Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers

John Burningham. Jonathan Cape, $16.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-224-06494-1

Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers by John Cunningham, now in a 40th anniversary edition, stars a featherless goose who wears a sweater knitted by her mother. However, Borka's siblings do not accept her, and her family migrates when winter arrives, forgetting her completely. How she ultimately finds love and acceptance makes for a grand adventure.

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