Frida Maria: A Story of the Old Southwest

Deborah Nourse Lattimore. Voyager Paperbacks, $7 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-201515-2

While praising the ""spunky"" protagonist and ""brightly colored, fresco-like"" paintings, PW expressed reservations about the ""contrived"" narrative. A Spanish-language edition, Frida Maria: Un cuento del sudoeste de antes ($6 -201487-X), will be released simultaneously. Ages 5-8. (Apr.)

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