Mike Delivers: The Big Mix-Up by Dana Regan, illustrated by Berta Maluenda

 This cheerful early reader features a town of anthropomorphic animals and a friendly delivery driver. Mike, the delivery porcupine, is a beloved local figure until he starts showing up with the wrong items. He brings cats instead of hats, pigs instead of wigs, etc. Finally, someone realizes that what he needs are glasses and things go back to normal.

As an adult, one is rather amused by the simplistic view of online shopping - that the delivery person is responsible for choosing and sourcing all the things delivered - but plenty of people do develop a relationship with delivery drivers and it's a nice way to give a call-out to workers who are often in the background. With a Richard Scarry-esque cast of characters and jobs, this is a nice filler early reader that will appeal to fans of Pete the Cat and other simple, rhyming texts.

Verdict: There are two books in this series, and they're a good choice if you're looking for backlist titles to fill in your early reader collection.

ISBN: 9781534489073; Published August 2021 by Simon Spotlight; Borrowed from another library in my consortium