CHILDREN'S
Released: March 13, 2012
"Though most of professional magic's last 100 years pull a vanishing act, a beguiling mix of wonders and practical advice. (bibliography, many detachable or already detached pieces) (Novelty/nonfiction. 10 & up)"
Leaving no square inch of page space unpurposed, the latest in the 'Ology series wraps directions for over two dozen simple sleight-of-hand tricks in thick skeins of history and mystery.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 22, 2012
"A grand panorama, though because the geography is, to say the least, creative and the stately buildings are barely even a representative sampling of what London has to offer, this is more a keepsake than a tourist's guide. (Pop-up/nonfiction. 6-10)"
Deucedly clever paper engineering allows young visitors to spin the London Eye, raise Tower Bridge for a ship's passage and more in this spit-spot tour along the Thames.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 27, 2012
"An affectionate tribute to a great American songsmith as well as an impressionistic snapshot of a land made for you and me, fitted out with appropriately homespun movable parts. (Pop-up/picture book. 5-8)"
A canine family takes a road trip across the United States, with the titular song's cheerful nonsense for a soundtrack.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2012
"A superfluous alternative to real clothes. (Instructional board book. 4-6)"
A big button, a short zipper, a pair of small side-release buckles and other types of fasteners may keep little fingers busy "helping" a wolf dress for school, but the accompanying pictures, storyline and swatches of fabric are only a vehicle for the dry goods.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2012
"Curiously uninvolving, but it may get children to thinking about stuff and maybe inventing some gizmos of their own. (Pop-up/nonfiction. 5-7)"
Early humans about 3 million years ago had "no things," and Layton wants to show us how they--we--got them.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2012
"Next to the magisterial pop-up Aesop's Fables of Kees Moerbeck et al. (2011), not to mention the plethora of livelier non–pop-up collections, an also-ran. (Pop-up/fables. 6-8)"
Seven fables are blandly retold, accompanied by unambitious pop-ups likely to spark only fleeting moments of attention from readers.
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