(3) PS Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. It's bedtime, but Lollie is too busy dancing hip-hop to go to sleep just yet. Montanari's rhythmic rhyming prose ("Arms cranking / Body swanking / Hip gyration / Exultation!") follows Lollie's exuberant bedtime routine, from teeth brushing to putting on pajamas. Pinkney's festive, swirl-heavy watercolor and ink illustrations enhance this energetic story, which--despite all odds--does end in sleep.

Reviewer: Mariko Turk

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf. Lula Mae wants a dog, but her hardscrabble farming parents say no. In an innovative workaround, she not only designates a chicken as her pet dog but sets out to show Pookie's worthiness for the role. Pookie and the other chickens, with their personalities and anarchic demented energy, steal the show in Wilsdorf's illustrations. This is a lively celebration of making-do.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2016

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jake Parker. Goblin and Troll each believes that he is the grossest creature in the forest. After asking passersby to settle the matter, the two seem equally matched until a little girl unexpectedly trumps them both. The characters' antics as they try to outdo each other will appeal to fans of gross-out humor, while the digitally colored ink drawings lend lively cartoon energy to the proceedings.

Reviewer: Russell Perry