(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sebastià Serra. "On the fourth day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: / 4 cacklin' hens / 3 black cats, 2 cutlasses, an' a parrot in a palm tree." In their second high-seas adventure (A Pirate's Night Before Christmas), the buccaneers plan twelve days of surprises for their cabin boy. The pirate lingo and raucously detailed color-rich illustrations add seafaring flair to this holiday standard.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sebastià Serra. Yates calls on his inner buccaneer to spin a swashbuckling version of the classic Christmas poem. The robust verse sails along with gusto, injecting the familiar rhyme scheme with pirate-speak (glossary included). Serra's digitally colored, retro-looking illustrations bring holiday cheer to the high seas; his jewel-tone palette highlights both the briny deep and a festive band of brigands.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jeff Sinclair. Silly riddles ("Where do spies buy groceries?" "At the snooper-market") are interspersed with jokes, knock-knocks, and funny lists ("Your family might be aliens if..."). The presentation is bland and the black-and-white drawings are amateurish, but the book offers a varied assortment of humor and the subject index is helpful for those looking for jokes on particular topics.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Giggle Fit series. Illustrated by Steve Harpster. Kids drawn to these books by their humorous content and color cartoon art will chuckle over the punny riddles ("Why was the broom late for school?" "It overswept"), stumble at repeating "bad black bran bread," and knock themselves out with knock-knocks. Though the quality of the humor is uneven, the presentation is kid-friendly. Each volume contains an index that will be helpful for those seeking riddles about specific topics. [Review covers these Giggle Fit titles: Funny Riddles, Super Knock-Knocks, Wacky Jokes, and Zany Tongue-Twisters.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(2) K-3 Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Ten mummies cavort in the desert and along the Nile where, as the amusing couplets reveal, their numbers quickly decrease. Karas makes this bandaged bunch engagingly individual with simply drawn facial expressions and animated stances as each is dispatched in a different manner: one arrested, another adopted by baboons, a third blown off in a sandstorm. A cheerfully offbeat addition to the counting-book genre.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003