(4) PS Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. An interactive read-aloud features a pink dinosaur who loves birthdays, hats, dancing, and painting, but who is also very timid. The direct-address text leads the reader through a number of suggestions ("Go on, say hello") that result in inane mistakes ("Your voice startled him") and occasional silliness. The illustrations are bold and vibrant, but the text often misjudges the reader's responses.

Reviewer: Eric Carpenter

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Olivier Tallec. "I'm just going to...wait for the book to be over. / I don't know why you're still here," an uptight mouse says to readers. Then a flying whale literally eats his words, launching an amusing adventure that ultimately unleashes the mouse's inner party animal. Children's smiles will widen as the illustrations brighten and the "GIANT ZERO-GRAVITY DANCE PARTY" starts raging.

Reviewer: Nell Beram