title: The War (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
author: Anais Vaugelade
description: Spare watercolors set the tone for this sage antiwar parable. Played out against a bleak, treeless landscape, the tale of two kingdoms locked in endless war draws its color from the characters: the Reds, ruled by Victor the Second, fight the Blues, led by Armand the Twelfth. French author/artist Vaugelade plays up this war's farcical nature by emphasizing the characters' resemblance to one another; readers can identify them only by their corresponding monochromatic spreads. The vast, empty throne rooms in checkerboard tile cleverly suggest a game of chess. Prince Fabien of the Blues "wasn't very interested in war," and, when challenged to a duel with Prince Julien of the Reds, shows up riding a sheep, startling Julien's horse and killing him. Accused by the Reds of cheating and disowned by his father, Fabien sends identical letters to the two kings claiming that he has joined with King Basil of the Yellows, and challenges them to battle--thus making the age-old enemies into allies. Vaugelade carries the pacifist message both visually and textually; the piquant reds, blues and yellows pop out against the barren backdrop to keep attention tightly focused on the human aspect of this shrewd tale. A festive penultimate spread depicts the hesitant but joyful mingling of Red and Blue citizens as their alliance outweighs years of antagonism. All ages. (Mar.)Peace and People's Understanding.
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  A Middy of the Slave Squadron
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ONE. A SOUND THROUGH THE DARKNESS.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO. IN THE FERNAN VAZ RIVER.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER THREE. AT THE CAMMA LAGOON.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FOUR. THE WRECK OF THE PSYCHE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FIVE. THE BATTLE OF THE SAND SPIT.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SIX. WE FIND NEW QUARTERS.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SEVEN. LA BELLE ESTELLE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER EIGHT. ANOTHER STROKE OF LUCK.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER NINE. WE LEAVE THE FERNAN VAZ.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TEN. THE VIRGINIA OF NEW ORLEANS.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE END OF THE DOLPHIN.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWELVE. ALONE IN THE LONGBOAT.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER THIRTEEN. IN THE POWER OF A MADMAN.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FOURTEEN. H.B.M.S. GADFLY.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FIFTEEN. IN THE HANDS OF SAVAGES.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SIXTEEN. KING BANDA.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. KING BANDA'S DAUGHTER.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. DOOMED TO THE TORTURE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER NINETEEN. THE TRAGIC DEATH OF AMA.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWENTY. OUR CROWNING E