(3) K-3 Road to Reading series. Illustrated by Bob Doucet. This smoothly written account of the "Cardiff Giant" describes why George Hull had a man-made statue buried in a farm field and how it became a tourist attraction as a fossilized human. Illustrated with color artwork and a few black-and-white photographs, the true historical account of a nineteenth-century hoax will intrigue early readers.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Bob Doucet. Published in collaboration with Chicago's Field Museum, this picture book offers a contrived story about a mouse who accompanies the bones of the largest T. rex ever found from South Dakota to Chicago. Field Mouse, who is searching for the bone that was the roof of his burrow, finally remakes his home in the exhibition hall. Illustrations from a mouse's-eye view give varied perspective to the illustrations.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt