(3) PS Illustrated by Christiane Engel. Each double-page spread showcases four barefooted children in their apparel of choice: "Hot hats / Cold hats / Silver hats / Gold hats." Flip the bottom-third of the right-hand page to see the fashionista outfits complete with "polka-dot boots!" The acrylic and digital collage illustrations are a playful accessory to the rhyming text.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) PS Illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler. In these verses, which read clumsily unless the reader learns their rhythm by listening to the accompanying CD, each of eleven characters is hungry, so the narrator promises him or her a custom-made pie. The verses get increasingly outrageous, as do the proportions of Ebbeler's exaggerated characters, rendered in acrylics and colored pencil. Music is included.

Reviewer: Nell Beram