(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. After realizing her older siblings are helping her find Easter eggs, Betty Bunny insists on searching by herself, but she's upset when she only finds one. Her parents reassure her that doing things independently is part of growing up--a lesson Betty mischievously turns to her own advantage in the humorous ending. The lively illustrations are appropriately rendered in an Easter-egg palette.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Betty Bunny is back in her fourth gentle lesson-based book. This time, when she takes up soccer, she expects to score ten goals just like that. Playing in a real game, however, is quite different. Her siblings, portrayed realistically and comically, urge her to keep practicing. Lively illustrations add to the humor of Betty's reasoning and her can-do determination.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. When Betty Bunny breaks a lamp by mistake, she blames it on the Tooth Fairy. "Is that the honest truth?" her mother wants to know--"No...it's an honest lie." With humor and some delightful twists, Betty Bunny learns the importance of telling the truth. The peppy ink and watercolor illustrations give Betty and her siblings lots of personality.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(3) K-3 Candlewick Biographies series. Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Before Fred was famous, his sister Adele was "the dancer in the family." Orgill describes the team's childhood and early work in vaudeville and on Broadway, also touching on Fred's later achievements in films. Their dancing comes alive in focused prose and softly colored mixed-media art with period details. Recommended recordings, films, and a website are included in this "reformatted edition." Reading list. Ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. When Betty Bunny's mother says she can have one new toy, Betty fills an entire shopping cart: "But I want everything I want." Children will relate to Betty's desire to have it all; parents may cringe at her bratty scheme to get her way, but youngsters won't. Energetic ink and watercolor illustrations add comical details to Betty's over-the-top shopping trip.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(4) K-3 Expecting Animal Babies series. Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. This guide to marsupial babies, ostensibly addressed toward expectant parents, answers common questions about joeys (e.g., How do they stay in the pouch? When do they leave?). The questions and answers are conversational and informative (if not very scientific; text and pictures are heavily anthropomorphized). Watercolor illustrations do their part to keep the tone light and playful.

Reviewer: Pearl Higgins

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Betty Bunny doesn't like new foods as a rule. When she tastes chocolate cake, though, it's love at first bite: "I am going to marry chocolate cake!" She ferrets away a slice and winds up with a chocolate mess in her pocket. Jorisch renders the bunny's reaction perfectly with a delicate line, colorful palette, and enough detail to match Kaplan's clever text.

Reviewer: Sophie Williamson

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Who needs a dictionary when you've got a dad? This dad can name human bones, dogs, cheeses, and more. "He knows which mosses are the fuzziest. / He knows which insects are the buzziest." Playful illustrations celebrate a son's admiration for his father and the numerous wonderful things to be known.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Mouse Lulu refuses to change out of her "soft-as-a-butterfly-kiss" pajamas. She wears them to school, subsequently messes them up, and learns why pajamas are meant only for bedtime. The story's parent-initiated lesson is somewhat blurred by Mom and Dad's decision to stay in their pajamas all day too. Detailed, delicate watercolors add style to the tale.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Izzy loves Tashlich, a Rosh Hashanah ceremony during which people apologize to those they've wronged then throw bread into the water to symbolize cleansing. Izzy has four apologies to make and is pleased when others apologize to him. The story's educational aspects are handled with a light touch, a style reinforced by the loosely drawn pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations.

Reviewer: Amy Kellman

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. "Rosie was a girl who had everything"--including a new sister. At first Rosie's "enchanted," but as Buttercup grows into a noisy toddler, Rosie's opinion darkens and she decides to give Buttercup away to their babysitter, dapper Oxford. The standard plot is bolstered by creative details and witty dialogue. Jorisch's clean, precise watercolors show off the elegant mouse-like characters to great effect.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. In this version of a legend from southeast China, a pompous fisherman is outsmarted by his three helpers and ends up doing all the work to make a delicious soup. Though the narration is stilted, readers will giggle over Jorisch's watercolors showing what's actually going on as the fisherman brags, "I invented the real stone soup." A recipe is included.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. In a sophisticated visual interpretation of Lear's classic poem, an owl and a pussycat flee to a land where their romance is cause for celebration rather than separation. Inspired by varied sources including Lear himself and the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, the artist's mixed-media illustrations stay true to the text's playful spirit even as they lend provocative multivalence to them.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Before Fred was famous, his sister Adele was "the dancer in the family." Orgill describes the team's childhood and early work in vaudeville and on Broadway, also touching on Fred's later achievements in films. Their dancing comes alive in focused prose and softly colored mixed-media art with period details. Recommended recordings, films, and a website are included. Reading list.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Sara goes fishing with her granddad for the first time. On the lake she meets his "fishing buddy," a graceful heron who points the way to the best fishing spots. There's not much story here, but the quiet text aptly reflects the special outing. The pencil, watercolor, and gouache illustrations are painted in serene pale blues, greens, and cream colors.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

(4) YA Visions in Poetry series. Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch. A sense of foreboding pervades this sophisticated interpretation of Carroll's classic nonsense poem. Washed with muted color, the scratchy illustrations reveal a dreamlike world with TVs and cameras present everywhere. The unsettling images seem to be commenting on politics, consumerism, war, the media, and more, and the book seems best suited to YA and adult audiences.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch & Stephane Jorisch. Strong-willed first-grader Suki decides to wear to school the kimono her grandmother gave her. Ignoring some classmates' laughter, she bravely demonstrates a Japanese dance and is rewarded with sincere applause. Suki's warm relationship with her grandmother comes through in the elegant, lively watercolors that extend the text, which is as light on its toes as Suki.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch. After Emily's grandmother moves into a retirement home, Emily and her mother sew a quilt from scraps of Oma's past hoping to make the new place seem more like home. Although Emily seems wise beyond her years, Oma is a likable, believable character. The stylized watercolor illustrations help develop Oma's character and the story.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth