(4) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Smallman. Wilfred Wolf doesn't mind not being able to tell time--until he's invited to a party that begins at three o'clock ("How will I know the right time to go?"). He tries everything to avoid the lesson, but finally a friend teaches him (and the reader) how to tell time. The illustrations are pedestrian, but the instruction is quite amiable.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Steve Smallman. Ellis retells forty familiar stories from the Old and New Testaments using simple language and repetition: "Pound! Pound! Saw! Saw! Joseph made a table." The tales are stripped to the bare-bones plot, and each concludes with a suggestion for a related activity (e.g., making a rainbow, singing a song, talking about kindness). Smallman's cartoon-style illustrations are kid-friendly.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth