(4) K-3 With a go-big-or-go-home title, this saccharine call to arms suggests earth-friendly and altruistic things industrious kids can do in one day. The feel-good ideas, such as bringing cupcakes to a sick or lonely person, planting a tree, and donating clothes and toys, require an equally energetic adult, but this well-intentioned book--with kinetic collage art and upbeat rhymes--will be a springboard.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Karen Hillard Good. Young Peter, who lives with his grandparents on a farm, carefully tends a special pumpkin growing by itself in a nearby meadow. At the same time, a lonely girl moves in next door. Not surprisingly, the children's friendship blossoms in parallel with the pumpkin's growth. Unfussy illustrations in an autumnal color palette set an inviting scene and complement the rather bland text.

Reviewer: Bethany Templeton Klem

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Karen Hillard Good. After caring for an exhausted reindeer they discover while leaving treats out for the woodland animals, family members awake on Christmas morning to find a special thank-you note and gift from a grateful Santa. Watercolors warmed with muted brown-hued tones are suitably Christmassy, but the rhyming text is singsongy and the story (especially the ending) is sentimental. `

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden