(2) K-3 Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. A girl doodles, drawing "Teachers teaching," "Fliers flying," "Fliers teaching," then "Teachers teaching flying fliers. Fliers flying teachers," and more. Zelinsky depicts the doodler's virtuoso doodles as multicolored line drawings enhanced with increasingly subtle detail as her imagination takes flight--as will the imaginations of young readers, who are sure to have fun trying their own verbally inspired doodles.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2004

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Yangsook Choi. Gelman takes us through the cycle of planting, weeding, harvesting, and threshing the all-important rice plant in Bali. The simple text is informative and is accompanied on each double-page spread by a verse about one of the many animals (e.g., eels, dragonflies, mice, ducks) included in the rich ecosystem of a paddy field. The warm earth tones of the illustrations reinforce the theme of the book.

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(3) K-3 Step into Reading series. Illustrated by Will Terry. "This is the tray that Pat bought." This mouth-watering cumulative story, in the style of The House That Jack Built, has pizza-maker Pat creating a "pizza all cooked and chewy and spicy and sloppy and gloppy and gooey." Expressive, humorous illustrations, along with a silly, easy-to-read story, will make it hard for new readers to resist reading this one over and over again for the delicious fun of it.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin