(2) PS Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Characterized by infectious rhyme schemes and verse forms varying from couplets to limericks, these twenty-nine poems (including nine new offerings) are attuned to the playful language of preschoolers and roll trippingly off the tongue. Illustrated with elegantly delicate humor, the book contains something for every taste: nonsense and good sense, wonderful imagery, compelling rhythms, evocative descriptions.

Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2000

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jane Dyer. Forty-five poems in rhyme and free verse pay homage to the many experiences of love. Affection both romantic and platonic finds expression in verses by Shakespeare, Myra Cohn Livingston, Langston Hughes, and others. Playfulness permeates many of the poems, but the volume feels like a gift book for starry-eyed adults. Soft colored-pencil illustrations decorate every page and lend the book additional warmth. Ind.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute