(3) K-3 Illustrated by Howard Fine. These fourteen poems about monsters, ghosts, dragons, and the like were previously published in anthologies that are now out of print. Fine's charcoal and gouache illustrations are more comic than creepy and provide a good match for the lighthearted verses that are not too spooky for small children.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Roma Karas. Few surpass Moore's genius at translating experience and observation into poetry for the very young. The late poet's ability to write of the commonplace, uncommonly, is handsomely showcased in this picture book collection of seventeen city poems (all but one previously published). Rich, vibrant oil paintings saturate the pages and reveal a skilled sense of composition and color. Ind.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Doug Cushman. Three early chapter books, Little Raccoon and the Thing in the Pool (1963), Little Raccoon and the Outside World (1965), and Little Raccoon and No Trouble at All (1972, all McGraw-Hill), have been compiled and newly illustrated. The Little Bear-like stories, though somewhat predictable, are graced by Moore's simple, lyrical language. Numerous illustrations by Cushman (of Inspector Hopper fame) add appeal.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: April, 1963

(2) PS Illustrated by Jill McElmurry. This well-conceived and well-executed collection features a luxuriously spacious page layout, with only one or two poems per double-page spread. The spreads always give the child reader a focus--and that focus is usually another child. Eighteen poems in twenty-four pages may seem scant, but anyone who shares this just-right collection with a child will discover that, indeed, less is Moore.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2001

(3) PS Harper Growing Tree series. Illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. A brief, evocative poem describes the wind one blustery day: "The wind that whirled your hat away / furled a flag / filled a sail / raced a boat / tugged a kite / tweaked its tail...." Like the text, the artwork encourages page-turning; after pursuing her hat across the carefree, summery illustrations, a smiling girl holds the hat on her head on the last page.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert