry with modern language in an ization of human nature. The stories have been exquisitely designed volume. (11+) 4. classics for adults and young people for many years in Taiwan. This picture book edition has The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek East Asian Languages English Language 23 Africa Xia, Zuli Haijiao Tianya chiziqing Ghana (The feeling of newborns on the other side of the world) 24 Taibei: Minshengbao (Min Sheng Daily), Dadson, Nana (text) 1995. I85pp Sutherland, Ralph (illus.) ISBN 957-8932-48-0 Suma went walking Parent/Child SeparationLoneliness During his summer holidays, I3-year-old Vi-Shin n.p.: Afram Publications, 1996. 16pp goes to San Francisco to study. His uncle's family (Excl. dist. by African Books Collective, Oxford) treats him like a lodger. He senses the separation ISBN 9964-70-144-6 from his family, living in a country he knew only Africa/A nbnalsSizeComparison from movies and television. More and more Taiwa- In this easy-to-read text a little girl encounters a nese parents are sending their children abroad, where series of animals who compare her size to theirs. they lead the lives of semi-orphans. Mean-while their She wonders how she can be so many contra- parents must work very hard to afford this. Both sides dictory things at the same timc. Then the turtle wonder at times whether it is worth all the disadvan- explains that what she is doesn't depend on what tages. The implications of this practice are told in six other people say. Each of the strikingly well-drawn realistic short stories. (10+) 0 ink drawings is overlaid with two colors. (4+) 0 Kenya 25 King, Bridget (ed./text) Marks, Jonti / Leggat, Gillian (text) Miranda, Robin (illus.) The magic drum. Stories from Africa's savannah, sea and skies Nairobi: Jacaranda Designs, 1996. 64pp ISBN 9966-884-05-X South Africa/Fable - Kenya/Fable - Animal Pride Dreams Fear This volume encompasses three modem animal fables set in Kenya and South Africa. All the ani- mals living near the waterhole enjoy dancing to the sounds of Fodo the Frog's magic drum but one day when his dancing friends destroy a farmer's gar- den, he nearly gets caught and eaten. Now, though we hear his drumming, he shies away from men. Laika, a romantic young crab, learns not to see her dream of prince charming more realisti-cally after her search for footprints (which she mistakenly understands as »foot prince«) leads her to spend a night alone on the shore. And, finally, the never- satisfied little red bird, who continually persuades his creator to change his shape and improve his status, gets his just reward. Thc comic and dramatic turn in of these fantasy tales are well- The White Ravens 1997 0 Internabonale Jugendbibliothek 10 English Language /South Africa matched by the bold colors on the full-page explains many basic terms and concepts.The illustrations done by a self-taught airbrush artist paperbound book is printed on high-quality glossy who skilfully captures the African settings and paper and the illustrations are excellently animal life. (4+) reproduced. (10+) Namibia South Africa 26 28 Utley, Jaspar Carvalho, Carlos (text/illus.) Ngoma and Click. Namibian detective stories Zizi & !Xau. The eagle calls Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan, 1995. 107pp Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1996. 64pp ISBN 0-86848-953-0 ISBN 0-7981-3637-5 Detective - Shaman Africa/HistoryQuest FriendshipGold These ninc detective stories introduce Ngoma and Adventure Click, a shaman and his Bushman companion, an This precisely drawn, long narrative comic book is odd pair of detectives whose powers of observation a historical adventure story set in the pre-colonial and ability to reasoning are reminiscent of days at the center of Great Zimbabwe. Two boys Sherlock and Watson or even Detective Columbo from different tribes with different languages meet though, in addition, they draw upon their cultural and become loyal friends while travelling alone knowledge and African traditions to solve each away from their tribal homes. They endure a case. Each story is set in a different part of Nami- period of humane captivity in another gold-mining bia and contains interesting details of social and tribe which is then attacked by war-mongers (aided family customs and provides a glimpse of some by a lone rifle-carrying white man), and help to aspects of modern life, ranging from industrial save the tribal treasure. The protagonists are espionage, illegal smuggling, racial hatred or appealing and the plot is rich in background detail. marital strife. The excellent characterization and An appendix supplies a map and a description of vivid storytelling make this book of suspenseful things used in the story. There is already a sequel tales hard to put down. (12+) available. (8+) 27 29 DeVincent, Stephen (comp.) D'Arcy, M. Cassiem The orphan calf and the magical chectah. Rage of the sea wind Cheetah poems, essays and illustrations by Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1996. 113pp the Namibian people ISBN 0-624-03467-4 Windhoek: New Namibia Books, 1996. 77pp Death Fishing - Poverty (Excl. dist. by African Books Collective, Oxford) After his father's death, thc 13-year-old Muslim ISBN 99916-31-54-2 boy Amien becomes head of the family and Cheetah Endangered animals Animal protection struggles to help his mother support all three This attractively designed nonfiction book is a children in the impoverished fishing village. Their literary collage designed to inform, motivate and trekfishermen friends rally to their defense when also to entertain readers of all ages. The cheetah is Amien's rich uncle demands that they hand over an endangered animal with a global population of the coveted fishing license and a small chest of only 12,500. Though protected by law in Namibia family heirlooms from the East Indies. In spite of since 1975, more active protection is needed. the uncle's wily ways and midnight raid, a chance Interspersed with factual details about the cheetah turn of events lets Amien learn the monetary value on colorful double-page spreads in this anthology of their treasures, which will help the children to is a broad selection of poetry, essays, short stories obtain training for better jobs. This highly sus- and amvork from Namibian young people. A glossary penseful tale of adventure, courage, family loyalty The White Ravens 1997IC) Internationale Jugendbibliothek 11.041'4 English Language /South Africa and ambition is told in a rich narrative by a South Zimbabwe African-born medical practitioner. A glossary of Muslim and fishing-related terms is included. (12+) 0 Special Mention 30 Merwe, Louise van der (text) 32 Grimsdell, Jeremy (illus.) Alumenda, Stephen (text/illus.) Heroes and Lionhcarts How Thopo became a great n'anga Durban: Gecko Books, 1996. 54pp Harare: Baobab Books/Academic Books, ISBN 1-875011-10-2 Heroes Animal/Man 1996. 3Opp (Excl. dist. by African Books Collective, Oxford) These twelve heart-warming stories set in modern- ISBN 0-908311-89-3 day South Africa feature animals and humans who Homeless boyVillage lifeIdentity have risked their lives to save others, sometimes at Thopo is an orphan, »street boy«, an outsider in terrible costs. The author, a journalist and animal a Zimbabwean village where cultural rules and rights campaigner, uses a clear style mixing fac- beliefs still play an important role. Brave and tual background detail and the first-hand dialogs mischieveous, he resists all efforts to find him and commentary of those involved to present the a family or send him to school, and is, of course, gripping events in an easy-to-read narrative. (8+) 0 secretly envied by the other children. One day he even dares to challenge the village wiseman, the 31 »n'anga«, the only person allowed to touch the Stewart, Dianne (text) sacred python Thopo has found. Thopo negotiates Daly, Jude (illus.) a deal with the n'anga, but soon disappears for The gift of the sun several months. Then, to everyone's surprise, a Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1996. [28pp] new role is established for him in the village in (in coproduction with Frances Lincoln, London) a ceremony organized by the old n'anga. This is a ISBN 0-624-03452-6 contemporary folktale about real-life relationships Africa/FolktaleHusband/WifeLaziness Farm which are governed by traditional beliefs and Thulani, a lazy farmer who has one cow but yearns practices. The unity of story with the black-and- only to bask in the sun, tries in turn a number of white illustrations, typography and layout is quite different money-making schemes by selling his striking. (8+) 4 cow for a goat, his goat for a sheep, his sheep for geese, and his geese for sunflower seeds. His long- suffering wife nearly dispairs, until she finds that the sunflower seeds cause her chickens to lay more eggs. With their additional income from the eggs, Thulani begins to enjoy his new occupation of buying and trading. The warmly colored, abstract- naive pictures are an excellent complement to the entertaining tale. (5+) The White Ravens 1997 -0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 242 12 English Language Asia and Oceania © Special Mention 35 Australia Crew, Gary (text) Woolman, Steven (illus.) Caleb 36 34 Disher, Garry Caswell, Brian Walk twenty, run twenty Asturias Sydney: Angus&Robertson, 1996. 81pp St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1996. ISBN 0-207-18814-9 233pp Death - Grief- Family Crime - Detective ISBN 0-7022-2877-X Music Rock-band Grandfather Friendship After his parents' death, Rick must go to live with his cousins' family in the sheep-herding Razor- Loyalty - Death back. His three cousins have little understanding Caswell is a master of the art of telling a story for his grief and he can't fit into their family life. from a sequence of different perspectives. Here he lets each member of a young successful teenage One day, Rick and his cousins try to thwart the rock group tell their side of the story. From the theft of the sheep herd by three violent thieves. In intriguing prelude to the end, the story is over- order to conserve his energy and stay calm in mo- shadowed by the magical influence of one of the ments of danger, Rick recalls several pieces of ad- band-member's long-dead Spanish uncle, a guitar- vice his father had given him. He is instrumental player obsessed with music. The plot revolves at in outwitting the thieves and the bond that is form- the immediate level around the personal costs of ed with his cousins helps Rick to start moving on fame and fortune, while the motifs of power, per- with his life. The first person narrative succeeds in sonal integrity, guilt, caring and friendship mark capturing Rick's inner turmoil while also convey- the conflicts and resolution of the dramatic course ing the rural atmosphere. The suspenseful turn of of events. The complex and interwoven storyline plot makes great reading. (10+) resembles one found today in televised serials, but its literary versatility make up for the novel's occasional cliched elements. (13+) The White Ravens 1997 -10 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 13 2 4 3 English Language/Australia 37 39 Earls, Nick Macleod, Mark (comp.) After January Ready or not St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, Milsons Point: Mark Macleod/Random House 1996. 195pp Australia, 1996. 308pp ISBN 0-7022-2823-0 ISBN 0-09-18316I-X RomanceFirst Love Australia/Short story - Sexual orientation While waiting to receive notice of acceptance at This anthology of 20 short stories gathers excellent university in a few weeks, Alex idles away the days short pieces on the theme of gender and sexuality at their seaside cottage, punctuated by sparse by the best contemporary Australian-born or resi- communication with his single-parent mother. This dent writers for young people, nearly all original mothcr-son companionship, which has been cen- publications. The narrative styles are as polished as tral to his life, shifts as Alex unexpectedly meets a they are varied: first person, stream of conscious- girl his own age. As Fortuna and Alex begin to ness, shifting perspectives, or in diary or letter discover one another, with all their differences in form. Most of the protagonists arc adolescents background and aspirations, everything else in becoming aware of their sexual orientation for the Alex's life fades into the background. This witty, first time, or young adults seeking love and under- first-person narrative is marked by inner monologs standing. Interspersed with black-and-white car- and detached observations which map Alex's path toons which humorously portray the trials and tribu- toward manhood and self-realization. This novel lations of being gay or lesbian, the book also in- captures a period of late adolescence in an ordi- cludes a short biography and statement by each nary life which, notably, is not fraught with family (not necessarily homosexual) author. (14+) conflicts or adverse social circumstances. (15+) 38 New Zealand Kuchling, Gerald (text) Kuchling, Gundi (illus.) 40 Yakkin the swamp tortoise. The most Crump, Barry (text) dangerous year Ball, Murray (illus.) Flinders Park: Era Publications, 1996. [32pp] Mrs. Windyflax and the Pungapeople (Orig. publ. Chelonia Enterprises, 1995) Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1995. [34pp] ISBN 1-86374-272-7 ISBN 1-86958-185-7 Tortoise - Wildlife conservation Fantasy Pranks This well-written narrative-style information book This light-hearted, nonsensical story in rhyme presents the life cycle of an endangered species in relates the tale of a »funny little lady« who is Western Australia, called Yakkin by the local abor- plagued by a horde of invisible little green crea- iginals. While the text focusses on the environment tures, the »pungapeople«, who are constantly and Yakkin's natural enemies, the boldly colored, stealing her mailbox and playing other pranks. She full-sized illustrations on each facing page rein- turns to the local police officer, whose valiant but force the text with lively, eye-catching detail. An hapless attempts to enforce the law are recorded appendix by the biology researcher, Gerald Kuch- here in full-page illustrations which contain as ling, gives further factual information and explains much wit and slapstick as the text. The raw coastal the on-going efforts to protect the swamp turtle's cliffs are rendered in bold exhuberent color, giving habitat with much international support. The book the book an authentic New Zealand atmosphere. has been widely prised by ecologists and wildlife (4+) conservations. German and French editions are available. (8+) (Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Honor Book 1996) The White Ravens 1997 - CO Internationale Jugendbibliothek 244 14 English Language/New Zealand 41 Europe Joseph, Vivienne Worldsapart Great Britain Wellington: Mallinson Rendel, 1996. 119pp ISBN0-908783-14-0 43 School Hamlet Bully - Family problems Ardley, Bridget / Ardley, Neil SuicideParent/Child The Oxford children's A toZ of the human body At theschool in the new area where Cara and her Oxford: University Press, 1996. 64pp. With illus. parents have moved in hopes of forgetting the ISBN 0-19-910318-6 mysterious suicide of brother and son, the English Human body class is studying Hamlet. While dealing intensively This clearly formulated, alphabetical compendium with the dilemmas faced both by Hamlet and by of over 300 terms is striking for its concise defini- her brother, Cara herself has to deal with the bully- tions and the innovative manner of integrating ing of a girl in her class, the easy-going attitude of explanatory illustrations within the page layout. her new college-dropout boyfriend, and her The terms range from the parts and features of the parent's inability to deal with their family tragedy. body (e.g., abdomen; immune system; tears), its In this fast-moving plot the author carefully lifc processes (e.g. ageing; memory), medical weaves these story elements into a satisfying treatment and apparatus (e.g., symptom; thermo- whole, in which Cara learns about herself and how meter) illnesses and conditions (e.g. allergy; TB), to cope with the effects of other people's behavior. to substances which have an effect of the body (14+) (e.g. alcohol). The illustrations range from photo- graphs, microscopic enlargements, to stylistic 42 color drawings. Neil Ardley, who collaborated with Lasenby, Jack David Macauley on »The way things work«, once Thebattle of Pook Island again shows how a book of this genre can be Dunedin: Longacre Press, 1996. 200pp attractive, fun and informative. (9+) 0 ISBN 1-877135-03-8 44 New Zealand/1930s - SchoolRivalry Adventure Bateson-Hill, Margaret (text) This is the third adventure novel about the Seddon Pelizzoli, Francesca (illus.) Street Gang, four boys and girls growing up during the 1930s in New Zealand. Returning to school Wan, Manyee (Chinese text) after a summer full of adventure and personal Qu, Sha-Liu (paper-cut) growth, each of the children gets involved again in Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain family life. At school they unite against their London: DeAgostini Ed., 1996. [28pp] archrivals, thc Milk Street Gang. Lasenby, a ISBN 1-899883-28-2 former teacher and today one of New Zealand's Old woman - Emperor Greed Dragon most popular writers, relies on colorful, direct This newly written story by a British storyteller incor- dialogs to reveal the relationships between the porates many elements of Chinese folktales into a characters and to make the situations come alive. tale about an upright, generous and obedient old The second book of this series, »The Waterfall«, woman who loves to entertain children with her was the winner of the 1996 Aim Junior Fiction paper-cuts. Then the greedy emperor locks her up on Award. (10+) a tower where she is to use her skills to create jewels. Finally, the Ice Dragon rescues her and turns the em- peror and the guards into ice monuments. The beauti- fully designed book, which integrates illustration, typography and background in an unusual manner, renders the story in both English and Chinese and includes simple instructions for paper-cuts. (6+) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 15 2 4 5 English Language /Great Britain 45 47 Behan, Brendan (reteller) Elboz, Stephen Lynch, P.J. (illus.) The Byzantium Bazaar The King of Ireland's son Oxford: University Press, 1996. I36pp London: Andersen Press, 1996. [32pp] ISBN 0-19-271578-X ISBN 0-86263-693-6 Grandfather. Criminality Homeless - Animal Ireland/FolktaleGiant PrincePrincess - protectionFriendship Trickery When Bridie arrives at hcr beloved grandfather's The Irish storytelling tradition, with its wild home and junk-yard business for a visit, she exaggerations and magical resolutions after long discovers it taken over by two very weird and journeys and battles of cleverness, is displayed violent characters who will not tell her what has here in full glory both in word and picture. Lynch become of him and even keep her suitcase with all offers superb watercolor paintings in which the her belongings. Left to her own resources, she choice of perspective, elaborate attention to detail, finds help among the street people, a loyal clan of and full palette of colors and hue work together to social outcasts, and is taken in by an old woman achieve stunning effects. They are the ideal comple- who has closed her family department store and ment to Behan's vivid retelling of the tale of the turned it into a refuge for stray animals. With the youngest son who, with the help of a magical help of Miss Firbanks and her adult son, Bridie horse, releases the beautiful princess being held succeeds at last in locating her helpless, penniless captive by a seemingly clever, but ultimately grandfather and restoring order in their lives. This defeatable giant. (6+) engrossing fantasy novel borders on our reality but creates a world of its own where, despite the 46 presence of real and imagined evil forces, human Burgess, Melvin values of compassion and loyalty prevail. (12+) Tiger Tiger London: Andersen, 1996. 149pp 48 ISBN 0-86264-683-9 Evans, Christine (coll.) Wildlife park - Tiger - Transformation The blue moon and other stories from Wales Organized crime Dyfed: Pont Books/Gomer Press, 1995. 142pp In the Yorkshire hills of England a wildlife park ISBN 1-85902-228-6 for Siberian tigers is run with the alleged goal of Wales/Short storiesEveryday life increasing the population of this endangered spe- The tales collected here deal with events in the cies and returning them to their natural habitats. daily life of young people in Wales today. In some A young boy of the nearby town feels especially respects their experiences are universal, but at drawn to the charismatic young female tiger and, times the particular influence of their setting and knowing this, she in turn comes to him for help culture shines through. Some of the stories are after a Chinese syndicate invades the park and kills written in the first person from the perspective of most of the tigers, whose bones are valued as a an adolescent looking back at an event in earlier rare and expensive medicine. Changing shapes childhood. Some are melancholy reminiscences, between tiger and young girl with her supernatural while others reflect happy moments of under- mental powers, she takes revenge on all members standing. (10+) -0- of the conspiracy in this suspenseful tale of realistic fantasy. (10+) :2443 The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 16 English Language /Great Britain 49 Special Mention Ha7.e 11, Rebecca (text/illus.) The Barefoot book of heroes. Great men from 51 many times and places Smith, Michael Bath: Barefoot, 1997. 8Opp After the darkness ISBN 1-898000-38-7 London: Scholastic, 1996. 192pp Fame Hero ISBN 0-590-54260-5 The men profiled in this eclectic volume are France/History 1940 - Vichy Regime - praised for their genial achievements and their Jews/Persecution compassionate understanding of the human In this story-within-a-story, a modern-day French condition. Each of the vivid profiles is accom- boy, Oliver, discovers the ghosts of two Jewish panied by a subchapter dealing with the historical children from Paris who had been forced to take and cultural context and a map on which the main refuge with their parents in an unoccupied man- places of their lives and times are clearly marked. sion in Vichy France in July 1940, just after the The inclusion of outstanding figures outside of the Vichy government agreed to turn all Jews over to European cultural tradition such as Prince Taishi the Nazi occupiers. Their mother was killed for Shotoku of Japan, Mansa Kankan Musa of West refusing an order of the local militia and their Africa, and Sequoyah of the Cherokee Nation is of father captured along with his underground helper. particular significance. The texts are clearly Abandoned and locked in a hideaway, the children written in a narrative which goes beyond a dry have no chance to escape. Only Oliver's fascina- array of facts and is accompanied by appropriate, tion with their presence in the garden of his new captioned watercolor illustrations. The author has home gradually leads him to believe the story they already published a book on heroines with the tell him and find the one man who can tell them same publisher. (10+) 4 what they need to know to set their souls to rest the old French resistance fighter who had been 50 with their father in a concentration camp. This Rosen, Michael (text) story combines elements of historical and magical Graham, Bob (illus.) realism to give insight into a period which forced This is our house men, women and children to choose sides, make London: Walker Books, 1996. [28pp] moral decisions and take risks. The narrator ISBN 0-7445-3750-9 weaves the different strands of this moving story Friendship Play - SelfishnessDiscrimination together in a suspenseful manner, filling in the When a young boy decides that the cardboard box missing elements of the mystery step-by-step. house belongs to him all alone, he forbids entry (12+) to each playmate on account of their sex, size, appearance or behavior. But the others won't stand 52 for such nonsense and when he leaves the box to Touré, Masée go to the toilet, they of course gleefully take over. Bai Bureh's countrymen But these would-be »squatters« do not hold a London: Janus Publishing, 1995. 128pp grudge long, and George is allowed to join them in ISBN 1-85756-189-9 the end. The simple, full-paged water-color illus- Sierra Leone Family Small people trations are full of delightful detail. (4+) Power Beliefs The author of these three stories is a young adult born in Sierra Leone and now attending school in England. She draws upon her family background in the novella-length title story in which the power relationships of employers, religious leaders, healers, and politicians are observed by a young girl of great perceptivity and self-confidence. As The White Ravens 1997 CS Internationale Jugendbibliothek English Language she grows olderbut like Oskar in Grass's »Thc quickly discovers that there can be two sides to Tin Drum«, not taller - she learns to use her obser- any story and learns to sympathize with the kind- vations and also becomes inspired by the legen- hearted, wrongfully maligned elf. The hip, dary tribal chief Bai Bureh, a figure of resistence youthful first-person voice and the imaginative and integrity at the end of the 19th century. The twists to this adaptation - which O'Louglin also author opens up the experiences and culture of an connects to »Sleeping Beauty« and »Snow White African people in a contemporary setting and her and the Seven Dwarfs« make for an all-around writing will be enjoyed for its vivid depictions and enjoyable read. (8+) 0 its detailed, well-paced plots. (12+) -0- 55 Re O Laighléis Ireland Ecstasy and other stories Dublin: Beacon Books/Poolbeg, 1996. 104pp 53 ISBN 1-85371-611-1 Arrigan, Mary Ireland/Short stories - Ireland/City life The dwellers beneath These hard-hitting short stories are set in Dublin: Attic Press, 1996. I22pp contemporary urban Ireland and deal with topics (Bright sparks; 24) . ranging from drugs (as suggested by the title) to ISBN 1-85594-114-7 unemployment, but the moment of the first kiss Kidnapping Sect Alternative society and a kidnapping. The characters come quickly Mystely Adventure alive and the open-ended tales are often stimulate When Miriam's father loses his business, the the reader. The earlier Irish-language edition of family must leave its upper-class home for a these stories was a Bisto Book of the Year Merit smaller house in a less attractive part of town. At Award winner. (14+) her new public school, Miriam is befriended by children of very different social backgrounds. When one of them mysteriously disappears, North America Miriam and her new friends discover only by chance the tunnel into an underground world where a fanatic religious sect has been living for Canada generations, kidnapping children from time to time to keep their society going. Their experiences in 56 this other, »peaceful« but rigidly structured world, Andrews,Jan where they find children held in captivity, and Keri their dramatic escape make for a thrilling read. The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 4818 English Language /Canada finally comes searching for them, the pent up into the unknown. (8+) frustrations on both sides are finally vented. The (Governor General's Literary Awards [Children's author succeeds in depicting realistically a mother- literature - Illustration] 1996 shortlist) daughter conflict and an adolescent's growing awareness of her world. The story rings true with 59 the use of idiomatic speech. (10+) Little, Jean (text) (Governor-General's Literary Awards [Children's Wales, Johnny (illus.) Literature-text] Short list 1996) Gruntle Piggle takes off Toronto: Viking/Penguin Books Canada, 57 1996. [32pp] Granfield, Linda (text) ISBN 0-670-86340-8 Wilson, Janet (illus.) Grandfather/Granddaughter - City/Land In Flanders fields. The story of the poem by Differences John McCrae A young city-dwelling piglet whose parents pursue Toronto: Stoddart, 1996. [32pp] academic professions in the big city has an urging (First printed in 1995 by Lester Publishing) to discover her roots, in particular to meet her ISBN 0-7737-2991-7 estranged, country grandfather. Full of adventure she sets off one day for the barnyard at Swine First World War/France/BelgiumWar This very attractively designed information book Corners and soon discovers that rural life is not as idyllic as she had imagined. But she realizes documents many aspects of the First World War in something about her grandfather that no one else France and Belgium using as a visual and textual had suspected, and sets out to rectify it. On the one canvas the famous anti-war poem which begins level an entertaining animal tale, at another level with the line »In Flanders fields the poppies a story of accepting differences not as barriers but blow«, written by a young Canadian doctor and as mutual enrichment. The captivating pastel water- poet in 1915. Wilson's beautiful, atmospheric color illustrations extend the text with many witty paintings illustrate each line of the poem, while details. (6+) photos and black-and-white sketches round out the story of the pain and tragedy involved in the »war 60 to end all wars.« (8+) McKibbon, Hugh William (text) Cameron, Scott (illus.) 58 The token gift Lawson, Julie (text) Toronto: Annick, 1996. [30pp] Zimmermann, Werner (illus.) ISBN 1-55037-499-0 Whatever you do, don't go near that canoe! India/LegendC'hess Honor Richmond Hill: North Winds/Scholastic A clever and supposedly wise old man becomes Canada, 1996. 3Opp wealthy from the sale of a 64-squarc board game ISBN 0-590-24429-9 of strategy he called Chaturanga. When the king Curiosity Adventure - Island - Pirate summons him to court and offers a reward to the Two adventurous children in the Canadian wilder- game's inventor, he uses his cleverness and ness are warned by their friend Captain Kelsey mathematical knowledge to outwit the king and McKee not to go near »that canoe«. What child force him to abdicate in favor of the old man. After could resist this challenge? After a long journey, one day the new king realizes the emptiness of his they do indeed meet a horde of wild pirates on an wish for greatness, and restores the true king to the island who invite them to a campfire meal before throne. In this way, both men give witness to the sending them on their way again with pockets full mcaning of good and honorable behavior. Today of gold coins. This cryptic, rhyming picture book this board game is known the world over as chess. is written in verse in the first person.The wildly The full-page oil-painting illustrations of each colorful double-spread illustrations reflect the element of the narrative enable this story about light-hearted approach to this imaginative journey human values to come alive. (6+) The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek English Language /Canada 61 tension-fraught partnership gradually leads to Yee, Paul (text) romance. This odyssee of self-discovery, arranged Chan, Harvey (illus.) by a mysterious stranger, leads them to extensive Ghost train research in libraries and archives and at times very Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996. [32pp] dangerous undertakings. The suspense and compli- ISBN0-8899-257-2 cations of the well-crafted plot make this novel North America/Chinese Father/Daughter hard to put down. (14+) Dream Railway Death A young Chinese girl, Choon-Yi, who possesses 63 nothing but a talent to paint, follows her father to Freeman, Suzanne North America, where he works on laying the The cuckoo's child railway, only to learn that he was recently killed in New York: Greenwillow, 1996. 249pp an accident. In a dream he asks her »to paint the ISBN 0-688-14290-7 train that runs on the road I built.« He takes her on Parent DeathCultural IdentitySelf-discovery the ghost train and shows her the restless spirits of Mia and her older half-sisters have lived for four the many dead Chinese workers who long to return years in Lebanon but Mia has always longed to to their homes. Now her painting becomes filled return to the USA and lead a perfectly normal with their faces in the train windows and she is family life. When her parents' sailboat disappears ready to take them back to China.The exquisite in the Ionian Sea, the girls must return to Tennes- paintings on these over-sized pages are done in see to live with their unmarried aunt. Gradually it sombe hues of brown which reflect the sorrowful, becomes certain that her parents are dead and ghostly atmosphere of the story. The text conveys Mia's feelings of abandonment and all the associ- with feeling this part of the Chinese experience ated emotional confusion are vented in daredevil and the magical realism of the bond between the behavior. Her one mainstay is an elderly neighbor, living and the dead. (8+) 4- also orphaned as a child, whose story of the (Governor-General's Literary Awards [Children's cuckoo bird ultimately gives Mia a metaphor literature - text] 1996) which helps her to adjust to the changes in her life. This first-person narrative by a new author allows the reader to empathize with the spirited, self- USA assertive girl. (10+) 62 64 Coles, William E. Han, Oki S. (adapt./illus.) Another kind of Monday Plunkett, Stephanie Haboush (adapt.) New York: Atheneum, 1996. 234pp Kongi and Potgi. A Cinderella story from Korea ISBN 0-689-80254-4 New York: Dial, 1996. [32pp] Quest Romance - Self-discoveryPittsburgh/ ISBN 0-8037-1572-2 History 1850-1996 Racial identity Korea/FolktaleCinderella Stepmother At the school library Mark borrows a copy of Animals Dickens' »Great Expectations« and finds in it an Many elements of this very popular Korean envelope containing $300 and an invitation to version of Cinderella are identical to the Perrault participate in a quest with further rewards. Each version.The motherless girl's father ignores the stage involves solving elaborate riddles about a stepmother's ill-treatment, but kind animals of the local site of historical significance where further field and woods help her to fulfill her enormous instructions have been hidden togaher with in- workload and enable her to attend the prince's creasing sums of cash. In the third stage Mark is party. Later she is identified by the Korean-style required to select a girl to continue working with. slipper and marries the prince. Aside from the very When he chooses an intelligent classmate, daugh- attractively painted portrayal of rural farm life in ter of a white father and black mother, their at first Korea, the ending of the tale reveals much of The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothe 50 20 English Language /USA Korea's cultural perspective: the stepmother and © Special Mention daughter repent of their wicked behavior and the new queen's steadfast goodness »helped her to 67 serve her people well.« (4+) 4- Martin, Trude Obee and Mungadeech 65 New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 107pp Langsen, Richard C. (text) ISBN 0-689-80644-2 Rubel, Nicole (illus.) Imaginary friend Friendship School - Parent/ When someone in the family drinks too much Child - Self-identity - Parental Separation New York: Dial, 1996. [32pp] Kate is a highly sensitive and introspective young ISBN 0-8037-1686-9 girl living in New York City. Aside from her girl- AlcoholismParent/Child friend Beth, she confides her fears and problems in Using the familiar techniques of an easy-to-read an invisible friend. Both her science teacher and a picture booka teddy bear family as protagonists rival school friend encourage her to accept the and colorful illustrations overlaid with a few words challenges facing her - overtly in the form of a of text - the author, a family therapist, and illus- science project competion, but implicitly another trator speak directly to children about the pheno- one, the separation of her parents. In a fresh and menon of alcoholism: what alcoholism is, how to captivating narrative the author explores a now recognize it, how alcoholics deal with their situa- common situation of a young girl coping with self- tion, how alcoholism affects the rest of the family, doubt and a parental crisis which she observes but especially children, and some positive ways of is helpless to change. The story is full of witty coping with an alcoholic family member. This real-life dialogues and inner monologs, and the work has all the features of an information book, author makes clever use of a fantasy-like idea but the immediacy and accessibility of a story- involving newborns' capacity to analyze the world book. (6+) and to speak with each other. (12+) 66 68 Lester, Julius (adapt.) Paterson, Katherine Schindler, S.D. (illus.) Jip. His story Sam and the tigers New York: Lodestar/Dutton, 1996. 181pp New York: Dial, 1996. 4Opp ISBN 0-535-67543-4 ISBN 0-80037-3038-9 USA/History 19th century - Slavery - African - Tiger ClothingTrickery Pancake American IdentityFriendship - Quaker The original fantasy-like tale of Little Black Found abandoned as a small child on a country Sambo, written by a Scottish woman for her road in Vermont, Jip grows up on the town poor children in 1899, has had the reputation of presen- farm along with other social outcasts. As a healthy and intelligent young boy he bears responsibility ting Blacks as dumb and ugly. In this version two for the handicapped and for the farmwork, receiv- of the USA's foremost writers and illustrators for ing no recognition or even the chance for school- children and Black themselves, give the story a ing. One day a stranger shows particular interest in new look. Sam is a strong-willed child who likes Jip and his family origins. When at last Jip learns gaudy clothing. When faced with five greedy that he is the son of a runaway slave and her white robber-tigers, he patiently waits for his chance to master, who has now discovered Jips where- outwit them, taking home his due rewarda jug of abouts, he receives help from Quaker neighbors to tiger butter - for a neighborhood feast of orange- flee to Canada via the »Underground Railroad«, a and-black striped pancakes. The story retains all secret escape network. In her usual skilful story- the original fantastic elements while the richly telling style, Paterson weaves a suspenseful tale detailed watercolor illustrations add to the humor with a cast of interesting characters against a and fun of the whole adventure. (5+) realistic historical background. (10+) 4 The White Ravens 1997 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 51: English Language /USA German Language 69 Austria Prelutsky, Jack (text) Sis, Peter (illus.) 71 Monday's troll Auer, Martin (text) New York: Greenwillow, 1996. 4Opp Sormann, Christine (illus.) ISBN 0-688-09644-1 Was die alte Maiasaura erzählt. TrollWizardGiant Ein Bilderbuch Uber die Evolution This team of poet and paintcr collaborate for the (Talcs told by the old Maiasaura. second time on a volume of thematic poetry em- A picture book about evolution) bedded on full-paged paintings which respond to Modling: St. Gabriel, 1996. [32pp] and interpret each poem's ideas and tone. Told in ISBN 3-85264-497-6 the first-person, thc poems give humorous insight Evolution - Dinosaurs - Present - Future into the thoughts and behavior of trolls, wizards, The old Maiasaura tells her dinosaur children her witches, giants and ogres. Most of the 17 poems dream of Earth - how it was when they came, what are composed in several stanzas with measured was there before them and what would come lines and end rhyme which simply roll of the afterwards. Large-sized pictures show the evolu- tongue. (10+) tion of the animals after the dinosaurs died out, and finally how the world was developed by hu- 70 man beings, those strange and naked two-legged Voigt, Cynthia creatures. This is a brief survey of the origins of Bad girls our world for young people, as narrated by friendly New York: Scholastic, 1996. 277pp dinosaurs. (5+) ISBN 0-590-60134-2 School FriendshipRivalry Pranks 72 The fifth-grade girls, Mikey and Margolo, find Jambyn, Dashdandog (text) themselves next to each other, in alphabetical Harranth, Wolf (German text) order, on the first day of their new school. Though Byambyn, Chintogtokh (illus.) they have different family backgrounds and experi- MazaalaiDie Geschichte eines ences, their initially tentative friendship deepens. mongolischen Bären Each day they find ways to assert themselves (Mazaalai - The story of a Mongolian bear) against obnoxious boys and a teacher whose strict Wien: hpt Verlagsges., 1995. [28pp] rules of order challenge their natural sense of ISBN 3-7004-1244-4 dignity and self-identity. Voigt succeeds master- Gobi Desert - Bear - Ecology fully in portraying the thoughts and intense feelings During the drought all the animals leave the Gobi of two high-spirited protagonists, their irreverent desert and look for their food and drink elsewhere. sense of fun and daring, and a classroom of chil- Only the little desert bear, the Mazaalai, wants to dren poised between childhood and adolescence. stay where he was born. All alone he wanders (10+) through the deserted countryside until he meets a person who can bring water up from deep below. The Gobi turns green again, the animals return. The vastness of the Mongolian landscape and the Mongolian's close bonds with nature are made evi- dent in the text and imagery of this little book. (6+) The White Ravens 1997 - d; Internationale Jugendbibliothek- 22 German Language /Austria 73 never play from his score again. Endorsed by the Frischmuth, Barbara (text) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, this book will Kallay, Du San (illus.) encourage younger perfectionists to have more Vom Mädchen, das iibers Wasser ging courage, self-confidence and daring. (6+) (The girl who walked on water) Wien: Dachs, 1996. [32pp] 76 ISBN 3-85191-075-3 Huainigg, Franz-Joseph (text) Man/Animal SecurityUtopia Ritter, Annegert (illus.) A young girl has gone lost and finds shelter Fred hat Zeit with the animals at the river. This utopia or true (Fred takes his time) community among man and beast is portrayed Modling: St. Gabriel, 1996. [28pp] here in text and image on a higher level. The ISBN 3-85264-513-1 discriminating use of artistic means keeps the Boredom Time - JournalismStress - Illness book from lapsing into trite didactics. (5+) Fred does everything at a very slow pace. He is always the last one finished at meals. The other 74 children at kindergarten are bored with him, Gepp, Gerhard (text/illus.) although he finds his own games very enter- Kleines Boot auf groBer Reise taining. No amount of warnings will help. But the (Little Boat takes a long journey) situation changes when Fred's father, a journalist, Wien: Picus, 1996. [28pp] falls sick due to stress and his hectic pace of life. ISBN 3-8452-087-5 Now the doctor's advice is to follow Fred's pace, Homeland - Monotony Thavel - Adventure although of course no one will ever manage to be Homecoming quite as slow as Fred. (8+) A little boat swims with the other boats, always on the same lake. Bored of this, it flies one day with a 77 fantastic flying machine to the sea where it enjoys Laube, Sigrid (text) exciting adventures to tell all about upon returning Wechdorn, Susanne (illus.) home. As exemplary the story, so also the illus- Wenn Jakob unterm Kirschbaum sitzt trations. Especially the main characters desire to (When Jacob sits under the cherry tree) look beyond their own pond. This will strike a Wien: Jungbrunnen, 1996. [32pp] chord with younger children and in the simply ISBN 3-7026-5684-7 organized, block-style illustrations there are many Daytime Daydream - Nature Shadow details which will appeal to them. (4+) A young boy experiences a summertime of nature, discovering the various aspects of the day under an 75 old cherry tree, with animals all around him. His Harranth,Wolf (text) daydreams carry him away, he plays with them, Candea, Romulus (illus.) tries to jump over his shadow and observes how it Das Flotenkonzert changes from morning to night. The contemplative (The flute concert) view of a long hot summer day, with its intact Wien: Jungbrunnen, 1996. [28pp] world of nature and the comfort taken in it by a ISBN 3-7026-5679-0 child, radiates from this book. (6+) FlutistConcert MemorizationStage fright The flutist A.M. Winkelried is completely unnerved. He cannot find his musical score anywhere. Though he knows that he has the piece he is to play this evening completely memorized, he is about to die of stagc fright. But the excite- ment only spurs on his talent. The audience gives him a standing ovation, and he decides that he will The White Ravens 1997-C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 23 5. 3 German Language /Austria © Special Mention 80 Ahl, Sigi (text/illus.) 78 Papepipopu The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendlsbliothek 254 24 German Language /Germany 83 85 Boddin, Heidrun (text/illus.) Grote, Wilfrid (text) Verflixte Fliegen! Ballhaus, Verena (illus.) (Those darn flies!) Adios, Emilio. Viel Gluck, Emil Liick! München: Middelhauve, 1996. [36pp] (Bye, Emilio. Good luck, Emil Luck!) ISBN 3-7876-9384-X Munchen: Kerle, 1996. 81pp Flies ISBN 3-85303-129-3 The joys and sorrows of being a fly are portrayed Argentina/History 1920s/1930sEmigration here for young children in short lyrics along with Father Homecoming charming illustrations. Printed on brown packing In the 1920s and 1930s the massive unemployment paper, the bold colors of the fly family members forces a brave family father to seek work overseas, achieve their fullest expression. (4+) in the oil fields of Argentina. From there he is able to provide his family at home in Gronau-an-der- Leine with the basic minimum needs. This fast- © Special Mention paced narrative revolves around his adventures and his often sly methods of getting by in a foreign 84 land. Inventive, ironic illustrations round out this Dayre, Valerie (text) attractive little book, which will appeal to a wide Erlbruch, Wolf (illus.) age-range. (7+) Honke, Gudrun / Graeff, Max Christian (transl.) Die Menschenfresserin 86 (The lady cannibal) Heller, Eva (text) Wuppertal: Hammer, 1996. [32pp] Sowa, Michael (illus.) ISBN 3-87294-715-X Das unerwartete Geschenk vom Weihnachts- (French ed.: U Ogresse en Pleurs. Toulouse: mann und von Frau Gluck und Herrn Liebe Editions Milan, 1996) (The unexpected gift from Santa Claus, Mother/Son - Cannibalism - Depth psychology - Lady Luck and Monsieur UAmour) Love - Regret Oldenburg: Lappan, 1996. [32pp] As the crowning moment of her evil life, a woman ISBN 3-89082-154-5 plans to eat a child. Afterwards, she is shattered by Christmas - Gift-giving - Surprise - Happiness her own deed, for she has eaten her own child. The Good luck knows neither the time nor the day, that »devouring mother« has surely never been depict- is the Christmas message of this cheerful story. In ed to such horrible extremity and with such prosaic pictures, which give an ironic view of cosy, aesthetic souvereignity before this picture book. middle-class homelife, we witness how Santa The excellent German translation of the impres- Claus, Lady Luck and Monsieur I2Amour go to sive, laconic text is both expounded upon and ex- great extremes to pass along their surplus stock of tended by Erlbruch's pictures, which leave wide dolls to little boys and girls. Then the computer berth for interpretation. Decorative elements such notices that this present has been placed ten years as the ever recurring, surrealistically strewn too early in the sack, because of a technical error. philodendra leaves or the child's sailor's suit allow Thus Antonia gets her doll Simonetta already now, an analysis, or perhaps a persiflage, of middle- unexpectedly und unplanned. Three cheers for the class life. Just as the frontispiece of the book picture book computer. (7+) shows a young girl playing the German play- ground game »Heaven and Hell« (hopscotch), the story takes the reader down the long path of often unconscious human behavior. (14+) The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 DD German Language /Germany 87 This (relatively) large book with a (relatively) Hensgen,Andrea short text moves effortlessly from the microcos- Dich habe ich in die Mitte der Welt gestellt mos of the protagonist to the macrocosmos of the (I have placed you at the middle of the world) universe. But nothing is given an explanation, even München: Bertelsmann, 1996. 286pp when objects are imbued with animation. In a ISBN 3-570-12389-8 quite matter-of-fact manner the poet and illustrator Rite ofpassageIdentity - First love - expand to the maximum the horizons of experien- Intellectual history ce using a minimum of means. Each page contains The members of a graduating class who participate only those objects described in the line of text. in a project week on the theme of »the history of Changes are shown in night-time blue, new situa- European thought« experience at the same time a tions in clear daylight. The continuity in the course chance to clarify their own ideas of themselves and of events shown in the sequence of illustrations their relationships with one another. Although the corresponds perfectly to the rhythm of the text. (5+) author takes this aspect very seriously, she also weaves into the narrative a considerable wealth of 90 information about culture and important thinkers Kahlert, Elke (text) in central Europe. Yet throughout the novel, the Glienke, Amelie (illus.) protagonists remain vivid and interesting figures Das Kinderkarussell at the core of the narrative. (14+) (The children's merry-go-round) Reinbek: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 88 1997. 123pp Holub, Josef (text) (rororo rotfuchs; 808) Bonifaz und der Rauber Knapp ISBN 3-499-20808-3 (Boniface and the Robber Knapp) Merry-go-round - C'rimeForgery Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1996. 241pp Detective story ISBN 3-407-70696-X Sophie and Fabian are concerned about their old Germany/History 1867 Orphan -Adoption merry-go-round because the dappled-grey horse is Thief DiscriminationFriendshipVillage life missing. So they scatter a little ash and decide to Emigration play detective. At last they get to the root of things, The orphan Boniface is sent to live with his uncle, but not without taking some dangerous risks. A the village mayor, in the Wurttemberg village of gang of forgers had been using the horse's body as Graab. Nearly killed along the way, he later learns a hiding place. With humour and subtle finesse the that he had been rescued by Knapp, who is known author shows what fun children have keeping little in the village as a robber. Boniface is soon fast and big secrets - and how inventive they can be in friends with Knapp's son Christian, but when the trying to fool the adults. (8+) family is forced by the neighborhood gossips to emigrate overseas, they are separated. In a natural, 91 sympathetic manner the author transports the Kishon, Ephraim (text) reader into the world of the young protagonist. Kishon, Renana (illus.) (8+) EM Schnuller mit dem Namen Zezi (A pacifier named Zezi) 89 München: Lentz, 1996. [28pp] Jandl, Ernst (text) ISBN 3-88010-412-3 Junge, Norman (illus.) Baby - Pacifier - Conflict - Trickery Immer höher In this book for both young arid old, a subversive (Higher and higher) little baby learns how to keep its family and baby- Weinhcim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1996. [28pp] sitters in non-stop action by hiding its one and only ISBN 3-407-79178-X beloved pacifier and throwing a tantrum until it gets Austria/Poetry it. The pictures, with lift-up flaps for all sorts of po- The White Ravens 1997 0 Internationale Jugendlatbliothek 5,6 26 German Language /Germany tential hiding places, will delight playful youngsters. child-rearing, do not feel obliged to act as role They are done by the »former baby«, now adult models - and pick their noses, too. This merry and daughter of of the well-known adult author Kishon. colorful picture book extolls the passionate pleas- (6+) ures of pursuing one's needs and of forming sub- versive alliances between old and young against 92 dry conventions. (6+) Koch, Marianne (text) Janssen, Susanne (illus.) 95 Die Abenteuer der kleinen Wolke Lawitzky, Gerd (The adventure of the little cloud) Kasper, Konig, Riiuber München: Hanser, 1996. [32pp] (Punch, King, Robber) ISBN 3-446-18485-6 Berlin: Elefantenpress, 1996. Illpp Cloud Flight Adventure - Help ISBN 3-88520-594-7 The little cloud makes its first long journey and Clothing Role exchangeConfusion - Duty finds lots to tell about the joys and dangers it has For the most part, Punch, King and Robber are experienced. Although the pictures clearly reveal quite satisfied with their lives, though they find the influence of her master teacher, the alternative, their jobs distasteful at times. One day each gets more feminine style of this young illustrator give so angry that he casts off his official dress - joker cause to follow her future development. (4+) cap, crown and pistol. Now, without their proper owners, these three objects cause the greatest 93 amount of confusion when they land in the wrong Krenzer, Rolf (text) hands and on the wrong heads. But in the end they Mirtschin, Jutta (illus.) all come to the conclusion that things work best Die Babuschka, Sascha und das Huhn Natascha when done by professionals. This is a humorously (The Babushka, Sasha and Natasha, the chicken) told parable about real life clothed in figures Lahr: Kaufmann, 1996. [32pp] familiar to smaller children. (6+) ISBN 3-7806-2375-7 Grandinother/Gnmdchild Russia/Easter - 96 PovertyCharity/Giving Maar, Paul (text) In this story about the joys of sharing and giving, Bofinger, Manfred (illus.) Babuschka arranges for her grandchild Sascha to Der Buchstaben-Fresser enjoy Easter by sharing their own Easter banquet (The letter eater) meal with children even poorer than themselves. Hamburg: Oetinger, 1996. 63pp The festivities of a Russian Easter night are por- ISBN 3-7891-0509-0 trayed in this quiet, reflective and optimistic book. Letter - Reading Name Imagination - Wordplay (6+) What makes »Tanne« turn into »Wanne«, or »Reis« turn into cold »Eis«? Naturally it is the work of the 94 letter-eater, also known as letter-switcher. All this Kulot-Fritsch, Daniela (text/illus.) is fairly upsetting in the everyday life of Claudia Nasebohren ist schan and her parents, until they manage to trick him (Nose-picking is fun) back into his (R)Ei(S) and carry it off to a Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1996. 32pp deserted forest. Ever since then the woods have ISBN 3-522-43227-4 been filled with »Kuchen« (cakes) instead of »Bu- Child-rearing - Social conventionThreatLies chen« (beech trees), which are eaten by »Elchen« The children of the elephant, mouse and frog (elks) instead of »Eichen« (oak trees). Only the families love to pick their noses. That's forbidden! way that objects change into words is not treated in cry the parents. Why? the children want to know. this text. (8+) Disease! their elders tell thcm. But look therethe grandparents, who have almost nothing to do with The White Ravens 1997 - O Internationale Jugendbibliothek 27: 5 7 German Language /Germany 97 99 Maar, Paul (text) Mitgutsch, Ali (text/illus.) Kasparavielus, Kestutis (illus.) Rudelius, Wolfgang (cover) Lisas Reise Zwiggel, der Zwerg (Lisa's journey) (Zwiggel, the dwarf) Esslingen: Schreibcr, 1996. [28pp] Weinhcim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1996. 112pp ISBN 3-215-13020-3 ISBN 3-407-79687-0 RealityConformityConstraint Freedom - Dwarf- Adventure - Wordplay Dream Zwiggel, a dwarf child only 200 or 300 years old, In her sleep, Lisa passes through a nightmare of takes a stroll through the world of human beings, strange and even antagonistic worlds filled with where he discovers square little »living boxes«, balls, corners, colors and headstands, until she that sometimes have shining holes, »adventure finally reaches the land of feathers (her own bed), boxes«, where people experience adventures just where she doesn't have to be round, or cornery, by watching, »moving tin boxes« or »learning colorful or stand on her head. At the abstract level, boxes« for the little people. Other things such as even smaller beholders of this picture book will »Gembooi« (Gameboy) or »Woogmeno (Walkmen) find sufficient imagery and text to understand the seem to be inexplicable. But Evi, his little human concept of (involuntary) conformity in a pre- girlfriend, gives him just the answers he needs. defined situation and see ways of extracting Leisurely, like any Zwiggel, he slowly sets out to themselves from unjustified constraint. (5+) experience this new environmentleaving plenty of time for the read-along beholder to sink into the 98 story and see familiar things from a new, but not Michels, Tilde (text) obviously adult point of view. (6+) Bhend, Käthi (illus.) Kleine Hasen werden groB 100 (Little rabbits grow up) Rudelius,Wolfgang Wiirzburg: Arena, 1996. 92pp In einer anderen Welt ISBN 3-401-07181-5 (In another world) Rabbit Hare Family Growing-up - Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1996. 145pp Social differences ISBN 3-407-79736-2 With amazement and a little displeasure, the Mental illness - Outsider Friend - Garden children of the field rabbit family and the wild Violence hare family discover certain differences between Uli, a latch-key child, becomes friends with the their kinfolk. They begin to have doubts about the fascinating young man, Walder, who lives in the customs and attributes of their families. Are big garden colony and tells stories that just cannot be ears perhaps better than small ones? Isn't a cave true or makes up things with which he can more comfortable than a burrow in the ground? In communicate or conspire. He telephones with a the course of time all these questions seem to get cordless telephone, supposedly with his father in answered themselves. And in the end the youngest Africa. But he gets on the nerves of »normal« generation moves on to start their own families. people, and when they won't let him put up a Accompanied and enhanced by naturalistic, richly peace sculpture at Christmas, he goes crazy. His detailed but imaginative pictrues, this book gives house and garden are destroyed and he disappears young readers not only a glimpse into the life of from Uli's life. This books gives an impressive rabbits, but also guidance in finding one's way view of the world of an mentally instable outsider, through different living condit;ons. (5+) showing the differences in the way in which an unprejudiced adolescent and the stick-in-the-mud, philistine middle-class perceive him. (10+) The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale 28 German Language /Germany 101 103 Schliiter,Andreas Stiemert, Elisabeth (text) Die Rollschuhrauber Kehr, Karoline (illus.) (The roller-skate thieves) Kinder, Krach und grofte Ohren Berlin: Altberliner Verlag, 1996. 182pp (Children, noise and big ears) ISBN 3-357-00790-8 Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1996. [32pp] Courier Roller-skatesCrime Gang Talisman ISBN 3-8067-4175-1 The courier service »Rat's teeth« zips around Noise - NeighborsConflict Berlin on roller-skates or rollerblades in order to Family Upstairs and Mrs. Downstairs are at odds fulfill otherwise unaffordable wishes. The misun- with each other because the Upstairs children derstandings and difficulties set in when a gang of make too much noise. But when the noise stops handbag-snatchers who look very much like the one day after so many complaints, Mrs. Downstairs courier kids appear on the scene. With tricks and falls ill with a case of »listening hypertrophy«, tempo the »good guys« set themselves off from where her ears begin to grow boundlessly, always the »bad guys« and lead to their downfall. With its listening for the slightest sound from the floor first volume, this sprightly detective series is off to above. Medical advice is now quite simply to hear a good start. (8+) noise from upstairs again. Her ears begin to shrink back to normal and things are peaceful again. 102 Aside from this imaginative story, the book stands Siege, Nasrin out for its lively, skilfully drawn and witty pic- Shirin tures. (6+) (Proper name) Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1996. 147pp 104 ISBN 3-407-79698-6 Wiencirz, Gerlinde (text) Germany Foreigner Muslim Outsider - Röckener, Andreas (illus.) School Friendship Eine Schlacht? Die könnt ihr haben! When Shirin and her family move to Germany, (A battle! You're in for it!) she is one of the first Iranian children who has to Munchen: Bertelsmann, 1996. [28pp] adjust to a new life in a foreign land. She and ISBN 3-570-12371-5 her sisters experience all the difficultiesofthis King War Dictatorship Peace Work Friendship situation - within the family, at school and in their The lion, a bored despot, decides to make war with free time. Her fellow pupils make her life so diffi- his neighbors. The soldiers are called up, but since cult, that she herself arranges to be enrolled in a the apple harvest is in full swing, the war games different school. Things are further complicated will have to wait. But waiting is boring, picking by the fact that she is a Muslim, and her father apples together is more fun. So a truce is reached very strictly religious. But finally she succeeds in and the lion is left all alone. Brilliant tones feeling comfortable in her German surroundings, emphasize the optimistic tenor of the story. (4+) at the price, however, of no longer having a real homeland. This fascinating narrative is based on I 05 authentic experiences, written by an Iranian wo- Wolfsgruber, Linda (text/illus.) man who has lived in Germany since her child- Wolf oder Schaf - bose oder bray? hood and writes today in German. (8+) 4 (Wolf or sheep - evil or good) Munchen: Kerle, 1996. [28pp] ISBN 3-85303-118-8 DisguiseWolf Sheep Good/Evil »Take care whom you trust« is the message of this visually and textually complex picture book for older children. One must learn to look very closely, listen very closely before deciding who to The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2e59 get involved with (sheep in wolf's clothing or wolf © Special Mention in sheep's clothing), and also to discover the hid- den evil and the hidden goodness in other living 108 creatures. When read in the company of an adult, Jaeckel, Hans children can learn important lessons about the lbo ways of the world. (8+) The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek German Language /SwitzerlandRomance Languages 1 10 Africa Rowe, John A. (text/illus.) Baumann, Peter (German text) Cameroon (French) Ferkel Ferdinand (Piglet Ferdinand) 112 Gossau: Neugebauer, 1996. [32pp] Onana, Desire ISBN 3-85195-380-0 Matike, l'enfant de la rue (Matike, the street child) (Engl. ed: Peter Piglet. New York: North-South Yaoundé: Editions Akoma MBA, 1995. 24pp Books, 1996) no ISBN Pig - ShoesVanity - HelpfidnessSacrifice (Distrib: Les Amis de la Joie par les Livres, Paris) One glorious morning, the kind little piglet Ferdi- C'ity lifePovertyParental violence nand finds a pair of golden shoes just lying about Street child Job training in the forest. He tries them on, walks about and Plain and memorable black-and-white stencil feels like a dancer. But to his great disappoint- pictures illustrate this story of an African boy who ment, the shoes have disappeared the next mor- runs away from home to escape the beatings of his ning. One has been turned into a turtle's house and father and family poverty. He earns his own keep the other into a bird's nest. Ferdinand decides to let on the street for a while until he is taken into a well enough alone and rejoices over his new-found youth correction center. There he also learns a ease of movement. From his snout to his little skilled job as a carpenter and finally returns to his curly tail, this is likeable little pig inspite of his home. This appealing picture book comes out of a forgiveable weaknesses. In each large-size picture studio in Cameroon which was founded by a group the golden shoes cast a glow on everything and of African authors and illustrators who want to everyone around them. As a visual sign of reward design and publish attractive and high-quality for Ferdinand's willing sacrifice, he is shown books for children. (6+) -0- 0 walking barefoot toward the golden depths of the page. (6+) Ivory Coast (French) 11 1 Slawski, Wolfgang (text/illus.) 113 Die Besucher-Sucher Koné Doh Fandanh, Joel (Waiting for visitors) Le defile des innocents Gossau: Nord-SU, 1996. [28pp] (The defiling of the innocents) ISBN 3-314-00728-0 Abidjan: Edilis, 1996. 88pp Loneliness - Railway stationTravelFriendship ISBN 2-909238-46-6 A man waits everyday at the railway station for Student AIDS Sex instruction someone coming to visit him - in vain. Even when This first novel of a 22-year-old African revolves he decides one day to wait at a different station - around two students whose fate is determined by no luck. But then he finds others in a similar AIDS. While the first-person narrator learns to situation, and their number grows and grows. accept the prognosis of an early death, the other is When all of these visitor-seekers begin to travel so shattered that he commits a terrible suicide. the world without meeting a single visitor, they In a flash back, the narrative depicts their earlier finally decide to visit one another from now on. friendship, their conversations about their future Thus the problem is solved to everyone's satisfac- plans, their view of the world, their attitudes tion. The humorous text and pictures will encour- toward the African and the white cultures. As fas- age children to set off looking for people like them- cinating as this is, the reader may be shocked by selves when no one comes looking for them. (6+) the undisguised sexual aggressivity toward girls. In order to digest these passages of the novel, which is in general well-written, the reader should be mature and self-reflective. (15+) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2ti 31 Romance Languages Europe I 16 Rascal (text) Belgium (French) Chatellard, Isabelle (illus.) Olivia a Paris 114 (Olivia in Paris) Brouillard, Anne (text/illus.) Paris: Pastel, 1996. [32pp] Le pays du reve (The land of drcams) ISBN 2-211-03697-X Paris: Duculot, 1996. [44pp] ParisChicken - Tourist ISBN 2-203-55358-8 Olivia, a stout country hen, decides to visit the Dream Reality egg-market in Paris. With a roguish, sparkling At first glance this picture book is quite puzzling. touch the illustrator shows the beauty and temp- In the illustrations there are two clearly different tations of the legendary metropolis from the worlds of experience to be seen. In one, spacious ecstatic perspective of the country brooder. Her and airy double-paged landscapes and interiors enthusiasm is reflected in thc boisterous momen- predominate. The genuine reality, on the other tum of the picture angles and the humorous hand, is depicted in black-and-white sequences of citation of the many details that form the myth of small pictures. The text mirrors the leap of con- the tourist attraction Paris. The warm colors and sciousness from the real to the dream-time world. prefe-rence for brilliant patterns underline the A child speaks of his dreams in which a song, a merry, festive atmosphere. (3+) ship and a deserted house continually appear. The mystery of this dream is superimposed on the experiences of the real world, with all its familiar, France everyday sounds and activities. (8+) 117 115 Amelin, Michel (text) Place, Francois (text/illus.) Frély, Gilles (illus.) Du pays des amazones aux 'Iles indigo Un crime est-il facile? (From the land of the Amazonas to (A crime is easy?) the Indigo Islands) Paris: Epigones, 1996. 9Opp Paris: Casterman/Gallimard, 1996. 144pp ISBN 2-7366-4646-0 ISBN 2-203-14244-8 TwinsDetective Crime Jealousy Mistrust - UtopiaIsland - Travel Reconciliation - Friendship Inspired by myths and legendary reports about The victim of the crime is a doll. Tracking down sunken cultures, the author-illustrator dreamed up the evil-doer who so brutally damaged it, the twin the utopian island of Orbze and presents its very detectives are unexpectedly caught up in a network different regions in a three-volume atlas. The of jealousy and mistrust involving their own class- fantastic reports about its imaginary countries are mates. When the perpetrator is discovered, every- told by storytellers, explorers, and chroniclers. one involved resolves their conflict with humor, The highly detailed, subtly shaded illustrations honesty and forgiveness. This lesson in reconcilia- alternate between raw landscapes and paradisical tion is passed along to the reader in a suspenseful pastures, from oriental dream-like cities to ice- and amusing narrative. (9+) 0 bergs. Documentary tables in the style of old geography books help maintain the fiction of a meticulously researched reality. (11+) 262 The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 32 Romance Language S /France 118 120 Bernard, Fred (text) Comte, Herbert (text) Roca, Francois (illus.) Le Cabinet de Curiosité La reine des fourmis a disparu (The curio cabinet) (The queen of the ants has disappeared) Paris: Circonflexe, 1995. 9Opp Paris: Albin Michel, 1996. [48pp] ISBN 2-87833-150-8 ISBN 2-226-08234-4 Curio - World travel Tropical forest Ants Queen Odyssee A collector opens up his curio cabinet to show New York - Reunion - Conservation what he has gathered during his world travels. One Two red ants turn into detectives and comb the tropiL piece after the other is revealed in the photographs, cal forest to find their abducted queen, landing while the text describes the origin, purpose and finally in an airplane bound for New York, where manner of acquisition with a sympathetic view they finally find their missing ruler in a giant toward the object and the people who made it. museum of natural history - being investigated by Many of them bear cultural significance, such as a researcher. The disproportional relationship the little tablet of the Koran from Morocco, while between the tiny ants and their enormous adven- others, such as the little fishbone wedge used for ture turns this into an enchanting story. The super- dog harnesses in Alaska, stimulate the imagin- realistic illustrations give the scenes a fantastic, ation, or, like the spine of a shark from Mexico, magical character. In the course of their adven- highlight the exotic. For those who are willing, tures, many objective details about the tropical these many little objects open up the possiblity to forest and its animal life arc pointed out, serving encounter the pleasures of a multifaceted world. to illuminate issues of nature conservation. (8+) (8+) + 119 Boujon, Claude (text/illus.) 0 Special Mention La chaise bleu (The blue chair) 121 Paris: I2Ecole des loisirs, 1996. [36pp] David, Francois (text) ISBN 2-211-04211-2 Galeron, Henri (illus.) Desert - Hare - Dog Chair Play Une petite flamme dans la nuit There is no mistaking the laconic picture story- (A little flame in the night) telling style used by Boujon, who died last year. Paris: Bayard, 1996. 105pp A hare and a dog are taking a walk in the middle ISBN 2-227-704-63-2 of a desert. A blue spot seen from the distance is Concentration camp TerrorSurvival - discovered to be a chair. That is all it takes to have StorytellingParable Hope Resistance a romp, since the imagination does all the rest. Night after night a woman whispers parable tales Each tries to outdo the other in thinking up new of terror and despotism in the ear of a child to help scenes using the chair as a prop. Along comes an it go to sleep. The illustrations leave no doubt as to Arabian camel and puts an end to their fun with where these absurd situations take place: a high the categorical statement: a chair is meant to be sat barbed wire fence with watch-towers, surrounding in! So hare and dog move on, leaving the camel the barren grounds and barracks of a concentration sitting - to his boredom. (5+) camp. Each story follows upon a short conversa- tion between the rebellious child and the woman, who hopes that the forced sleep will help the child endure the coming day. The parables describe the brutal tyranny of a despot long ago. Each ends with the fragile hope that the terror, though long lasting, will come to an end if the memory of resistance and freedom is kept alive. When on the The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibtothek 33 2 3 Romance Languages /France twelvth night the woman does not return to their The humanistic message of this pretty little volume common plank bed, the child's stony heart falls is quite subtle: there is no room for discrimination away and it can cry again. In the following night, on this bus line. (7+) -0- a younger child takes the woman's place, and the older one takes on the role of the woman, telling 124 the same stories again. The illustrations for the Gudule individual parables are extraordinary in capturing Cenvers du decor the timeless, metaphoric nature of the stories. They (The reverse side of the sccne) possess a literary power of expression by revealing Paris: Hachette Jeunesse, 1996. 192pp the grotesque-comical aspect of totalitarian terror, ISBN 2-01-321338-7 thus underlining its absurdity. (10+) Unemployment Homelessness House- squattingSolidarityCharity 122 Felix and his mother have fallen upon hard times. Didier, Jean / Zad (text/illus.) They take refuge in a house illegally occupied Zoum Chat de traineau (Zoum, the sled-cat) by people out of work and illegal immigrants. Toulouse: Milan, 1996. 38pp The reader feels drawn in by the narrator and her ISBN 2-84113-410-5 concern for the social disadvantaged, taking part Cat Sled Adventure - Lie - Storytelling in their motley crew until they are brutally driven This picture book has several attractions to offer. It apart by the house demolition. Any tendency to fulfills the need of children for spooky stories with regard the house-squatting movement as idyllic is a balanced mixture of fright and relief. And it uses firmly counteracted by the illustrations. With an the well-known storytelling perspective of Grand- unsettling and at times even grotesque clarity, the father telling about days gone by. And, thirdly, it pictures mirror the desolate situation of society's offers an aesthetic delight with full-paged, striking outsiders, testing the humanity of the reader in this illustrations. The idea of making the storyteller a confrontation with unvarnished reality. (13+) grandfather cat who sees no reason to stick too closely to the truth give the at once merry and 125 spooky adventures a humorous coating. Who Hans, Marie-Pierre (text/illus.) could imagine a cat playing the part of a sled-dog! Monsieur William (5+) 0 (Mr. William) Paris: Grasset-Jeunesse, 1996. [32pp] 123 ISBN 2-246-51941-1 Douzou, Olivier (text) Goldfish - House - ImitationFamily Simon, lsabellé (illus.) When no one else is home, Mr. William, a gold- Autobus numéro 33 (Autobus No. 33) fish, takes leave of his fishbowl. He looks like a Rodez: Editions du Rouergue, 1996. [48pp] blown-up red beach ball, so fat that only half of ISBN 2-84156-023-6 him fits on the horizontal double-pages. He makes BusTravelRacial equality use of everything he finds, shaving himself, trying The metaphor of the earth as boat in which wc are on Father's necktie and cruising around in the car. all sitting inspired the illustrator to write this story This is a picture book to look at with the very about a little red bus which takes a journey around youngest, for whom reading means pointing and the whole world. Scattered throughout the conti- naming the colorful, haptic objects. The back- nents are bus-stops at which a pairin each case a ground, with its apparent lumps and scraps of human and an animalare waiting for this modern- newspaper paper mache, ideal for little fingers day Noah's Ark. The photos of painted pottery to fiddle with, will appeal to the tactile senses figures portray the passengers, people of all races as well. (2+) and ages in the company of an equally motley crowd of animais. The excerpts of a rudimentary world map help to give a geographical orientation. The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 6 434 Romance Languages /France 126 128 Hellings, Colette (text) Judes, Marie-Odile (text) Jacobs, Nadine (illus.) Bourre, Martine (illus.) Un bébé tomb& du ciel Maxime Loupiot (A baby who fell from heaven) (Maxim Wolff) Paris: Archimede, 1996. 3Opp Paris: Pere Castor Flammarion, 1996. 32pp ISBN 2-211038921 ISBN 2-08-160327-6 Giraffe Wolf- Father/SonCareer choice A baby giraffe falls indeed from heaven, since at Father Wolf is in despair over his young son who birth it is dropped 2 meters to earth. In just a few takes after no one else in the family. He prefers minutes it can stand up and begin to suckle at its gardening to hunting! All efforts to re-educate him mother's udder and to discover the world. This to the ways of a wolf fail miserably. But the joke is picture book shows the experiences in the first few on Father Wolf. This animal family leads a very days of life, how it is accepted into the herd and human-like life in the vivacious illustrations. The attacked by a lioness. The impressive expanse of artist had great fun in hinting at the wolfs' nature the African savannah is ever-present in the double- of the inhabitants in the details of the furniture. In spread illustrations of this generously sized spite of the fundamental antagonism of the father- landscape-format picture book. A brief appendix son relationship, there is much love and tenderness supplies further information about giraffes, which to be seen. This allows the young reader, undisturb- are fairly underrepresented in information books. ed by any sense of fear, to take delight in the mis- (5+) haps of this clumsy father. (6+) 127 129 Jardin, Alexandre (text) Kerisel, Francoise Derobe, Alain (photos) Nona des sables de Broca, Alexandre (special effects) (Nona of the desert) Cybermaman ou le voyage extraordinaire Paris: Albin Michel, 1996. 4Opp au centre d'un ordinateur ISBN 2-226-08236-0 (Cybermaman or the extraordinary AlgeriaColonizationWar Family - Memory journey to the center of a computer) A young girl searches with a passion for her own Paris: Gallimard, 1996. 64pp roots in the family genealogy. She presses her ISBN 2-07-059412-2 great-grandmother to recall her past in Africa, but ComputerVirtual reality - Adventure the old woman buries herself in painful silence, A writer, a photographer and a specialist for recalling how her forbears had moved to Algeria as optical effects have collaborated here, using tech- colonizers in the 19th century, only to return to nical equipment to create a new style of photono- France during the Algerian war. Nona has lost her vel (livre cinematographique). The plot involves a roots and yearns to return to the mimosa and the virtual journey into the inner workings of a perso- desert. But the shame over all that took place in nal computer. Three brothers and sisters head off the course of colonization and war seals her into cyberspace with their head-mounted displays mouth. The interaction of this detective work and after their computer crashs in order to find their resistance to memory is reflected in scraps of favorite program which contains pictures, memen- conversation. Reproductions of historical postcards tos and voice recordings of their dead mother. from Algeria are stitched between the leaves of The oversized glossy photographs (of this over- this large-sized album. (10+) sized book) bring to view the surrealist nature of virtual space, including anti-viruses, which resem- bles a very real and opulent hall of horrors. (7+) The White Ravens 1997 -0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 26 5 Romance Languages /France 0 Special Mention 132 Merleau-Ponty, Claire (text) 130 Ballantine, Kevin (photos) Korkos,Alain (text) Sally et le voleur du rove Truong, Marcelino (illus) (Sally and the thief of dreams) En attendant Eliane (Waiting for Elaine) Paris: Hatier, 1996. 6Opp Paris: Syros, 1996. 75pp ISBN 2-7438-0055-0 (Les uns les autres) Australia Aborigines Painting-Tabu - ISBN 2-841-46-321-4 Cultural gap Adventure Jews Algeria/Pogrom 1934 Emigration The story of the aborigines and their nomad Paris/Deportation 1942 culture are caught up in the history of Sally and The publisher has established a series of highly her family. After a taboo regarding the unique literary novels which treats the events of the most paintings of the tribes is broken, the resulting recent past and present involving breaches of hu- intrigue is used to elaborate on the rituals, the man rights and violence in multicultural conflicts. legends of life's origins. The fragile existence of The novels' protagonists are fictional, but their this culture is vividly depicted, located on the historical contexts are authentic. This particular breaking point between tradition and modernity, novel deals with an Arabic Jew from Algeria, the threatened with perversion by tourism and greedy last of his family, who lived through the waves of profit. Scattered throughout the narrative are authen- anti-semitic discrimination both in his homeland tic ethnographic photos which also have the charm and in exile in Paris. Alone one rainy evening he of intimate family memories. The documentary recalls in a moving soliloquy the events that led to appendix provides supplemental details and his parents' and sister's deaths in Algeria and summarizes the Aborigines' problems. (8+) Germany. The author weaves an epic tale on several levels and helps the young reader to keep 133 on with the story even when the narration may Mets, Alan (text/illus.) engender only revolt, shock and pain. (14+) Jc suis parti! (I'm on my way!) 131 Paris: L'Ecole des Loisirs, 1996. 36pp Levy, Didier (text) ISBN 2-211-041-07-8 Galibour, Coralie (illus.) Cat Night - Travel Adventure Peut-on faire confiance a un crocodile affamé? These travel adventures of a black cat produce a (Can you trust a hungry crocodile?) superb bedtime story. All the episodes take place at Paris: Albin Michel Jeunesse, 1996. [52pp] night in full-page, landscape format illustrations. ISBN 2-266-07170-9 Only one sentence is sufficient to explain each Toad Crocodile -Journey -TrustIntelligence situation. Generous use of space and bold colors Friendship change the picturc story from agitated to smooth The answer to the question posed in the title would lines, depending on the rise or decline in the drama seem to be: no! Especially if one is a good-natured of the scene. The lively eyes of the story's protag- toad travelling in a balloon with a crocodile whose onists, who meet unexpectedly, have a language of friendship ends where his hunger begins. But the their own. Peaceful cosiness prevails whenever you happy end of the journey of this very odd couple encounter a sleeper. (4+) proves that with a little intelligence and sympathy an enjoyable coexistence is possible, despite the extreme differences. The lively colors and surpris- ingly amusing viewpoints in the various sized pictures convey the humor and wisdom of this story in a high-spirited manner. (5+) The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 266 36 Romance Languages /France 134 town's run-down city hall. In minutely recorded Morgenstern, Susie scenes, Zoltan's perceptive benchmate describes Lettres d'amour de 0 a 10 (Love letters from 0 to 10) the ultimate failure of their attempts at integration. Paris: LEcole des loisirs, 1996. 210pp Even thc teachers, who admire his talent on the ISBN 2-211-03693-7 accordeon and are portrayed as being unpreju- Motherless childLoneliness - Friendship diced, are unable to deal with his differentness, Joy of life expressed in apathy and reserve. In the end, Ernest's mother died at his birth and his father left protests from the citizenry lead to a solution of him to grow up with his grandmother, who lives »he gypsy problem« when the police enforce their almost completely immersed in memories of her eviction. (9+) .0- past. As result, Ernest's life is sad and monoto- nous. But this changes overnight when Victoire, 137 the new girl in his class who has an unlimited Place, Francois (text) capacity for joy as well as 13 brothers, »adopts« Besse, Christophe (illus.) him and awakens his lust for life. There is none too Le camion fantôme little comedy, but the story also gives room to fine (The ghostwagon) psychological insights. The transformation which Paris: Hachette Jeunesse, 1996. [32pp] takes place in the lives of Ernest and his grand- ISBN 2-01-223276-0 mother follows the well-proven maxim: One must Old man Retirement home - Mouse - FriendshipHelpfulness first enjoy life, before preparing to die. (10+) When Monsieur Verchou, the vegetable seller, (Prix Totem Roman 1996 ) retires and moves into a retirement home, the four little mice who, like little elves, had always 135 secretly loaded up his cart for the market, are sad. Morvan, Francoise (text) With cunning tricks, abetted by their friends, Lapointe, Claude (illus.) they manage to restore the run-down wagon and La gavotte du mille-pattes remove their protégé from the home. Large (The gavotte of the centipede) pictures in landscape format, drawn in vibrant Arles: Actes Sud, 1996. 62pp colors and contours, reveal in abundant, realistic Animals - Nonsense poetry details the stages of this fantastical tale. (5+) 0 Children who enjoy the sounds of words and wordplay will be well-rewarded with this droll 138 parade of animals. Inspired by the nonsense poems Prigent, Andrée (text/illus.) which describe a colorful bestiary in the absurdest Pouloute, l'hippopotame situations, the illustrator has let his imagination (Pouloute, the hippopotamus) run wild, trumping the text with even more non- Paris: Les Editions Didier, 1996. [28pp] sensical pictures. With souvereignity his full-paged ISBN 2-278-30013-X illustrations dominate the narrow, upright format Hippopotamus Island - SeaColorsPainting of this handy and prettily designed little book. (5+) On a very tiny round island in the deep blue sea there is a tall chimney that looks like a cake made 136 with an upside pail in a sandbox. A blue hippo- Noziere, Jean-Paul potamus comes along every day with a little Une sixieme en accordéon wagon full of painting tools and paints fish or (The sixth-grade accordeon class) starfish on its wall. Rain and moonlight turn them Paris: Rageot-Editeur, 1996. 92pp into lively animals that splash about in the water. ISBN 2-7002-2364-0 Changing perspectives and picture segments lend Gypsies - Differentness - IntegrationSquatters the story its charm and surprise effects. Nothing Feeling like good samaritans, the children of a can spoil this miniature, carefree world of play. sixth-grade class prepare to welcome Zoltan, a boy The only question left unanswered is what color whose gypsy family has become squatters in the the fish will be painted tomorrow. (3+) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2t37 37 Romance Languages /France 139 141 Schneegans, Nicole Serres, Alain (text) Une image de Lou Mellinette, Martine (illus.) (A picture of Lou) II y a le monde Paris: Gallimard, 1996. 330pp (There is the world) Albert-Lasard, Louise (1885-1969) - Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: Cheyne éditeur, Biography - Painting 1996. [80pp] Thc highly unusual life of the headstrong artist, Poetry/French - TravelObservationLife Louise Albert-Lasard, who is usually remembered experience Humanity only for her friendship with Rilke, is depicted in This bibliophile edition contains a collection of this biography. Driven by her artistic vocation and travel poetry written over many years. In only a an iron will, she overcame many obstacles which few sentences the sensually recorded experiences arose from her middle-class Jewish background are crystallized into an image, impressions into and a handicap in walking. Eccentric and indepen- thoughts. Serres's travels took him from Mexico to dent, her chosen life-style led from Munich, Paris, Egypt. Brief, red-lettered lyrical notes, cross paths and Berlin, where she stood in close contact with with graphic pen-drawings in orange and black, the avant-garde of the art world. Spanning two setting accents and awakening associations of world wars and travels around the world, her life leaves, birds, tracks and silhouettes. The fresh, took place in a lively epoch of intellectual and very personal words reveal the author's power of world history which will be of great interest to perception and experience of life, for which adolescent readers. (16+) young readers will be receptive. (12+) 140 Sebbar, Leila La jeune fille au balcon Italy (The young girl on the balcony) 142 Paris: Seuil, 1996. 148pp Argilli, Marcello (text) ISBN 2 02 024800-X Cimatoribus, Alessandra (illus.) Algeria/France Family Integration Alla signorina Elle con tanto affetto Islam FundamentalismWomen's role (To Miss »L« with love) This ensemble of six tales gives a multifaceted Firenze: Fatatrac, 1996. 63pp perspective of the long-suffering and difficult (I nuovi ottagoni; 12) (Dire fare giocare) relationship between Algeria and France. The fates ISBN 88-86228-74-0 of several persons are chosen to show the old and Language - AlphabetWordplay new wounds which stem from the colonial wars This book includes eight fantasy tales based on and years of immigration, from the current con- language and alphabet. The main characters are flicts of identity and problems of integration, from spelling, pronunciation, syntactical and grammat- the collision between modem times and religious ical mistakes, which experience adventures within tradition. The author, daughter of Algerian-French various puns. Together they form a lively story parents, gives a penetrating view of the current reminiscent of Gianni Rodari's »Il libro degli civil war in Algeria. Hers is the view of the pro- errori«. \Vhile ignoring the school standards of tagonists and thus in immediate contact with the proper speech and writing, lingustic knowledge is suffering victims. (13+) 4 subtly conveyed, letting children realize that it is possible to play and have fun with words. The books aesthetically pleasing design presents the puns with extraordinary charm. The bright and ex- pressive illustrations, some using lettering and collage techniques, employ strong contrasts in line and color. (8+) The Whae Ravens 1997 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 6 8 38 Romance Language S /Italy 143 © Special Mention Be llot, Gina (text) Pasini, Marilena (illus.) 145 La torta storta. Rime & filastrocche Conte, Tonino (text) (The crooked cake. Nursery rhymes and verses) Luzzati, Emanuele (illus.) Roma: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 1996. 56pp Genova, una citth in 20 storie (Nuova biblioteca dei ragazzi; 15: Poesia) (Genoa, a city in 20 tales) ISBN 88-85990-35-5 Roma: Laterza, 1996. 111pp Poetty/Italian - Children's rhymes ISBN 88-420-5099-7 This collection of 41 short nursery rhymes inclu- Genoa/History des a full range of creativity, emotions, thought, The author invites the reader on a voyage of feeling, nonsense and limerick. The book makes discovery through the city of Genoa, past and pleasant and light-hearted reading sustained by present. He tells about its maritime tradition amusement and poetry, smile and memory. The (Genoa was one of four Italian maritime repub- alternating color and black-and-white illustrations lics), its legendary heroes, the architecture of its scan the rhyming couplet's rhythm, suggesting new noble palaces and cultural festivals. He takes the graphic inventions. (6+) reader on an enchanting walk through the ancient atmosphere of its streets, in search of the city's 144 soul, which reveals itself in the intimate relation- Bindi Mondaini, Donatella (text) ship with the sea. Blue prevails over all other Mariniello, Cecco (illus.) colors in expressing the pervasive water of the sea Un coniglio nel cappello that shapes the city's identity. In the illustrations (A rabbit in the hat) Luzzati lavishes his enchanting chromatism and Trieste: Edizioni EL, 1996. 87pp mastery of scene-settings to give a constituent (Le letture; 105) lightness to the cityscape. His endless imagination ISBN 88-7068-997-2 lets him combine every possible kind of graphic Appearance Social expectationsOnly child technique. (12+) Friendship Twelve-year-old Silvia is too tall and too slim, has 146 red hair and a freckled nose, and what's more she Lazzarato, Francesca (adapt.) is an only child. But Silvia has many friends, Galloni, Adelchi (illus.) including one with an enviable family of many I2elefante di pietra. Fiabe e favole della children where she spends a lot of time. One day tradizione indiana Silvia meets a friendly old magician and from that (The stone elephant. Tales and legends moment on her life is filled with adventures, unex- from India) pected events and new acquaintances. The tale Milano: Mondadori, 1996. 79pp brings out children's difficulty of accepting their (Fiabe Junior; I 1) physical differences and shows a way to overcome ISBN 88-04-41545-2 problems of communication, especially with India/TalesIndia/Legends adults. (5+) The author continues her work of acquainting children with folktales from foreign cultures, choosing for this collection some of the most important traditional tales and legends of India. As usual, the anthology is supplemented by a docu- mentary appendix consisting of concise and easily understood information and maps of the Indian subcontinent's history and geography, and in this way illustrating India's complicated religious and linguistic diversity, traditions, customs, and art The White Ravens 1997-0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 26:i 39 Romance Languages ataly styles for a better understanding of folktales. The 149 text is complemented by watercolor illustrations Mignone, Sebastiano Ruiz (text) which succeed in rendering the enchanting Frasca, Simone (illus.) atmosphere of the Orient. (9+) 4 Guidone Mangiaterra e gli sporcaccioni (Guidone the Earth-cater and the filthy slobs) 147 Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1996. 128pp Lazzarato Francesca / Ziiotto, Donatella (adapt.) (II battello a vapore, Serie azzurra; 22) Carrer, Chiara (illus.) ISBN 88-384-3522-7 Manuale del cacciatore di fantasmi ltaly/FolktaleFairy taleCurse Odor Filth (Handbook for ghost-hunters) Adventure - Love - Courage Justice Firenze: Salani, 1996. 115pp Lovely Rita is supposed to marry Gardenio III ISBN 88-7782-499-9 Profumo, the prince of the Kingdom of Profumino. Ghost Horror Short stories But then, out of spite, a filthy Slob (Sporcaccione) The best way of overcoming one's fear of ghosts succeeds in making her stomach rumble with »em- is to hunt them, and with this »handbook« the barrassing noises«. In search of a good doctor, the authors supply information on how to become a much underestimated little Guidone sets off on an »perfect ghost hunter«. The book includes short adventurous journey full of unexpected encounters, tales, legends, traditions, tricks and games for dramatic moments and Sporcaccioni's evil traps. parties, all related to horror. Fear in all its forms The talc belongs to the fantasy genre, with a (place, sound, color) is faced, showing that you prince, an enchanted beauty, a strange witch and a can have fun with it. The black-and-white pen- wicked wizard who resemble the characters of drawings capture important moments of suspense classical fairy tales. The author brings together and drama. (10+) with proportion and gaiety figures from the folk- lore of Italy's different regions in a felicitous 148 combination of prose and verse. (7+) Luciani, Domenica (text) (Premio Andersen 1996 for age group 6 to 9) Luciani, Roberto (illus.) Cinema segreto (Filming secrets) 150 Firenze: Giunti, 1996. 190pp Nanetti, Angela (text) (Giunti Ragazzi Universale; 19) D'Altan, Paolo (illus.) ISBN 88-09-20867-6 Mistero sull'isola Video camera Film - Everyday life (Mystery on the island) ObservationFriendship Trieste: Einaudi Ragazzi, 1996. 133pp Sara and Marina are friends who share a common (Narrativa; 54) passion for films, both seeing and making them. With ISBN 88-7926-216-5 Sara's father's video camera they decide to make a Island Loneliness Family conflict Abduction movie about their families' everyday life. Unknown Growing up to everyone, the two girls film, among other things, Dario leads a very lonely life on an island which Sara's sister running away from home, her boyfriend comes alive only during the summer months. But in love with an older woman or a party of Sara's his hope for a dangerous adventure is fulfilled parents. The girls spy on grown-ups and reveal their when he becomes suspicious of a boat's illegal secret and hypocritical behaviors, collecting the cargo and the strange signals coming from a evidence in a new form of audio-video-electronic mysterious villa. When he starts to investigate, diary. For each event there is a congenial reference to Dario gets into trouble and his father's vineyards characters and motifs from famous recent films (such are set on fire, forcing him to face up to the reality as »Beauty and the Beast« or »Jurassic Park«). The of organized crime. This is a story of kidnapping author's appealing use of language, imitating the but also of initiation into adulthood, the time to idiom spoken by today's teenagers, achieves highly face one's parents and forgive their failures. The witty effects. (11+) author's narrative style skilfully conveys the The White Ravens 1997-0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek . . 27D Romance Languages maly island's atmosphere of »omertAn (conspiracy of 153 silence) and fear which is also well portrayed by Quarzo, Guido (text) the illustrator's quivering line-drawings. (11+) Mariniello, Cecco (illus.) Ranocchi a merenda 151 (Frogs for snacks) Pratesi, Fulco (text) Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1996. 49pp Maugeri, Stefano (illus.) (II battello a vapore, Serie bianca; 15) Da Ile caverne ai grattacieli. Gli italiani e ISBN 88-384-3415-8 l'ambiente (From caves to skyscrapers. Italians Frog prince The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek Romance Languages Portugal him. He returns to his village and ultimately moves into a nearby retirement home. The decision Special Mention is accompanied with tears, feelings of guilt and a portion of resignation, which everyone involved 155 learns to live with. From thc point of view of La Fontaine, Jean de (text) the grandchild, related with laconic, dry humor, Modesto, Antonio (illus.) Ant6nio Mota gives us sure fire, realistic descrip- Sabler, AntOnio (trans.) tions that do not avoid the unpleasant parts of Fabulas (Fables) growing old. This excellent tale treats old age with Porto: Edinter, 1995. [88pp] great respect and loving kindness, without drifting ISBN 972-43-0264-4 off into cheap show of emotion. (12+) LaFontaine, Jean deFables This collection of 20 fables from Jean de La Fontaine includes such well-known favorites as »The Lion and the Mouse« and the »Hare and the Spain Tortoise.« For each fable there is a full-paged (landscape format) color illustration by Antonio 157 Modesto, which portrays in general only the main Alcantara, Ricardo (text) characters. They are the focus of the artist, free Gusti (illus.) against a colored background, with additional Quien quiere a los viejos? details only sporadically hinted at. The occasional (Who likes old people anyway?) landscape illustrations stand out with their organic, Zaragoza: Vives, 1996. 105pp flowing and expressive forms. There is a conspic- (Ala delta; 200; Serie verde) uous contrast between the predominant pastel ISBN 84-263-3263-3 tones in many pictures and the luminous shades of Old man Old woman Love Respect - Dignity blue and green in others. Often the artist portrays Violeta loves Evaristo and Evaristo loves Violeta. the protagonists as if using a zoom lens, bringing This would be nothing special except that they are them in so close that only a segment can be seen. not youngsters anymore. When Evaristo is finally Among the wide range of perspectives, one sees ready to confess his love to Violeta, her niece the chattering raven in the tree, while the reed is Josefina goes to all extremes to prevent Violeta seen looking up at the mighty oak. The illustra- from learning that Evaristo wants to marry her. tions of the beautiful, meticulously designed book, Until the happy end finally arrives, the unsuspec- which is bound in carmine red linen, bear a ting Violeta is just a pawn in the hands ofJosefina, resemblance to the pictures of the Italian artist who strives above all to protect her inheritance. Lorenzo Mattotti. (8+) Although this entertaining and sometimes even suspenseful and touching story tends at times to be 156 a little too black-and-white, it convincingly Mota,AntOnio (text) conveys the idea that falling in love is something Christ, Bayard (illus.) quite natural and can happen to anyone at any time A casa das bengalas in life. (9+) (The house of walking sticks) Porto: Edinter, 1995. 147pp (Edinter Jovem; 14) ISBN 972-43-0254-7 Old ageGenerational conflict - Retirement home City/Land A grandfather who has lived his entire life in the country moves in with his family in the big city, but doesn't get along with themnor they with n The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugenclbibliothek 42 Romance Languages /Spain 158 160 Davi [i.e. David Zaday Caballerol (text/illus.) Lopez Narviez, Concha / SalmerOn, Carmelo (text) Historias de soles SalmerOn Lopez, Rafael (illus.) (Stories of suns) El viaje de Viento Pequeho Barcelona: Destino, 1996. 36pp (Little Wind's journey) ISBN 84-233-2670-5 Leon: Everest, 1996. 71pp Sun (Montana encantada) In this story the sun has many faces. In short ISBN 84-241-3269-6 episodes and events we encounter such strange Wind Growing upPersonality development - species as the spaghetti sun or the pirate sun Self-realization and learn about its everyday routines, the differen- What will I grow up to be? thinks Little Wind. ces between the sun that rises over the mountains In order to answer this important question about and the sun that rises over the ocean. With humor, his future, Little Wind travels around the world, poetic charm and witty, absurd wordplay the text meeting with others like himself who already takes aim at various stereotypes and platitudes have very different occupations, such as the hard- which may not always be readily understood by the working Mill Wind or the destructive Violent very young readers. The text finds a congenial Wind. Little Wind is at a loss, because none of match in the line drawings which are touched in those jobs interest him. But finally he finds the warm colors and seem just dashed off. This still right profession as Park Wind that lets kites fly quite young author-illustrator (born 1974) won the and helps birds to fly. In a simple style this story Apel.les Mestres Prize for Illustration with this makes clear that every individual has his or her work. (5+) own abilities; every activity is valuable and most important of all is that it is satisfying. (6+) 0 159 Fraile, Ruth (text) Alcover, José Luis (illus.) © Special Mention Hamburguesa de mamut. Historia de la alimentación humana 161 (Mammoth hamburgers. The history Madrid, Juan of human nutrition) Los cafiones de Durango Madrid: Ediciones de la Torre, 1996. 1 1 Opp (The canons of Durango) (Colección Alba y Mayo; Serie Ciencia; 2) Madrid: Alfaguara, 1996. 168pp ISBN 84-7960-079-9 (Serie roja) Nutrition/History ISBN 84-204-4450-2 This information book provides a short, Mexico/Revolution/History 1915Father/Son entertaining outline of the history of human Quest War - Civil war nutrition. It takes into consideration everything This novel looks back upon the adventure of an from the menus of our Stone Age ancestors to our about 18-year-old Spanish youth, Salvador, during present-day eating habits. Along with the historical the confusion of the Mexican revolution. After developments there is also information about habits his mother dies, he travels to that country, already determined by climate or culture and practical torn by Civil War, to find his father who is fighting tips for a balanced diet. Humorous color illus- on the side of Pancho Villa, the revolutionary. trations round out this informative book. (10+) 4 . After surviving several death-threating situation, he finds his father, but can only speak to him for +a short time before his father is killed in the battle of the city of Torre6n. Salvador then returns to Spain. The novel is absolutely gripping and skilfully interweaves the adventures of a fictitious ,.hero in the process of growing up with historical The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 43 2Y3 Romance Languages /Spam events. The real protagonist of the book is war 163 itself. As a representative of other (civil) wars, Moure Trenor, Gonzalo it is clearly portrayed as merciless cruelty that Lili, Libertad (Lili, Freedom) stops for nothing and no one. War is like a game Madrid: SM, 1996. 109pp of chancc in which survival is only an accident, (El barco de vapor / Serie roja; 92) and life worth nothing. People are shot without ISBN 84-348-5066-4 hesitation, hung up or cruelly mistreated. The war- Outsider LonelinessCourage - Self-confidence - profiteers feather their own nests, reporters try to Personality development get »good« pictures. All this is depicted very real- Lili is still new in town and feels uncomfortable, istically, direct and without any filters, from the alone and unnoticed. And it is not easy to get along not yet warped perspective of the newcomer, Sal- with her mothcr, who has gotten heavily involved vador. The novel does not moralize and yet it is in her profession since the divorce from Lili's deeply moral, since the images speak for them- father. When Lili is the only one to appear in the selves, making any commentary superfluous. (14+) classroom without a costume on the day before Mardi Gras, she is suddenly the center of attention 162 - and is all the more so when she is the only one to Morfibito, Fabio (text) appear in costume on the following day. The teach- Seoane, Marina (illus.) ers accuse her of being defiant and insubordinate, Cuando las panteras no eran negras but for Lili it is the way she takes to strengthen her (When the panthers were not yet black) self-confidence and define her own personality. Madrid: Siruela, 1996. 98pp The story describes very exactly and sensitively the (Las tres edades; 45) feelings of children who have to deal with their ISBN 84-7844-304-5 surroundings and their role as an outsider. (11+) Panther - EvolutionTransformation (Premio El Barco de Vapor 1995) Group/Individual Freedom Independence This story about the supposed transformation of 164 the panther from an animal of the savannah to a cat Piérola, Mabel (text/illus.) of prey of the jungle is in essence a parable of the Historia de la piedra y la montana antagonistic relationship between the strict rules (The story of the stone and the mountain) governing a group and the self-determining, inde- Barcelona: Edebé, 1996. [36pp] pendent loner. The author poses the thesis that (Tren azul; 26) independence and the desire to overcome bound- ISBN 84-236-4096-5 aries are superior to a desire for security and the Ignorance Hate JealousyIntimacy fearful clinging to everything familiar. The precise Friendship - Love and intense descriptions of nature and sometimes Since time immemorial stone and mountain have surprising applications of human parameters to the lived along side one another in a vast, barren animal kingdom make fascinating reading. Yet the landscape. The involuntary neighbors are united in novel provokes protest in as much as by making their mutual distaste and a jealousy based on the animals think as humans it suggests that the law of other's differentness. It is finally the wind which the jungle, Darwin's principle of the survival of the must blow for hundreds of years in order to bring fittest, is also a determinant for human life. (13+) the two together before they discover with amaze- ment that they are made of the same material. Mabel Piérola has set highly individualistic illus- trations to her parabel about ignorance and preju- dice held by two basically identical beings. The forms seem to recede into blurs, only hinted at in the earth-tone pictures. Some objects are given only an abstract representation, as for example time, which is represented by little grey rectangles. (6+) The White Ravens 1997 - CO Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 744 Romance Languages /Spam 165 story, the first in a new series, is accompanied Rosen, gel Franz (text) by comic-like pictures which give excellent expres- Sesé, DaLiel (illus.) sion to the pace and grotesqueness of the text. (8+) Las aventuras de Rosa de los Vientos y Perico el de los Palotes. Novela en ocho cuentos y medio 167 (The adventures of Rosa of the Winds and Perico Grimm, Jacob / Grimm, Wilhelm (text) with the Sticks. A novel in eight and a half stories) Carrasco, Xavier (adapt.) Barcelona: Arca, 1996. 115pp Infante, Francesc (illus.) (Tren de cuerda; 21) El nan belluguet ISBN 84-478-0382-1 (Rumpelstiltskin) KiteFantasy journey- Foreign world - Barcelona: La Galera, 1996. [28pp] Social criticism (laGalera popular; 27) The protagonists of this fairytale-like fantasy take ISBN 84-246-1457-7 leave of their home country, a tiny kingdom »as German/Fairy taleDevil Pledge Name Secret big as a fly-speck« with their self-made kite. In This new volume in the series »la Galera popular« the course of their travels they encounter foreign is a further example of the excellent quality of this societies, bizarre rulers and puffed-up scholars. In prize-winning collection of folk and fairy tales from the end they return to their own country, which around the world. The text, illustrations, vignettes, they had once saved from the expansionst efforts layout, typography and design make this adaption of their king. This highly imaginative story by the of »Rumpelstilzchen« a reading pleasure. Francesc Cuban author, Rosell, follows the tradition of the Infante, 1996 winner of Spain's Premio Nacional, »voyage imaginaire« and provides much food for has created the illustrations in his characteristic thought. As in »Gulliver's travels« the countries style. Brownish tones predominate, figures and visited are satirical reflections of the protagonists' backgrounds are abstract and stylized, the shapes own world. By looking in from the outside, it is are often noticeably geometric, and through the possible to criticize the authorities and the distortion of porportion and perspec-tives the deficiencies of human society. (9+) portrayals are especially expressive. (6+) Spain (Catalan) Spain (Galician) 166 168 Duran, Teresa (text) Docampo, Xabier P. (text) Max (illus.) Jaraba, Fran (illus.) Qué hi ha per a sopar? (What's for supper?) Cando petan na porta pola noite Barcelona: Publ. de l'Abadia de Montserrat, (Knocks on the door at night) 1996. 24pp Vigo: Ed. Xerais de Galicia, 1994. (Popof i Kocatasca; I) 91pp (Merlin) ISBN 84-7826-719-0 ISBN 84-7507-804-4 Winter - Soup - Rooster Hunting (Spanish ed.: Madrid: Maya, 1996) On account of the biting frost, the queen commands Fear - Horror the royal cook, Popov, to cook a hearty soup. But This collection of four spooky stories do not all of the chickens which might be eligible for work their effect with bloodthirstiness or extreme this meal are warned by the suspicious rooster, phantasy, but rather by creating an atmosphere of Kocatasca, and flee the castle in a panic. When the uneasiness. In each one the main protagonists gets enraged Popov sets off to hunt down Kocatasca tangled up in a situation which he docsn't under- instead, he quite accidentally defeats a dangerous stand and cannot escape: a man who encounters his dragon. As a result, various dragon dishes can be doppelganger or another man who is given notice served and the poultry is saved. This humorous of his departure from this life in the form of an The White Ravens 1997 - Cr Internationale Jugendbibliothek '45 275 Romance Languages obituary notice. Xabier Docampo weaves the Latin America traditional literary elements of his native Galicia into his idiosyncratic stories. He was awarded the Argentina (Spanish) Spanish national literary prize for this work. (9+) 171 Switzerland (French) Birmajer, Marcelo (text) Forcadell, Maria Gabriela (illus.) 0 Special Mention Fabulas salvajes (Wild fables) 169 Buenos Aires: Ed. Sudamericana, 1996. 79pp Bille, S. Corinna / Chappaz, Maurice (Sudamericana joven) 12attente des images (Images in waiting) ISBN 950-07-1180-x Geneve: La Joie de Lire, 1996. 76pp. With illus. Fables Animals ISBN 2-88258-073-8 Marcelo Birmajer follows in the tradition of Middle East - Islam - Miniatures - Observation Aesop's and LaFontaine's animal fables, but breaks The favorite book of Corinna Bille (1912-1979) in with it in as much as he very consciously avoids her father's library contained miniature paintings ending his short, laconic texts with the usual, of the islamic world of the Middle East. The fasci- ready-to-use moral of the story. Perhaps this is the nation of this lyrical, mysterious, stylistic world in very reason that these fables encourage the readers miniature remained with the author her whole life to ask such elementary questions as: What is good long. A collection of reflections on these pictures and what is evil? Is there such a thing as a moral? has now been made accessible in a bibliophile And who gives us the right to judge the behavior edition by her husband, the writer Maurice of others? Would we turn into a-moral, wild beasts Chappaz. He has also added three texts of his own if there were no moral principles? With their often and a very personal afterword. In the descrip-tions surprising turns of plot and unexpected endings, there is a union of microscopic observation, that these fables invite discussion and contradiction perceives even the most unlikely features, and of because they depart from the accustomed trains sensitive intuition, that is capable of uncovering of thought. (12+) the melancholy that is present in these pictures. Both adults and youth will be tempted by this 172 manner of observation to enjoy this leisurely en- counter with the princesses, princes and wisemen Montes, Graciela (text) in the gardens of oriental poetry. (13+) Rojas, Oscar (illus.) Aventuras y desaventuras de Casiperro del Hambre 170 (Adventures and misadventures of Poordog the Louis, Catherine Starved) Le Livre Buenos Aires: Colihuc, 1995. 140pp (The book) (Colección Los Libros de Boris) Geneve: La Joie de Lire, 1996. [24pp] ISBN 950-581-275-2 (Ciboulette et Leon) City lifeDogOutsider - Poverty ISBN 2-88258-097-8 The dog Oreja struggles through life as a true Bear - Play Book - Wordless picture book underdog, doing service among other things as a This is an example of a series of four-inch square circus attraction or as a model for toys. At long last books made especially for little hands. Each he finds someone - like himself also a homeless contains a story without words in a sequence with streetwalker - who endows him with a sense of all the charm and magic of an animated film. worth and nobility in the form of a melodious The two protagonists, a child and a bear, impishly name which resembles that of Spanish aristocrats, show all the things one can do with a book besides Casiperro Gil del Hambre, Caballero de la Oreja. reading it and how to perfect the art of playing with As the title of the book suggests, this masterfully illusions. (3+) told story borrows from the picaresque novel. The White Ravens 1997 - ()Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 76 Romance Languages With the autobiographical, demasking perspective than creative encounters, invitations to get invol- of an outsider and an episodic narrative structure, ved with visual art. In this book Alberto Goldin it casts light on the ways of the world - in this tells the lyrical tale of the »life« and travels of a case, in a modern-day metropolis. (10+) waterdrop based on the abstract pictures of the painter Tomie Ohtakc. (10+) Brazil (Portuguese) 175 Mello, Roger (text/illus.) 173 Bumba meu boi bumbh The White Ravens 1997.0 Internationale Jugendbibllothek 2 /8 48 Romance Languages skeletons are found devouring tasty deserts while 181 in the background a stained-glass window portrays Lamontagne, Michel the saints of our modern consumer society: sport Carbre noir heros and Mickey Mouse. (3+) (The black tree) Montréal: Médiaspaul, 1996. 163pp ISBN 2-89420-329-2 North America Planet/Lizard Immigrants -Assimilation Cultural conflict - Adventure Science Fiction Canada (French) This first novel is set in extraterrestial fields and uses all the tricks of science fiction with humor © Special Mention and intelligence. Twelve-year-old Jean has emi- grated with his parents to the lizard planet of Tidne, where he is now a guest and forced to adapt 180 to the different life-style and disgusting eating Desrosiers, Sylvie habits of the »natives.« Jean's commentaries on Le long silence these very funny collisions of two different cultu- (The long silence) res give young readers, indirectly, some insights Montréal: La courte échelle, 1996. I46pp into problems of integration and cultural conflicts. ISBN 2-89021-256 Suicide BereavementFriendship Puberty (11+) Alice is dead. The beautiful, talented and popular young girl committed suicide. Matthew stands 182 Noel, Michel at her coffin, angry and confused, just one hour Pien (Proper name) before cremation. He calls to mind all the things Waterloo: Ed. Michel Quintin, 1996. 195pp he did together with Alice: in kindergarten they ISBN 2-89435-084-8 were playmates and then inseparable friends at school, daring and full of life. For him, a shy Northern Canada/1950s Childhood memories These are well-written memories of a childhood young boy, their friendship had turned, unawares, in the northern region of Canada which read like a into love. But Alice had pulled back. Her friend historical novel. How long past the 1950s seem only comes to realize what dangers and sensitivity today, when a youth grows up in the northern region hovered behind her self-assured facade, after she of Canada where the Indians still live as nomads in took that final step. Through his grief, Matthew is the forests and the Whites almost like colonialists. certain at last, that Alice will remain a part of his Such a life has its hard but fascinating side, but the life. This hour of leave-taking becomes for him a modern-day technological advances are unstop- rite of initiation. He knows now, that to love does pable and bring radical changes with them. The not mean to possess. The psychological insight of individual protagonists are well-drawn character the author into her protagonists state of mind give portraits and still untouched nature is experienced the novel its credibility. Especially convincing as a wonderful mystery. (12+) from a literary perspective are the monologues which shift between the past and the present. The narrative voice reflects the hero's manner of thought. By being honest with himself he gains the reader's empathy. (13+) (Prix Brive-Montréal 12/17, 1996) The White Ravens 1997 - OD Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 7 9 49 Romance Languages Scandinavian Languages 183 Denmark Tibo, Gilles Noémie, le secret de Madame Lubago 184 (Noémie, Madame Lubago's secret) Bredsdorff, Bodil Boucherville: Quebec/Amerique Jeunesse, 1996. Safran The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 230 50 Scandinavian Languages /Denmark 186 interested in getting to know. But there are few Karrebxk, Dorte (text/illus.) books about life there. This photography book Pigen der var go' til mange ting gives an interesting glimpse at the everyday life (The girl who could do so many things) of a child in Greenland. (8+) ¢ Kobenhavn: Forum, 1996. [28pp] ISBN 87-553-2389-8 189 Parent/ChildConflictPersonality development Saxild, Jorgen This is a story of a girl who has to do everything Og det var Lokken! (And that was Lokken!) for herself because her parents are completely Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1996. 201pp occupied with themselves and their arguments. ISBN 87-411-5791-5 She proposes that they hold a masked ball and School holidayFirst romance her parents actually turn into a cat and dog, corresp- The first-person narrator enjoys a school holiday onding to their behavior. She soon grows up and without parents at the seaside with three friends. goes her own way - »sooner or later all children Emotional turbulences are inevitable when, how leave home, she left sooner.« The illustrations are could it be otherwise, a girl by the name of Linnea, fascinating in their mixture of grotesque exagge- enters his scope of view. Like several other Danish ration and charming portrayal of the heroine. The writers, Saxild is very skilled in depicting the inner events take place in recognizable settings which moods of adolenscents, whose hopes are as intense are reduced to simple, expressive caricatures. as their doubts. (14+) The artist uses bold colors but has limited herself to only a few tones. Dorte Karrebxk is an artist well worth discovering. (10+) Norway 187 190 Lundbye,Vagn (text) Austrem, Liv Marie (text) Edeltotl, Anne Mette (illus.) Duzakin, Akin (illus.) Karolines dyrejeg (Karoline's Me-animal) Tvillingbror (The twin brother) Kobenhavn: Thorup, 1996. [34pp] Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1995. [28pp] ISBN 87-899-4355-4 ISBN 82-521-4522-1 Zoo Animals - Pmtection Siblings - Competitive behavior Love While visiting the zoo, a little girl learns that every A lively girl has a provokingly well-behaved broth- person has an animal that is supposed to protect er who she cannot bear. They get to know each him or her. After considering a number of animals, other better afler a ski accident. Their relationship the warthog is the one which appears to her in a is illustrated by Diizakin, who is of Turkish ances- dream. Both the author and illustrator make their try, with fairly cool precision. Many of his natu- debut in the picture book world. They succeed in ralistic details seem to be collages, but are for the depicting the relationships between man and most part drawings. The child figures resemble animal in an original manner while sparking the dolls, but have a wide range of facial expressions. imagination with realistic, sometimes somewhat The artist has many surprises up his sleeve. (6+) uncanny, but not mawkish illustrations. (6+) 191 188 Ekman, Fam Petersen, Palle Kaffebonneslekten Najas sommer. En historie fra Gronland (The coffee bean family line) (Naja's summer. A story from Greenland) Oslo: Cappelen, 1996. [32pp] Risskov: Klematis, 1995. 32pp ISBN 82-02-15835-4 ISBN 87-7721-637-7 Coffee Imaginary world Greenland Childhood Everyday life This story is as surrealistic as the illustrations. It Greenland is a part of the world we should be tells how some people have descended from apes, The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 28i 51 Scandinavian Languages /No rway while others who love coffee very much are 195 obviously descendents of a coffee bean. Even Loe, Erlend (text) though the pictures resemble free-style graphics, Hiorthoy, Kim (illus.) they are indeed perfectly matched with the text and Kurt blir grusom form the most fascinating part of this book. The (Kurt becomes cruel) artist has mixed together very different techniques Oslo: Cappelen, 1995. 103pp scratchboard, drawing, collages of self-made ISBN 82-02-157791-9 patterned papers, prints from paper and lino-cut. Money Meglomania (10+) Truck driver Kurt is considered to a friendly man by everyone, including himself. One day he mira- 192 culously gets an entire truck full of money and he [En og One] 21 hundrefir (21 Centuries) completely flips out. He wants to become a govern- Finn Graff The White Ravens 1997.0 Internationale Jugencilliotrik 14 52 Scandinavian Languages /Norway 197 200 Natvig, Lars (text) Sortland, Bjorn (text) Dybvig, Per (illus.) Elling, Lars (illus.) Johan uten frukt Forteljinga om jakta pa forteljinga (Fearless Johann) (The story of the hunt for stories) Oslo: Bonnier Carlsen, 1996. [30pp] Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1995. [44pp] ISBN 82-424-1070-4 ISBN 82-521-4538-8 Boy/GirlFriendship Writer - Reader This story of a boy who is afraid of nothing The enormous success of these picturebook neither spiders nor girlsis in essence quite makers with their art book for children, »Red, blue simple. But the bizarre, sometimes grotesquely and a bit of yellow«, has encouraged them to take exaggerated pictures turn it into an aesthetic a shot at writers. Dedicated to »all the patient and adventure. (6+) helpful librarians of the world«, this book brings the youthful hero Henrik into contact with a series 198 of famous writers as he searches for the library to Nyquist, Arild (text) get a new book for his uncle. In the end, Salman Elling, Lars (illus.) Rushdie gives him a blue-covered book and re- Knapphuset marks that Henrik himself is the hero of the story (The button house) he has experienced. The author skilfully fills the Oslo: Aschehoug, 1995. 81pp tale with the same mysticm that real literature uses ISBN 82-03-24107-7 to captivate its readers. (10+) 4- Meaning of life Following in the best Skandinavian tradition, this short tale describes the slightly painful questions Sweden of a dreamy young boy who has very different parents as he asks about the meaning of life and 201 about hope for the future. The value of the text Anderson, Lena (text/illus.) is matched by the meticulous printing and the uni- Tick-tack quely monumental collages of the artist Elling. Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1996. [28pp] (12+) ISBN 91-87804-91-3 Daily routine - Bedtime 199 Pictures which include short verses depict the Sxther, Wera day of an uncle who is taking care of his nephews. Maisbarnebarna In the course of the story he works through the (The grandchildren of maize) numbers one to twelve. But the whole thing is Oslo: J.W. Cappelen, 1996. 54pp narrated with such humor and the animal protag- ISBN 82-02-15802-8 onists portrayed with such expressiveness that the Guatemala - Maya - Corn numbers seem ultimately just a welcome oppor- In this documentary report about the rural life of tunity to invent a tale. (4+) Maya children, the author presents the fate of the Maya peoples since the age of Columbus and 202 also describes their traditional customs and myths. Bredow, Katarina von The photographs are not merely dry sources of Knappt lovlig (Scarcely permitted) ethnographic information, but convey a lively, Stockholm: Norstedts fOrlag, 1996. 224pp atmospheric impression of the lives of these ISBN 91-1-963032-8 village children. (10+) 4 First loveFriendship Fifteen-year-old Hanna, who lives alone with her single-parenting mother, searches out human contact in most unusual ways. Her girlfriend is an The White Ravens 1997-C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 283 53 Scandinavian Languages /Sweden outsider and her first love is a 30-year-old man. 205 In neither situation is she disappointed. The author Gravitation. Berättelser om att bli stor succeeds in depicting the mental state of a teenage (Gravity. Talcs of growing up) girl as universally human. Her books do not Stockholm: Alfabeta, 1995. 160pp deserve to be shoved into the category of girl ISBN 91-7712-4170 literature, since boys would also find them Growing up/Anthology valuable. (14+) Seventeen renown Swedish authors, including Peter Pohl and Mats Wahl, write about growing up, 203 about the suspenseful moment between childhood Danielsson, Bernt and the adult world. They draw either from their Liv och clod own experiences or depict fictitious fates - but in (Life and death) any case quite enthralling. (14+) 4 Stockholm: Norstedts forlag, 1996. I97pp ISBN 91-1-960182-4 206 First love - Detective stoty Horling, Anna (text/illus.) As in his previous works, Danielsson succeeds in Tussas kalas making this story about holidays at the seashore an (Tussa's birthday invitation) elegant mixture of love affairs, phantom criminals Stockholm: Rabén & SjOgren, 1996. 29pp and strange personalities to produce a highly origi- ISBN 91-29-63819-4 nal narrative. (14+) Birthday party This presumably ordinary topic is treated here 204 with such unusually funny pictures that not only Ericsson, Eric (text) the joys but also the sorrows (of the others) at such Alvner, Christina (illus.) an event are fully visible. (4+) Karlssons farmor far besOk (Karlssons grandmother has a visitor) 207 Stockholm: BonnierCarlsen, 1996. 36pp Lindstrisim, Eva ISBN 91-638-0646-0 Lurix The White Ravens 1997 OD Internationale Jugendbibliothek v 284 54 Scandinavian Languages /Sweden 209 211 Nilsson, Ulf (text) Pohl, Peter Ha Id, Fibben / Enqvist, Marianne / Nar alla ljuger Hoglund, Anna (illus.) (When everyone is lying) Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna. Stockholm: Raba & SjOgren, 1995. 190pp En berattelse om Jesu liv och clod ISBN 91-29-63042-8 (The master and the four writers. Father/Daughter Business criminality A story ofJesus' life and death) By now one of Swedens most well-known youth Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, 1995. 245pp book authors, Pohl succeeds again and again in ISBN 91-27-03977-3 depicting very realistically the shocking experi- New Testament/Interpretation ence and the resulting inner development of his This especially remarkable book makes its protagonists. In this case it is Lotta, a girl brought appearance at a time when the decline of Biblical up in a sheltered family, whose world crashes knowledge in the Swedish society and especially down around her when her beloved father, a power- among its youth is already widespread. A renown ful businessman, dies a mysterious death. (14+) author has taken on the task of citing the key passages of the four gospels, making their inter- 212 pretations easy to follow and putting them into the Stalfelt, Pernilla (text/illus.) context of their times. Without any missionary Hiirboken zeal, he conveys the truths contained in the gospels (The book of hair) that have universal relevance in a powerful manner. Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1996. [28pp] Three highly regarded illustrators and a satisfying ISBN 91-87804-84-0 printing design help this edition to rise well above Hair similar attempts. (12+) Different forms of hair and the advantages and disadvantages of hair are presented here in a very 210 funny manner. Pernilla Staffelt's illustrations are Olsson, Ragnar (text) intentionally primitive caricatures which underline Torudd, Cecilia (illus.) the comedy of the individual scenarios. (8+) Svansboken (The book of tails) 213 Stockholm: Alfabeta, 1995. [26pp] Stark, Ulf (text) ISBN 91-7712-411-1 Enqvist, Marianne (illus.) Tails Guldhjartat Tails from all around the world are collected here. (The golden heart) The caricurist Torudd, who is well-known for his Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1996. 86pp impudent style, demonstrates what they are good ISBN 91-638-3348-4 for. That all the tails of this world, as different as First love they may appear, are in truth the same, makes this Short and easy-to-read, but very exact in choice picture book a perfect model of international of expressiona technique Stark is master of this understanding. (6+) is a love story about a piano-playing boy and a girl who loses her golden heart-charm in the water. He returns it to her, only to claim her real heart. (10+) The White Ravens 1997 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 8 5 Scandinavian Languages /Sweden © Special Mention 216 Wahl, Mats 214 Emma och Daniel. Mötet Thor, Annika (Emma and Daniel. The meeting) En ö i havet Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1996. 154pp (An island in the sea) ISBN 91-638-3340-9 Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1996. 196pp Tolerance - Single-parent family ISBN 91-638-3306-9 Emma's single-parent father has invited Daniel Sweden - Itnmigration Jew - Xenophobia and his mother, whom he became acquainted with Certainly books about the crimes of the German through a newspaper ad, to his holiday house in the Nazis are destined to find a wide readership, not moun-tains. His daughter protests, but has to put only on account of their political content, but un- up with the situation. Through their joint expe- fortunately also because they hold out promise of a riences, the two very different children get to know particular suspense. That is all the more reason to each other just as well as the adults. As in his recommend this book. It portrays the fate of two earlier works, Wahl has an excellent manner of Jewish girls from Vienna who are sent to foster drawing his characters and portraying their parents in Sweden. Hence the theme is not perse- development. (12+) cution or escape in Germany, but rather how child- ren are at the mercy of others in a foreign country. Of course, they find friendly, helpful people, but their integration is not easy. Remarkable is the manner in which the author also includes in her fascinating narrative the aggressivity shown to strangerswhether they are Jews or not - and thus contributing to a coming-to-terms with a part of Swedish history which has long been tabu. (12+) 215 Torudd, Cecilia Vi mAste bada! (We have to take a bath!) Stockholm: Rabén & Sjogren, 1995. [26pp] ISBN 91-29-63093-2 Toddler - Brother Play A little boy decides to help his even smaller broth- er because his mother wants to sleep in one morning. In the end the mother needs to spend much more time putting things back in order, than if she had gotten up and done everything herself. This book by the well-known caricaturist is an example of the outstanding Swedish books for small children, which are so witty that adults can take pleasure in them, too. (4+) 286 The While Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 56 Slavic Languages Czech Republic 219 Kriita, Jan (text) 217 Striegl, Ales (illus.) Boilcovcovi, Hana Curumbum Zakhzane holky 287 The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 57 Slavic Languages/Czech Republic 221 Poland Sis, Petr (text/illus.) HvezdnY posel. Kniha o 'Zivot6 slavného ve'cice, 223 matematika, astronoma, filozofa a fyzika Onichimowska, Anna Galilea Galileiho Samotne wyspy i storczyk (U.S. ed.: Starry messenger. a book depicting (Lonely islands and an orchid) the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, Warszawa: Filipinka, 1994. I27pp astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei) ISBN 83-901110-2-0 Praha: Albatros, 1996. [32pp] ISBN 80-00-00473-9 224 Galilei, Galileo Onichimowska, Anna This latest work by the Czech-American artist Zegnaj na zawsze (Goodbye forever) Petr Sis about the life and discoveries of Galileo is Warszawa: Filipinka, 1996. 145pp striking for the vast number of images which the ISBN 83-904937-2-1 author-illustrator has developed here: the oriental Growing up - Love - Interpersonal relations silhouette of an Italian city, reproductions of old Modelling maps of Italy and Europe, presentations of the Anna Onichimowska (born 1952) is currently one Ptolemiac and Copernican systems with their of the most productive, most talented and most Zodiac signs, a painting of children playing popular authors for young people in Poland. These modelled after Breughel, representations of two books deal with a problematic love story Galileo's experiments, etc. On all these pictures, between the shy 18-year-old Ewa and the rather which derive from historical sources, Petr Sis sets easy-living art student Marek. During their rela- his own unmistakeable stamp. In every picture one tionship each of them matures in some ways, can continually discover new details, sometimes partly becausc of the influence of other problems quite evident, sometimes somewhat hidden con- among their friends and family. In the second textual clues or statements. alongside the illus- volume, Ewa finishes school and goes to study trations, particular mention should be given to the in Warsaw, while working part-time as a photo- successful book design, with its ornamentation, grapher's model. When she has to choose between pictures within pictures, and the hand-written university and Marek on the one hand and her portions of text. (8+) blossoming career on the other, she choses the latter and goes off to Paris. In the guise of a light 222 romance, the author deals with a wide variety of Strins4, Mit (text) problems facing youth and young adults today - Forman, Mat6j (illus.) family conflicts, couple relationships, drugs, Povidaely pro Kláru pregnancy and babies. (14+) (Cozy chats for Clara) Praha: Sedistra, 1996. 100pp 225 ISBN 80-85998-04-1 Terakowska, Dorota Everyday life/C'hild Family - Animals W Krainie Kota (In the land of the cat) Clara's father is a captain and away for very long Wroclaw: Siedmoróg, 1996. 174pp stretches of time. But when he comes home, he ISBN 83-7162-072-1 has lots of time to spend with Mama, Clara and Tarot - Infant - Cat Inzaginivy journey Martin. His merry little stories for Clara, mostly Reality Fantasy about animals, will entertain both children and A young woman is led into a cryptic world of the adults in their simplicity of style and composition tarot by her newborn infant and a mysterious cat. as well as the direct tone of speech. The imagina- the plot unfolds on two parallel planesin reality tive illustrations by the puppet player, Matéj Form- and in the imagination. Each influences the other an, son of thc film director Milo Forman, under- and the borderline between fiction and reality line the charm of the story. (6+) seems to fade away. At the end of the novel the The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 288 58 Slavic Languages young mother is found lying in the street in the 227 real world, where she is assumed to be an orphan, Judin, Georgij Nikolaevie (text/illus.) while in the imaginary world she is the sister of a Muromskoe 6udo. 0 svjatom bogatyre Il'e lost prince. A happy end seems to be found, but Muromce, Petre i Fevronii, episkope Vasilij i already the next story begins. Another woman is okajannom zmee expecting a child and she senses that something is (The miracle of Murom. The holy hero Ilya not quite right. This astounding book for older Muromcc, Peter and Fevroniya, Bishop childrenthere are no child protagonists - suggests Vasiliy and the cursed dragon) that there is acutally no reality at all and that every- Moskva: Ellis. Lak 1995, 144pp one needs one anothcr's help, whether in the ISBN 5-7195-0042-1 imagination or what we consider to be reality. Murom SaintLegend/Russia On magical journeys from onc world to the other, Ilya Muromec, who lived in the 12th century, we can learn much about ourselves. (10+) is one of the most important figures of Russian heroic ballads (Byliny). In the course of the centu- ries he has been promoted to a hcro per se in thc Russia traditional literature. During the socialist era, however, the religious aspects of the legend were 226 largely downplayed. Here the popular children's Balobanova, Ekaterina Vjaeeslavovna (reteller) book author and illustrator Georgij Judin makes Peterson, Orga Michajlovna (reteller) rich use of ikon-like pictures to tell the story of Gordeev, Denis Dmitrievi6 (illus.) Ilya Muromec and other saints from the region of Rycari Kruglogo Stola. Predanija Romanskich Murom, about 300 kilometers east of Moscow. He narodov srednevekovoj Evropy writes in a correspondingly historicizing style, (The knights of the Round table. Tales of the placing considerable emphasis on the religious Romanic peoples in the European Middle Ages) aspects of the legends. (12+) Moskva: Argus, 1995. 379pp (Venok skazok / »Predanija sedych vekov«; 1) ISBN 5-85549-002-5 Slovakia Legend Chivalry There are hardly any books for young adults with 228 a current theme being published in eastern Europe tineurovi, Emilia (text) at the present time, but evidently there is a new in- ap, Vladimir (illus.) terest being taken in those historical themes which Ahoj, praveké ja§tery were largely avoided during the socialist era, such (Hello, prehistoric lizards) as a positive portrayal of the feudal period. This Bratislava: Q111, 1995. [68pp] volume is a comprehensive anthology of romances ISBN 80-85401-25-8 of chivalry retold by the Russian specialist for Dinosaurs western and central European folklore, E.V This is a particularly original work from the new Balobanova (1844-1927), and the translator and Slovakian publishing house, Q111. Beginning with literary scholar, O.M. Peterson. It includes, among the myths and tales of dragons in various countries of other titles, the »Song of Roland«, tales of the the earth, Ernilia Ciiturova reports about the disco- Magician Merlin, the legend of Parcival, the veries of four types of dinosaurs by the English phy- stories of Reynard (a French collection of fox sician and natural scientist, Gideon Mantell. In comic fables), »El Cid« and the Spanish novel »Amadis.« strip style, garnished with funny dialogs between This beautifully designed volume employs a typo- school children while visiting a paleontological graphy borrowed from the Irish alphabet and deco- museum, information about the size, characteristics, rative floral elements in the style of the illumi- habits and living space of different dinosaur types. nated manuscripts of the Middle ages. (12+) There is also use made of the now classic illustrations of the Czech artist Zdenek Burian. (8+) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothel< 289 591) Slavic Languages Slovenia becomes harsh and evil. Only after many adven- tures does she manage to gain his trust again, 229 making their return to the real world possible. Hoffmann, E.T.A. (text) After their long odyssee it turns out that they had Kranjc, Mojca (transl.) only been in the ape world for a short time bcween Stupica, Marija Lucija (illus.) two circus performances, so no one except for the Hresta6 in miSji kralj magician had known that they were missing. (8+) (The nutcracker and the mouse king) (German orig.: Nuf3knacker und Mausekonig) 231 Ljubljana: DZS, 1996. 75pp Tarman, Draga M. (text) (Zbirka Velikaaek; 4) Danijel (illus.) ISBN 86-341-1264-0 Ko se dan kon6a ChristmasToysReality Fantasy Battle - (When the day ends) Mouse Nutcracker - Soldier Ljubljana: DZS, 1995. 3Ipp The former Slovenian State Publishing House has (Zbirka Cudai narave; 2) always had a high reputation in Slovenia. Since its ISBN 86-341-1400-7 privatization, the imprint has only gotten better, Night - Animals Plants particularly in its book design, as proven by this This information book about the night is a volume. The national and international prize- remarkable combination of highly literary and winning illustrator Marija Lucija Stupica (born lyrical texts with well-founded information about 1950) comes from a highly regarded family of the night-time life of animals and plants in diffe- artists in Slovenia and has gained renown for her rent regions. Along with gardens, meadows, ponds illustrations of H.C. Andersen. Also in her other and forests in central Europe, the book presents works she feels more at home in fantasy than in the night-time biosphere in various parts of the reality. In this work she addresses children as well tropics. In an appendix the author describes the as adults. The illustrations, done in muted grey, sensory organs which help animals to find their brown and yellow tones, make for a rather cool way through the night. Blue and green tones effect by reducing images to their essentials and dominate the atmospheric illustrations. (6+) using static poses. This corresponds, however, to the melancholy and lyricism of this romantic tale. (8+) Ukraine (Russian) 230 232 Lainceek, Feri (text) Krotov, Viktor G. (text) Ribi6, Igor (illus.) Vlasova, Anna (illus.) Velecirkus argo erbov, Michail (illus.) (Circus Argo) Voliebnyj vozok Ljubljana: Preiernova drOba, 1996. 128pp (The magic coach) ISBN 961-6186-17-5 Each: Odessa: Dva slona, 1995. RealityImagination MagicianCircus (Semejnaja biblioteka; Pervaja kniga dlja detej) Friendship Adventure I. Vagik u itsja putekstvovat' (Vagik learns how to In this fantasy a magician is able to present the travel). 142pp. ISBN 5-86699-043-1 thoughts of a girl, Gela Gela, and a boy, Tulsi 2. Putekstvie v razgrade (Unbounded travels). Bulsi, to his circus audience as a mysterious 202pp. ISBN 5-86699-044-X realistic projection. By accident the boy and girl 3. Vglub' i vvys' (Upwards and downwards). find themselves caught up in the mental world of I94pp. ISBN 5-86699-045-8 an ape and are unable to return to their own reality. Imaginary travelRealityImagination Through a chain of circumstances, Tulsi Bulsi In this three-volume fantasy by the mathematician, believes that Gela Gela has betrayed him and he novelist and philosopher Viktor Krotkov, in which The White Ravens 1997 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek 290 60 Slavic Languages Other Languages traces of the »Alice-in-Wonderland« theme can be Belgium (Dutch) seen, a magician invites a boy to take a magical journey, in the course of which he must fulfill 233 many tasks before reaching the magic fountain. Boonen, Heide (text) On his way he encounters many helpful spirits, Dendooven, Gerda (illus.) but also evil creatures. Unlike many fantasy novels Mijn vingers zijn niet lang genoeg from Western countries, this work is not overbur- (My fingers aren't long enough) dened with intellectual and philosophical issues. Averbode: Altiora, 1996. 46pp The author endeavors instead to help children find ISBN 90-317-1222-1 their own identity. He worked for 20 years on this Mother/Daughter Death Accident novel by telling parts of it in this or similar Charlotte dreams about her mother, who was killed versions to children orally. In this written edition in a car crash. »Charlotte loved the night, she hated there still remains something of the direct style of the day. Particularly that day. The car came from narrative. (10+) nowhere.« At night, she sees her mother again and again in her dreams. Although all the objects in her room, including her doll Cuddles, sympathize with her, they have their own lives as well. For instance, the wardrobe (Napoleon III) is in love with the ward- robe in the neighbor's house across the road, while Dorien, the spider, is pregnant. When the sun takes the place of the moon, Charlotte wakes up sadly, crying. Essentially this story is about a young girl's process of mourning following her mother's death, but amusing situations counterbalance deep-felt emotions in a harmonious way. The story is written in subdued and plain language, which finds its match in the typography and the illustrations. A very special book which will stimulate much thought. (8+) 234 De Maeyer, Gregie (text) Vanmechelen, Koen (illus.) Juul The White Ravens 1997-C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 61 291 Other LanguageS/Belgium (Dutch) 235 237 De Maeyer, Gregie (text/illus.) Geelen, Harrie (text/illus.) Meersman, Karl (illus.) Jan en het gras Ach, (Well,) (Jan and the grass) Leuven: Davidsfonds/Infodok, 1996. 67pp Amsterdam: Van Goor, 1996. 36pp ISBN 90-6565-745-2 ISBN 90-00-03095-1 Bakery - Marzipan AbilitySelf-confidence In the bakery, the little rolls, the pies, the monkey Jan is good at nothing. At least, that's what he cookies and the chocolates are quarreling. Who thinks. The grass philosophizes with John about would be the most tasty one of them all? August, what 'nothing' is. 'Nothing' can also be 'very, very the little marzipan clown, does not join in. He just much'. Jan can tread on the grass, pick flowers, sits there, looking a little sad. After a while, Marie play pirate games, and find a buried treasure. He and Maarten enter the store. They buy a lot of even saves a worm and also 'a funny little animal goodies, including August. At home Maarten talks which lay on its back and couldn't get up to August while eating him. A very snappy and ori- anymore'. These heroic deeds are written in the ginal story about eating and being eaten to read sky in big letters, so that everbody can read about aloud or to be read by children themselves. The them. A deceptively simple tale, the plot works powerful illustrations are always a colorful surprise very subtly. In words and pictures, Geelen places and go hand in hand with the text. (5+) his readers right in the middle of Jan's world. He uses recognizable elements from the world of children in order to explain an abstract notion like 'nothing'. (5+) The Netherlands (Dutch) 238 © Special Mention Leeuwen, Joke van (text/illus.) _ lep! 236 (Peep!) Kuiper, Nannie (text) Amsterdam: Querido, 1996. 151pp Hopman, Philip (illus.) ISBN 90-214-7326-7 Het kleuterwoordenboek Bird - Assimilation - Freedom (The toddler's dictionary) Viegeltje, a »bird-girl«, looks like a human, except Amsterdam: Piramide, 1996. 112pp for her wings, but has very birdlike habits. Her ISBN 90-245-2584-5 foster parents, Warre and Tinne, try to raise her Vocabulary Short story as a human child, but Viegeltje keeps her distance In nearly one hundred short stories, each dealing from them. Nobody knows what is going on in with a particular word, children are taught to her mind, but it is clear that she has an enormous extend their vocabulary in a playful manner. The longing for freedom, which in the end leads to a stories are divided into five chapters in which nonetheless surprising departure. In order to say various subjects are dealt with in alphabetical goodbye, Warre and Tinne follow her, having some order. Sophy and Martin, who are friends, are the bizarre adventures along the way. The longing for main characters in each story, which means that freedom and independence and the fear of being the book can also be read as a whole. In a very deserted is movingly expressed. The illustrations clever way Nannie Kuiper is able to make ideas, form an inseparable whole with the text. (10+) emotions, words understandable to very young children. The clleerful, colorful illustrations by Philip Hopman are an excellent complement to the stories, even giving them an extra dimension by treating an idea with humor. (4+) The While Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 2 9 2 62 Other Languages /The Netherlands (Dutch) 239 241 Lier, Bas van (text) Vijgen, Theo (text) Braamhorst, Jan (illus.) Nuyten, Peter (illus.) Het VOC-schip »De halve maan« Tipi's, totems en tomahawks. (The East Indian Company's ship »The half Het leven van de Noordamerikaanse Indianen moon«) (Tipis, totem poles and tomahawks. Amsterdam: Ploegsma, 1996. 8Opp The life of the North-American Indians) ISBN 90-216-1199-6 Nijmegen: SUN, 1996. 183pp The Netherlands/History 18th century ISBN 90-6168-459-5 Trading ship North America/Indians This story deals with the maiden voyage of »The The way Indians are depicted in many children's Half Moono (a fictitious ship which bears a great books is very remote from the truth: from good, deal of resemblance to well-known 18th century noble folk to bloodthirsty savages. This book ships), which served the United East Indian Com- rectifies this prejudice by providing a clear history pany. In this successful combination of fiction and of the life of the North-American Indians from the nonfiction, a glorious era in Dutch history is very beginning, about 40,000 years ago. In words brought to life through the story and in the inform- and pictures ample attention is paid to the Indians' ative passages dealing not just with heroic deeds, everyday life, to the various tribes and their chiefs, but everyday life as well. The engrossing and histori- and to the relationship between Indians and whites. cally accurate illustrations are complementary to The book concludes with a chaptcr on life in the the text and provide the reader with a great deal of reservations, and the current Indian protests with pleasure. (10+) regards to territorial rights. A very full, informati- ve and entertaining history which does full justice 240 to the North-American Indians. (12+) Schubert, Ingrid / Schubert, Dieter (text/illus.) 242 Abracadabra Vriens, Jacques (text) Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 1996. 26pp Schaap, Annet (illus.) ISBN 90-5637-046-4 Meester Jaap Forest Magician - Threat Animal - Solidarity (Mr. Jaap) Although the animals in Darkwood had never had Houten: Van Holkema en Warendorf, 1996. 45pp any trouble with the wizard Macrobius before, ISBN 90-269-8883-4 suddenly no animal was safe from him. The ani- SchoolTeacher Short story mals come up with a marvellous magic trick Every day, something funny happens in Mr. Jaap's in order to settle accounts with the bad wizard. classroom. A fight with toilet paper, a Christmas Together, appearing as one great monster, they dinner with green cabbage on the menu, or a dress- scare the living daylights out of the wizard, who up party which ends in complete chaos. Sometimes, flees into the forest. But in the end, they make less pleasant things occur as well, but in these situa- peace with each other again. This wonderful tions Mr. Jaap usually finds an amusing solution. picture book uses a well-constructed dramatic In these twenty stories, Vriens paints a sparkling tension, which resolves into a very satisfactory picture of a classroom with 10- or 11-year-old ending. The illustrations accompanying this pupils. All the events are very recognizable, even amusing story are very detailed, which makes for though it's not every child who has a teacher like a beautiful book. (4+) this. (1 0+) 293 The White Ravens 1997.0 Internationale Jugendbibhothek 63 Other Languages The Netherlands (Frisian) 0 Special Mention 243 245 Tjerkstra, Willem (text) Balabanes, Panos Klazenga, Luuk (illus.) Athla, Athletes kai Epathla. Olympiakoi De reizen fan Tsjam agones kai athletismos sten archaia Ellada (The voyages of Tsjam) (Championships, athletes, and medals. The Ljouwert [= Leeuwarden]: Afilk, 1996. 42pp Olympic Games and sports in ancient Greece) (Aksjeboek foar bern; 10) Nea Smyrne: Ereunetes, 1996. 104pp ISBN 90-6273-524-X ISBN 960-368-023-0 Friesland/HistoryImaginary journey Greece/Olympic games Sports This is the first comic book in full color to origi- The author, a professor of archeology, not only nate in Friesland. The protagonist, Tsjam, is a presents the ancient types of sports, their history special child, for he was born with a helmet on his and rules, but also puts them in a social context. head. With his one eye, he is able to spread confu- He endeavors to show the importance of each sion. He wants to go to the sea and ends up in dif- athletic competition and help the modern reader ferent times, in ancient folk tales which have to do understand the atmosphere of those times. Striking with the sea. With Bruno and Sakso he travels to in both text and illustration, the book will satisfy the north of the Netherlands, where they each try the needs of a demanding reader. An appendix to find their own territory. Again and again, with which includes an international bibliography and his magical eye, Tsjam influences the course of additional information on this topic encourages history. On each page, the true course of events is further reading. (10+) depicted along with history as it is changed by Tsjam. After all his adventures, Tsjam finally 246 reaches his home again, safe and sound. This is a Grimane, Anna (adapt.) Children's Book Week »action book«, which in a Mia Kyriake me ton Demetre Mytara simple fashion tries to promote the Frisian (A sunday with Demetres Mytaras) language by appealing to children's predilection Athena: Ammos, 1996. [34pp]. With illus. for comic books and historical tales. (8+) 4 (Mia Kyriake me...) ISBN 960-202-134-9 Mytaras, DenietresPainting Greece In this richly illustrated book the artistic develop- ment of one of the most important contemporary 244 Greek artists, Demetres Mytaras, is told from the Akalestu, Rula first-person point of view. In a very individual tone, Moro mu sagapo the artists leads the reader through his various (My baby, I love you) periods of creation and explains the background Athena: Ammos, 1996. [14pp] of his works. Furthermore he endeavors to make ISBN 960-202-150-0 his approach to art more accessible und understand- Mother Baby Animals able to the interested reader. In an appendix, furth- This picture book for the very young deals with er biographical information about Mytaras as well the theme of mother and child, both in the animal as other artists who he refers to in the text are given. kingdom and thc human world. The illustrations of (10+) the young, free-lance artist (born 1964) are both striking and full of expression that the book could even succeed without words. (2+) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 294 64 Other Languages /Greece 247 249 Marra, Eirene Simopulos, Dionyses To adeio mpukali E gennese ton Astron (The empty bottle) (The birth of the stars) Athena: Patakes, 1996. 168pp Nea Smyrne: Ereunetes, 1996. 105pp (Peristeria; 52) (Ta mystika tu sympantos) ISBN 960-360-930-7 ISBN 960-368-022-2 Greece/World War II - Family Everyday life Astronomy Space Resistance This first volume of a series titled »The secrets In this vividly told story about a Greek family of space«, written by an internationally renown living in occupied Athens during the Second World astrophysicist, describes how the universe began. War, a mother and her two sons, aged eight and Using many color photos and drawings, the compli- sixteen, struggle day-by-day to survive after their cated subject matter of astronomy, as well as the father has become a resistance fighter in the Greek development of astronomy as a science, is made underground. Particularly the younger boy gradu- understandable in a thoroughly humorous manner. ally comes to a greater understanding of the con- (10+) ditions in which they are living during the course of the story. The characters and the setting are very realistically drawn and remain believable through- Iran (Persian) out the story. (10+) 4 (Transliteration according to German norms) (Greek IBBY Section Award 1996) 250 248 Huda-p, FurEzanda (text) Sarantite, Elene Muhammaiyän, Hilgang (illus.) Kapote o kynegos Oftrab-i patimi (Once a hunter ...) (The woolen socks) Athena: Kastaniotes, 1996. 170pp Kanun-i Parwarig-i Fikri-i Kaiak-An wa (Ephebike Bibliotheke) Nugaw5n5n, 1994 (=1373 h.§.). 18pp ISBN 960-03-1542-6 PovertyFriendship - Charity Greece/Civil War - Emigivtion Homecoming A boy from a poor family dreams of having Prejudice woolen socks. He works to earn enough money This realistic novel about a Greek family begins at and at least is able to buy them for himself but the time of the Civil War at the end of the Second when he visits his sick and shivering friend, he World War and describes their odyssec-like jour- sees that his friend has greater need of the socks ney toTashkent, where they remain for forty years. than he does. The main theme of this realistic first- Upon returning to their homeland, their hopes of person story is the determination and ability of the putting down roots again in modern-day Greece boy to reach his goal as well as the readiness to are met with disappointment when they arc con- give up something and share with others. (10+) fronted with prejudice against people who had fled the country. In spite of its serious topic, this is a thoroughly enjoyable youth novel and will also appeal to adult readers. (12+) 4 295 The White Ravens 1997.0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 65 Other Languages /Iran (Persian) 251 SAdAt Turabiyan, Ma'sOma (text) Hasan-pur, Muhsan (illus.) Parwdz-i kabritarhA (The flight of the doves) TihrAn: Daftar-i Farhang-i IslAmi, 1994 (=I373 h.s.). 6Opp (in Arabic letters) no ISBN Family conflict ArtCourage This novella focusses on the family conflicts of two young high-school girls, and in partiCular on their strained relations with their fathers. Encoura- ged by their art teacher, they discover and try to develop their talents as a painter and a calligrapher, respectively, in spite of all outside pressures and obstacles. The role of their woman art teacher both as a mentor in the classroom and as a model to follow in personal life features strongly in the narrative. This realistic story places value on maintining loyalty in difficult situations, but also on having the optimism and the courage to follow one's own path. (14+) -0- Turkey 252 cakiroglu, AMA (reteller) Keskin, Nermin (illus.) Keloglan The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugenclbibliothek 2 9 6 66 Young and OldGenerations in Dialog Within the nuclear families predominant in 253 Spanish modern industrial societies, the continuing Barrena Garcia, Pablo (text) Bernal, Luis (illus.) dialog between generations, which is so ;Que me parta un rayo! important, has begun to falter, especially (May lightning strike me) between senior citizens and young people. Barcelona: Edebé, 1991. 134pp (Periscopio; 4) Older people often feel themselves pushed ISBN 84-236-2555-9 aside by society's cult of youth and fasci- Old Perico has only recently moved into his son's nation with progress, while young people household. He feels like a stranger and senses their rejection. His son and daughter-in-law see in him often see themselves as being restricted primarily a burden and even an imposition. Even without reason. 12-year-old Luis is glad when he doesn't have to In order to encourage more appreciation have anything to do with his grandfather. In alter- for the experiences of the older generation nating chapters Luis and Perico describe the same things from different perspectives. Seen from their and for the altered perspectives and life own point of view, each seems to be »right«, but it styles of the youngest generation, the also becomes clear how relative their positions are. German Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Although all three generations do learn from each other and gradually come closer, their points of Citizens, Women and Youth seeks to improve conflict, which sometimes become even aggressi- communication across the generations, ve, are still open up to the end. There is no happy across the »age gap«. With the support of end here, only a greater effort to be tolerant and this ministry and in cooperation with the accepting. (12+) German IBBY section (Arbeitskreis fur 254 Swedish Jugendliteratur e. V), the International Bexell, Eva Youth Library has organized a travelling Prostens barnbarn (The grandsons of the superintendent) exhibition on this theme. Very well received, [Stockholm]: Bonniers Juniorforl., 1992. 82pp it has been shown in thirteen sites around ISBN 91-48-52066-7 Germany in 1996 and is booked up for all of 1997. Nearly 100 titles in the exhibition Kalabalik hos morfar prosten! (Commotion at Grandfather's, the superintendent) are in the German language (of which [Stockholm]: Bonniers Juniorforl., 1992. 85pp nearly half are translations from other ISBN 91-48-52067-5 languages) but 23 recent foreign-language Opp och hoppa, morfar prosten! books were also included which had not yet (Up and jump, Grandfather the superintendent) been translated into German. This interna- [Stockholm]: Bonniers Juniorforl., 1992. 76pp tional selection and several newer German ISBN 91-48-52066-7 titles are presented here. They demonstrate In these three volumes (first appearing in 1976, how this important topic, in all its many 1978 and 1987) the author shows in a very facets - such as toletance, misunderstanding humorous manner that the gap between two or mistrust, experience, memories, or generations which are separated both by time and historical experience can be bridged. Two boys death has occupied the minds of writers (aged five and seven) are to spend the holidays and readers all over the world. with their grandparents. At first very sceptical, The White Ravens 1997 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek , 2 9 67 Young and OldGenerations in Dialog they gradually grow accustomed to each other, 257 French even though their favorite customs, such as the Guillot, Claude (text) Christmas celebration, do not come off without Burckel, Fabienne (illus.) incident. Originally a radio series, thc author has Grand-mere avait connu la guerre created a very amusing, readable story, which also (Grandmother knew the war) would appeal to readers outside of Sweden. (10+) Paris: Seuil Jeunesse, 1994. [36pp] ISBN 2-02-022473-9 255 English In her picture book about grandmother, the little Bunting, Eve (text) granddaughter has no picturc of grandmother Himler, Ronald (illus.) herself. Instead, page after page presents a diffe- A day's work rent room in grandmother's house in which she New York: Clarion, 1994. 32pp engages in a secret and thorough journey of disco- ISBN 0-395-67321-6 very through all of the cupboards and closets. Francisco, a young Mexican-American, accom- The innumerable little objects of daily life which panies his Spanish-speaking grandfather, who has come into view remind the child intensely of her just come from Mexico to join his children, while grandmother's individuality and seem even to be looking for a job. The lies that Francisco tells in a part of her. They are inseparable parts of her order to get his grandfather a job as a gardener memories of grandmother. (5+) gets them both in trouble, because his grandfather is quite ignorant of plants. But due to his honesty, 258 German grandfather is allowed to make up for his mistake Härtling, Peter and he may even be given a longterm contract. But Jette The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek2 3 3 68 Young and OldGenerations in Dialog 260 English tries to bring her grandmother to speak again by Hathorn, Libby (text) asking questions about things they have shared Elivia (illus.) together. When she looks into a mirror, grand- Grandma's shoes mother gradually begins to recognize herself. Ringwood: Viking/Penguin, 1994. [32pp] To portray the process up to that moment and ISBN 0-670-85980-X Makiko's feelings, the illustrator uses a daring, For the first-person narrator of this story, a young rather abstract style of painting. The prismatic girl, her grandmother's shoes become the symbol images and flowing colors are accessible to the of an emptiness, but also of continuity between an child beholder thanks to the clear text. (6+) older, now deceased person, and his descendents. The painful bereavement in the eventful and 263 French confusing days that follow death are very empatheti- Laurencin, Genevieve (text) cally portrayed in full-paged watercolor pictures. Pef (illus.) The very significant and close relationship be- Le dimanche noyé de grand-pere tween the young child and the older woman, who (Grandfather's drowned Sunday) is no longer there, is made palpable. The long fare- Rennes: Ouest-France, 1992. 44pp well is an important experience for the narrator ISBN 2-7373-0525-X and an occasion for discussion between adult and (Reprint ed.: Paris: Gallimard, 1994) child readers and viewers. (4+) Unlike his father and mother, Gregoire shows love and understanding for his grandpa. When he 261 Italian appears for a Sunday visit, unkempt and senile, I nonni secondo i ragazzi delle scuole Gregoire is happy. He enjoys his grandpa's di Trieste anarchic table manners and his clumsy games. (Grandparents, as portrayed by school- Grandpa and Gregoire are two of a kind, but children of Trieste) grandpa is allowed to do all those things that Udine: Campanotto, 1993. 96pp children are usually forbidden. Then suddenly he (Zeta Ragazzi; 7) has a fall. Thinking at first this is a new game, no ISBN Gregoire is witness to his grandfather's death This book presents the results of a survey of many struggle. schoolchildren about their grandparents. The basic The illustrations harmonize perfectly with the text. tone of the often amusing stories the children tell is Grandfather's steady decline is reflected in his that grandparents play an eminently important distorted expressions. Toward the end, the rhythm function. Without them, families are incomplete. of the pictures and words accelerates. Breathless, Many of the stories are also quite revealing because like the stammering of grandpa's agony, the fig- they tell about the everyday life of the children of ures seem to be cast hurridly onto the page. The the Slovenian minority in Italy. Those pieces are caricaturized illustrations provide the necessary printed in facsimile and then translated. The book is emotional distance for the child beholder who, like rounded off with children's drawings. (10+) Gregoire, is captivated by the grandfather. The final image creates a certain protective distance as 262 Japanese grandfather, rolled up like a baby, floats away in Kimura, ShOhei (text) a nocturnal sea. This courageous undertaking of Yamazaki, Takumi (illus.) making senility and agony accessible to children Watashi wa obâchanga suki breaks a taboo. By making it possible to perceive (I like my grandmother) both its horror and its fascination, a way is also Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1994. 38pp provided to accept the process of dying. (7+) ISBN 4-8340-1249-2 When Makiko's grandmother returns home from the hospital after an accident, her mind seems to be paralyzed. Makiko is greatly concerned and The White Ravens 1997 -C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 293 69' Young and OldGenerations in Dialog 264 German the 1990s. It focusses on an older person who is Limmacher, Roland both model and helper for the younger generation. Juliluft (The winds ofJuly) (4+) Zurich: Diogenes, 1995. 136pp ISBN 3-257-06034-3 267 Italian Julius, nicknamed Schaal, makes friends with an Milani, Mino (text) old man and his younger companion who are Lucini, Carmen (illus.) putting together a Cadillac from the wrecks in a Uultimo lupo (The last wolf) car scrap yard where the old man lives. Then the Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1995 (1993). 148pp two men get into trouble with the police, they run (II battello a vapore. Serie rossa; 11) away, taking Schaal - against his willwith them. ISBN 88-384-3711-4 He must find his way home all alone - the way (Spanish ed.: El Ultimo lobo. Madrid: SM, 1995) from childhood to adulthood. He sees his friend Mario is over 80 years old and lives alone in a just one more time, when the police have extra- remote mountain village, which he refuses to dieted him and placed him in a mental hospital. leave. One day he is visited by his twelve-year-old The author convincingly portrays the difficulties grandnephew Enzo, a spoiled city child who reacts of balancing freedom and self-determination for both to this lonely and modest old man with resistance, a young boy and an old man in our society. (14+) mistrust and even disgust. But Mario succeeds in awaking the boy's curiosity and compassion. A 265 Swedish hunt for the supposedly last wolf in the mountain Linde, Gunnel (text) valley is only the apparent focus of this realistic, Nygren, Tord (illus.) sympathetic story. More important is the confron- En som har tur (Someone who is lucky) tation of two different generations and ways of life. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1993. 85pp Mino Milani depicts the lack of respect for an ISBN 91-1-927452-1 older person, but also makes the wolf hunt a sym- Niki and Anton travel with their father to visit their bol of the indifference toward life, the uncaring grandmother in the country. She is a practical, way of dealing with nature a metaphor of man's understanding person who remains quietly in the treatment of older people. (12+) background, giving the children a feeling of secu- rity while they experience all kinds of boisterous 268 Japanese adventures with happy endings. Only sparingly Nomura, Takaaki (text/illus.) is it made clear that she also has to deal with Ojiichan no machi (Grandfather's neighborhood) problems such as her grief at the death of her Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994 (1989). 32pp husband. (8+) ISBN 4-06-129680-9 Ever since the death of his wife, Yata's grandfather 266 English has lived alone in a neighboring city. Villa and his Mahy, Margaret (text) parents are concerned about him and want him to Chamberlain, Margaret (illus.) move in with them. One day Yuta and his mother A busy day for a good grandmother pay him a visit; grandfather and grandson make New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 1993. [28pp] a trip to the local swimming pool. Along the way ISBN 0-689-50595-7 Ytita reali-zes that his grandfather does not lead a (1. ed.: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993) lonely life, but instead feels very much at home in This lively grandmother has none of the his familiar surroundings. The author emphasizes stereotypical characteristics of an old grand- the indepen-dence of older people in the accusto- mother. She is daring sporty clever and adven- med surroundings as being preferable to family turous - but also helpful and caring, for example, care outside of their social setting. The scenes of when her desparate son is at a loss to care for his everyday in a typical Japanese neigh-borhood are own baby. The very lively, humorous illustrations vividly portrayed in wood-cut pictures. (6+) in pen and watercolor present a modern family of (31st Japanese picture book prize »Ehon Nippon-shim) The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek a' 0 70 Young and OldGenerations in Dialog 269 German 271 English Obrecht, Bettina (text) Pratchett, Terry Meyer, Kerstin (illus.) Johnny and the dead Jonas Id& sich scheiden (Jonas gets divorced) London: Doubleday, 1993. 173pp Hamburg: Oetinger, 1995. 64pp ISBN 0-385-40301-1 ISBN 3-789 1-0505-8 This bizarre fantasy story begins when 12-year-old Jonas has two moms, two dads, five grannies and Johnny is able to see and talk with the dead in his three grandpas, as well as several half-brothers and neighborhood graveyard. They are long-deceased half-sisters because his parents are divorced and citizens of his town, and by no means merely remarried. His friend Pablo and his mother, who is ghosts. Johnny befriends several of these eccentric also separated from her husband, share a flat with and highly temperamental »people« of past genera- others. Jonas and Pablo decide to switch families tions. Out of curiosity he researches their lives and on a trial basis, but it doesn't work out. Jonas times. Ultimately he organizes an effort to keep comes to the realization that to get a divorce one their »home« from being razed by bulldozers for must be an adult. This story is a delightful reminis- a new building project, when he comes to realize cence on the days of the student revolution genera- that this place also has meaning for the living. tion and shows ie difficulties which children have Pratchett skilfully weaves elements of horror, with their elders. (8+) comedy and fantasy with a deep-seated humanistic philosophy of life in a story written in an upbeat 270 Dutch youthful voice. He readily shows how old and Opmeer, Kees (text) young people can learn to understand each other Straaten, Harmen van (illus.) and be of help to one another. (12+) Het vergeetboek (The book of forgetting) Kampen: La Riviere & Voorhoeve, 1995. 107pp 272 English ISBN 90-384-0820-x Rayner, Shoo (text/illus.) let's grandmother becomes more and more forget- Grandad's concrete garden ful, has more and more trouble recognizing people, London: Young Lions/Harper Collis, 1994. 64pp and starts to act like a child more and more often. ISBN 0-00-674849-X Sometimes this saddens let (especially when she With great enthusiasm the first-person narrator doesn't recognize her own grandchild anymore) accompanies his grandfather day after day in his but sometimes it's funny as well. For instance, when new life, retirement. No longer having to work, grandmother does or says things which children grandfather awakens to a second life as a garden- aren't allowed to say or do. When the situation gets ing artist. The resulting rumpus is clearly depicted out of control, grandmother is put into a home. in black-and-white drawings and an easy-to-read The friendship between grandmother and grand- text (also suited for learners of English) in a very daughter is depicted very astutely in this book. entertaining style. Although their relation-ship is Their relationship becomes closer and closer in the not the main theme of the book, the young boy's six months in which the story takes place, but let involvement in his grandfather's daily life and can't do anything but witness how their relation- adventures subtly shows how the younger gene- ship dissipates as her grandmother's consciousness ration can sympathize with the life circumstances gradually fades away. (10+) of the older generation. (8+) The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 30 1 Young and OldGenerations in Dialog 273 English 275 English Smith, Barbara A. Walsh, Jill Paton (text) Somewhere just beyond Williams, Sophy (illus.) New York: Atheneum, 1993. 86pp When grandma came ISBN 0-689-31877-4 London: Viking, 1992. [32pp] Cal lie has always had a close relationship with her ISBN 0-670-83581-1 grandparents who live on a farm. Three years after The close relationship between a grandmother the death of her grandfather, she accompanies her and her granddaughter who see each other only aunt to the farm when her grandmother becomes sporadically is expressed in gentle watercolor bed-ridden after a fall. Callie has difficulty dealing pictures. The text is narrated from the grand- with the helplessness and gradually encroaching mother's point of view as she lovingly admires her senility of her rapidly aging grandmother. Smith growing granddaughter. Finally there comes the portrays the multiple relationships of an extended heart-warming reply of the young girl »I love you, family from Callie's perspective in first-person too, grandma.« At first the grandmother is the only narrative. The novel clearly shows how a child one to understand the pleasure and joy they have in reacts to undesired changes in her relationship each other, but gradually the child also grows to with an older family member. In the end Callie realize that she has something to give in return. (4+) learns to accept her grandmother's death and carry on with her own life. (10+) 274 German Tschinag, Galsan Der blaue Himmel (The blue skies) Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1994. 177pp ISBN 3-51840596-9 As children, members of the Mongolian tribe, the Tuvinians, learn how to behave in each specific situation as part of the group by listening, obser- ving, imitating and helping. One of the most important figures in the life of the first-person narrator is his »grandmother«, an old woman not related by blood, who long ago just appeared at their camp and stayed when she and the boy no longer wanted to part. The power of this remar- kable text lies in its long »inner wind«, which challenges the imagination and conveys the rhythm of tension and restfulness in the life of the nomadic village. The author of this autobiogaphi- cal story was born in Tuva in 1944 and studied German in the German Democratic Republic from 1962 to 1968. (10+) The White Ravens 1997 302 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 72 Name Index Abraham, Peter 24 Bourre, Martine 35 David, Francois 33 Ahl, Sigi 24 Braamhorst, Jan 63 Dayre, Valerie 25 Akaba, Suekichi 4 Bredow, Katarina von 53 de Broca, Alexandre 35 Akalestu, Rula 64 Bredsdorff, Bodil 50 De Maeyer, Gregie 61, 62 Alcantara, Ricardo 42 Brouillard, Anne 32 DemS'ar, Danijel 60 Alcover, José Luis 43 Bunting, Eve 68 Dendooven, Gerda 61 Alexandrino, Helena 47 Burckel, Fabienne 68 Derobe, Alain 35 Alumenda, Stephen 12 Burgess, Melvin 16 Desrosiers, Sylvie 49 Alvner, Christina 54 Byambyn, Chintogtokh 22 De Vincent, Stephen 11 Amelin, Michel 32 Didier, Jean 34 Anderson, Lena 53 cakiroglu, Ati la 66 Diebold, Ute 30 Andrews, Jan 18 Cameron, Scott 19 Disher, Garry 13 Ardley, Bridget 15 Candea, Romulus 23 Docampo, Xabier P. 46 Ardley, Neil 15 Cao, Yuzhang 8 Dölek, Sulhi 68 Argil li, Marcel lo 38 Cap, Vladimir 59 Douzou, Olivier 34 Arrigan, Mary 18 Carrasco, Xavier 45 Duda, Stanislav 57 Askenazy, Ludvik 24 Carrer, Chiara 40 Duran, Teresa 45 Auer, Martin 22 Carvalho, Carlos 11 DOzakin, Akin 51 Austrem, Liv Marie 51 Caswell, Brian 13 Dybvig, Per 53 Cernik, Michal 57 Balabanes, Panos 64 Chamberlain, Margaret 70 Earls, Nick 14 Ball, Murray 14 Chamlian, Regina 47 Ede ha, Anne Mette 51 Ballantine, Kevin 36 Chan, Harvey 20 Ekman, Fam 51 Ballhaus, Verena 25 Chappaz, Maurice 46 Elboz, Stephen 16 Balobanova, Ekaterina Chatellard, Isabelle 32 Elivia 69 Vjateslavovna 59 Chen, Bei 8 El ling, Lars 53 Barrena Garcia, Pablo 67 Chen, Yongyao 8 Enqvist, Marianne 55 Bateson-Hill, Margaret 15 Christ, Bayard 42 Ericsson, Eric 54 Baumann, Peter 31 Cimatoribus, Alessandra 38 Erlbruch, Wolf 25 Behan, Brendan 16 CinC-urovd, Emilia 59 Evans, Christine 16 Be llot, Gina 39 Clausen, Jacob 50 Bernal, Luis 67 Coles, William E. 20 Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise 18 Bernard, Fred 33 Collins, Lilyjane 13 Forcadell, Maria Gabriela 46 Berner, Rotraut Susanne 24 Comte, Herbert 33 Forman, Matèj 58 Berolah, Lorraine 13 Conte, Tonino 39 Fraile, Ruth 43 Besse, Christophe 37 Costa, Nicoletta 41 Frasca, Simone 40 Bexell, Eva 67 Cotte, Carlos 48 Freeman, Suzanne 20 Bhend, Käthi 28 Crew, Gary 13 Fr Cly, Gilles 32 Bille, S. Corinna 46 Cristaudo, Noel 13 Frischmuth, Barbara 23 Binder, Hannes 30 Crump, Barry 14 Fujikawa, Hideyuki 7 Bindi Mondaini, Donate Ila 39 Funakoshi, Kanna 4 Birmajer, Marcelo 46 Dadson, Nana 10 Funazaki, Katsuhiko 4 Boddin, Heidrun 25 D'Altan, Paolo 40 Bofinger, Manfred 27 Daly, Jude 12 Gaarder, Jostein 52 Boonen, Heide 61 Danielsson, Bernt 54 Galeron, Henri 33 Botkovcovi, liana 57 D'Arcy, M. Cassiem 11 Galibour, Cora lie 36 Boujon, Claude 33 Davi 43 Galloni, Adelchi 39 The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibbothek 73303 Name Index Gee len, Harric 62 Huda-ga, Furazanda 65 Ku lot-Fritsch, Daniela 27 Gepp, Gerhard 23 Hyman-Vallien, Ulrica 54 KyOkai 6 Gerber, Thomas 48 Gerber-Hess, Maja 30 lino, Kazuyoshi 7 La Fontaine, Jean de 42 Glienke, Amelie 26 Inada, Kazuko 4 Laingeek, Feri 60 Goldin, Alberto 47 Infante, Francesc 45 Lamontagne, Michel 49 Gordeev, Denis Dmitrievie 59 Ishikura, Kinji 5 Langsen, Richard C. 21 Graeff, Max Christian 25 Ito, Hiroshi 4 Lapointe, Claude 37 Graham, Bob 17 lzawa, Yeji 4 Lasenby, Jack 15 Granfield, Linda 19 Laube, Sigrid 23 Grimane, Anna 64 Jacobs, Nadine 35 Laurencin, Genevieve 69 Grimm, Jacob 45 Jaeckel, Hans 30 Lawitzky, Gerd 27 Grimm, Wilhelm 45 Jambyn, Dashdandog 22 Lawson, Julie 19 Grimsdell, Jeremy 12 Jandl, Ernst 26 Lazzarato Francesca 39, 40 Grote, Wilfrid 25 Janssen, Susanne 27 Lee, Sang Keum 5 Gu, Jun 8 Jaraba, Fran 46 Leeuwen, Joke van 62 Guan, Jiaqi 9 Jardin, Alexandre 35 Leggat, Gillian 10 Guan, Weixing 9 Joseph, Vivienne 15 Lester, Julius 21 Gudule 34 Judes, Marie-Odile 35 Levy, Didier 36 Guillot, Claude 68 Judin, Georgij Nikolaevie 59 Lier, Bas van 63 Gusti 42 Junge, Norman 26 Limmacher, Roland 70 Lin, Haiyin 9 Hald, Fibben 55 Kahlert, Elke 26 Linde, Gunnel 70 Han, Oki S. 20 Kalla>. Dugan 23 Lindstrem, Eva 54 Hans, Marie-Pierre 34 Karrebaek, Dorte 51 Little, Jean 19 Hansen, Thom 52 Kasparavieius, Kestutis 28 Liu, Jian 8 Harranth, Wolf 22, 23 Katayama, Ken 5 Loe, Erlend 52 Harding, Peter 68 Kehr, Karoline 29 L6pez Narvdez, Concha 43 Hasan-pur, Muhsan 66 Kerisel, Francoise 35 Louis, Catherine 46 Haskins, Francine 68 Keskin, Nermin 66 Lu, Zhui 8 Hathorn, Libby 69 Kimura, Shehei 69 Luciani, Domenica 40 Hazel!, Rebecca 17 King, Bridget 10 Luciani, Roberto 40 Heller, Eva 25 Kishon, Ephraim 26 Lucini, Carmen 70 Hellings, Colette 35 Kishon, Renana 26 Lundbye, Vagn 51 Hensgen, Andrea 26 Kitamura, Kenji 5 Luzzati, Emanuele 39 Himler, Ronald 68 Kjelsen, Reidar 52 Lynch, P.J.16 Hiorthoy, Kim 52 Klazenga, Luuk 64 Hoashi, Jirei 5 Koch, Marianne 27 Maar, Paul 27, 28 Hoffmann, E.T.A. 60 Koné Doh Fandanh, Joel 31 Macleod, Mark 14 Hoglund, Anna 55 Korkos, Alain 36 Madrid, Juan 43 Holub, Josef 26 Kranjc, Mojca 60 Mahy, Margaret 70 Honke, Gudrun 25 Krenzcr, Rolf 27 Manz, Hans 30 Hopman, Philip 62 Krotov, Viktor G. 60 Marinicllo, Cecco 39, 41 Horling, Anna 54 Krata, Jan 57 Marko, Susanne 54 Hu, Junrong 8 Kuchling, Gerald 14 Marks, Jonti 10 Hu, Shourone 8 Kuchling, Gundi 14 Marra, Eirene 65 Huainigg, Franz-Joseph 23 Kuiper, Nannie 62 Martin, Trude 21 The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3 OT4 Name Index Martinez, Enrique 48 Pasini, Marilena 39 Schindler, S.D. 21 Maugeri, Stefano 41 Paterson, Katherine 21 Schliiter, Andreas 29 Max 45 Pef 69 Schneegans, Nicole 38 McKibbon, Hugh William 19 Pelizzoli, Francesca 15 Schubert, Dieter 63 Meersman, Karl 62 Petersen, Palle 51 Schubert, Ingrid 63 Mellinette, Martine 38 Peterson, OFga Michajlovna 59 Scuderi, Lucia 41 Mello, Roger 47 Piérola, Mabel 44 Sebbar, Lela 38 Merleau-Ponty, Claire 36 Place, Francois 32, 37 Seoane, Marina 44 Merwe, Louise van der 12 Plunkett, Stephanie Haboush 20 erbov, Michail 60 Mets, Alan 36 Pohl, Peter 55 Serres, Alain 38 Meyer, Kerstin 71 Posadas, Carmen 48 Sesé, Daniel 45 Michels, Tilde 28 Pratchett, Terry 71 Siege, Nasrin 29 Mignone, Sebastiano Ruiz 40 Pratesi, Fulco 41 Simon, Isabelle 34 Milani, Mino 70 Prelutsky, Jack 22 Simopulos, Dionyses 65 Miranda, Robin 10 Prigent, Andrée 37 Sis, Peter Sis, Petr Mirtschin, Jutta 27 Sis, Petr 22, 58 Mitgutsch, Ali 28 Qu, Sha-Liu 15 Skopal, Rostislav 57 Miyazawa, Kenji 5, 6 Quarzo, Guido 41 Slawski, Wolfgang 31 Mizukami, Tsutomu 6 Smith, Barbara A. 72 Modesto, Antonio 42 Rabanal, Daniel 48 Smith, Michael 17 Montes, Gracie la 47 Rascal 32 Sormann, Christine 22 Moribito, Fabio 44 Rayner, Shoo 71 Sortland, Bjorn 53 Morel, Alicia 48 Reyes, Yolanda 48 Sowa, Michael 25 Morgenstern, Susie 37 RibiC, Igor 60 Stalfelt, Pernilla 55 Morvan, Francoise 37 Ritter, Annegert 23 Stark, Ulf 55 Mota, Ant6nio 42 Roca, Francois 33 Stewart, Dianne 12 Moure Trenor, Gonzalo 44 Röckener, Andreas 29 Stiemert, Elisabeth 29 Muhammaiyan, Hagang 65 Rojas, Oscar 47 Straaten, Harmen van 71 Murakami, Tsutomu 6 Rosell, Joel Franz 45 Stránsky, Jill 58 Rosen, Michael 17 Striegl, Ald 57 Nanetti, Angela 40 Rowe, John A. 31 Stupica, Marija Lucija 60 Natvig, Lars 53 Rubel, Nicole 21 Sueyoshi, Akiko 7 Nilsson, Ulf 55 Rudelius, Wolfgang 28 Sun, Qingfeng 9 Noel, Michel 49 Ruo, Wen 8 Sutherland, Ralph 10 Nomura, Takaaki 70 Nozière, Jean-Paul 37 Sadät Turrabiy5n, Ma'siima 66 Takabatake, Jun 6 Nuyten, Peter 63 Sabler, Ant6nio 42 Tang, Yongli 8 Nygren, Tord 70 Swther, Wera 53 Tarman, Draga M. 60 Nyquist, Arild 53 SaitO, Hiroshi 6 Terakowska, Dorota 58 Salmerón, Carmelo 43 Thor, Annika 56 Obrecht, Bettina 71 SalmerOn Lopez, Rafael 43 Tibo, Gilles 50 Ohtake, Tomie 47 ..aloun, Emil 57 Tjerkstra, Willem 64 O'Louglin, Aislinn 18 Sarantite, Elene 65 Tomiyasu, YOko 7 Olsson, Ragnar 55 Sasameya, Yuki 5 Torudd, Cecilia 55, 56 Onana, Désiré 31 Sawada, Toshiki 7 Touré, Masée 17 Onichimowska, Anna 58 . Saxild, Jorgen 51 Truong, Marcelino 36 Opmeer, Kees 71 Schaap, Annet 63 Tschinag, Galsan 72 The White Ravens 1997-C Internationale Jugendtabliontek 3 0 5 7 5 Name Index Subject Index Tsukasa, Osamu 6 Abduction 40 Brother/Sister 13, 18 Tsutsui, Etsuko 4 Ability 62 Buddhism 6 Aborigines 36 Bull/Slaughter 47 Uji, lsao 7 Accident 61 Bully 15, 61 Utley, Jaspar 11 Adoption 26 Bus 34 Africa/Animals 10 Business criminality 55 Vanmechelen, Koen 61 Africa/Folktale 12 Vijgen, Theo 63 Africa/History 11 Cannibalism 25, 47 Vlasova, Anna 60 African-American 21 Career choice 35 Voigt, Cynthia 22 AIDS 31 Cat 24, 34, 36, 48,58 Vriens, Jacques 63 Alcoholism 21 Cemetery 48 Algeria 35 Chair 33 Wahl, Mats 56 Algeria/France 38 Challenge 7 Wales, Johnny 19 Algeria/Pogrom 1934 36 Charity 27, 34, 65 Walsh, Jill Paton 72 Alphabet 38 Cheetah 11 Wan, Manyee 15 Alternative society 18 Chess 19 Wechdorn, Susanne 23 Animal protection11, 16 Chicken 32, 41 Hen Welsh, Renate 24 -4 Endangered animals Child-rearing 27 Wiencirz, Gerlinde 29 Animal/Man 12, 23, 54 Child/Baby 52 Wiesmiiller, Dieter 24 Animals 10, 30, 37, 46, 51, Child/Parent 10, 21, 51 Williams, Sophy 72 57, 58, 60, 63, 64 Child/Old Woman 50 Wilson, Janet 19 Ants 33 Childhood 51 Wolfsgruber, Linda 29 Appearance 39 Childhood memories 5, 49 Woolman, Steven 13 Argentina/History 1920s/1930s25 China/Folktales/Legends 8 Wu, Shanming 8 Art 8, 47, 66 China/Short stories 9 Wu, Sheng 8 Assimilation 49, 62 China/Traditional stories 8 Astronomy 65 Chinese/North America 20 Xai, Ruihong 9 Australia/Short stories 14 Chivalry 59 Xia, Zuli 10 Austria/Poetry 26 Christmas 25, 60 Cinderella 20 Yamazaki, Takumi 69 Baby 26, 52, 64 Circus 60 Yee, Paul 20 Bakery 62 City life18, 31, 46, 48 Yi, Chuan 8 Balloon 4 City-landscape 7 Yumoto, Kazumi 8 Battle 60 City/Land 19, 42 Bear 22, 46 Civil war 43 War Zad 34 Bedtime 53 Civilization/History 52 Zaday Caballero, David Davi Beliefs 17 Cleverness 66 Zhao, Guozong 9 Bereavement 49 Clothing 21, 27 Zheng, Chao 8 Berlin/History 1945 24 Cloud 27 Ziliotto, Donatella 40 Bird 62 Coffee 51 Zimmermann, Werner 19 Birthday party 54 Colonization 35 Book 46 Colors 37 Boredom 23 Comparison 10 Boy/Girl 53 Competitive behavior 51 Brazil/Folklore 47 Computer 35 Brazil/Folktalc 47 Concentration camp 33 Brother 56 Concert 23 The WNW Ravens 1997 - C Internahonale Jugendbashothek 306 76 Subject Index Conformity 28 Ecology 22 Foreign world 45 Confusion 27 Environmental protection Foreigner 29 Conservation 33 Egg 24, 41 Forest 6, 63 Constraint 28 Emigration 5, 25, 26, 36, 65 Forgery 26 Corn 53 Emperor 15 Fox/Man/Transformation 6 Country life 48 Land Encouragement 4 France/Vichy Regime 1940 17 Courage 40, 44, 66 Endangered animals 11 Freedom 28, 44, 62 Courier 29 Animal protection Friendship 11,13, 16, 17, 21, Crime 13, 26, 29, 30, 32 Environmental awareness 41 22,24,26,28,29,31, Criminality 16 Environmental 32,36,37,39,40,41, Crocodile 36, 41 destruction/History 41 44,49,50,53,54,57, Cultural conflict 49 Environmental protection 41 60,65 Cultural gap 36 Ecology Friesland/History 64 Cultural identity 20 Escape 9, 24, 50 Frog prince The White Ravens 1997 C Internationale Jugendbtbliothek 77 307 Subject Index Grief 13 Integration 37, 38 Magic 24 Group/Individual 44 Intellectual history 26 Magician 60, 63 Growing up 8, 28, 40, 43, Intelligence 36 Man/Animal 23 54, 58 Intimacy 44 Man/Insect 13 Gypsies 37 Ireland/Folktale 16 Manslaughter 30 Ireland/Short stories 18 Marriage 9 Hair 55 Islam 38, 46 Marzipan 62 Hamlet 15 Island19, 32, 37, 40 Maya/Guatemala 53 Happiness 25 ltaly/Folktale 40 Meaning of life 53 Hare 28, 33 Meaninglessness 6 Harmony 6, 7 Japan/China/War 5 Meglomania 52 Hate 44 Japan/Folk tales 4, 6 Memorization 23 Help 27 Japan/Koreans 5 Memory 35 Helpfulness 31, 37 Japan/Middle Ages 6 Mental illness 28 Hen 57 -. Chicken Japan/Myth 4 Merry-go-round 26 Hero 6, 17 Japan/Myth The Mee Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbashothek 78 Qt-1Q Subject Index New Zealand/1930s 15 Prejudice 65 Second World War 24 Newfoundland 18 Present 22 Secret 45 Night 36, 47, 60 Pride 10 Sect 18 Noise 29 Prince 16 Security 23 North America/Chinese 20 Princess 16 Self-assertion 52 North America/Indians 63 Prison 30 Self-confidence 44, 62 Northern Canada/1950s 49 Promise 7 Self-discovery 20 Nutcracker 60 Protection 4, 51 Self-identity 21 Nutrition/History 43 Psychoterror 61 Self-knowledge 6 Puberty 49 Self-realization 43 Observation 38, 40, 46 Punch 57 Selfishness 17 Odor 40 Punishment/Rescue 47 Separation 10 Odyssee 33 Serpent 7 Old age 42, 67 - 72 Quaker 21 Settlers 6 Old man 37, 42, 67 - 72 Queen 33 Sex instruction 31 Old woman 15, 42, 6772 Quest 7, 11, 20, 43 Sexual love 9 Old woman/child 50, 67 - 72 Sexual orientation 14 Olympic games 64 Rabbit 28 Shadow 23 Only child 39 Racial equality 34 Shaman 11 Organized crime 16 Racial identity 20 Sheep 29 Orphan 26 Railway 20 Shoes 31 Outsider 28, 29, 44, 46 Railway station 31 Shopping 13 Overburden 24 Rainbow 9 Siblings 8, 51, 52 Reader 53 Sierra Leone 17 Pacifier 26 Reading 27 Signal 7 Painting 36, 37, 38, 47, 64 Reality 28, 32, 58,60 Singing 57 Pancake 21 Reconciliation 32 Single-parent family 56 Panther 44 Regret 25 Size 10 Parent/Child10, 21, 51 Resistance 33, 65 Skeleton 48 Parental separation 21 Respect 42 Sky 4 Parental violence 31 Retirement home 37,42, 67 - 72 Slavery 21 Parents/Death 20 Reunion 33 Sled 34 Paris 32 Rite of passage 26 Small people 17 Paris/Deportation 1942 36 Rivalry 15, 22 Snow 7 Peace 29 Rockband 13 Social convention 27 Personality development Role exchange 27 Social criticism 45 43, 44, 51 Roller-skates 29 Social expectations 39 Pig 31 Romance 9,14, 20 Society/Change 18 Pirate 19 Rooster 45, 57 Soldier 60 Pittsburgh/History 1850-199620 Russia/Easter 27 Solidarity 34, 63 Planet/Lizard 49 Russia/Legend 59 Son/Father 35, 43 Plants 60 Son/Mother 25 Play 17, 24, 33,46,50,56 Sacrifice 31 Soup 45 Pledge 45 Saint 59 Space 65 Pomerania 24 Scarecrow 5 Speech 24 Poverty 11, 27,31,46,65 School15, 21, 22, 29, 48, 63 Sports 64 Power 17 School holidays 41, 51 Squatters 37 Pranks 14, 22 Sea 37 Stage fright 23 The White Ravens 1997 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 79 3 0 5 Subject Index Stepmother 20 Tom cat 48 -- Cat Wales/Short stories 16 Storytelling 33, 34 Tortoise 14 War 6,19, 24, 29, 35, 43 Straw 18 Tourist 32 Civil war Street child 31 Toys 60 West Africa 7 Street-car 7 Trading ship 63 Whale 18 Stress 23 Tradition 41, 48 Wife/Husband 12 Student 31 Transfonnation 6, 7, 9,13, Wildlife conservation 14 Suicide 49 41, 44 Wind 43 Sun 43 Travel 23, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38 Winter 45 Surprise 25 Treasure 4 Wisdom 4 Survival 33 Trickery 16, 21, 26 Witch 47, 48 Sweden/Immigration 56 Troll 22 Wizard 9, 22 Tropical forest 33 Wolf 29, 35 Table manners 30 Trust 36 Woman/Serpent/Transformation 7 Tabu 36 Turkey/Folktale 66 Women's role 38 Tails 55 Turkish youth/Germany 30 Wordly wisdom 50 Talisman 29 Twins 32 Wordplay 24, 27, 28, 38 Tarot 58 Unemployment 34 Work 29 Teacher 63 USA/History 19th century 21 World travel 33 Tenderness 50 Utopia 23, 32 Worry 5 Terror 33 Writer 53 The Netherlands/History Vanity 31 18th century 63 Venezuela/Folk song 48 Xenophobia 56 Thief 26, 50 Vichy Regime 17 Threat 27, 63 Video camera 40 Yao 8 Tiger 21 Village life12, 26, 41 Land Time 23 Violence 28 Zoo 51 Toad 36 Virtual reality 35 Toddler 56 Virtue 8 Toilet training 24 Vocabulary 62 Tolerance 56 310 The White Ravens 1997 - 0 Internatonate Jugendhibfiothek 80 Internationale Jugendbibliothek München International Youth Library Munich the largest library for international children's and young adult literature in the world a center for children's book specialists from all over the world founded in 1948 by Jella Lepman 472 000 children's and young adult books in over 100 languages 26 000 titles of reference literature and 40 000 documentary materials 300 current journals and 20 national bibliographies IBBY Honour List collection member institution of the Bavarian Library Network (BVB) a lending library for children with 20 000 volumes in 15 languages extensive model program of book-oriented activities for children bibliographic catalogs with an international focus travelling exhibitions for public libraries, schools and institutions in Germany and abroad seminars and round-tables for subject specialists short-term stipends for foreign professionals 35 full- and part-time staff members financed by the German Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and the City of Munich administered by the International Youth Library Foundation 311 INTERNA-1 TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK Schlo5 Biutenburg D-8124 7 MOnchen TelefOn 089/891211-0 Telefax 089/8117553 312 CS The White Ravens 1998 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature INTERNA-1 TIONALE JUGEND BIBLIOTHEK 313 The White Ravens 1998 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature Internationale Jugendbibliothek Munchen 314 Contents Preface 3 Latin America 43 Argentina (Spanish) 43 Brazil (Portuguese) 43 East Asian Languages 4 Chile (Spanish) 45 Japan 4 Mexico (Spanish) 45 Republic of China (ROC) 8 Venezuela (Spanish) 45 English Language 9 North America 46 Africa 9 Canada (French) 46 Egypt 9 Kenya 9 Scandinavian Languages 47 South Africa 9 Denmark 47 Swaziland 10 Finland 49 Zimbabwe 10 Iceland 50 Norway 50 Asia and Oceania 10 Sweden 52 Australia 10 India 12 Slavic and Baltic Languages 54 New Zealand 13 Croatia 54 Czech Republic 55 Europe 14 Lithuania 55 Great Britain 14 Poland 56 Ireland 16 Russia 57 Slovakia 57 North America 17 Slovenia 58 Canada 17 USA 18 Other Languages 59 Belgium (Dutch) 59 German Language 21 The Netherlands (Dutch) 59 Austria 21 Germany 22 Greece 62 Switzerland 28 Hungary 64 Romance Languages 30 Africa 30 Iran 64 Cameroon (French) 30 Turkey 65 Europe 31 Belgium (French) 31 France 31 Italy 36 Michael Ende 66 Portugal 39 Bibliography of his published works Rornania 39 for children and young adults Spain 39 Spain (Catalan) 41 Spain (Galician) 42 Switzerland (French) 42 Indexes 71 315 Preface The »White Ravens« catalog has become a solid particular attention. Thesymbol 4-marks those tradition over the years. Throughout each year books whose content is found to contribute to the language specialists (Lektoren) at the Inter- an international understanding among cultures national Youth Library (IYL) pick out newly and people. In this way we remind ourselves and published books which they consider especially our readers of the working maxim under which noteworthy This »premium label« is given to Jella Lepman founded the International Youth books of international interest which deserve a Library and which in these times is still of wider reception on account of their universal utmost concern. Thesymbol 0is assigned to theme and/or their exceptional and often inno- books whose text is judged to be easily under- vative artistic and literary style and design . stand-able, i.e. easy-to-read texts, and yet dealing with topics of interest to older children. This publication appears each year just prior Hence these books are well-suited to foreign- to the Children's Book Fair in Bologna and is language readers and for inclusion in foreign presented, along with the books themselves, language collections of public and school at that international gathering of subject libraries. specialists. This year's collection contains 253 titles in 28 languages from 46 countries, For the fourth time this catalog also includes a as well as 24 titles in a special appendix. short section dedicated to a special topic. This It certainly makes no claim to being exhaustive. year's special bibliography presents the works of The titles are drawn from the books which the the internationally well-known author Michael IYL received as review or donation copies in Ende (1929-1995). His books (30 titles in 450 1997 from publishers around the world. first editions in over 40 languages) are a perma- Unfortunately not all publishing houses which nent part of the newly establishedMichael Ende consistently and generously supply the IYL with Museumat the International Youth Library their books can be featured here every year (see p. 67). Still, we cordially thank each and every one of them for their shipments of books. We have been asked about the reasons for organi- zing the catalog on the basis of languages and We can assure our donors that their books will language groups. We know that our system is noi be cataloged, indexed by subject and included perfect and that a group of »other languages« is in our depository collection. In this way they are left over Yet we believe we have found a system permanently available for use by the internatio- which makes the catalog easy to use. nal clientele of specialists who visit our study library, make use of our reference services from Last but not least, we renew our request to all afar, or consult our holdings since 1993 per publishers: Please continue to send us your new Internet via the Bavarian Library Network titles. We, for our part, will endeavor to fidfill (http://www-opac.bib-bvb.de). Over the years the expectation that the International Youth many books also find their way into thematic Library in Munich is the home of the most travelling exhibiiions, topical bibliographies comprehensive collection of international and lists, activity programs for children, etc. literature for children and young people. In this catalog some books are given additional labels. First of all, there are »specialmentionse Dr Barbara Scharioth to which the library's Lektoren wish to draw March 1998 The White Ravens 1998-0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 316 3 East Asian Languages Japan 3 Hirokawa, Rytlich (text/photos) Kawada, Etsuko (text) 1 Fujimaki, Kumiko (text) Ryilhei no mirai. Eizu to tatakau 19sai Tsuchida, Yoshiharu (illus.) (Ryilei's future. A 19-year old's battle against Fushigina yukidaruma AIDS) (The wonderous snowman) Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996. (9th ed.). 112pp Tokyo: Kin no hoshisha, 1996. 92pp ISBN 4-06-207517-2 (Shin tomodachi bunko; 9) HIV - Hemophiliac Public protest ISBN 4-323-02009-0 Public informationWill to live Father/Son - Longing - Help Snowman Ryillei has suffered since birth from hemophilia The father of seven-year old Rita is missing in the and became infected with HIV through an mountains. Then one day his mother falls sick imported blood serum. After accepting this twist of from overwork. To get her some medicine, Rita fate, he began to protest against the responsible goes into the village alone at night. Suddenly there institutions who caused this medical damage is a snowman behind him, a protector. His love for through carelessness. He makes public his parents, longing for his father, the childlike appearances, especially for young audiences, in fear of darkness and his encounter with the at first order to inform them and improve the negative mysterious snowman who becomes more and more image of AIDS patients. The photojournalist like his father - all these realistic and phantastic Hirokawa has documented Ryijei's activities in elements work together to form a sensitive story excellent photos, enabling the tremendously and a beginning reader of literary quality. (7+) 0 constructive attitude of this 19-year old boy to make a strong impression on readers. (13+) 4- 2 Gunji, Nanae (text) 4 Orimo, Ky6ko (illus.) lizawa, Keltarii (comp.) Beruna no me wa Nanae san no me Ajia sono hi sono hi (Beruna's eyes are Nanae's eyes) (Asia day by day) Tokyo: Doshinsha, 1996. (2nd ed.). 36pp Tokyo: Fukuinkan, 1997. 172pp (Ehon. Kodomo no hiroba) ISBN 4-8340-1471-1 ISBN 4-494-00872-9 Asia - Culture Mankind Nature - Life Blind woman Seeing-eye dog Everyday life Since 1976 the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for Prejudice Unesco (ACCU) has organized an annual After strenuous exercises to learn how to handle a photography competition to promote the use of seeing-eye dog, Nanae finally gets her own dog photography and to further mutual understanding named Beruna. This expands her possibilities to and friendship in its member countries. The jubilee take part in a normal everyday life considerably. edition of the 20th competition with the motto »To But with her large dog she also encounters feel Asia is to know Asia« encompasses 163 photos prejudice and lack of understanding. The problems which were taken by amateur photographers in of blind people in society are explained for Asian countries between 1986 and 1996. They give children in an easily understandable way in this a direct glimpse into the diversity of this part of the narrative picture book with colorful collage world. This photodocumentation (with texts in illustrations. (6+) Japanese and English) can be recommended as an excellent book for use in schools, libraries and also families. (7+) 4- The White Ravens 1998 - (1:. Internationale Jugendbibltothek .v 4 East Asian Languages /Japan 5 7 Kanzawa, Toshiko (text) Minamimoto, Shigeru (text/illus.) Horiuchi, Seiichi (illus.) Boku wa chiisana shiroi fune Gin no honoo no kuni (I am a little white ship) (The land of the silvery flames) Tokyo: Shikosha, 1996. [46pp] Tokyo: Fukuinkan shoten, 1997. no ISBN (Improved ed.). 372pp Ship Happiness Modesty Philosophy of rue (Fukuinkan s6saku d6wa shirizu) Everyday the little ship Chiro brings children from ISBN 4-8340-1439-8 the outlying islands to kindergarten on thc large Life/DeathJusticeSurvival Reindeer - Wolf island. Sometimes it dreams of being a luxurious Power struggle passenger ship, but the pleasures it has in the lively After pronouncing a magic formula in fun, a broth- children, the screeching seagulls and its fellow er and sister are suddenly torn out of their everyday ships make it so happy that Chiro can enjoy its lives. They find themselves in »the far north« of a peaceful life and security. Following his own fictitious country where a power struggle has personal philosophy of life, the author presents the erupted between the reindeer and the wolves. In happiness of modest individuals. The idyllic accord with an ancient saying, these two figures pictures with gentle outlines and harmonious are able to restore peace. In this dualistic story colors convey to readers a kind of healing strength. about life and survival, told in a rich language, the (3+) author deals with the issue of natural justice, i.e. the killing of other living creatures for the sake of 8 one's own survivalwhere the death of one means Miyazawa, Kenji (text) life to another. (10+) Thyama, Shigetoshi (illus.) Otsuberu to z6 6 (Otsuberu and the elephant) Kimishima, Hisako (text) Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1997. 4Opp Ono, Kaoru (illus.) (Nihon no d6wa meisakusen) Gin no udewa ISBN 4-03-963690-2 (The silver armband) Big landowner - ExploitationSolidarity - Justice Tokyo: lwanami shoten, 1997. [40pp] A great white elephant comes from the forest to ISBN 4-00-110635-3 work for the big landowner, Otsuberu. He China/TalesCinderella mercilessly makes the naive, hard-working giant The oldest version of the fairy tale motif work himself to bone, untilnearly exhaustedthe »Cendrillon« can be dated back to the 9th century elephant calls upon his friends of the forest to free in China, i.e. 800 years earlier than the well-known him. Highly venerated in Buddhist teachings, the versions retold by Perrault and Basile. The sino- white elephant plays a symbolic role in this mo- logist Kimishima, whose area of specialization is dem fairy tale, set in earlier times, about justice, fairy tales, retells a version known among the Yi freedom and the conflict between landowners and ethnic group, and Ono supplements the text with peasants. The landscape of India is impressively ethnologically and culturally authentic illustrations. rendered in oil painting illustrations. (10+) Unlike the more familiar versions, a silver armband takes on the function of the golden slipper, and after her marriage the heroine must first die and come to life again before finally achieving happiness, helped in this version by a cow and a magpie. (8+) 4. 0 The White Ravens 1998 CInternationale Jugendbibliethek 318 5 East Asian Languages /Japan 9 1 I Mmiya ma, Miyak6 (text) Satii,Takako (text) Sano, Yo5ko (illus.) Harada, Takehide (illus.) Mah8 tsukai no kurisumasu Iguanakun no ojamana mainichi (The sorceress' Christmas) (Day for day with our troublesome iguana) Tokyo: Akane shobo, 1997. [24pp] Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 1997. 263pp (Akane seisaku ehon; 38) (Kaiseisha otanoshimi kurabu) ISBN 4-251-03038-9 ISBN 4-03-610110-2 Sorceress Jealousy Metamorphosis - Saint Green iguana House petGiftFamily NicholasChristmas Love Caring Everyday life Love and gift-giving is a favorite theme in Unfortunate circumstances force Juni and her Christmas stories. The sorceress is jealous of Saint parents to take in a iguana. The daily care they Nicholas because he is beloved among children, so must give to this expensive and time-consuming she tries to interfere with his good deeds. She turns house guest, which lives a quiet and seemingly herself into a Santa Claus and creates presents for carefree existence in its own green dreamworld, the children through sorcery. But the children don't brings about a change in their consciousness. In react as she had hoped and she is deeply disap- spite of the financial burdens it creates, they are pointed. Full of anger, she turns herself into a little able to free themselves from their predicament. girl and, much to her surprise, receives caring This is a crazy, entertaining family story with attention and a gift from the old saint. This fully which readers living in a hectic and stress-filled new experience makes her very happy at last. (5+) world will be able to identify and enjoy for relaxation. (11+) 10 Sasii,YOko (text) 12 Yamada, Naito (illus.) Suemori, Chieko (text) Bokura no saite no natsu Tsuo, Michiko (illus.) (Our spoiled summer) Papa niwa tomodachi ga takusan ita Tokyo: Kodansha, 1997. 166pp (Papa had many friends) (Wakuwaku raiburari) Tokyo: Suemori Books, 1995. [38pp] ISBN 4-06-195684-1 ISBN 4-915777-14-6 FriendshipFamily conflict Father - Death - Grief - Sympathy - Role model Punished for playing a dangerous game at school, How do children cope with the death of a parent? two boys must spend their holidays cleaning the This picture book attempts to give an answer. The school's swimming pool. Their summer holidays sudden death of a family's father was an unbe- seem to be ruined, except that their forced labor lievable shock for both his wife and his two sons. gives them the opportunity to become friends and Retreating from the world, the mother does nothing also get to know each other's brothers and sisters but listen to her husband's favorite music, while the better. In this way each of them gains insight into boys try on his pullovers, seeking contact with him the problems of another family and learns how to in that way. As the boys visit his workplace and recognize what is important in life. These attractive become acquainted with a part of his world they main characters, open and honest teenagers, are had not known before, they discover a fully new vividly portrayed by the author in a casual, image of their father. His co-workers, energetic readable style. (I I+) and fully involved in their work, help the unhappy boys to overcome their grief. The father with so many dear lhends becomes a role model that gives them a new optimistic outlook on life. The sparse text and illustrations done in the style of fashion drawings - a rather unconventional choice for this topic - complement each other convincingly. (7+) The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 6 } East Asian Languages /Japan 13 15 Takadono, 1-Koko (text/illus.) Yamamoto, YOko (text/illus.) Kirokochan to midori no kutsu Okochan (Little Kiroko and the green shoes) (1, Okochan!) Tokyo: Akane shobo, 1997. (4th ed.). 169pp Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1996. (2nd ed.). [32pp] (Ohanashi fesuta; 7) ISBN 4-09-727075-3 ISBN 4-251-04057-0 IndividualityChildhood memories - Parody Shoe Mirror image Stubbornness Considemteness The young girl Okochan has a strong personality Kiroko's new shoes are very stubborn and cause that just radiates with vitality. She acts in her much trouble, because she can only move as accordance with her own imagination, impulses they want to move. Suddenly she begins to dance and logic, causing her parents and grandparents smoothly or has to run quickly, even if it is danger- such amazement that they are nearly bowled over ous. Gradually she learns to adjust to the shoes and time after time. These delightful episodes from the they get along well together. This funny, fantasy author and graphic artist's own childhood are' story, written in a fast-paced child-like language, rendered here in short sketches which parody the conveys the message that everyday life would be well-known Japanese children's song »Z6san« much easier and full of harmony if people would (Little elephant) by Michio Mado (Hans Christian be more disciplined and be consi-derate of one Andersen Prize winner) and Ikuma Dan. This is an another. (9+) unconventional autobiography that sparks the reader to laughter again and again. (5+) © Special Mention 16 14 Yumoto, Kazumi Tang, Yaming (= Tô, Amei) (text) Popura no aki Yu, Dawu (= U, Taibu) (illus.) (A poplar tree in autumn) Jamanbon no ya Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1997. 218pp (The hundred thousand arrows) (Shincho bunko Yu-6-2) Tokyo: lwanami shoten, 1997. [32pp] ISBN 4-10-131512-4 ISBN 4-00-110636-1 Old/Young Friendship DeathLetter-writing China/Histoly 220-265 General Jealousy Withdrawal - Fear IntrigueCleverness Seven-year old Chiaki struggles to deal with the This original Japanese picture book is an easily death of her father, her mother's suffering, and a understandable retelling by a Chinese writer and new home and school. Feeling quite at a loss her- Chinese illustrator of the 46th episode of the self, she becomes acquainted with their landlady, a historical novel »The three kingdoms« (San-guo very old woman who explains that she is collecting zhi yan-yi or San-kuo chih yen-i) by Luo letters to the dead which she will personally deliver Guanzhong (or Lo Kuan-chung) dating from the to the afterworld when she dies one day. Upon Ming dynasty. A famous general known for his hearing this, Chiaki begins to write to her father cleverness must supply one hundred thousand and thus finds a way to free herself from her fear arrows within ten days without being given any of death, from her grief, her inner withdrawal, and materials or laborers. Against all expectations he all her worries. Chiaki's strange but wonderous fulfills this devious task brilliantly by the third day. friendship with the old woman is told in a gentle, The visual interpretation of the text in the style of melancholy tone in flashbacks. (13+) royal, scholastic Chinese painting is a feast for the eye. Extremely fine brush strokes, transparent colors and unusual proportions present the classi- cal heroic period of ancient China in stunning picture compositions which satisfy both aesthet- ically and humorously. (9+) The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 0 3207 East Asian Languages Republic of China (ROC) (Romanization according to German norms) 17 Lai, Ma (text/illus.) Wo biancheng yi zhi pen huo long le! (I am a fiery dragon!) Taibei: Guoyu Ribao (Kuo Yu Daily Newspaper), 1996. [24pp] ISBN 957-751-164-3 DragonFire -Tears Bo-Tai is a mosquito who likes to sting irritable people and animals, infecting them a »fire- spewing disease«. One day he stings the sleeping dragon Ah Ku Li, who awakens and spews flames, turning his possessions, including his teddy bear and his food, to charcoal and nearly destroying his home. After he burns his neighbors and friends, no one else will come near him. Nothing he tries will extinguish the fire - a pool of water, a fire extin- guisher, a refrigerator. Hungry and sad, he cries and his tears finally do what seemed impossible. Ah Ku Li laughs, knowing at last that tears and laughter are the best cure for his »disease.« (5+) 0 18 Li, Tong Shaonian Iongchuandui (Youth. The dragonboat crew) Taibei: Tianwei (Trump Publishing Company), 1993. 190pp ISBN 957-8557-44-2 TaiwanFestival - Quarrel Every two years a dragon-boat competition between the upper and the lower villages is held on Double Dragon River. But when the eldest grandfathers of each village have a quarrel, it is cancelled. Believing that the dragon-god will appear on the first evening of the Lantern Festival, four teenagers sneak into the dragon-boat dockyard and discover Grandfather Huo-Jen, too proud to take back his angry words, praying to the dragon- god that the boat competition be reinstated. This humorous story reveals much of Taiwanese customs and the bonds of the villagers to their country. (10+) 4 The White Ravens 1998-0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek a t English Language Africa South Africa Egypt 0 Special Mention 19 21 Marston, Elsa (text) Beake, Lesley El Guindi, Abdel Aziz (illus.) Jakey 23 money and fears that his daughter could grow up Turkington, Nola (text) to be a misfit in their community. But when Marita Mathew, Gillian (illus.) is secretly tutored by the local teacher (a young Matilda and Meggie The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek ,323 English Language /Australia gum tree in the yard of the vacant house next door descent. The four-generation family tree at the make him very grumpy. This all changes when outset is useful in following the diary-like entries - young Emilia and her parents move in. With her in both first and third person voicesof two main winsome, innocent ways, she soothes him by protagonists, cousins, and several other characters happily carting away the leaves, then gets him to in this saga which spans from 1977 to 1996. This is oil her bike, and ultimately build her a tree house a very immediate, gripping story of survival and with the wood he had bought to reinforce his fence. coping in the face of the abominations of war and The skilful slap-dash pen-and-wash pictures its traumatic consequences. (14+) capture the emotions and enthusiastic mood of this charming, universally appealing story of intergene- 30 rational friendship. (4+) Crew, Gary (text) Woolman, Steven (illus.) © Special Mention Tagged Flinders Park: Era, 1997. [32pp] 28 ISBN 1-86374-292-1 Carmody, Isobelle VietnamWar VetemnFriendship Death Greylands Memo°, Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia, 1997. 174pp This artistically innovative graphic novel deals ISBN 0-14-038749-8 with the tragic effect of war. Ironically, it begins Mother DeathGrief- Brother/Sister Love with a young boy phantasizing about the heroic Dreamworld Symbolism - Aliciade aerial attack of a war pilot while he explores the Greylands is the place where someone goes when ruins of a deserted factory. He comes upon an old man, a war veteran who has lost all hold on life, they are sad or scared. That is the interpretation wallowing in the memories of his fallen buddy. which Jack, the youthful author-protagonist of the Jimmy hears his tale and learns about the terrible story within a story, finds for himself and his sister price paid by combat soldiers. Visually the book at the end of his symbol-filled tale. After their resembles a graphic comic, though with more emotionally ill mother suddenly dies, he works variety and creativity; the text is also more richly through his grief by writing a fictional story, descriptive. (10+) sharing it at times with his sister. Emotionally deserted by their father, who has retreated into his 3 I own world of grief, the two teenagers struggle to Lester, Alison (text/photos) come to terms with their mother's death in this The quicksand pony very moving and illuminating story. Carmody St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1997. 162pp skilfully employs literary devices to propel the ISBN 1-86373-931-9 narrative and captivate the reader. (12+) Death Disappearance Single parentIsland Pony Robinsonade Adventure 29 This is the first full-length children's book by a Caswell, Brian (text) well-known picture story book author. An Chiem, David Phu An (text) adventure story set in the bush, it weaves together Only the heart the fascinating, but quite different tales of two St. Lucia: University of Queensland, 1997. 212pp child protagonists. Joe was taken to an uninhabited ISBN 0-7022-2927-X island as a baby by his grief-stricken, widowed Vietnam/Emigration - Australia/Immigration mother and they live a secret Robinsonesque life Postwar trauma Family - Escape - Diary until she dies, leaving him alone. When Biddy's Though Caswell uses his characteristic style of horse is trapped in quicksand she is forced to alternating perspectives to expand the horizon of abandon it, but later finds it had been rescued. Her the narrative, the content of this fictional story search leads her to Joe and to his reintegration into with real-life background comes from Chiem, a the community. This is an unusual story that will Vietnam-born Australian filmmaker of Chinese appeal to many young readers. (10+) The White Ravens 1998 - CI Internationale Jugendbibliothek 324 English Language /Australia 32 34 Marsden, John Winton, Tim (text) Prayer for the twenty-first century Louise, Karen (illus.) Port Melbourne: Lothian, 1997. [32pp] Blueback The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibhothek 325 112'fr-7 English Language /India 36 New Zealand Ghosh, Subir (text) Bansal, Richa (text) 0 Special Mention Chakraborty, Ashim Ranjan (illus.) The dream machine 38 New Delhi: Children's Book Trust, 1997. 101pp Boock, Paula ISBN 81-7011-778-X Dare truth or promise Father/Son - Scientific invention - Conspiracy Dunedin: Longacre Press, 1997. 180pp Friendship Adventure ISBN 1-877135-08-9 The motherless fourteen-year old Shailesh returns First love - Lesbian Homosexuality home from his boarding school eager to enjoy Mother/Daughter Homophobia - Identity summer holidays, only to find his workaholic Louie is a fast-talking, witty girl who likes acting scientist father completely preoccupied with an and plans to be a lawyer. Willa is quieter, has a dog extraordinary breakthrough discoverya machine as a constant companion, likes fencing and hopes which can convert dreams into visual images. And to become a chef. In two marvellous early scenes an international conspiracy of greedy scientists is of the skilfully told narrative, which alternates, in hot on the tracks, hoping to claim the invention the third person, between Louie and Willa, each and the considerable rewards. Shailesh and his personality is brilliantly captured. The ups and childhood girlfriend are suddenly caught up in a downs of their gradually acknowledged feelings dramatic, dangerous adventure. This science which give way to passionate romance - and the fiction fantasy is a fast-paced narrative with varying reactions of others are authentically two interesting youthful protagonists. (12+) portrayed. Not only does Boock depict each scene (2nd prize, Science Fiction, Competition for with much insight and vivid detail, she also brings Writers of Children's Books, CBT) in a large supporting cast of well-drawn characters friends, family, schoolmates and working 37 colleaguesto create a very realistic background. Sarabhai, Mrinalini (text) As in many relationships that break norms, there is Roy, Subir (illus.) a long painful separation as Louie copes with the Stories of India negative reactions of her family and re-examines New Delhi: Children's Book Trust, 1996. 78pp her feelings. Unlike earlier hooks about homo- ISBN 8 1-701 1-753-4 sexuality in which anxiety and conflict prevail, India/TalesCreation Buddha Mahabharata here the joy of finding a kindred spirit is portrayed, Panchatantra LoveTrial making it evident that love and romance can take This collection of eleven tales from the rich the same course regardless of the sex of the storytelling tradition of India's heroic epics and partners. (14+) religious legends is written in an accessible, easy- to-read style by one of India's foremost dancers 39 and choreographers. Attractive watercolor Buxton, Jane (text) illustrations throughout the book capture the Newman, Penelope (illus.) highlights of the narratives. (5+) Donkey dust Wellington: Mallinson Rendel, 1997. 144pp ISBN 0-908783-16-7 Runaways Donkey - Adventure - Parentage - Secret When three children between fourteen and six years of age learn that their mother has left suddenly for Australia to help a sick aunt, they decide to set off to visit the father they have not seen in six years. Travelling in a cart pulled by The While Ravens 1998 -0 Internationale Jugendbiblat1411;.r 3 ° 13 - English Language /New Zealand their pet donkey they learn to deal with each other Europe and fend for themselves on the 100 kilometer journey. Covertly followed and indirectly helped by Great Britain a family friend, they arrive safely in the end and learn from their father the true circumstances of 42 their parents' marriage and separation. Illustrated Brown, Ruth with attractive black-and-white sketches, this Baba The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek ;F., 327 14 English Language /Great Britain 44 46 Doherty, Berlie (text) Moore, Robin (text) Bailey, Sian (illus.) Ambrus, Victor (illus.) Daughter of the sea My life with the Indians. The story of Mary London: Hamish Hamilton, 1996. 115pp Jemison ISBN 0-241-13614-8 London: Franklin Watts, 1997. 32pp (USA ed. New York: DK, 1997) ISBN 0-7496-2363-2 Sea/Legend Sellde - Seal Island Fishing North America/Indians Abduction Adoption Childless couple Adoption Cultural conflict This is an absorbing, atmospheric tale of an older The biography of Mary Jemison, based on the childless fisher couple who adopts a baby found on account she told at the age of 80 in 1823, spans a the shoreline on a stormy night. It is also a frame turbulent period of North American history. The story in which numerous sea legends dealing with sole survivor of an Indian raid on her home in the relationship of man and seals are embedded. Pennsylvaniaa result of the French and British The well-drawn characters of this tight-knit fishing war for territory - she was adopted by another community on a remote windy island come alive in tribe, married twice and mother of a large family. Doherty's narrative. One imagines the smells and She choose to remain with her Indian family and sounds, and feels the emotional pull of the now friends, rather than return to a bigotted white civil- teenaged selkie child toward her own people, ization, but still suffered many family sorrows setting the mood for the suspenseful climax. (10+) through the changing times. Masterly pen-and- wash illustrations adorn this fascinating documen- 45 tation, followed by factual information in an Dowswell, Paul (text) appendix. (8+) 4 Tomlins, Karen (illus.) The Roman Record 47 London: Usborne, 1997. 32pp Nimmo, Jenny (reteller) ISBN 0-7460-2753-2 Jones, Jac (illus.) Rome/Histoty 753 B.C.- 500 A.D. Newspaper Branwen The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbilspotholl, 0 0 °1 5 English Language /Great Britain 48 50 Tomlinson, Theresa O'Sullivan, Mark Dancing through the shadows White lies London: Julia MacRae, 1997. 120pp Dublin: Wolfhound, 1997. 157pp ISBN 1-85681-713-X ISBN 0-86327-592-3 (US ed.: New York, DK, 1997) Adoption Secret - Parent/Child Mother/Daughter Breast cancer - School - ExpectationsFriendship Dance - Well Legend An adopted black Irish teenager begins to doubt A school girl learns to deal with the fears and the details of her adoption in Africa, when she uncertainties of her mother's breast cancer finds a photograph of herself as a baby, surrounded operation and her moodiness during the subsequent by people she doesn't know. Sure that her (white) chemotherapy. She becomes absorbed in helping a parents have lied, she secretly searches for her teacher with the renovation of an ancient well near natural mother and in the end uncovers several her school and performing modern dance routines unexpected truths. Parallel to her own identity with a group of school mates. The events of every- quest, her boyfriend from a broken, tragedy-filled day life in a normal family and suburban neighbor- family, and her helpful, well-to-do school friend hood setting make an enjoyable backdrop for the are also struggling with half-truths and self- development of the likeable main character. This is delusions in their families. O'Sullivan skilfully a heartwarming family story with an authentic develops several suspenseful sub-plots and ring. (10+) character portraits that reflect the complex realities of modern youth. (14+) Ireland 0 Special Mention 49 51 Dunbar, Robert (ed.) Parkinson, Siobhin Enchanted journeys. Fifty years of Irish Four kids, three cats, two cows, one witch (maybe) writing for children Dublin: O'Brien, 1997. 192pp Dublin: O'Brien, 1997. 192pp ISBN 0-86278-515-4 ISBN 0-86278-518-9 Island - FriendshipRecluse Adventure Ireland/Youth literature/Anthology The winner of Ireland's annual Bisto Award for Taking as motto for this anthology that »all good Children's Literature in 1996 gives us another stories for children offer the prospect of 'enchanted highly readable story about lively, appealing young journeys', ...voyages of discovery«, Ireland's adults who are caught in the throes of growing up, leading children's literature expert, Robert Dunbar, gradually gaining self-confidence and valuable has selected 17 authors whose works represent the experience along the way to adulthood. During breadth and diversity of Irish children's literature. summer holidays two girls and two boys are thrown The volume contains excerpts from each story, together, partially by chance, and embark on an arranged in reverse chronological order, and range adventure which leads them to an island. There from Conlon-McKenna (1996) back to Conor they make the acquaintance of an eccentric recluse O'Brien (1941). Dunbar also provides a detailed and learn to see life with different eyes. One biographical sketch about each of the authors. special part of their adventure story involves the (10+) highly revealing »fairy tales« each one must make up and tell to the others, stories within a story. In this way Parkinson can introduce tension and conflicts with which any person could be faced with, while still portraying teenagers whose lives are fairly »normal«, like those of many of her readers. (12+) The White Ravens 1998 © Internationale Jugencibibliothel, f6in 2 9 English Language North America 54 Hughes, Monica Canada The seven magpies Toronto: HarperCollins, 1996. 148pp 52 ISBN 0-00-224549-3 Fitch, Sheree (text) Scotland/World War IIBoarding school - Labrosse, Darcia (illus.) OstracismSoldier DeserterCeltic mythology If you could wear my sneakers As a newcomer in a girls' boarding school in Toronto: Doubleday, 1997. 32pp Scotland in 1939, 14-year old Maureen is at first ISBN 0-3-85-25597-7 ostracised and becomes interested in Celtic ChildrenS Rights - Poetty legends. But once she is admitted to a secret club In fifteen witty, lively poems and full page she must learn how to assert herself and also find backdrop illustrations, Fitch and Labrosse draw her place in the group. When she accidentally connections to the content and spirit of some of the discovers the hiding place of her neighbor's son, United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the an army deserter, she faces a real dilemma. In Child. One of Canada's leading poets, Fitch writes both cases she gains maturity by wrestling with in a melodic, rhythmic way with a humor that problems of social and moral conduct. The credible embodies the wonderfully childlikeand surely narrative is rich in characterization and back- Fitch's own perspective on life. Not in the least ground. (12+) pedagogical, the poems have animal protagonists (Shortlisted for 1997 Geoffrey Bilson Award and behave in a way that corresponds to a basic For Historical Fiction For Young People) principle of the convention. At the close of the book the reader is invited to match the poem 55 with the appropriate »right«. (6+) 0 Zeman, Ludmila (text/illus.) The first red maple leaf 53 Toronto: Tundra Books, 1997. [24pp] Funston, Sylvia (text) ISBN 0-88776-372-3 Stevens, Pat (illus.) Canada - Winter - Wind SeasonsTree leaf Animal smarts. The secret life of animals Modern folktale Toronto: Owl Books/Greey de Pencier, 1997. 48pp The well-known emblem of Canada, the red maple ISBN 1-895688-66-3 leaf, is finally given a history by this recent immi- Animal IntelligenceScientific research grant artist. She draws upon motifs of ancient This information book offers a wealth of informa- folklore - talking animals, animals and trees tion which describes to what extent animals actively helping mankind, merciless natural forcesto use their brains, i.e. learn, rather than rely on inborn create a memorable story about the protective instinct. Each double-page spread discusses an function of the leaves and the coming of summer aspect of the topic and gives three to five examples to Canada. Using somber, wintry colors that and explanations of phenomena that scientists have convey the mood of a northern climate, Zeman observed and drawn conclusions from. Since it is divides some full-page spreads into smaller frames repeatedly made clear that our knowledge is still to capture the dramatic events of the tale. (5+) preliminary, young readers with an inclination toward science will be fascinated by still the open 56 questions. The very attractive layout with different Zhang, Song Nan (text/illus.) typography and styles of illustration make the book Cowboy on the steppes highly appealing. (12+) Toronto: Tundra Books, 1997. [32pp] ISBN 0-88776-410-X Mongolia China/Histoty 1968-1969 - Herdsman As a part of China's re-education program during the Cultural Revolution, the author's brother, a The White Ravens 1998-0 Internafionale Jugendbibhothek 4, 3 0 English Language student in Beijing, was sent to Inner Mongolia. The winncr, Octavio Paz, is beautifully rendered in full- diary of his year within a commune of nomadic page color paintings, which speaks to the fantasy in herdsmen is the basis for this illustrated children's all of us. On his first trip to the seashore, the boy book. The diary entries describe Yi Nan Zhang's narrator is befriended by a small but most playful gradual assimilation into the clan, his learning how wave. The wave cajoles the boy's father into taking to care for livestock, and the hard way of life on her home with them and at first all goes well. But Mongolia's steppes. Thcy also reveal something of when the wave's wild moods and ghastly nightmares the growth of a young man (now a journalist in become unmanageable, they have to return her to the Beijing) taken far away from his own world. The ocean. Buehner's illustrations capture the nuances of stunning color pencil drawings enhance the appeal this poetic, yet straight forward text and expands on of his unusual experiences (8+) 4- them exquisitely with many ironical touches. A delightful gem to be reread many times. (4+) USA 59 Gallo, Donald R. (ed.) 57 No easy answers. Short stories about teenagers Alexander, Lloyd making tough choices The iron ring New York: Delacorte, 1997. 323pp New York: Dutton, 1997. 283pp ISBN 0-385-32290-9 ISBN 0-525-45597-3 Conflict Moral choiceGuilt Atonement King Debt Quest Good/EvilTalking animals Growing up Growing upIndian/Folktale Adventure This anthology contains sixteen short stories, When a young king, Tamar, loses everything he written for this collection, by some of the leading owns in a dice game, an iron ring, symbol of his writers for young adult in the U.S. and Canada. As bondage appears on his finger and he must set off the title makes clear, each of the protagonists is for the distant kingdom of his victor. In the course faced with a choice between alternative actions. of his quest, his entourage grows to include talking Often the difficulties lie in the conflict between animals and characters from different castes. ambition or fulfillment of a dream and the reality Together they fight battles and savour happy of hurting other people. The situations they find moments together. The narrative is filled with themselves in involve drugs, pregnancy, blackmail, Indian folktales and driven along by Tamar's handicapped victims, or revenge. At the end of adherence to a code of honor, dharma. At the end each short story, a two-page biographical sketch of his epic adventure, he has learned much about lets the reader know what other books by the life and honor. Alexander is a master storyteller author are available. (12+) who entertains and enlightens his reader with all the literary techniques of good fantasy. (11+) 4 60 Hausherr, Rosmarie (text/photos) © Special Mention Celebrating families New York: Scholastic, 1997. [32pp] 58 ISBN 0-590-48937-2 Cowan, Catherine (transl./reteller) Family Adoption Divorce Single parent Paz, Octavio (story) Many varieties of family structure are presented Buehner, Mark (illus.) here in fourteen double-spread pages. Each portrait My life with the wave includes a photo of a child with the members of his New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Morrow, or her family and one of a typical favorite activity - 1997. [32pp] whether gardening, repairing a bicycle, visiting ISBN 0-688-12660-X Dad in prison, or playing games on the computer Ocean wave - Friendship with an older foster brother. Short, easy-to-read This deliciously absurd tale by the Nobel Prize descriptions reveal the many ways families may be The Whtte Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibllothek 331 English Language /USA formed (including bi-racial and same gender 63 parents) and formed again after change (divorce, Koller, Jackie French (text) separation, adoption). (7+) 4- Lewin, Betsy (illus.) No such thing 61 Honesdale: Boyds Mills, 1997. [32pp] Hearne, Betsy (text) ISBN 1-56397-490-8 Andersen, Bethanne (illus.) Bedtime Monster - Fear Seven brave women When a little boy moves into an old house he has New York: Greenwillow, 1997. [24pp] trouble falling asleep because of the monsters ISBN 0-688-14502-7 living under it. In this delightful twist on a familiar Genealogy Biography Courage plot, both little Howard and the charming little With the intention of showing that history is also green monster exasperate their mothers with their »her« story and our common history is not fears until they finally find the courage to talk to necessarily one of war and aggression, this picture- each other and discover neither wants to harm the book biography gives brief portraits of seven other. In an open-end conclusion they call out to women ancestors, telling what made each of their their mothers once againand the reader must lives remarkable and memorable. This short first- guess what will happen. Full page watercolors with person chronicle of one woman's family history, bold black contour strokes capture the universal which is also set in a wider context of world events child's nighttime fears with a dose of humor. (4+) that are mentioned in passing, makes a lasting impression. The naive-abstract double-page oil 64 paintings capture the main elements of each life Lelooska, Chief (reteller/illus.) and the times. (5+) 0 Normandin, Christine (ed.) Echoes of the elders. The stories and 62 paintings of Chief Lelooska Henkes, Kevin New York: Dorling Kindersley (DK) Sun & Spoon in assoc. with Callaway Editions 1997. 38pp New York: Greenwillow, 1997. 135pp ISBN 0-7894-2455-X ISBN 0-688-15232-5 Kwakiutl/Tales North America/Northwest coast - Grandmother - Death - Grandfather - Bereavement - Animals/Myths Family life This beautifully designed oversized book of five Two months after his grandmother's death, Spoon animal tales is a tribute to the decades of oral (his family nickname) realizes that he needs to find storytelling and intensive efforts to preserve the a special memento to remember her by. This gentle Northwest Coast Indian culture by Chief Lelooska, story of his search is set against the background of a descendent of the Cherokee who, was adopted by warm, caring relationships. But even these need to the Southern Kwakiutl tribe. The large two-dimen- be cultivated, like the family garden, and the grief sional ornamental renderings of the animal prot- of both grandson and grandfather lead them to a agonists enhance the lengthy, didactic but enter- new understanding. Henkes has a remarkable taining stories. A compact disc included with the talent for depicting the nuances of his subject in book gives proof of the famous storytelling powers dialogues, inner reflections that ring true, and sim- of Chief Lelooska, who died in 1996. (8+) 4- ple situations weighty with meaning. His natural, crafted prose seems to flow effortlessly. (9+) The White Ravens 1998.0 Internationale Jugendbibhothek v.k1s, English Language /USA 65 67 Myers, Walter Dean (text) Pinkney, Andrea Davis (text) Myers, Christopher (illus.) Pinkney, Brian (illus.) Harlem Duke Ellington New York: Scholastic, 1997. [32pp] New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998. ISBN 0-590-54340-7 [32pp] Harlem - African-Americans ISBN 0-7868-2150-7 This stunning picture book is a visual and lyrical Ellington, Duke Jazz African-Americans hymn to the persistent hopes and dreams of Thc picture book biography of the world's most African-Americans living in Harlem, that famous famous jazz pianist, band leader and composer, section of New York City. Harlem was an Duke Ellington (1899-1974), is told succinctly for important gathering point where jazz and Black children in an upbeat contemporary vernacular culture began to blossom in the early part of the with African-American idioms that capture the 20th century. Its pulsating vitality is given bold natural swing, wit and esprit of modern times. The expression in the assembled multi-media collages musical rhythm of the text is reflected and exten- by the artist son of Walter Dean Myers, the well- ded in the ideally suited, brightly colored two- known young adult writer who grew up in Harlem. page spreads done in Brian Pinkney's hallmark (6+) -0> scratchboard paintings. The reader is offered (Caldecott Honor Book 1998) factual information but may also feel inspired to hear and learn more about this musical genius and 66 about jazz. (6+) 4- O'Connor, Barbara Beethoven in Paradise New York: Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. 153pp ISBN 0-374-30666-4 Father/Son - Grandmother Music ExpectationsConflictFriendshipIdentity Twelve-year old Martin lives with his parents in a trailer park name Paradise. His permanently unhappy father has placed all his hopes in Martin becoming a normal" boy he can be proud of. But Martin is a loner whose real natural talent lies in music. His grandmother and a neighbor encourage him in different ways to develop himself, and after numerous angry scenes and much anguish, he is finally able to stand up to his father. O'Connor captures the sweltering atmosphere of this close, 4- books whose content is found contribute to an lower-class sctting and depicts the hopes and international understanding among cultures and peoples limitations of the main protagonists with great 0 books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless sensitivity. (10+) complex and high-interest topics The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek 33,3 German Language Austria 70 Janisch, Heinz (text) 68 Oberdieck, Bernhard (illus.) Blazejovsky, Maria (text/illus.) Sarah und der Wundervogcl Emma Pippifilippi (Sarah and the magic bird) The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 33 German Language /Austria are, until noise is ready to explode. Now everyone with the exaggerated demands of adults. The is called upon to take responsiblity. People must illustrations contain a wide range of techniques of learn again to be still. Then the noisy dragon-worm style that manage to overrule one another, just as, becomes smaller and quite humble. And it is easier analogously, children's desires are constantly being to take care of him. This more and more urgent overruled by the forces surrounding them. (8+) 0 problem is taken up in an easy and understandable manner. The illustrations change from earthy, still 75 colors to bombastic, loud tones, emphasizing the Bärsch, Thomas (text) message of the text. (6+) Ticha, Hans (illus.) Der Streik der Buchstaben 73 (The alphabet goes on strike) Walbrecker, Dirk (text) Leipzig: Faber & Faber, 1996. 62pp Poppel, Hans (illus.) (Die Sisyphosse) Bennys Hut ISBN 3-928660-68-3 (Benny's hat) Letter 76 Germany Berner, Rotraut Susanne (text/illus.) Hase Hase! Freundschaft auf acht Pfoten 74 (Hare Hare! Friendship on eight paws) Auer, Martin (text) Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1997. 75pp Luetke, Joachim (illus.) (rororo Rotfuchs; 20866) Der dreckige Prinz ISBN 3-499-20866-0 (The filthy prince) Family - Enemy - Play Danger Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1997. [28pp] Reconciliation - Friendship ISBN 3-522-43232-1 Hare Hare and Hugo Dog are not allowed to play CleanlinessEducationIdentity with one another. So they secretly participate in a Personality changeSurveillance - Perfection running contest with all the other village (animal) The Queen always insists that her son stay always children, but get caught in a sudden downpour and immaculately clean. When the prince becomes lose their way completely. Then when they save king, he only dares to wallow in filth at night in his Mal ie Pig from the flood, they become the joint dreams. But during the day he proclaims that the winners of the first prizea pair of roller skates entire kingdom is to be kept clean, and he enforces (for two). Now all their problems are solved how it strictly. This is a cautionary tale directed against and why to be friends. Simple, stunning colored perfectionism, in which children's dreams collide pencil drawings in which yellow, blue and green The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothok '315 German Language /Germany dominate, printed on coarse paper, arouse the 79 readers' interest in looking and turning one page Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (text) after the other. (4+) Berner, Rotraut Susanne (illus.) Der Zahlenteufel. Ein Kopfkissenbuch fiir alle, 77 die Angst vor Mathematik haben Boie, Kirsten (text) (The number devil. A pillow book for everyone Bauer, Jutta (illus.) who is afraid of mathematics) Man darf mit dem Glack nicht drängelig sein München: Hanser, 1997. 263pp (One must not be too pushy with one's luck) ISBN 3-446-18900-9 Hamburg: Oetinger, 1997. 173pp Dream Mathemathics Magic - Fun ISBN 3-7891-3114-8 One of Robert's mostly unpleasant dreams deals Divorce School holidaysTravel simply with numbers and the devil that goes Step-childrenFamily with them. The reader will become increasingly During their family vacation in Sweden, Linnea, engrossed in Robert's nightly adventures with the youngest of three children doesn't call her numbers, especially on account of the elaborate divorced father »Papa« but »Mr. Schulze«, after color scheme used to liven up the rows of all, his presence on this vacation trip is not exactly examples, the illustrations and resourcefulness voluntary. And then Friedrich, the son of his new of both Robert and the Number Devil. The first girlfriend, also appears on the scene. On top of that chapters will even be of interest to second graders; they are about to get a half-sister or half-brother, progress can continue then gradually, with the although they think Papa already has enough support of an interested adult. (8+) children. But the positive side of all that chaos finally helps to win the day. This highly enjoyable 80 book works against the neurotic tendencies in the Fried, Amelie (text) children's coping with their current problems by Gleich, Jacky (illus.) use of much humor and wit. The graphic design Hat Opa einen Anzug an? exudes with a high-spirited holiday mood. (8+) (Does Grandpa have a suit on?) Munchen: Hanser, 1997. [32pp] 78 Dische, Irene ISBN 3-446-19076-7 Zwischen zwei Scheiben Glück Grandfather Death Bereavement Language (Between two slices of happiness) A young boy experiences the death of his München: Hanser, 1997. 82pp grandfather and his own emotions. The narrative ISBN 3-446-19080-5 focuses on the typical verbal responses of adults Germany/History 1938-1945 and the difficulties this causes for a young child. Persecution of the Jews Hungary From the point of view of both aesthetics and Peter has spent the greater part of his childhood content an impressive book, it nonetheless leaves in Hungary with his grandfather, a strict elderly some questions open. It is difficult to know gentlemen, who is just the opposite of Laszlo, whether the illustrations match the text from a Peter's father, a diplomat on service in war-time child's point of view, and whether both text and Berlin. Only later does Peter discover that the pictures give an adequate representation of the letters he got regularly from his father were written feelings and experiences of a child taking leave of by his grandfather, in order to conceal the death of a deceased loved one. Will a child identify with his father. This enchanting book gives much space this portrayal? The actual target readership may to joyful moments and to sad moments. It shows a well be older than the three or four-year old child's attempts to look upon world events so as to protagonist. (12+) make them fit into his own life. Thc author handles very complicated subjects seemingly without effort, often humorously, and tragic moments with a dash of gentle irony. (8+) 4. 0 The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 013.1. Zrf German Language /Germany 81 83 Geve, Thomas lpseudonymi (text) Hänel, Wolfram Es gibt hier keine Kinder Giftiges Gold oder GroBvaters Esel (There are no children here) (Poison gold or Grandfather's donkcy) Gottingen: Wallstein, 1997. 15Ipp Weinheim: Anrich, 1997. 160pp ISBN 3-89244-220-7 ISBN 3-80106-319-9 Drawing Auschwitz Childhood memories Ireland - Gold Mining Ecology Tourism Thomas Geve was sent to Auschwitz at the age of Gold is discovered on a small island off the coast thirteen and during the liberation of the camp by of Ireland. The island's inhabitants are able to the U.S. Army in 1945 he prepared documentary prevent the exploitation of the minc, which would sketches of everyday life at the concentration have led to the pollution of the sea with environ- camp. Published here for the first time, these mental poisons. The children of the island, who drawings give substance to the horrors and the fear for the future of their home, play an important desolateness in which the boy had been living for role. With trickery and the help of Grandfather's two endless years of captivity. The accompanying donkey, they succeed in averting the danger. With text in German, English and Hebrew should appeal humor and a sense of place, the author describes to a wide audience and deserves the attention of how an unspoiled landscape is saved from being anyone interested in human rights issues. (14+) destroyed by profit-seekers. (8+) 84 82 Heidelbach, Nikolaus (text/illus.) Hacks, Peter (text) Ein Buch ftir Bruno Hantsch, Uwe (illus.) (A book for Bruno) Prinz Telemach und sein Lehrer Mentor Weinheim: Seitz & Gelberg, 1997. [32pp] (Prince Telemachus and his teacher Mentor) ISBN 3-407-79194-1 Berlin: Eulenspiegel Verlag, 1997. 124pp Book AdventureTrickety - Reading Friendship ISBN 3-359-00885-5 Ulla Herz, an enthusiastic fan of books, falls in Homer - Odyssey Telemachus Didactics love with Bruno Wijrfel, a book-hater. Though he Peter Hacks retells Homer's Odyssey for children. prefers things that go crack-bang-slam, one day she The pert young prince Telemachus seeks out a is cunning enough to get him to experience a book teacher who can teach him how to find his father, as an »event« in its own right. And he wants more. in order to bring Odysseus back to his rightful How the two of them start with the parental library kingdom, now overrun with upstarts, and to his and swing (wordlessly) on a bookmark from family. The masked goddess Minerva (gods are adventure to adventure, page after page, is another almighty, teachers are all-powerful, therefore piece of Heidelbach creativity. Here he takes a teachers are gods?) takes up his offer and in the stand on reading for fun, but one thoroughly form of a very unconventional pedagogue by the devoid of pedagogical undertones. (6+) 4- 0 name of Mentor she leads the prince to success and his father back home. With expertise and irony, 85 in relative clauses and allusions, the Greek legend Holub, Josef of gods and heroes is given a new meaning. With Lausige Zeiten a brilliant, easy flowing style, and an irreverence (Lousy times) toward the crusty old (humanistic) teachers and Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1997. 244pp teaching methods, each sentence and chapter of ISBN 3-407-79743-5 this text makes for a true reading pleasure. (10+) Bohemia - Germany/History 193A-1945 - School Discipline - Humanity A teenager in Bohemia during World War Two, Josef is sent to a teacher training institute whose basic tenents are unconditional obedience and The White Ravens 1998 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek German Language /Germany discipline. The conflicts and skurmishes the young author relates the fascinating story of life in the man experiences in this misanthropic institute, cramped spaces of a sailing ship, the coarse cama: but also the positive encounters and experiences raderie of the men, and the absolute hierarchical of those years make up the atmosphere of this chain of power and command. (12+) -0- weighty book. It bears witness to one man's mental resistance against active violence and structural 88 force; a convincing testimony not only in a literary Lind, Hera (text) sense but by means of its wisdom and humanity. Marcks, Maric (illus.) (10+) Der Tag, an dem ich Papa war (The day I was Papa) 86 Frankfurt (Main): Fischer Taschen- Jandl, Ernst (text) buchverlag, 1997. 131pp Junge, Norman (illus.) (Fischer-Schatzinsel) Fiinfter sein ISBN 3-596-85020-7 (To be fifth) Father/Son - Role reversal Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1997. [36pp] Fridolin and Papa change places for one day ISBN 3-407-79I05-X and manage to steer their respective worlds pretty DoctorWaiting roomChildren's poet!), far off course. Fridolin, in the shape of Papa, The doctor's waiting room is filled with all kinds takes business partners to the playground and of busted characters: Penguin, Duck, Teddy and to McDonald's, while Papa, with Fridolin's Tin Frog. The fifth patient, a little Pinocchio, is appearance, goes to a café instead of to school. suffering from a broken nose. The door has to open But the magic only lasts one day. Unconcerned and close four times before it is the last one's turn, with logic or realism, the author allows the reader along with Ernst Jandl, to say »morning doctor.« to take subversive pleasure in the improbable During the long wait, the injured reveal only father-and-son conspiracy. (8+) 0 minimal mimical changes in each of the nearly identical pictures - a perfect interpretation of the 89 anxiety of each (small) patient in a doctor's waiting Maar, Paul (text) room. An artful, well-composed book designed Ballhaus, Verena (illus.) for very close listening and looking. (4+) 0 Lesezauber. Eine Fibel mit Reimen und Geschichten (Reading magic. A reader with rhymes and stories) 87 Berlin: Volk und Wissen, 1997. 115pp Lewin,Waltraut ISBN 3-06-100191-3 Jenseits des Meeres die Freiheit Alphabet - First readerChildren :s poetly Play (Beyond the sea of freedom) In a compendium of pictures, letters and first Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1997. words, short poems, and longer texts the beginning 221 pp reader is gradually introduced to the written word (Ravensburger junge Reihe) and reading matter in this most pleasurable ISBN 3-473-35177-6 beginning reader. Breaks for play are worked into Spain/Histoly 1492Persecution of the Jews the text. Using lots of humor and graphics, the Escape Seafaring - Christopher Columbus authors also provide a basic stock of knowledge In the aftermath of the pogroms against the about everyday life in Germany and elsewhere. Sephardhic Jews in Spain, the young Jewish girl, Visual citations from widely known picture books Esther, signs up incognito as a ship's boy with and children's books (including those of the Christopher Columbus in 1492. Risking the double author) produce a larger (literary) context for the dangers of being discovered a Jew and a woman, young reader. All in all this is a »school book« Esther hopes to gain freedom in the New World as for happy learning. (5+) 0 Columbus' page boy. But the terror and horrifying images of the pogrom continue to haunt her. The The White Ravens 1998 -0 Internationale Jugendbiblietht 338A5 German Language /Germany 90 92 Meinner-Johannknecht, Doris (text) Oeser, Wiebke (text/illus.) Ploger, Juliane (illus.) Bertas Boote Die Geschichte vom Hasen (Berta's boats) (The story of Hare) Wuppertal: Hammer, 1997. [32pp] Diisseldorf: Patmos, 1997. [28pp] ISBN 3-87294-755-9 ISBN 3-491-37360-3 Play - Imagination - Drawing RealityLoneliness Hare - Everyday lifeStressRelaxation - Identity A school girl experiences very lonely afternoons, A hare who always feels unnerved, terrified and seemingly alone in the world. She folds her on the run from dangers takes stock of his life: he drawings into paper boats and a big fish gobbles doesn't want to run, to flee and be constantly on one up. When she catches it, the fish throws up all guard any more, just to save his own fur. He the junk it has found in the ocean. Then Berta sits stretches out all four legs and simply lies down in at the computer until she falls in the hammock, the warm un for a nap. And in his head he hears dead tired. Finally she makes a painting of all the the echos of the hunters' steps and the buzzing of things she has experienced and sends it off in their machines; and the warnings of his brothers the bottle. The style of the drawings reflect the and sisters. But there is one sound he had never situation of a lonely child - filled with chaos and heard beforethe beating of his own heart. That is desolation. The pictures are done in sensitive lines, why he sticks to his decisionno more hectic. mostly wiggly, set against and on flat, colored The search for identity is captured here in opulent, backgrounds. The pages with text in even-sized block letters in one typeface on unicolor pages spacious summer colors. They find no clear serve as an order-giving contrast. The tension thus limitations either through the edge of the page or created produces a harmonious whole. (8+) one another, thus documenting Hare's totally new sense of life. (4+) 0 Special Mention 91 93 Muggenthaler, Eva (text/illus.) Partsch, Susanna Der Schafer Raul Haus der Kunst. Ein Gang durch die Kunstge- (The shepherd Raul) schichte von der Höhlenmalerei bis zum Graffiti Wuppertal: Hammer, 1997. [32pp] (The Art Gallery. A stroll through the history of art ISBN 3-87294-754-0 from cave paintings to graffiti) Shepherd IdentityCountry life - City life - Love Munchen: Hanser, 1997. 367pp. With many illus. The shepherd Raul is vain. When he sets off for ISBN 3-446-18885-1 the city to get prettied up, his herd of sheep take A r t histoty offence and follow him. They create a nuisance in This art book for children is based on the idea of the city and become, so to speak, criminals. And filling up a ficticious museum with exponents they interfere with the shepherd's newly found from every epoch. This provides the young reader happiness. Finally he flees with them back to the with a chronological overview, through arranged in country - and finds that fortune has not deserted different »rooms«, of the most important periods him. An endearing story in which both man and and their contexts. The author avoids the use of sheep win, is well told with picturesque intimidating insider-jargon and speaks to the illustrations and excellent typography. (6+) 0 reader, without being ingratiating, at an immediate level, which encourages page-turning inspite of the wealth of material being covered. Historical and aesthetic background information is elucidated with the help of maps and explanatory notes. All art forms are covered here, thus giving this work a good chance of becoming a standard work for children interested in art. (10+) The WhIte Rave. 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 26 3;19 German Language/Germany 94 weaves the traditional tales from his home village Pressler, Mirjam (text) in Syria into a carpet of captivating incidents. He Krömer, Astrid (illus.) discovered an old edition of tales written in Aramic Nora ist mal so, mal so at the Heidelberg University Libraryan unexpec- (Nora is sometimes so, and sometimes so) ted stroke of luck. Many of the figures he found Frankfurt (Main): Alibaba, 1996. [36pp] described there were known to him as old people in ISBN 3-860-42-167-0 his village. The text acquires a particular intensity Sexual abuse - SecretFriendship through this personal point of view. (12+) 4 The other children in her kindergarten group cannot understand why Nora reacts so very. 97 erratically. Often she sets herself apart from others Schmidauer, Elisabeth (text) without any recognizable reason. The problem Knappe, Joachim (illus.) behind this behavior is only hinted at in the text. Als die Tiere den Zoo verlieBen With laudable caution the delicate topic of sexual (When the animals left the zoo) abuse is approached here in text and pictures. Esslingen: Esslinger, 1997. [28pp] Instead of overprotection as a guard against such (Esslinger Atelier) threats, the book suggests childlike solidarity ISBN 3-480-20048-6 between the friends. In this manner, new direct Zoo animals Homeland - Freedom Paradise dependency upon adults can be prevented. (5+) The old elephant came to the zoo very young, but its longing for its home has never gone away. In the night 95 of a shooting star that makes dreams come true, the Raith, Werner chains fall from its legs and the bar doors open of Verriiterkind their own accord. The animals of the zoo follow the (Traitor's child) elephant into freedom. The next moming all the cages Berlin: Elefantenpress, 1997. 142pp are empty. Only two children have observed the ISBN 3-88520-625-0 animals leaving the town, but no one believes them. SicilyMafiaWitness - Family EscapeIdentity Everyone is convinced there has been a crime. A Sicilian boy mistakenly believes that his Nighttime colors enhance this poetic story. (8+) disappeared father has been murdered by the Mafia. But instead his father has turned witness for 98 the state. The lives of all the family members are Schubiger, Jurg (text) now in danger and they must take on a new Berner, Rotraut Susanne (illus.) identity. The older brother still believes firmly on Mutter, Vater, ich und sie the laws and honor code of the Mafia and betrays (Mother, Father, me and her) his father; then he is nearly killed himself. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1997. 106pp The state prosecutor they have trusted becomes ISBN 3-407-79748-6 incriminated and commits suicide. This is an SiblingsFamily - Language Everyday life impressive treatment of a topic which has been This is the tale of a boy who tries to come to largely ignored in children's literature up to now. terms with his life in his family and especially his (10+) relationship with his younger sister with the help of words. For him, language always has a literal, 96 direct meaning. Thus he makes quite surprising Schami, Rafik discoveries about the world, such as: »The weather Märchen aus Malula today has more than one R weatherr, weatherrrr. (Tales from Malula) It is raining from every direction.« This is not a Mfinchen: Hanser, 1997. 237pp matter of spelling, but an example of precise ISBN 3-446-18954-8 observation. This makes for a gripping reading Malula Fairy tales experience, given most delightful variation by In a traditional Oriental manner, Rafik Schami Berner's pictures and vignettes. (8+) 0 The White Ravens 1998 -4:1 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 27 3 4 0 German Language /Germany 99 101 Weiss, Ruth (text) Hoffmann, Eirnst1T1heodorl Almadeusi (text) Janssen, Susanne (illus.) Innocenti, Roberto (illus.) Sascha und die neun alten Manner. Nufiknacker und Mausekönig Das Fest der Lichter. Zwei Erzahlungen (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King) (Sascha and the nine old men. Aarau: Sauerländer, 1997. 135pp The festival of lights. Two tales) ISBN 3-7941-4148-2 Wuppertal: Hammer, 1997. 120pp Dream Nutcracker House mouse (Gecko) An opulent text calls for the same quality of ISBN 3-87294-744-3 pictures and design. With Roberto Innocenti it Russia Jews Prayer Religious holidayChrist finds its master and the publisher offers another The old men of Yevka, near Odessa, are no longer example of excellent production. The illustrator's able to celebrate Minyan, the Jewish worship service pictorial space make use of both the real and with all the sacred rites, because they lack the neces- dream levels of the story. Exquisite detail ensures sary tenth believer. Little Sascha, a future detective additional compositional fantasy. Innocenti lends who is curious about all the secrets surrounding his unmistakable perspective to this classic him, leads his father's British business partner into children's tale. (8+) the synagoge. As he is also Jewish, the congregation finds its tenth man. In an impressive narrative, the © Special Mention author, herselfJewish, depicts the old atmosphere of . _ an East European shtetl from the naive perspective 102 of a modern non-Jewish child. (8+) 4 0 Janisch, Heinz (text) Zwerger, Lisbeth (illus.) Die Arche Noah Switzerland (Noah's Ark) Gossau: Neugebauer, 1997. [32pp] 100 ISBN 3-85195-572-2 Fuchs, Gerd Noah's Ark Fuffy und Max The centaur and the unicorn have been extinct ever (Fuffy and Max The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 341 German Language/Switzerland 103 105 Maar, Anne (text) Steiner, Jorg (text) Ballhaus, Verena (illus.) Muller, Jorg (illus.) Der Kafer Fred Was wollt ihr machen, wenn der Schwarze Mann (Fred the Beetle) kommt? Zurich: Pro Juventute, 1997. [3 l pp] (What will you do when the Black Man comes?) (Atlantis-Kinderbuch) Aarau: Sauerldnder, 1998. [32pp] ISBN 3-7152-0378-1 ISBN 3-7941-4305-1 Dung beetle - Stag-beetle Costume Competition Rumor PlayThreat - Mischief - Everyday life VictoryIdentity The »Black Man« is both a children's game and a Fred the dung beetle is considered dirty and has form of parental threat for misbehaving children. few friends. And yet he wins first prize in the But one day the children make believe what it costume competition at the party of the arrogant would be like if he really came. Suddenly there are stag-beetles. But when the rumor that a proletarian black footsteps around town, for instance, though dung beetle is among them horrifies the noble no one is able to see him. Security measures arc group, Fred takes his leave of them with a defama- implemented, people lock themselves inside. This tory song and gladly returns to his old - and clean - goes on for a while, and then things return to nor- life as a dung beetle. Gentle insets, at times mal. What really happened is never quite clear, but reminiscent of Ernst Kreidolf's creations, populate the fear of strangers and the security precautions the pages of this book; the occasionally garish remain. In one especially memorable full-size tones allude to the plot's image of a precarious illustration scary nightmares are depicted in which social fabric. (8+) black shapes creep out from the cracks in the wall, windows and even the pavement. This book can 104 also be read as a bitter persiflage on today's Reider, Katja (text) craving for security. (8+) 0 Roehl, Angela von (illus.) Vom Gliick cin dickes Schwein zu sein 106 Eine Geschichte Ungerer, Tomi (text/illus.) (How lucky to be a fat pig... A story) Cramer-Klett, Anna von (trans.) Gossau: Nord-Sild, 1997. [28pp] Flix (Ein Nord-Stid-Bilderbuch) The While Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbiepol4k 34 Z9, German Language /Switzerland Romance Languages 107 Africa Waechter, Friedrich Karl (text/illus.) Da bin ich (Here I am) Cameroon (French) Zurich: Diogenes, 1997. [40pp] ISBN 3-257-00843-0 © Special Mention CatOffspring Divwning - Rescue Irony A young cat gives an account of its path of dcstiny 108 in a brief text and expressive illustrations. The Njeng, Pierre Yves (text/illus.) large litter is drowned by the fisher or eaten by Vacances au village sharks - all except one. In a reversal of roles the (Vacation in the village) little cat kills the shark, eats from him to grow big Yaounde: Akoma Mba, 1996. [24pp] and strong before returning to shore. As if a human no ISBN being, it travels for a time by train all about Cameroon - City life - Counny lifeSchool holidays Germany and then rings the bell at the right door A city family spends its holidays in a country village and announces: »Hcre I am!« Full of irony, the text with the grandparents. The leisurely pace of life and the cat's facial expressions reduce all of our leaves much time for playing outdoors, excursions into the woods and fishing along the river. In the sentimental love for animals and mankind to evening by the shine of petroleum lamps absurdity and life itself to the law of »survival grandfather tells traditional tales about heroes while of the fittest.« In one sense, this message could grandmother prepares supper over an open fire. The even be called fatalistic. (9+) rural scenes are rendered in strong earthy tones, arranged in an authentic sequence like snapshots in a photo album. The subtitles below the pictures are provided by Nwemb, the son. Candidly he admits his initial fears of the new and unknown situation. By the time of departure, he has grown to love and appreciate it. Promising to return, he exchanges gifts with his new-found playmatehis books for a turtle. The album acquires its particular charm through this youthful perspective. (6+) 109 Nomo, Vincent (text/illus.) Le cri de la forét (The cry of the forest) Yaounde: Akoma Mba, 1995. 24pp no ISBN JungleDeforestation - Wildlife With screeching chainsaws and tractor trucks, with stinky fumes and deafening noise civilization forces its way into the jungle forest to begin clearing and destruction. The animals join together in a counterattack and drive the invaders from their severely wounded paradise this time. In artistically confident illustratrations Nomo makes tmgible the contrast between the mysteriously teeming, pristine forest, whose highest trees go beyond the double- paged format, and the massive, angular bulldozer that ruthlessly sets about to devour Nature. (6+) The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothék 30 3,4;'3 Romance Languages Europe France I 12 Belgium (French) Burko-Faleman, Berthe (text) Uenfant cache 110 (The hidden child) 3amar, Corine (text) Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1997. I86pp DeKemmeter, Laurence (illus.) ISBN 2-02-028986-5 Donne-moi la main, Arthur France/World War IIPersecution of the Jews (Give me your hand, Arthur) Childhood - IdentityBereavement - Postwar life Bruxelles: Casterman, 1997. [28pp] During the Nazi occupation of France the Jewish (Les albums Duculot) child Esther is sent to live in the country and thus ISBN 2-203-55364-2 becomes the sole survivor of her immediate family. Weakness - Pmtection - Compensation Her host family has her baptised and gives her Arthur is small for his size and sickly. He the name Estelle. After the war she lives in an compensates for this weakness by always wearing orphanage until an aunt in Paris takes her in. As a boxing gloves and taking an aggressive posture. teenager, once again called Esther, she is painfully With all their indulgence and encouragement his aware of the fragile balance in her life. Her parents still cannot talk him out of it. With a subtle diary reflects her efforts to find her own identity gesture a girl at his school is finally able to find a by going beyond her individual role within the way past his armour and show him that friends collective Jewish fate, and thus establish a way of shake hands trustingly, without gloves, in order to life for herself. (15+) get along well. The illustrations convey considerable sympathy for the child's basic need for security. I 13 Humorous details prevent Arthur's problem from, Cabral, Tristan (text) appearing to be a psychological abnormality. (5+) Mellinette, Martine (illus.) Mourir a Vukovar © Special Mention (To die in Vukovar) Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: Cheyne, 1997. 45pp 1 1 1 ISBN 2-84116-012-2 Nattet, Pascal (text) Bosnia/FThr - Poetry Girel, Stéphane (illus.) The poet Tristan Cabral experienced the war La princesse de neige in Bosnia with his own eyes. In simple texts he (The snow princess) captures images, faces, scribbled slogans on walls Paris/Bruxelles: Pastel/I2Ecole des Loisirs, and gravestones. His impressions reflect the 1997. [30, xi pp] absurdity of war and the vast reaches of human ISBN 2-211-041418 brutalization which even encompassed children as River traffic - Thgboat - Winter - Puppet-theater victims and as witnesses. The book design uses A sloop is locked in the ice of the Canal du Midi. yellow marbled paper resembing crumbled walls Abel, the son of the barge-master, performs a puppet as a backdrop for traces of graffiti containing the theater for Alys, the daughter of the lock-master. last words of the murdered for the survivors. When the ice begins to melt, the barge sets off (13+) again. Abel's final play deals with a princess and a sailor, ending with a romantic promise of faith- fulness. Meticulously composed illustrations, rich in mood, make this wintertime idyll a multilayered picture story with little Abel playing the leading role. An informative appendix with colored drawings describes the fact of shipping life on the canals of Europe. (5+) The Whhe Ravens 1998-C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3 I Romance Languages /France 114 the power to kill? The hero of this murder mystery Casterman, Genevieve (text/illus.) risks playing a virtual murder game. Computer Crowter, Kitty (illus.) freaks will appreciate how she manages to solve Copain des pcintres the technical part of the case. The dangerous (Comrade of painters) perfection of virtual weapons point out the risks Toulouse: Milan, 1997. 294pp of the new media, while the classical format of ISBN 2-84113-605-1 the solution reveals a human tragedy with all the Painting Aesthetics traditional themes of love, coldheartedness, greed, This handbook is a successful approach to practical, disappointment and revenge. (14+) aesthctic and cognitive art appreciation. It tcmpts (Prix Tam-Tam 1997) the reader to take up painting and subtly even trains the eye to look. The practical instructions 117 are stimulating and easy to follow with the help of Hoestlandt, Jo (text) photos and humorous illustrations. Reprints of Novi, Nathalie (illus.) children's art are presented in the same manner as La géante Solitude works from »real« painters, preferably modern (The giant Loneliness) painters. The child can compare and learn from the Paris: Syros, 1998. [36pp] masters. He or she can develop without inhibitions ISBN 2-84146-454-7 and activate a perspective on art through his or DifferentnessExclusionLoneliness God her own activity. (9+) Humanity Suffering Children who feel lonely, misunderstood, and 1I 5 unloved will be able to identify with the ostracized Dieter lé, Nathalie (text/illus.) girl giant. They can suffer with her as she travels 06 es-tu, Lulu? around the world. In the end they will both be (Lulu, where are you?) distracted by the pain and suffering of the many Paris: Kaléidoskope, 1997. [36pp] other people they encounter. Whether God exists ISBN 2-87767-222-0 is answered in a mysterious, thought-provoking Love Play - Fear Lost/Found picture. The illustrations reflect the melancholy Any child will be able to identify immediately with condition of loneliness. But the conclusion shows Lulu, the little crocodile child, who also loves that that this is not only negative. The sad child giant is wonderful game of hide-and-seek, loves the joy of changed into a beautiful, lonely island, loved by being found again by mama or papa. Surely there many people. (6+) is no better proof of being loved. This ceremony takes a surprising turn when Lulu wanders off too 118 far away and gets into danger. Because Lulu's fear Le Rochais, Marie-Ange (text/illus.) of being alone and lost is a universal experience, De l'eau fraiche pour Louise every child will enjoy the way Lulu's homecoming (Fresh water for Louise) is portrayed here with much charm and Paris: Ecole des Loisirs, 1997. 37pp amusement. (3+) (Archimede) ISBN 2-211-04295-3 116 Water cycleEcology Purification of water Grenier, Christian Responsibility Uordinateur For over four million years water has circulated on (The computer) Earth in a balanced cycle and as the cradle of life Paris: Rageot, 1997. I 86pp has guaranteed the world's continued existence. It ISBN 2-7002-2433-7 is easy to understand how this cycle operates and Computer Software Murder Family problems what is involved in keeping it going when one A series of mysterious deaths have occurred on the accompanies father and daughter from the bathtub super computer Omnia 3. Does the software have to the ocean in this realistic, fascinating illustrated The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek tkt 45 Romance Languages /France information book. The informal question-and-answer 121 dialogues are convincingly employed to show how we Montella, Christian de all must share responsibility and act accordingly Le premier homme sur la lune when dealing with this indispensible elixir. (8+) (The first person on the the moon) Paris: Fayard, Librairie Artheme, 1997. 104pp 1 19 ISBN 2-213-59839-8 Léveque, Anne-Claire (text) Growing up SexualityResponsibility Humanity Corazza, Lynda (illus.) Longing Attention a la marche! Night after night a 14-year old boy observes a girl (Watch your step!) on the balcony across the street. He is shy, Rodez: Rouergue, 1997. [36pp] reflective and at times filled with self-contempt. ISBN 2-84156-059-7 The girl, who has a bad reputation, has also been Street - Passers-by Movement Fun observing him. When she unexpectedly pays him a A young girl amuses herself by watching the call, their encounter leads him to examine himself passers-by from her balcony over the street. Funny, more closely. Hesitantly he becomes aware of his grotesque-looking images depict how weird their own sensuality and recognizes in the girl a still gait looks from above. Inspired by these obser- child-like purity despite her physical maturity. He vations, the girl invents a different style of walking understands intuitively that longings encompass for every day of the week, turning walking into more than merely sexual desire. (13+) clown antics which become rather tricky to per- form in traffic. The loosely rhymed text follows 122 her criss-cross movements all about the page. Murail, Marie-Aude These funny scenes may encourage the reader to Ma vie a change invent other new ways of walking. (5+) (My life has changed) Paris: tcole des Loisirs, 1997. 180pp 120 ISBN 2-211044-69-7 Mettler, René (text/illus.) Divorce Mother/Son - Love - Unconsciousness La nature au fits des mois Unreality (Nature through the months) The first-person narrator is a working mother Paris: Gallimard, 1997. [36pp] with an eight-year old son. She manages her ISBN 2-07-051493-5 complicated daily life pragmatically and with Landscape Nature observation Seasons grim humor, critical of herself, attentive to her son. For a full year an artist casts his eye on the same Unknown to them, a little elf has moved in who landscape, drawing twelve large-sized pictures reeks havoc with practical jokes, magic and showing the changes in nature. The reader will be mix-ups. The depiction of the very real presence enchanted by the detailsthe deep snow tracks in of this unreal being is a masterpiece of narration. Febuary give way to springtime blooms in March. The scenes shift from comic absurdity to touching Tractor and mower follow. The meadow on the sentimentality. The reader readily accepts the river fills with campers and empties itself again. unbelievable and senses that the feelings and needs Animals and plants are equally involved in the of mother and child are crystallized in the elf. And landscape, just as are rainstorms, fog and the with its help, they achieve a positive change in changing colora of the vegetation. Foldout infor- their own lives. (12+) mation sheets with details about climate, flora and fauna enhance this picturebook perspective on nature. (8+) The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugenclbibliothek ' 6 IP Romance Languages /France 0 Special Mention 125 Perec, Georges (text) 123 Pommaux, Yvan (illus.). Nadja (text/illus.) Je me souviens Le livre des creatures (I remember) (The book of creatures) Paris: Editions du Sorbier, 1997. [36pp] Paris: Ecole des Loisirs, 1997. 120pp ISBN 2-7320-3523-8 ISBN 2-211-043-04-6 France/1950s - Memory Everyday life Myth - Legend Supernatunal In 1978 Georges Perec (1936-1982) published a The myths and legends of all the cultures of this collection of 480 sentences which began with the world tell about fabulous beings, monsters, and spirits phrase »1 remember...« and named things which which bring either blessings or curses to mankind. were characteristic of the everyday life and expe- Nadja provides us with portraits and short narrative riences of his age group (today's grandparents). characterizations so that we can recognize them when Twenty of these sentences have been chosen we meet them. Presented on pitch-black paper they by Yvan Pommaux and illustrated in his typical appear at once fascinating and horrifying. The artist comic-book style. This album invites browsing and makes rich use of earthy tones, appropriate to those offers a wealth of authentic details which give the monstrous products of our fears and premonitions. older readers pleasure of rediscovery and show the The texts offer sober suggestions based on traditional younger ones a quite foreign, long forgotten way of wisdom about how to escape the often destructive life. (6+) demonism or how to capture the rarer magical powers 126 of such creatures. In the appendix a table gives a Piquemal, Michel (text) geographic overview of the different cultural sources. Bloch, Serge (illus.) This most unusual book goes along well with the Nul en pub current fashion of horror stories by satisfying the (Failed in advertising) desire for the thrills of shock and disgust in a way that Paris: Rue du Monde, 1997. 36pp is only made possible through the rich imaginative ISBN 2-912084-02-4 powers of all mankind. (13+) Consumption Advertising Ludo is derided by his friends because he is com- 124 pletely ignorant of campaign slogans and brand- Noel, Genevieve (text) names. In order to redeem himself, he studies long Le Goff, Hervé (illus.) and hard and even wins a silly game contest. But Je m'ennuie dans mon lit the main prize turns out to be a hoax. Disgusted, (I am so bored in my bed) Ludo can at last return to his favorite hobby, fish- Paris: Pere Castor Flammarion, 1997. [28pp] ing with his grandfather. The burlesque watercolor ISBN 2-08160443-4 drawings, which are interspersed like ads on tele- Sleeplessness House mouse vision, carica-ture the idiocy of advertising. It is midnight. The mouse child can't sleep. She The peppy brush strokes become more subtle when wakes up mother mouse and then begins the ritual of they give expres-sion to thc emotional sensitivity diversionary tactics to avoid having to go to bed that of thc child. (6+) every child knows so well: going to the potty, singing, playing, hunger and thirst. In the end slumber comes 127 of its own accord. But now mother mouse is wide Prual-Reavis, Roberto (illus.) awake and gleefully repeats what the child had been Une idée de chien. Dans les air throueb. Now it is father mouse's turn to help bring (A dog's idea. In the air) on sleep. One can well imagine how the story Paris: Les Editions Didier, 1997. [76pp] continues, by going once again page for page ISBN 2-278-30048-2 through the humorous illustrations of the mouse Drawing - Illusion Dog Bird Flight house. (3+) Attractive line drawings without text tell this The White Ravens 1998 - Og Internationale Jugenclbibliothek 34 Romance Languages /France circular story with no ending. A dog gazes after a become the first angel, bringing genesis to its bird. Then it jumps on the back of the next bird completion. (4+) flying by and they land on an island where a bird magician draws the dog a pair of wings with which 130 it can fly back to where it started. Here it turns over Tullet, Hervé (text/illus.) its wings to a chicken who trots by and gazes after it Comment j'ai sauvé ma maman flying away. The final image is identical to the first; (How I saved my mother) the story can begin again - in the same way or Paris: Seuil, 1997. [60pp] differently, wherever the inspiration of the ISBN 2-02-030920-3 reader-child leads. (3+) Mother Everyday life - Bad luck Sympathy - Love Today is mother's bad luck day. The turbulent, 128 chaotic pictures, rendered in the style of a child's Serres, Alain (text) drawings, recapitulate how everything she tries to do Blondon, Herve (illus.) goes wrong. What fun it is to watch. At each turn of Un grand-pére transformidable the page round peep holes make for new surprises. (A transformidable grandfather) Every time the sympathetic child tries to cheer Paris: Albin Michel, 1997. [36pp] mother up, the confusion only becomes greater. But ISBN 2-226-09036-3 with a little cuddling, everything turns out well in Grandfather Grandson - Love Imagination the end. (3+) Metamorphosis The perspectives of the illustrations in this oversized 131 book parallel the nearly unlimited willingness of Wagneur, Alain (text) the grandfather to fulfill the wishes of his grandson, Fleutiaux, Pierrette (text) who transforms him into a dinosaur, a giant apple La maison des voyages pie, etc. The results, depicted in bizarre, earthy (The house of travel) toned dreamy images, are always reversed with a Paris: Gallimard, 1997. 102pp kiss. But when grandfather is turned into an ISBN 2-07-050964-8 intergalactic warrior against his will, the reversal Puberty Father Daughter C'hildhood memories fails. Yet in the happy ending the two of them Sonia is in the middle of puberty. She is moody and together again without the help of any magic. (7+) feels lonely. Her mother is long dead and she thinks her father, a sea captain, doesn't understand the 129 younger generation. Quite by chance, during a trip Taravant, Jacques (text) they take together, her father returns to the scene of Sis, Peter (illus.) his youth. Memories come rushing back and he tells Le marchand d'ailes her, at first shyly and hesitantly, about himself, his (The wing dealer) dreams, his friends and his first love. Sonia listens Paris: Grasset & Fasquelle, 1997. [36pp] with growing interest and learns that her father, ISBN 2-246-54421-1 through his own experiences, has known the same Bird Wings Angel feelings and problems and can thus understand his The lovely idea that the good lord forgot to give daughter. (13+) birds wings when he created the world and thus had to send out a messenger boy to distribute them is the ideal material for this well-known illustrator. His favorite figures are the messengers between two worlds. Sis gives the young wing dealer an aura of pure naivity and sends him into a wide, unpopulated world, depicted in gentle tones on a plain back- ground in his inimitable pointilistic style, giving it the virgin freshness of the first day of creation. The last pair of wings let the young messenger The White Ravens 1998 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek v. 11 t13,, 348 Romance Languages Italy 134 Cinquetti, Nicola (text) 132 Rapaccini, Chiara (illus.) Argil li, Marcel lo (text) Eroi, re, regine e altre rime Manna, Giovanni (illus.) (Heroes, kings, queens and other rhymes) II fantasma di Trastevere e altri racconti Roma: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 1997. 8Opp (The ghost of Trastevere and other tales) (Nuova biblioteca dei ragazzi; 20; Poesia) Firenze: Fatatrac, 1997. 72pp ISBN 88-85990-44-4 Children's poetty ChildrenS rhymes - Wordplay (I nuovi ottagoni; 14) Achilles, Copernicus, Cicero, Penelope, Pasteur and ISBN 88-86228-88-0 Michelangelo are only some of the famous persons Rome/HistoryCity life - Adventure portrayed in these 54 poems. With a light and These seven lively tales are woven around the ironical touch, using puns and pithy expressions, the city of Rome, with its ancient history, squares and author invites children to make their acquaintance buildings. In each story Rome is both setting and with these internationally known figures from protagonist. With just the right balance between history, mythology, science and art. This is a stimu- reality and imagination, each tale focuses on a real lating, enjoyable collection of verse, rhymed and aspect of the city (such as a statue, a famous person, unrhymed. Noteworthy are the black-and-white or even the Pope), allowing the legends and glorious drawings which complement the text, highlighting moments of ancient Rome resurface. The historical its sharpness and lyricism. (7+) and topographical information in these fantasy tales are well-matched by the pen-and-brush drawings 135 depicting past and present scenes of Roman life. Fallai, Paolo (text) (9+) Scarpa, Laura (illus.) Le 3 chiavi 133 (The 3 keys) Buongiorno, Teresa (text) Milano: Mondadori, 1997. 128pp Nidasio, Grazia (illus.) (Junior +10; 72) (Libri per raga77i) Camelot. Linvenzione della Tavola Rotonda Father/SonFriendshipParental separation (Camelot. The invention of the Round Table) Growing up - De Chirico/Painting Firenze: Salani, 1997. 176pp When Andrea's father is accused of painting (Grand'istrice; 8) forgeries of De Chirico's paintings and arrested, the ISBN 88-7782-448-4 son decides to make his own investigations. Along Round Table/Legend King Arthur Hero the way he learns some things that shake his Middle Ages glowing image of his father. But three mysterious The legend of King Arthur and his knights is keys, which also have metamorphic significance, retold here in the form of a fictitious manuscript help to solve the dilemma and resolve his feelings: containing diary-like entries by Merlin, Morgana, a budding romance, concern about his parents' Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and Galahad as separation, and his anxiety about growing up. The teenagers. Handing down the pen from one to chronicle style narrative is structured as a thriller the other, each character tells his own story and with plenty of suspense. (11+) something of the others' from their own perspective. (Premio Laura Orvieto 1996) The use of a diary-style narrative is a successful choice because it appeals to teenage readers. It 136 allows the adventurous tales of the Arthurian cycle Frasca, Simone to be told with adolscent eyes and values, while Clara nella nebbia (Clara in the fog) also conveying historical, mythical and literary Trieste: Ed. EL, 1997. 55pp knowledge of the Middle Ages. (11+) (Le letture; 110) ISBN 88-477-0052-3 Comics Myopia Six-year old Clara loves comic-strip stories and The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3349 Romance Languages /Italy spends most of her time reading them. Her family cultural events, giving insight into his identity as a . thinks that her absent-minded and dreamy behavior politician, poet and musician. Luzzati's colorful comes from her passion for comics and don't notice illustrations are daring and graphically experimen- that the fog that seems to surround her existence is tal, done in caustic, clashing colors which heighten due to something else. Only when Clara's teacher the dramatic power of the narrative, underlining discovers that she has a mild case of myopia does Nero's cruelty. (12+) she get a pair of glasses that helps to solve this problem. This is an attractive story set between 139 fantasy and reality, where the comic strip characters Lucchini, Matilde come out of the pages and chat with the child. The C'è una lettera per te black-and-white sketches stimulate the reader's (There is a letter for you) imagination. (6+) Milano: Mondadori, 1997. 79pp (Shorts; I) 137 ISBN 88-04-42824-4 Gandolii, Silvana (text) Adolescence - Work School Orecchia, Giulia (illus.) This short novel gives a detailed description of a Lisola del tempo perso typical day in the life of teenaged Maria. Because (The island of lost time) she never liked school, she now works as an Firenze: Salani, 1997. 256pp apprentice at a hairdresser's shop and hopes to (Gl'istrici: i libri che pungono la fantasia; 120) have her own beauty salon one day. The narrative's ISBN 88-7782-486-7 strength lies in its witty real-life dialogues and inner Time - Friendship Adventure Fantasy monologues, studded with an adolescent's hopes, During a school trip Giulia and her bosom conflicts and desires. The underlying message for girlfriend, Arianna, get lost in an abandoned mine the young reader suggests that one should not and suddenly find themselves on the island of lost understimate a person's abilities to make the most time. This is a fantastic place where they encounter of his life and talents. (12+) all sorts of things that are often lost on earth: keys and umbrellas, but also threads of conversation, 140 memories, patience, and even people. The detailed Mariniello, Cecco (text/illus.) and vivid narrative carries the reader into the Il cane che ebbe tre nomi dimension of »lost time«, thus revealina the (The dog that had three names) importance of cultivating interests, friendship or Casale Monferrato. Piemme Junior, 1997. 9Ipp even simply reading a book. This story is full (II battello a Vapore / Serie oro; 3) of ingenious narrative tricks and suspense, ISBN 88-384-7403-6 complemented by excellent pen-and-ink drawings. Dog/Child Friendship Adventure Gnawing up (9+) Nature Ecology During the colonial period in North America the 138 daughter of the governor, Geneve, is given a dog. Giardina, Andrea (text) Though Lancillot becomes her best friend, the dog is Luzzati, Emanuele (illus.) turned out one day by her parents because it always La terribile storia de Nerone comes home dirty. Lancillot sets off on a long series (The terrible tale of Nero) of adventures during which he experiences the Bari: Laterza, 1997. 92pp marvels of nature of this sparsely inhabited ISBN 88-420-5349-X continent. The cheerful, entertaining story closes on Nero/Legend Rome/History a happy note when Geneve and Lancillot meet again Telling the story of Emperor Nero's life is not an after many years. The attractive layout with warmly easy task, but the author provides an accurate and colored pictures captures the main events and the meticulous portrait of this merciless despot (37-68 charm of the main character. (6+) A.D.). The most important stations in the.emperor's (Premio Nazionale d'Illustrazione »Il battello a life and career are set in the context of historical and Vapore«. Cilia di Verbania 1996) The White Ravens 1998 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek Romance Languages /Italy 0 Special Mention family's lifestyle with wit and subtle hyperbole. Told in an easy, plain narrative style, the main 141 events of the story are highlighted with pen-and- Quarzo, Guido (text) ink caricature-like drawings. (8+) Vivarelli, Anna (text) Carrer, Chiara (illus.) 143 La coda degli autosauri Terzagli, Matteo (text) (The long line of autosaurs) aircher, Marco (illus.) Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1997. 154pp Undici gatti paracadutisti (II battello a Vapore / Serie arancio; 34) (Eleven cats parachuting) ISBN 88-384-3634-7 Bolzano: AER, 1997. 36pp Traffic jamCity lifeConformity Family ISBN 88-86557-65-5 One day the long line of cars on the motorway Counting - Cat Flight Adventure turns into such a traffic jam that movement comeS A plane with eleven cats on board takes off and to a complete standstill. Stuck in this huge traffic from high in the sky the felines parachute back to jam for twenty days with his family, suspended in earth. The wind lets them drift apart in different time and space, Edoardo writes down in his diary directions, so that each cat experiences its own all the extraordinary things that take place, such as short adventure. The story is at another level a his encounter with Mr. Leonardo, an eccentric flight through the numbers (one to eleven), scientist who descends from the sky with a hang encouraging children to let their imaginations glider. The story ends when the family decides to soar. Reminiscent of Kveta Pacovskd's style, the abandon their car and continue by foot, now finally illustrations are rich in innovative graphic ideas, at aware of the need to reduce the automobile's once simple and bold. The warm and airy colors domination over the cities and over their lives. This are harmoniously matched, creating an exuberant is an absorbing novel full of real-life dialogues and atmosphere that will surely appeal to pre-school inner monologues, skilfully showing that children children. (4+) can be quite perceptive in their analysis of the adult world. The author's vivid, engaging and ironical 144 style is an excellent match for the immediacy of Ziliotto, Donatella (text) the narrative . (9+) Nidasio, Grazia (illus.) (Premio di Narrativa per l'Infanzia »Il Battello a Le bambine non le sopporto Vapore« Citta di Verbania 1996) (I cannot stand little girls) Trieste: Einaudi Ragazzi, 1997. 56pp 142 (Einaudi Ragazzi / Narrativa; 58) Rapaceini, Chiara (text/illus.) ISBN 88-7936-237-8 Dammi un whisky, Samanta! FriendshipFamily conflict - School holidays (Bring me a whisky, Samanta!) Growing up Firenze: Giunti, 1997. 6Opp Tonina cannot go on summer holidays to the (Giunti ragazzi universale / Under 10]; 26) mountains because she has to repeat her chemistry ISBN 88-09-21099-9 exam in September. But she is determined to Family Everyday lifeChild/Parent - Role reversal enjoy her vacation, even if it means working as a What would happen if adults behaved like counsellor at the children's summer camp. She children? Ivan and Samanta have just such an describes this experience in six letters to her experience when their parents suddenly spend the closest girlfriend Lucilla, revealing much of a whole day playing with toys and watching cartoons modern teenager's inner file. The well-drawn on television. Forced into a reversal of roles, the characterizations in the narrative find their match two children must take care of the housekeeping, in the witty line-drawings which extend this shopping and deal with naughty parents. The spirited, comical tale. (11+) author succeeds in caricaturing a contemporary The White Ravens 1998 C Internationale Jugendbibliothek 351 Romance Languages Portugal Spain 145 © Special Mention Saldanha,Ana (text) Costa, José Pedro (illus.) 147 Docura amarga Armijo, Consuelo (text) (Bitter sweetness) Gómez, Fernando (illus.) Porto: Edinter, 1997. 131pp Seráse una vez (Edinter jovem; 16) (Once upon a time there will be) ISBN 972-43-0294-6 Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1997. 119pp Diabetes (Espasa Juvenil; 25) Fourteen-year old LolO is having a difficult time ISBN 84-239-8879-1 because of her poor health. At first she (and Cow - PastureCountry life reader) suspect that she could be pregnant, but A herd of wayward cows romps about the pastures instead the diagnosis turns out to be diabetes. This of the farmer Adolfo, their eccentricity-giving him novel describes how Loló, her family and her all kinds of trouble and keeping the entire village boyfriend learn to deal with the news and adjust to on edge. In eleven episodes Consuelo Armijo the chronic illness. The well-structured, describes the richly varied lives of these cows - unspectacular narrative takes the various perspec- such as an encounter with a conceited breeding tives of the main characters. The author, highly bull imported from Holland, or their identity successful in Portugal, is able to deal with the topic problems such as when one considers itself to be a of illness in children and young adults in a natural bird, while another takes itself for a monkey. and uninhibited manner. (12+) Altogether they lead a paradisical life that is then only be surpassed in the real bovine heaven. Armijo endows this absurd, witty and grotesque Romania fairy tale-like story with a fast rhythm, corres- ponding to the fast tempo of her protagonists' 146 escapades. The continuous use of the future tense trimeseu, Diana seems at first glance peculiar, but is quite in Ospbtul lupilor keeping with the pleasures of creative storytelling, (The wolves' banquet) with all its speculation and disregard for Ploioti: Ed. Prahova, 1996. 150pp plausibility. (8+) ISBN 973-95720-7-3 Romania Family Evelyday life - Superstition 148 With her special power of observation and Atxaga, Bernardo empathy, the author carries the reader into the Un espia llamado Sara intimate world of a Romanian family. The stories (A spy called Sara) in the first section depict the family's relationship Madrid: Acento Ed., 1997. 150pp to the animals they are raising. While they have a (Club; 1) special place in the family and are given loving ISBN 84-483-0148-X care, especially by the children, the adults see them Spy War Senselessness - Survival rather as a part of the food chain. In the second Spain/History 1833-1839 part of the book, the stories show the influence The sailor Martin, a spy for the supporters of the and constant presence of superstition among the pretender to the Spanish throne during the Carlist Romanian peopleespecially with regard to death, Wars, delivers an important message and remains presentiment of death, and fighting illness with in a village, now transformed into an army camp, supernatural powers. These twenty easy-to-read for several days. At first convinced of the noble stories are filled with a sense of atmosphere and cause of this war, he becomes disillusioned by its authenticity. (10+) brutality, treachery, intrigues, and the vain The White Ravens 1998 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek kc 3 52 Romance Languages /Spain ambitiousness of the military leaders. A mixture of 151 historical fiction and crime story, this novel shows Mallorqui, César (text) the dubious nature of war and reveals the powerless- Krahn, Fernando (illus.) ness and often accidental involvement of El Ultimo trabajo del señor Luna individuals. (13+) (Mr. Luna's final job) Barcelona: Edebé, 1997. 245pp 149 (Periscopio; 50) Ferrero, Jesus ISBN 84-236-4578-9 Ulaluna Drug traffic - Organized crime - Highly gifted The White Ravens 1998 © Internationale Jugendbibliethek 3.5 3 Romance Languages /Spain 153 155 Timossi, Jorge (text) Garcia i Cornellà, Dolors Quino (illus.) Contes a una cama trencada Cuentecillos y otras alteraciones (Stories told on a broken bed) (Mini-stories and other disturbances) Barcelona: Galera, 1997. 117pp Madrid: Ediciones de la Torre, 1997. 78pp (LaGalera el corsari; 28) (Alba y Mayo/Narrativa; 13) ISBN 84-246-8228-9 ISBN 84-7960-180-9 StorytellingImaginationShort stories Anecdote Aphorism Bernat, bedridden with a broken leg, is not pleased The intelligent, subtle texts of this Cuban author - by his cousin Celia's plan to help him pass the days aphorisms, anecdotes and mini-stories - play a by telling him a story. But his aversion is soon juggling game with simple observations and forgotten because her stories are not so uninter- language. Unconventional turns of phrase esting after all. And furthermore Bernat reinvents a stimulate the reader to ponder the story and how different ending for each story, because his is never it could be continued. Much is used to send the satisfied with them. This book captivates the reader's thoughts off course, to »disturb« the reader with its imaginative tales in the tradition reader, as the title suggests. Drawings of Felipe, of Gianni Rodari and the use of an entertaining a friend of the famous cartoon-hero Mafalda, frame story, in which the potential and fascination accompany the texts. The preface explains that of storytelling become clear. (9+) Jorge Timossi continues here a long tradition of Spanish short prose. (14+) 156 Piquer, Eva (text) Gallardo (illus.) Spain (Catalan) La noia del temps (The weather girl) 154 Barcelona: Ed. CruIlla, 1997. l27pp Colom, Rosa Maria (text) (El vaixell de vapor / Serie vermella; 76) Canals, Merce (illus.) ISBN 84-8286-193-x La Dama Blanca Mother/Daughter Puberty -Weather -Clairvoyance (The white lady) Iris causes a commotion when she applies to be the Barcelona: Edicions de la Magrana, 1997. 125pp »weather prophet« at her school's own television (Petit esparver; 70) station. Her daring forecasts (It will rain frogs") ISBN 84-7410-961-2 come true, thus causing problems for her mother, a Catalan/Folk tale professional weather forecaster at a TV station. This work continues the storytelling tradition of This fantasy story is interwoven with realistic Majorcan folk tales, drawing on their traditional aspects in the life of the thirteen-year old girl, her setting, the historical background and figures. In a relationship with her widowed mother, everyday very pleasing literary style she tells six of her own life at home, at school, with her friends, and how new tales about kings, poor wretches, witches and she deals with the first signs of puberty. Realistic gnomes. The story which gives the book its title and phantastic passages flow together seamlessly describes a white lady who turns people to ice to form a a fast-paced, witty story. (12+) statues by looking at them, while another tale deals with the last, lonesome giant who would like to marry again. A glossary at the end explains the Majorcan terms. (7+) The White Ravens 1998 C Internationale Jugendbibliolhek Romance Languages /Spain (Catalan) 157 Switzerland (French) Sala-Valldaura, .losep Maria Tren de paraules 159 (Train of words) Thiel, Henry (text) Lleida: Pages, 1997. 57pp Bertola (illus.) (Biblioteca de la Suda; Tansvaria; 2) Hector The White Ravens 1998 CD Internationale Jugendbibliothelt : i3 55 Romance Languages Latin America quite different ideas are going through each one's mind. While the father thinks of tradional fairy- Argentina (Spanish) tale images, the boy - influenced by comics and cartoonsimagines a »modern-day«, action- © Special Mention filled version. Since only the reader ever notices how their experiences differ, this very original 161 picture book is all the funnier. (6+) 0 Andruetto, Maria Teresa (text) Stefano 163 The White Ravens 1998 - (8) Internationale Jugendbibliopek 131 6 Romance Languages /Brazil (Portuguese) experience with Lindinha, the daughter of his 167 patron. In a clear, gentle language, sensitive but not Grupioni, Luis Donisete Benzi sentimental, the author depicts Miguel's at times Viagem ao mundo indigena painful and saddening experiences at the end of his (Journey to the world of the Indios) childhood. (10+) São Paulo: Berlendis & Vertecchia, 1997. 48pp With illus. 165 (Colecao Pawana; I) Cruz, Nelson (illus.) ISBN 85-86387-15-0 Leonardo The White Ravens 1998 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 357 Romance Languages Chile (Spanish) little to see in this very original, attractively illustrated book, it calls for a closer look. Then it is 169 possible to discover the wit and to become curious Morel, Alicia (text) about what else might be hidden behind these Gerber, Tomás (illus.) pages. (6+) Leyendas bajo la Cruz del Sur (Legends below the Southern Cross) 171 Santiago de Chile: Ed. Andres Bello, 1996. 86pp Rojo, Vicente (illus.) ISBN 956-13-1419-3 Escenario multiple Latin America/TalesLatin America/Legend (Multiple stage) This anthology of fifteen tales draws upon the rich Zapopan, Jalisco: Petra Ed., 1996. treasury of Indio myths and legends from Central (Arte y lenguaje) and South America. A common characteristic is Supplement by Hugo Hiriart: Castillos en el aire. their habit of explaining natural phenomena 23pp through myths. For instance, we learn that in ISBN 968-6445-17-x; 968-29-9587-6 ancient times the legendary constellation Southern CastlePalace - Paper theater Cross was an ostrich and that the whale once lived Upon opening this folder one finds nine pieces of on land, where he wreaked much havoc because of colored cardboard: round, rectangular, pointed his size. Such tales, masterly and vividly rendered forms, openings and slots. Are they to fold, stand by the Chilean storyteller Alicia Morel, will be up, look througha castle, a temple a theater? Por- of special interest to readers from other cultural tals, merlons? Anything is possible, for this paper backgrounds. (9+) 4. scenery gives few instructions; it is merely an invitation to play and experiment to one's heart's desire. An attractive brochure provides additional Mexico (Spanish) suggestions about theater and paper theater, about transforming and fabricating, and about abstract Special Mention pictures and forms. (7+) 170 Gedovius, Juan (illus.) Venezuela (Spanish) Trucas The White Ravens 1998 - rIg, Internationale Jugendbibliothek eq g.-,3 5 8 45 Romance Languages (rose, letter, ship, etc.) elucidate the message of pregnancy, the birth of the new baby and the this story of love, faithfulness, longing, death and moments of tender intimacy with father and grief. (4+) grandfather as seen through the eyes of a child. (5+) 0 North America 175 Guérette, Charlotte (text) Canada (French) Que le diable l'emporte! (May the devil take him!) 173 Montréal: Editions Hurtubise HMH, 1997. 139pp Demers, Dominique ISBN 2-89428-203-6 La mystérieuse bibliothécaire Canada/Folktale Devil (The mysterious librarian) These tales of the devil are taken from the oral Montreal: Québec Amérique Jeunesse, 1997. tradition of French-speaking Canada. They stem 123pp from different sources and show the devil as a ISBN 2-89037-829-2 master of disguise and transformations. The Library - Reading PassionLiteratureIllusion enlightened young readers will be immune to the Reality - Eccentricity thrill of such frightful superstition. They can Books warm the heart and prickle the mind. That is impartially enjoy the creative inventiveness of the motto of Miss Charlotte, the new librarian. these stories and tryto imagine themselves With bizarre new ideas she turns the musty old returned to the world of their forefathers. (12+) library in the attic of the city hall into a paradise for children and readers. The stories in the books 176 become real for the impassioned reader. The Pelletier, Francine children experience how Charlotte falls in love Damien mort ou vif forever with the beast from the tale Beauty and (Damien, dead or alive) the Beast". Once the most notorious despisers of Montréal: Médiaspaul, 1997. 155pp books have become bookworms, Charlotte's ISBN 2-89420-084-6 mission is completed. She disappears again as Ghost Satanic cult Sadism FamilyFriendship mysteriously as she came. (8+) As is usually the case in fantasy novels, the feelings of friendship which the young girl Maxine 174 harbours for the ghost of Monsieur Culdéric, who Dubé, Jasmine (text) has been dead for 150 years, have no rational Daigle, Sylvie (illus.) explanation. But an explanation is needed after all Tu n'es plus seul, Nazaire! when another ghost appears. And Maxine will (You're not alone any more, Nazaire) have to find it. The trail leads to the mother of the Montréal: Courte Echelle, 1997. 61pp neighbor children who was married once to the (Premier roman; 57) leader of a satanic cult. He had sadistically held ISBN 2-89021-286-6 her and the twin boys in his power. The author, a Family - Tenderness Pregnancy - Siblings master of storytelling and of psychology, develops This young author has already received prizes a very plausible plot to show that the abysses of the for her life's work, which also includes theater human soul put a false bottom under our reality plays for children. Her main area of interest is the even without ghosts. (11+) relationship between parents and children, which she depicts with considerable diversity and subtlety. Seven-year old Nazaire is the hero of this popular series of beginning readers, which glows with the warmth of a happy family nest. This adroit and yet sensitive story tells about the mother's The White Ravens 1998 - 8i) Internationale Jugendbibliothek 46 c' 359 r, Romance Languages /Canada Scandinavian Languages 0 Special Mention Denmark 177 179 Simard, Benjamin Almajid, Fahmy (text) Ben Melbye, Inni Karine (illus.) The Mae Ravens 1998 -Internationale Jugendbibliothek 47 Scandinavian Languages /Denmark 181 0 Special Mention Brandt, Ronne (text) Ranheimmter, Jon (illus.) 183 Den hovedlose rytter. Jensen, Belle Vibeke (text) Spogelseshistorier fra danske slotte Schnack, Asger (illus.) (The headless knight. Hoved & hale. En billedbog om modsxtninger Ghost stories from Danish castles) (Head and tail. A picture book about opposites) Kobenhavn: Forum, 1996. 95pp Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1997. [28pp] ISBN 87-553-2233-6 ISBN 87-14-19430-9 Denmark - Castle - Ghost Opposites Ghost stories are not only read with pleasure by The theme of this book is oppositeness - large and children, they are also short enough to keep the small, high and low, few and many, open and laziest reader interested. In this selection, the closed. But the intention of this outstanding picture stories are set against the background of Danish book is not a didactic one, but rather to present the cultural history. To add to the suspense, each one is beholder with a creative, aesthetic game. The hero, told in the first-person and the uncanny twists of a fish-headed girl, traverses the world of opposites plot are illustrated in a quite congenial manner by in search of a new playmate. This simple construc- an artist who has already proven to be an expert in tion gives the artist occasion to create richly con- the field of horror. (8+) C. 0 trasting pictures which unite the decorative ele- ments from the turn-of-the-(20th)centurypower- 182 ful contours - and surrealistic components - Haller, Bent especially from Max Ernst and his collages in Tossernes kwrlighed stimulating new compositions. (6+) (The love of the fool) Kobenhavn: Host & Son, 1997. 167pp 184 ISBN 87-14-19459-7 Johansen, Anders First love En splint af korset Though very successful in Denmark, Haller (A splinter from the cross) continues to be systematically ignored by foreign Arhus: Modtryk, 1997. 222pp publishers, perhaps because he takes the concerns ISBN 87-7394-450-5 of young adolescents, especially their agonies of Children's Crusade <1212> love, seriously. In this novel, a boy of about ten The first-person narrator, 15-year old Isabel, years of age with speech and behavioral problems, describes the fate of a group of children in a throws himself and his unbridled love at a girl at crusade who end up as slaves in Alexandria. Isabel the seashore with such force that she has no choice is only able to survive by escaping. A thrilling and but to give him her attention. But rather than impressive psychological narrative, this is an reaping love, he only experiences the radicalness of example of the wide range of historical novels for feelings that can attract one individual to another. young adults being written in Scandinavia, which (12+) more often deal with the period of the Vikings. (12+) The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek 361 Scandinavian Languages /Denmark 185 individual live according to his or her nature. And Rasmussen, Bent (text) a further, rather bitter truth: love alone cannot Bourgeat, Lene (illus.) overcome any barriers. In this first picture book Den gode dvxrg created completely on her own, Anne Edeltoft has (The good dwarf) refined her typically vigorous contour lines to Kobenhavn: Alinea, 1997. 6Opp attain a light touch of caricature, but retains her (Lws dansk bogerne/B15 serie) rather somber palette of colors. (5+) ISBN 87-23-00237-9 Dwarf 188 The author is also the editor of this new series Winding, Thomas (text/illus.) for beginning readers and readers with reading Hentze, Peter (illus.) problems. The series consists of three levels of Emile og naturens orden difficulty. Following the postulates of reading (Emile and nature's order of things) teachers, the sentences use simple grammatical Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1996. [28pp] constructions laid out in short lines. And still the ISBN 87-411-5773-7 legend-like stories about dwarves are, thanks to Order Imagination the author, readable and exciting. (6+) 0 For an African boy whose parents are artists, home is the quintessence of order and Nature that lies 186 beyond it the quintessence of chaos. As a way of Seighali, Morteza (text) explaining that every part of Nature carries its own Rod, Signe (illus.) order within itself, even if not immediately evident, Lagkage pa flugt ( = Kolac u bijegu) the illustrations which are at first fairly naive are (The cake on the run) then followed by a series of almost abstract Arhus: Husets forlag, 1997. 29pp compositions in which the shape of animals is only ISBN 87-7483-379-0 barely recognizable in the chaos of colors. A cow DespotismResistance stung by a bee that ultimately tramples over the The birthday cake of a king, who has let his mother's jars of paint does indeed bring about a country starve in order to gorge himself, runs away real chaos, the breakdown of order. (6+) and lets itself be eaten up by those who helped to make it. This fablewritten here in six languages (Danish, Croatian, Persian, Somalian, Arabic and Finland Turkish)and accompanied by naive but unerring illustrations, brings the Danish democracy into 189 play for children who have come to Denmark from Lemmetty, Jukka (text/illus.) those countries where dictatorship rules. (6+) 4 Leo Z The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 503'63 h Scandinavian Languages /Norway the barmy idea of getting a second dog, supposedly sewer keeper, realizes that his house rat is a finer . because Haktor is getting too old. On account of one than the canal rat and even gains a girlfriend this new she-pup Loliletta, young, brazen and full through it all. Told with a dry sense of humor, this of appetite, Haktor comes to the conclusion that short tale and its outrageous caricatures in the style life is no longer worth living. Fosse cleverly avoids of Quentin Blake will be most enjoyed by children using the weak, begging-for-sympathy mode of who are reluctant readers. (10+) 0 first-person narration, but still tells this short story from the dog's perspective, which gives occasion Special Mention for an amusing choice of phrases. This book is an example of the publishers intention to make the 197 artificial language of Nynorsk popular through Nyquist, Arild (text) good books. (8+) Graff, Finn (illus.) Gullens drom om en oy 195 (Sweetie's dream of an island) Johnsen, Kjell Erik (text) Oslo: Aschehoug, 1997. [61pp] Dilzakin, Akin (illus.) ISBN 82-03-24182-4 Herr Siml prover 5 finne seg selv Father/Daughter Sexual abuse (Mr. Siml tries to find himself) A young girl, who is at the mercy of her father's Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1997. [26pp] advances because she gets no support from her ISBN 82-02-16601-2 weak-willed mother, dreams of being rescued by a BibliophileFiction/Reality dog, a sailor and a bird and finally fleeing from her Since Mr. Siml cannot find anything anymore somber home to live in peace on an island. Both among his many books, in the end he cannot even text and illustrations handle this delicate topic find himself. His image appears only as a phantom neither in a blunt way, nor in awkward or crude between books and pictures - the great occasion for manner, as in some other works, but in a poetic, the very original illustrator to invent picture alluding narrative with even more direct puzzles. When Mr. Siml becomes so desparate that insinuations in the illustrations. These pictures he begins to cry, he begins to recall that he is a hu- make it clear that the father's fixation on his man being and he takes steps back into life again. daughter may well be accompanied by an erotic This is a gentle admonition to young and old book ambivalence. The artist gives expression to this lovers about the dangers of loosing one's self in the through the surreal scenes in which the very illusory world of books. (8+) relaxed posture of the daydreaming girlthe composition copies a painting by Balthus - do 196 not portray a suffering child, but a creature with Nicolaysen, Marit (text) an erotic aura. (12+) Dybvig, Per (illus.) Kloakkturen 198 (The journey through the sewage canals) Sortland, Bjorn (text) Oslo: Aschehoug, 1996. 55pp Hiorthoy, Kim (illus.) (Aschehoug illustrerte barneboker) Den solbrente mammaen som ISBN 82-03-24153-0 blei bytta mot ti kamelar Sewage canals (The sun-burned mother who One hot summer day a group of school children was traded for ten camels) are forced to make a tour of the sewage canal Oslo: Aschehoug, 1997. 83pp system. While they are being told about the (Lesehesten) function of the sewersand on the brink of ISBN 82-03-24208-1 claustrophobia and nausea due to the stinking JordanVacationCulture clash odors and the ratsone of the boys faints. He An unplanned vacation in Aqaba, in Jordan, leads becomes acquainted with the romantic side of the to a surprising cultural experience for a Norwegian The White Ravens 1998 - St Internationale Jugendbibliothek . , Scandinavian Languages family when the mother, in good fun, accepts the 201 bride price being offered by a native Jordanian. Eklund Lykull, Anita This is a burlesque novel with a touch of exotic by Julia mitt i världen the now internationally renown author Sort land. It (Julia in the middle of the world) won the publisher's prize as best children's book in Stockholm: Rabén & SjOgren, 1996. 331pp 1997. Just as unusual as the story are the binding ISBN 91-29-63773-2 and illustrations in a strictly linear style, which are Adolescence - Love - Personality development a welcome change from the average naturalism of The third novel of a trilogy finds Julia now a many children's book illustrations. (8+) 4- student and having to readjust her life after just being left by her first boyfriend. The search for new relationships and a tour of Europe help to Sweden raise her self-confidence. This novel is an example of numerous Scandinavian novels which take 199 adolescents on the doorstep of the adult world Brinck, Lotta (text) seriously and avoid any attempts at indoctrination. Rader, Andrea (illus.) (14+) Gröna ratter fOr unga kockar (Green dishes for young cooks) 202 Stockholm: Rabén & Sjogren, 1996. 77pp Klefelt, Lena (text/illus.) ISBN 91-29-63054-1 Mosad banan. En bok fir sma och stora direktörer Vegetarian cooking (Smashed bananas. A book for young and old Vegetarian dishes from different countries are directors) presented with clear, easy to follow instructions in Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1997. [24pp] such a way that young people can prepare them ISBN 91-87805-06-5 without problem. The dishes are not presented as Infant Adult Role reversal photographs but in lovely, unpretentious color The artist takes the old theme of »topsy-turvey illustrations. (10+) -0- world« and gives it an original twist by letting an authoritarian director and father experience in a 200 dream how an infant feels, how helpless and Dunér, Anna (text) powerless one is as a child. Incidentally it seems to Raagaard, Kirsten (illus.) be typical for these times that only fathers are Emilia i simhallen authoritarian and in need of re-education. The (Emilia at the swimming pool) mothers in such books are notoriously modern and Stockholm: BonnierCarlsen, 1997. [28pp] even unbearably tolerant. Klefelt's extremely ISBN 91-638-0752-1 unobtrusive, minimal line drawings and dry color Swimming pencil coloration complement this grotesque story This book for the youngest readers is excellently. (5+) representative of similar series for the same readership, which are typical for Scandinavian Special Mention countries in their naturalness and matter-of- factness. Many experienced, and even the best 203 artists in the field work on these series. Kirsten Larsson, Mona Raagaard, for example, is a seasoned draftswoman August Strindberg. Bilder ur hans liv who maintains a good balance between childlike (August Strindberg. Pictures from his life) and true-to-nature representations. Typically Stockholm: LL-FOrlaget, [1997]. 74pp Scandinavian is the unabashed portrayal of ISBN 91-88180-35-2 nakedness or toilet-usaae, as well as the presence Strindberg, August/Biography of only one parent, mother or father. (3+) In a very simple and factually condensed form, that is nonetheless quite interesting to read, this The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek Scandinavian Languages /Sweden book presents Strindberg's life, documented with 205 historical photographs, and creates a portrait of his Lindgren, Barbro (text) times. This citation is also meant to give recog- Höglund, Anna (illus.) nition to the remarkable publishing program of Nu ar vi gorillor lâssas vi LL (Lattläst stands for easy-to-read), which (Now let's pretend we are gorillas) produces books that take their readership seriously. Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1997. [28pp] Some titles deal with developmental disorders, ISBN 91-87805-10-3 autism, aphasia or dyslexia, fighters, reluctant Play - Patronization readers or immigrant children. Among LI2s With their »alternative« picture books for the specialities are the heavily abridged re-editions of youngest readers, not those sweetish and ridiculous classics such as by de Maupassant, Shelley or La- ones, Scandinavian publishers are still far gerlof. Photodocumentary stories tell about the advanced. This one deals with children at play, vacation of two developmentally retarded young deftly illustrated with naive pictures that focus on women or about the love relationship of a woman the essentials of the plot. While adults are always in a wheelchair. The books are exceptionally faulted in children's books for being so patronizing attractive, well-illustrated, printed on good paper to children, here the older child is allowed to get and nicely bound. Also the didactic conceptual- away with playing the »father« to the younger one, ization of the information books is excellent, their much to their mutual delight. (4+) graphic design of lovely pictures and photographs is clearly arranged, and the text is kept as concise 206 as possible. (12+) 011ars, Janne (text) Ortengren, Lisa (illus.) 204 En onsdag i Karl Grans liv Lekander, Nina (text) (A Wednesday in the life of Karl Grans) Zweigbergk, Helena von (text) Stockholm: BonnierCarlsen, 1996. 95pp Ahlbom, Jens (illus.) ISBN 91-638-3296-8 Pojken och staden Personality development (The boy and the city) Karl Gran, a boy who cannot yet tell the difference Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 1997. [28pp] between fantasy and reality, brings confusion to ISBN 91-638-0657-6 the adult world around him with his ideas. City 4fe - Everyday life The naive tone of the narrative, told from Karl's Books which depict life in the city are still a rela- perspective, is an ironic portrayal of adult tively rare thing. All the more reason to welcome fallibility. The traditional style line drawings are this picture book in which the daily troubles of city skilful caricatures. The author won the publisher's kids and their vexed parents are portrayed in witty, competition with this book in 1995. (8+) exuberant scenes of life. The city of Stockholm is readily recognizable, but the episodes involving 207 parking violations, busses full of children, dog poop, Schenkmanis, Ulf (text) and grocery shopping can be found in many similar Johansson, Sven-Gösta / Forsberg, Lasse (photos) cities. Typically Swedish is, however, the touch of Waltmark, Barbro (recipes) local color, for instance, in the state-run alcohol Vanliga bar shop with the advertisement »Buy a little less, be (Common berries) happy in moderation.« (6+) Stockholm: LL-Fdrlaget, 1997. 72pp ISBN 91-88180-90-5 Berries ¢ books whose content is found contribute to an The brief text gives a minimal explanation of the international understanding among cultures and peoples essential botanical details and other practical 0 books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless information. Very beautiful photographs of the complex and high-interest topics individual berry sorts (including the well-known The White Ravens 1998 - © Internationale Jugendbibliothek Scandinavian Languages /Sweden Slavic and Baltic Languages kinds of currants, wild and cultivated strawberries, Croatia and Scandinavian specialities such as blueberries, cranberries and others) make them easily 210 recognizable. Several easy recipes which young Macan, Darko (text) adults will not hesitate to try are included at the Barto1i6, Stjepan (illus.) end of the book. (10+) 0 Knjige la2u! (Books are liars) 208 Zagreb: Znanje, 1997. 119pp Toss,Anna (text) ISBN 953-6473-92-5 Ahlbom, Jens (illus.) School Everyday life - Nickname - Rivalry Jag, mamma och Socka Musen This is the first children's book by Darko Macan (I, Mommy, and Sockamouse) (*1966), an author already known for his comics Stockholm: Alfabeta, 1996. 77pp and science fiction novels. In this funny and ISBN 91-7712-744-7 authentic depiction of the everyday life of fifth Mother/Child - Storytelling grade pupils in Zagreb, he casts light on their A mother tells her young son phantastic stories in relations with one another and the first boy-girl which the younger sister always plays a heroic part. romances from the psychological and sociological The stories are understandable without being perspective. Of particular interest and effectively laboredly childlike and written with a dry humor that depicted is a longer section about the feuds and older children will also appreciate. This is an unpre- fights within the class, through which Macan tentious read-aloud book with simple but skilfully portrays the structures of hostility and their origins. drawn black-and-white illustrations. (6+) (9+) 209 211 Wahl, Mats Maleg, Dubravka (text) De övergivna Stri6evi6, Ivanka (text) (The forsaken) Macoli6, Nevenka (illus.) Stockholm: BonnierCarlsen, 1997. 206pp Marko / Kitadinac, Zeljko (photos) ISBN 91-638-3461-8 U Zagrebu jednog jutra Juvenile delinquency (One morning in Zagreb) The by now widely-known author could not resist Zagreb:Icolska knjiga, 1996. [40pp] the temptation to write a sequel to »Vinterviken« ISBN 953-0-00043-X as the middle volume of a trilogy. But Wahl's Zagreb narrative skill, his inimitable portraits drawn from This book has a dual focus. On the one hand it is a the oppressive milieu of social misfits, which he picture book story about little Darko when he gets once knew first-hand as a social worker, and his lost while shopping with his mother and sister at dialogues are so captivating that one gladly gets the Zagreb market. In this part of the book, one is drawn into his stories. Naturally the focal point is enchanted by the successful combination of simple once again the socially marginalized hero, 19-year drawings of the protagonists and photos of their old John-John, who together with two friends surroundings. The second part is an information becomes petty thief and runs up against big-time book for children which presents the most criminals, who force the boys to take part in a important buildings and historical sites of Zagreb kidnapping. (14+) through text and illustrationsfrom the equestrian statue of King Tomislav (crowned in 925) to the zoo at Maksimir Park and to Cibona Tower next to the new basketball arena. (4+) The White Ravens 1998 Internationale Jugendbibliothek c.1 7 Slavic and Baltic Languages /Croatia 212 214 MatiCeviE, Ivica (ed.) Psütková, Zdefika (text) Kirin, Vladimir (illus.) Vychodlilová, Olga (illus.) Hrvatske bajke i basne Bára (Croatian Tales and Fables) The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek \ 368 55 Slavic and Baltic Languages /Lithuania 216 218 Vainilaitis, Martynas (text) Glówka, Malgorzata (text) Zviliuvienê, Irena (illus.) Kasprzak, Jcdrzej (text) Zydras povas povinCja Strelinski, Pawel et al. (photos) (The blue peacock takes a stroll) Witkowski, .16zef (illus.) Vilnius: Lietuvos ra§ytojti Rjungos Tajemnice lasu leidykla, 1996. 172pp (Secrets of the forest) ISBN 9986-413-53-2 Poznan: GMP 1997. 38pp Lithuania/Children's poetry ISBN 83-87368-85-7 One of the most renowned Lithuanian book Poland Forest illustrators has provided imaginative and at times This information book, written in cooperation with surrealistic illustrations for this collected volume the regional forestry agency of Posen (Poznan), is of old and new children's poems by the popular notable for its excellent photography and the both Lithuanian poet Martynas Vainilaitis. The poet lyrical and informative text. It calls to mind the finds inspiration in the Lithuanian folk literature famous Russian picture book »God v lesu« from tradition and celebrates above all motifs from Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov and G. Nikol'skij. As in that nature, often using onomatopoeia and musical book, the life of animals and plants over the course elements. Animals and plants are usually portrayed of a year are described. Along with photographs, as anthropomorphic characters or as spirits. (5+) this volume also includes drawings of the most characteristic types of trees found in the Polish forest. (7+) Poland © Special Mention 217 Banaszak, Dariusz (text) 219 Biber, Tomasz (text) Musierowicz, Malgorzata (text/illus.) Leszczyfiski, Maciej (text) C6rka Robrojka Siejkowski, Lech (graphics) (The Rob-Roy girl) Ilustrowane dzieje polski L6c12: Akapit Press, 1996. 219pp (Illustrated Polish history) (Musierowicz, Malgorzata: JeZycjady; 11) Poznan: Podsiedlik Raniowski ISBN 83-86129-80-8 i Spólka, 1997. 131pp The first young adult novels by the graphic artist ISBN 83-7083-645-3 Malgorzata Musierowicz which she wrote at the Poland/History end of the 1970s represented Poland's first This richly illustrated information book about the significant modern novels for teenage girls. In this history of Poland takes as its basis the history of its book, Robert, a distant relation of Walter Scott's rulers, but also provides interesting information about novel hero Rob Roy, returns to his home town of ordinary life and customs in each epoch. The authors Posen (Poznan) together with his daughter Arabella. begin with the first Slav settlements in the territory of At one level, the narrative describes the activities of present day Poland and move on to the numerous the not especially pretty, but quite dynamic and wars, divisions and reunifications which have assertive Arabella and day-to-day life of adolescents characterized its past. In addition, the book contains in Poland. On another, inserted into the narrative as considerable information about the development of flashbacks, one learns of the unhappy story of art and culture in Poland. (10+) 4. Robert. The individual episodes ultimately fit together like a puzzle to form an overall picture. Musierowicz employs a very vivid language and does not avoid addressing problems or making allusions to current political issues. (12+) The White Ravens 1998 -0 Internationale Jugendblbliothels S'813) Slavic and Baltic Languages/Poland 220 Slovakia Thor, Piotr Robert (arrangement) Szancer, Jan Marcin (illus.) 222 Chwala na wysokofci a pok6j na ziemii Hevier, Daniel (text/illus.) (Christmas songs. Jubilee on high and peace on Heviho ABC (Hevi's ABC) earth) Bratislava: Hevi, 1996. [68pp] Poznan: GMP 1997. 144pp (Hevi klub) ISBN 83-8511-14-9 ISBN 80-85518-84-8 Christmas songs Alphabet This very beautiful Christmas song book contains Daniel Hevier gives proof once again of his all- both songs from the different regions of Poland around talents. He has contributed both text and and internationally known songs which are widely illustrations of this highly effective picture book of sung in Poland (in Polish translation). The illus- verses and published it in his own publishing house. trations, which transplant the Christian motifs and The letters represent animals or objects which are of setting to Central Europe and also make use of interest to children today. The texts, composed in a Polish folk customs, are by the great Polish catchy rhythm, are witty and sassy. (5+) graphic artist Jan Marcin Szancer (1902-1973). (5+) 223 Viliam (text) Tóth, Dezider (illus.) Russia Noha k nohe (Foot by foot) 221 Bratislava: Hevi 1996. [128 pp] Moskvina, Marina L. (text) ISBN 80-85518-22-8 Burkin, Vladimir (illus.) Foot - Tracks Moja sobaka ljubit diaz In this intelligent book for children the author (My dog loves jazz) considers a wide range of situations children and Moskva: Olimpionik, 1997. 94pp adults may encounter in their lives. Starting point no ISBN for him are the feet or, rather, the footprints and Russia - Family - Everyday li,fe tracks which are usuallybut not always - left by Is this a surrealistic book about the exciting daily feet. Written in witty verses or in prose, the stories life of a Russian family or an authentic portrait deal, for instance, with the first steps one takes, of the surrealisic everyday life of a Russian family with a man with an adult foot and a child's foot, in post-Soviet times? The sprightly stories, narrated with a man who collects places to stand, with by the youngest son, deal with school problems and tracks on paper, with art in various forms, and special tutoring, with house plants and marital other ideas. The illustrations range from humorous problems, with UFOs, extraterrestials and other drawings to photos and collages. (6+) strange visitors, with a burning tree and with a mumified and now resurrected German soldier from World War II. The final story tells about the family dachshund »Whale« who accompanies the oldest son to military service in the Pamirs and disappears across the border but not really quite forever. The bizarre, idiosyncratic illus- trations are well-suited to the unconventional text. ( I 1+) The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3t7. 57 Slavic and Baltic Languages /Slovakia Special Mention the literary, philosophical and cultural significance of the biblical texts, thus orienting them around 224 modern social reality. This volume is beautifully Plicki, Karol (text) designed with an imitation vellum binding and Vali6ek, Karol (storytelling) antique-style gilt edge. Some of the illustrations by evellovd, Katarina (illus.) the popular Slovak painter Cuba Kon6eková-Veselá Zámok na horncom mori. may well be considered masterpieces of art. (8+) Slovenske ropzprávky z Rumunska (The castle at the hot sea. Slovakian tales from Romania) Slovenia Martin: Osveta, 1996. 182pp ISBN 80-217-0565-5 226 Romania/Slovakian/Tales Sitar, Jelena (text) After the Second World War a small Slovakian Cvetko, Igor (illus.) minority in the Transylvanian Alps returned Primeri detektiva Karla Loota. to the land of their forefathers, where they were Skrivnost v galeriji ali zgodba o sedanih lutkah discovered by Karol Plicki in 1953 during a (The cases of detective Karel Loot. The secret of photography tour of northern Moravia. The tales of the gallery, or the story of the shadow puppets) this ethnic group that he recorded then remained Ljubljana: DZS, 1996. [68pp] unpublished until now. Because these Slovakian (Umetnost igre ; 2) storytellers had been isolated for nearly 150 years ISBN 86-341-1735-9 from the rest of their people and the influences of Art gallery Shadow playDetective modern civilization, the language and narrative When the most valued picture in an art gallery structures that were passed along retained their begins to change constantly, the director calls in authenticity. The tales about witches, wizards, Detective Loot to clear up the mystery. Loot fairies, werewolves, talking animals and trees, studies the picture very carefully and guards it all dragons and golden castles are depicted in night long. Gradually it begins to change, shadows especially beautiful illustrations. The water- move back and forth across it. Karel Loot is colors, both full-paged and vignettes, are full of stymied until he discovers that he is watching the atmosphere and the figures portrayed in a style scenes of a shadow play. But then suddenly Karel reminiscent of Amedeo Modigliani. (8+) Loot vanishes, too. This picture book is illustrated with funny, bizarre pictures. The story is suspense- 225 ful and also reveals some information about the Sliacky, Ondrej (adapt.) principles of shadow theater. (5+) Kon'aeková-Veseld, Luba (illus.) Biblia pre deti a mlideZ. Citanie zo Starého zakona (The Bible for children and young people. Stories from the Old Testament) Bratislava: D&D Studio, NONA, 1996. 248pp ISBN 80-967622-0-6 Children's Bible This very attractive children's Bible is notable for its excellent text version by Ondrej Sliacky, who has kept close to the traditional Slovakian translation. Modern phrasing has been used cautiously, without endangering the biblical style of expression. Remarkable is also that the editor addresses both Christian and atheist families in his foreword, stressing not only the religious but also The White Ravens 1998ig) Internationale Jugendbibliothek 58 3h17.1 Other Languages Belgium (Dutch) 229 Elias, Bettie (text) © Special Mention Westerduin, Anne (illus.) Water van zout 227 (Bitter tears) Dreesen, Jaak (text) Mechelen: Bakermat, 1997. 108pp Heymans, Annemie (illus.) ISBN 90-5461-133-2 Marieke, Marieke Death/FatherGrandfatherGrief The While Ravens 1998 - lInternationale Jugendbibhothek 59 Other Languages /The Netherlands (Dutch) 231 233 Ede, Bies van (text) Hagen, Hans (text) The, Tjong-Khing (illus.) Hopman, Philip (illus.) Ma Ile Matte is zo gek De kat en de adelaar (Silly Matte is so crazy) (The cat and the eagle) Amsterdam: Leopold, 1997. 87pp Amsterdam: Van Goor, 1997. 65pp ISBN 90-258-3367-5 ISBN 90-00-03167-2 Mental illnessImaginary world - Music Pakistan - Child/Work Cat Nine-year old Matte is both mentally and Day after day eight-year old Farid works on the physically handicapped. Because she is slow, public bus that his father drives, collecting the clumsy and cannot communicate well, she lives fares from the passengers. He has taken over his largely in a world of her own. While her mother mother's job because she can't work any longer works in the evenings as a dancer in the cafe after an accident. For some time, Farid has seen a downstairs, Matte listens to the music and repeats black cat everywhere he goes and imagines that it the melodies on her piano. But her public is his mother. Hans Hagen tells a very expressive performance for the neighbors turns out badly. The and balanced story in short sentences and brief author sketches a realistic image of a girl whose chapters. This is a simple engrossing story in handicaps limit her contacts with other people and which fantasy alternates with reality in a most gives insight into her view of the world. The poetic plausible manner. The reader can empathize with narrative is well suited to the atmosphere of the Farid and also get a feeling for everyday life in story, balanced between fantasy and reality. (10+) modern Pakistan. (8+) 4 0 232 234 Gestel, Peter van (text) Hazelhoff, Veronica Heymans, Annemie (illus.) Niks gehoord, niks gezien Mariken (Nothing heard, nothing seen) The White Ravens 1998 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 60 373 Other Languages /The Netherlands (Dutch) 235 © Special Mention Lichtveld, Noni (text/illus.) Anansi tussen god en duivel 237 (Anansi between God and the devil) Mileau, Sofie (pseud. of Carry Slee) (text) Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 1997. 93pp Heymans, Margriet (illus.) ISBN 90-5637-087-1 De verborgen prins Good/Evil (The hidden prince) The spider Anansi is a well-known character in the Houten: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1997. 36pp tales of many countries. Sometimes he comes to ISBN 90-269-8923-7 the rescue of others, sometimes he is a trickster. Lesbian Romance Eroticism This collection includes Anansi tales of varying Inside herself, Lotte hides a second person, a length from many different countries and cultural prince who demands to be dressed up in a cape backgrounds. Lichtveld's retellings include and cap secretly in the attic. One day Lotte's new considerable dialogue between the animal prot- neighbor, Eva, stands in front of her window, agonists, making it an ideal read-aloud book. The dressed as a princess. Later she persuades Lotte colorful illustrations are rich in detail, extending to visit her garden house and begins a ritual which the text, and inviting closer exploration. (6+) 4 has veiled erotic overtones. Yet Lotte's initiation is not innocent, as Eva turns their relationship into a power struggle, with the naive Lotte in a 236 subservient role. Their fairy tale-like ritual turns Merle, Ditte (text) malicious when Lotte breaks the barrier between Wolf, Alex de (illus.) fiction and reality and kisses Eva in the school- lisberen en andere draaikonten in de dierentuin yard. Eva betrays their »lesbian romance« by (Polar bears and other fidgeters in the zoo) laughing at Lotte. This is a short story magnifi- Houten: Van Reemst, 1997. 128pp cently rendered in a strongly stylized narrative. ISBN 90-410-9024-X (11+) Zoo - Animal care This is an information book about how animals are 238 kept at the zoo. The author covers the history of Sluyzer, Betty (text) zoos, their past designs, and the importance of Hout, Mies van (illus.) keeping these animals in captivity active. The book Dierentuin also deals with the care and feeding of animals, (Zoo) reproduction, diseases, births and other topics. The Naarden: Kimio, 1997. 19pp text is very lively and filled with humor, extended ISBN 90-71368-65-3 by illustrations which also provide considerable Zoo Animals Grandfather Human behavior information. The book has designed in an A black girl and a white boy visit the zoo together attractive, playful way with different fonts and with the boy's grandfather. They observe how the a creative layout. (8+) behavior and appearances of the different animals resemble those of human beings. In this simple picture book funny sketches consisting of black outlines filled in with fresh colors on the left-hand pages are set off against short rhyming texts and small colored drawings on the right side, in which the two children comment on what they see. The author and illustrator capture the experiences of the children in a very appealing way. (4+) The White Ravens 1998 C) Internationale Jugendbibliothek Other Languages Greece 241 Kanakes, Nikos (text) 239 Georgopulos, Köstas (illus.) ChatzeclakE,Tonia (text) Ho lophos me tus korydalus Andrikopulos, Niko las (illus.) (The hill of larks) Ho peiratEs me ta alliotika matia Athena: Patakes, 1997. I32pp (The pirate with different eyes) (Chelidonia; 45) Athena: HellEnika Grammata, 1997. [28pp] ISBN 960-360-991-9 ISBN 960-344-348-4 Country lifeEveryday life Reading WritingPirate Book This collection of quite entertaining short stories One of the proudest treasures of the quite likeable depicts episodes of everyday life in the country, a pirate Mauroleön is a large collection of books. world which is gradually disappearing but still One day he shows a letter in a bottle to his holds charm and significance for the reader. girlfriend, the mermaid, and wants her to read it to Themes such as friendship, loyalty, helpfulness and him. After he confesses that he cannot read at all, also trickery and deception run through the texts. she agrees to teach him how to read and write. At The life and activity of the protagonists are closely the end of his strenous but ultimately successful connected with their natural surroundings. (8+) schooling, he is even able to laugh at the spelling errors in his bottle post, and he takes the books 242 on all his travels from now on. The text is filled Katsama, Helene with verbal jokes, enhanced by the excellent San ta chelidonia illustrations of the well-known illustrator, Nikolas (Like the swallows) Andrikopulos. (4+) Athena: Patakes, 1997. 71pp (Peristeria; 58) 240 ISBN 960-600-021-4 Chatzes, Giannes (text) Tolerance - Grandfather/Grandson Seeman - Nachmias, Teles (photos) Gypsy - FriendshipStorytelling To stoicheio tEs Salonikes. Sparaxikardia kamodia This first work of the young, promising author, se praxeis treis kai skenes oses Thelete Helene Katsama (*1973) is an intensive tale about (The ghost of Saloniki) individuality and tolerance. The young protagonist ThessalonikE: Malliares Paideia, [ca. 1997]. 48pp is very close to his grandfather, a former sea ISBN 960-239-340-8 captain, who sometimes drinks a bit too much Shadow theater - Kamgioths Ghost Metamorphosis but tells wonderful, exciting tales. He has always The young, talented actor, and author, Giannes impressed upon his grandson the need to be Chatzes, presents a play from his shadow theater tolerant of differences. One day the grandfather repertory, showing that this storytelling tradition is ignores the signs of stormy weather and goes to still very much alive in Greece today. The play tells sea. The grandson and a gypsy girl, whom he has about a ghost who keeps a young girl prisoner in befriended despite the disapproval of the village, the white tower of Thessaloniki. In the fairy-tale risk their lives in vain to save him. (10+) like ending, the famous Greek folk figure Kara- giozEs has to intervene. The book is accompanied by stage photographs of a performance and directions for building a shadow theater stage 0 books whose content is found contribute to an and punnets. ChatzEs is known both for his international understanding among cultures and peoples performances and his writings about the Greek O books with easy-to-read texts with nonetheless shadow theater. (5+) complex and high-interest topics The White Ravens 1998 ©Internationale Jugendbibliothek: 62A 375 Other Languages /Greece Special Mention 245 Simopulos, Dionyses P. 243 Ho thanatos ton astran Krontera, Leda (text) (The death of the stars) Liape, Bally (illus.) Athena: Ereunetes, 1997. 102pp Prote gnörimia me tus Delphus tu Apollöna (Ta mystika tu sympantos) (First encounters with the Apollo Temple in Delphi) ISBN 960-368-062-1 Athena: Ekdotikd Athenon, 1996. 142pp Astronomy - Stars ISBN 960-213-350-3 The second volume of the series »Secrets of the DelphiGreece/Ancient times Archeology universe« by the internationally renown astro- This is the fourth volume in the series about physicist Dionyses Simopulos describes the origin cultural sites in ancient Greece. It takes the reader and death of stars. In the wide selection of color to the fascinating landscape and mythology photos and drawings, he presents complicated surrounding Delphi and tells, for example, about questions of astronomy such as the significance the religious significance of the competitions held of mass for the origins and death of stars, what a in honor of Apollo. This book tells the history of black hole is, where matter goes when it disappears this holy site from its founding up to the modern into a black hole, or what a red giant is, in an easily day and also offers an excursion into the world of understandable and humorful manner. (10+) musical instruments. With its rich assortment of visual documentation, 246 this volume stands out as an all-encompassing SkiadaresE, Maria E. survey. The excellent selection of illustratory Könstantinos Kanares materials, for which the publisher is well-known, The White Ravens 1998 - C Internationale Jugendbibliothek ., 63 Other Languages /Greece 247 Iran (Persian) Zacharopulu, Katerina (ed.) (Transliteration according to German norms) Tsokles, Köstas (illus.) Ho hagios Georgios kai ho pythönas 249 (Saint George and the Python) Hasan-zadah, Farhal Athena: Kastaniotes, 1996. [32pp] Samffini-i hammdm. Magmtla-i ddstan bar5y-i (Paichnidi me ten techne) niigawanan ISBN 960-03-1749-6 (Symphonie in the bathroom) St. George and the Dragon - Python - Art Tihr5n: Kitbbhd-i Banaga, 1995 (= 1374 h.§.). appreciation - Modern artTsoklës, Kostas 88pp The editor of the series »Fun with Art«, herself an In Arabic letters artist, endeavors to acquaint younger children with ISBN 964-417-004-0 contemporary Greek art. In this volume she offers Family - Poverty - Growing up an appreciative portrait of the internationally This volume contains three short stories written in known artist KOstas Tsoklbs. It is not only an the first person from the point of view of children activity book, but also an opportunity to let of poor Iranian families. The first tale by a twelve- children be creative and interact with modern year old boy depicts the everyday life of his family, art in an uninhibited manner. (6+) which is permeated by bitter poverty. And yet the slightly ironic, even satirical tone of this story and the others is one of humor and optimism. The focal Hungary point of the third story is a twelve-year old girl who learns to trust her own abilities to deal with 248 life's problems. (12+) Lizár, Ervin (text) Reber, Laszló (illus.) 250 A Négyszogletft Kerek Erdö Rahgudar, Rid5 (= Muhammad Rida SarKar) (The round square forest) Agar 1)565 bimirad Budapest: Osiris K., 1997. 166pp (If father dies) ISBN 963-379-256-8 Tihran: Daftar-i Farhang-i Isl5mi, 1994 Forest - Animals HandicapTolerance (= 1373 h.g.). (14th ed.) 44pp The quadrature of the circle, the round square In Arabic letters forest, is home for seven animals who have all the no ISBN characteristics and imperfections of human beings. Family Father/Son - Illness - Responsibility Here in the forest they have taken refuge from the Fourteen-year old Ismaiel lives with his family in a outside world, which, because of their handicaps, small village far from the city. When his father does not accept them. In this peculiar world they falls seriously ill, Ismaiel at first only accepts this experience a fairy-tale like existence in which stroke of fate in his prayers. But when his friend every problem is solved, each individual is loved, reminds him that praying is of little value without accepted, and can accept his own fate. Notable are action, they set off together in the middle of winter Laszlo Réber's pen-and-ink drawings with simple, on a dangerous, adventure-filled mission to get the but highly expressive lines. (6+) medicine his father needs. Told in the first person, this story demonstrates the responsibility each individual shares for the entire family. (12+) The White Ravens 1998 CS Internationale Jugendbibliothek Other Languages /Iran (Persian) 251 253 Ramadani, Muhammad (text) Gikdal Onal, Ayfer (text) Bani-Asadi, Muhammad 'All (illus.) Ceylan, Saadet (illus.) Bagban, 2iniral, wa 'atir-i gul-i surh Dogum gOniinde gelen agac (The gardener, the general and the scent of roses) (The birthday tree) Tihran: Suitt, 1994 (= 1373 h.§.). 19pp Istanbul: Cinar Yayilnlan, 1996. 24pp In Arabic letters (Cinar cocuk kitaplan) no ISBN ISBN 975-348-089-x JealousyRivalry War Peace Tree Love of nature - Birthday present A rose and its gardener take pleasure in one This picture book tells about a boy who is very another day for day. The rose is the happiest rose pleased with the many presents he receives at his in the world, he is the happiest gardener. But in the seventh birthday party. But he doesn't know what neighboring garden, the same story takes place to do with the little walnut tree given to him by one every day. Jealously and rivalry between the of his friends. He pays little attention to it, because gardeners arise, turning into hate and warfare. The he doesn't know what to do with it. After the tree roses and the gardens are heavily damaged, until has been planted in the garden, he recognizes how nature and its healing powers is able to take its it differs from all the other presents. The tree will course. The men desist from their senseless grow and prosper, keeping him company for many war and devote themselves again to peaceable years. (5+) gardening. This story about the destructive power of jealousy is illustrated in remarkable pictures done in chalk and gouache. (8+) Turkey 252 cinaroglu, Ayla (text) Berkkan, Yaprak (illus.) Kanaryamin dykiisil (The story of my canary) Istanbul: Ucanbalik Yayinlan, 1996. (2nd ed.) 36pp ISBN 975-8039-42-3 Canary Man/Animal One day a family buys a canary and soon the grandmother claims she can understand the language of the bird. She tells the bird's story to her granddaughter, who writes it down here in a naive, but expressive style. The reader learns of the exciting, but also saddening and frightful experiences of the bird with its previous owner. Seen from the perspective of an animal, the description of our human world acquires a special touch. (8+) The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendblbliothek. 7865 Michael Ende Museum The White Ravens 1998 - (8) Internationale Jugendbibliothek On February 12, 1998, the International Youth Library opened the Michael Ende Museum on the third floor of one wing of Blutenburg Castle. This is the first literary museum in Germany to be dedicated to an author ofchildren's and youth literature. Along with all editions (30 titles in about 450 first editions in over 40 languages) of Michael Ende's (1929-1995) works, there are also typed manuscripts, sketches, letters, photographs and original illustrations as well as paintings by well-known artists, Ende's personal possessions, furniture, and his private library on display The establishment of this museum was made possible through the donation of a large part of his estate by his widow, Mrs. Mariko Sato-Ende. His publisher, Thienemann Verlag (Stuttgart) also contributed correspondence and extensive files and records from its press archive. The following bibliography includes all published writings for children and young adults by Michael Elide. The titles are listed chronologically by the first publication of the original German edition. Under each title there is a list of the foreign language trans- lations. This gives impressive documentation of the enormous popularity which Michael enjoyed and of the international acceptance his books received. To make it easier to identifiy each work, the title of the English edition is given in parentheses; if an English edition has not yet been published, a literal translation of the German title is given in square brackets. We would also like to draw attention to the only available works edition of Ende's writings. The Japanese publishing house 1wanami began its publication in Japanese in 1996. It is projected to encompass 19 volumes, of which 17 have already appeared. 3867 Michael Ende Bibliography of his published works for children and young adults ME I ME 4 Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivfiihrer Tranquilla Trampeltreu die beharrliche Schildkröte (Jim Button and Luke the engine driver) [Tranquilla Truetrodder, the persistent turtle] Illus. by F.J. Tripp Illus. by Marie-Luise Pricken Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1960. 242pp Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1972. [28pp] New editions with illustrations by Reinhard Mich), New edition with illustrations by Manfred Schluter Stuttgart 1983, and with illustrations by Rolf and musical score by Wilfried Hiller, 1981. Rettich, Giitersloh 1983. Translations: 1977: Belgium (French, Dutch); Translations: 1962: Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, 1979: Japan; 1981: South Africa (Afrikaans); Spain (Spanish), Sweden; 1963: Great Britain; 1983: Spain (Spanish); 1987: Japan; 1988: 1974: Japan; 1975: Turkey; 1983: Spain (Catalan); Argentina, Italy; 1990: Spain (Galician) 1985: Denmark, Portugal; 1986: Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian); 1988: Albania, Brazil, Norway; ME 5 1990: Republic of China, Hungary, USA; 1992: Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Greece; 1996: Iran, Republic of Korea, Slovenia; Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Men- 1997: Czech Republic schen die gestohlene Zeit zuriickbrachte (Momo) (The first English edition appeared as: ME 2 The grey gentlemen) Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 Illus. by Michael Ende [Jim Button and the Wild 13] Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1973. 269pp Illus. by F.J. Tripp New edition with illustrations by Claus Danner, Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1962. 254pp München 1996. New editions with illustrations by Reinhard Michl, Translations: 1974: Great Britain, Italy; 1975: The Stuttgart 1983, and with illustrations by Rolf Netherlands; 1976: Japan; 1977: Brazil, Finland, Rettich, Giltersloh 1983. Republic of Korea, South Africa (Afrikaans); Translations: 1963: The Netherlands, Spain (Spanish); 1978: Poland, Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian, 1975: Japan; 1985: Denmark; 1983: Spain Slovenian); 1979: Czechoslovakia (Slovakian, (Catalan); 1986: Israel, Italy, Sweden; Czech), Spain (Spanish); 1980: France, Sweden; 1989: Norway; 1990: Republic of China, Greece; 1981: Denmark; 1982: Bulgaria, Iceland, USSR 1993: Brazil; 1996: Republic of Korea, Slovenia (Lithuanian, Russian); 1983: Israel; 1984: Greece, Iran, Portugal, Turkey; 1985: USSR (Ukrainian); ME 3 USA; 1986: Hungary, Norway; 1987: People's Das Schnurpsenbuch Republic of China, Mexico, USSR (Latvian); [nonsense title for this book of nonsense rhymes] 1988: Spain (Catalan, Galician); 1990: Republic Illus. by Siegfried Wagner of China; 1991: Romania; 1992: Georgia; 1994: Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1969. [120pp] Estonia; 1995: Brazil, Denmark (Faeroese), Iran, Revised and expanded edition with illustrations Spain (Basque), Thailand; 1997: Germany (Arabic), by Rolf Rettich, 1979. Sri Lanka Translations: 1987: Japan, Spain (Spanish); 1994: Italy ME 6 Das kleine Lumpenkasperle [The little rag puppet] Illus. by Roswitha Quadflieg Stuttgart: Urachhaus, 1978. [28pp] Reissued Stuttgart, 1996. Translations: 1977: Japan; 1983: France; 1996: Belgium (Dutch), Denmark; 1997: Norway The White Ravens 1998-0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek .38 Michael Ende Bibliography of his published works for children and young adults ME 7 ME 11 Lirum, Larum, Willi Warum. Eine lustige Die Schattennähmaschine Unsinngeschichte ftir kleine Warumfrager [The shadow sewing machine] [Lilly, Lie, Willy Why. A funny nonsense story Illus. by Binette Schroeder for little why-askers] Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1982. [64pp] Illus. by Roswitha Quadflieg Stuttgart: Urachhaus, 1978. [34pp] ME 12 New edition with illustrations by Bernhard Das Gauklermirchen. Oberdieck, Stuttgart 1995. Ein Spiel in sieben Bildern sowie Translations: 1996: Norway einem Vor- und Nachspiel [The juggler's tale. A play in seven scenes ME 8 with a prologue and an epilogue] Das Traumfresserchen Stuttgart: Edition Weitbrecht, 1982. 100pp (The dream-eater) Translations: 1983: Denmark; 1984: Japan; 1986: Illus. by Annegert Fuchshuber Spain (Spanish); 1988: Italy; 1995: Spain Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1978. [28pp] (Galician) Translations: 1978: Great Britain, Sweden; 1979: Belgium (French, Dutch), Denmark, Finnland; ME 13 1980: Spain (Catalan, Spanish); 1981: Japan; Der Spiegel im Spiegel. Ein Labyrinth 1984: USA; 1992: Italy; 1993: Brazil, Norway; (Mirror in the mirror) 1995: Greece Illus. by. Edgar Ende Stuttgart: Ed. Weitbrecht, 1984. 329pp ME 9 Re-issued 1994. Die unendliche Geschichte Translations: 1984: Denmark; 1985: Japan; 1986: (The neverending story) Brazil, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain Illus. by Roswitha Quadflieg (Spanish); 1987: Norway, Sweden; 1988: France, Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1979. 428pp Israel; 1989: Greece; 1995: Hungary Translations: 1981: Denmark, Italy, Sweden; 1982: Finland, Japan, The Netherlands; 1983: Great Britain, Mexico, Norway, USA; 1984: Canada, ME 14 France, Israel, Portugal; 1985: Greece, Hungary, Norbert Nackendick oder Das nackte Nashorn Spain (Spanish), Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian); [Norbert Fatneck or The naked rhinoceros] 1986: Poland, Turkey; 1987: Czechoslovakia Illus. by Manfred Schluter (Czech), Romania; 1988: Argentina, People's Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1984. [28pp] Republic of China, Egypt (Arabic), Spain New edition with illustrations by Reinhard Michl (Catalan); 1989: Iran; 1990: Bulgaria, Spain (Basque, 1987. Galician); 1991: Brazil, Republic of China, Thai- Translations: 1984: Denmark; 1986: Spain land; 1992: Russia; 1993: Latvia; 1995: Albania, (Spanish); 1988: Belgium (Dutch), Japan, Sweden; Croatia (Serbo-Croatian), Lithuania; 1996: Estonia 1989: France, Italy; 1995: Norway; 1996: Turkey ME 10 ME 15 Der Lindwurm und der Schmetterling Filemon Faltenreich oder Der seltsame Tausch [Filemon Wrinkled The White Ravens 1998 -*Internationale Jugendbibliothek ni a,r8 2 69 Michael Ende Bibliography of his published works for children and young adults ME 16 ME 20 Der Goggolori.Eine bairische Mar. Die Geschichte von der Schiissel und vom Löffel Stack in acht Bildern und einem Epilog [The story of the key and the spoon] [The Goggolori The White Ravens 1998 tnternationale JugendbibliotheK 7 3 Name Index Agarwah, Deepa 12 Brinck, Lotta 52 Driessen, Iny 59 Ahlbom, Jens 53, 54 Brown, Ruth 14 Dros, Imme 59 Alexander, Lloyd 18 Browne, Anthony 14 Dube, Jasmine 46 Almajid, Fahmy 47 Buehner, Mark 18 Dunbar, Robert 16 Alumenda, Stephen 10 Buongiorno, Teresa 36 Duller, Anna 52 Ambrus, Victor 15 Burkin, Vladimir 57 Duzakin, Akin 51 Andersen, Bethanne 19 Burko-Falcman, Berthe 31 Dybvig, Per 51 Andrikopulos, Niko las 62 Buxton, Jane 13 Andruetto, Maria Teresa 43 Eboli, Terezinha 44 Angelo, Ivan 43 Cabral, Tristan 31 Ede, Bies van 60 Argil li, Marcel lo 36 Calderón, Gloria 45 Edeltoft, Anne Mette 49 Arguimbau, Damian 47 Canals, Merce 41 Eklund Lykull, Anita 52 Armijo, Consuelo 39 Carmody, Isobel le11 El Guindi, Abdel Aziz 9 Atxaga, Bernardo 39 Carrer, Chiara 38 Elias, Bettie 59 Auer, Martin 22 Casalderrey, Fina 42 Ende, Michael 66ff Augiaus, Pauliaus 55 Casterman, Genevieve 32 Enzensberger, Hans Magnus 23 Azevedo, Ricardo 43 Caswell, Brian 11 Er lu Siguitardóttur 50 Ceylan, Saadet 65 Bailey, Sian 15 Chakraborty, Ashim Ranjan 13 Fallai, Paolo 36 Ballester, Arnal 40 Chatzedake, Tonia 62 Farrell, Patricia 10 Ballhaus, Verena 25, 29 Chatzes, Giannes 62 Ferrero, Jesfis 40 Banaszak, Dariusz 56 Chiem, David Phu An 11 Fitch, Sheree 17 Bani-Asaca, Muhammad 'All 65 cinarogiu, Ay la 65 Fleutiaux, Pierrette 35 Bansal, Richa 13 Cinquetti, Nicola 36 Forsberg, Lasse 53 Barsch, Thomas 22 Co lie, Marko 54 Fosse, Jon 50 Bartolie, Stjepan 54 Colom, Rosa Maria 41 Frasca, Simone 36 Bauer, Jutta 23 Corazza, Lynda 33 Fried, Amelie 23 Beake, Lesley 9 Costa, José Pedro 39 Fuchs, Gerd 28 Berkkan, Yaprak 65 Cowan, Catherine 18 Fujimaki, Kumiko 4 Berner, Rotraut Susanne Cox, David 10 Fulani, Dan 9 22, 23, 27 Cramer-Klett, Anna von 29 Funston, Sylvia 17 Bertola 42 Crew, Gary II Biber, Tomasz 56 Crowter, Kitty 32 Gallardo 41 Blazejovsky, Maria 21 Cruz, Nelson 44 Gallo, Donald R. 18 Bloch, Serge 34 Cvetko, Igor 58 Gandolfi, Silvana 37 Blondon, Nerve 35 Garcia i Cornella, Dolors 41 Boie, Kirsten 23 Daigle, Sylvie 46 . Gedovius, Juan 45 Bonde, Heidi 50 DeKemmeter, Laurence 31 Geelen, Harrie 59 Boock, Paula 13 Demers, Dominique 46 Georgopulos, K6stas 62 Boratyriski, Antoni 21 Dieterlé, Nathalie 32 Gerber, Tomas 45 Bourgeat, Lene 49 Dische, Irene 23 Gestel, Peter van 60 Branald, Adolf 55 Doherty, Berlie 15 Geve, Thomas 24 Brandt, Hanne 48 Dowswell, Paul 15 Ghosh, Subir 13 Brian, Janeen 10 Dreesen, Jaak 59 Giardina, Andrea 37 The Wrote Ravens 1998 - Internabonale Jugendbibliothek 3 8 4 71 Name Index Girel, Stephane 31 lizawa, KA:Aare 4 Lester, Alison 11 Gleich, Jacky 23 Innocenti, Roberto 28 Leszczyfiski, Maciej 56 Glowka, Malgorzata 56 Irimescu, Diana 39 Leveque, Anne-Claire 33 G6mez, Fernando 39 . Lewin, Waltraut 25 Graff, Finn 51 Jamar, Corine 31 Lhoták, Kamil 55 Grenier, Christian 32 Jandl, Ernst 25 Li, Tong 8 Grupioni, Luis Donisete Janisch, Heinz 21, 28 Liape, Bally 63 Benzi 44 Janssen, Susanne 28 Lichtveld, Noni 61 Gudjón Sveinsson 50 Jensen, Helle Vibeke 48 Lima, Graca 44 Guerette, Charlotte 46 Jimenez Soria, Angeles 40 Lind, Hera 25 Guhathakurta, Ajanta 12 Johansen, Anders 48 Lindgren, Barbro 53 Gunji, Nanae 4 Johansson, Sven-Gosta 53 Louise, Karen 12 Gürdal Onal, Ayfer 65 Johnsen, Kjell Erik 51 Lucchini, Matilde 37 Jones, Jac 15 Luetke, Joachim 22 Hacks, Peter 24 Junge, Norman 25 Luzzati, Emanuele 37 Hagen, Hans 60 Halldor Baldursson 50 Kanakes, Nikos 62 Maar, Anne 29 Haller, Bent 48 Kanzawa, Toshiko 5 Maar, Paul 25 Hanel, Wolfram 24 Kasprzak, Jedrzej 56 Macan, Darko 54 Häntsch, Uwe 24 Katsama, Helene 62 Macolie, Nevenka 54 Harada, Takehide 6 Kawada, Etsuko 4 Magnüs Scheving 50 Hasan-zadah, Farh5d 64 Kimishima, Hisako 5 Maid, Dubravka 54 Hausherr, Rosmarie 18 Kirby, Patrick 9 Mallorqui, Cesar 40 Hazelhoff, Veronica 60 Kirin, Vladimir 55 Manna, Giovanni 36 Hearne, Betsy 19 Klefelt, Lena 52 Marcks, Marie 25 Heidelbach, Nikolaus 24 Klimneek, Viliam 57 Mariniello, Cecco 37 Henkes, Kevin 19 Knappe, Joachim 27 Marsden, John 12 Hentze, Peter 49 Koller, Jackie French 19 Marston, Elsa 9 Herfurtner, Rudolf 21 Koneekovd-Veseld, L'uba 58 Mathew, Gillian 10 Hevier, Daniel 57 Krahn, Fernando 40 Matieevie, Ivica 55 Heymans, Annemie 59, 60 Kreadinac, Zeljko 54 Meifiner-Johannknecht, Doris 26 Heymans, Margriet 61 Kremer, Astrid 27 Melbye, Inni Karine 47 Hill, David 14 Krontera, Leda 63 Mellinette, Martine 31 Hiriart, Hugo 45 Mello, Roger 44 Hiorthoy, Kim 51 Labrosse, Darcia 17 Merle, Ditte 61 Hirokawa, Ryilich 4 Lai, Ma 8 Mettler, René 33 Hoestlandt, Jo 32 Larsson, Mona 52 Mileau, Sofie 61 Hoffmann, E. T. A. 28 Lasenby, Jack 14 Minamimoto, Shigeru 5 Hoglund, Anna 53 Lázár, Ervin 64 Miyazawa, Kenji 5 Hcqub Josef 25 Le Goff, Hervé 34 Montella, Christian de 33 Hopman, Philip 60 Le Rochais, Marie-Ange 32 Moore, Robin 15 Horiuchi, Seiichi 5 Lekander, Nina 53 Morel, Alicia 45 Hout, Mies van 61 Lelooska, Chief 19 Moriyama, Miyako 6 Hughes, Monica 17 Lemmetty, Jukka 49 Morris, Jill 12 The White Ravens 1998 -Internationale Jugendbibliothek 385 Name Index Moskvina, Marina L. 57 Piquernal, Michel 34 Schenkrnanis, Ulf 53 Muggenthaler, Eva 26 Piquer, Eva 41 Schrnidauer, Elisabeth 27 Muir, Lindsay 12 Plicka, Karol 58 Schnack, Asger 48 Jorg 29 Ploger, Juliane 26 Schubiger, Jiirg 27 Murail, Marie-Aude 33 Pommaux, Yvan 34 Seighali, Morteza 49 Musierowicz, Malgorzata56 Poppel, Hans 22 Serres, Alain 35 Myers, Christopher 20 Poulin, Stéphane 47 evellova, Katarina 58 Myers, Walter Dean 20 Pressler, Mirjarn 27 Siejkowski, Lech 56 Prestifilippo, Pablo 40 Simard, Benjamin 47 Nachmias, Tel Es 62 Prual-Reavis, Roberto 34 Sintopulos, Dionyses P. 63 Nadja 34 Psiltkovd, Zdefika 55 Sis, Peter 35 Newman, Penelope 13 Pyliotu, Maria 63 Sitar, Jere& 58 Nicolaysen, Marit 51 Skiadarese, Maria E. 63 Nidasio, Grazia 36, 38 Quarzo, Guido 38 Sliacky, Ondrej 58 Nimmo, Jenny 15 Quino 41 Sluyzer, Betty 61 Njeng, Pierre Yves 30 Sortland, Bjorn 51 Noel, Genevieve 34 Raagaard, Kirsten 52 Steiner, Jorg 29 Nomo, Vincent 30 Rader, Andrea 52 Stevens, Pat 17 Normandin, Christine 19 Rahgudar, Rida 64 Pawel 56 Nottet, Pascal 31 Raith, Werner 27 Strieevie, Ivanka 54 Novi, Nathalie 32 Ramadani, Muhammad 65 Suemori, Chieko 6 Nyquist, Arild 51 Ranheimsxter, Jon 48 Szancer, Jan Marcin 57 Rapaccini, Chiara 36, 38 Oberdieck, Bernhard 21 Rasmussen, Bent 49 Takadono, HOko 7 O'Connor, Barbara 20 Reber, Laszló 64 Tang, Yarning 7 Oeser, Wiebke 26 Reider, Katja 29 Taravant, Jacques 35 O'Kif 43 Reinl, Edda 21 Terzagli, Matteo 38 01 lars, Janne 53 Ribera, Jaume 40 The, Tjong-Khing 60 Ono, Kaoru 5 Rivera Ferner, Marta 42 Thiel, Henry 42 Orecchia, Giulia 37 Rod, Signe 49 Thor, Piotr Robert 57 Orimo, Ky 61co 4 Roehl, Angela von 29 Tibo, Gilles 47 Ortengren, Lisa 53 Rojo, Vicente 45 Ticha, Hans 22 O'Sullivan, Mark 16 Roldán, Gustavo 43 Timossi, Jorge 41 Roy, Subir 13 Tirabosco, Torn 42 Parkinson, Siobhan 16 To, Amei 7 Partsch, Susanna 26 Sala-Valldaura, Josep Maria42 Tornlins, Karen 15 Paz, Octavio 18 Saldanha, Ana 39 Tomlinson, Theresa 16 Pedersen, Anne 47 Salminen, Hellevi 50 Toss, Anna 54 Pelletier, Francine 46 Sano, YOko 6 T6th, Dezider 57 Perec, Georges 34 Sarabhai, Mrinalini 13 Thyama, Shigetoshi 5 Pescetti, Luis Maria 43 Sas6, Ylako 6 Treiber, Jutta 21 Pinkney, Andrea Davis 20 Sat6, Takako 6 TsoklEs, Köstas 64 Pinkney, Brian 20 Scarpa, Laura 36 Tsuchida, Yoshiharu 4 Pinnock, Patricia Schonstein 9 Schami, Rafik 27 Tsuo, Michiko 6 The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek Name Index Subject Index Tullet, Hervé 35 Abduction 15 Breast cancer 16 Turkington, Nola 10 Adoption 15,16,18,59 Brother/Sister 11 Adventure 10,11,13,16,18, Buddha 13 U, Taibu 7 21, 24, 36,37,38, 44, 47, 50 Camel 9 Ungerer, Tomi 29 Advertising 34 Cameroon 30 Aesthetics 32 Canada/Folktale 46 Vainilaitis, Martynas 56 African-Americans 20 Canary 65 Valiëek, Karol 58 Aliciade 11 Captivity 21 Vebel, Susanne 49 Alphabet 25, 57 Caring 6 Vivarelli, Anna 38 Alzheimer's disease 9 Castle 45, 48 Vychodlilová, Olga 55 Angel 35 Cat 29, 30, 38, 49, 60 Animal care 61 Catalan/Folk tale 41 Waechter, Friedrich Karl 30 Animal preservation 47 Celtic mythology 17 Wagneur, Alain 35 Animals/Myths 19 Child abuse 60 Wahl, Mats 54 Apology. 29 Child/Parent 38 Child/Work 60 Walbrecker, Dirk 22 Archeology 63 Argentina/Immigration 43 Childhood 31 Waltmark, Barbro 53 Art appreciation 64 Childhood memories7, 24, 35 Weiss, Ruth 28 Art gallery 58 Childless couple 15 Westerduin, Anne 59 Art history 14, 26 Children's Bible 58 Whitton, David 10 Asia 4 Children's Crusade <1212> 48 Winding, Thomas 49 Astronomy 63 Children's Rights 17 Winton, Tim 12 Atonement 18 China/History 1968-196917 Witkowski, J6zef 56 Auschwitz 24 China/History 220-265 7 Wolf, Alex de 61 Australia 12 China/Tales 5 Woolman, Steven 11 Australia/Immigration 11 Christ 28 Authority 47 Christmas 6 Yamada, Naito 6 Automobile 55 Christmas songs 57 Christopher Columbus 25 Yamamoto, Wilco 7 Bad luck 35 Cinderella 5 Yu, Dawu 7 Beanstalk 55 City life10, 21, 26, 30, 36, Yumoto, Kazumi 7 Bedtime 19 38, 50, 53 Bereavement 19, 23, 31 Clairvoyance 41 Zacharopulu, Katerina 64 Berries 53 Cleanliness 22 Zeman, Ludmila 17 Betrayal 14 Clevemess 7 Zhang, Song Nan 17 Bibliophile 51 Coat 40 Ziliotto, Donatella 38 Big landowner 5 Comics 36 archer, Marco 38 Bird 21, 34, 35 Community 21 Zwerger, Lisbeth 28 Birthday present 65 Competition 29 Irena 56 Blind woman 4 Computer 32 Conformity 38 Zweigbergk, Helena von 53 Boarding school 17 Bohemia/History 1938-194524 Considerateness7 Book 24, 62 Conspiracy 13 Bosnia/War 31 Consumption 34 Brazil/Indio 44 Coping behavior 60 Brazil/Legend 44 Costumc 29 Brazil/Country life 43 Counting 38 The White Ravens 1998-51 Internationale Jugendbibltothek _ t; 3 Subject Index Country life 26, 30, 39, 43, 62 Eccentricity 46 Friendship 6,7,9,10,11, 13, Courage 14, 19 Ecology 24, 32, 37 14,16,18,20,22,24, Cow 39 Education 22 27, 36,37,38,46,60,62 Creation 13 Egg 10 Frog 12 Creativity 45 Ellington, Duke 20 Fun 23, 33 Croatia/Fables 55 Emigration 11, 43 Croatia/Tales 55 Enemy 22 Garbage dump 10 Cultural conflict 15 Eroticism 61 Garden 21 Cultural contact 21 Escape 11, 21, 25, 27, 42, 47 Genealogy 19 Cultural identity 59 Everyday life 4, 6, 9, 26, 27, General 7 Culture clash 51 29, 34, 35, 38, 39, 50, Germany/History 1938-1945 Cyprus 63 53, 54, 55, 57, 62 23, 24 Czechoslovakia/World War II 55 Exclusion 32 Ghost 46, 48, 62 Excursion 14 Gift 6 Dance 16, 21 Expectations 16, 20 God 32 Daughter 35 Exploitation 5 Gold 24 De Chirico/Painting 36 Golf War <1990-1991> 47 Death 6, 7, 9,I I,19, Family 6,11, 18,19, 22, 23, Good/Evil 18, 61 23, 42, 45, 59 27, 38, 39, 46, 50, 57, 64 Grandfather 19, 23, 35, 59, 61 Debt 18 Family conflict 6, 38 Grandfather/Grandson 62 Deforestation 30 Family problems 10, 32 Grandmother 19, 20 Delphi 63 Family violence 9 Grandson 35, 63 Denmark 48 Farewell 45 Greece/Ancient times 63 Desert 9 Father 4, 6, 35 Greece/History 1821 63 Deserter 17 Father/Daughter 10, 42, 51 Green iguana 6 Despotism 49 Father/Son 9,13, 20, 25, Grief 6, 9, 10, 11, 45, 59 Detective 58 36, 50, 64 Growing up 12, 14, 18, 33, Devil 46 Fear 7,19, 32 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 47, 64 Diabetes 39 Feral child 60 Guilt 18 Didactics 24 Festival 8 Gypsy 62 Differentness 32 Fiction/Reality 51 Discipline 24 Fire 8 Handicap 64 Disobedience 9 Fire ship 63 Happiness 5 Diversity 42 First love 13, 43, 48 Hare 26 Divorce 18, 23, 33 First reader 25 Harlem 20 Doctor 25 Fish 12 Hat 22 Dog 29, 34, 37, 50 Fishing 15 Help 4, 21 Donkey 13 Flight 34, 38 Hemophiliac 4 Dragon 8 Foot 57 Herdsman 17 Drawing 24, 26, 34 Forbidden fruit 55 Hero 36 Dream 10, 14, 23, 28, 44 Forest 56, 64 Highly gifted child 40 Dreamworld 11 France/World War 11 31 HIV 4 Drowning 30 France/1950s 34 Homecoming 21 Drug scene 28 Fraternity 29 Homeland 27 Drug traffic 40 Freedom 27 Homer 24 Dung beetle 29 Friend 42 Homophobia 13 Dwarf 49 Homosexuality 13, 61 Horse 42 The White Ravens 1998 - 0 Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3 8 8 75 Subject Index House mouse 28, 34 Landscape 33 Mother/Daughter 13,16, 41 House pet 6 Language 23, 27 Mother/Son 12, 33 Human behavior 61 Latin America/Legend 45 Motherless child 42 Humanity 24, 32, 33 Latin America/Tales 45 Motocycle 55 Hungary 23 Lesbian 13, 61 Motoring/History 1897-1915 55 Letter The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek Subject Index Parent/Romance 42 Rescue 21, 30 Shepherd 26 Parentage 13 Resistance 49 Ship 5, 44 Parental separation 36 Responsibility 10, 21, 32, 33, 64 Shoe 7 Passers-by 33 Revenge 15 Siblings 14, 27, 40, 46, 59 Passion 46 Rivalry 9, 50, 54, 65 Sicily 27 Pasture 39 River monster 44 Simultaneity 42 Patronization 53 River traffic 31 Single parent 11, 18 Peace 12, 65 Robinsonade II Sleeplessness 34 Perfection 22 Role model 6 Small town 50 Persecution of Role play 10 Snorkel diving 12 the Jews 23, 25, 31, 42 Role reversal 25, 38, 52 Snowman 4 Personality change 22 Romania/Slovakian/Tales 58 Software 32 Personality development 52, 53 Rome/History 36, 37 Soldier 17, 45 Philosophy of life 5 Rome/History 753 B.C.-500 A.D. Solidarity 5 Physical handicap 50 15 Son 4, 65 Pirate 62 Round Table/Legend 36 Sorceress 6 Play 22, 25, 26, 29, 32, 47, 53 Rumor 29 South Africa/History 9 Poetry 50 Runaway 13, 28 South Africa/History 1994 9 Poland/History 56 Russia/Jews 28, 57 Spain/History 1492 25 Political conflict 63 Spain/History 1833-1839 39 Pony 11 Sadism 46 Spy 39 Popular culture 14 Sailing 10 St. George and the Dragon 64 Postwar life 31 Saint Nicholas 6 Stag-beetle 29 Postwar trauma 11 Satanic cult 46 Stars 63 Poverty 64 School 10,16, 24, 37, 54 Step-children 23 Power struggle 5 School holidays 23, 30, 38 Step-father 14 Prayer 21, 28 School project 10 Storytelling 41, 43, 54, 62 Pregnancy 46 Scientific invention 13 Street 33 Prejudice 4, 14 Scientific research 17 Stress 26 Protection 31 Scotland/World War II17 Strike 22 Puberty 35, 41 Sea battle 63 Strindberg, August 52 Public prcitest 4 Sea/Legend 15 Stubbornness 7 Puppet-theater 31 Seafaring 25 Suffering 32 Purification of water 32 Seagull 21 Suicide attempt 9 Python 64 Seal 15 Supernatural 34 Seaman 62 Superstition 39 Quarrel 8 Search for identity 40 Surveillance 22 Quest 18 Seasons 17, 33 Survival 5,14, 39 Secret 10,13,16, 27 Swimming 52 Race relations 9 Seeing-eye dog 4 Reader response 43 Seeman 63 Taiwan 8 Reading 24, 46, 62 Self-assertion 50 Tears 8 Reality 26, 46 Selkie 15 Telemachus 24 Recluse 16 Sewage canals 51 Threat 29 Reconciliation 22 Sexual abuse 27, 51 Time 37 Reindeer 5 Sexuality 33 Time travel 9 Relaxation 26 Shadow play 59 Tolerance 62, 64 Religious holiday 28 Shadow theater 61 Tourism 24 The White Ravens 1998 - CO Internationale Jugendbibliellyn ft? 77 Subject Index Age Index Toy 12 Recommended reading age level 10+ years: 5, 8, 18, 22, 26, 30, Tracks 57 (Indexed by catalogue number) 31, 34, 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, Traffic jam 38 66, 82, 85, 93, 95, 100, 146, Tree 10, 65 3+ years: 7, 115, 124, 127, 130, 152, 159, 164, 179, 190, Tree leaf 17 200 196, 199, 207, 213, 217, Trial 13 231, 234, 242, 245 Trickery 24 4+ years: 27, 33, 35, 42, 58, 63, TsoklEs, KCistlas 64 76, 86, 90, 129, 143, 163, 11+ years: 10, 11, 57, 133, 135, Tugboat 31 172, 205, 211, 215, 230, 144, 176, 221, 237 238, 239 Unconsciousness 33 12+ years: 21, 24, 28, 36, 41, 51, 5+ years: 9, 15, 17, 37, 43, 55, 53, 54, 59, 80, 87, 96, 122, Vacation 51 61, 68, 73, 89, 94, 104, 138, 139, 145, 149, 151, Vegetarian cooking 52 110, Ill, 119, 174, 187, 156, 158, 161, 175, 177, Veteran 11 202, 216, 220, 222, 226, 182, 184, 193, 197, 203, Veterinarian 47 240, 253 214, 219, 232, 244, 249, 250 Victory 29 Vietnam/EmigrationI 1 6+ years: 2, 25, 52, 65, 67, 70, 13+ years: 3, 16, 113, 121, 123, Vinci, Leonardo da 44 71, 72, 84, 91, 102, 108, 131, 148 109, 117, 125, 126, 136, Waiting room 25 140, 150, 160, 162, 166, 14+ years: 29, 38, 50, 81, 112, Wales/Legend 15 168, 170, 178, 180, 183, 116, 153, 201, 209 War 11, 31, 39, 45, 65 185, 186, 188, 191, 204, Water cycle 32 208, 223, 227, 235, 247, Weakness 31 248 Weather 41 Well 16 7+ years:1, 4, 12, 23, 60, 128, Wildlife 12, 30 134, 154, 171, 212, 218 Will to live 4 Wind 17 8+ years: 6, 19, 20, 32, 46, 47, Wings 35 56, 64, 69, 74, 75, 77, 78, Winter 17, 31 79, 83, 88, 92, 97, 98, 99, Withdrawal 7 101, 103, 105, 106, 118, Witness 27 120, 142, 147, 157, 165, Wolf 5 173, 181, 189, 192, 194, Wordplay 36 195, 198, 206, 224, 225, World War 1117,31,42,56 228, 229, 233, 236, 241, Writer 50 246, 251, 252 Writing 62 9+ years:13, 14, 39, 62, 107, Zagreb 54 114, 132, 137, 141, 155, Zoo 27, 61 167, 169, 210, 243 The White Ravens 1998 - Internationale Jugendbibliothek , Impressum The White Ravens 1998 Selection: A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature East-Asian Languages Fumiko Ganzenmüller (Japanese) 1998 Internationale Fay Huilin Chou (Chinese) Jugendbibliothek Editor:Dr. Barbara Scharioth English Martha Baker, Russ MacMath Editorial work:Jochen Weber Translation:Martha Baker German Christa Stegemann Layout:Edda Greif Cover photo: Dr. Barbara Scharioth Romance Languages Illustration (p. 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