(3) K-3 Illustrated by Natalie Nelson. Wishinsky's straightforward, text-heavy picture-book biography places particular emphasis on Roebling's critical role in bringing her husband's engineering feat, the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, to completion after he fell ill. Taking inspiration from nineteenth-century newspapers, Nelson's collage illustrations draw from photographs, giving the book an air of historical authenticity. Speech bubbles with imagined dialogue make Roebling and her milieu accessible to today's readers. Reading list. Bib.

Reviewer: Erica Wetter

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Natalie Nelson. In each of fourteen dapper mixed-media spreads, Lukoff christens an animal group with a collective noun reflecting their attributes--e.g., "The ostentation of peacocks suspected an intruder in their midst" shows a modestly plumaged bird crashing a peacock party. Some readers of this There Is a Tribe of Kids read-alike may wish for a spread-to-spread narrative link; most will revel in the clever wordplay.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Natalie Nelson. Young Holland gets caught stealing one too many times and joins the army instead of going to jail. Sent to a sumptuously tropical location, he becomes captivated by its beautiful fish and replaces petty theft with a new hobby: painting. The overall tone of the book, based on Lawson's uncle, is irreverent, due largely to Nelson's playful digital collages (which incorporate found photography) and energetic ink drawings.

Reviewer: Minh Lê | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Natalie Nelson. In the story, as in life, young Flannery O'Connor collects birds of all kinds until acquiring the King of Birds himself, a peacock. The story departs from life (and ethology) in some rather ginned-up suspense about the peacock not displaying its tail (the reveal of which is worth waiting for thanks to Nelson's mixed-media collage illustration). Otherwise the story and art are lighthearted and whimsical.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016