cover image ALICIA HAS A BAD DAY

ALICIA HAS A BAD DAY

Lisa Jahn-Clough, . . Houghton, $5.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-618-26011-9

"Deliberately childlike paintings put a comic edge on a terrible, rotten, very bad day," said PW. "Those of, shall we say, artistic temperaments may find a kindred spirit in this debut book's scowling narrator." Ages 4-8. (Aug.)