cover image Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain

Jane Kurtz. Aladdin Paperbacks, $7.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81896-7

Young Alamayu's bravery goes unrewarded by a selfish rich man until the boy's clever sister puts things to rights. ""Exceptional watercolors of Ethiopian mountains and mountain people quicken Kurtz's revision of a well-known tale,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)