(4) K-3 Illustrated by Megan Lloyd. Farmers Belle and Fred care for a lost turkey. Meanwhile, to the envy of their neighbors, Belle's garden flourishes due to her "special formula fertilizer" (secret ingredient: turkey droppings). Fred keeps his wife's secret--until he needs help ridding the yard of too many turkeys. Colorful, detailed illustrations (a little too detailed of the turkeys) capture both the fowl chaos and the lush neighborhood gardens.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Tom Curry. As a birthday gift, Mama asks her childish adult sons, cowboys Clement and Clyde, not to squabble. A mellow breeze inspires their verbal "besting" ("Why, one day it was so windy . . ."), which intensifies with the wind. Only when a gust makes Mama airborne do the men learn cooperation. Illustrations depicting the ranch in turmoil are as lively and hilarious as the brothers' hyperbole.

Reviewer: Nell Beram