(Ages 8 to 12) This collection of 22 handsomely illustrated folk tales, long and short from around the world, was chosen by a British folklorist.

Because here seemingly is the whole story in one reference volume handsomely illustrated with more than 200 photographs, most of which are in color.

The result is an "entertaining, handsomely illustrated book" that manages to be both "scholarly and briskly good-humored," Alexander Frater said here last year.

A clear, readable guide, handsomely illustrated, to modern American figurative sculpture.

Here, handsomely illustrated and with annotation, are nine well-known medieval stories.

Each book covers one subject, such as the 36-page "The Story of Paper," and is pocket-sized and handsomely illustrated.

(Ages 4 to 8) Here are four trickster tales retold and handsomely illustrated in delicate watercolors.

It is small, beautifully printed and handsomely illustrated with black-and-white prints by several artists.

It was a well-written, handsomely illustrated religious tract defending human life against the enemies that threatened it: abortion, drugs, suicide and, especially, legal euthanasia.

These intriguing personal matters are given roughly two pages in an otherwise meticulously detailed and handsomely illustrated book.