(1) K-3 Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. "I HATE MY NAME!" complains Thunder Boy Smith Jr., a.k.a. Little Thunder: a nickname that "makes me sound like a burp or a fart." As he considers new names, the pictures let us into his world and his dreams. The book is both funny and real, and Morales's illustrations (made from "the remains of an antique house") give the family great specificity.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2016

(1) YA Illustrated by Ellen Forney. Junior makes the iffy commute from his Spokane Indian reservation to an off-rez high school where he's the only Indian. Though short, nearsighted, and disabled, he joins the basketball team, which leads to a showdown with his home team. Junior's inimitable and hilarious narration is intensely alive with short paragraphs, one-liners, and take-no-prisoners cartoons (expertly depicted by Forney).

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2007