(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jane Manning. Prelutsky selects pieces by well-known poets about the usual school subjects: cafeteria food, gym class, homework, etc. Though the ground is well trodden, each of these light verses works, with lots of humor and the occasional deviation from the everyday (a purple-painted frog, for instance). Watercolors with broad-faced, rosy-cheeked students add to the light atmosphere.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(2) PS Illustrated by Marc Brown. More than one hundred authors are represented in this carefully crafted collection of two hundred plus-verses for the youngest listeners. The poems, all truly easy to read aloud, vary in meter and rhyme scheme as well as in length of line. The illustrations relate perfectly to the verses. Ind.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 1987

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. A welcome reissue of an aesthetically pleasing and eminently useful collection. Emphasis is placed on humor and light verse, but serious and thoughtful poems are also included. The copious illustrations, interpretive as well as decorative, are a rare blend of tenderness and humor. Ind.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1984