Where Is Tom?

by Lieve Baeten

Tom and Maggie love to have fun -- and that makes them very much like the little boys and girls who will be delighted by these books the moment they open them! Four charming picture books for toddlers have pull-back flaps that change the details of each illustration on every two-page spread. Books teach colors and the names of objects and playthings that have a place in every small child's world. The warm-hearted scenes and stories will be familiar to every child and parent. Each spread asks a question, and children will have fun answering it as they look at the picture! Board covers and board pages are constructed to resist damage from toddlers' rough treatment.Tom is hiding, but the boys and girls who open this book can find him if they look carefully. Then they can guess what he will do next. Is he eating a cookie? Has he decided to take a nap? When they lift the flaps they'll find the answer.

1 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1997

About the author

Lieve Baeten was a Flemish author and illustrator, best known for her picture-book series about Lotje, the curious little witch. She studied graphic design at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, and married Koen Fossey in 1976.

Baeten's stories about Lotje (Patou in French, Die kleine Hexe in German, and Lizzie in English) have been translated into fourteen languages, and the author/artist has received several important prizes, from the "Boekenpauw" in 1993 for Nieuwsgierige Lotje (The Curious Little Witch), to the "Kinderboekwinkelprijs" in 1995 for Lotje is Jarig (Happy Birthday, Little Witch!).

Baeten was killed in a car accident in 2001.