Ali: Child of the Desert
by: Jonathan London and Ted Lewin

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. The survival adventure tale gets a desert setting in this picture book about a boy lost in the Sahara. Author and artist have traveled in the area, and they tell the story of sizzling sun and lonely darkness in realistic detail. Lewin's watercolor paintings are rich with story.