(4) PS Translated by John Oliver Simon. Illustrated by Mandana Sadat. Whimsical but uneven rhyming text, translated from Spanish, describes the relationship between baby animals and their mothers. The black-and-gray illustrations, accented with splashes of color, depict patterns and textured prints that invite repeated perusals. One illustration of a stern-looking mother owl with an oversize head and stark features may be off-putting, but most of the animals are depicted with friendly expressions.

Reviewer: Renée Wheeler

(4) K-3 Translated by Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Mandana Sadat. A young girl moves her hand and enters a surreal fantasy world that is subtly composed of items in her living room. Sadat's richly textured and brightly colored illustrations (in pencil, crayon, and digital techniques) atop ink-black backgrounds are visually compelling, but unfortunately the spare poem is not as fluid in English as it is in Spanish.

Reviewer: Siena Leslie