(4) K-3 Illustrated by Caroline Attia. Substitute pug for pig and cat for wolf, and you have this "Three Little Pigs" update, although the story has been tweaked to reflect the pampered cast: e.g., the big, bad cat uses a hair dryer to wreck the first little pug's house. The book is entertaining, but its art, peppered with color photos of the featured diva pugs, is overstuffed.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) PS Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Brightly colored dinosaurs raise a ruckus on Old MacDino's farm. Just when it looks like things have settled down--dinos commingling peacefully with contemporary farm animals--Tyrannosaurus rex arrives ("With a Roar! Roar! here, and a Roar! Roar! there... / E-I-E-I-RUN!"). The varied typefaces, slanting lines of text, and boisterous illustrations lend energy to this lively variation of "Old MacDonald."

Reviewer: Martha Sibert