(4) PS Illustrated by Dee Huxley. When Hildy, who is "so angry," hides, her whole family gets in on the hunt. The text, told from the family's point of view, is lighthearted, as reinforced by Huxley's images of faces feigning concern that they will never see Hildy again. Incongruously, the unsettling illustrations of frowning/scowling Hildy in hiding suggest something darker than a child's mischievous bid for attention.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Dee Huxley. Baby Chance doesn't care for Ma's gooky mush, for Pa's guitar playing, or for the dog slobbering on his rattle. "It all made me right cranky. So I left." Living with a variety of critters, he writes home and after extracting a promise for no more gooky mush, he returns in time for his first birthday cake. The droll story is enhanced by Chance's genial cowboy-speak and the chalk-pastel and colored-pencil drawings. A darn good cowboy yarn.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2003