ITSY BITSY SPIDER

PreS—In this sturdy pop-up version of the classic rhyme, the Itsy Bitsy Spider is a little boy in a baseball cap trying to get home to his mom. Set in a delightfully miniature city where tomato cans are grocery stores and salt shakers look more like condominiums, each spread provides plenty of detail to pore over. The familiarity of the rhyme frees up viewers to become active participants in Itsy Bitsy's journey. Egielski's charming artwork combined with Gene Vosough's paper engineering give surprisingly lifelike movement and dimensionality, making Itsy Bitsy pop out of the water spout and the attic window fly open to reveal a relieved Mama spider. This is a must-have for libraries with special pop-up collections, or anyone who loves superb paper engineering.—Jenna Boles, Washington-Centerville Public Library, OH