cover image By the Dawn's Early Light

By the Dawn's Early Light

Steven Kroll. Scholastic Press, $5.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-590-45055-3

PW said that this dramatization of a critical moment in the War of 1812 ""energetically conveys careful research and patriotic thrummings. Oil paintings hinting of Turner portray the excitement."" Ages 5-9. (June)