To & Fro, Fast & Slow

With the simplest of rhyming texts and evocative illustrations, Durga Bernhard's To & Fro Fast & Slow, a companion volume to Earth, Sky, Wet, Dry, tells the story of a child living in two worlds. The contrasts emerge through split illustrations; on the top of one page, for instance, the children travel ""south"" through grassy pastures and, on the bottom, ""north"" amidst teeming city streets. On a split spread, the girl goes ""back & forth"" between mom's garden and, opposite, dad's brownstone, teaching a lesson not only about language but life as well. (Oct.)