The page-turn tension in this tribute to exploration is evident from the title page on: scarf and ears going left as bicycle wheels slant right. Whether it is birds in flight or tall trees bending, everything moves right, encouraging our rabbit hero to open the door and venture out to new worlds. The rhyming text is periodically broken by two words describing what roads do: zoom, bend, reach d act as chapter headings, helping to set the pacing. Our hero moves through realistic landscapes, like cities and deserts, and fanciful ones including a tree top hosting a tea party with an elephant and friends. The illustrations, done with dip pens and india ink, are delicate in outline and softly colored with warm hues dominated by yellows, browns, and oranges. All is warmth and pleasure in this adventure, and the best is, of course, the ability to go home. Pair with Philip C. Stead's Sebastian and the Balloon (2014) to celebrate the possibilities of journeying.

K-Gr 2 The road rises up to meet a bicycle-riding rabbit throughout this travelogue written by the author of Sophie's Squash (Random, 2013 ). Unless there are a lot of big vehicles, visual subplots, or a compelling narrative arc, the metaphorical use of roads easily becomes too abstract for young childrenand clichéd. Miller employs singsong verses throughout, preceded by the word roads , an ellipsis, and a verb, e.g., "Roadszoom./Beneath city buildings that tower on high,/twinkling like stars/in the dark velvet sky/Racing past signs./Reflecting their light./Zigging and zagging./Turn left. Then turn right." These constructions prove confusing, as it isn't clear whether it's the buildings or the roads that are "twinkling" and "racing." The rabbit and an owl interact with an assortment of anthropomorphized creatures as the road bends, merges, remembers, and ultimately returns home. Wheeler's watercolor and gouache scenes are defined with delicate ink lines. Pink and peach are the predominant colors of the sky, sea, trees and landscape. This palette and the settingsa paddle boat turned restaurant, a turreted tree house, a walled city hosting a carnivalcreate an exotic atmosphere. The characters, however, are tourists without a tale. Perhaps it works best as a candidate for a graduation present. Wendy Lukehart, District of Columbia Public Library