A handsome hardcover edition of Gallico's poignant tale of innocence and longing set in Word War II England. In this ageless tale, a young girl finds a wounded snow goose, which she delivers into the hands of a strange lighthouse keeper on the Essex coast. The simple prose, growing friendship, fairy-tale quality (the unrecognized lighthouse keeper distinguishes himself at Dunkirk) will appeal to the whole family.  (BRD20, $19.95)

World War II