Mother Goose Magic

Kay Chorao. Puffin Books, $6.99 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-14-056237-8

Characters from eight nursery rhymes act out the verses, and end up tucked in bed together under the night sky. ""[Chorao's] art conjures up a twinkly atmosphere, appropriate for the very youngest readers,"" said PW. Ages 2-6. (Nov.)

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