(4) PS Translated by Charise Myngheer. Illustrated by Birte Muller. A little girl who wonders what her teddy bear does while she's at school stays home and tries everything from pretending to be asleep to tempting him with honey to catch him at his games. Though the illustrations, punctuated with bold blocks of color, support the playfulness of this theme, the text, told in verse, is interrupted by awkward refrains between many of the stanzas.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(3) K-3 Translated by Marianne Martens. Illustrated by Birte Muller. Two ravens sitting in a tree grouse about winter, but a third longs to join the children below making snow angels. After the kids leave, his artless attempts earn his peers' derision, but the next day, the kids are convinced that a real angel has been there. Because Hächler doesn't sentimentalize, the story and close-ups of the guileless raven's clumsy maneuvers are unexpectedly moving.

Reviewer: Nell Beram