Katy Cat and Beaky Boo. Lucy Cousins. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, 1996. Unpaged, hardcover, $17.99. ISBN 1-56402-884-1. Subject Headings: Toy and movable books-Specimens. Cats-Fiction. Animals-Fiction. Preschool and up / Ages 3 and up. Review by Lorraine Douglas. *** /4

Brilliantly coloured gouache illustrations outlined with a bold black line make this lift-the-flap concept book very appealing.

      Katy Cat looks for colours, animal parts, stripes and spots, sounds, clothes and more underneath the forty flaps. Toddlers will love the surprises found there but the flaps are not as sturdy as those found in classic lift-the flap books like Hill's "Spot" books or Campbell's Dear Zoo.

      This is a delightful and engaging concept book as well as being a game of peek-a-boo with Beaky hiding under the flaps too!

Recommended.

Lorraine Douglas is Youth Services Coordinator, Winnipeg Public Library.

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