(3) PS Illustrated by Melanie Watt. Caught without Mama in a snowstorm, Bearcub uses what she taught him to take shelter and comfort himself until she arrives. That's when he realizes that Mama will always be with him, even when he's alone. Watt uses a rich, eye-catching orange-brown for the two bears in her handsome, skillfully composed paintings for this heartwarming story.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) PS Illustrated by Melanie Watt. Effectively formatted with a foldout right page that conceals the rhyming answer to the question posed on the left, this book offers selected bird lore from habitat to diet to anatomy. "Why does a hummingbird hover midair? / To sip from the trumpetvine dangling there." Bright acrylic illustrations enliven the presentation, while an afterword supplies further information.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian