(3) YA Translated by Susan Ouriou. Illustrated by Daniel Sylvestre. Struggling with rejection at school and with her single mother's addiction, Ophelia is inspired when a visiting author gives her a blank notebook. Ophelia, a graffiti artist, claims an abandoned building for her art, which leads to friendship with fellow outsider Ulysses. Abstract collages and line drawings are effectively layered into a poetic text (translated from the French), creating a vivid representation of Ophelia's artistic journey.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Daniel Sylvestre. A ghoul who learned much from "picking people's brains" and skeletons wearing bibs to catch whatever doesn't "stick to their ribs" are a sampling of the deliciously ghastly images found in this light verse collection. Scruffy and edgy in Ralph Steadman fashion, the ink and watercolor illustrations depict Tough City as fun to visit but nowhere you'd want to live (unless you're a rat).

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann