(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. A diminutive bear is searching the city for his mother. Hest's no-nonsense, direct-address text ("When you meet a bear on Broadway, this is what to do") clues readers that everything will turn out okay. Savadier's thin pencil lines and soft watercolor washes in warm golden hues provide both action and comfort, capturing the feel of New York in autumn.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. A young girl spends Saturdays with her English-speaking grandparents and domingos with her Spanish-speaking abuelo and abuela. The double-page spreads show Saturday and Sunday activities mirroring each other and function as a translation for Spanish words in the text. The watercolors convey a feeling of warmth for both cultures.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. Cooper's readable text conveys basic information about the Jewish holidays, including Sabbath, Purim, and Yom Kippur, and is spiced with interesting facts, lore, recipes, and art projects. The text is handsomely illustrated with photographs of related religious objects, reproductions from the Jewish Museum in New York, and lively cartoon-style art in pen and ink. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Amy Kellman

(4) PS Harper Growing Tree series. Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. One at a time, three children fall and get boo-boos while playing. At the end, all three are bandaged and kissed--"And in just a day or two, / Take a look-- / They're good as new!" Toddlers may not like waiting through all three incidents before the boo-boos are patched up, but the simple rhyming text, the playful illustrations, and the subject are all well geared to the eighteen-month-and-up crowd the book is aimed at.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander