(4) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Chicks Peep and Egg are back for their fourth toddler-specific lesson; this time, Peep tries to teach Egg to use the potty, but Egg is adamant about "NOT using the potty." However, Peep (wearing a toilet-paper tutu) enlists a few tried-and-true tricks that eventually make Egg not want to get off the potty. Gehl's now-familiar repetitive formula is buoyed by humor and Wan's expressive characters.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(4) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Housemates Pug and Pig (of Pug Meets Pig) have different ideas about Halloween fun: Pig loves wearing a costume and mask, but Pug finds his uncomfortable and alienating. They find a (rather contrived) solution that allows the two to enjoy the holiday. Lively vignettes of the roly-poly friends are placed against dark purple backgrounds for a festive yet mysterious air.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton

(4) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Chick Peep must convince little chick Egg, caked in mud from playing with the pigs, to take a bath. Egg's initial reluctance ("too wet!"; "too splashy!"; etc.) will be familiar to young readers--and their caregivers--as will the playful solution (bath toys make all the difference). Despite this third Peep and Egg book's formulaic structure, Wan's thick-lined illustrations, featuring expressive farm animals, are preschooler-perfect.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(3) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. This humorous riff on the new-sibling theme uses expressive pencil and digital illustrations and a succinct text to depict Pig arriving at and intruding on Pug's happy home. When Pug escapes through a doggy door, Pig tries to follow and gets stuck...until Pug (after some contemplation) widens the door. Now fast friends, Pug and Pig share everything, delivering a happy resolution.

Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert

(4) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Eager for an egg to hatch, chick Peep tells Egg about the things they'll do together after it hatches. Egg refuses: everything is too scary, too high, etc. When Peep gives up trying to convince Egg, Egg is finally compelled to break out of its shell. The predictable story about overcoming fears is enhanced by graphically pleasing cartoon illustrations.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(3) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Peep, dressed as a pink butterfly, can barely handle the excitement: "Trick-or-treating is going to be so much fun!" But Egg (now a chick after Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching) says it is "too scary...I'm not trick-or-treating." Bold colors, thick lines, and strategic use of white space and panels enhance this preschool-friendly tale about overcoming fears (and receiving candy).

Reviewer: Sian Gaetano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2016

(3) PS Illustrated by Joyce Wan. Rhymed text invites engagement from the listener ("Look! I see a sleepyhead cuddled in a nest") to observe animals slumbering: a bear in a cave, duckling in river reeds, and others. Close-up, starlit illustrations, rendered in pencil and colored digitally, capture the cozy nocturnal sleeping places. The quiet bedtime story ends comfortably--with a sleeping child in Mama's arms.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty