THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A TROUT

Teri Sloat, Terri Sloat, , illus. by Reynold Ruffins. . Holt/Owlet, $6.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-6900-6

"Sloat sets the cumulative chestnut about the voracious old lady in the Pacific Northwest and endows her with an endless appetite for aquatic wildlife," wrote PW. "Ebullient paintings capture both the lyricism and cheery humor of the rhyme." Ages 3-7. (Apr.)

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