(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. Using child-friendly analogies, Hutchins moves from seconds through larger units of time. The lilting text is affectionate and upbeat. Denton's watercolors show children passing time both quietly and actively. A soothing, lyrical text, many small details in the art, and a final picture showing three friends tucked into their beds make this book a perfect way to end the day.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2007

(2) PS Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung. This book is full of elemental power and high drama--unusual in a book for quite young children. It succeeds because both power (an approaching thunderstorm) and drama (the rescue of newborn kittens) are child-sized, pitched perfectly to a child's experience. The art, though generic, and the direct, immediate text ably capture the atmosphere of a summer storm and the intensity of a child's involvement in--for him--a momentous event.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2001

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ruth Ohi. On the way to his grandmother's house, a young boy and his goat come upon four strange items and a very unhappy baby giant. By using the four found objects, the boy transforms tears to smiles, and the three creatures fall asleep together. A large-size foldout shows the baby giant's mother with her child, surprised that "two so small" could help. The full-bleed illustrations look dated but capably portray the world of giants.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ruth Ohi. This simple story about a non-anthropomorphized mother duck--who protects her stubble-field nest almost until it's beneath the cultivator--and the farmer who moves the nest aside is heartwarming. The telegraphic free verse narration is uninspired, but the watercolor illustrations, framed in the dominant tan of the stubble field, make good use of composition and color.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam