The Mark Twain Forum needs a single reviewer for the following series of children's books: Thomas Gilding. _Mark Twain & Me, Mikey T._ Illustrations by Robert Marr. Burlington, WI: Mark Twain Entertainment, 1996. Pp. 142. Paper, 5-1/4" x 8-1/4". ISBN 1-889817-35-X. Mark Twain. _Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog_. Adapted by Tom and Mary Gilding. Illustrations by Robert Marr. (Mark Twain Tales, ISBN 1-889817-00-7.) Burlington, WI: Mark Twain Entertainment, 1996. Unpaginated. Paper, 8-1/2" x 11". ISBN 1-889817-01-5. Mark Twain. _The Buffalo Climbed A Tree?_. Adapted by Tom and Mary Gilding from _Roughing It_. Illustrations by Robert Marr. (Mark Twain Tales, ISBN 1-889817-00-7.) Burlington, WI: Mark Twain Entertainment, 1996. Unpaginated. Paper, 8-1/2" x 11". ISBN 1-889817-02-3. Mark Twain. _A Fable: A Cat, A Mirror, and A Picture_. Adapted by Tom and Mary Gilding. Illustrations by Matt Bowers. (Mark Twain Tales, ISBN 1-889817-00-7.) Burlington, WI: Mark Twain Entertainment, 1996. Unpaginated. Paper, 8-1/2" x 11". ISBN 1-889817-05-8. The three "Mark Twain Tales" listed above are illustrated short stories for children based on Mark Twain's original works. Thomas Gilding's _Mark Twain & Me, Mikey T._ is a novel for young adults, and the blurb on the back of the book reads: Title: Mark Twain & Me, Mikey T. Type of Writing: The Summary Author: Mikey Thompson Class: Mrs. Kendall (3rd) Date: December 10 My name is Michael Tyler Thompson. I used to be a lot of trouble. Now, I'm just kind of a little trouble. I needed to help my failing grades, so my teacher, Mrs. Kendall, and I came up with a plan. I "contracted" to write a journal. I also agreed to do all the assigned types of writings for my classes. Some strange things happened. I started to learn about writing. I also started to learn about my hometown and Mark Twain. The neat thing is I started to like doing these things. When my teacher said Mark Twain and I were "kindred spirits" because we had so much in common, I found out it was true! These are all my writings starting from January to now. If you read them, you will learn about my hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, you will learn about Mark Twain, you will learn many types of writings you need for school, and you will learn about me. To summarize, read my writings and learn about Hannibal, writing, Mark Twain & me, Mikey T. As usual, the review must be of publishable quality, and it would be due within two months of your receipt of the book (i.e., due early-February 1997). The deadline is particularly important, as we are making every effort for Forum reviews to appear before print reviews. If you are inclined to procrastinate, please don't offer to review the book. If you're interested in writing this review, please send me both your home and institutional mailing addresses and phone numbers. If I don't already know you, it would be helpful for you to explain in what respect you're qualified to write this review. (If we haven't exchanged e-mail recently, it might be a good idea for you to remind me of this info.) If you'd like to see some sample MT Forum book reviews, they are available at TwainWeb (the Forum's web page), at the following URL: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/forum/twainweb.html I look forward to hearing from you. Taylor Roberts Coordinator, Mark Twain Forum