cover image Amber on the Mountain

Amber on the Mountain

Tony Johnston. Puffin Books, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-14-056408-2

An illiterate child in a mountain community learns to read and write. ""Johnston knits this story together with recurring themes, lyrical images and picturesque and convincing dialogue,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 4-8. (May)