(3) K-3 My Readers series. Photographs by Isobel Springett. An abandoned fawn finds a surrogate mother when she's introduced to a Great Dane named Kate. Originally published as a picture book, this edition features an abridged text for beginning readers. Less is more; the succinct text lets readers focus on the book's real draw: the touching close-up photos of this interspecies friendship.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 Photographs by Isobel Springett. An abandoned fawn finds a nurturing companion when she is introduced to Great Dane Kate. Despite never having puppies of her own, Kate takes to surrogate mothering immediately, and Pippin thrives under her care. This book's draw are the close-up photographs that accompany the unremarkable text. The pictures capture this touching inter-species bond and chronicle the fawn's growth to adulthood.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(4) K-3 Each double-page spread contains an illustration and a one-page beginning to a story, which readers are invited to finish on their own. Questions at the end of each story get readers thinking of possibilities. Characters include dragons, ducks, and a dog named Mog, all set in unlikely, imaginative situations. Though unattractive, the book may be useful to teachers.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 As a young dragon sets out to find his flame, he must "avoid aunties armed with arrows," "beware of barons bringing broadswords to breakfast," and otherwise navigate a world of elves, fairies, giants, etc. The dragon-on-a-quest concept could have been made clearer, but once readers get it, they'll be hooked. Springett's art, which ably displays the medieval milieu, matches his text's inventiveness.

Reviewer: Nell Beram