(3) K-3 Illustrated by Andrée Prigent. After dung beetle Babak discovers a strange white "egg," he searches for its owner: "an egg needs to be sat on!" He decides to keep it after he spots the egg's "parents" (adult humans): they're "armed with long sticks" (golf clubs) and "hitting the eggs...through the air!" Fine-spun woodcutlike art amplifies the underlying humanity in this French import's perfectly executed gag.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Andree Prigent. In this French import, Tibili, an African boy, asks Crope the spider how to get out of going to school. Crope's answer is in the Box of Knowledge, but Tibili can't open it because he can't read the directions. The smudgy crayoned illustrations are unpolished, but the taut writing and simple story form a pleasant whole.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam