(3) PS Photographs by Rebecca Gizicki. A child narrator identifies familiar objects and people in this read-aloud. Simple rhymes--"these are my clothes, / these are my fingers / and those are my toes"--accompany colorful, candid-style photographs of babies of different ethnicities and their families. Nothing inventive here, but the rhythmic text and large, close-up images of faces will keep the attention of the very youngest audience.

Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

(3) PS Photographs by Eric Futran. Clear color photographs of a diverse group of young children illustrate this simple rhyme. Each attractive close-up picture demonstrates the meaning of an individual word or phrase; listeners may well want to join in. "Show me happy, / show me helping, / show me up, / show me down. / Show me holding, / show me giving, / show me hiding, / show me found."

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(3) PS Photographs by Eric Futran. "A cheer means I did it! Hurray! I am proud! / A shush means be quiet... / that's a little too loud!" Preschoolers will be riveted by the photos of their peers using expressions and gestures to amplify the rhyming text. Plenty of kids' books feature close-up photos of children; few sustain their concept--here wordless communication--this well.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Nancy Wolff. "This Little Piggy... / Put her playthings away. / This Little Piggy pouted. / This Little Piggy... / Spoke kindly to others. / This Little Piggy shouted." This little etiquette primer, modeled on the traditional rhyme, suffers only from the overuse of distracting comments and thought bubbles containing the reactions of various animals to the piggies' manners. Wolff's expansive candy-colored gouache illustrations say it all--and better.

Reviewer: Nell Beram