(3) K-3 Illustrated by Charlotta Janssen. Joan, a white girl from Virginia, became curious about social stratifications in her grandmother's Georgia town; she grew into an adult committed to ending discrimination against black people in the South. Each spread of the informative book, coauthored by Mulholland's son, focuses on a different event or anecdote of her civil rights activism. The blend of photographs and collaged art creates a scrapbook feel. Timeline.

Reviewer: Lauren Causey

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jason Gaillard. A little boy with a gift for making things grow takes in so many of his neighbors' sickly plants (Mr. Vine's ivy, Officer Peel's orange tree, Mrs. Thorn's cactus, etc.) that they take over his room. The solution seems rather obvious: return the now-healthy plants to their owners. It's an appealingly sweet-natured story, and the illustrations are effective in their profuse lushness.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano