(2) K-3 Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Leora takes care of an errant chicken while waiting for its owner to appear. One thing leads to another, and her family ends up with a herd of goats to present to the grateful chicken-misplacer. Weber's text is straightforward and humorous. Kleven's varied mixed-media illustrations, depicting an indeterminate Old Country setting, are full of texture and patterns. An author's note is appended.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. All day, the weaver watches Earth from above, weaving what she sees into a wondrous coat full of memories; the coat "drifts down" from the nighttime sky, bringing protection to the sleeping people below. Hurd's abstract text is lyrical and dreamy. Kleven's vivid, exuberant paintings draw readers in to search for tiny images from Earth repeated in the fabric.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Thong introduces readers to the fascinating wishing customs from fifteen countries representing six continents, including a rhyme and a short paragraph about each tradition. Kleven's intricately detailed mixed-media illustrations give glimpses into the cultures mentioned and encourage readers to pore over every page. Brief notes at the end provide more information about the wishing lore of each location.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Rhyming couplets describe a boy's experiences from morning ("Day begins, dawn breaks anew. / Sun wakes up, I wake up too") to nighttime, as his imagination takes him on a journey through the clouds. Throughout, myriad angels of various ethnicities (and species) watch over him. In this story based on a spiritual, Kleven's dreamy, textured full-page collages display the interconnectedness of creatures.

Reviewer: Henrietta M. Smith

(4) PS Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. "I've got a little sack of seeds. / (Fat and slick like glassy beads.) / Got a little sack of seeds / to plant the whole round world." A girl plants some seeds and sings about the natural world in a series of rhymed verses. The repetitive stanzas don't quite live up to the jubilant illustrations, which are filled with animals and charming details.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 Translated by Jose-Luis Orozco. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Orozco's third book of bilingual songs is a fine companion to his previous two. The songs are organized by the months of the year and focus on familiar holidays as well as Latino cultural celebrations. Kleven's art incorporates the vibrant lines and color of the folk tradition and provides a lively complement to the action-filled songs. Musical scores accompany the lyrics in both English and Spanish. Ind.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. The authors tell an engaging and accurate history by presenting unique neighborhoods and events in a rich overlay of past and present illustrated with collage paintings that fill each page with an exuberant jumble of detail and pattern. But this is no sentimental journey--earthquakes and fires, Japanese internment camps, and more are told of here. A map and a time line tell more stories of the unique people and places of L.A.

Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2000