Mary Harris Russell doesn't disappoint with reviews of six new books in the Chicago Tribune:
- Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea, by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop
- Saving the Buffalo, by Albert Marrin
- Trash, by Sharon Darrow
- Ancient Thunder, by Leo Yerxa
- Silly Billy, by Anthony Browne
- Julia Morgan Built a Castle, by Celeste Davidson Mannis, illustrated by Miles Hyman
Susan Perren is back at the Globe and Mail, reviewing the following books:
- Big City Song, by Debora Pearson, illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reid
- My Mom Loves Me More Than Sushi, by Filomena Gomes, illustrated by Ashley Spires
- Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise, by James Howe, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
- How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rainforest, by Adrian Forsyth
- Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, presented by Jan Needles, illustrated by Patrick Benson
