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Playtime books.(Children's NOTES)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Publishers Weekly

| April 17, 2006 | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Several titles encourage playful exchanges for youngest book lovers. Peek-A-Boo Jungle, illus. by Francesca Ferri, presents a different animal on every page, each with a pull-down flap revealing the type of animal and its smiling face. Distinguishing features (the hint of an elephant's trunk, the stripes of a zebra) help youngsters guess what lies below the flap. The last page's surprise will delight the most: a mirror in which kids can see themselves. (Barron's, $7.99 10p 6 mos.-4 yrs. ISBN 0-7641-5940-2; Mar.)

Doubling as a photo album, Peek-a-Boo!, illus. by Ana Larranaga, asks a question on the left of each spread (e.g., "Who is hiding under the bed?"), and youngsters lift …

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