(3) K-3 Illustrated by Max Dalton. Not just for Luddites. A much-handed-down typewriter--formerly used to type pamphlets for MLK, a prize-winning poetry manuscript, etc.--is unearthed when young Pablo has to write a report and the family computer freezes. There's much humor and gentle fun-poking at today's techno-savvy kids ("A what-writer?"). Even skywriting pitches in to help tell the story in the inventive, retro-style art.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Max Dalton. Once there was a time when the phone booth on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street in New York City was always busy. Then people begin putting "a shiny silver object" to their ears. Now they ignore the phone booth--until a storm knocks out cell service. Unfussy illustrations with a mid-twentieth-century flavor add some humor to this nostalgic story.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley