(4) PS Animagicals series. Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. Look at the rough-textured paintings and read the rhyming riddles to try to guess what's behind the flap--when the flap is opened, part of the painting will turn out to be an animal. Sports stretches the concept to have an elephant play hockey, etc.; Homes loosely equates homes and habitats. The riddles often read awkwardly and are hard to guess, but the books in this series are still entertaining. [Review covers these Animagicals titles: Homes, and Sports.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) PS Animagicals series. Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. Look at the rough-textured paintings and read the rhyming riddles to try to guess what's behind the flap--when the flap is opened, part of the painting will turn out to be an animal. Sports stretches the concept to have an elephant play hockey, etc.; Homes loosely equates homes and habitats. The riddles often read awkwardly and are hard to guess, but the books in this series are still entertaining. [Review covers these Animagicals titles: Homes, and Sports.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) PS Animagicals series. Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. In these guessing games, each double-page spread features a riddle and an image of either a musical instrument, fur or plumage patterns, or a vehicle. Lift the full-page flap, and an animal is incorporated into the picture. Vague hints in the rhyming verse challenge the reader to guess which animal hides under the flap. While the execution is uneven, the illustrations are lively and the verse tightly constructed.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(4) PS Animagicals series. Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. In these guessing games, each double-page spread features a riddle and an image of either a musical instrument, fur or plumage patterns, or a vehicle. Lift the full-page flap, and an animal is incorporated into the picture. Vague hints in the rhyming verse challenge the reader to guess which animal hides under the flap. While the execution is uneven, the illustrations are lively and the verse tightly constructed.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(4) PS Animagicals series. Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. In these guessing games, each double-page spread features a riddle and an image of either a musical instrument, fur or plumage patterns, or a vehicle. Lift the full-page flap, and an animal is incorporated into the picture. Vague hints in the rhyming verse challenge the reader to guess which animal hides under the flap. While the execution is uneven, the illustrations are lively and the verse tightly constructed.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(3) PS Illustrated by Svjetlan Junakovic. Each spread of this elongated color concept book features two appealing rough-textured oil illustrations: the first is of a colored object (pink bow; red mushroom); the second is the first illustration transformed by a foldout flap into an animal of that color (pink flamingo; red crab). The rhyming riddles give color clues and invite readers to guess the animal hidden behind the flap.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam