(1) K-3 Illustrated by Larry Day. A girl--who previously lost her own dog--brings home a little lost pup. When the girl encounters a "lost" sign featuring the same little dog, she must make the difficult decision to do the right thing. Through varying page layouts and purposeful pops of color, the pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations on stark white backgrounds clearly convey the wordless narrative, express a range of emotions, and guide the eye.

Reviewer: Patrick Gall | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019

(3) PS "One hand. / Two hands. / Two hands clap. / Two hands slap" (a drum). So begins this minimalist meditation on hands, presented in spare, rhythmic text. The accompanying digitally composed, limited-color-palette art in ink, marker, and gouache has the carefully calculated looseness of a Jules Feiffer cartoon.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Too shy to join a baseball game, a boy slumps on a park bench. There he meets four old men who, after a week, convince him to act. Wordless but for day-of-the-week banners, the white-space-heavy scenes feature audacious color combinations that work--especially with the old-man attire, which, hilariously, the boy adopts.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 When a clueless zookeeper puts the wrong sign in front of Rhino's enclosure, the temperamental creature can't stand to be mistaken for a hippo. The minimal text is related through signs and speech balloons, but it is Newman's offbeat, color-mad illustrations, in a retro style reminiscent of Roger Duvoisin, that tell the story. Different typefaces, colors, and other graphic elements gleefully signal mood and build tension.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2006

(4) K-3 Reginald (an unflappable bull who lives in the jungle) isn't bothered by his unfriendly neighbors, even when they make fun of his swimming attire. One by one, he wins them over with his easygoing, kind manner--except for the ape ("You can't please everybody"). Though slow to start and lacking tension, Newman's story does have its charm, and his cartoon illustrations are bold and lush.

Reviewer: Mark Adam