(4) 4-6 In the second novelizations of the Nickelodeon TV show Ride, Kit prepares for a riding competition at her English equestrian school. In shifting points of view, Kit and her classmates continue to crush on and prank one another, although Kit's father's injury and memories of her deceased mother lend more serious notes. The conventional story ends tumultuously, creating anticipation for the next book.

Reviewer: Mariko Turk

(4) PS Peppa and friends throw their own circus at Grandma Pig's backyard garden party (Circus). Peppa, her parents, and friend George have an Easter egg hunt and see a rainbow: "Look!...We found eggs in every color of the rainbow!" (Easter). Fans of the cartoon will be drawn to the familiar cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories adapted from the TV show. Review covers these titles: Peppa Pig and Backyard Circus and Peppa Pig and the Easter Egg Rainbow.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) PS Peppa and friends throw their own circus at Grandma Pig's backyard garden party (Circus). Peppa, her parents, and friend George have an Easter egg hunt and see a rainbow: "Look!...We found eggs in every color of the rainbow!" (Easter). Fans of the cartoon will be drawn to the familiar cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories adapted from the TV show. Review covers these titles: Peppa Pig and Backyard Circus and Peppa Pig and the Easter Egg Rainbow.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) PS When Peppa and her brother George are tired of hearing the same bedtime stories, their parents take them to the library for the first time. With so many books available, Peppa is unsure how to pick just one, but librarian Miss Rabbit quickly finds a solution. Despite the thin story, fans of the animated TV series will welcome the familiar characters and colorful digital illustrations.

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Billy Aronson. PBS Kids' child-and-cat team is back with another "problem" borrowed from an episode of their TV show: Peg and Cat's lemonade stand isn't getting any customers. Amid too much commotion, the story competently introduces the concept of comparing value using charts and graphs ("Cat could see that two was a lot less than twenty"). As always, the cartoony illustrations resemble stills from the animated show.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Billy Aronson. The stars of the titular PBS Kids show star in their first easy readers: in Dog, Peg and Cat must navigate around a mailbox-blocking dog; in Pirate, they must fairly divvy up fruit for hungry pirates or suffer through a pirate song. Teach-y but entertaining enough, the easy-to-read stories based on TV scripts feature digital art with graph paper backdrops that mimic the show's look. Review covers these titles: Peg + Cat: The Big Dog Problem and Peg + Cat: The Pirate Problem.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Billy Aronson. The stars of the titular PBS Kids show star in their first easy readers: in Dog, Peg and Cat must navigate around a mailbox-blocking dog; in Pirate, they must fairly divvy up fruit for hungry pirates or suffer through a pirate song. Teach-y but entertaining enough, the easy-to-read stories based on TV scripts feature digital art with graph paper backdrops that mimic the show's look. Review covers these titles: Peg + Cat: The Big Dog Problem and Peg + Cat: The Pirate Problem.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 American Kit Bridges starts at a strict equestrian boarding school in England. Recovering from a fall off a horse, Kit connects with unruly horse TK, gains new friends and crushes, and finally gets back in the saddle. This first novelization of the Nickelodeon show Ride introduces an entertaining but predictable world. While Kit's developments are satisfying, side characters remain flat.

Reviewer: Mariko Turk

(4) PS In Museum, the Pig family enjoys different exhibits, including dinosaurs and space. In Game, Peppa and family celebrate love and Valentine's Day. In Ducks, Peppa and George go on a duck-hunting counting adventure. Fans of the cartoon will be drawn to the cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories adapted from the TV show. Review covers these titles: Peppa Pig and the Day at the Museum, Peppa Pig and the I Love You Game, and Peppa Pig and the Lucky Ducks.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) PS Peppa Pig's world is full of excitement. In Trip, Daddy Pig surprises the family with a tricked-out camper van for their vacation to Duck Land. In Train, Grandpa Pig builds a mini locomotive to take Peppa and her friends for a ride through town. Fans of the TV show will be drawn to these adaptations' cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories. Review covers the following titles: Peppa Pig and the Camping Trip and Peppa Pig and the Little Train.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(4) PS REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Billy Aronson. In the PBS Kids stars' latest "problem" book, a teenager orders half a pizza pie from Peg's Pizza Place (Peg: "What in the world is half a pie?"). This serviceable, overstuffed introduction to the concept of adding halves is based on a Peg + Cat television script and illustrated with what look like (but aren't) stills from the animated show.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 In their latest "problem" story, the PBS Kids stars teach some skiing penguins competing in the Animal Winter Games to distinguish among "over," "under," and "in between." Despite the excessive exclamation points and font varieties, this story, based on a Peg + Cat television script, is overtly educational. The art conjures stills from the show.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) PS Illustrated by Sav Akyüz. "Knock! Knock! / Who's there? / Munch. Munch. / My lunch." With an off-kilter rhyming text, Bear introduces himself and his silly (slightly naughty) antics. Large, brightly colored illustrations capture his mischievousness as he pulls pranks, steals doughnuts, and evades the (doughnut-missing) police. There's not much story, but Bear's quirky personality more than makes up for it.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(4) PS In Museum, the Pig family enjoys different exhibits, including dinosaurs and space. In Game, Peppa and family celebrate love and Valentine's Day. In Ducks, Peppa and George go on a duck-hunting counting adventure. Fans of the cartoon will be drawn to the cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories adapted from the TV show. Review covers these titles: Peppa Pig and the Day at the Museum, Peppa Pig and the I Love You Game, and Peppa Pig and the Lucky Ducks.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) PS In Museum, the Pig family enjoys different exhibits, including dinosaurs and space. In Game, Peppa and family celebrate love and Valentine's Day. In Ducks, Peppa and George go on a duck-hunting counting adventure. Fans of the cartoon will be drawn to the cheery illustrations and the thin, mildly entertaining stories adapted from the TV show. Review covers these titles: Peppa Pig and the Day at the Museum, Peppa Pig and the I Love You Game, and Peppa Pig and the Lucky Ducks.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 Peg and Cat (of PBS Kids fame) participate in the Tallapegga Twenty with a car they built from geometric junkyard parts. Shapes and simple mathematical concepts are introduced in the busy narrative, which may make readers feel as though they are in a race. The flat illustrations look like stills from the TV show, complete with trademark graph-paper backgrounds.

Reviewer: Nell Beram