(4) PS Illustrated by Debbie Harter. Bopping rhymes ("There's a twisting, twirling Apatosaurus / Encouraging everyone to join in the chorus. / Let's twist!") introduce readers to seven different dinosaurs, rendered as dancing dynamos alongside a diverse group of children in Harter's supersaturated art. The lyrics lose their footing without a backbeat, for which readers will have to turn to the accompanying CD. Dino facts conclude the merrymaking. Glos.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Korky Paul. Whether one has a cat or a dog, a crocodile or a pterodactyl, this British collection has a poem for every pet. Most of the thirty-one poems are silly, and the scratchy ink and watercolor illustrations exaggerate their wackiness.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Korky Paul. Humorous poems about dragons, dinosaurs, and monsters abound in this collection of three volumes (previously published in paperback) that includes poems by Jack Prelutsky, X. J. Kennedy, Lilian Moore, and many others. Paul's ink and watercolor illustrations, which fill the page with these creatures, seem almost too crowded, but the details add playful touches to the poems.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(3) PS A breezy cast of watercolor characters play up the nonsense and fun of this lighthearted collection from Britain, which includes poems by Carolyn Graham, Eric Finney, Tony Mitton, and Clive Webster. The verses are somewhat arbitrarily placed in four sections--"Counting Rhymes," "Finger Rhymes," "Chanting Rhymes," and "Action Rhymes." Ind.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.