cover image It Could Always Be Worse

It Could Always Be Worse

Margot Zemach. Farrar Straus Giroux, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-374-43636-0

A wise rabbi doles out surprising advice to a man complaining of overcrowded quarters in this Yiddish folktale; Zemach's exuberantly chaotic illustrations earned her a Caldecott Honor. Ages 3-up. (Sept.)