Come a Tide.(Children's Review)

COME A TIDE Four days and nights of rain and snow in the mountains and, Grandma predicts, it'll "come a tide." And indeed, fragile gardens are swept away, pigs and chickens float merribly by, and families scramble for higher ground. When the water recedes, everyone pitches in, excavating household goods--their "buried treasures"--with good cheer. This is a gem of a picture book, a seamless collaboration between author and artist. Lyon's folksy narrative captures the cadence of country speech …