One day, Jenny receives a letter from her best friend, who has moved far away. Empathizing with Maria's loneliness, Jenny writes back, saying she'll sail across the ocean to visit her. Intense, glowing watercolors illustrate this fanciful journey. Jenny's little boat, with its watermelon-colored sail, carries her past an ice cream cone-wielding Statue of Liberty, a school of friendly dolphins, and a ribbon-bedecked ocean liner. When at last she arrives at Maria's tropical island, she flies into the arms of her friend. Jenny, an intrepid, imaginative black child, makes this a very appealing book. Young readers and listeners will relate as easily to the make-believe voyage as to the sense of empowerment it creates in dealing with feelings of loss. --Anna DeWind, Milwaukee Public Library Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.