Speaking of Kaluta, while clicking around the Bud Plant Illustrators Biography site, I decided to check out Mr. K's entry and was a bit surprised to read that he apparently did covers and pen-and-ink interiors for a series of mystery books aimed at young teenage girls entitled (and I think this is a great title and idea for a series) My Name Is Paris, about a young American girl living in Paris at the turn of the 20th century who gets involved with, what else, mysteries. Why doesn't anybody tell me these things? The books are, to the best of my knowledge, out of print, but that doesn't mean I might not run up on a copy or two at a yard sale or eBay or someplace. Just what I need- more stuff to covet.
