(2) PS Illustrated by Sarah Jane Wright. On Christmas Eve, a boy says goodnight to the participants in the Christmas story ("Goodnight to the baby in the hay... / Goodnight to the sleepy mother. / Goodnight to Joseph, too"). Soothing rhymed text and soft illustrations are ideal for bedtime read-alouds while serving as a straightforward introduction to that first Christmas.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011

(3) PS Harper Growing Tree series. Illustrated by R. W. Alley. A preschooler tells her baby brother all the things she can do and announces that she'll teach him as he grows. The text is a rhyming list of achievements: "I can color a picture yellow and red. I can build a tower high as my head." The illustrations humorously depict the chaos--the aforementioned picture is drawn on the wall and the tower is precariously made from blocks, a pot, and a high-heeled shoe.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) PS Harper Growing Tree series. A rhyming verse lists things babies do ("cry, wet, sleep, coo,") and hear ("songs, whispers, claps, and cheers"), among other things. The dark but colorful illustrations will have older-baby appeal and feature a multiethnic cast of babies/toddlers. The concept isn't simple enough, nor are the illustrations bright and bold enough to hold the attention of very young babies.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.