(3) K-3 Originally published as Health Can Be Fun, this book contains no-nonsense advice that still applies. With plenty of humor, further enlivened by Leaf's stick-figure illustrations, it covers such basics as drinking milk, eating vegetables, and exercising. The brisk tone ("GO TO BED when you should and STOP fussing about it like a two-year-old") may be welcomed by today's harried parents.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(3) PS Illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans. Bemelmans's brown-and-black crayon drawings work effectively in this story. Disgruntled dachshund Noodle finds digging for bones with his short front paws a trial. When the dog fairy says that she'll grant him a wish, Noodle asks the zoo animals what they consider to be the best body shape. In the end, Noodle asks to be "just exactly the size and shape I am right now."

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Robert Lawson. This Caldecott Honor book tells the story of orphan Wee Gillis, who shunts between his mother's relatives in Scotland's lowlands and his father's Highlander relations. When the day for choosing where he'll spend the rest of his life arrives, Wee Gillis comes up with a clever solution that keeps everybody happy. Lawson's pen-and-ink drawings bring the story to exuberant life.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2038