A unique family anthology offers an album of pieces by 31 contemporary children's book creators, including writers Mildred Pitts Walter and Yoshiko Uchida; reteller John Bierhorst; and artists Leo and Diane Dillon, Jerry Pinkney and Allen Say. Walter's powerful short account concerning a nonviolent African-American civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., and Uchida's epistolary fictional narrative originating in a Japanese-American internment camp extend the concept of peace to embrace social justice issues. Jacket art by Maurice Sendak introduces a compilation with the intent of offering alternate resolutions to various barriers to understanding and justice. (All ages)

Peace--the issue of our times--affects everyone, but especially children, whodeserve and wish for a peaceful future. Now over 30 of the best-loved authorsand illustrators for children have combined their talents in a big, wonderfulbook for and about peace.