cover image By the Great Horn Spoon

By the Great Horn Spoon

Sid Fleischman, Eric Von Schmidt. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $6.99 (193pp) ISBN 978-0-316-28612-1

Two tales of trickery and exaggeration by the Newbery Medalist feature adventures in the Old West and during the California Gold Rush. Ages 8-12. (April)