(3) K-3 Illustrated by Benji Davies. Best friends Birt and Etho revel in playing with big empty boxes, but Birt unhappily abandons the game after a third boy, Shu, disturbs their "two-by-two rhythm." After Etho and Shu lure Birt back with a wonderful box creation, they share a satisfying three-way "Etho-Shu-Birt-iness." Rich language and expressive artwork depict the joy of imaginative play and the ups and downs of friendship.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stuart Loughridge. Ten-year-old Chersheng gets frustrated because his grandfather is forgetting more and more. Chersheng's mother brings out the story cloth her father made in a refugee camp, using it to remember Grandfather's past. The story, told in English and Hmong, is a helpful but somewhat heavy-handed introduction to both Hmong history and Alzheimer's disease.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth