BUNTING, Eve. Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? illus. by Sergio Ruzzier. 32p. Clarion. Mar. 2013. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-547-75267-9. LC 2012012192. PreS-Gr 1–A small green duck has lost his new blue socks. He looks for them in his toy box and consults his friends the fox and the ox. He does not find them among other socks on the rocks, but his peacock friends help him find them. The short, repetitive rhyming sentences are a good fit for beginning readers, and the large trim size allows plenty of space for the watercolor and pencil illustrations to provide clues to solve the humorous mystery. This is a whimsical delight for children whose parents clamor for phonics-based books.–Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI