(4) PS Illustrated by Celia Krampien. This misleadingly titled book is a little girl's hymn to her life in the city; her day with her dad and dog begins with "Hello, morning, yellow sun, yummy breakfast. Day's begun" and ends with "Curtains billow. Windows light. Goodbye, daytime. Hello, night." The art has a cartoonish quality that fights with the rhymes' grace.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Teri Weidner. Mouse Abuelita prepares a small pot of sopa. Tantalizing piñon smoke draws Chipmunk, Rabbit, and Old Bear to her treehouse. The amigos combine their food to create "Friendship stew" for a delicious feast. Accompanied by softly rendered illustrations, this zesty story in rhyme, peppered with a few Spanish words, highlights teamwork and neighborliness. Soup recipe appended.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

(3) K-3 Illustrated by J. Klassen. In this infectious boogie down Easy Street, readers are invited to count the dancing felines in multiples of two: "Six cats tango in red capes / up and down the fire escapes." Klassen injects lots of life into his digital spreads (the cats' different costumes are particularly attention-grabbing)--no mean feat, given that he's working with a nocturnal palette.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. In this lively cumulative story, a pair of legs dangles from a porch. One by one, a cat, witch, bat, ghoul, ghost, and sprite approach, tempted by the irresistible toes. Not only is Stutson's text rhythmically bouncy and appealing, but Hawkes's illustrations are of the least fearful and most amusing of ghastly creatures. A sure Halloween hit.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1993

(3) PS Illustrated by John Segal. "I am yours / You are mine. / Mama loves you, / Porcupine," begins this series of rhymed quatrains expressing the love of animal mothers for their little ones. While some verses are better constructed than others, mothers and babies will appreciate the genuine warmth throughout. Segal's art features large-scale animals rendered against plain backdrops, suitable for the young audience.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(4) PS Illustrated by Katherine Tillotson. A brief rhyming text and panoramic illustrations convey a boy's nighttime ride on a train through the countryside to the city. The lush, dramatic pictures of the passing landscape sometimes overwhelm the terse text, which contains some poorly rhymed lines. Nevertheless, the book does capture the sensory dimensions of train travel.

Reviewer: Jim St. Claire