cover image Everyone Asked about You

Everyone Asked about You

Theodore Faro Gross. Philomel Books, $14.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-399-21727-2

A somber-looking Nora Blue sits at a second-story window as her friend repeatedly entreats her to open the door. He tries to cajole her out of her solitude by telling her that, wherever he has been, ``everyone'' has been asking for her. He travels to school, to a baseball game and to more exotic locations, such as the top of Mt. Pike, the floor of the ocean and outer space. Along the way every creature he encounters--from the underwater tortoises to the Empress of Jupiter--does indeed inquire about Nora. But this doesn't satisfy her. Why, she asks, haven't these well-wishers come to her door? Their appearance, all at once, brings this somewhat monotonous tale to a colorful conclusion. Samton's fanciful, brilliantly hued pictures pep up Gross's rhymed text. Ages 4-8. (May)