CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"Sure to be a popular choice for storytimes, with its short sentences and simple vocabulary, this is also a solid choice for beginning readers. (Picture book. 3-7)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 1998
"The pages of the book are thick and coated, making them durable and easy for small fingers to turn. (Picture book. 4-8)"
Marshall (Look Once, Look Twice, 1995, etc.) uses die-cut illustrations as a tease, for objects glimpsed on the other side of a hole are not what they appear: Candy canes turn out to be the sails of sailboats, and salt-water taffy is transformed into the whorls of a turtle's shell.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 31, 1996
"This product's shelf life is reduced only slightly by its inherent fragility; still, this is a hearty feast. (Picture book. 3-8)"
Noodles ($15.95; May 31, 1996; 20 pp.; 0-694-00842-7): A rare product indeed: a novelty item that doesn't rest on gimmickry, but balances artistic and literary content with eye-popping surprises.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 1996
"More durable and economical than many of its type, this one is also great fun. (Picture book/folklore. 2-6)"
An effervescent pop-up version of the familiar tale of the wide-mouthed frog who blithely asks each animal he meets what it likes to eat, including an alligator who says that he eats wide- mouthed frogs.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1993
"Even without the clever paper engineering, Allen's brash caricatures and bright colors make this an entertaining offering. (Picture book. 4-8)"
A fairly sturdy, unusually well-designed ``3-D Picture Book with Press-Out Disguises,'' with a somewhat predictable story that's still of markedly better quality than most pop-ups.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 1991
"Guaranteed to compel attention. (Picture book. 4-9)"
Encased in thick boards to simulate slices of bread, a comic novelty: deftly phrased verse describes a sandwich Sam stacks for his innocent sister, each layer (lettuce, cheese, etc.) hiding a creature within a clever foldout (``...to really make her squirm/Sam dropped in a wriggly...[worm]''), the whole truly resembling a fat booby trap of a sandwich.
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