Rosalie and Truffle: A Story of Love; Truffle and Rosalie: A Story of Luck.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

Rosalie and Truffle: A Story of Love; Truffle and Rosalie: A Story of Luck KATJA REIDER, ILLUS. BY JUTTA BUCKER. Abrams/Image, $9.95 (64p) ISBN 0-8109-5984-4

This small-format, paper-over-board volume presents the back-to-back, flip-over tales of two young pigs who spend their time dreaming--Rosalie of love, Truffle of being lucky. Rosalie's parents chastise her for failing to find something "better" to do ("You could learn French or practice ballet or play a musical instrument ...") while Truffle's parents similarly suggest alternative pastimes. When the two dreamers meet under an apple tree, friends of each scoff at the idea that Rosalie and Truffle have fallen in …