cover image Premlata and the Festival of Lights

Premlata and the Festival of Lights

Rumer Godden, Sandra Hirshkowith. HarperTrophy, $4.25 (80pp) ISBN 978-0-06-442091-4

""This well-turned tale [of a poor Indian girl who rescues the family's celebration of Diwali] is almost a primer on how to convey the exotic in seemingly effortless fashion,"" said PW. Ages 7-9. (Jan.)