Wonder Woman The Rain Forest

Wonder Woman The Rain Forest
Festival Readers - 1st grade reading level
written by Nina Jaffe
illustrated by Ben Caldwell
Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Caldwell
children's manga
ages 4 - 7

I was pleased to find this paperback book on the shelves of my library. Fondly I remember Lynda Carter jumping around with her magic lasso fighting evil from the 1970's television show.
In a laughingly simple plot, Wonder Woman saves the rainforest by talking loggers and forest people into helping one another. Oh, how I wish it were so! That is what our superheroines are there to accomplish - inspire us to do good deeds, save the planet, love one another, etc.
I plan to see if my library has more of these books. My audience enjoyed this book and so did I.
As a note to feminists - in an effort to make Wonder Woman family friendly I see that she has a practical spaghetti strap shirt on and a midcalf to knee length skirt on. Her belly button is covered. Her tall boots are flats, not heals. Sorry, Dads. This is not sexy Wonder Woman but Save the Rainforests while Accompanied by Kids Wonder Woman.
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Three Golden Keys by Peter Sis

Sometimes librarians don't know where to put art books so they put them in the young reader section. I would not call this a children's book, although the dedication in the front says that the author is addressing the book to his daughter, Madeleine. It is more of a mystical tribute to the City of Prague. His illustrations remind me of M. C. Escher or Joann Sfar. The book style is reminiscent of Graham Baese's 11th Hour or Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. In an interview with Sis, the author does say that he was influenced by Sendak and that Sendak played a part in introducing Sis to New York book publishing .
I would not recommend this book to children, but I would to young adults that are into manga or adults planning a trip to the Czech republic or adults with Czech ancestors.

Trivia for Ohioans From Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators entry on Peter Sis:
"My mother's father designed railway stations in Cleveland and Chicago in the 1930s, and my mother lived in the United States as a little girl".