Oxenbury, who received the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1999 for her illustrations for Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, has now illustrated the companion volume. Her thoroughly modern Alice, once again dressed in jumper, tights, and tennis shoes, skips her way through encounters with Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the White Queen, and Humpty Dumpty.

Well-known animal tales get a fresh look from eight contemporary artists in A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. Peter Sis, Satoshi Kitamura and Jane Ray number among the artists, illustrating """"How the Whale Got His Throat,"""" """"How the Camel Got His Hump"""" and """"How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin."""" The illustrators' individual styles lend each story a distinct feeling. Fans of Kipling's work will appreciate the new look and newcomers to the classic stories will be taken in by the bold artwork and approachable trim size. .

Gr 2-6 Eight well-known tales serve as a showcase for a variety of illustrators. Peter Sís's familiar dots and a watery blue and brown palette illustrate "How the Whale Got His Throat," while Christopher Corr uses bright colors against a hot yellow background to set the scene for "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin." Other artists use collage, watercolors, and woodcuts to illustrate a story; some styles evoke ethnic art, while others are more cartoonlike. Barry Moser's watercolor illustrations offer a more unified vision for Just So Stories , a slightly different set of Kipling's famous tales (Morrow, 1996). While picture-book treatments of a single story are available, libraries in need of a collection can consider this a supplemental purchase. Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA