(4) PS Illustrated by Serena Geddes. These books depict lovable but inept parents from a child's perspective. "My mom can't bake a cake, / but she can build a fort." The illustrations show repeated scenes of incompetence resulting in cartoonish mishaps. There is seemingly an attempt to avoid gender stereotypes, but the books still feel old-fashioned. Several appended pages have spaces for photos/drawings and prompts for personalization. Review covers the following titles: Why I Love My Dad and Why I Love My Mom.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) PS Illustrated by Serena Geddes. These books depict lovable but inept parents from a child's perspective. "My mom can't bake a cake, / but she can build a fort." The illustrations show repeated scenes of incompetence resulting in cartoonish mishaps. There is seemingly an attempt to avoid gender stereotypes, but the books still feel old-fashioned. Several appended pages have spaces for photos/drawings and prompts for personalization. Review covers the following titles: Why I Love My Dad and Why I Love My Mom.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Heath McKenzie. In a sweet follow-up to A Year with Marmalade, friends Ella and Maddy are annoyed when enthusiastic but destructive neighbor Toby ruins their building projects. After Toby saves their cat friend, Marmalade, from disaster, the girls abandon their annoyance and try Toby's scooter game instead. In his spacious, eye-catching line drawings, McKenzie leaves characters in black-and-white and skillfully adds color washes to surrounding images.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Heath McKenzie. Maddy asks her friend Ella to care for her cat, Marmalade, while she's away for a year. Ella and Marmalade aren't especially happy with the arrangement, but by the end of this satisfying story, they've become friends. McKenzie depicts the girls in black-and-white line drawings and reserves light color washes for the surrounding images; a dynamic book design completes the attractive package.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert