(3) K-3 Illustrated by Dorothy Donohue. After art school, friends Henri T. LaPooch and Vincent van Dog visit each other in the country and the city. As expected, neither likes the other's environment. The characters are loosely based on Toulouse-Lautrec and van Gogh, both of whose art is reflected in the attractive cut-paper illustrations. The book includes French phrases and an afterword about the artists.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) K-3 Miss Bun, a rabbit, is cooking veggie soup, but her friends Crow, Cat, Frog, and Cow bring over such additions as worms, tuna, bugs, and hay, which ruin the soup. The friends make a new batch according to Great Nana's recipe, and they even have leftovers for a soup kitchen. The thin story is rather conventional, but the cut-paper collage illustrations are eye-catching. A recipe is included.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) PS Bold graphics accompany a simple text that teaches parent/offspring animal terms: "BIG COW / little calf." The cut-paper pictures contain humorous exaggeration of figure and expression and details such as the duck's feathers and the sheep's woolly curls.

Reviewer: Suzy Schmidt