(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ingrid Godon. A boy, "the little one," tells "the big one" (presumably Dad) that he wants to do "something big," so they brainstorm ideas together. Between its long-windedness and its straining for depth, the intended readership may have difficulty getting a toehold; however, the story's concerns and the imaginative art--occasionally abstract, in a restricted palette--show that the book is a substantial project.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Ingrid Godon. A child gives examples of the magic her mommy can do--making monsters disappear, healing boo-boos with kisses, making flowers grow and birthday cakes appear--all without the help of a magic wand. The text is more a paean to motherhood than a story for children, but with simple line strokes, the pastel and paint illustrations effectively turn the ordinary into extraordinary.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(2) PS Illustrated by Ingrid Godon. In Godon's broadly rendered paint-and-pastel art, the narrator's daddy is so enormous that he's barely contained on the page. The illustrations reveal that, despite the child's imaginative hyperbole, this daddy is a safe and reliable haven and an affectionate playmate. While lacking the comic pizzazz of Feiffer's Daddy Mountain, this book has its own graphic virtuosity.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005

(4) PS Illustrated by Ingrid Godon. "Take one sweet smile, two adorable eyes..." and so on up to ten, and various attributes and objects combine to create one beautiful baby. The attributes and objects mentioned are familiar to young children, and the simple text should be accompanied by illustrations in which they are easy to count. Unfortunately, in several instances, the featured objects are hard to discern within the soft pastels.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(3) PS Illustrated by Ingrid Godon. Four talking animals collaborate in an effort to placate a crying baby; only after attempting to feed him adult food, bathing him, and playing with him do they find the winning solution: putting him to bed. The book's humor stems from the absurd premise, the chalky illustrations of animals posed like humans and a baby with outsized tears, and the visual punch line at book's end.

Reviewer: Nell Beram