(4) K-3 Rookie Reader series. Illustrated by Susan Miller. "Grab your hat. / It's time to go. / You'll need some boots for the rodeo." In addition to five one-word spreads ("Bounce!" "Bound!" "Throw!"), this rhyming text features one or two easy-to-read sentences per page. Cartoonlike illustrations that show a rodeo contestant in the ring with his spirited horse add to the enjoyment of this adventure, which unfortunately ends abruptly.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin

(3) K-3 Rookie Reader series. Illustrated by Susan Miller. Though people frown and tell her to "act her age," the narrator's nana takes great pleasure in her unconventional mode of transportation, a hog dressed to the nines. Illustrations filled with amusing details (granny wearing pig earrings, for example) complement the simple rhymed text.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne