WHAT MOMMIES DO BEST, WHAT DADDIES DO BEST
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
Simon & Schuster;ISBN: 0689805772;$13;1998

From porcupine moms to alligator dads, Munsinger’s expressive illustrations show that loving families have little to do with how we look and lots to do with how we care for one another.

Suggested for ages 2 - 5
Subjects: Animals | Fathers | Mothers | Parents

THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE OF GROWN-UPS
by David Wisniewski
Lothrop Lee & Shepard;ISBN: 0688153399;$16;1998

Wisniewski reveals a few of the secrets adults never tell children. Cut-paper illustrations accompany a witty, irreverent text that will make kids wonder just what else they haven’t been told!

Suggested for ages 7 - 10
Subjects: Behavior | Manners | Parents