Rating: **** 4 stars

Henriette Barkow, illustrated by Roland Dry, translated by Sylvia Denham,
The Pied Piper.
Mantra, 2002.
Chinese / English

This is a super dual text — it not only looks inviting, it's an excellent read. Dry's evocative illustrations, recallig a different time and place, go across each double page spread with both texts set clearly onto plain colour backgrounds. The pictures really support the story and I particularly like the fact that there is not too much text on each page.

Urmi Chana