Reviews written by Sarah Jackson, Staff Reviewer

Rabbit, Porcupine, and Moose are best friends. Rabbit is good at being the boss. Porcupine is good at having fun. Moose is just Moose. When Rabbit hosts her own birthday party, Moose is most excited about the cake. He is so excited, in fact, that he can’t wait for it...

When Grace is called up to the Big House to work for the Master and the Missus, she has to leave her family behind. Already prone to voicing her thoughts of “rightiness,” Grace struggles to keep them quiet as she encounters the direct abuse of the Master and Missus. Eventually,...

Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen’s latest book in the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series focuses on Baby Lincoln, the submissive younger sister of Eugenia Lincoln. After dreaming that she was on a train racing through a night sky, Baby decides it is time for her to take a “necessary...

Carter has been going to the fair since he was a little kid, and now that he is twelve, it is dull, dull, dull. When he and his sister discover a new attraction at the fair, the Curious Maze, he assumes it is dull, dull, dull too. But then the...

As the neighborhood mailman, Stanley the hamster spends his day delivering letters and packages to his many friends. Myrtle is excited for her giant package from Paris. Little Woo receives a present from his grandparents. Charlie receives many, many love letters. Hattie gets yet another speeding ticket. But will anything...

It is clear that Girl and Gorilla Out and About is neither Walton’s nor Berger’s first rodeo. Each has extensive experience with picture books and in this one, they come together as an ideal pairing. Girl and Gorilla, who are best friends, decide to go to the park, but...

After they have each had a rough day, Frank the boy and Lucky the dog find each other at the animal shelter. From that moment on, they are inseparable. Through their adventures together, they learn various subjects traditionally taught in schools. They learn botany and entomology when they explore...

“In a dry, dusty place where the sand sparkled gold, Stood a mighty flat rock—all craggy and old.” So begins The Lion Inside, a story of an unlikely friendship between a mouse who lives at the base of this rock and a lion who lives on top. Due to his...

Twenty Yawns combines the best of two worlds common to picture books for young children: the beach book and the bedtime book. Lucy and her parents enjoy a day at the beach, staying longer than they ever have before. Understandably, they are all tired by the end of the...

Maxi the Little Taxi is a lighthearted book about a shiny new taxi on his first day of work. Maxi zips and zooms around town enjoying transporting his first passengers. Soon, he becomes dirty from the puddles and passengers, and as another taxi predicts, no one wants to ride with...