(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ryan Wheatcroft. Follow ten very different families as each one's members perform everyday activities (leaving for work and school, playing, facing troubles) in their own unique ways--yet "in each and every family, the love is all the same." The rhyming couplets are sometimes unevenly paced but successfully illuminate the emotions behind each activity. Small, colorful vignettes--ten to each double-page spread--help tell each family's story.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) PS Illustrated by Carmen Saldaña. When a friendly red bug chooses to settle in Bear's fur, the uncomfortable host desperately tries to dislodge the guest. In the end, a wise owl recommends new lodgings: a sloth who's looking for a friend. This British import's rhyming text doesn't always scan, but the appealing paintings successfully reduce both animals and setting down to more simplified shapes, à la Jon Klassen.

Reviewer: Lolly Robinson