(2) K-3 Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Food-truck owner Big Larry (an alligator) has always sold latkes made from Grandma Golda Gator's recipe, but this year he decides to try new flavors. The farmers' market provides options, but his peach-, turnip-, and Camembert-based latkes are each missing a key ingredient. Never fear: he comes to his senses, and the results are a delicious innovation in fusion dining. A well-metered text and friendly, cartoonish digital illustrations make for an inviting story of mixing old and new. Back matter gives brief, miracle-focused information about the holiday as well as a recipe for latkes--with fresh rainbow salsa.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2021

(3) PS Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Brightly colored dinosaurs raise a ruckus on Old MacDino's farm. Just when it looks like things have settled down--dinos commingling peacefully with contemporary farm animals--Tyrannosaurus rex arrives ("With a Roar! Roar! here, and a Roar! Roar! there... / E-I-E-I-RUN!"). The varied typefaces, slanting lines of text, and boisterous illustrations lend energy to this lively variation of "Old MacDonald."

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) PS Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Dragon Roar is not looking forward to summer ending; he's nervous about starting school ("what if my teacher is a knight in shining armor...?"). With reassurance from big sister Sparkles, Roar has a great first day and even makes his sister a special picture. Illustrated with goofy cartoons, the story cleverly riffs on typical school goings-on: the dragons play "hide-and-seek-the-princess" in gym, etc.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(3) 1-3 Rider Woofson series. Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. In this new detective series, Rider Woofson and his pals in the Pup Investigators Pack are on the tails of some of Pawston's most dangerous criminals: an art thief, an imposter New Sealand prince, and the crooks who nab David Bow-Wowie's instruments. Chock-full of animal gags ("meow-nificent"), cartoony illustrations, and cliffhanger chapters, this is a good starter-mystery set. Review covers the following Rider Woofson titles: The Case of the Missing Tiger's Eye, Something Smells Funny, and Undercover in the Bow-Wow Club.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(3) 1-3 Rider Woofson series. Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. In this new detective series, Rider Woofson and his pals in the Pup Investigators Pack are on the tails of some of Pawston's most dangerous criminals: an art thief, an imposter New Sealand prince, and the crooks who nab David Bow-Wowie's instruments. Chock-full of animal gags ("meow-nificent"), cartoony illustrations, and cliffhanger chapters, this is a good starter-mystery set. Review covers the following Rider Woofson titles: The Case of the Missing Tiger's Eye, Something Smells Funny, and Undercover in the Bow-Wow Club.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(3) 1-3 Rider Woofson series. Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. In this new detective series, Rider Woofson and his pals in the Pup Investigators Pack are on the tails of some of Pawston's most dangerous criminals: an art thief, an imposter New Sealand prince, and the crooks who nab David Bow-Wowie's instruments. Chock-full of animal gags ("meow-nificent"), cartoony illustrations, and cliffhanger chapters, this is a good starter-mystery set. Review covers the following Rider Woofson titles: The Case of the Missing Tiger's Eye, Something Smells Funny, and Undercover in the Bow-Wow Club.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Ben Whitehouse. Seeking a new home away from death, John and his younger sister Page flee ruthless Great-aunt Beauregard and the family coffin business. Reminiscent of The Phantom Tollbooth, this offbeat (if sometimes exhaustingly eccentric) quest features colorful secondary characters, odd inventions, and no shortage of humor as the siblings realize that home is less a place you find than a place you make.

Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum