Cut-out spaces where the jungle animals' faces would be allow kids to become jungle animals--sure to entice kids to pick up a book for the sheer fun of it.





12. 1 2 3 FOLLOW ME
By Philippe Dupasquier
Candlewick Press, $6.99, ISBN: 0763617970

More than just an introduction to large, die-cut numbers, this book offers a playful barnyard chase in the process with a surprise ending.





13. A VERY SHORT POP-UP HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH
By Stephen Holmes
Paper engineering by Jonathon Lambert
Barrons, $9.95, ISBN: 0764154567

A fantastic and super-fun reading experience; LIFE ON EARTH begins with sea life, moves through dinosaurs, and ends with people, including a large, adorable pop-up of a baby.





14. THE FROGS WORE RED SUSPENDERS
By Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Petra Mathers
Greenwillow, $16.95, ISBN:0688167195

A wonderful new collection of poems that cross the country; one of America's best children's poets never fails to delight.





15. HORIZONS: POEMS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
By Jane Yolen
Photographs by Jason Stemple
Boyds Mill Press, $17.95, ISBN: 1563971976

Awe-inspiring photographs inspire a series of poems: sometimes funny, sometimes serious, always a pleasure to read.