Introducing the numbers one to five, this lift-the-flap book delivers a series of mysterious animals – or more accurately, their rear ends – with a written cue as to what lurks on the other side…

“This one loves rolling in the mud…” and, upon lifting the flap: “one hippo!” Then there are “These two have lots of teeth…” Who could they possibly be? With long green tails and a reptilian leaning, could it be an iguana or just a very odd fish? Lift the flap and you’ll find out… The page opposite each animal displays the appropriate numeral with its corresponding word as well as a series of dots (one to five), to be counted with your child.

This book’s ‘whose-the-culprit’ questions, lift-the-flap pages and numbers expressed as words, animal groups, numerals and dots, is an engaging combination…

Author Notes Animal Numbers is one of a quartet of books, which also features Opposites, Colours and Noises, by author and illustrator Nicola Killen, who graduated from the highly respected MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University in 2009. Her first book, Not Me!, was published in 2010, and her other titles include the cute and colourful Fluff and Billy , and its follow-up, Fluff and Billy Do Everything Together, plus her more minimalist Yellow Dots.