(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Zebra takes Musk Ox on a journey to each continent, where they learn a fact or two and Musk Ox has a chance to complain. Musk Ox's self-centered worldview is more silly than informative. There are plenty of one-liners and visual gags, but this third book featuring the odd couple (A Is for Musk Ox; Musk Ox Counts) doesn't fully hang together.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Who knew that Old MacDonald's farm started with a lawnmower-replacing (but hedge-eating) goat and "the smartest hen in history"? Using catchy rhymes and cartoon-silly illustrations (neighbors' protest signs include "Grass smells better" and "This is still weird"), the cheerful book chronicles how Mac transformed his suburban backyard into a garden through composting and became the proprietor of an organic produce cart.

Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. After his humorous efforts to learn the alphabet (A Is for Musk Ox), Musk Ox takes on counting. Unhappy that he's alone on the "one musk ox" page (even though he wanted to go first), Musk Ox barges onto other pages, messing up the counting lesson. This anti-counting book will elicit plenty of guffaws, and Myers's heavy shapes suit the musk ox's forceful personality.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Gran Gran has inscribed this copy of Birthday Bunny to Alex. The mischievous boy repurposes the sappy story and pictures through the liberal application of number 2 (pencil). It's all very clever and even wise about the divide between what grownups think kids should like and what they actually do, but neither joke nor point comfortably stretch to thirty-two pages.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013

(3) 4-6 Brixton Brothers series. Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Twelve-year-old sleuth Steve has a nasty run-in with a group of hard-core surfers called the Berserkers while trying to track down a stolen surf board; he must assist the police in cracking a pirating case if he wants their help with the Berserkers. This fourth Brixton Brothers volume will appeal to both comical-mystery fans and extreme sports enthusiasts.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. In this humorous ABC-book parody, a self-centered musk ox sees each letter of the alphabet as a chance to talk about himself: "C is for musk ox...because...we live in Canada..." The joke is stretched a bit too thin, but Myers's paint is as thick and bulky as his main character's fur, giving the illustrations an almost tactile quality.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. On a powerfully windy night, Bartholomew decides to fly away on an adventure using a bed sheet as his sail. Bart meets pirates, avoids a stiflingly boring school, and must figure out a way to return home from a windless canyon. Rich oil paintings offer compelling exploratory escape for young dreamers; however, the lengthy verse, all rhyming couplets, quickly becomes wearing.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Clink can't compete with his fancier peers in the robot store. However, he's able to impress a young shopper by breaking out in a "head-boppin', toast-poppin', show-stoppin' tune," dancing with twirls and twists. DiPucchio's witty text, occasionally interspersed with onomatopoeic robot-centric words ("Plink! Pop! Ping!"), is ideal for reading aloud. Myers's paintings burst with loud colors and energy.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2011

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Matthew Myers. Like many dads, Tobias's father works all the time; unlike other dads, Tobias's father is a (grumpy) T-rex. At Field Day, the dino dad ends up saving the day after a gang of bullies descends. The story's focus is scattered; however, the painterly illustrations of the tie-wearing, newspaper-reading, lawn-mowing suburban T-rex are almost worth the price of admission.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan