PRESENTING MOONSHINE—John Collier—Viking ($2.50). There is not one decent, sensible story in Presenting Moonshine. Author John Collier is crazy as a hoot owl. But perched on the gnarled limb of satire ...

An airborne predator of dubious cleverness swoops through the inky pages of “Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise” (Candlewick, 48 pages, $15.99), a hilarious picture book for 3- to 8-year-olds written by ...