I wanted to pass along the Mom's Choice Awards 2008: Children's Picture Books (ages birth to 9).

*  A Great Time:  Children's Poetry in English and Russian (White Stag Press/PDG) by Masha Shurin

*  Un peda de pan/A piece of bread (Panamericana Editorial) by Aida E. Marcuse

*  Abraham Lincoln and the Forest of Little Pigeon Creek (AmeriTales Entertainment, L.L.C.) by T.D. Carter and Randy Jennings

*  Adventures of Riley -- Operation Orangutan (Eaglemont Press) by Amanda Lumry

*  The Curious Polka ~ Dot Present (Forever Young Publishers) by Cheri L. Hallwood

*  Firefly and the Quest of the Black Squirrel/The Fairy Chronicles (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) by J. H. Sweet

*  The Frog Prince (Ann Arbor Media Group) by Kathy-Jo Wargin

*  The Gift of an Angel: For Parents Welcoming a New Child (Mar Richmond Studios) by Marianne Richmond

Would love to hear local mom's reviews!