123, Follow Me!
Philippe Dupasquier
Hardcover
(Gardners Books, Nov. 30, 2002)
These ingenious and attractive concept novelty board books combine illustrations with die-cut, tiered pages which, together, culminate in a surprise ending. 123...features brightly coloured number-shaped pages which, when flipped, each count in a new animal in a comic farmyard chase...hen, cat, pig and cow all join in, but are sent running on the ninth page by a loud "Boo!" - which turns out to be a tiny mouse with a megaphone! Red, Blue...encourages children to recognize colour as they flip the crayon-shaped pages and discover a creature of the same hue - with a multi-coloured surprise for them at the end! Fun and tactile, these gloriously coloured books are sure to become firm favourites!