BETTY WATERTON, KNOWN FOR HER outstanding picture book A Salmon for Simon, has issued Quincy Rumpel and the Sasquatch of Phantom Cove (Groundwood, $6.95). This is her fifth novel in the series about the scatterbrained Rumpels. In this story the Rumpels load the three children, the dog and 12 laying hens into the station wagon and visit the newly acquired fishing resort of their friends Bert and Ernie. The family's dreams of heated pools and gourmet meals are not shattered by the reality of a dilapidated, deserted resort, and they leap into frenzied activity. They scrape bottoms of boats, build sun decks, and destroy antique shawls to make pretty place mats. Thrown into the story is the mysterious appearance of a Sasquatch-sized foot print. Pulling all the elements together is Waterton's excellent ear for dialogue and sense of humour. -- by Allison Haupt, a Children's Coordinator for the North Vancouver District Public Library who teaches children's literature at Langara College.

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