(4) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. This book (reissued in paperback in 2000) is back as an easy reader in paper-over-board and library editions. Eastman's simple, humorous cartoons illustrate exactly what the words describe. This is a useful book for beginning readers (and nostalgic adults).

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Michael Fleming. Because Gwen the hen reminds him that "it's bad luck to count your eggs before they hatch," Red Rooster makes several back-to-back trips to the worm store to buy one for each of ten new baby chicks as they hatch. The easy-to-read, repetitive text in this slight tale about an excited new father provides counting practice and is supported by large, clear illustrations.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi

(4) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Roy McKie. One of Seuss's less memorable early readers, this book poses a series of silly choices: would the reader "rather be a minnow or a whale?...a hammer or a nail?" The story is illustrated with McKie's cheerful, simple cartoons. The only thing changed in this reissue is the author's name (originally published under Theo. LeSieg).

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Henry Payne. "We hear a Ding. We hear a Dong. We hear a Ping. We hear a Pong." Snappy onomatopoeia-filled rhymes make up the text of this newly illustrated edition starring a big-eared boy who tunes in to his environment. The comical art gets the text's humorous elements just right.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Roy McKie. A mouse gives a bird a tour of a "People House," naming and trying out each object in his path. As in The Cat in the Hat, adult humans spoil the fun: the house's residents ultimately give mouse and bird the boot. There's no hint of this book's vintage in the ebullient rhymes and cleanly cacophonous illustrations.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Scott Nash. The narrator goes through the alphabet, inviting everyone from Alice to Zipper--but not Hooper Humperdink--to his birthday party. As the party balloons in the narrator's imagination, he has a change of heart and invites Hooper after all. Nash's drawings present Hooper's loneliness without losing the story's lightheartedness.

Reviewer: Amy Lee Bennett

(4) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. In a simple but sprightly story, popular Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Elmo discover that although some things are difficult to do if you are big, and some if you are small, the reverse holds true as well. The familiar characters and rhythmic text make this an appealing concept book despite the bland writing and art.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.