Sister Night & Sister Day

Beth Norling. Allen & Unwin Academic, $14.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-86448-863-0

""Ruby and Rose were twins. They looked alike, but in their hearts they were as different as night and day."" Beth Norling retells the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale ""Mother Holle"" as Sister Night and Sister Day. Her earth-toned colored pencil drawings contrast the two girls and their fates, as they each meet Mother Earth and learn that what is done in her house ""will also be done upon the earth!"" ( May)

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