Flip & Slide: Animal Patterns

Similarly, in Animal Patterns, one of two new Flip & Slide books by Cynthia Cappetta, illus. by Christine Mau, creatures can be identified by their distinctive patterns. The question, ""Who has six legs/ and dots of black/ on the shiny red shell/ upon its back?"" faces a full-bleed red-and-black dot design. Flip the book's cover and slide its laminated pages through the spine to read the answer. Counting Animals takes a cartoonish visual approach as it encourages kids to count the creatures hiding inside the illustrations. ( Oct.)