Kitten’s Summer

by Eugenie Fernandes Kids Can Press, $14.95, 24 pages Eugenie Fernandes often renders her illustrations in 3-D, using self-hardening clay, but this latest book combines clay, paper, shells, leaves, and other materials in happy collages that delight the eye and...

Small Saul

by Ashley Spires Kids Can Press, $16.95, 32 pages Small Saul, a peg-legged barrel of a lad with a dandy’s goatee, errant tooth, and spectacles the size of dinner plates, was born to go to sea. Alas, he doesn’t meet the Navy’s stature requirements, so off he sails in...