(2) PS Illustrated by Linda Davick. At the park, a kid asks Riley, "Are you a girl or a boy?" Style maven Riley--sporting a tutu, "crazy monster shirt," and "hat with dinosaur spikes"--answers: "I'm...a dancer. And a monster hunter...And a dinosaur." The other child's response to Riley? "Want to play?" Davick's cheery illustrations are true to Arnold's upbeat, self-possessed (gender unspecified) young protagonist.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019

(4) PS Illustrated by Linda Davick. Two round-faced brown-skinned children take care of their dog Rosie. Each vignette ("Rosie Good and Bad," "Rosie Here and There," etc.) features chunky, colorful illustrations on white backgrounds. Through use of repetition and simple sentences, this book explores opposites and builds early literacy skills, but neither the stories nor the illustrations are particularly memorable.

Reviewer: Alia Jones

(3) PS Illustrated by Linda Davick. It's the first day of school, and a frog, duck, mouse, and snail describe their activities: writing their names, playing with blocks, doing art projects, eating lunch, and so on. The school-is-fun message is warmly conveyed through rhyming text, and kids will enjoy decoding the simple rebus pictures. Cheery illustrations show the animal characters enjoying classroom time.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) PS Illustrated by Linda Davick. Ten children decorate their apartment building's Christmas tree. Each holiday-attired child contributes something to the tree, from "1 shiny golden star" to "10 pretty presents" (with "9 menorah candles" thrown in). Schulman's sometimes awkwardly rhymed text is accompanied by illustrations that, while bright and cheery, are a bit chaotic (much like the season).

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(4) PS Illustrated by Linda Davick. A pleasant rhyming text details a little girl's eagerness to start kindergarten. Lucy counts down the seven days before school starts: "Three more days / and this week ends. / I can't wait / to make new friends!" The digitally created illustrations, busy but perhaps appropriately frenetic, offer lots to look at and count.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Linda Davick. Madaras cheerfully reminds readers throughout this generally excellent puberty primer that they're "perfectly normal." There's plenty of sound advice, as about how to select a bra, stop sexual harassment, or approach parents with questions. Each of the ten chapters contains sidebars, amusing black-and-white illustrations accented with pink, and a Q-and-A section ostensibly generated by real girls. Ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram