Don't Count Your Chicks

Ingri D'Aulaire. Yearling Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-40771-3

Celebrating its 50th anniversary of publication is this cheerful, radiantly illustrated tale of a forward-thinking lady who eventually decides the present suits her quite nicely. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)

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