Little Cliff's First Day of School

The charmer first met in Little Cliff and the Porch People, set in the 1950s South, returns to face a new school year in Little Cliff's First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert, illus. by E.B. Lewis. Though Lewis's watercolors capture an era a half-century ago, the feelings of anxiety Taulbert conveys are still the same for today's readers. The mood in the paintings and the hero's loving family provide all the reassurance the boy and readers need. ( June)