(1) K-3 Illustrated by Lisa Brown. A goldfish ghost wafts around a seaside town looking for companionship until he meets the lonely ghost of a lighthouse keeper. In this straightforward quest story, emotion is conveyed by color: the world of the living is all warm pink and beige; the ghost world slate-gray and dark teal, with typing-paper-white ghost figures. In the field of pet bereavement narratives, this stands out for its tenderness, originality, and subtlety.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Lisa Brown. A dainty mummified cat emerges from a small coffin. He prowls the pyramid, looking at paintings depicting first his happy life with an Egyptian queen, then her death. Ultimately, cat and queen are reunited. Rhyming couplets and the gouache, watercolor, and ink illustrations' bright colors offset the eeriness of the subject. Information on Egyptian burial customs and a key to the illustrations' hieroglyphic messages are appended.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Lisa Brown. Young artist Emily is learning about Pablo Picasso, whose work makes an apt frame for this story of divorce (for example, Emily's sadness over the changes in her family pushes her into her own blue period). Told in five chapters, Daly's affecting but unsentimental story is elegantly supported by Brown's simple pencil and watercolor illustrations. A heartfelt, relatable, empowering book.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2014

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lisa Brown. Siblings investigate the Swinster Pharmacy: is it a run-of-the-mill shop that sells "aspirin and toothpaste," as a police officer asserts? Or, is it something more sinister? Snicket nails the intensity of a child's curiosity, but the book (twenty-nine observations ranging from quirky to lyrical to matter-of-fact) ultimately--and perhaps intentionally--leaves readers in the dark. Brown's illustrations are just right: gloomy and eerie.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(3) YA Illustrated by Lisa Brown. Photographs, scraps of memorabilia, and letters (some a little difficult to read) give this eerie, atmospheric mystery the look and feel of a young woman's scrapbook. The woman is Jennie; her fiancé Will dies in the Civil War. Will's brother Quinn, broken in spirit, survives. As Jennie attempts to get to the truth about Will's death, her pain is palpable.

Reviewer: Betty Carter

(2) PS Illustrated by Lisa Brown. Friendly ink and watercolor illustrations follow twins through a day of give and take. Simple text provides a succinct one-sentence analysis of each scene, whether it's an example of getting what you want or the opposite. Mick Jagger may not have been singing about having to wear a raincoat over your ballet costume, but the book successfully applies his can't-always-get sentiments.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2008