Island of the Mighty

Haydn Middleton. Oxford University Press, USA, $20 (82pp) ISBN 978-0-19-274133-2

A third features a favorite character of medieval French storytellers, Renard the Fox by Rachel Anderson and David Bradby, pictures by Bob Dewar, ISBN 0-19-274129-2; and Island of the Mighty by Haydnstet Middleton, illustrated by Anthea Toorchen are legends from Welsh and Celtic sources, ISBN 0-19-274133-0; all are $13.95, ages 8-up. (September)

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