cover image A PICNIC IN OCTOBER

A PICNIC IN OCTOBER

Eve Bunting, , illus. by Nancy Carpenter. . Harcourt/Voyager, $6 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-205065-8

A contemporary Italian-American family living in New York City makes its annual pilgrimage to Liberty Island to celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty in what PW called a "poignant picture book." Ages 6-9. (Sept.)