cover image Puppy in Circles

Puppy in Circles

DwellStudio, Blue Apple (Chronicle, dist.), $8.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-60905-026-9

The latest hip board book from this home furnishings design company makes use of a puppy finger puppet and concentric die-cut circles to explore round objects. Turning each page reveals the puppy taking part in different activities (“I’m swimming in a round pool”), followed by a reader-directed query (“What are you doing?”). Between the puppet and the questions, the higher-than-average level of interactivity should hold kids’ interest. Similar terrain is covered in Kitty in Squares, available simultaneously. Ages 2–5. (Sept.)