Animal Popposites: A Pop-Up Book of Opposites

Matthew Reinhart. Little Simon, $13.95 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84423-2

Paper engineer and author Matthew Reinhart teaches word pairs in Animal Popposites: A Pop-up Book of Opposites. Framed in white, colorful cards open to reveal the opposing word in 3-D detail. ""Dark,"" for example, shows two raccoons rummaging through the garbage at night; the flaps fold out to reveal ""bright,"" which places the raccoons beside a beaming pop-up firefly. (June)

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