(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kathy Osborn. As the author's note confirms with multiple sources, each of these sixteen stories about unusual animals (a contact lens–wearing greyhound; a horse house pet) is true. Ablow uses a matter-of-fact tone, while Osborn goes for a more tongue-in-cheek, sometimes surreal treatment in her gouache paintings. The stories and pictures together provide lots of laughs and some good anecdotes to retell.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Kathy Osborn. It's a day when everyone forgets everything--backpacks, puppy feeding, peas cooking on the stove. The illustrations contain lifeless-looking people positioned stiffly against brightly colored sets. However, the rhyming laundry list of forgotten tasks and items bounces along amiably enough.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann