Waiting for High Tide

The X-ACTO-bladed papercuts of Nikki McClure are so recognizable a Northwest product that you half expect that grammar-school children, asked to memorize state products in a way they surely no longer are, might well recite: "Washington: apples, airplanes, Nikki McClure." Among her calendars, prints, and notebooks, her latest picture book is one of her most local productions yet, a celebration of the tidal rhythms of the south Sound and of the impatience of a young boy who just wants to swim! (3 and up)