(2) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. During the War of 1812, thirteen-year-old flag-maker's daughter Caroline Pickersgill helped stitch her first flag, which flew at Fort McHenry when the British attacked. Francis Scott Key's poem (now our national anthem) immortalized the flag. Fulton's rhythmically paced prose subtly echoes the poem's lines (appended). Berry's striking collaged block prints with colored pencil contrast thick black lines with bold, patriotic colors. Bib.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. For forty years, Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, and has fought against ivory poaching through lectures and fundraising. The seriousness of the realities of poaching and Moss's work and activism is undermined by the book's jarring refrain ("Cynthia Moss was not afraid of BIG things"). Colorful mixed-media illustrations are naive and charming. Reading list, websites.

Reviewer: Grace Worcester Greene

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. This picture-book biography opens in a dreary French village where the young Henri Matisse didn't "excel at much of anything--except, perhaps, dreaming." As the story describes his years as an artist, Berry's illustrations directly mimic Matisse's Fauvist use of color and maturing style. Parker's lyrical text and Berry's impressive mixed-media pictures fully encompass Matisse's chronology, aspirations, and talents.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2013

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. A dog falls head-over-heels for a cat, but the message is lost in translation; cats don't understand "woof." Once the dog expresses his feelings through the universal language of music, the cat is instantly smitten. Playful verse and bright, cleverly composed illustrations capture the emotional ups and downs of this unlikely couple and their quirky yet endearing love story.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. After Rosy complains that wintertime is too cold, her mother tells her the story of how her grandmother "brought spring to Minsk." The text explains how Grandma Beatrice rolls out "golden circles...like sunflowers against a blue sky" and prepares blintzes (recipe appended) for the family. The motion-filled illustrations incorporate traditional Eastern European patterns and details.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. Instead of baking her usual breakfast biscuits, the rancher's wife makes a gingerbread cowboy cookie who escapes from the oven. He eludes the rancher and his wife, a roadrunner, javelinas, long-horned cattle, and hungry cowboys, but then crosses paths with a sly coyote. This western-themed retelling doesn't stray far from the original, and the bold illustrations add flavor.

Reviewer: Mark Adam

(4) PS Illustrated by Holly Berry. A pig's story-length celebration of herself and her kind has its moments ("I can oink at the moon, / I can wallow in the mud, / I can grin like a goon / as I gobble down a spud"), but one leaves the book wondering what the point was. Still, the ebullient illustrations of a multifaceted porcine entertainer merit applause.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. Two villains spark the plot: a selfish old woman who advises a poor old man to be mean to his rooster, and a greedy nobleman who steals a small purse found by the rooster. Oversize, comic pictures expertly convey the action and the predictable reversal of fortunes in this robust battle of wits--a story based on a folktale told by nineteenth-century Romanian storyteller Ion Creanga.

Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2004

(3) K-3 Time-Traveling Twins series. Illustrated by Holly Berry. A set of twins visits Grandma for Thanksgiving and takes a time-travel adventure to Plymouth Colony before tucking into the traditional feast. Informative and entertaining, the text works well with cartoon-style art that features word balloons. Festive endpapers picture a variety of holiday foods past and present.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. Things are kept simple in this time-travel history book, with a compact cast (grandmother and two children) as participants in one momentous historical episode. The soft contours and gentle colors of the illustrations give the volume a young look, and the historical information is pitched low but cleanly and accurately. This is a natural classroom supplement as well as diverting independent fare for newer readers.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2001

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. Twins Lenny and Elizabeth travel back in time with their grandmother to the Oregon Trail in 1843. The text mixes in some history with the adventure, and dialogue balloons add humor, while the cheerful pastel-colored illustrations of well-scrubbed pioneers give a whitewashed view of this arduous overland trek. Maps and an author's note clarify the historical background.

Reviewer: Pamela McCuen

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Holly Berry. Life's milestones--birth, death, baptism, marriage, and rejoicing--are the focus of five connected stories about Baby Rooster, his parents, and their barnyard neighbors. Berry's black-and-white drawings are just right for these tales steeped in southern folk tradition and a strong sense of family. However, overuse of phrases such as "steppity-stepped" and "wiggledy-wiggled" becomes tiresome and distracts from the otherwise lively text.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli