Vivienne Flesher's new book, Alfred's Nose, will leave you chuckling and begging your family for a dog. Alfred is a pug and his family dresses him in bat wings and walrus tusks, a pink leotard and devil's horns, duck bills, crocodile snouts, and even an elephant's trunk. Oh my! You'll still be laughing the next day!
In Bill Mayer's All Aboard: A Traveling Alphabet, you'll find graphic art deco illustrations from A to Z. (My favorite is the green and black C for cycle.) These illustrations are so good that you may just want to frame them.
Archie's War by Marcia Williams is a written journal of 10-year-old Archie Albright's life in London during World War I. At first Archie's parents reassure him that the Germans will not kill children. But when bombs start to destroy his neighborhood, Archie is not so certain that things will turn out okay. Archie's father goes off to war, followed by his older brother. This book has postcards of the era, cartoon illustrations and flip pages. It is the story of a nation at war and how adults and children coped with the devastation of their lives and community.
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