Van de Vendel, Edward & Martijn van der Linden. For You and No One Else. 2009. unp. Lemniscaat/Boyds Mills Press, $16.95. (978-1-59078-658-1). Gr. K-2.

Buck is crushed when his friend, Sparklehart, uses the special gift presented to him by Buck to woo all the does but cheers up when he finds an even better gift and has the courage to tell Sparklehart that this gift is “for you and no one else!” The message is quite subtle but does show that the two bucks can be very special to each other. Quirky black and white designs accented by green lettering illustrate both Buck’s and Sparklehart’s mood changes as they grow to understand how special each is to the other. —Nel Ward