(2) PS Illustrated by Steve Gray. "There was an old mummy... / who swallowed a spider." Anyone familiar with the original folksong can guess what happens next in this twisted twist: the mummy's belly (or what used to be his belly) is soon full of things that go bump in the night. Glowing with Halloween anticipation, cartoonish digital illustrations use lots of wide, fearful eyes and luminous backgrounds.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Gray. This revamped rhyme urges readers to watch a pirate's belly grow as he swallows increasingly outlandish nautical objects, including a sail and a mast; swallowing his ship finally does him in. Opportunities for reader predictions make this a good read-aloud. The slick illustrations lack warmth and the characters are unattractively goggle-eyed, but Gray uses perspective in surprising ways.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Gray. Set in a rainforest, this revision of the familiar folk song features a monkey who swallows a succession of animals with the refrain: "I don't know why he swallowed the frog. What a hog!" The nonsense generally works, despite more than a few compromises. Exaggerated computer-generated cartoons mirror the overblown text.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Gray. Forget the old lady and the fly: in this Southwestern-flavored retelling, a coyote swallows all the weird stuff, and the book's droll rhymes ("it tasted like steak, that rattling snake"; "it takes lots of practice to swallow a cactus!") end with the regionally resonant "Yippee-o-ki-yee!" Although the art is cartoon slick, that dimwitted coyote somehow engenders sympathy.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Gray. Before Farmer McPeepers wakes up, his cows steal his glasses then take off for a day of recreation--swimming, skateboarding, catching a baseball game, and kicking up their hooves at a square dance. While tracking them down, the nearly blind farmer continuously mistakes his cows for humans. Although the exaggerated cartoon illustrations are funny, the slight joke gets old quickly.

Reviewer: Mark Adam