(3) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Bing. Three versions of the story are contained in this volume: a traditional Grimm telling, a variant in which Little Red and her grandmother outsmart the wolf, and, printed in a small booklet pasted on the endpaper, a Perrault translation, with its caution to girls against letting "wolves" into their chambers. Handsome pen-and-ink drawings, run through with intense-hued watercolors, enhance the presentation.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Christopher Bing. Denenberg and Bing create an invented newspaper memorial of Lincoln's death, with yellowed pages bound in faux-weathered maroon. Archival photographs and maps, as well as artificial advertisements (e.g., fountain pen nibs), appear alongside portraits that mimic period engravings. Beautifully integrating content and form, this engrossing oversized (twelve by eighteen inches) book serves both browsers and researchers well. Timeline. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Bing & Christopher Bing. Although this book's large pages have been subjected to a faux-antique finish, the antiquing is more distracting than atmospheric and the elaborateness of the paintings threatens to subvert the energy and playfulness of the story. However, Bing still knows to focus on the three things that matter--the hero, the tigers, and the pancakes--and to leave alone the less-is-more nature of Bannerman's indestructible tale.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Christopher Bing. Bing illustrates this poem as a military operation, performed in stealth and carried out as one vital piece of a complex tactical maneuver. As in Casey at the Bat, Bing uses the physical book to evoke a historical period as well as to record it, but here detail rides roughshod over coherence. Appended explanatory notes provide historical background, sometimes contradicting the text, sometimes complementing it. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2002

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Bing. Setting the poem when it originated, Bing creates a fictional edition of the Mudville Monitor to report Casey's humiliation. Scratchboard drawings re-create gazette etchings, and the yellowed, crumbling pages of this manufactured artifact look authentic. Small collages of advertisements and baseball memorabilia (authentic and fabricated) decorate the pages. Such a mixture of fact and fiction begs for discussion and sharing.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001