WINTERS, Kari-Lynn

A first purchase for pirate picture book collections and a wise choice for most libraries.

This seagoing tale with its endearing heroine will be a sure hit with youngsters.

Gr 3–5—Opening with a true/false quiz, and including a recipe for a throat gargle, instructions for making a nesting site for orchard mason bees (one a very finished product and another using a tin can and some bamboo), and a list of foods that would be unavailable if bees disappeared, this attractive book will be welcomed by classroom teachers and homeschooling parents alike...

Gr 1–2—Nassali is growing up in Uganda...