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'Abc3d'

Cover, "ABC3D"
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Foldout of the letter "M"
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Foldout of the letter "M"

ABC3D, by Marion Bataille, hardcover, 36 pages, 7.5 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches, 1 pound, Roaring Brook Press, list price: $19.95

There may be a better way to teach a kid the alphabet but certainly not a more goofily entertaining one. The epitome of an elegantly designed but simple-as-ABC pop-up book, ABC3D starts calling out to you as it sits on your little one's nightstand. Its 3-D cover literally winks — "A," "B," "C," "D" — as you walk by.

Flip it open and, page by page, the alphabet rises out of the fold in one ingenious maneuver after another. Not only will your child learn the alphabet, but this book may also turn him or her into a physicist — or pre-K's most deft origami expert.

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