(3) PS Illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max. "We can star / in our own band. / I'll bang the pot, / you clank the pan." In this gleeful follow-up to I Can Do It Too!, a sister shows her little brother how to paint, wait patiently, use the slide, and enjoy other big-kid activities. The simple rhymes bounce, and Wilson-Max's trademark illustrations rich with brush strokes will delight preschoolers.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) PS Illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max. A series of rhymes about various family members' abilities are paired with a young African-American girl's triumphant cry of "I can do it too!" and corresponding images of her proudly pouring juice (although she spills some), etc. This is preschooler manna: Wilson-Max's mural-like illustrations, exhibiting brush strokes reminiscent of a child's first tempera-paint attempts, perfectly capture the girl's justifiably outsize delight.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Sam Williams. This romping verse bounces through a toddler's day, from early in the morning--"I am awake! / I'm awake all the way, / Waked up to stay up / and wake up the day!"--to cuddling with Mommy at night: "Snug as a bug I'll be / with you so close to me." Filled with soft, fantastical images of babies cavorting with animals, the book features inventive if occasionally cumbersome rhymes.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley