(4) K-3 Yoko and Friends School Days series. Illustrated by John Nez. Yoko is afraid that if adults know she can read they will stop reading to her, and Noisy Nora can't help but talk about her birthday party at school even though some kids feel left out. Two more additions in Wells's easy reader series about life in Mrs. Jenkins's class are well-meaning and contain overt lessons. The art, aping Wells's signature style, gives the books a familiar feel. [Review covers these Yoko and Friends School Days titles: Read Me a Story and The Secret Birthday.]

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Yoko and Friends School Days series. Illustrated by Jody Wheeler. Yoko is afraid that if adults know she can read they will stop reading to her, and Noisy Nora can't help but talk about her birthday party at school even though some kids feel left out. Two more additions in Wells's easy reader series about life in Mrs. Jenkins's class are well-meaning and contain overt lessons. The art, aping Wells's signature style, gives the books a familiar feel. [Review covers these Yoko and Friends School Days titles: Read Me a Story and The Secret Birthday.]

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Yoko and Friends School Days series. Illustrated by Jody Wheeler. The books in this series feature Yoko the cat and her school friends engaged in common kindergarten experiences: first day of school anxieties, a class play, and a Halloween parade. The stories are enjoyable, but the kindergarten setting will be of dubious interest to newly independent readers--though they may be drawn to Wells's familiar characters, faithfully replicated in Wheeler's illustrations. [Review covers these Yoko and Friends School Days titles: The Halloween Parade; Mama, Don't Go!; The School Play.]

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

(4) K-3 Yoko and Friends School Days series. Illustrated by Jody Wheeler. The books in this series feature Yoko the cat and her school friends engaged in common kindergarten experiences: first day of school anxieties, a class play, and a Halloween parade. The stories are enjoyable, but the kindergarten setting will be of dubious interest to newly independent readers--though they may be drawn to Wells's familiar characters, faithfully replicated in Wheeler's illustrations. [Review covers these Yoko and Friends School Days titles: The Halloween Parade; Mama, Don't Go!; The School Play.]

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty