Weekend Reviews (IV)

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend! I'm busy putting together the final Forest of 2006, so I'm just going to give you the review roundup straight. Here we go:

David L. Ulin reviews Big Fat Little Lit, edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, for the Los Angeles Times. (" Featuring 36 pieces by artists such as Spiegelman, Jules Feiffer, Maurice Sendak and William Joyce, the collection is delightfully eclectic, a hodgepodge of visual and narrative styles.")

Cornelia Funke's new novel for the younger crowd, When Santa Fell to Earth, is the Washington Post "Book of the Week."

Mary Harris Russell reviews six new books this week for the Chicago Tribune. They include:

• Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean (a "a splendid, witty sequel")
• Harlem Hustle, by Janet McDonald
• When Giants Come to Play, by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
• Mr. Ferlinghetti's Poem, story and woodcuts by David Frampton
• The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish, by Cheryl Harness
• Leo's Dream, by Antonie Schneider, illustrated by Helga Bansch, translated from German by Alyson Cole