(4) K-3 Translated by Sally-Ann Spencer. Illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch. Twenty-one single-page "The King and..."–titled stories, all featuring spare collage-style art, range from the pithy to the barely-existent. ("The King and the Book," in toto: "'How are you?' enquired the king. / 'That's what I've been asking you all along,' said the book.") Kids who like open-ended Zen koans will be tickled; others won't find sufficient "there" there.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch. Fourteen poems speak to childhood's darker side: how it feels when a friend moves away, or a pet dies, or you miss the ball in a big game. The first-person poems make it easy to identify with the situations and emotions. The child-centered illustrations effectively use expanses of space to convey the isolation of the narrator, or the immenseness of his or her feelings.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005