Karen L. Williams, Author HarperCollins $14.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-688-16846-9
Julie Dorinsky believes she is ""a dumb kid who couldn't do anything right."" In fact, little seems to be going right for this fourth-grader. A shaky speller and slow reader, she's afraid to show her parents her stack of ""poor work"" school papers...
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Lena Shiffman, Illustrator Clarion Books $13.95 (119p) ISBN 978-0-395-58583-2
Reminiscent of the classic Ramona series, this tale chronicles the joys and struggles of early school experiences. Joey King can hardly wait to start first grade, where he will learn how to read and have real homework, just like his older brother....
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Catherine Stock, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-08789-0
Kondi, a seven-year-old African boy, decides to make a galimoto --a toy vehicle--out of scraps of wire. He finds some wire in his shoebox of treasures, but it's not enough, so Kondi searches out more pieces of wire. He visits the shop run by his...
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Catherine Stock, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-13901-8
An imaginative Haitian girl takes the first step toward becoming an artist in this uneven but cheery tale from the author and artist of Galimoto. Lacking paints, brushes and paper, Ti Marie uses an orange brick, white stone and black charcoal to...
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $21.53 (32p) ISBN 978-0-531-07043-7
Luminous artwork and a lyrical, informative text introduce Peter, an American boy who lives with his parents in an African village. Ages 4-7. (Mar.)
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator, Floyd Cooper, Photographer Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-531-05925-8
When Africa was Peter's home, he slid down anthills and chased chickens with his friends--including Yekha, the daughter of his mayi --nanny. When his father's work in Africa is finished and the family returns to America, Peter finds that everything...
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Karen L. Williams, Author, Catherine Stock, Author, Catherine Stock, Illustrator Clarion Books $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-395-65617-4
As they did in Galimoto , Williams and Stock here bring a cultural tradition to life for young readers. The setting is Haiti, zestfully rendered in Stock's brightly hued watercolors. Sasifi carries a basket on her head for the first time as she...
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