(3) PS Illustrated by Christina Leist. A sweet family beach-day story uses repeating onomatopoeic phrasing to add rhythm to the spare rhyming text. "I hear the breeze, / whishery-whish, whishery-whish, / and see a bird, / fishery-fish, fishery-fish." The sandy-soft illustrations carry much of the plot line and match the simplicity of the preschool-pitched text.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(3) PS Illustrated by Christina Leist. In Bike, a young child and his mother go for an autumn bike ride while Dad stays with the baby. In Skis, it's Dad's turn to take the boy downhill skiing while Mom and baby watch. Both books feature simple experiences; softly colored, cartoony illustrations; the briefest of texts; and lots of rhyming onomatopoeia to hold preschoolers' interests. Review covers these titles: On My Bike and On My Skis.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(3) PS Illustrated by Christina Leist. In Bike, a young child and his mother go for an autumn bike ride while Dad stays with the baby. In Skis, it's Dad's turn to take the boy downhill skiing while Mom and baby watch. Both books feature simple experiences; softly colored, cartoony illustrations; the briefest of texts; and lots of rhyming onomatopoeia to hold preschoolers' interests. Review covers these titles: On My Bike and On My Skis.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(3) PS Illustrated by Christina Leist. "How do I love you, little one? / Let me count the ways." During the run-up to bedtime, a mom lists ten ways that she loves her toddler, sounding free-associatively poetic ("And your chins are Four. / Four chins! / Little one, I love them all"). The light-touch art gives the child plenty of space to run, cavort, and procrastinate.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Christina Leist. A child and grownup go for a stroll. Dogs are barking, bugs are hopping--the world is full of sounds: "On my walk, / my summer walk, / I hear a horse, / clippity-clop, clippity-clop." When it starts raining, they hear all the noises again in reverse order. Though the story is slight, the out-and-back journey is comfortingly portrayed. Unfussy illustrations complement the text.

Reviewer: Pearl Higgins