(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. When your dad has been missing for two hundred and eleven days and you're the school bully's favorite target, being a cat seems like a pretty good life. But twelve-year-old Barney Willow's feline transformation has unexpected consequences. A dastardly villain, a humorous narrator, and occasional line drawings should keep readers' interest, especially those who love (or hate) cats.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(3) 1-3 Rocky Cave Kids series. Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cave people coexist in this accessible story for young readers. Miggy, a cave child, finds a lucky dragon stone. She must keep it a secret lest it lose its magic. When forced to protect her clan, she realizes her own power. Adventure and magic delivered in short chapters will entice beginning readers.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. This light-reading volume will be snapped up by those wishing to spice up their baseball small-talk with amusing, strange, or downright gross trivia. The stories of twelve-fingered pitchers, amputated ears, and arachnophobic shortstops are treated only briefly, but there's enough information to entertain teammates on the away-game bus--or bench-sitters. Pen-and-ink cartoons contribute to the zaniness.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. In Bases Loaded, best pals Raymond and Graham play Little League baseball; Cool Campers finds them at summer camp, where they resolve to become the coolest kids there. Both books bounce along on waves of good humor, offering congenial stories for young intermediate-level readers. The copious black-and-white drawings are reminiscent of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series. Review covers these titles: Raymond & Graham, Bases Loaded and Raymond & Graham, Cool Campers.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. In Bases Loaded, best pals Raymond and Graham play Little League baseball; Cool Campers finds them at summer camp, where they resolve to become the coolest kids there. Both books bounce along on waves of good humor, offering congenial stories for young intermediate-level readers. The copious black-and-white drawings are reminiscent of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series. Review covers these titles: Raymond & Graham, Bases Loaded and Raymond & Graham, Cool Campers.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. Best buds Raymond and Graham are finally fourth graders. Ready to rule the school, they instead land in mean Mrs. Gibson's class. In School, the boys are in a play, and in Dudes, it's a dance performance. Told in bright, breezy, appropriately kidlike language, and with a good number of black-and-white cartoon illustrations, these stories offer the post–chapter book set enjoyable fare. Review covers these titles: Raymond and Graham Rule the School and Raymond and Graham, Dancing Dudes.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. Best buds Raymond and Graham are finally fourth graders. Ready to rule the school, they instead land in mean Mrs. Gibson's class. In School, the boys are in a play, and in Dudes, it's a dance performance. Told in bright, breezy, appropriately kidlike language, and with a good number of black-and-white cartoon illustrations, these stories offer the post–chapter book set enjoyable fare. Review covers these titles: Raymond and Graham Rule the School and Raymond and Graham, Dancing Dudes.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(3) K-3 Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by Stacy Curtis. A cat fixes a snack, which attracts a rat. When the rat tries to trick the cat to get the snack, he's caught and becomes part of the snack himself. Rhyming words, short sentences, and integration of the cartoon art and text make this appropriate for beginning readers. The rat's fate may be a bit of a jolt for more sensitive children.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow