How are Babies Made?; What Happens to your Food?; The Amazing Pull-Out Pop-Up Body in a Book

In How are Babies Made? flap-lifting works well to uncover the mysteries of pregnancy and intra-uterine growth. Bright and optimistic pictures show the process in a good light and their narrative quality combines with a friendly text to make this very suitable for older readers with learning difficulties as well as for the junior target group to whom its endearing qualities will be immediately apparent. The same virtues distinguish What Happens to your Food? where flaps are often used to look beneath the surface as we follow a burger from gob to bog. Again a friendly text (e.g. 'food tube' not 'alimentary canal') aids assimilation.

Much of the information in these two titles can be confirmed by examination of the Body in a Book - as can the fact that the brain is the size of three family-sized pizzas. Using a hammer and two nails (not supplied) hang this book from a wall by means of the pre-punched holes and marvel at the muscles, bones and viscera of a 4ft 6 inch replica, pausing occasionally to read the related captions. The best bit is getting the model to start dismembering itself by grabbing its own clavicles. Advice which provides plenty of rewards for a short attention span.