(4) K-3 Illustrated by Valeria Docampo. Angelina Neatolini's proclivity for playing in the dirt conflicts with the ideals of her neat-freak family. When a hard-of-hearing ladybug fairy godmother mistakes the word pet for pest, Angelina finds her house full of carpenter bees, pink widow spiders, and a pastry baking bug. The plot is familiar, but Docampo's vibrant, energetic gouache illustrations will charm young readers.

Reviewer: Sophie Williamson

(3) K-3 Pop-ups by David A. Carter. This edition, with original text intact, includes stanzas of Seussian rhyme scattered across the eight colorful spreads. Seuss's tall Truffula Trees and the Once-ler's factory are perfectly suited to appear as pop-ups; gatefold panels offer additional pop-ups, pull tabs, and special effects. Carter's choice of spreads and creative placement of Seuss's text and illustrations make this a fine addition to any pop-up bookshelf.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(4) PS This appropriately adorable picture book for preschoolers is about a baby whose superpower shrinks monsters down to size so that they are as cute as it is. The book has sturdy square pages, spacious double-page spreads, flaps and foldout pages, dialogue balloons, and sound effects ("AAHHH!!", "ROAR ROAR ROAR"). But how is it a graphic novel?

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(4) PS Gigi has a busy, girly day in the city, meeting passersby and visiting shops, museums, and a beauty salon. On each color-saturated spread, readers find details about Gigi's activities behind flaps and spin-wheels (one flap/wheel combo displays each month's birthstone). Some text and illustrations are too tiny, but with so much information and such intricate construction, there's a lot to discover.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(4) K-3 Rabbit Wilson, who adores his teacher, Miss Lovely, goes to school on a Saturday, unaware that it's a day off. Meanwhile, as Wilson puzzles over the building's emptiness, readers lift half-page flaps to reveal a green dragon lurking in the corridors. What the book lacks in visual command (the cartoony illustrations aren't noteworthy) it makes up for with its surprise-twist ending.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 Pop-ups by David A. Carter. This edition keeps intact the original text. Unfortunately, to fit it all in, there are several spreads of multiple pop-ups with lots of text squashed onto each one. Dr. Seuss's original art is so over-the-top that to have it come popping out seems like overkill. There's no real harm in this version, but also no compelling reason to own it.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1954

(4) K-3 Around the campfire, a cowboy sings about Wilbur Little--"the weirdest cowboy / That ever hit the trail." Wilbur joins up with a blue moose to herd pigs out West. They have a passel of adventures, all told in verse that can be hard to follow. Stadler has a strong sense of the absurd, and his loose cartoons suit the foolishness.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth