(4) K-3 Illustrated by Chris Robertson. A boy points out everything giraffes mess up (birthday parties, movies, park activities), which Robertson highlights in his loose, thick-lined pencil and digital art. But when a kite gets stuck in a tree, the giraffe's long neck ends up being an asset. The child's narration has a mean-spirited tone, and he doesn't seem to have learned from the experience by book's end.

Reviewer: Lauren Causey

(3) 4-6 Hook's Revenge series. Illustrated by John Hendrix. Captain Jocelyn Hook's difficulty discovering the location of her dead father's treasure hoard is the least of her problems: relations with best friend Roger are rocky; there's betrayal in the crew; and the girl she kidnaps from Peter Pan appears to be her own mother. The real highlight of this second reimagining of Barrie's world is its curmudgeonly narrator's sardonically droll voice.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by John Hendrix. A delightfully curmudgeonly narrator sets the tone for this fast-paced and witty reimagining of Barrie's Neverland. This time readers see the pirates, mermaids, cannibals, fairies, and Lost Boys through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Jocelyn, Captain Hook's unapologetically energetic daughter, who gleefully escapes finishing school and the horrors of corsets to join Smee in hunting down the infamous crocodile that finished off her father.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac