(2) PS Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. In this reissue of a long-unavailable holiday book (adapted from a poem originally published in the December 1966 Horn Book), a star awakens the "winter-sleeping" creatures (e.g., bear, badger, skunk) and sings them to Bethlehem. About the 1980 edition, Paul Heins noted the "simple, unabashed realism" of Cooney's art, which, along with Farber's respectful text, celebrates the hibernators "as part of a divine plan."

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

(3) PS A child asks his mother questions about how he can do things animals do, such as, "Without a tail, how can I swing in the breeze?" To each question his mother has an answer: "By ropes and a board, hung from the tallest of trees." Narahashi's gentle watercolors are the book's strength, portraying a world of soft greens and blues in which mother and child have plenty of time for questions and play.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.