From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Boy and elf， in a snowy forest with their fathers， meet by chance. Both young folk wander off and happen upon each other. They exchange stares for a pregnant moment， then their respective fathers， apparently not noticing anything unusual， whisk them away. There are lots of flaws here. Both fathers (but especially Xinni's!) must be remarkably near-sighted to miss one another， the young folk are together for only a few seconds， there's no hint of a repeat meeting， and the only sign of change is David's subsequent appreciation of woodland beauty. Bland illustrations feature pointy-eared， large-eyed elves. They might as well be human， as there's certainly nothing eldritch about their house or daily life. Xinni plays with blocks， a teddy， and other familiar toys (not a book in sight) as his mother silently does the sweeping and sewing. Shallow， abbreviated， and incidental. --John Peters， New York Public LibraryCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information， Inc. Card catalog description Unwillingly taken for outings in the snow by their fathers， a boy and an ice elf meet by chance.