...more information about each piece of machinery invaluable. Spot the Plot, by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. This is just the thing for well-read beginning riddlers: a series of puzzles about stories. Each page offers...

...own Christmas gift, a knitted romper suit in jungle green. "Hurty Feelings," by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Fragility is a hippopotamus - a really well-built one who is good at all the things hippos are supposed to be...