Lizette's Green Sock.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

Lizette's Green Sock CATHARINA VALCKX. Clarion, $15 (40p) ISBN 0-618-45298-2

Charming watercolors highlight this sweet if overlong picture book, first published in France. Dutch author/illustrator Valckx outlines her characters with quick strokes of brown, then fills them in with splashes of bright color, giving the book a pleasantly retro feel. Most appealing is Lizette, an orange-beaked, white-feathered bird sporting a blue kerchief, who finds a single sock and promptly puts it on her foot. Tim and Tom, two dastardly-looking cats, spoil her discovery by making fun of her new footwear: "One sock! What a dummy! Where's the other one? Socks come in pairs." …