Flip-O-Storic

K-Gr 3—Prehistoric animals turn into imaginary creatures with the flip of a page. The saber-toothed tiger can have the head of a giant sloth, the body of a woolly mammoth, and the tail of a Dorudon. The oversize board pages, which are split into three panels, can be flipped back and forth to form hundreds of new animals. Useful information in the front of the book includes a size scale in meters and feet, pronunciation guide, creature names, and definitions of the names (for example, Macrauchenia means "Long Neck"). Facts about each of the 10 animals appear above their illustrations. After new animals are created by combining different parts, children can read the facts and learn the animals' names, what they are capable of doing, how and where they live, and which modern animals they most resemble. Flip-O-Storic and Flip-O-Saurus (Abbeville, 2010) will appeal to a broad audience of readers, reluctant ones included.—Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, AB, Canada