Baboushka and the Three Kings
By: Ruth Robbins
Illustrated by: Nicolas Sidjakov
Medal Winner
NOT REVIEWED
The children of old Russia awaited with joy the coming of Baboushka at Christmastime as our children today await Santa Claus.
Baboushka's story is retold here with beauty and warmth. When the three kings ask the old woman to join them in their search for the Child, she declines because her day's work is not finished. In vain, she tries to follow them the next day. Since that distant time, Baboushka has continued her endless search for the Child.
The primitive beauty of old Russia is captured in rich four-color pictures by Nicholas Sidjakov, illustrator of the well-known THE FRIENDLY BEASTS.
Includes is the story in verse with music composed especially for this book.
From the dust jacket
Inch by Inch
By: Leo Lionni
Honor
NOT REVIEWED
A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything—a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm's solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page.
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