Bite Me, I'm a Shape

Sarah Weeks. Random House Books for Young Readers, $3.99 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-375-81262-0

Developed on the premise that eating books leads to reading books, Bite Me, I'm a Shape and Bite Me, I'm a Book by Sarah Weeks, illus. by Jef Kaminsky, feature comical illustrations and energetic rhymes. ""Reading books is lots of fun, but wouldn't you rather be... Biting one?"" closes the second title. A die-cut bite shape is missing from the upper right hand corner of both sturdy board books. (Mar.)

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