(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lambert Davis. As Grandma marks her seventieth birthday, resourceful Cora finds a way to persuade her to return to Cape Verde and visit the sister she left behind many years ago. The satisfying story and the endnote that follows provide an interesting glimpse into Cape Verdean culture. While the illustrations sometimes look stiff and posed, they do show the affection between Cora and Grandma.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lambert Davis. With a coastal backdrop, a boy and his father watch and wonder about a pod of orca whales swimming by. Cool blues and greens dominate the realistic paintings of the whales in and above the water. While the reverent tone is occasionally overdone, particularly when imagining the whales discussing the humans, Bunting does skillfully wrap factual information into the narrative.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford