How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Marjorie Priceman. Dragonfly Books, $6.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-679-88083-7

Singling out the ""offbeat nostalgia"" of the ""energetic"" watercolors in this tale of a round-the-world grocery trip, PW called Priceman ""a master of whimsy."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)

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