Stuff and Nonsense: A Touch-and-Feel Book with a Pop-Up Surprise!
A factory line of buck-toothed mice work together to build a secret-something in this energetic book. Carting an assortment of colorful shapes in a caravan that continues on to the last page, the toylike mice's enthusiasm never wanes, despite a few near-disasters. Bumpy-bump! Clumpy-clump! Squeaky-squeaky... Bash!/ Hoppy faster, leg in plaster, trippy-trippy... Crash! Readers can feel the textures of the shapes in relief: golden scaly stuff feels like a lizard's skin; scratchy stuff, like sandpaper; and wrinkly stuff, like crepe paper. Though they are very busy, several mice still take a moment to stare, with deadpan expressions, at the reader. Although the two titular mice don't really stand out from the pack (they are all equally appealing) the pop-up finale feels satisfying, after the buildup. All ages.(Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.