cover image RACCOON ON HIS OWN

RACCOON ON HIS OWN

Jim Arnosky, . . Picture Puffin, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-14-250071-2

A baby raccoon separated from his family climbs aboard a canoe. The illustrations convey the raccoon's fright as he floats past a "great big alligator." Five warblers call "Zweet, zweet, zweet," bringing him comfort until his family meets him on another mud bank. Ages 2-6. (June)