cover image Baby Coelophysis

Baby Coelophysis

Robert Cremins. Dial Books, $2.95 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-0735-1

Each of these small egg-shaped books breaks open to reveal a different baby dinosaur pop-up. A surprisingly lively, fact-filled mini-book (12 pages) is also contained within the sturdy card-stock pages. The art is the series' most arresting feature: the bright watercolors are highly detailed and well-matched with the unusually dynamic yet small-scale paper engineering. An engaging, reasonably priced set. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)