Ian's parents have separated and now he lives 1,000 miles from his prairie farm with only a shoebox of trinkets to keep him company in the city. Then he discovers Mr. Mah, an old man next door with the garden jungle of gai lan and bok choy and sunflowers. Mr. Mah has his own memory box that he shares. Andrea Spalding's Me and Mr. Mah (Orca $17.95) is illustrated by Janet Wilson, whose In Flanders Fields earned an IODE Award. They previously collaborated on Sarah May and the New Red Dress. Me and Mr. Mah by Andrea Spalding and Janet Wilson was a runner-up for the CLA's Book of the Year Award for Children in 2000. 1-55143-168-8

[BCBW 1999]