Michael Hall

If the crayons cannot stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.

Depicts in rhyming text how love can be many different things, such as eager as a beaver, steady as a yak, or silly as a seal. Rhyming text and heart-shaped illustrations of zoo animals introduce a range of emotions from "snappy as a crab" to "peaceful as a portly walrus lounging on a towel."

A perfect square that is perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.

Three adventurous and inquisitive cats named Lillian, Tilly, and William J. have an exciting afternoon playing together.

Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.