(2) PS Here is one if you're looking for something seasonal but not spooky. In this revised edition of a book first published in 2000, "On Halloween, every pumpkin becomes a pumpkin head." It's a shaky premise, but it makes clear what we will see in the following pages: carved pumpkin heads in doorways, on a park bench, in a cowboy hat, as a snowman or a scarecrow, etc. (The only misstep is a pumpkin-head hot-air balloon, which one devoutly hopes is not carved.) There's enough variety in the pumpkin heads to keep things interesting, and Minor's gravely romantic gouache watercolors place the heads in a variety of sunset or moonlit settings.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2021

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Florence Minor. When Tickles wakes up to find that her bunny siblings have gone on an adventure without her (again!), she reads her new book instead and imagines herself in a variety of heroic situations. Then it turns out that her siblings need rescuing--and, thanks to the stories in her book, she manages it. Sweet, sunlit gouache illustrations capture Tickles's personality and flights of imagination.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) K-3 Comparing and contrasting diurnal and nocturnal animals, Minor depicts an animal (e.g., a butterfly) or group of animals (such as woodchucks) active during daytime hours alongside a corresponding illustration showing the nighttime counterpart (such as a lunar moth or skunks). Minimal text echoes the movements in each of the luminous, detailed gouache illustrations. "Fun Facts" about the featured creatures are appended.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015

(3) K-3 Minor imagines ENORMOUS, GIGANTIC, and COLOSSAL pumpkins, placing each in a signature American scene (e.g., a MIGHTY pumpkin on Mount Rushmore) for geographical literacy and juxtapositional fun. The artist's proven talent for classic landscapes here gets a wink with the STUPENDOUS jack-o'-lanterns plomping themselves down like they own the place. Facts about each place depicted are appended.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2013

(3) PS This inviting introduction to the farm showcases finely textured watercolor-gouache illustrations of happy, friendly farm animals. Each colorful animal portrait is accompanied by a short, self-contained verse that presents a kid-friendly fact about the animal ("Chickens come in many colors / But their combs are always red") or a glimpse into daily life on the farm. Additional "Fun Facts" are appended. Websites.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) K-3 "If you were a penguin, / what could you do?" Spare rhyming text answers that question, describing penguins frolicking in their surroundings and providing bits of information about physical and behavioral characteristics, habitat, and diet along the way. Vivid realistic illustrations show ten different species of penguin and their environments. Appended "Penguin Fun Facts" elaborate on points in the main text. Websites.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(4) PS This is a slight rumination on the different guises a pumpkin may take. The accompanying paintings include pumpkins carved to resemble witches and cowboys, as well as jack-o'-lanterns painted onto the sides of hot-air balloons. The text is negligible, but Halloween fans will be drawn by the evocative illustrations of pumpkin heads glowing and glowering against autumn backgrounds.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 The artist-author documents his stay in the Grand Canyon in watercolor illustrations and text that reads like a journal. These impressions of the natural beauty of the national park include reverent accounts of a variety of wildlife, rock formations, and weather, as well as historical information about the area. While Minor clearly admires the landscapes, his illustrations do not quite convey the vast grandeur of the canyon.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford