(4) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. After his beekeeper aunt tells Lionel that some bees died over the winter, he gets the idea to relocate the rest to his Paris apartment building's rooftop gardens. Lionel's narration is mainly expository, but readers will cheer as he convinces his neighbors--an effort that McMenemy cleverly shows in a cross-section watercolor painting of the six-story building. Includes a note on urban beekeeping.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. Swedish immigrant Tillie Anderson fell in love with cycling, seeing the bicycle as a means of mobility and freedom. Placing her accomplishments within historical context, this breezy picture book biography follows Tillie's journey as she starts a physical regime and fashions an outfit of (gasp!) pants. Constant curves in McMenemy's cheery gouache, ink, and paper collage art convey a sense of motion.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2011

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. Unable to cross the street, Agatha May Walker plants herself, in an easy chair, in the middle of traffic. This forces everyone to slow down, changing Rushmore Boulevard into a pedestrian paradise. Boldly composed mixed-media illustrations and the text's incorporation of different fonts offer feelings of both turbulence and calm, taking readers from a frenetic place to a relaxed setting.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. In not so many words, a boy describes the evolution of his attitude toward his younger brother: from tag-along pest to, once he starts school, companion. The "first rule" reveal comes at the end and isn't exactly a showstopper, but readers will find the road leading there funny and relatable. The mixed-media art has verve.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. A girl traveling in Paris notices that "everybody bonjours." More than a straightforward travel guide for tots, this book features inventive rhymes coupled with alluring and carefree Parisian city scenes; e.g., for "Every place, it’s all bonjouring. / Players scoring. / Batter-pouring," we're brought first to a soccer game, then a crêperie.

Reviewer: Nell Beram