Fall frolics

Trading Riley

By Sarah Rosenfeld

A review of Trading Riley by Mar'ce Merrell

Published on October 1, 2001

Trading Riley
Mar'ce Merrell

Roussan Publishers
$8.95
paper

Mar’ce Merrell takes a look at how children feel when they must share their time between parents in Trading Riley (Roussan Publishers, $8.95, ages 8 to 11). Merrell’s tale includes a camping trip and some rather cool pet lizards whose changing colours become a metaphor for Riley’s feelings. What’s nice about this book is that it doesn’t condescend but speaks to kids on an even playing field. mRb

Sarah Rosenfeld is a writer and associate editor for a travel and leisure magazine for Canadian physicians.

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