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Show ns Summer reading picks REVIEW BY MIRIAM BRENNAN Summertime means . . . ugh, summer reading far a lot of students. Many summer reading programs now allow students to choose at least one ot the books to read during their lime off. For this reason, we will feature two books per issue over the next few months that would make excellent choices. We strongly suggest, however, that students and parents check V with their schools andor teachers for final Dovey Coe is a great study in character development and plot for younger readers, theme and voice for older readers. Perhaps due in part of wildly successful Harry Potter senes, orphan stones are enjoying a resurgence in populanty. Peggy Brookes f approval. Poet and editor Frances O Roaik Dowell has writ- - -ten Dmey (oe (Atheneum, $16, 068983 749), a quietly moving story of a mountain family's struggle to maintain dignity and indevndence. Dos ey, age 2, narrates her account ol mountain life with the familiarity of an old friend. Woven into her tale, however, is a murder accusation that seems and fairly all fingers point toward Dovey as the culprit. Recommended for grades the murder is not 7, detailed (which adds to the mystery) and while Dovey is no saint, Dowell has deftly captured the inner who prevails. In conflict of a have-no- t the spirit of Where the Lilies Bloom, t, 3-- blow-by-blo- M rr TgTiTf'1"" mu YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER! Shana Corey Illustrated by Chesley McLaren Scholastic, $16.95 By ISBN 0439078199 X(n 5-- 8 REVIEW BY KRISTA F. HANSON Todays youth can hardly imagine a time when girls could not wear the clothes of their choosing. Fairly in the 20th century, women and girls wore what society dictated: long, hot dresses held in shape by corsets. Shana Corey's You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! hikes the issue of womens dress reform and gives it a light and fanciful spin, making it accevsible to young children. In this vibrantly illustrated book, children meet Amelia Bloomer, who lived in Seneca Falls, New York, a place associated with the start of the womens movement. Amelia, the wife of a newspaper 26MAY FTiTiTTr Jakes Orphan (A Melanie Kroupa BookDK, $16.95, 4) 0789426285, ages is set in the 1926 North Dakota prairie. Tree is taken from an orphanage by a stem farming couple for one year to help with chores. Forced to leave his brother Acorn behind. Tree adjusts to his new farm life in a stumbling, insecure manner. Following an incident at school. Tree becomes the responsibility of the farmers brother. Soon thereafter. Acorn who was once linked to a robbery back in St. Paul arrives at the farm unexpectedly. The plotting is complex and the characters are vivid, but 10-1- Jakes Orphans ' Titles of you r new books: Hey. uMftr up! VAJAtMA TlMf! Descrfce your books In 50 words or less: Colorful Sfirdy. SVay. . Smallish. Subfte. Odd Popularly -- priced . Rbyihical Proll. Nleuj! Lion-edib- le CaVchy. Perhqps Hanson is a writer and English teai her from St. Paul, Minnesota. Ki ista F. 'rrc; profound . Ebullient. What has been seeMiOqly the biggest Influence on your writing and artwork? Aty-Tai- i y fpfil job fear of haiinj fo yef cbo colafe. (dork) k . What was your favorite subj ect In school? Why? English . because- - you learn how to be. arh cvlate .ani stuff. Who was your childhood editor, started her own newspaper for women, called The Lily. When Elizabeth Cady Stantons cousin came to visit, Amelia saw for the first time the modem costume that was being worn in Europe a shorter skirt worn over fulllegged pants. When Amelia herself adopted the new garment and began publishing the pattern in her newspaper, these fulllegged pants were called Bloomers. Shana Coreys book presents feminist ideas in a simple manner, calling the notion of having to wear heavy, hot dresses silly. Her accessible text shows how such large dresses often caused women to become stuck in gates and how the corsets often caused women to faint in public. She asks her reader, What was proper about that? Even more interesting is a thorough author's note, which puts Amelia Bloomers legacy squarely in the context of the struggle for womens right to vote. This book is a perfect addition to a women's history collection, and it is a joy to read at any time of the year. smarms Sandra Boynton (tecei fkofaraph pre- dominant setting and themes practically demand the readers attention. Dont expect bells and whistles from Jakes Orphan; rather, expect a story as basic as chicken and dumplings, and equally as hearty and substantial. rm?Tfirr Snoopy hero? Shirley Temple Soupy Sales UHle Lvhfyodor Dostoevsfcy. What books did you read as a child? h A My fan? rile was PidCon Lenapd , now inexplicably refilled The Indians of Jersey. Do you write andor Illustrate other types of books?If monj so, what kinds? Most recently EEUKin P.gaTan boob and cD of polyphony and Chanf io Lahn and fij Latin. plaint kanf If you could trade places with one extremely famous person for one day, who would ft be and why? kra Upinsff of Michael Iordan . X'd louefo krtoiJ the SyhIiMify of franscendent excellence. An(l What stuf. physical message would you Hke to send to ail children? If you dof f 'knou fhe aASujer, uf dhg Space jay-ful- y floyjuj.11 Pajama Time!, Workman Publishing, $6.95, 0761 1 19752 Hey! Wake Up!, Workman Publishing, $6.95, 0761 1 19760 iitiAin EZ |