New Releases by William Kurelek

Summer on the prairies during the Depression years was not a vacation from school; it was hard work.

In this exciting and action-filled DK Reader, witness the climatic Battle of Naboo from Star Wars Episode I while learning about the characters and their weapons and vehicles. Queen Amidala and her people must join forces with the Gungans in order to reclaim their home planet of Naboo from the invading droid army.

The author''s paintings of Canadian lumber camps accompany his first-hand observations of the life of a lumberjack.

''With reverence and warmth the author writes and paints his memories of boyhood on a 1930 prairie farm in winter. The narrative is colorful and interesting...the illustrations, one for each of twenty brief flashbacks, are rich in texture and painted in the American folk-primitive style; nearly all are small triumphs which can stand alone.'' ---Booklist