The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Schwartz, Amy

What James Likes Best

32 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84059-4 $$16.95

(1) PS Schwartz presents four vignettes from a little boy's everyday life, letting young readers choose which aspect of the boy's playdate, for instance, pleased him--and them--the most. Each vignette ends with a brief series of simple, open-ended questions recapping what young James has seen and done. Schwartz's illustration style here creates an uncluttered tableau upon which each segment of James's experiences stands out.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003