(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mary Reaves Uhles. A young narrator describes the perks of sitting at the kids' table at his grandmother's house and theorizes that adults secretly wish they could join the messy, vegetables-spurning, manners-flouting fun. While the rhymes show little regard for rhythm, the art, which frequently captures interestingly off-kilter perspectives, imparts the thrill of getting away with impertinent behavior at a sit-down family meal.

Reviewer: Nell Beram