(2) PS Illustrated by Ponder Goembel. It all begins with a simple question posed by a hungry toddler's mother: "What will you say when the doorbell rings and we open the door?" asks Mom. "Hi, Pizza Man!" replies the child. Then Mom poses a series of questions. "What if it's not a pizza man? What if it's a pizza woman?...a pizza kitty?...a pizza duck? Then what will you say?" And the game rolls on in this funny, imaginative book, ideal for reading aloud.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1995

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Friso Henstra. In this original fairy tale, the clever princess Bedelia rescues not only herself from an evil suitor but also--in a reversal of "Rapunzel"--a handsome prince. And before that, Bedelia vanquished a dragon with just her wits ("Dragons are not very bright"). A lively and matter-of-factly feminist text is accompanied by quirky crosshatched illustrations full of patterns and motion. A very welcome reissue.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1999

(4) K-3 Illustrated by George Mendoza & Hayley Morgan-Sanders. Full-page paintings by Mendoza face text describing how, despite losing most of his vision by fifteen, Mendoza became an Olympic runner then an acclaimed painter. Mendoza's colorful, vibrant paintings overshadow the prosaic drawings on the text pages. An author's note explains the extent of Mendoza's remaining vision, his approach to painting, and his ongoing career, but it's a bit redundant.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 This decades-later sequel to Pickle-Chiffon Pie has a king insisting that his daughter marry not her beloved but the winner of a contest named for the castle delicacy. Part William Steig and part Monty Python ("the ten-mile bicycle race [was] made harder by the fact that bicycles hadn't been invented yet"), this hilariously illustrated farce doesn't even need the gross-sounding-pie motif.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Miss Suzy, a squirrel, is routed from her idyllic treetop home by a bunch of ruffian squirrels; moves into an attic dollhouse; welcomes and mothers some abandoned toy soldiers; and then regains her first, beloved home with the soldiers' help. The book's appeal is in the coziness of the homes gentle Miss Suzy creates and in Lobel's expressive crosshatch illustrations.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) 4-6 City and country children alike will enjoy this reissue of a story about a little girl who spends happy hours in a dull backyard, using her imagination to create a magic world with an empty tomato can and puny dandelion plant. Delicate illustrations show young Twig, shrunk down to fairy size, playing with her friends Elf, Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow, and the horse in the alley.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2043