(2) K-3 Illustrated by Jon Davis. Benny's family's baked knishes sell like hotcakes on New York's Lower East Side, but then the Tisches move in across the street with their fried knishes. A knish competisch ensues: prices drop, stores expand, and each proprietor hires musicians; the noise level becomes so bad that the mayor gets involved. Lively drawings show the early-twentieth-century street clogged with eager knish consumers. Knish recipes appended.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Miriam Latimer. When a prince refuses his breakfast, his parents take him to India, Mexico, China, and Zambia to find other foods. He rejects everything until a Zambian man suggests a sauce that makes each dish delicious: ketchup. The lighthearted illustrations are well suited to this bouncy, tongue-in-cheek rhyming text. A CD narrated by actor Hugh Bonneville is included.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Miriam Latimer. "In a faraway kingdom, a long time ago, / When bedtime drew near, the Prince shouted, 'No!'" So the king and queen try their darndest to get him to fall asleep; in the end, a bedtime story does the trick. Latimer's illustrations have plenty of energy (much like the wide-awake prince), keeping perfect pace with Oppenheim's silly rhymes.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Fabian Negrin & Fabian Negrin. Juanita doesn't have a gift for the Baby Jesus, but on Christmas Eve, an angel statue tells her to gather weeds. Miraculously the weeds turn into "the most beautiful...scarlet-red flowers she had ever seen." The storytelling isn't particularly compelling and some of the pages are heavy with text, but the luminous illustrations are effective. An author's note gives some background to the legend. Concurrently published in Spanish. Glos.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham

(3) K-3 Translated by Kristen Keating. Illustrated by Fabian Negrin & Fabian Negrin. The translation of The Miracle of the First Poinsettia into Spanish is superior to the original English edition. This story of a Christmas Eve miracle seems more at home in Spanish, and the lyricism inherent in the Spanish text better matches the luminous art. Concurrently published in English.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham

(4) K-3 Bank Street Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler. As the sounds of spring fill the air, a hibernating bear continues to slumber. Finally, a buzzing bee awakens the bear, and he lumbers off in search of honey. The repetitive, onomatopoeic text makes this book well suited for independent reading and reading aloud. Dull illustrations depict the animals named in the story.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 In an uneven and sometimes forced rhyming text, this book introduces young readers to the insect world. Descriptions of appearance and behavior ("Some bugs even use their feet / to take a taste before they eat!") are interesting, but not always clear, as the insects aren't identified until the end. Broda's paper sculptures add realism to this lighthearted entomology lesson.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(3) K-3 Bank Street Ready-to-Read series. For young readers, 'Cats' is a simple rhyming list of cats and cat characteristics. Newsom's illustrations aren't consistent but will appeal to young cat lovers. 'Frog', which is targeted at a slightly older early-reader audience, tells the story of Allie and the show-and-tell frog she thinks she's lost as it hops and hides throughout the playful illustrations.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(3) K-3 Bank Street Ready-to-Read series. For young readers, 'Cats' is a simple rhyming list of cats and cat characteristics. Newsom's illustrations aren't consistent but will appeal to young cat lovers. 'Frog', which is targeted at a slightly older early-reader audience, tells the story of Allie and the show-and-tell frog she thinks she's lost as it hops and hides throughout the playful illustrations.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.