Each page of text faces an illustrated rectangular flap that is pulled down to reveal a layered, fully staged scene. There are even pull tabs that make characters and pieces of the set move. The overall effect is of a miniature 3-D theater. The book focuses on what made this war unique. It closes with a plastic topographical map of the Gettysburg battlefield that allows readers to actually feel the bumps in the all-important ridges and hills.
Mountain peaks rise.
A volcano erupts. And the earth splits open in this ingenious book. Pull out flags. Navigate some of the world's longest rivers. Steer the earth on its journey around the sun.