(3) 1-3 Translated by Sophie B. Watson. Illustrated by France Cormier. A boy and his elephant friend spend a rainy morning in a museum, where--rather than damaging art as the guard expects--they foil a robbery. This short book (translated from the French) has plenty of fun. Everything in the illustrations is just a little off-kilter, and much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of the deadpan text with the slightly exaggerated art.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 Translated by Sophie B. Watson. Illustrated by Delphie Côté-Lacroix. Two adults become friends (and maybe more) by turning a chance encounter into deep understanding. Over drinks at a café, they share the respective disabilities (Leon's "small problem with [his] eyes" and Florence's with her lungs) they've had since childhood and ask honest questions. Black-and-white illustrations, accented with red, yellow, and blue, suit a story (translated from the French) that is at once simple and full of empathy and feeling.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 Translated by Sophie B. Watson. Illustrated by Marion Arbona. In this pensive climate-change story from the perspective of a young Iñupiat girl living on a small Alaskan island, the rising ocean is embodied as a sea monster bent on devouring the girl's traditional wintry homeland. With splatters, swirls, and other stormy patterns, Arbona's art adeptly visualizes the story's focus: the girl's worries about what will happen to her family and home. Glos.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey