Time for a Tale

Dugald Steer. Dutton Books, $15.99 (16pp) ISBN 978-0-525-46950-6

When a hungry fox captures a quick-witted goose in Time for a Tale by Dugald Steer, illus. by Elisabeth Moseng, the goose saves herself from being eaten by telling stories ( la Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights); four mini-books (including Ali Baa Baa and the Forty Sheep) appear inside.

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