cover image Circus: Funny Fingers

Circus: Funny Fingers

Karin Blume, Brigitte Pokornik. Abbeville Kids, $6.95 (16pp) ISBN 978-0-7892-0179-9

The worm wriggling out of an apple looks a lot like a fingertip, and the toe peeking out of a threadbare sock looks just like a thumb in My New Friends, by Karin Blume and Brigitte Pokornik, one of two interactive volumes in the Funny Fingers board book series. Die-cut holes are sized and placed in the pictures so that one to four fingers fit, making the brightly hued illustrations come pointedly to life. The same author/artists also pitch Circus, in which daring digits make their big top debut.