A warmly affectionate memoir of life in the Bronx in 1916 when Steig was eight years old. His parents argue (in several languages), a war looms -- and, naturally, everybody wore a hat. Steig (who died in 2003 at 95) evokes the personalities, episodes and streets of his youth with charming simplicity. The impish cartoons are instantly recognizable.  (NYC110, $8.99)