(4) PS Illustrated by Sue Ramá. This is an informative book for young children about preschool. Sunny watercolor and digital-collage art illustrates everything from cubbies to potties and circle time to field trips, but uneven rhyme and lengthy text make this challenging to read aloud. Ideas presented as problems not to worry about (Will my parents forget to pick me up?) may unnecessarily alarm youngsters. Preparation tips for parents are appended.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Sue Ramá. The narrator's first baseball game is as much about what his (somewhat distracted) dad buys him--and what is spilled--as it is about watching the action. The boy's surprise at the stadium's enormity rings true; less convincing is the narrative voice, which strains to sound childlike. Watercolor and digital collage illustrations convey a child's pleasure at a day spent with Dad.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) PS Illustrated by Sue Ramá. Miller's spare rhyming text conveys impressions of subway travel: "Clomping, stomping, / shuffling feet / step to the clacking / subway beat." Ramá's merrily busy digital collages of watercolor art capture the sensations of riding on mass-transit trains. Endnotes give brief information about subway systems in different cities around the world.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) PS Illustrated by Sue Ramá. In this companion to Super Sam!, toddler Petey relays how his big brother, Sam, is good at fixing things--particularly the little one's messes ("Uh-oh. Sam, help? Fix the toys?"). But it's little bro who discovers how to fix their falling-down blanket-and-chair tent. The uncomplicated colored-pencil, crayon, and watercolor illustrations and the bold black typeface are childlike without being too precious.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(3) PS Illustrated by Sue Ramá. A boy playing superhero meets his toughest challenge when he accidentally steps on his worshipful baby brother's finger; fortunately, it's nothing that a security blanket can't fix. Between the book's minimal text ("Run, Super Sam! / Fly, Super Sam!"), which may remind some readers of John Steptoe's Baby Says, and the loose illustrations featuring crayon, the perspective stays wonderfully childlike throughout.

Reviewer: Nell Beram