As pop-up book that just might entice you to sing as reviewed by Cate, age 7:

“Five Little Speckled Frogs book is a good book. It has a Papa and a sister and baby frogs. I like it because it has little things like mouses and baby mouses and mouses that are cheerleaders and also a ice cream truck. There are bugs on a boat and there are mouses and the mouses are on trapezes, and there are swimming mouses and mouses in a hot air balloon.”

A mother’s note: In spite of all mention of mice, this is truly a book about frogs based on the children’s song which teaches kids to count down (and back up) from five. The illustrations are adorable — as you may have guessed from all the mention of the cute mice — and include all kinds of animal friends. This is one of those pop-up books which is part art and part mechanical wonder. There are lots of tabs to pull and the frogs leap, spin, and jump off that log in wonderful ways. Even though it is intricately made, it’s held up well under lots of use. It’s equally loved by our 3 year old neighbor, and 7 year old Cate, who is proud to be able to now read it by herself.

This week is kid-book week! Here’s the first recommendation from an avid reader, Miss Eden Chapman, age nearly-nine:

This book is about an angel that takes care of people in the city. She dances along with the people on the street corner making music, and helps the basketball player get his ball through the hoop — and it’s like a mile high! The illustrator uses collage out of fabric and paper and also draws. This book is in verse, which I like. Two good things about this story are that the angel is nice to everyone and there are people with lots of skin colors from all over the world in this story. I would recommend City Angel for ages 5-6.