Egg, Tadpole, Frog By Arthur John L Hommedieu Ages 4-10

These stunningly beautiful three-dimensional panorama books reveal the awesome nature of that magical transformation known scientifically as 'metamorphosis'. They can be opened traditionally with each shaped 'page' turned in order, or witness the metamorphosis of the books themselves when you pull the covers apart and discover the magic of award-winning paper-engineering. Now we see from left to right, from egg to mature adult the whole life-cycle of the frog or the butterfly. Tadpoles dart out at us. A pupa hangs delicately from a protruding leaf stem. The Monarch butterfly's wings flap realistically as we open and close a panel to help it experience its first flight. More dramatic than we could have thought possible in a "mere-smear" book!

Themes: life-cycles, butterflies, frogs, pond and meadow life, drama, art, creative writing.