The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Lewin, Betsy

You Can Do It!

24 pp. | Holiday | April, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2522-8 $14.95

(4) K-3 I Like to Read series. An alligator pep-talks her friend as he prepares for a swimming race and contends with a confidence-crushing bully. Employing dialogue balloons, Lewin presents the male alligator's vacillating emotions and the female alligator's reassurances. Too bad the female alligator is nothing but a cheerleader (couldn't she have entered the race, too?). The jumpy art matches the text's vigor.

Reviewer: Nell Beram