ALSO NEW TO THE CHILDREN'S BOOK SCENE is The Sand Sifter (Porcepic $5.95) by Julie Lawson, illustrated by Anna Mah. This short fantasy novel for 6 to 10 year olds is Lawson's first. In The Sand Sifter, Jessica and her brother Andrew listen to stories from an ancient storyteller who lives among the sand dunes and who is "the sifter of sands. Every grain in its proper place and every grain holding a story." The sand sifter tells the children stories about Raven and the sea turtles' kingdom. -- by Allison Haupt

[BCBW 1991] "Kidlit";