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	Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book by Seder, Rufus Butler - Workman Publishing, 2007 Hardcover Dewey: E $12.95 There's never before been a book like "Gallop " Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again. A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action--or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies: "Can you gallop like a horse? giddyup-a-loo Can you strut like a rooster? cock-a-doodle-doo " Every child who opens the book will be amazed--and so will every parent.
	Peek-A-Zoo by Scholastic, Inc. - Scholastic, 2007 Board Books Dewey: E $10.99 This oversized book features textures, mirrors, die-cuts, glitter, flaps, flocking, and more. Young readers can peek behind the flaps and inside the holes to find hidden friends. Full color. 5 spreads.
	That's Not My Penguin... by Watt, Fiona - Usborne Books, 2007 Board Books Dewey: E $7.99
	What's Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites by Hills, Tad - Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008 Board Books Dewey: E $6.99 Little siblings of Duck and Goose fans rejoice The stars of the bestselling Duck & Goose and Duck, Duck, Goose return in this board book for preschoolers, this time, to introduce basic opposites. Goose carries an ohso-heavy log, while duck easily balances a light-as-a-feather feather. Thistle is one fast bird, but Goose is slooo-w. And when Duck is sound asleep, Goose is wide awake. With a simple text and colorful illustrations-plus the inimitable characters, of course-here's a wonderful, and humorous, introduction to an important concept.