The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Sloat, Teri , Huffmon, Betty

Berry Magic

32 pp. | Alaska | April, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-88240-575-6 $$15.95 | Paper ISBN 0-88240-576-4 $$8.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Teri Sloat. After hearing the old women complain about crowberries--the dry, tasteless berries growing on the tundra--young Anana constructs four dolls in different colors. On the moonlit tundra, she enchants the dolls, making them come alive and tumble down the hill, leaving delicious blueberries, cranberries, salmonberries, and raspberries in their wake. Jubilant illustrations accompany this well-paced pourquoi tale.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey