Spots and Slots: A Slide the Spot Book of Colors

Two entries in the Slide-the-Spot Book of Colors series use interactive die-cut pages to teach simple concepts. In Spots and Slots by Sam Williams, illus. by Manya Stojic, youngsters can slide a yellow spot across a die-cut track into a slot, and the spot disappears into the next spread. When they turn the page, the spot, as if by magic, has changed to purple, and so on. The one caveat: all the spots must be put back into their original places before the book can be read again. In Happy Cat, Me! by Ken Wilson-Max, also illus. by Stojic, the spot is the face of a cat that is not satisfied with its body. Youngsters get to try placing Pussycat's face on the bodies of other animals. ( May)