(3) K-3 Illustrated by Steven D'Amico. Determined to remain the center of attention, Suki gets competitive with visiting cousin Mirabella, who prefers to stay clean and play games that don't revolve around Suki. Things get ugly when the two bunnies tussle over a single flower crown. Cooperation is the easily digestible lesson--luckily the digitally colored charcoal illustrations imbue the characters with enough personality to offset its impartment.

Reviewer: Shara Hardeson

(2) PS Illustrated by Steven D'Amico. On the last night of the holiday, extended family and friends gather in Rachel's streamer-festooned living room for her family's “Hanukkah Hop.” The evening starts with storytelling and dreidel-spinning; arrival of the Mazel-Tones klezmer band ramps things up. Silverman's gleeful text has rhythm, and D'Amico's angular illustrations, with their circa-1950s flair, keep up the pace throughout this unabashedly joyful Hanukkah romp.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011