Hop, Skip, and Jump, Maisy!
(by Lucy Cousins, Candlewick $12.99 Score:)

Active play is what this delightful new Maisy book is all about. Pull the tabs and Maisy starts the day stretching and touching her toes. From there she goes on to do some jumping, kicking a ball, sipping her orange juice for energy, jumping rope, tumbling and finally sleeping soundly. Each of these events is animated with amazing paper engineering. One of the best ever! 2 & up. But be forewarned, you will need to teach about gentle hands so that the pages are not torn.

Age: Toddlers, Preschool. Award Year: 2012. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Maisy's Big Flap Book
(by Lucy Cousins, Candlewick $8.99 Score:) Lift all of the 36 flaps in this oversized board book to introduce concepts such as color, opposites, counting, and shapes. As always Cousins gives toddlers exuberant illustrations and colors and best news- the edges on all the flaps and corners of the book are rounded off and safe enough for young page turners.

Age: Infants,Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2002.

Vroom! Vroom!
(by Steve Augarde, Little Brown $13.95 Score:) If you have a race car fanatic this pop up pull the tabs book will be a winner. There's no story to speak of but plenty of action on every page. Wisely marked not for kids under three- this is not likely to stand up to rough riders!

Age: Toddlers,Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.