(1) K-3 Translated by Daniel Hahn. This subversive French import riffs on the standard before-and-after setup with a crafty conceit and playful presentation. On the opening spread's left-hand page sits a grouping of seaside items, titled "MY PICTURES," labeled in loopy cursive. On the right, "MY PICTURES after the storm" display the same items, now altered: the pail is a puddle, the slide is overturned, etc. Subsequent juxtapositions up the ante with increasingly beguiling transmogrifications.

Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Pauline Martin. What luck! A boy who has "misplaced" his dad meets a man from "the Bureau of Misplaced Dads." There the boy encounters "a colorfully dressed dad," "a clueless dad," etc., but alas, not his own. The resolution seems too easy for this quirky, mind-bending story, but readers will root for the reunion and smile at the quasi-absurdist portraits of fathers.

Reviewer: Nell Beram