Sally Gets a Job
Big dog Sally returns in her fifth book, here pondering a career. The text is a bit static as Sally considers one job after another—from biologist to farmer—but sly asides keep things moving, and the artwork is a playground for funny takes on possible jobs: Sally as a hip-hop star dons a rabbit suit and dances. Being a paleontologist intrigues her as well; after all, she is into bones. Huneck’s art, with colored pencil now added to familiar hand-carved, wood-block prints, has never looked better, and the large format is ideal for group reads. Preschool-Grade 2. --Ilene Cooper