KOI AND THE KOLA NUTS: A Tale from Liberia

Verna Aardema, , illus. by Joe Cepeda. . S&S/Aladdin, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-85677-8

In this tale, revised from Aardema's Tales from the Story Hat, the youngest son of a chief who has just died is left with only a kola tree, and the kindness he has bequeathed onto other creatures, to live by. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)

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