(2) PS Illustrated by Tara Nicole Whitaker. In this cozy board book, Asim (Preaching to the Chickens) lists, in rhythmic rhyming text, what a baby girl loves about Christmas. The cartoon illustrations show the wide-eyed girl's wonder and delight as she explores (with her pet cat) holiday flourishes within her home. Details around the house reinforce the family's love and pride in their culture, including a Black Santa figurine on the mantle.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019

(2) PS When Harold sets out to find a Christmas tree, his famous purple crayon leads him to the North Pole and back before he draws just the right tree "between the fireplace and the big soft chair." This new board-book edition has fewer pages than the original 1957 picture book, with a handful of different page breaks (fitting more lines per page) and a few deletions of Harold's in-progress drawings.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

(3) PS Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. "Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! Is the trash truck full yet? NO." A trashman makes his rounds in this board-book edition of the picture book. Yaccarino's compositions, with their large blocks of bright color and simplified shapes, work well in this smaller format. The well-designed original's open look is better suited for group sharing, however.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999

(3) 4-6 Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston. Diana, Amazon warrior princess of Themyscira, rescues a World War I pilot who has crashed near her hidden island; she feels she has found her calling when he tells her of the turmoil in the outside world. This easy-to-read novelization is a faithful scene-by-scene adaptation of the 2017 movie and includes eight full-color pages of film stills.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(2) PS Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Two of Margaret Wise Brown's seven Noisy books featuring Muffin, "the little dog who heard everything," are here reissued in sturdy, glossy, faithful-to-the-original board books. Generations of children have reveled in the books' interactive noises, direct-address questions, enjoyably silly possibilities ("Was it a policeman going squeak squeak squeak? NO"), and final revelations. Review covers these titles: The Noisy Book and The Quiet Noisy Book.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) PS Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Two of Margaret Wise Brown's seven Noisy books featuring Muffin, "the little dog who heard everything," are here reissued in sturdy, glossy, faithful-to-the-original board books. Generations of children have reveled in the books' interactive noises, direct-address questions, enjoyably silly possibilities ("Was it a policeman going squeak squeak squeak? NO"), and final revelations. Review covers these titles: The Noisy Book and The Quiet Noisy Book.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1950

(4) PS Illustrated by Pat Schories. This somewhat over-hefty collection features twelve reformatted and redesigned Biscuit stories, originally published as either smaller-size easy readers or paperback picture books. Biscuit's simple adventures include going to the library, "helping" in the garden, welcoming a new baby to the family, and visiting a farm. The gentle stories and illustrations are slight but will appeal to Biscuit's preschool fans.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 Twelve previously published stories (some as easy readers) are adapted "to be read in five minutes or less" and collected here in one somewhat over-hefty volume. Pete's many fans won't care about the repetitive text and flat storytelling; the bright, eye-catching illustrations enhance blasé Pete's cool factor.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 Twelve "lightly adapted" stories are collected in one hefty volume. Some were previously published as beginning readers, but all are presented as picture books here. Fans of the familiar characters and predictable situations won't be deterred by the bland illustrations and story lines.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) PS A board book edition of Harold is a good idea. A big book edition of Harold is a good idea. A big board book edition of Harold is completely unnecessary, but this is a faithful reproduction of Crockett Johnson's classic.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: October, 1955

(4) 1-3 Adapted by Donald Lemke. In this hefty collection of twelve tales, Batman and his superhero friends outwit the familiar DC Comics supervillains every time. Undistinguished, bold-color comics illustrations on each page are accompanied by a simple text that moves from action scene to action scene with no character development--but Batman's legions of fans aren't in it for that anyway.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) K-3 Fancy Nancy series. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Twelve previously published easy readers and picture books are reformatted and gathered in one uniform storybook volume. The book's uber-pink cover, fancy words, and frilly art will delight loquacious Nancy's many fans. That the stories are light on plot won't bother them a whit (that's a fancy way of saying fans won't be disappointed).

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) PS Though the other elephants love his jokes and games, Elmer the patchwork elephant wonders if the herd is laughing at him because he looks different. He tries blending in but can't disguise what's special about him. The message about accepting yourself and celebrating differences won't interest babies; older toddlers, however, will welcome this first board-book edition of Elmer into their herd.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) PS Illustrated by Clement Hurd. This counting book lifts parts of Brown's writing and fragments from Hurd's illustrations to demonstrate numbers one through ten and one hundred. Some pages use figures and text in a way that makes sense ("One quiet old lady whispering hush"; "Three little bears sitting on chairs"), while others are arbitrary ("Five telephones"; "Six bowls of mush"). The smaller size of this board book edition doesn't detract from the layout.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) 4-6 This is a straightforward introduction to the feature film version of Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter ego, Batman, the Dark Knight. Color photographs combine with design blueprints to simulate a dossier revealing Batman's origin, high-tech gear, and special training. Enemies and allies are briefly mentioned, while weaponry and transportation receive detailed attention. This glossy movie companion will appeal only to fans of the film.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) PS Whenever someone complains, Nate finds a bright side. This book may serve as a gift for difficult times. It would work better, though, if all the examples fit its theme; some just show that Nate is, well, nice. The illustrations use line well to convey Nate’s simple contentment.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(3) PS This board book, featuring strikingly simple cartoon illustrations, remains mostly intact. A bunny turns what looks like a box into a boat or a race car or a mountain. To escape the narrator's insistence that it is a box, the bunny escapes in his "Not-a-Box" rocket ship.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2007

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jannie Ho. Cheerful Halloween-themed knock-knock jokes appear on every spread, often with a flap to lift in between setup and punch line. Some of the jokes and puns are surprising, others less so, but these groaners may be just the right addition to a Halloween routine. The cartoony illustrations are more humorous than creepy.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(3) PS Illustrated by Rosalinda Kightley. With virtually identical texts, these simple, small books are written from a child's point of view. The secure older siblings each recognize the difficulties of his/her new identity in a positive way and explain how they play with their baby siblings and help their parents. The cheery new illustrations focus on a preschooler's world. Includes a note to parents. Review covers these titles: I'm a Big Brother and I'm a Big Sister.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(3) PS Illustrated by Rosalinda Kightley. With virtually identical texts, these simple, small books are written from a child's point of view. The secure older siblings each recognize the difficulties of his/her new identity in a positive way and explain how they play with their baby siblings and help their parents. The cheery new illustrations focus on a preschooler's world. Includes a note to parents. Review covers these titles: I'm a Big Brother and I'm a Big Sister.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.