Fuzzytail Friends Lift-and-Look Animal Book

by Lisa McCue (Illustrator)

Lisa McCue's menagerie of adorable and irresistable animals will invite preschoolers to lift, look, and learn in this new addition to our Great Big Flap Book series. Each spread features animals in a different setting with a different educational theme. With over 50 flaps to lift, kids will learn about mothers and babies on the farm, counting in the garden, animal homes in the forest, and more!

Genres: Animals, Picture Books

10 pages, Board book

First published January 21, 1997

About the author

I was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Tappan, NY when I was 4. As early as I can remember, teachers were telling me that my drawings should be in children’s books. While in high school I was given the assignment to write a paper describing a day in my life 25 years into the future. I described myself as married with 2 children, working in my studio overlooking the ocean and designing greeting cards with a dog at my feet. I must have had a crystal ball that day. The only difference is I look out at the Chesapeake Bay, not the ocean.

I illustrated my first children’s book while in college. Acclaimed Dutch author Loek Kessels saw my portfolio, and asked me to illustrate for her. Now nearly 30 years later, I am still illustrating children’s books as well as greeting cards.

I love my work! It is so much fun to bring my characters to life, one brush stroke at a time. My sons laugh at the way I act out all of the emotions by making the facial expressions of my characters while I draw. Click on my picture to the left to see what my sneaky boys caught on tape.

When I am not drawing you will most likely find me on the water racing our sailboat or in the Mountains skiing. I love to read, sew, and bead. I am also very involved in fundraising for ALS.

Reviews

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable fuzzy animal buddies are hidden throughout the book with SO MANY FLAPS! Seriously, most lift the flap nooks have one or two flaps per page but this one has about ten. Not a ton of text, but enough for the intended young audience. Each page explores one “content area” such as baby animal names, opposites, or habitat home names.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This large board book features tons of flaps to lift and interesting information about animals and their habitats. There is also a counting component, and the illustrations are lovely. I enjoyed this as a child and was impressed by its quality while returning to it as an adult.